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Re: Translation request: Romanian to English
#translation
#romania
Valentin Lupu
"You are loved and unforgettable
You worked for us and ? Your wife and children carry you in their souls and pray for the peace and quiet of your soul" Valentin Lupu ISRAEL
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pathetiq1@...
Josephine Kleinman arrived in the US in 1940. She died on Aug 17, 2003.
Here are some records about Josephine. https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.givenName=Josephine&q.givenName.exact=on&q.surname=Kleinman&q.surname.exact=on&q.birthLikeDate.from=1912&q.birthLikeDate.to=1913&count=20&offset=0&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on -- Giannis Daropoulos Greece
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amnonp@...
Looking for information regarding David Icek Hoffman / Chofman born 1862 in Wawolnica
Married to Ruchla Berkowicz born 1864 in Opole -- Amnon PALDI amnonp@...
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amnonp@...
Looking for information regarding Josephine Kleinman, born Apr 27 1912 in Antwerp Belgium,
Emigrated to the USA in 1939/1940. -- Amnon PALDI amnonp@...
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David,
It is not the easiest piece of text to read but I would tend to agree that it could be Kletzk. As has already been suggested you will need to find some corroborative evidence either from the US or from Kletzk itself to confirm that this is where your ancestors left from. One source that might help you are the passports that would have been issued to Esther and her son to facilitate travel internally within Russia. I was able to find the internal passports from 1905 issued to my great great grandmother, my great grandmother and my great uncle, when they travelled from Kletzk to London, England. Good Luck with your search. Richard Gilbert Bushey, Hertfordshire
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Dr. V. Fred Chvatal speaking of his experience of Jewish Cemetery Research in Europe, this coming Wednesday, May 26th at 6:00 PM Eastern Time
#announcements
#poland
#ukraine
synhe@...
Just a reminder that the next meeting of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Central New York (JGSCNY) will be on Wednesday, May 26th at 6:00 PM Eastern Time, and that this meeting is open to the public but required registration. V. Fred Chvatal PhD will speak of his Jewish Cemetery Research in Europe. To register for this meeting, please use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErceGupj8tHtFUr8FrYtgrzLSs1fTCKzJx Yonat Klein
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Moishe Miller
Hello,
See the method for doing this with NY Southern District Court naturalizations at: http://www.jgsob.org/projects/USNYSD.pdf then use that methodology for Eastern District Court records, with references at the bottom of this page: http://www.jgsob.org/KingsNY-naturalizations.html -- Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY moishe.miller@... JGFF #3391
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lswikoff@...
I have been unable to decipher the name on the manifest listing for my great-grandfather, Simon (later Sam) Sobel, of the person he was joining (and who had paid his passage). See below for the manifest page link to the document on Ancestry. On line 4, it lists "cousin" followed by a name, which Ancestry recorded as W Walter, although I'd be surprised if that's correct. I'm reasonably certain the address is 25 Harrison Street, although I didn't find anything for this cousin when I looked at the1910 census record for that address (my great-grandfather arrived in 1908). I don't know anything about my great-grandfather's relatives in the U.S., except for my grandmother and her brother, so I'd be grateful for any help figuring out this name..
Ancestry.com - New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957 (ctrl + click to follow link)
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Translation request: Romanian to English
#translation
#romania
lswikoff@...
I'd appreciate a translation from Romanian to English (or as much as possible, given the quality of the photo) of this inscription on the reverse side of my great-uncle's gravestone. I tried online translation of the words I could make out but that didn’t work because most of them had multiple meanings, I assume based on context.
The photo is posted on ViewMate at https://www.jewishgen.org/view
Lynne Wikoff Portland, Oregon
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Sherri Bobish
Adam,
I think I've found the family on the 1915 NY State Census. Names / ages match up, as does year of arrival, and the fact that two of the children appear to be twins. 1915 census - 242 Broome St., Manhattan None are naturalized. Abram Stein, b. Russia, age 54 Gertie Stein, b. Russia, age 55 Sam & Bennie, age 21 (Schmere & Benze from manifest) Oscar, age 19 (Chatzkel from manifest) The manifest shows that their daughter, Leie Stein, (b. about 1892) naturalized in 1942. Leie may have been married by 1915. Good luck in your search, Sherri Bobish
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Dr. Franz WERNER- A Radiogist in Cairo
#austria-czech
Abuwasta Abuwasta
I am looking for information about Dr. Franz(E.F.) Werner, a radiologist who was employed by the Jewish Hospital in Cairo between the 1920s-1940s . He also had a clinic in Madabegh Str. Thanks
Jacob Rosen Jerusalem
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JGS of Greater Boston June 6 Virtual Program on Digital Storytelling 1:30-3:30PM EDT
#announcements
#events
Jessie Klein
Four JGSGB members will each share their unique stories via short videos (each under 5 minutes) and explain how they turned genealogical research into a video using resources of the Cambridge Public Library and Cambridge CCTV. You will experience how compelling family stories can be when presented through this wonderful new tool. Free for JGS of Greater Boston members. $5.00 for non-members. Information at www.jgsgb.org Thank you, Jessie Klein Co-President JGS of Greater Boston president@...
