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crjos
I have a few Svislach Kaplans in my family tree.
Bracha (Brosza) Burde (born Kaplan) 1896-1942 married Alter Burde 1992-1942
Chaje Sore Kaplan (born Michnovski) 1892-1942 married Nisan Kaplan 1892-1942 with five children. They were murdered in the Shoah in 1942 as was the entire Svislach Jewish community. Anna Kaplan (born Zacuto). No information about this person other than a reference in the obituary of Etta Kantrovitz (Zacuto) which refers to her sister, Anna Kaplan, in Liverpool. This would make her a daughter of Ariel Leib Zacuto. Estimated birth 1880-1900. Kind regards, Charles Joseph London
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Re: finding PELZEL in Montevideo
#general
viviansilco@...
the name of the street, if it helps, is Cerro Largo. Nowadays the area is not very nice, to say the least, so I don't think families live there anymore. I was born in Montevideo (left many years ago) but the name doesn't ring a bell to me.
best success, Vivian Silbermann
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Re: Lithuanian Telephone Books
#lithuania
Alexander Sharon
Compare with situation in prewar Poland.
In 1928, there were only 4 telephone subscribers per 1,000 people. In 1939 - not so much more, because 6.5. At that time, there were less than nine telephones per 1000 people! Statistically, only a select few could afford their own telephone. Alexander Sharon Calgary, AB
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jbonline1111@...
I haven't tried it, but you may be able to search the discussions using wildcards for some letters to get a wider response.
-- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC
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Alexander Sharon
Peter Hoekstra has already replied correctly. One can only search JGFF database for the family names and towns names. This is a virtual meeting place.
Discussion groups postings are not included. Best, Alexander Sharon JGFF editor
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Re: Seeking England and Australia Research Help - Michael WEINSTEIN Family
#general
#belarus
#unitedkingdom
Philip
Dear Aaron,
The website https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate enables you to search for a UK probate record and obtain a copy of the record and of a will, if there is one. I did a search and found Michael's probate record from 1919 which shows that he died on 23rd October 1918. I assume you already have a copy of this via Ancestry but if not you can reach it via the above website. As for vital records, UK birth certificates record both father's and mother's names, but of course that's not much use if Michael was born elsewhere! Marriage certificates record only the father's name. It might be worth searching UK newspapers to see if you can find any further information about Michael. Not sure this helps you much, but good luck in your search! Kind regards, Philip Tepper (Manchester, UK)
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Re: Story about finding oil on family land in Drohobycz
#ukraine
John,
Valerie Schatzker's book "The Jewish Oil Magnates of Galicia" is the definitive history of the oil industry in the region, and includes many references to individuals in Drohobycz. I do not see the Ordower family name in the index but the book is incredibly well researched and is well worth having a look at.
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Re: Yiddish Question
#yiddish
-- Vants/ Pl. vantsn means bedbug . I have never heard it used pejoratively for an adult , but I am sure it is possible . My father used to call me " kleyne vantsl " which would be an affectionate term for "scamp" or "rascal" . Vonts pl vontsn or vontse pl. vontses is whisker, one side of a mustache or a mustache , vontselekh being animal whiskers. ( Bienfeld dictionary) The reason for the confusion on spelling is that in " Tote-Mome loshn" the a is pronounced as an " o" . So , Vonts and vants would be homonyms. I noticed that Jews in London who were not all from Bessarabia/Moldava/Romania where that pronunciation was prevalent still said "Shobbos", "Khole" (Challah ) and "Khosn-Kole" ( Khosn-Kale-bride and groom) . but also the Polish " baygl" instead of "beigel" . Gey veys! ( who knows why lit. Go, know ) So the writer may have heard the expression 'vonts" from a Bessarabian speaker or from someone who may have picked it up from a Bessarabian . As for the theory that the writer actually heard "shvants" which is literally a tail but is vulgarly used to refer to the male organ and disparagingly used ( shvantz or dim. shventsl ) for a " stupid bastard" . ( Bienfeld dictionary ) .Interestingly , shvantsevate (vulg.) means "damn stupid" (Bienfeld ) I still go with the theory that the writer actually heard "vants" pronounced as "vonts" ! Henry H. Carrey
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Re: List of holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel and died in Independence War
#holocaust
There are those new immigrants who were killed in the War of Independence of Israel and little is known about them. There is a group called in Hebrew - Latet Panim Le-noflim - https://latetpanim.org.il/ Giving a Face to the Fallen. There is an English version. They are looking for information and pictures of those soldiers that little is known about them. If you have such a relative - please help them. The information and picture are then to the website for fallen soldiers.
