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Re: Minsk gubernia town - Chuty, Huta or Choota
#belarus
Risa Heywood
Thank you, Krzysztof! That's a resource I haven't used.
Some of the entries have been translated on the Polish Genealogical Society of America website. There is also an article by Daniel M. Schlyter on how to read an entry in that dictionary. https://pgsa.org/polish-history/translated-descriptions-of-polish-villages-and-provinces/ The book can also be found on the Internet Archive in many formats including full text which is easiest to use with a translation program. https://archive.org/details/sownikgeografic01walegoog -- Risa Daitzman Heywood Arizona and Portugal
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Re: Surname Alhadeff from Greece
#names
danbrockman@...
Following the lead of the esteemed Leon Taranto I can further direct you to www.Geni.com and the many data entries and family trees associated with the name Alhadeff. Geni also adapted a Project approach with existing Collections of profiles for Rhodes, Izmir, Uruguay, and other dispora locations.
Dan Berwin Brockman Chicago area USA
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Re: 1910 Manhattan census - Seward Park Strollers
#usa
Judy Floam
And generally, you use a carriage for a newborn or very young baby. Once they learn to sit up, they “graduate” to a stroller, where they can see what’s going on (and which is much easier to collapse and store).
Judy Floam Baltimore
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Re: Records for Ellis Island deportations
#records
susan.randlakritz@...
I don't have any information about searching for those records but my family is RAND/ROND from Lithuania. I had 2 great-aunts with those names but one emigrated in 1890 and the other was born in Philadelphia in 1902. Where are these RANDs from originally?
Susan Rand-Lakritz Kfar Vradim, Israel (originally from Philadelphia, PA)
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JewishGen Education offers Research Your Roots Using JewishGen November 30 - December 19, 2020
#announcements
#education
#general
Nancy Holden
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David Shapiro
In R. Wonder's book "Elef Margolios", chapter 3 p. 34 he lists Rav Yosef Yoska Margolios av beis din Zbarazh, and writes that he signed beis din documents in Czortkov between 5566-5572 (1806-1812).
David Shapiro Jerusalem
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ROND family from Lithuania; RONDE family in South Africa
#lithuania
#southafrica
#unitedkingdom
susan.randlakritz@...
I am researching the ROND family from Radviliskis, Kelme, and Seda, Lithuania. Members of this family emigrated to the United States 1890-1913 and settled n Philadelphia (RAND family) and Baltimore (ROUND family).
Another branch of the family emigrated to South Africa (Capetown and/or Johannesburg) where I believe the name was RONDE. While I found a few RONDEs in South Africa, I have not established a definite connection to my ancestors, nor have I been able to find any of their descendants. I am interested in corresponding with anyone who has information about these families and their descendants. Thank you. Susan Rand-Lakritz Kfar Vradim, Israel (originally from Philadelphia, PA)
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Translation request Russian
#translation
kdspiro@...
I've posted a vital record in Russian (previously incorrectly posted as Polish) for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88555 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you, Kathy Spiro
Smithers BC Canada
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Jewish organisation uniform
#photographs
David Askienazy
On this picture is my cousin Fima Blindes. I identified this group as scout group. But could it be a political organisation? As the Hashomer Hatzaïr, or the Betar. It don't think so, but just to be sure.
It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88553 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. David Askienazy
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Picture on the Bialystok Yizkor Book
#yizkorbooks
David Askienazy
I discovered in the 1951 Bialystok Yizkor Book a picture of my great-uncle Lowa Blindes. It's a Poale Zion meeting. I have the original of this picture. Is there, by any chance, a possibility to know who brought this picture to the Yizkor Book? Does anyone have a copy of this picture?
Thank you It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88554 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. David Askienazy
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Re: 1910 Manhattan census - Seward Park Strollers
#usa
Stephen Weinstein
On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 01:54 PM, Deanna Levinsky wrote:
A “stroller “ is also another name for a small baby carriageNot really. In a stroller, the baby sits upright and usually facing forward. In a carriage, the baby lies down. The difference isn't just size. It's more like the difference between a chair and a bed. -- Stephen Weinstein Camarillo, California, USA stephenweinstein@...
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Viewmate Translation request - Polish
#translation
kdspiro@...
I've posted a vital record that I think is in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM88555 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Kathy Spiro
Smithers, BC Canada
SPIRO/SPIRA/SZPIRA/SZPIRO/ SZAPIRO Kielce, Lodz, Slomniki, Konskie, Checiny - Poland
RAFELOWICZ / EYZENBERG / GOLDBERG Kielce, Checiny - PolandHECHT MOSCOVICZ, BELFER, DASCALU, MANOLSON, PARFANES Darabani & surrounding towns - Rumania RABINOWICZ, GOLDENSTEIN - Kishinev
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ViewMate Translation Request - Russian
#russia
#translation
ben.zitomer@...