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David,
FamilySearch has NY Eastern District naturalization documents from 1865-1958 in this collection: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/988724?availability=Family%20History%20Library Ruth's petition (#289190) is in "Naturalization records, (cert. no. 288751-289200) 9-15 Aug 1940", FHL 1426265 (DGS 7788654) and is viewable from home. The images for her docs start with her CofA here: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSM1-NQ4W-2?i=1796&cat=988724 Regards, David Oseas Researching: HYMAN/HEYMAN/HEIMOWITS/CHAJMOVITS: Zemplen-Dobra, Hungary > New York; KLEIN: Satoraljaujhely (Ujhely), Hungary > New York > Los Angeles KRONOWITH: Hungary > New York; OSEAS/OSIAS/OSIASI/OZIAS: Iasi, Romania > Chicago > Milwaukee > Los Angeles SCHECHTER/SHEKTER: Kishinev, Bessarabia > New York; SHERMAN: Iasi, Romania > New York > Los Angeles STRUL: Iasi, Romania > Haifa, Israel; WICHMAN: Syczkowo (Bobruisk), Belarus > Milwaukee > Los Angeles
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Barbara Ellman
The image is available on familysearch.org. Do a records search for the name.
-- Barbara Ellman Secaucus NJ USA HASSMAN, SONENTHAL, DAUERMAN, LUCHS - Drohobycz, Ukraine HIRSCHHORN, GOLDSTEIN, BUCHWALD - Dolyna, Ukraine ELLMAN, COIRA, MAIDMAN - Minkovtsy, Ukraine KAGLE, FASS - Ulanow, Poland
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submission form for translations
#general
Frank Szmulowicz
All,
Translation requests are often accompanied by instructions to reply using "the form provided on the viewmate image page." Where is this form and what is it called? Thank you. Frank Szmulowicz
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Re: Jewish Daily Forwerts
#yiddish
Sherri Bobish
Allen,
This article from 2017 seems to indicate that you can get a page copied from a hardcopy of the newspaper, if you have specific enough info on date / name, etc. It includes contact info which hopefully is still current. https://forward.com/yiddish/396091/how-to-use-the-forward-archive/ Good luck in your search, Sherri Bobish
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Emily Garber
David:
A link to the entire record (including the first page of this passenger manifest and all the other pages of this ship's manifest) would be useful to compare how letters were formed by this clerk. I could guess that the community might be Klezk (aka Kletzk, which was in Slutsk uyezd). But regardless if one guesses or knows for certain what was written, it is best to have additional sources for confirmation. If you have not yet searched out every record for this immigrant and their family, friends, associates and neighbors in USA records, by all means do so. One record is never enough (especially a record in which information is ambiguous). Emily Garber emilyhgarber@... Phoenix, AZ
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Ariel Parkansky
Hi all,
The complete list of birth records for the years 1846, 1847 and 1886 were added to the All Odessa database on the Odessa Kehilalinks (https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/odessa). A big thanks to Mike Vayser for providing all those records! Ariel Parkansky Ukraine SIG Odessa Town Leader
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Family from Roman Romania
#romania
Jeffrey Knisbacher
My wife had an aunt from Bucharest Romania (the family was originally from the Sighet area of Hungary) Viorica STAUBER, who married Henry SCHRAGER, a dentist. Henry and Viorica moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1960 and both died in the 1980s and are buried there. They were childless. We don't know where Henry was from originally but it occurs to me that SCHRAGER may be the basis for SCHRAGO, SARAGA, etc., or the other way around. Checking on Google, I find that Roman, Romania (pronounced as if spelled Romahn), had a Talmud Torah from 1817. Would like to compare notes. I should also note that my version of the digest, as it appears in Thunderbird, does not give any indication of how or where to reply. Jeff Knisbacher, Bradenton, Florida
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Re: Isaac Luria genealogy
#general
From what I can see in the data I have gathered from various sources, Isaac Luria, the Ari WAS NOT the son of Solomon Luria, the Maharshal I can suggest a research strategy that may shed some light on your quest, at least so far as your family's connection to the Maharshal.
According to some work done by various researchers (https://www.academia.edu/38296562/Y-DNA_Research_Studies_of_Rabbinical_Lineages_and_Their_Importance_to_Jewish_Genealogy) the Marshal's ydna signature is E-FT81835 (a sub-branch of E-M35). If you have the luxury of being able to obtain, through modern cousins, a ydna signature for the father of Zlata Hinda (Luria) Rotkovitz, then you could see if the two ydna signatures match. Whether or not the Vilna Lurias are related to the Jerusalem Lurias is going to be difficult to prove since I do not see in my data any known, modern descendants of the Jerusalem family. -- Adam Cherson
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