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I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
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Daniel Horowitz
Hi Zev, Although Corona may have limited access to the archives I will definitely will recommend you Alex Kohen <tourleader.alex@...> Not sure if you know but some documents (mostly scanned by FamilySearch) are indexed and searchable on https://czernowitz.geneasearch.net/ Best regards
Daniel Horowitz Daniel@... Researcher/genealogist recommendation in Chernivtsi area
#romania
#ukraine
From: Zev Cohen Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:31:42 EDT I would appreciate a recommendation for a reliable researcher/genealogist in the Chernivtsi area to look for records and documentation regarding the maternal side of my family.
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Re: A new "names" database?
#names
rich.meyersburg@...
I have observed that the "old timers" mostly listed their family names and towns in the Family Finder, but that people joining JewishGen more recently rarely do. For example look at any fairly common name and you will find lots of entries with numbers under 100,000 and a smaller group of numbers between 100,000 and the approximately 800,000+ currently listed, even though the latter grouping contains about 8 times as many numbers. I don't know the reason why, but I would guess that part of the reason is that more researchers now have their databases online and don't see the need to list their research needs in the Family Finder.
I wish they would. However, it also has been my observation that about half of the people I have attempted to correspond with about their family listings in the past year, do not reply, and I rarely try to reach anyone who has not been on JewishGen in the past 4 years. Rich Meyersburg Laurel, MD
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Re: Does anyone know that Shtetl or town in Latvia where Israel and Sora Michla (Margolis) Katz lived?
#latvia
Barbara Levy
Dear Corinne,
Thanks for your info. Unfortunately, I have searched - with very little luck - for their passages. I have Morris' Marriage certificate, but it only says he was from Riga. Same with the naturalization. They lived first in Nashua, NH and then in Worcester, MA. I haven't found anything in the newspapers. I have pictures of his grave, but all it says in the name of his father (Israel). Barbara Levy
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Re: GILINSKY in Lithuania
#lithuania
Barbara Levy
The Gilinskys that I'm looking for lived in what is now Lithunia. Their children all came to the US. The parents, who lived all their lives in what is now Lithuania died quite young. The mother, Blume Gittel Nillis Gilinsky (known as Gertie) died in her 30s, possible in childbirth. The father, Refuel, died in his 40s. Their oldest child, Chaya Riva, took care of the others. She was married to a man named Harry Grimm. The other children were Sora Feigel (who died in childbirth), Shayla, Fruma Devasha, and Yudis. Fruma Devasha was my grandmother, and although I don't how she came to the US, I do know that she was married in 1907 in Nashua, NH. Does anyone have any information on these people???
Barbara Levy
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Raymond Engelbreit Book on Forbach History/Families
#france
SOL2516171@...
Does anyone know where I can buy Raymond Engelbreit's book "Les registres de l'etat civil restituent l'histoire des families de Forbach de 1789 a 1870"? Also, does anyone have a copy who would be willing to check a couple of things for me?
David Solomon
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Database of names in messages
#names
Susan&David
Already exists as you describe: Do a name search on the JewishGen
Discussion Group archives. 1993 - current. here: https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main Aug 1999 - current and here: http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~archpop Sep 1993 - Nov 2018 David Rosen Boston, MA David Lewin wrote: It is an old "custom" for jewishgen contributors to end their messages with a name, location and "names researched Would it be possible to create a database which captures these facts ? It would be such an advantage to be able to contact individuals based on the names they seek.
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Re: A new "names" database?
#names
Sarah L Meyer
I do use the JGFF, but I agree with the idea of cleaning it up. So many of the researchers have not been on in the last 10 years. I do know that they do add RD for the deceased researchers, when someone reports that fact. But many of the older researchers may no longer be able to use email- or are not actively researching. Perhaps a better project would be to have the emails sent to those who have not been on since before this date in 2010- and ask them if they are still interested in having their names and contact information on the JGFF. Then each year after the first, there would only be a single year to check on. Now that said - I have been teaching a beginning Jewish genealogy class - and two Sundays ago - showed my class how to use the JGFF. One student has already reported that he had been in contact with a woman in England, who had not been on Jewishgen since 2018 - and he "hit the jackpot". He knew he had family in England. She did not know that she had family in the US, and they have already figured out their relationship.
-- Sarah L Meyer Georgetown TX ANK(I)ER, BIGOS, KARMELEK, PERLSTADT, STOKFISZ, SZPIL(T)BAUM, Poland BIRGARDOVSKY, EDELBERG, HITE (CHAIT), PERCHIK Russia (southern Ukraine) and some Latvia or Lithuania https://www.sarahsgenies.com
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Jim Gutterman
Any suggestions as to town of Tuchin in Volyn, anything late 19th or early 20th century. Thank you in advance to anyone with suggestions.
James GUTTERMAN researching GUTTERMAN (GITELMAN), GOODMAN (GITMAN), OCHS, GELLER, LANDESMAN, HERSHKOVITZ
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Re: A new "names" database?
