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Painted Woods (North Dakota) Jewish Farming Settlement reunion video -
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#announcements
yricklevy
Over 70 descendants and researchers of Painted Woods Jewish Farming Settlement (June 1882-1890’s) participated in a Zoom virtual reunion on April 25, 2021. A success, especially considering most of the attendees had not met since their ancestors were together at Painted Woods almost 140 years ago.
If you are interested in some of our research and family history, we made a recording of the event. Below is the information you will need to watch the video.
Also, if you have an interest in our continued discussions, we have formed a private Facebook group entitled “Painted Woods Jewish Farming Settlement”. If you wish to join the group, when applying for membership in the group on Facebook you will need to answer a couple of questions regarding your interest (e.g. relation to an ancestor who was at Painted Woods or background in researching Jewish agricultural colonies).
PAINTED WOODS JEWISH FARMING SETTLEMENT VIRTUAL REUNION VIDEO Topic: Painted Woods Jewish Farming Settlement virtual reunion Speakers: Rick Levine, Lori Delman, Michael Frank Zoom recording link: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/whl2H8ZrKp2x9K682W6bDmxT5lhMKNr_stakGERGpRO8aK0SDpT0C0xaCrO5VyBd.I9eaaKlYXVZR_auu Passcode: Nj&&3=+h NOTE: If you go to the Zoom link, it will ask for the Passcode. Type in the Passcode, don’t copy and paste.
Regards, Richard Levine My ancestors and their relatives at Painted Woods: CONFELD, DORFMAN, STEINMAN
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Sherri Bobish
Judy,
I believe records that old were not included when real estate records became digitized in NYC. Fern's idea of looking at old newspapers is excellent. They had real estate transaction columns. Try this free site of old digitized newspapers (heavily NY area): https://fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html You can search by name or address (or any keyword.) When searching by address you may have to try different ways of entering it, i.e. 301 East 8th, 301 E. 8th, 301 E. Eighth, 301 E. Eighth. Hope this helps, Sherri Bobish
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m_tobiasiewicz@...
Latin is written from left to right
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Dora Cohon nee Azarin
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beth lozano
My g grandmother was born in 1865, reportedly in Ekaterinoslav. However, I have information that her father, Veniamir Azarin, born 1839, died 1926, moved from Gomel (Homel) to Sosizita, Chernigov in 1868. How could I confirm that Dora was born in Ekaterinoslav?
Her 1st husband, Mowscha (Mordechai Anshel Morris) Kaganow, was also reportedly born in Ekaterinoslav in 1842 (he was quite a bit older than she). I'm interested in verify that too. He changed his name to Cohon at some point, perhaps when he arrived in the USA. Thanks for your help. Beth Lozano Sacramento, California
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In the 1940 US Census: Dorothy, George had their first son Jerome - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/24230673?h=e48734&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url
They checked all George Cohen at Riverside and their sexton records - no match with Dora AKA Dorothy and Doris or wife’s name, sons and their spouses were on it and age range and year of death.
I am sending a request for both of their birth certificate to see if we can find George’s parents names and Dora’s legal name. It will take a long time as NY Vital records take FOREvER :-( Thank you Sharon Ann Dror SharonAnnDror@...
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Lewis, Megan
You may want to search the birth/death/marriage announcements from the German-Jewish newspaper Aufbau, which I believe are now on Jewishgen.
Megan Lewis USHMM
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Re: Polish Travel Passport / US Consulate Visit Danzig 1922 - Searchable records?
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Logan Kleinwaks
Some records from the U.S. Consulate in Danzig are apparently kept at the National Archives: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/084.html. The listed dates are only 1836-1916, though. The early 1920s are of particular interest to genealogists due to the large Jewish population transiting through Danzig then. I will inquire with the Archives and/or State Department about the location of later material, finding aids, and access conditions.
Many Jewish migrants at this time stayed in refugee camps in Neufahrwasser and Troyl, which were at least partly administered by the Joint Distribution Committee. Documentation from those refugee camps could potentially be very valuable genealogically, but am not aware of anything significant like name lists and my own inquiries have not been successful. Logan Kleinwaks JewishGen Research Director for Danzig/Gdańsk lkleinwaks@...
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Re: Translation of Polish shtetel names to Polish/English
#translation
#yiddish
#poland
Relly coleman
Tried both, but could not figure out from the Yiddish name what the Polish one is.
I was hoping that someone in the forum might know. Relly Coleman
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Re: Obtaining German Citizenship under Article 116
#germany
Andreas Schwab
Obtaining birth certificated from Gemany is super easy if you know the municipality where your ancestor was born, provided it is your direct ancestor (your parent, greatparent or great-greatparent). If the birth is less than 110 years ago, the competent office is the Standesamt (civil registration office), which can be at the municipal or sometimes at the Kreis (county) officies. Older birth records (which can also be obtained by others than direct descendants) are held at the municipal archives. In some places (like Würzburg), the records have been destroyed in WWII, but the city will be happy to provide repacement certificates.