I have posted three records in Russian from the 1897 Census for Samgorodok, and would like to know the complete translation of each page:
2. Page 38 of the 1897 Census for Samgorodok.
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Re: Information Wanted regarding the Legion Etrangere Civile
#france
Moishe Miller
Daniel,
My grandfather, Naftuli Miller, aka Antonin Muller, was forced to "volunteer" to the French Foreign Legion during WWII as pre-condition to his entry into the country with his Czechoslovakian passport. I was able to obtain his military folder just by writing to the French Foreign Legion, including his death certificate, my father's birth and marriage records, and my birth record, proving I was his grandson. I did now find two entries for my grandfather at https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/client/mdh/engages_volontaires_etrangers/resus_rech.php Would there be any records in France of his initial arrival. Our family story is that right after he married in Nyirbator, Hungary, the Munich Pact was signed. His brother was "deported" to his town of birth (Zborov, Slovakia) and telegramed his brother not to return home. The groom fled with his bride to some port city, in late 1938 or early 1939, and got on a boat. As the story continues, they were refused entry in several countries, until they came to France. As the French had a treaty with Czechoslovakia, they allowed my grandparents entry. What other types of records might I find for them in France, between 1938 and 1942? They lived in Paris initially, and later on, in Nice. Stay safe, Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY moishe.miller@... JGFF #3391 --
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Re: Resources for Jewish Refugees who went to Uruguay
#lodz
Here is a document about the arrival of the Wilczynski family in Montevideo, 1948.
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Re: Surname Alhadeff from Greece
#names
Leon Taranto
The Alhadeff surname is most closely associated with the Jews of Rhodes, a community that likely neared about 5,000 at its zenith and was virtually wiped out by the Germans during the Shoah when they deported over 2,000 Jews of Rhodes and nearby Kos to Auschwitz. Few survived and virtually none returned to live out their lives on Rhodes, where no real semblance of a community survived.
Since Alhadeff is an ancestral name for me, through my maternal grandmother’s descent from the affluent commercial and banking Alhadeff family of Rhodes, I have identified and developed family trees that collectively include over 1,000 persons with the Alhadeff surname. These include many branches, over 100. In many instances I have been able to tie branches together with a common ancestor. I can trace my own branch back to the mid-1770s, but generally cannot go back earlier than the 1800s for other branches. Without the ability to push the other branches back to the 1700s and perhaps earlier, I don’t expect to make much more headway in connecting branches. Some of the branches are tied by identical Y-DNA results. My Oumano grandmother, whose maternal grandmother was also an Alhadeff, has an Oumano nephew whose Y-DNA results are a perfect match to two Alhadeff men. Thus, it appears that my Oumano line is likewise an Alhadeff branch, with a common male ancestor. Among the possibilities are that (1) my remote paternal Oumano ancestor at some point changed his name from Alhadeff to Oumano (perhaps even going back to the Inquisition to find safety by abandoning the Jewish surname Alhadeff which was known in pre-Expulsion Castile (Spain); (2) my remote Oumano ancestor was born an Alhadeff but then adopted by an Oumano, perhaps after his father died or after his mother remarried; or (3) my remote Oumano ancestor was the product of an affair that his mother had with an Alhadeff man. Leon Taranto Rockville, Maryland
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Wanted: WWII Era European Railway Maps
#general
idgoldfein@...
Would appreciate a source for WWII era railway line maps for Eastern and Central Europe.I've seen the German ones from Research Gate.
Thanks, Irv Goldfein
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Re: Nidyki, Ukmerge uzed: Current location?
#lithuania
Laurie Sosna
And the winner is...
Lyduokiai! AKA Nidoki, Liduokiai, Liduokyay, Lyduokių, Lyduokliai It's listed in the JewishGen Gazeteer, not in the Jewish Communities Database. A tiny village 8 miles from Ukmerge. In 1874 it must have been something out of the Sholom Alechim stories. It's proximity to Ukmerge, Sirvintos and other towns where my family lived clinched it. My deepest thanks to everyone who responded. Laurie Sosna
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Re: Details of family photo from Tilsit, East Prussia
#photographs
#germany
Barbara Algaze
Regarding the wedding ring on the man's left hand: years ago, when my daughter became engaged, my uncle offered her the wedding rings of his parents (my grandparents). Inside were inscribed two dates. My mother explained to me, that it was the tradition of the Jews in Berlin, that when you became engaged, you wore the ring on the ring finger of your right hand, and when you became engaged, the date of the marriage was engraved inside the ring and you wore it on the ring finger of your left hand.
Barbara Algaze Los Angeles, California Researching: COHN from Samter, Tirschtegal, Schoenlanke, Wreschen, Berlin LEBURG: Danzig, Berlin ALGAZE: Constantinople, Brooklyn, New York
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Re: 1910 Manhattan census - Seward Park Strollers
#usa
Mary Henderson
...that's in the 1910 Manhattan census... not born in Manhattan...actually indexed as born in Austria... Mary Henderson
On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 4:55 PM Mary Henderson via groups.jewishgen.org <gengenres=gmail.com@...> wrote:
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