#names
Marlene Dobrin <dobrins@...>
It used to be that family names in capitalization were a required part
of our signatures. That requirement should still be in place so other Jewish genners can discover new relatives. Recently when looking through the JGFamily Finder data base it seemed very antiquated to me, People who last were on JGFF were years ago and how many are still active, alive or interested. For all the new and current people using Jewishgen.org, your family names will give you a better connection to all the people currently active. For myself I make my own file of those who could be possible relatives and contact them when I think their may be a family connection. Marlene Kempner Dobrin - Arizona USA Family names: KEMPNER, POKEMPNER, PAKEMPNER, MIRVIS, RIEF, WESTERMAN, MELMAN, SHEINKER, KRECHMER, LUNTZ, SACHS/ZOX, LITT, FLEISCHMAN, MEYERSON/MAROVICH, HILLMAN, KOBLINITZ, SEGALL, FRIEDMAN, DOBRIN, DOBRINSKY, SCHUMAN, ITKIN, FIRESTONE, FEIRSTEIN, FOREMAN, FUXMAN -- Marlene Kempner Dobrin - Arizona USA Family names: KEMPNER, POKEMPNER, PAKEMPNER, MIRVIS, RIEF, WESTERMAN, MELMAN, SHEINKER, KRECHMER, LUNTZ, SACHS/ZOX, LITT, FLEISCHMAN, MEYERSON/MAROVICH, HILLMAN, KAMENETS, SEGALL, FRIEDMAN, DOBRIN, DOBRINSKY, SCHUMAN, ITKIN, FIRESTONE, FEIRSTEIN, FOREMAN, FUXMAN
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Re: Do old hotel registers exist?
#general
boris
Mash, thank you very much for your reply. I agree with you regarding privacy issues and newspapers.com notices. So far, the most informative reply, though not the one I wanted to see, came from Debra Hirsh, via Tracing The Tribe group on facebook: [answering your question,] "as someone who got into the hotel industry WAY after that. I'm going to say, probably not. I was in the industry for 30 years and we kept things 7 years as a rule." Since my original post, A30 Canadian Immigrations cards for the man and his wife were discovered. I now know the couple’s names, so the more realistic next step seems to look for burials of any ‘Lester’-looking names in Toronto, in the hope that there will be a Hebrew part of a tombstone reading Naftoli b. Ber, or Nechame b. Moshe. Boris
-- _______________________________________ Boris Feldblyum FAST Genealogy Service boris@...
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Re: A new "names" database?
#names
rv Kaplan
I think it does. If you search by a particular surname, it lists surname, town, researcher. Harvey Kaplan
On Wed, 23 Sep 2020 at 18:26, David Lewin <david@...> wrote: Family finder does not give
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Friedman116@...
Hi,
Please advise how to get birth certificates from Kalaras, Moldova? Thanks, Mark Friedman.
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Re: A new "names" database?
#names
sharon yampell
Not only do you see the last name you are looking for, but you get the member name or number and a link to contact them with.
No matter what the subject is, as soon as I am done reading a post to the group, if someone has a signature with the families and locations they are looking for, I read through and see if there is a chance we can be related …to me, the key is being polite and respectful… I always apologize to the poster telling them I am sorry I can’t answer their initial post but would be willing to explore any possible family connections based on their signature if they would like to…
Sharon f.yampell Voorhees, NJ
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From: shamue@...
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 1:27 PM To: main@... Subject: Re: [JewishGen.org] A new "names" database? #names
It exist . If you search a family name the first answer you get is "JewishGen Family Finder" that list all that look for this family name per town or country or
worldwide depend on your setting
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Re: A new "names" database?
#names
binyaminkerman@...
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Zev Cohen
I would appreciate a recommendation for a reliable researcher/genealogist in the Chernivtsi area to look for records and documentation regarding the maternal side of my family.
Many thanks, Zev Cohen
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Sliwkiewicz or Slivkevich, originally of Warta, Poland
#poland
For information about the records of Warta, please contact the JRI-Poland Warta
Town Leader who can be reached via the "Your Town" page linked from the
navigation bar on the home page of JRI-Poland https://jri-poland.org/index.html
 To reach all JRI-Poland town leaders, another option is to write to [townname]@jri-poland.org Stanley Diamond, M.S.M. (Montreal, 514-484-0100)
Executive Director, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Inc.
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Re: Require help in understanding items on the attached New York marriage certificate
#records
Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...>
"The bride's given name appears on both pages, the 2nd signed presumably by her. "
The back was not signed by her, as both signatures are by the same hand. The front was filled out, by him probably, in a very different hand. He didn't read English well, and put an address where it asks for number of marriage. This isn't rocket science, you could figure it out. Sally Bruckheimer Princeton, NJ
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Re: A new "names" database?
#names
shamue@...
It exist . If you search a family name the first answer you get is "JewishGen Family Finder" that list all that look for this family name per town or country or worldwide depend on your setting
Tzvika SHACHAM
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Re: What would be a full set of naturalization records in NYC from the 1850's?
#records
Barbara Ellman
Early naturalization records have very little information on them. Basically, what is on the index card is pretty much it.
Not to say that you shouldn't look for the actual papers. They can be rather humorous. I had one that went on for 6 pages on what a great guy he was without any genealogical information.
I have never seen a ship's name on any of the documents I've seen.
Good luck
-- Barbara Ellman Secaucus NJ USA HASSMAN, SONENTHAL, DAUERMAN, LUCHS - Drohobycz, Ukraine HIRSCHHORN, GOLDSTEIN, BUCHWALD - Dolyna, Ukraine ELLMAN, COIRA, MAIDMAN - Minkovtsy, Ukraine KAGLE, FASS - Ulanow, Poland
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Re: A new "names" database?
#names
David Lewin
Family finder does not give
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Family name location researcher BERLIN Mogilev "Hilary Henkin" <hilary@...> DONNENFIELD; Roumania "Hilary Henkin" <hilary@...> FAYN, rvlkaplan@... GOLDBERG Belarus "Ezra Magid" <gematria58@...> KATZ Ekaterinoslav "Hilary Henkin" <hilary@...> etc etc etc Does this need a myriad of volunteers - or could a computer program extract this from historical email? David Lewin
At 11:59 23/09/2020, Hilary Henkin wrote: Well, there does exist the JewishGen Family Finder....
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