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Finding The Correct Record #general

Teewinot
 

Hi Cousins,

I'm having trouble figuring out which image is the one I need. I'm
hoping someone here has done this before and can help me. This whole
numbering system has me confused.

I'm looking for the birth record of Movsha-Meer MAJZLIN. The listing is
as follows:

Microfilm/Item:
FHL1920797/3

Image:
86

Archive/Fond:
NHABMinsk/3362/1/7

Place Recorded: Mogilev
Year: 1872
Record Number: M259

The images are found here:

https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007766480

Which image is the one I want? That's what I can't figure out.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Jeri Friedman
Port Saint Lucie, Florida
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Poland/Russia/Belarus); GEIST (?,Russia); GLICKMAN, KLUGMAN, STURMAN,
KAPLAN, ROTENBERG (Bilgoraj, Lublin, Poland/Russia); LIEB/LEIBOWITZ,
BLAU (Jassy/Iasi, Romania); GALINSKY, GELLIS (Suwalki, Poland/Russia);
KRASNOPOLSKY, SILBERMAN/SILVERMAN (Krasnopol, Poland/Russia)
KOPCIANSKY (?, Poland/Russia); GOLDSTEIN, SCHRAGER (?, Romania);
CYRULNIK (Suwalki, Poland/Russia and Kalvarija, Lithuania)

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Re: My Heritage - Theory of Family Relativity #general

Dorann Cafaro
 

I have also never had any luck with Theory of Family Relativity and have a large number DNA matches.
Re: My Heritage - Theory of Family Relativity #general

Alyssa Freeman
 

Where on MH is the theory of family relativity? Are you referring to the Estimated relationships?
 
Alyssa Freeman
Richmond, VA
Re: Taking Photographs of Microfilm Reader Images at NYC Municipal Archives #photographs #general

suemo63141@...
 

I have been there many times. Initially I tried taking photos, but the staff is fairly alert and will reprimand you. Recently much of the microfilm has been indexed and you can see images online rather than using a microfilm reader (which are usually 50% out of commission and out of focus). The place is run on a shoestring clearly, and I have sympathy for the obvious fact they have no funding. At least the staff is helpful. My solution is to make up in advance a spreadsheet with identifiers for all the records I want to look up, and then when I have the image, enter the information in columns prepared for the data I need. The value to genealogists of marriage documents is to be able to decipher the names of the parents of both parties, addresses that help verify identities, and sometimes the officiant and witness names can be helpful as well. Birth and death record images can also contain unindexed information. Beware that this office has only the archived records that NYC allows to be public, and that NYC is very recalcitrant about liberating records that should be public by now (e.g. births only available to 1909). This office is separate from the Health Dept, which has later records and is much less public-friendly.
Susan Schwartz
The female Yiddish name Losche in the US? #names

Susan Goldsmith
 

Dear Genners
 
A female Losche Tobias emigrated to the States, arriving in 1914 from Swerzhen, now Belarus.  What might her American name be?
This is not a very common name.  I have checked Jewish given name websites.  I cannot find her in the 1915 NYS Census even though she went to an uncle in Brooklyn in 1914.
 
Thank you,
Susan Goldsmith

 



 



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Susan Goldsmith
San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
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Researching GOLDSHMIDT, F(P)ILVINSKY, SHLIOMOVICH, GITTES (GADIE,GADYE, GIDUSH, GITES) Seta, Jonava, Kaunas, Adustiskes, Zemaiciu Naumiestes, Keidainiai, Ukmerge, Vandziogala, Lithuania
HOROWITZ, DRASNIN (DRASNE) Dauhinava, Belarus; TOBIAS (TOUBES, TOBES, TAUBES) Novyy Swerzhen and Stowbtsy, Belarus; ROZANSKY, BILINSKY, MIRANSKY Iasevichi, Belarus
DAVIS, HAFFNER Botosani, Romania
WAXMAN (WAKSMAN), KOENIGSBERG Sandomierz, Ostrowiec Poland
Re: Naturalization Records for Samuel & Mary Babinski. #usa #records

mbakawaii@...
 

