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Zigmund Stern of Smithtown, NY #general

Neil Rosenstein
 

Trying to make contact with the family of Zigmund whose father was
Asher Zelig Stern of Rozavlea, Rumania who perished. Zigmund posted a
Page of Testimony for his father in Smithtown in 2008. Zigmund had a
sister, Bina Gantz (Ganz) who lived in Kar Pines in Israel. The family
descended from the famous Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Horowitz of Czortkow.
Neil Rosenstein
What would be a full set of naturalization records in NYC from the 1850's? #records

dmjacobs@...
 

I have been able to find the Declaration of intent (19 April 1850) and Oath (2 July 1843) as components of the naturalization record of my 2nd great grandfather Charles Schiff.  They correspond to the records referenced in the index to naturalization records - dates, bundle number and record number – all on Ancestry.  Neither the index card nor the records contain the port of arrival or date of arrival.  Is it likely that there are any other naturalization records that would give me any more information?  The Court was the Superior Court of New York County; would other paper records still be in an archive someplace? (Assuming we can travel someday!) (And I have been unable to find any manifest with his name for the period before 1846 when his first son was born in NY.)


DMJacobs
HTML - looking for volunteers to help on Yizkor Books Project #yizkorbooks

Joel Alpert
 

I am looking for help for the Yizkor Books Project to work on placing
material on the web. Lance Ackerfeld calls them "HTML's" This is a
critical task to get newly translated material up on the Yizkor Books
Web,

The persons we looking for should (or willing to learn):

- Know how to convert a Word or Excel document into a web page using very
basic html coding. We use simple conversion program called "Arachnophilia"
for doing this but any similar conversion program is fine.

- Be familiar with html coding tags, hyperlinks, SSI files and know how to
include pictures in a web page.

- Generally, the person needs to be organized, able to work independently
and willing to dedicate at least 5 hours a week to the project.

If you can do these things, please be in contact with me,

Joel Alpert, YBIP@...
Vital Records for Lutomiersk, Poland online? #poland #records

Yossi Jalas
 

I am looking for the scans of the Jewish vital record books for Lutomiersk, Poland.
 
Genealodzy.pl doesn't have any of the Jewish records for this town and Genbaza.pl has only limited years. Per JRI-Poland most of the records from 1826 onwards survive and a chunk of them were indexed on JRI.
 
Does anyone know where the scans can be found online? Requesting individual scans from the Lodz archive is a painfully drawn out process....
 
Yossi Jalas
how to respond to prospective relatives on ancestry #general

Micki Potchinsky
 

If you write your surname on ancestry family trees you will find a list of family trees with that name.
when I find something that might connect my family however, I do not see a link to contact the
person who posted that family tree.  have others had this problem?

Micki Potchinsky
Translation from Slovakian #slovakia #translation

Kathy Lorber
 

See View Mate #86542. This page is from the Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books. I would like a translation of the headings at the top of the page. Also, I am interested in deciphering information on line 19 for Gerson Lorber.  
Thank you for your help,
Kathy Lorber
Montville, NJ
LORBER: Poughkeepsie, NY, Bardejev, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary
FELDMAN: NYC, Varifalu
LIVINGSTON/LEVENSTEIN: Chicago, Davenport, IA, Lithuania 
GOLDMAN/SZEYP: Davenport, IA, Mariampol, Lithuania
DAVIS: Chicago, Wales, UK, Pikela, Lithuania
HERTZBERG: Chicago, Courland, Lithuania
Re: Does anyone know the shtetl in Lithuania where Rafuel and (Blume) Gertie Nillis Gilinsky lived? #lithuania

Barbara Levy
 

Stephen,
By the way, most of their children came to the US. It's not clear when, but I know that Fruma was here in 1907, because she was married in Nashua, New Hampshire. Sora Feigel died in childbirth. I know the least about Shayla.
Barbara Levy
Re: Does anyone know that Shtetl or town in Latvia where Israel and Sora Michla (Margolis) Katz lived? #latvia

Barbara Levy
 

Sherri -
Thanks.
Israel and Sora Michla's children, Morris, Louis and Ida came to the US. I think Israel Joseph did also, but I'm not sure. Morris came to the US sometime before 1907. He probably came to the US in 1905. In Russia, Morris was in the Tzar's army, and he played tuba in the army band.
Barbara Levy
Re: Does anyone know the shtetl in Lithuania where Rafuel and (Blume) Gertie Nillis Gilinsky lived? #lithuania

lsragovicz@...
 

Hi Barbara:

I have gilinski (with i) in my family. Yishie Gilinski married Chaya Sragovicz, who was my great aunt. In my records, I have that he was born in Poluse, Ignalina, Lithuania. 
--
Lia Sragovicz
Re: Family Tree #general

Maurice I. Kessler
 

I donated most of my records to YIVO.  This is a Jewish archives in NYC. U can google them.

Or call and talk to Leo Greenbaum , Archivist.

Maurice Kessler
Re: Does anyone know that Shtetl or town in Latvia where Israel and Sora Michla (Margolis) Katz lived? #latvia

Sherri Bobish
 


Barbara,

Did Israel and Sora Michla (Margolis) Katz and their children stay in Latvia?

