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David Barrett
Noticing that family Edelson has some roots in Kovno I have to assume that some transliteration went wrong and that the place of birth/abode was WILKOMIR [ Ukmerge] which is not far from Kovno and is part of Kovno Gubernia
David Barrett
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FGS Annual Conference Award Three Jewish Genealogists
#announcements
#events
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) held its virtual annual conference on September 2, 2020. The FGS will be merged into the National Genealogical Society (NGS) as of October 1. The New NGS will have at least 4 board members from the FGS including a new officer position, Vice President of Society & Organization Management. Joining the new NGS board will also be Marlis Humphrey, as a director-at-large from Florida.
During their annual virtual conference the FGS announced its annual awards of which three awards were given to Jewish genealogists:
The Rabbi Malcom H. Stern Humanitarian Award was given to Miriam Weiner,CG. The award describes Miriam as the genealogist who lifted the “Archival Iron Curtain” and represents the highest standard that embodies both the purpose and spirit of the award.
The Loretto Denis Szucs Award was given to Gary Mokotoff for his many years of dedicated service and for helping to revolutionize the way we do research. They mentioned he started in 1979 by helping develop the JewishGen Family Finder which is used by 100,000 researchers and help found the IAJGS.
The third award, the FORUM Writers Award (no slide with her photograph) went to Jane Neff Rollins for the FORUM contribution, Labor Union Documents Genealogically Relevant Sources. FORUM is the magazine of the FGS.
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Re: I Want My Trees To Outlive Me
#general
rebasolomon
WOW! What a well thought out approach and diversified plan of action. Our thinking is along the same lines, but I am far behind you. Thank you so much for this response.
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Braham's Hungarian-Jewish Studies O n-Line
#hungary
#holocaust
Vivian Kahn
Randolph Braham's entire volume, including Erno Marton's Family Tree of Hungarian Jewry, is available as a PDF at https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/615553-hungarian-jewish-studies-v-01?viewer=1&offset=16#page=18&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=
Vivian Kahn, Santa Rosa, California JewishGen Director of Hungarian Research
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Re: Cultural Questions Regarding Ancient Jewish Genealogies
#general
Deanna Levinsky <DEANNASMAC@...>
I was told/taught that a child is Jewish if the mother was Jewish because “you always know who the mother is but you don’t always know about the father”
Just sharing..... -- Deanna Mandel Levinsky
-- Deanna M. Levinsky, Long Island, NY
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Re: I lost Zippe after she arrived
#usa
beckyanderson53@...
My great-grandmother, who died when all of her children were under the age of 10, was "Cypa" and several of her granddaughters were named in her memory as "Tzippa" with American/English names of "Charlotte". My mother's nickname throughout her life was "Chippy" as a variation on the "Tzippa" + "Charlotte".
Just another lead for an anglicized version of the name. Rebecca Fogel Anderson FINKELSTEIN/SILBERSTEIN (Serock, Poland/USA) GREENBAUM, JAWETZ (YAVITZ), VOGEL: Bukovina MITNIK, KIMLAT, KRAHKMALNIKOV, TALNOPER, FOGEL (FOIGEL): Odessa, USA, Israel, South America
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Re: Best program for large format printable 10 generation family tree chart
#general
Dahn Cukier
Hello, The following is not perfect, but works for me. I wrote a small program in Regina REXX to move fields. I will explain below. If I entered Hebrew names in the main "name" field, there would be no reason for my own program, but I need to print charts all in all English and in all Hebrew depending on location of the recipient. I use Brother's Keeper for recording information, holding documents and photos. There is a field for "names" including Hebrew names. I do not like the way BK produces large format trees, so I found Agelong Tree. ------------------------ Hebrew can be used by changing ONCE the options "Edit screen 1": Do not use Western script for fonts- change to Hebrew Do NOT use the normal Windows screen fonts: Lucide Sans Unicode -------------------------- After I export from BK, I import to Agelong Tree and produce a jpg that is currently nearing 20 meters long. I do have one family (of 7 families) with 10 generations and no where near the height limits. Importing to Agelong requires the import to be set to Windows 1255 encoding. These programs work in Windows. This works for me, BK has recorded all information and notes. Agelong Tree may be as good, but I only use the chart function. I paid for version 4 of Agelong, and never updated to version 5. As I wrote above, I need all Englsih and all Hebrew charts, I enter all names in Latin, and all entries have Hebrew names in Hebrew in the Hebrew name field. Both the above applications can be downloaded and tested without cost. I am probably not explaining this well. If you have questions, you can write to me directly at photograve99@... Dani Cukier Cukier/Zucker, Liss/Lisabitski/Lisobitzky/etc., Skawir/and other spellings, Brieff/Brif, Rotenberg, Friedman, Porter When you start to read readin, how do you know the fellow that wrote the readin, wrote the readin right? Festus Hagen Long Branch Saloon Dodge City, Kansas (Gunsmoke)
On Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 07:39:19 AM GMT+3, Awesome Properties <1awesomeproperties@...> wrote: Dear fellow researchers, What would you recommend as the easiest program to use for a Hebrew ,10 generation tree , preferably in fan chart design, editable and printable in large format ( on blueprint plotter)? Thanks for your kind advice. Rachel Malik, NY
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Re: nickname for Miriam?
