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Free webinar Sunday, Oct. 25, about Chicago-area Jewish genealogy research resources #announcements #jgs-iajgs #usa

Martin Fischer
 

 
“Resources for Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland—What’s New” will be the topic of a talk by genealogist Mike Karsen for the Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois virtual meeting. The webinar, which will begin at 2 p.m. CDT, will be preceded at 1 p.m. CDT by a genealogy question-and-answer discussion. 
 
To register/RSVP for this free event, go to https://jgsi.org/event-3925245. After registering, registrants will receive a link to join the meeting.
 

This webinar will be recorded so that JGSI’s paid members who are unable to view it live will be able to view the recording later in the members-only section of the JGSI website.  

This event will feature JGSI past president Mike Karsen giving his annual update covering various resources to discover your Jewish roots in Chicagoland. He will discuss a wide range of records and research resources, including cemeteries, death certificates, death notices/obits, marriage records, birth records, and city directories. How to locate your ancestor’s naturalization records, which are essential for any genealogical research project, will also be covered along with some uniquely Jewish resources. Today, with so many records available online, you hardly have to leave your home to research your Chicago roots. Case studies will be utilized to demonstrate the research process. 

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping members collect, preserve, and perpetuate the records and history of their ancestors. JGSI is a resource for the worldwide Jewish community to research their Chicago-area roots.  

The JGSI motto is “Members Helping Members Since 1981.” The group has more than 300 members. 


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Martin Fischer
Vice President-Publicity
Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois

JGSI website: https://jgsi.org
Re: Bessarabia Revision List and corresponding microfilm image #bessarabia #general

Ron@...
 

On the far right column select the image number. I.E. 2373295 and you should be redirected to the FamilySearch.org website and the images.  I can't read Russian so don't known which image corresponds to the the original page you desire.

Ronald Miller
MELAMED KARPMAN (Minsk, Mozyr, Rechitsa, Minsk, Ukraine, Belarus, Kiev) 
SHARGORODSKY WEISBERG  (Kiev, Rusacki, Devemususke, Ivankova) 
KRASNITZKI and variation spelling (Rechitsa, Minsk, Ukraine, Belarus, Kiev)
SCHARGORODSKY  CHARGO (Carlos Caseras near Buenos Aires, Argentina) 
GOLDENBERG (Tulchin, Ukraine)
GARFINKEL GARFIELD RUBINSTEIN (Philadelphia)
Finding death of my great uncle Otto Seelig #germany #records

sgtaylormall@...
 

Hello all. I would appreciate any help in finding an date and location of death for my great uncle Otto Seelig. He was born  25 May 1879 in Posen/Poznan. He is the eldest son of Emil Seelig and Recha/Rebekka Katz Seelig. His siblings are Paul and Ernst Seelig. The Seeligs moved to  Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin in 1900. I've indentified a 1917  marriage for Otto to Josephine Lemmen, in Berlin, a subsequent divorce and another marriage in 1928 to a Berta Pauline Annis, also in Berlin. I have been unable to find any other sources of information after the 1928 marriage.  I would like to find information regarding his death or possible relocation. Thank you for any assistance. 

Susan Taylor-Mall
Need map of the Padua Ghetto #general

Chaim Luria
 

I need the location of the Padua ghetto including the gates shown on a current city map.

Chaim Luria
Jerusalem
Re: Finding My Grandfather's Siblings From Minsk #belarus

Molly Staub
 

I use the "Central Database of Shoah Victims". If you find a likely match, click on that person's name and you'll probably find their spouse, possibly father, where they lived, and occupation. If you find Pages of Testimony, you may learn more.
Good luck,
Molly Staub
Re: Finding My Grandfather's Siblings From Minsk #belarus

Carl Kaplan
 

Thank you for pointing that out. My family lived in the Iguman district of Minsk, and can be traced to the 1740s. My great-grandfather was Asher/Osher Kaplan. He was born in 1868, and died in 1928. The two children of Osher that we know were Joe, born in 1890, emigrated to the U.S. in 1907, and my grandfather Charles, who was born in 1896, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1913. There were 6 other siblings, including twins.
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Carl Kaplan

KAPLAN Minsk, Belarus
EDELSON, EDINBURG Kovno, Lithuania
HOFFERT, BIENSTOCK< BIENENSTOCK Kolbuszowa, Galicia
STEINBERG, KLINGER, WEISSBERG, APPELBERG Bukaczowce, Galicia
Re: Looking for a reliable archivist to obtain family records from Ukraine #ukraine

srsmallx@...
 