Thank you for your quick response to my question, Sherri!  I’ve already researched Familysearch.com & other websites.  I have almost reached the conclusion that my grandfather never was naturalized although I just received a very specific link within the NARA.  I will try this link before I put this question to rest.

Best wishes,

Marian Apple 🍎 
Re: My Heritage - Theory of Family Relativity #general

Max Heffler
 

I had some luck with it when it first came out. Haven’t looked at it in months. I probably should.

 

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Subject: [JewishGen.org] My Heritage - Theory of Family Relativity #general

 

Has anyone had any luck with this facility on My Heritage?  MH says:

 
Re: Taking Photographs of Microfilm Reader Images at NYC Municipal Archives #photographs #general

Max Heffler
 

Years ago I got LDS microfilm sent to a local Family History Library where they had a USB writer and I copied an entire film or two to USB and then created an indexing project and shared the index with JewishGen. I don’t know if NYC Municipal Archives has similar equipment.

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Re: C- Files - US Naturalization Index care - what info on it? #general

David Oseas
 

Moishe,


If you have the C-file number, then you can skip the initial index search and go straight to a request for records.  However, see this cautionary note about errors locating file numbers:  https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/genealogical-records-help/avoid-common-genealogical-research-errors

as well as this article on how to find the correct number:  https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/genealogy-notebook/where-do-i-find-a-c-file-number

Regards,
David Oseas

Re: Ancestry to be Acquired by Blackstone Group for $4.7 Billion #announcements

Peter Cherna
 

"Alternate asset manager" is a broad and loose term that includes venture capitalists and private equity fund managers. Imprecisely, it means managing money in ways other than buying and selling publicly traded stocks and bonds. 

(Tiny anecdote unrelated to your question, but my own name basically translates as "Black Stone". In the early days of the internet I tried to register "blackstone.com" but "some company or other" that I'd not heard of at the time beat me to it.)
ViewMate- Translation of German marriage record in Ukraine #germany #ukraine #translation

e weiss
 

I am trying to help  a Holocaust survivor find out more about her family.
I've posted two marriage records in German for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83610
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83611
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Thank you very much.

E. Landau
Re: Is Ojzer and Ejzer the same name as Uscher? #general

Molly Staub
 

My father’s name was Usher Harast/Arost, becoming Oscar in the U.S. He had an uncle in Philadelphia also named Usher, and I have found several Jarast relatives in South America named Uscher. I have never found the spellings you posted. My father was from Dumbraveni, Soroki, Bessarabia. HOWEVER, I have recently discovered a large branch from Piotrkow, Poland with that name, spelled Jarost. I’m not an expert on Polish, but since your names include the letter J, perhaps that’s something you might pursue. Happy hunting,

 

 Molly Arost Staub   staubmolly@...

 
Re: Taking Photographs of Microfilm Reader Images at NYC Municipal Archives #photographs #general

Shelley Mitchell
 

Officially, this is not permitted. My first time there I discovered I could not copy with my phone. Since I was interested in the data and not the certificate, I just wrote down info. In the NYC Municipal Building, if you need a Naturalization done through their Supreme Court, you can photograph everything including the valuable Petition.
Re: Ancestry to be Acquired by Blackstone Group for $4.7 Billion #announcements

Laurie Sosna
 

Re: Austria will Allow Descendants of Holocaust Victims to Receive Citizenship Beginning September 1st #holocaust

Shelley Mitchell
 

This might be a silly question but I’m curious. I’ve several instances where Jews can apply for foreign citizenship while retaining US citizenship. My question is what would be the benefit of having a foreign citizenship?  Taxes?  Foreign Travel?

TIA
Re: Sperbers Galicia #galicia

Joseph Lonstein
 

Hi Hannah,

Do you know where in Galicia?  I'm searching for a Sperber family from Sieniawa, Galicia (now Poland).  There was a very large Sperber family in and near Zablotow and Ivano-Frankivsk (now Ukraine), although I can't yet find any connection to my Sieniawa family. 

