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Viewmate translation request - German
#germany
#translation
dianejacobs40@...
I request translations of the German text on several family registers and a marriage certificate – all downloaded from Ancestry. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM86811 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM86812 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM86813 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM86814 Please respond using the online ViewMate forms. Thank you so much, Diane M. Jacobs
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Re: Weinbergers from Kisvarda
#hungary
paveanyu@...
Hi Jutka 4th October 2020
I wonder if you are interested@ I attended the Anna Frank Ginazium in Budapets-- Volt iskolatarsain: Vadasz Jutka --jelenleg Amerikaban el es Weinberger Mari from Kisvarda it el Londonban En Erettsegiztem 1968 I wonder, if you wish I can contact Vadsz Jutka -n the USA I am in regular contact with Mari Weinberger from Kisvarda--if I am not mistaken Mari's father was a Kosher Butcher in Kisvarda Wishing a Mazeldike, Healthy Happy Sweet New Year to All Veronika Pachtinger London UK>
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ViewMate translation request - Polish
#translation
Robert E. Ybanez
I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM86781 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. -- Robert E. Ybanez Kalinski
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Viewmate Translation Request - Russian
#poland
#translation
Greg Tuckman
Hello everyone,
I've posted 5 vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... 1. Death record of Ruchla Laja WAJSBLECH: https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM86543&data=02%7C01%7C%7C55024d90ff134b3b970708d868a7c8ba%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637374417115164146&sdata=rScHqdVsXccN6b%2F1vpt0%2FYWOHGbMLUvaZ5shiN7vFFY%3D&reserved=0 2. Death record of Ela Wolf WAJSBLECH: https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM86680&data=02%7C01%7C%7C5939819f0c7c4678cc8908d868a80910%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637374418194892467&sdata=ANN6PMekruD6%2BnPAteaCq3698XBAlgTxnrsL%2FAzCmeY%3D&reserved=0 3. Birth record of Lejb WAJSBLECH: https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM86681&data=02%7C01%7C%7C722e30749fc249eef5b508d868a80d0f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637374418262523093&sdata=2R7oduxLyiE25Uo39YBYgYGbbM4bU%2FZrWAEPhFtqJqs%3D&reserved=0 4. Birth record of Nuchym WAJSBLECH: https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM86682&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8883c9a8b7bc4ecdf6bd08d868a810b6%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637374418323288463&sdata=bRlGmpVW9wb7hGIfcc7IkjLTJLuLqRi4AK4gW0kM0Fk%3D&reserved=0 5. Death record of Szmul WAJSBLECH: https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM86683&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1248a798d0bc440426b308d868a814b4%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637374418390100337&sdata=VaBd9Qo8%2B42AE6aHu1igarceeei3rW3jGUrp20XEF%2BQ%3D&reserved=0 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Greg Tuckman Phoenix, Arizona USA
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Re: Researcher in Belarus
#belarus
Gerald and Margaret
Do contact the Together Plan (www.thetogetherplan.com) to make contact with experienced Belerussians who undertake genealogical research. They speak the language and are used to the bureaucratic complications of the country, a huge advantage !!.
References available from debrakbrunner@... Margaret Levin
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Re: Heimatschein from Vienna
#austria-czech
Eva Lawrence
As Martin Tompa explained, the Heimatschein is a certificate giving the bearer the right ot reside in a community. An electoral register is something different. Its existence implies that the community is governed as an elected body, and further that the person listed is empowered to chose the members of that body. In modern terms that's what citizenship means, and the criteris for voting vary from country to country. . Austria became a republic after 1918, but I am pretty certain that a 17-year-old wouldn't have been entitled to vote. .
-- Eva Lawrence eva.lawrence@...
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JGSLI Virtual meeting on Sunday October 25 at 2:00 PM Eastern
#announcements
#events
Bonnie Birns
Hello all! The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island is delighted to invite you to our October monthly meeting featuring our guest speaker, Rhoda Miller, Past President of JGSLI.
JGSLI is extending the invitation to the broader genealogy community. We ask that you register in advance (see below). Please share with your friends! Sunday, October 25th, 2:00 PM, via Zoom Speaker: Rhoda Miller DNA and document strategies will be unfolded in this quest for a female cousin. Finding females is normally a challenge but when the woman does not want to be found, the challenge becomes even greater. Learn techniques for breaking through a brick wall as well as the new problems on the other side of that wall. Rhoda Miller, Ed.D., CG® has been a Certified Genealogist since 1998, specializing in Jewish research and Holocaust studies. Rhoda is a Past President of JGSLI and continues as a board member. With JGSLI, she led the award-winning project of publishing the Images of America book, Jewish Community of Long Island. There are two ways to join our meeting:
When: Oct 25, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
This webinar is free and open to the public.