I went to Uzchorod a few years ago, my mother’s hometown, and used a highly recommended tour guide that also does research. He was excellent guide.
http://alexdunai.com/
Good luck.
Steve Small
Cleveland, Ohio
Re: Stanley Diamond on JRI-Poland - #events #records #poland

Beth Erez
 

This is not a good hour for those of us in Israel, will a video of it be posted afterward?  Thanks
Beth Erez
Hod Hasharon, Israel
Help in finding a birth certificate from 1916 in Warsaw, Poland #poland #general #warsaw

kosfiszer8@...
 

Has anybody asked for a birth certificate from around 1916 from Warsaw, Poland?. I do not have the exact date of birth of my mother in law or the correct spelling of her father's last name, so some research will be necessary to find the document. Before I request the search I would like to know if anybody knows if there are birth records from 1916?. I checked on the Polish archives online and 1916 seems to be a bad year for birth records. It seems that up to 1914 Warsaw records are pretty much available, but not so after 1914.Thanks in advance

Angel Kosfiszer
kosfiszer8@...
Richardson, Texas
Wer Einmal War: Salomon (Salo) Landau (Pages: 1716-1718) #austria-czech

jeremylehmann89@...
 

Hi, 

I was wondering if someone could tell me what is written about Salomon (Salo) LANDAU in Wer Einmal War. I believe he is written about on pages 1716-1718. In addition to learning more about Salomon, I would love to know if anything is written about his parents. I am pretty sure Salomon was the brother of my ggg-grandfather Schia LANDAU, who lived in Nowy Sacz.

Thank you,
Jeremy Lehmann
Re: Finding My Grandfather's Siblings From Minsk #belarus

Israel P
 

You haven't mentioned anything that  might help someone recognize the family. Your grandfather's parents' names, for instance, of his age. Do you know if he was born in Minsk or that's just "where he left from?" (Not to mention that Minsk may refer to the area, not the actual city.)

DNA might be helpful - both Y and autosomal.

There is a Kaplan page on Facebook which you might find useful.

Israel Pickholtz  .
Netherlands- Holland America Passenger Lists 1900-1974 #announcements #names #records

Jan Meisels Allen
 

 

The Rotterdam City Archives, Netherlands,  Gemeentearchief te Rotterdam, digitized and indexed the Holland-America Line Passenger Lists 1900-1974 from the lines’ archives (Passenger lists from 3 May 1900 through 14 October 1974). This includes the departure records from New York. Crowd-sourced indexing is still ongoing. Both Rotterdam City Archives and WieWasWie joined forces on the crowdsourcing platform VeleHanden to  make the records more accessible.  See:

https://stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl/over-ons/projecten/passagierslijsten-hal/

 

To search go to: https://stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl/zoek-en-ontdek/passagierslijsten/

 

Holland-America first offered transatlantic trips, including one-way passage for emigrants. Along with Dutch immigrants from Netherlands, roughly one million Eastern Europeans sailed on Holland-America. 

“Between 1880 and 1920 about one million Eastern Europeans moved to America via Rotterdam.  The Holland America Line had offices [in] Bulgaria, Latvia and Russia. Tickets could be bought for the train to Rotterdam,

the boat to America, and again the train to every station in the new world.”

 

Passenger lists include the ship, ports, names of passengers, class of travel and the cost of the trip. The original passenger lists have been scanned. 


Search by last name, first name, departure port, key word and or span dates. You can also do word card searches.  The search interface also offers a list of all ports for Holland-America ships.

Ports with the most records are Rotterdam, New York, Vienna, Boulogne-sur-Mer, and Hamburg.

 

This is an update from the December 2019 searchable lists that covered the first 500,000 names covering 1900-1920.


To read more see: https://www.sassyjanegenealogy.com/holland-america-passenger-lists-1900-1974/

 

To read the previous postings about Holland America Line Passenger Lists,  go to the archives of the IAJGS Records Access Alert at:  http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts/. You must be registered to access the archives. 

To register go to: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts  and follow the instructions to enter your email address, full name and which genealogical  organization with whom you are affiliated  

You will receive an email response that you have to reply to or the subscription will not be finalized.