If you don't know the place where your ancestor was born, it becomes much more difficult. If you know at least one place where your ancestor has resided, the archivist of that place can maybe find out where your ancestor was born based on other documents such as residents' registration records or land records. A local genealogist could maybe help you in this case, too. -- Andreas Schwab, Montreal, Canada
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Re: Danzig (Sopot) cemetery
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Logan Kleinwaks
Information about the cemetery in Sopot (in Polish): http://cmentarze-zydowskie.pl/sopot.htm. I do not know current access conditions.
Logan Kleinwaks JewishGen Research Director for Danzig/Gdańsk lkleinwaks@...
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Re: Response to query: What would likely be the Jewish name for Samuel Black?
#names
Jeannette Tsoulos
There are many different spellings of Schwartz. For example Czwarc, which I believe is the Polish equivalent. It would be a good idea to check out all spellings.
Jeannette Tsoulos
Sydney, Australia
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Re: Book residence
#belarus
Janet Furba
Ask the Belarus State Archives in Minsk.
Janet Furba, Germany
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ferngutman68@...
The New York Times sometimes covered even small real estate transactions during the 1920s and 1930s It is worth checking to see if anything is listed.
Fern Gutman
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Re: USCIS Documents
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blockmk@...
I paid for a search for my husbands grandfather just about the time Covid started and it took about 8 months with very little status info given. I then paid for a copy of the records and just before I actually received them. Ancestry posted the files for PA Naturalizations (this was late 1930's). Basically exact thing I got from USCIC except there copy was redacted. I've also read and discovered that they are moving some of the files that involve people over 100 yrs old over to Kansas City Archives (National). I've actually ordered two sets for people that arrived about that same time frame but did not apply until 1930/1940. Both of these were women who supposedly would have been naturalized under their husbands. One of them even had a copy of a marriage license included. The file from KC cost me $28. The process is so much easier than the USCIS process. I would look around in Ancestry and Family search to see if you can locate references and try the other methods before spending the $ for the USCIS file. The record set on ancestry is U.S., Index to Alien Cases Files at the National Archives at Kansas City, 1944-2003.
Katherine Block Canton, GA blockmk@...
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Re: ViewMate translation request - Polish
#translation
Frank Szmulowicz
This letter is in Russian.
Frank Szmulowicz
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Raina Accardi
Take a look here. Automated City Register Information System. ACRIS Document Search: https://a836-acris.nyc.gov/CP/
-- Raina Accardi Saugerties, NY RAgenealogy@... Poland: GEVIRTZMAN in Kobylin; JESINOWITZ/YESNOWITZ in Mszczonów; FELSENSTEIN in Parysów. Belarus: GUTTWOCH/GOODMAN and ZISSERMAN in Volchin; BUSHMITZ in Vysokaye. Ukraine: TRAUB and JANOVSKY in Kolki, Sofievka, Radomysl, and Zhytomyr; WEISMAN or ROSENBERG.
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Re: Obtaining German Citizenship under Article 116
#germany
STEVENS
Not to be picky, but just for the sake of clarity, a country's embassy is located in your country's capital.
Offices of the other country in cities other than your capital are called consulates. I applied and received my German citizenship in August 2017 through the German Consulate here in Toronto. The process back then was exceptionally straightforward and quick (about 4-5 months), but I did use a German lawyer to track down my father's German birth certificate. Regards, Marc -- Marc Stevens Toronto
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Re: BIRENBAUM Inquiry
#usa
Raina Accardi
Without records it may be impossible to make a definitive connection but with careful analysis of the DNA matches you may make an educated guess. In terms of locations, Kleszczele, Bielsk, Grodno (Kleshelyah in your message) was 15 miles from Vysokaye, Brest, Grodno (Wysoko-Litowsk). Brisk is Brest-Litowsk the nearest city to those shtels.
-- Raina Accardi Saugerties, NY RAgenealogy@... Poland: GEVIRTZMAN in Kobylin; JESINOWITZ/YESNOWITZ in Mszczonów; FELSENSTEIN in Parysów. Belarus: GUTTWOCH/GOODMAN and ZISSERMAN in Volchin; BUSHMITZ in Vysokaye. Ukraine: TRAUB and JANOVSKY in Kolki, Sofievka, Radomysl, and Zhytomyr; WEISMAN or ROSENBERG.
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Re: Translation of Polish shtetel names to Polish/English
#translation
#yiddish
#poland
shamue@...
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1890 Lomazy birth record for Perla Marja WAJNSTAJN
#poland
#translation
Tammy
Hello,
I've posted an 1890 Lomazy birth record for Perla Marja WAJNSTAJN on View Mate for which I'd greatly appreciate a translation. It is in Cyrillic. Here is the link: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM93649 With much appreciation, Tammy Weingarten
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