I look forward to "seeing" you all then!
Bonnie Birns President, Jewish Genealogy Society of Long IslandJericho, Long Island, NY researcher #59766
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JGSLI Family History Workshop Sunday, November 1, 2020
#announcements
#events
Bonnie Birns
Please join us for the Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island's (JGSLI) 30th annual family history workshop, "Jewish Genealogy 101: Four Hours+ to Your Family Roots" The workshop is a half-day course on sources and strategies essential for Jewish Genealogy research and is recommended both for beginners and for family historians who want to brush up or expand their skills. Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Virtual Seminar on Zoom. Cost is $35 per person ($40 for Family). Attendees will receive a digital copy of the workshop manual, Jewish Genealogy 101 and a paper copy of Avotaynu's book Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy (mailed to you). See flyer and payment options on our website: https://jgsli.org/jgsli-workshop/. Last Day to Register is Friday, October 30. --Bonnie Birns President, Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island Jericho, Long Island, NY researcher #59766
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ViewMate translation request - Yiddish or Hebrew
#bessarabia
#usa
#translation
Mitchell Collier
I've posted photos of a memorial monument in Yiddish or Hebrew for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM86687 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Photo is of a pillar that is a component of memorial at The Belz Bessarabian Sick Beneficial Association section of Har Nebo Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please translate or at least describe these engravings (advise whether Hebrew or Yiddish). If this is only a list of contributors to the memorial, then I do not need a transcription of all of the names.
Thank you very much. Mitchell Collier mcollierpa@...
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Re: Looking for Shoah survivors/descendants: Flekier and Berenholc, Warka, Poland
#israel
Lewis, Megan
Hello Malka,
Contact the Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Ask them to search the Registry of Holocaust Survivors for you. The email is resource-center@.... If there is a match they may be able to forward a message for you. Megan Lewis, reference librarian US Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Cemetery Photographing - Mt. Golda, Huntington, Long Island, NY, USA - Sunday October 18th
#announcements
#events
#usa
Bonnie Birns
On October 18, 2020, JGSLI will be participating in a project to photograph all the headstones at Mt. Golda and the Huntington Jewish Center Cemeteries in Huntington Station, Long Island. The plan is to meet at the Mt. Golda cemetery at 11 AM. The cemetery is neatly laid out by burial societies, so volunteers would walk the rows, taking pictures of every stone. There are approximately 10,000 headstones at the two cemeteries, so if we can get at least 30 volunteers, we hope to be able to finish the project in one day. Your packing list should include: drinking water, sunscreen, hat and gloves, bug spray, hand wipes, camera, garden shears, comfortable shoes and socks. Once we have photographed all the headstones, we will record all the burials into a database and contribute it to JewishGen’s JOWBR (JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry) project. For more information, please contact us at cemetery_project@.... Rain date is November 15. --Bonnie Birns President, Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island Jericho, Long Island, NY researcher #59766
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Looking for Vselyub Cemetery, Michael Lozman, David Rosen
#belarus
kdomeshek@...
The Jewish cemetery in Vselyub (Wsielub, near Nowogrudek, cemetery ID: BEL-03452), along with the synagogue, still stands. In 2006, US Catholic students paid their own way to Belarus and did a wonderful mitzvah...they restored the cemetery and made rubbings of the headstones. On behalf of two and possibly three families whose ancestors rest in that cemetery, I am trying to contact whomever has the headstone rubbings and photographs. Vselyub does not have a Kehila website. However, there is reference on JGen that Michael Lozman and David Rosen have some of the cemetery records. Does anyone know how to reach these researchers?
Chag Sameach. Ken Domeshek Damesek, Braverman, Kartorzynski, Sinienski
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Re: Researcher in Belarus
#belarus
fjs@...
