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Re: Searching TOV,TOW or TOFF
#belarus
Vcharny@...
I saw among vital records >from Minsk couple records for such surnames as:
TOVA, TOUB, TOUV as well as for ABRAMSON. Vitaly Charny Birmingham, AL
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: Searching TOV,TOW or TOFF
#belarus
Vcharny@...
I saw among vital records >from Minsk couple records for such surnames as:
TOVA, TOUB, TOUV as well as for ABRAMSON. Vitaly Charny Birmingham, AL
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fyi: CEMETERY DO'S & DON'TS
#general
Bernard Kouchel <koosh@...>
CEMETERY DO'S & DON'TS
http://pages.cthome.net/hirsch/dodont.htm This page has been reproduced by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven with the kind permission of the Connecticut Gravestone Network. -- Bernard I. Kouchel <koosh@att.net>
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen fyi: CEMETERY DO'S & DON'TS
#general
Bernard Kouchel <koosh@...>
CEMETERY DO'S & DON'TS
http://pages.cthome.net/hirsch/dodont.htm This page has been reproduced by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven with the kind permission of the Connecticut Gravestone Network. -- Bernard I. Kouchel <koosh@att.net>
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Required:Specific reply
#general
Makaf Tutzingen <tutsingen@...>
Dear sirs/madams/whatever,
A few days ago, I posted a very specific question regarding the name SPIRO. I asked whether there is any connection whatsoever between the Jewish Spiro and the Greek Spiro. I mentioned that, as far as I knew, the Jewish SPIRO was connected to Shapiro and that the Greek Spiro was connected to Spiridion. I did, however,definitely want to know whether there was a connection of any sort between Shapiro / Spiro / Speyer / Sapir /Shafir et alia group on the one hand, and between the Spiro / Spiridion pair on the other. As yet, I have not received a specific reply to my specific question! If you definitely know that there IS a connection, then say so, explaining the connection. If you definitely know that there IS NOT a connection, then say so, and why, and I'll accept the coincidence. If you can suggest a good and reliable place to check whether there is a connection, that will also be acceptable. If you do NOT know, one way or another, please leave the matter well alone, and do NOT, I beg of you, go into the interesting but well covered history of the connection between SPIRO, SHAPIRO, SPEYER, and so forth. Thank you, Macky Tutsingen.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Required:Specific reply
#general
Makaf Tutzingen <tutsingen@...>
Dear sirs/madams/whatever,
A few days ago, I posted a very specific question regarding the name SPIRO. I asked whether there is any connection whatsoever between the Jewish Spiro and the Greek Spiro. I mentioned that, as far as I knew, the Jewish SPIRO was connected to Shapiro and that the Greek Spiro was connected to Spiridion. I did, however,definitely want to know whether there was a connection of any sort between Shapiro / Spiro / Speyer / Sapir /Shafir et alia group on the one hand, and between the Spiro / Spiridion pair on the other. As yet, I have not received a specific reply to my specific question! If you definitely know that there IS a connection, then say so, explaining the connection. If you definitely know that there IS NOT a connection, then say so, and why, and I'll accept the coincidence. If you can suggest a good and reliable place to check whether there is a connection, that will also be acceptable. If you do NOT know, one way or another, please leave the matter well alone, and do NOT, I beg of you, go into the interesting but well covered history of the connection between SPIRO, SHAPIRO, SPEYER, and so forth. Thank you, Macky Tutsingen.
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Where to buy Reunion?
#general
Alan Shuchat <ashuchat@...>
Can anyone suggest a source for buying Reunion software for Mac at less
than $95? That's the best price I've found so far. Thanks, Alan Shuchat ashuchat@wellesley.edu ------------ Researching: SHUCHAT (Talnoye, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Odessa) VINOKUR (Talnoye) KURIS (Mogilev-Podolskiy, Ataki, Berdichev) SILVERMAN (Soroki, Kremenets) BIRNBAUM (Kamenets-Podolski) KITAIGORODSKI (Zvenigorodka) MODERATOR NOTE: Store name deleted, please see rules at http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/rules.htm
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Where to buy Reunion?