#names
Stepak
Yes, I agree that this is a variation on the name Miriam. My great grandmother was known as Maryam, but her Hebrew name was Miriam. I don't know if this might e a Yiddish form o the name or not.
Ellen Stepak Tel Aviv
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Re: nickname for Miriam?
#names
Alexander Sharon
Russian popular nicknames for Miriam:
Masha, Mashenka, Mashunia, Mashuta, Mania, Maniechka, Maniuta, Maniusia, Maniusha, Mariasha, Maniasha, Mariyka, Mariushka, Marusia, Marusienka, Marisha and a few Polish: Marysia, Marylka, Marynia, Marysieńka, Maryśka, Maryś, Maryjka
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Re: Naturalizations France
#france
ifolkson@...
I found the naturalization of my Grandmother's brother Simon Taganski as well as the full name of his wife & daughter. Very informative.
Iris Folkson
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Re: Does anyone have information about last names in Russia
#poland
#names
#holocaust
bobmalakoff@...
I assume you want to know when family surnames were required. In 1807 the Tsar issued an edict requiring family surnames. I came across an interesting video regarding Jewish surnames on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjWfieO49y0
Bob Malakoff Pittsburgh, PA
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Re: Naturalizations France
#france
Shana Mink
Thank you for this information Catherine.
Are these French naturalizations searchable online? How does one access them? I have a great uncle who was Polish from Warsaw and emigrated to Paris around the turn of the century 1900. How would I go about looking for his naturalization? I would love to know more information about his parents who are my gr gr grandparents. Shana Mink
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Judith Sternberg
The Jablow Family in my tree came from Strassburg, Germany (at the time). Strassburg is right on the border with Poland and flip-flopped country many times. Their original name was Jablonowski. You could try that name.
-Judith Rapaport Sternberg Boise, Idaho
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Re: WWII Evacuees LitvakSIG record
#lithuania
#records
Carol Hoffman
Road to Victory was translated from Yiddish to Hebrew to English. The English edition is will embellishments; it is purchasable at Avotaynu https://www.avotaynu.com/books/RoadToVictory.htm
Carol Hoffman
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looking for the marriage document between Moszek SZER and Kajla KERSZBLUM
#poland
#translation
Jacques Klein
Is there someone able to make a search for me.
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Looking for Weiss family from Romania or France
#france
ISABEL SCHERZ-SELDIN
I am looking for relatives of my grandfather Morris
Weiss (May have been Cohen in Europe) born in Kirkakoy, Turkey 1868, lived in Iasi Romania, then Paris France 1890-96. He had two older siblings who remained in Paris. My grandfather came to New York, USA in 1896. Looking for possible family who survived WW 2 or descendants. Isabel Seldin New York
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Cultural Questions Regarding Ancient Jewish Genealogies
#general
YaleZuss@...
In the ancient world, "genealogies" were usually offered to establish the legitimacy of a ruler. When such a genealogy states that X was the son of Y who was the son of Z, the purpose was to show that since Z was a legitimate ruler (endorsed by the gods, for example), X is entitled to be recognized as legitimate as well. This doesn't mean that the genealogical connection, as we understand it today, was false, but whether it actually was genetically correct wasn't a concern.
Yale Zussman
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Dr.Josef ASH
In Lithuania there is the town Vilkiya. some 20 km N to Kovno (you have this town in your list as well)
My dear wife is from Kovno. she tells "vilkas" is the Lythuanian (and Belarussian вилк) for wolf. There are Vilyaka, Vilkishkaj. Josef ASH, Israel
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What port when leaving Europe
#hungary
Lee Hover
My great grandparents left Hungary (supposedly lived in Budapest) about 1882. What port were they likely to have used?
Lee MESSING Hover Lacey, WA
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Susan&David
 David Rosen Boston, MA
On 9/2/2020 8:41 AM, Carl Kaplan via
groups.jewishgen.org wrote:
I found my grandmother's brother's 1911 naturalization papers (online), and attached them. He put down that he was born in Wilkennie, Russia. I have never heard of it, and couldn't find it in a search. Any ideas? Thanks.
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