Dear Risa, It’s great to hear from you after all this time. I’ll write to you privately to catch up with events of the last two decades. In the meantime, to respond to your question: I am not directly involved with Jewish Tour but I will pass on your question to the owner, Natalie Bermont, and suggest a revision to the firm’s website. The site as, it is, does, however, provide a lot of useful information about Jewish heritage in Belarus. I was brought into connexion with Jewish tour by the Israeli Ambassador to Belarus. Thanks again for writing. Best regards from Galina and me,
Frank Swartz
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JGSLI Virtual meeting on Wednesday October 14 at 6:30 PM Eastern
#announcements
#events
Bonnie Birns
Hello all! The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island is delighted to invite you to our bonus monthly meeting featuring our guest speaker, J. D. Arden, Genealogy Reference Librarian at the Center for Jewish History. J.D. cohosts their popular weekly Genealogy Coffee Break at the CJH.
JGSLI is extending the invitation to the broader genealogy community. We ask that you register in advance (see below). Please share with your friends! Wednesday, October 14th, 6:30 PM, via Zoom Speaker: J.D. Arden J. D. Arden, Genealogy Reference Librarian at the Center for Jewish History, will emphasize online sources you can access from home. Some of these include; YIVO1000Towns, HIAS-AJHS, CJH Main Catalog, CJH Archives (synagogue maps, family tree charts, genealogy research guides), DigiBaeck, ItalianGen, ArchiveGrid, the Brooklyn Eagle, and the Library of Congress. There are two ways to join our meeting:
When: Oct 14, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
This webinar is free and open to the public.
I look forward to "seeing" you all then!
Bonnie Birns President, Jewish Genealogy Society of Long IslandJericho, Long Island, NY researcher #59766 researching: BECHMANN, BIRN, BIRNS, EICHBERG, HOECHSTER, MAYER, THORMAN, TUCHLER, TUCKLER - Bavaria, Ger; BARER, BERNSTEIN, BURNSTON, GELLER, WACHS - Podkamen, Ukr; ARONOWSKY, TANDETNIK, TANDEJTNIK - Bialystok, Pol; GOLDBERG - Chudniv, Ukr; TANNENHOLZ - Augustow, Pol; SIEGEL, Karklanai and Kraziai, Lith; SHNIPER - Gorodok, Belarus; MELLER - Satoraljaujhely, Hungary
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Gerald and Margaret
I'm so pleased I noticed this conversation. - I found 3 of my ancestors on that " Official Journal of the Royal Court of Breslau", which you say is granting citizenship to some of its Jewish population.
Moses Bernard SCHLESINGER (Number 3089) lived in Langendorf ! The other two are:- 1128 Philipp GRAUPNER of BEUTHEN and 1542Jacob Israel HIRSCHMANN of ?-efrendberg , plus 1543Ruben Israel HIRSCHMANN , , presumably a son or brother. Can anyone tell me more about granting citizenship to Jews at that time? Margaret Levin Finchley , London UK (please reply to : margaret.lev@... )
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Finding Your Roots Second Part of Season 6 Begins October 13
#announcements
#general
#usa
Jan Meisels Allen
The last part of Season 6 of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates begins on October 13 8PM/7 Central on your local PBS station in the United States Please look at the schedule for your local PBS station as dates and times may vary by local PBS Station. I am not certain if it will also show in Canada. See: https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/
Season Six is provided by Ancestry, Johnson & Johnson and AT&T.
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Photo Mattes Leib Frenkiel and Family Lodz Ghetto.JPG uploaded
main@groups.jewishgen.org Notification <noreply@...>
The following photos have been uploaded to the Frenkels in Lodz album of the main@... group. By: Gittel
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Yizkor Book Report for September 2020
#yizkorbooks
#JewishGenUpdates
lackerfeld@...
Shalom,
Looking over recently updated translation projects, I saw that quite a few of them are just a hair's breadth away from being completed and I’m quite certain that next month’s report will bear witness to this.
This time, for instance, I’m pleased to inform you that the Rivne, Ukraine book Rowno; a memorial to the Jewish community of Rowno, Volin is now completely translated. This project was, over the years, dedicatedly led by Ann Goldberg and it recently received some additional support from Anita Gabbay who assisted in seeing its successful completion. We owe a debt of gratitude to Ann and Anita for the time and efforts they placed into achieving this worthy goal. Quite frequently, and especially after my monthly reports go out, I receive messages from people wishing to see the English translation of a particular Yizkor book. Often, upon checking, I find that we do have a project set up for the book but, unfortunately, no one has ever stepped forward to take on this translation project. From my experience and the feedback I receive from coordinators, a great deal of satisfaction is achieved from taking on such a translations project, seeing it take shape and, of course, the greatest satisfaction is when the project is successfully completed. So the moral of the story is that if you find that the Yizkor book with connections to your family doesn’t have an active coordinator, please be in contact with me and I’ll go through with you what is involved in taking such a project and it’s something that may only involve a couple of hours a month. Anyway, let’s look at what we have accomplished over September 2020. New book
Initially, we have placed the English section online but we do have plans to expand the project further.