Did they emigrate to another country at some point?

Sharing that info will enable people to offer you research tips.

Regards,

Sherri Bobish
Re: Restitution for survivors of Transnistria #romania

zrbgpensions@...
 

UPDATE

Entitlements have dramatically changed in the past 1-2 years for these survivors and/or their families.

For those who do not yet know.  This is true there are multiple opportunities NOW available to survivors (and OFTEN THEIR HEIRS) from Transnistria   

I am an attorney, based in Boca Raton, Florida helping survivors and their heirs in this area for more than 15 years. 

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions 561.200.3442.  
brian@... 

L'shana Tova to all!

Brian Kramer
Re: Does anyone know the shtetl in Lithuania where Rafuel and (Blume) Gertie Nillis Gilinsky lived? #lithuania

Barbara Levy
 

I've looked at JGFF and the LitvakSIG databases and I haven't found them. I wrote to a number of researchers in the JGFF, and they haven't come upon them either. I know that Svencionys is a good guess because there were a lot of Gilinskys there, but I also have not found them there.

Barbara Levy
Re: Naming Conventions #names

Roberta Sheps
 

My father had a friend named Haskel Masters in Saskatchewan whose name had
been Chatskiel. The story is his first grade teacher made the change,
although I think of it more like an adaptation. I don't know what
"Masters" had been. My grandfather's first grade teacher, according to what
he told my mother, (my grandfather, not the teacher) imposed Charles on him,
rather than allowing him to use his original name which was Efraim, which
she thought was absurd.

Roberta Sheps
Colchester, UK
Born in Winnipeg
Re: Looking for Yaakov Rotem — Yad Vashem testimonies reporter #holocaust #galicia

Daniella Alyagon
 

Hi,

 

Dr. Yaakov Rotem is my mother’s uncle.

 

Are you related?

 

Daniella Alyagon

11 Rav Ashi St, Tel Aviv 6939545, Israel

alyagon.genealogy@...

 

Researching: ALYAGON (Israel), SHOCHETMAN (Kishinev / Letychev / Derazhnya), AGINSKY (Kishinev / Minsk), FAJNZYLBER (Siennica, Poland / Warsaw, Poland), JELEN (Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland), KIEJZMAN (Garwolin, Poland),  SLIWKA (Garwolin, Poland), MANDELBAUM (Janowiec, Poland / Zwolen, Poland / Kozienice, Poland), CUKIER (Janowiec, Poland), RECHTANT (Kozienice, Poland), FALENBOGEN (Lublin, Poland), ROTENSTREICH (Galicia), SELINGER (Galicia), BITTER (Galicia / Bukowina), HISLER (Galicia / Bukowina ), EIFERMAN (Galicia / Bukowina), FROSTIG (Zolkiew, Galicia / Lviv, Galicia), GRANZBAUER (Zolkiew, Galicia), HERMAN (Zolkiew, Galicia), MESSER (Lviv, Galicia / Vienna, Austria), PROJEKT (Lviv, Galicia), STIERER (Lviv, Galicia), ALTMAN (Lviv, Galicia), FRIEDELS (Lviv, Galicia)

 

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Subject: Re: [JewishGen.org] Looking for Yaakov Rotem — Yad Vashem testimonies reporter #holocaust #galicia

 

Thank you to all the replies to my inquiry regarding Yaakov Rotem's testimonies on Yad Vashem regarding Wilder family from Lwow.
The replies have helped me further my research regarding this family branch.
NTalbot

Re: New records on the all GALICIA database, Progress on PRZEMYSL ID project #galicia

ahcbfc@...
 

My grandfather was born in 1880 in Chrazanow, Poland, in the general area of Galicia. Is that town part of your records? Thanks.
Barbara Schneider Cohen
Re: GILINSKY in Lithuania #lithuania

Barbara Levy
 

I have gone to the LitvakSIG All Lithuanian Database, and looked everywhere for their names. I have not been successful. I have looked at Svencionys through the JGFF, and I was not successful there. 
Barbara Levy
Re: JewishGen's Family Tree of the Jewish People #JewishGenUpdates

Michael Herzlich
 

I received this reply from FTJPHELP on July 10th when attempts to update my tree on the FTJP were not successful:

"We are not processing files at this time."

I was not given any time estimate on when they would be processing files again.
--
Michael Herzlich
Delray Beach, Florida USA

Belarus - EPSTEIN, HELFAND, POLLACK
Galicia (Poland, Ukraine) - HERZLICH, TREIBER
Re: Do old hotel registers exist? #general

John Hirschmann
 

If he crossed as a tourist, it is very likely no record was ever made. You were usually just waived through, particularly if you were a USA or Canadian citizen. 

John Hirschmann
Washington, DC
Re: Do old hotel registers exist? #general

Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...>
 

There are border crossing cards which FamilySearch and Ancestry have. We used to bike to Canadian beaches from Buffalo when I was a kid - you didn't need a plane or a train if you were in the US or Canada. Detroit is the same.  You can walk across the border in lots of places.

There may be old hotel registers, but you would have to ask the hotel, and I bet they aren't interested in looking through them for you. Same with funeral parlors.

Sally Bruckheimer
Princeton, NJ
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