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ViewMate translation-Polish #translation

annadenbaum@...
 

I've posted a vital record in Polish (possibly Russian) for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Thank you very much.

Ann Adenbaum
Re: Burial Society at Mount Hebron Flushing, Queens, NY #usa

Sherri Bobish
 


Alva,

First you want to find out if the society was shtetl based.  Even if it was, people would end up with societies for many different reasons, not only because they shared a hometown with most members.

The other research you can do is to trace the original immigrants in your family via naturalization records, passenger manifests, and other records that may indicate a town of birth.

A good place to start is at the free site www.familysearch.org
There you can find all the U.S. census, large databases of passenger arrivals, and a good starting point to search for naturalization records.  WW1 draft records sometimes listed town of birth, and WW11 "old man" draft cards often have town of birth listed.

Vital records are also a good source of birthplace.

Regards,

Sherri Bobish
Princeton, NJ
Re: tombstone inscription #galicia #poland #rabbinic

annearmel@...
 

My son who lives in Israel is a Talmudic scholar and is fluent in
Hebrew. He transcribed your headstone --see attached PDF. He
said it was an interesting description. Scroll down the attachment for
his footnotes on the translation.  Hope it helps you out. (I've never
responded to one of the JewishGen posts, so I hope I did it right.)
Anne

PDF
Headstone Azriel b-r Yaakov.pdf

Re: Online trees #general

Marcel Apsel
 

I have my tree on FamilyTreeMaker which can be transferred to a Gedcom file.  As I mentioned before, once I gave the data file of my tree  to a cousin asking him only to share with family members.  He put it without my permission on geni, as I mentioned it too and it became a sholent, kigel and kishke.  I was very furious on him, because I have to respect privacy for some family members who are very strict on their privacy.  Of course that cousin could not take my tree off Geni and since then I never send a tree in any kind of a gedcom file, but download it in a PDF format which I can send to anybody of the family.

I know who Channa Oppenheimer is.  I used to be friendly with her mother and was invited on her parents wedding.  Her father ? Buchinger went back to the States and her mother, with whom I have no touch anymore, still lives in Antwerp, I suppose.  They live on Belgiëlei 161; a friend of mine used to live in the same apartment block.

Marcel Apsel

Antwerp, Belgium
Re: Baku Azerbaijan #records

marlenedunham@...
 

Thank you Schelly.
Shalom Halper was Ashkenazim. He was from Odessa and moved to Baku with his 2nd wife around 1905. I am told he was a sugar merchant.
Re: Ostarbeiters (forced laborers of Germany) in Klintsy, Bryansk Region - Russian Translation #translation

Risa Heywood
 

Thank you for posting this, Karen! Unfortunately, I can't help you with a full translation but I have Lockshin family from Klintsy and they are on that list. I read the last surnames on the list as Krukov, if that's the one you are referring to. The document is giving street addresses for the people on the list.

I would also be interested in a translation of the heading information and the given names and info on the Lockshins.
--
Risa Daitzman Heywood
Arizona
Re: tombstone inscription #galicia #poland #rabbinic

fredelfruhman
 

The mem-vav after the word Avrech (which means a young married man), which does likely represent the word "Moreinu", would be either an honorific, or would indicate that he was a teacher.

Although the "Rabbani" before his father's name does mean a "learned scholar", there is an additional abbreviation here:  mem-vav-hey.  This stands for "Moreina haRav", and translates to "our teacher, the rabbi".

Thus, his father was definitely a rabbi.
--
Fredel Fruhman
Brooklyn, New York, USA
August 20: Adventures in Genealogy with Jennifer Mendelsohn #events

Moriah Amit
 

Adventures in Genealogy with Jennifer Mendelsohn - Live on Zoom
Presented by the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute at the Center for Jewish History
When: August 20, 6 PM ET

Jennifer Mendelsohn is the founder of #resistancegenealogy, a social media movement that’s garnered international attention by using genealogical and historical records to fight disinformation and honor America’s immigrant past. In this session she’ll talk about her path to becoming an “accidental activist.” She’ll also detail how her genealogical adventures have helped reunite long lost family members, debunked decades-old family fairy tales (Did you know no names were changed at Ellis Island?) and led to shocking, poignant and sometimes hilarious revelations.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Ticket Info: Pay what you wish; register at mendelsohn.bpt.me or 800-838-3006 to receive a link to the Zoom program.