#general
Alan Shuchat <ashuchat@...>
Can anyone suggest a source for buying Reunion software for Mac at less
than $95? That's the best price I've found so far. Thanks, Alan Shuchat ashuchat@wellesley.edu ------------ Researching: SHUCHAT (Talnoye, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Odessa) VINOKUR (Talnoye) KURIS (Mogilev-Podolskiy, Ataki, Berdichev) SILVERMAN (Soroki, Kremenets) BIRNBAUM (Kamenets-Podolski) KITAIGORODSKI (Zvenigorodka) MODERATOR NOTE: Store name deleted, please see rules at http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/rules.htm
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Re: Harsfalva
#hungary
BABSK@...
Harsfalva is now Nelipine in Ukraine.
Barbara Kaufman
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Re: Harsfalva
#hungary
BABSK@...
Harsfalva is now Nelipine in Ukraine.
Barbara Kaufman
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Clustering -- was Chelsea, MA
#lithuania
Tim Baker <tbaker@...>
I do not want to "rain on anyone's parade" <g>, but in the 1920's,It was suggested that I try to top Howard's count of 30 families in Jacksonville, FL with a count of families that moved to Bellingham WA from NE Lithuania. I can't quite do that ... yet. But thenJacksonville is 10 times larger than Bellingham. To make an accurate comparison, I should have looked at the 1920 census, but it is not indexed here and therefore is a little more difficult to review. Using the 1910 census as a guide, however, I found 24 different households in Bellingham representing 15 different surnames >from the shtetls of Skopishok, Rakishok, and Panemunok. They were all within about 10 miles of each other, and the families were all intermarried. from Skopishok we have: BLOCK, LIPOT (changed to FRIEDMANand PERLSTEN/PEARLSTEIN), GOFFE/JAFFE, GLAZER, HORWITZ, SCHUMAN, and TALL/THAL. >from Rakishok came ADIRIM, BEROLSKI, GRIEFF, LEVINE, and POPLACK. >from Panemunok we had BOON (became BEAN here) and SHURE. Other families, including the ABRAMOVITZ family >from Rakishok, came after 1910. Tim Baker Bellingham WA Skopishok Research Group tbaker@simonlaw.com
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Clustering -- was Chelsea, MA
#lithuania
Tim Baker <tbaker@...>
I do not want to "rain on anyone's parade" <g>, but in the 1920's,It was suggested that I try to top Howard's count of 30 families in Jacksonville, FL with a count of families that moved to Bellingham WA from NE Lithuania. I can't quite do that ... yet. But thenJacksonville is 10 times larger than Bellingham. To make an accurate comparison, I should have looked at the 1920 census, but it is not indexed here and therefore is a little more difficult to review. Using the 1910 census as a guide, however, I found 24 different households in Bellingham representing 15 different surnames >from the shtetls of Skopishok, Rakishok, and Panemunok. They were all within about 10 miles of each other, and the families were all intermarried. from Skopishok we have: BLOCK, LIPOT (changed to FRIEDMANand PERLSTEN/PEARLSTEIN), GOFFE/JAFFE, GLAZER, HORWITZ, SCHUMAN, and TALL/THAL. >from Rakishok came ADIRIM, BEROLSKI, GRIEFF, LEVINE, and POPLACK. >from Panemunok we had BOON (became BEAN here) and SHURE. Other families, including the ABRAMOVITZ family >from Rakishok, came after 1910. Tim Baker Bellingham WA Skopishok Research Group tbaker@simonlaw.com