New Translation Fund The translation of a Yizkor Book generally involves a considerable monetary outlay and we set up these Translation Funds so that all those people interested in seeing a particular book translated, can contribute as much as they are comfortable with in a combined effort to see the book translated. Note that for US citizens, donations to these funds are tax deductible.
New entries
Yizkor Book updates · Będzin, Poland (A Memorial to the Jewish Community of Bendin) · Biała Podlaska, Poland (Book of Biala Podlaska) · Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy, Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its District; Memorial Book) · Biłgoraj, Poland (Destruction of Bilgoraj) · Braslaw, Belarus (Darkness and desolation) · Ciechanowiec, Poland (Ciechanoviec-Bialystok District; Memorial and Records) · Dubno, Ukraine (Dubno; a Memorial to the Jewish community of Dubno, Wolyn) · Gąbin, Poland (Gombin: The Life and Destruction of a Jewish Town in Poland) · Hlybokaye, Belarus (The Destruction of Globokie) · Jaroslaw, Poland (Jaroslaw Book: a Memorial to Our Town) · Kamyanyets, Belarus (Memorial Book of Kamenets Litovsk, Zastavye, and Colonies) · Kurów, Poland (Yiskor book in memoriam of our hometown Kurow) · Kutno, Belarus (Kutno and Surroundings Book) · Nyasvizh, Belarus (The Nesvizh Yizkor Book) · Pruzhany, Belarus (Memorial Book of Five Destroyed Communities) · Radomysl Wielki, Poland (Radomysl Wielki and Neighborhood) · Rivne, Ukraine (Rowno; a memorial to the Jewish community of Rowno, Volin) · Siedlce, Poland (Memorial book of the community of Siedlce) · Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok) · Warszawa, Poland (Jewish Warsaw that was; a Yiddish literary anthology) · Zinkiv, Ukraine (Zinkov Memorial Book) Volunteers We are continually looking for volunteers to join the YB Project to assist us in maintaining and expanding the YB Project. In particular, if you are able to translate from either Hebrew or Yiddish to English, we would love to hear from you.
Chag Sukkot Sameach (Happy Sukkot), Lance Ackerfeld Director of Special Projects - Yizkor Books JewishGen.org lackerfeld@...
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son of Jeno WEISZ and Malvina PANETH, born after 1937 in Budapest
#hungary
emmabcole@...
My father's first cousin Jeno Weisz (born 1908, Budapest) married Malvina Paneth (born 1913) and I have just discovered that they had a son. The son I believe emigrated to Israel around 1956 but came back around 1960. I don't know if he changed his family name. How can I look in the Budapest birth records for 1938 onwards (they don't seem to go this far), probably district 7 or 8, or how can I trace him entering Israel/coming back to Hungary. I would deeply appreciate any help. I have been looking for surviving branches of the family for the past 4 years or so. It is quite a breakthrough to find that Jeno had a child so I would really love to find him. Huge thanks. Emma Cole
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Re: Need help, please, dating a Warsaw and a Liverpool studio photo of my great-grandmother
#poland
#unitedkingdom
#photographs
Michele Lock
Now that I am taking another look at the photos, I notice in the second one that the sleeves are the style known as 'leg of mutton', which became popular in the 1890s. The fabric also looks to be seersucker, though an expert would be able to tell for sure.
In the first photo, the sleeves are 3/4 length (several inches above the wrist), but I don't know when these came into fashion, or went out of fashion, just as important. And she's holding a fan, which strikes me as being from a time earlier than the 1890s [To me, it just screams 'Civil War' and 'Gone with the Wind', but then the woman would be wearing a hoop skirt]. I also have thought that these might be two different women. The women look similar in terms of their lips/nose/eye color, but the first one is somewhat heavier, and has a slightly different look. I've thought that they might be sisters, but it is possible that they are mother and daughter, especially if the first photo is dated to the 1870s or so. If you really want an expert opinion, there is a person who runs a business called 'Sherlock Cohn' who specializes in dating photographs, particularly of Jewish families. It appears there is a fee for her to do this, but apparently she is very thorough. Michele Lock Alexandria, VA
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