Rose Feldman
Winner of 2017 IAJGS Award for Volunteer of the Year Israel Genealogy Research Association
Help us index more records at http://igra.csindexing.com
Keep up to date on archives, databases and genealogy in general and Jewish and Israeli roots in particular with http://twitter.com/JewDataGenGirl
-- Rose Feldman
Israel Genealogy Research Association
Winner of 2017 IAJGS Award for Volunteer of the Year
http://genealogy.org.il
http:/facebook.com/israelgenealogy
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Re: List of holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel and died in Independence War
#holocaust
Dahn Cukier
If the person died while serving, he should be listed in אתר ההנצחה לחללי מערכות ישראל Dahn Cukier 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 Friday, October 23, 2020, 7:04:01 PM GMT+3, dasw5 via groups.jewishgen.org <dasw5=aol.com@...> wrote:
I saw an article that mentioned a list of holocaust survivors who died in Israel Independence War. Does anyone know where to access this list? Hadassah Wilen Flohr - Suceava, Vienna Schachter - Iassi, Suceava Wilensky - Mir, Lyubcha, Karolichy - Belarus Trembitsky/Trembitski - Turetz, Mir - Belarus
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Re: Story about finding oil on family land in Drohobycz
#ukraine
Pieter Hoekstra
John, You would be best guided to contact the oil ministry in Ukraine if you want specific information. Here is some historical background you might already know. - https://www.drohobycz-boryslaw.org/en/drohobycz-boryslaw-and-vicinity/oil Pieter Hoekstra <sold@...>
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Seeking England and Australia Research Help - Michael WEINSTEIN Family
#general
#belarus
#unitedkingdom
Aaron Slotnik
Hello Genners,
I'm not very familiar with researching in England or Australia and am reaching out for assistance trying to find some particular information about the family of a Michael (Chaim Chaikel) WEINSTEIN (abt. 1849 - 1918) of London. He had a number of children and his descendants are fairly well documented, including by the late Ruth Silver and others. Per his tombstone in Edmonton cemetery, his father's Hebrew name was Baruch. However, I am trying to learn his mother's name and where he was born and/or lived prior to emigrating to London. I have found the family in the UK Census from 1881 through 1911, as well as a number of vital records on JewishGen. The 1891 census notes that he was from "Gronner" which the family believes to be Grodno; however, I think it is referring to Grodno gubernia and not Grodno city as I'm unable to find him in the 1858 Revision List for Grodno on JewishGen. I hope to identify the specific town. My understanding is that UK vital records don't have mother's names on them, is that correct? Any other avenues to try to learn his mother's name? I found a reference to a Probate document on Ancestry for Michael when he died in 1918 (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1904&h=861549&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7579) which may hold promise for learning other information, perhaps leading to other clues. Is anyone familiar with the process to get a copy of that document? Another idea that I had to learn where they were from is to research his oldest children who were born in 'Russia'. The best candidate seems to be his oldest son Harry (Henry) Moses Weinstein (Winston) born about 1872 and died in 1955 in South Brisbane, Australia. Might there be Australian records that would have his specific town of birth? Michael apparently had a brother named Simon who also emigrated to and lived in London with his wife Fanny and family who I found in the 1891 and 1901 Census but it seems less is known about him and, for the same reason as for Michael, I don't see an alternative to learn his mother's name or where he was from. Simon wasn't present in either census entry and appears to have died between 1891 and 1901. I would be happy to hear any other alternative suggestions. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide! Regards, Aaron Slotnik Chicago, IL USA
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Adam Cherson
Thanks for the information. I probably wasn't clear enough in my question. What I am asking about i searches within the current and archived posts on this group discussion board. I do not believe that these posts are included in the Universal Search from the main JewishGen site. So this is a separate and apart database using a different search engine. So my question is whether there is a way to apply these search rules to the posts in this discussion board. This is an important question because it affects whether I need to include various spellings of the names in my posts or I can rely on the soundex. Thanks, Adam Cherson
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Pieter Hoekstra
Adam, I have copied and pasted the explanation directly from Jewishgen as below. In this case they describe searching options for a town. The Surname search also has options for Phonetic and for DM Soundex. Search types:For each search, you can choose one of four different types of matching, for Surnames and Town names:
-- Pieter Hoekstra <sold@...>
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Story about finding oil on family land in Drohobycz
#ukraine
John Lowin
I have family Ordower, in Drohobycz and have a story that the first oil was found on one of our family member's land. How might I verify this information.
Thank you. John Lowin Researching: Radziechow, Vienna and Munich.
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Hazlin, Slovakia cemetery and death records
#slovakia
Marcia Heller
Please let me know if the Jewish cemetery in Hazlin/Haszlin, Slovakia still exists and if so the condition of tombstones. Also are there any records from Hazlin available (especially death). Trying to find records of Sali FRIEDMANN GLUECK (born 1777) and her husband Eliazer/Lazar GLUECK.
Thankyou,
Marcia Amster Heller
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GIDON LEV
I am looking for siblings of Hilliard Greenblatt (*1899) and Adelina Blumberg (*1903), their son Herbert (1925-2005) who married Helen Gassner (1927-1999). The family lived in New York and Philadelphia.
Thanks in advance Gidon Lev, Givatayim - Israel Seeking Loew family from Ruchheim, Faber family from Karlsruhe, Fuerst from Muehringe (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
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Translatin needed- Hungarian
#translation
A Stone
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88079
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88078 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88077 These records are from Matyfalva, Hungary pre WW1 and Currently is Matiiovo, Ukraine. Surname- SALAMON Thank you! April Stone
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Ellen Shindelman Kowitt
Alice - Can you please send me your email address. I'm interested in your Denver Hellersteins/Farbers and would like to compare trees.
-- Ellen Shindelman Kowitt Director, US Research Division Colorado ekowitt@...
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List of holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel and died in Independence War
#holocaust
dasw5@...
I saw an article that mentioned a list of holocaust survivors who died in Israel Independence War. Does anyone know where to access this list?
Hadassah Wilen Flohr - Suceava, Vienna Schachter - Iassi, Suceava Wilensky - Mir, Lyubcha, Karolichy - Belarus Trembitsky/Trembitski - Turetz, Mir - Belarus
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