Moriah Amit
Senior Genealogy Librarian
Center for Jewish History
New York, NY
Re: Baku Ajerbijan #records

Schelly Talalay Dardashti
 

1. it is Azerbaijan.
2. Are you looking for Ashkenazim or Sephardic/Mizrahi? The Jews of Azerbaijan are from Persia. However, in the early 1900s the fledgling oil industry attracted Ashkenazim from many places in the Russian Empire. A number of our Talalay from Mogilev Belarus worked in Baku before migrating to Philadelphia. There are 2 communities in Baku so your questions need to be addressed to the correct one.
Re: Town Finder my district #education

Alexander Sharon
 

Go to Jewish Communities Trees at:
https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Trees/

Select country: "Russian Empire", click on it to see alphabetical listing for all Russian based Guberniyas (Provinces), which include 2,247 towns
Re: Deciphering Manifest -- "Gachef"? #romania

Molly Staub
 

I had the same question about my father’s emigration to America from Romania. He answered “Servio” for last residence. When I couldn’t find it, the late and very knowledgeable Phyllis Kramer said sometimes people answered with the name of the inn they had stayed in the night before.

 

Molly Arost Staub

 

Researching

BESSARABIA

Arost/Harost/Jarast

Shtofman

 

UKRAINE and GREAT BRITAIN

Berenson

Graffman/Groffman

Mendelson

 

 

 

Molly Arost Staub

E-mail staubmolly@...

 
Re: Burial Society at Mount Hebron Flushing, Queens, NY #usa

Jane Foss
 

The admin at mt hebron has contact info re society as does NY State
Re: trying to find: Saletea / Saleteca, Poland - #lithuania #poland #belarus

Alexander Sharon
 

It appears to be town Solec.

There are several towns by this name in Poland (town name is associated with the salt mines or salt recovery). 
The largest town with close to one thousand Jewish population was also known as Solec nad Wisłą (Solec on Wisla River) and Solec Sandomierski, (close to large Kielce region towns Radom and Ostrow Swietokrzyski). 
Re: Wedding between Sadie /SarahZiff and Charlie Abrams in Manchester? #unitedkingdom

LarryBassist@...
 

Hi Lesley,
   Here is the marriage document. My maternal grandfather's sister's daughter married Barney Ziff who I think is related to your Ziff and Marks families. I have many more documents. Perhaps we can correspond privately and compare notes.
Best wishes,
Larry Bassist
Springville, Utah, USA
Re: Name of Marrero possibly Marrano from Puerto Rico. Possibly Jewish? #names #latinamerica

alejandro@...
 

It is also important to state that this surname was found to be of Jews at Tenerife, Islas Canarias in Spain in 1584.
Alejandro T Rubinstein
JewishGen Courses #education #JewishGenUpdates

Susan Berkson
 

Before sinking $150 into a JewishGen course, curious about the experience of others with JewishGen courses.  Respectfully wondering if you have found the courses worthwhile.
 
Susan Berkson
 
 
 
Re: Name of Marrero possibly Marrano from Puerto Rico. Possibly Jewish? #names #latinamerica

alejandro@...
 

Marrero is not a derivation of Marrano (pork). Marrero is a Spanish occupational surname of the person who makes or sells sledgehammers.
Jews have made of occupational surnames a strong category only surpassed by patronymics.
Alejandro T. Rubinstein
Re: Baku Ajerbijan #records

Alan Reische
 

Here's a link to the Ashkenazi community in Azerbaijan. Its still working as of this AM. There is apparently a separate synagogue for the Mountain Jews, quite a separate community with a fascinating history, but no website and limited contact information. If need be, I have a (non-Jewish) contact in Baku who could be helpful.

: https://www.ashkenazijews.az/.
Re: Mexico City Jewish cemeteries to get a picture #photographs

alejandro@...
 

Hi Neil:
I have replied all your messages searching for the Avigdor family.
I can help with the epitaph picture.
Please send details
Alex
Polish Document from JRI to translate #translation

Neil Rosenstein
 

Looking for help in translating birth record from Jaworow of 1898.
I can send the document as an email attachment.