Regards,

Joe Lonstein
Re: Taking Photographs of Microfilm Reader Images at NYC Municipal Archives #photographs #general

Jacob Heisler
 

You don't actually need to go to the NYC Municipal Archives to get a
copy of those records. FamilySearch has them digitized, and while you
do need to visit a Family History Center to access the digitized
images, once you're there you can freely print or download the
records. FamilySearch specifically has birth records up to 1909,
one-page marriage certificates up to 1937, and death records up to
1948. The Archives alone have the three-page marriage licenses up to
1949.

As for the legality of prohibiting taking a picture of a public
record, that is a very good question I hope a more legal-literate
person can answer. Is it in fact legal for them to prohibit taking
pictures of public records?


On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 8:04 PM <jedbrickner@...> wrote:

As many of us know, the NYC Municipal Archives charges about $15 for a certified stamped copy of a birth, marriage or death certificate, even if you go down to their office and find it yourself on their microfilm. I just care about the information and don't care about the certification. So taking a picture of the image on the microfilm reader screen would be fine for me. I called them and they said it was not allowed. Has anyone ever actually tried this in person? Any thoughts as to whether they can legally prohibit taking a picture of a public record?

Many thanks for your thoughts.

Jed Brickner
Re: Song - Why don't they give a Yiddisher Boy a Chance? #unitedkingdom

GaryPSU
 

There’s a reference to a quote by Don Arden in this link, but not the song itself  

https://the-osbournes.fandom.com/wiki/Smells_Like_Teen_Spirits
Mauthausen [camp] Database #records #holocaust #germany #austria-czech

Lande
 

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has added 1,572 names of Austrian and German prisoners in the KL Mauthausen, who died in the period from late 1942 to 1945. Records contain name, date of birth, place of birth, prisoner number and category, date of death, and place of death. You can request and immediately receive digital copies
of the original documents in your email.  Search at
https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?SourceId=49468

 

Peter Lande,  Washington, D.C.
My Heritage - Theory of Family Relativity #general

rv Kaplan
 

Has anyone had any luck with this facility on My Heritage?  MH says:
 
Family Theories of Relativity will be generated between you and a match based off of common information in your family trees. The more information you add to your tree, whether it be manually added or confirming accurate matches, can trigger future theories.  
 
I have over 14,000 DNA matches on MH, and over 2,200 people on my family trees, but not a single match has ever activated the Theory of Family Relativity.
 
I asked MH Support about this and they said:
 
'As there are no theories there at this time, it simply means none have been generated based off of the information currently in your tree and the trees of your DNA matches. The information in your tree is the only information at your disposal to add to or edit that can trigger a theory.
 
This is why I would recommend continuing to build on your tree in any way possible, as any piece of information can trigger a theory. Note that it would also be imperative for your DNA matches to be working on their own trees for theories to be generated.
 
For some more information on the feature itself, theories always begin in your tree and end in the family tree of your DNA Match. The traversal of the path may include other family trees on MyHeritage, Geni, FamilySearch or historical records on the tree.'
 
Doesn't make much sense to me.  14,000 people out there matching my dna and not even my 2 closest dna matches, who I know are my 2nd cousin once removed and my 3rd cousin, attract the Theory.  
 
Am I missing something?
 
Harvey Kaplan
Glasgow, Scotland
 

KAPLAN, FAYN, FEIN, FINE, BARSD, GRADMAN

- Ariogala, Josvainiai, Kedainiai, Krakes, Seta, Veliuona, Grinkiskis, Lithuania

FELMAN, MIL(L)ER, ROSENBLOOM - Kamenets-Podolsk, Shatava, Balyn, Ukraine

TROPP, STORCH - Kolbuszowa, Cmolas,Galicia

LINDERMAN, LINDEMAN, LOPATKA, SZLAKMAN – Kutno and  Plock, Poland  
 
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