 

Jan Meisels Allen

Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

 

 

 
Re: Possible Spam RE: making Donations to a Group in Lithuania (JGFF) #general

Stephen Katz
 

Yes, I received via JGFF what is apparently the same message. The sender's initials were EB (I omit the full name out of caution). The message sought contributions to a "Litvak Memorial Garden." I was initially suspicious, but I did an internet search for "Litvak Memorial Garden" (not using the link in the message) and it apparently does exist. However, the message also gives a Lithuanian email address for the fund: jbfund [dot] lt; whether that's legit I cannot say, and I don't want to risk going to that site.
In any case, I find it quite objectionable that JGFF is being used for solicitation purposes, even if legitimate. I hope the powers that be at JewishGen will address this.
Stephen KATZ
New York

Moderator Note: The message was not authorized and was a violation of the JGFF’s TOS. We are taking steps to ensure it doesn’t happen in the future. Thank you
Passenger List the ship Caribia sailing to Trinidad from Hamburg #records

Daniela Torsh
 

My cousin Monica Shapiro has asked me to help her find a passenger list for
the ship Caribia sailing to Trinidad from Hamburg. Her mother Gertrude
sailed from Hamburg on Nov 11 1938 arriving in Port of Spain, Trinidad on
November 11. Gertrude was born THORSCH is Brno 1915. She and her husband
Sumer Wolf sailed separately. Caribia was sailing to South America and
stopped in Trinidad. Any ideas or information gratefully received.
Daniela Torsh
Sydney, Australia
Searching for BRANDMANN in Tarnów and Krakow
Utah JGS meeting on October 19 #jgs-iajgs

Banai Lynn Feldstein
 

The next Utah JGS meeting is on Monday, October 19, at 6;30pm Mountain time.

We have Brooke Schreier Ganz presenting Reclaim the Records: Using
Freedom of Information Laws for Genealogy.

Will she mention their latest FOIA request? Come and find out.

All are welcome.

Registration is here:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5945820640434269452




Banai Lynn Feldstein
Utah JGS Webmaster
webmaster@...
http://ujgs.org/
JewishGen Offers Education November Class: Prussia and the Baltic States #education #general

Nancy Holden
 

JewishGen Offers Education November Class: Prussia and the Baltic States
Nov 1 to Nov 22, 2020

This course will cover the land of the Baltic Prussians whose German
heritage dominated the area of the Baltic Sea. Jewish identity was tied
to regional wars, famine, trade and treaties. Mighty rivers ran from
interior Russia to the Baltic, formed the changing national borders, and
determined the lives of Jews and the Old Prussian descendants of the
Teutonic tribes.&#8232;

Jews lived in East Prussia from the 1500s and migrated into the northern
Baltic: Kaliningrad (formerly Koenigsberg), Klaipeda (formerly Memel),
Lithuania Minor (currently Kaunas), Latvia and Estonia during the period
before the partitions of Poland. Many countries ruled these nation-states
over the centuries. The fate of the Jews was in the hands of rulers who
periodically welcomed them and closed their borders to them.

If your ancestral roots were in East Prussia, Northern Poland, Western
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia - in the German speaking areas of the
Baltic Sea, we will work in the Jewish and Lutheran records still in
existence for these areas.&#8232;

Requirements: Students must feel comfortable with computers. Classes
are open 24/7. Please send the instructor an application, a brief
summary of your research project, to see if it fits within the scope of
this class.

https://www.jewishgen.org/education/description.asp?course=40222

Format: This is a personal mentoring program which features an online
Forum where you'll be encouraged to post one ancestral branch: here you
can ask any question you have. This personal mentoring process is unique
to JewishGen education. Out classes have no scheduled times as our
students are international, enabling everyone to read/view/post at
leisure.

Tuition for this class is $150. &#8232;
To register: https://www.jewishgen.org/education/
For questions please email the instructor

Nancy Holden, Director of Education
nholden@...
Re: I am looking for Dr Willy SELIG, German Census 1933 #germany

Ruth
 

Thanks for your suggestions about the address books.  I am looking for Dr Willy Selig.  He and his family left Berlin around 1933 and he was a GP in Kingsbury.  We are trying to establish exactly when they left.

Ruth Bloomfield
London
Re: Finding My Grandfather's Siblings From Minsk #belarus

mpipik
 


Did you check the Yizkor book  https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/minsk/minsk.html
and Memories of the Minsk Ghetto? https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/weremember/weremember.html

I too would like information on family research in the Minsk region.


Jessica Schein
Chushansky/ Sushensky or similar from Minsk gubernya possibly towns of Petrikov and  Kopitkevich 
Re: Shemini Atzeret custom #galicia

N. ARONSON
 

Re: German Census 1933 #germany

Gerald and Margaret
 

What was Dr Selig's first name?  In the 1950s , My GP in London  was Dr Selig.  His practice was in Kingsbury

Margaret Levin nee Stein
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