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Marijampole- Founding Jews
#lithuania
Dr Saul Issroff <saul@...>
extract >from "Marijampoles Miestas iki 1940 , Istorija , architektura"
by Algimantas Miskinis Vilnius Mintis 1995 Miesto Kurimasis 1667-1792 The Founding Jews of Marijampole (Marijampolis miestas zydu) Note : the 57 names with numbers are Jewish. The streets are given. The others were not believed to be Jewish. ( for those who have difficulty with Lithuanian names: for gicven names take off the -is, -as, -a, -is endings fro second names take off --icius, -as ,endings for females take off -iene. Nasle probably ==widow. substitute G for H( e.g. girs ( Gersh for Hirs) I have not attempted anything with the diacriticals. Pirmas aikstes sonas I Smerka Sovelovicius 2 Chackelis Berkovicius 3 Judelis Jankelovicius 4 Leiba Nochumovicius 5 Jankelis Abramovicius 6 Mausa Krautuvininkas 7 Abramas Nochimovicius 8 Icikas Zoruchovi6cius Antras aikstes sonas 9 Mausa Eljasovicius 10 Leja, nasle 11 Slioma Michelovicius 12 Jankelis Sliomovicius 13 Chaimas Kailiadircys 14 Hirsas Zehnanovicius 15 Berko Zoruchovicius Trecias aistes sonas 16 Joselis Abramovicius 17 Dovydas Spaustuvininkas 18 Mendelis Hirsovicius 19 Srolis Jefraimovicius 20 Dovydas Leibovicius 21 Hirgas Franchelovicius Ketvirtas aikstes sonas 22 Dovydas Joselovicius 23 Dovydas Beniovicius 24 Mausa Davidovidius 25 Abelis Leibovicius 26 Sumila Jankelovicius 27 Orelis Gabrielovicius Vaduvos gatve 28 Judelis Nalkovicius 29 Slioma Leibovicius 30 Chaimas Davidovicius 31 Jankelis Joselovicius 32 Smuila Jankelovicius 33 Smuila Fiselovicius 34 Chaimas Ovsejovicius 35 Hirsas Mordchelovicius 36 Gabrielis Jankelovicius 37 Leizeris Leibovicius 38 Leizeris Smuilovicius 39 Leizeris Mejerovicius 40 Nachimas Sliomovicius 41 Mortchelis Solovicius Tukias mirisio Mortchelio Davidoviciaus sklypas 42 Hirsas Chaimovicius 43 Dovydas Movsovicius 44 Leizeris Jankelovicius 45 Mendelis Mortchelovicius Vilniaus gatve Tuczias mirusios Joseloviciaus nasles sklypas 46 Mauga Freizovicius 47 Benjaminas Jankelovicius 48 Chaimas Hiselovicius 49 Tuczias mirusio Leibos Soloviciaus sklypas 49 Slioma Siuvejas 50 Jenochas Berkovicius Mikalojus Michalovskis, batsiuvys, vokietis Grigalius Sadovskis, 4 zmones Jurgis Lebiodka, 3 zmones Jonas Radzigevskis, 3 znones Pilypas Olstynas, vokietis Jokubas Jasiukynas, 3 zmones 51 Jankelis Senderovicius 52 Jankelis Jefraimovicius Tomas Migkovskis, 5 zmones Juozapas Dombrovskis, 2 zmones Jonas 'Vaitkevi@ius, 3 zmones Kazimieras Kalinovslds, 4 zmones Jurgis Klimasevskis, 8 zmones Andrius Langas, stalius, vokietis Laskiene, nasle Baltrus Natkevicius, 5 zmones Mykolas Notkevicius, totorius Matvejus Ozechovskis, 6 zmones Matas Brordas, italas Jonas Paskevicjus, 4 zmones Fridrichas LAngas, voiketis Simonas Cesaitis, 6 zmones Petras StavinsKis, 6 zmones Valentas Mikelis, 4 zmones Jonas Kovalevskis, 6 zmones Jonas Kvedaravicius, 5 zmones Tomas Jadkoviskis, 6 zmones Baltrus Rinkevicius, 5 zmones Pelketoji gatve 53 Judelis Movsovicius 54 Volfas Sliomovicius Matas Korstynskis, 4 zmones Antanina Zyckiene, 5 zmones Matas Kizevicius, 5 zmones Andrius Chodzka, 9 zmones Kauno gatve Matas Radkovskis, 3 zmones Stanislovas Suminskis, 3 zmones pasesupio gatve Tomas Helmanas, 4 zmones Jonas Kasovskis, 4 zmones -- Jonas Cygleris, odininkas, voiketis, 55 lzraelis lzraelovicius 56 Abramas Leizerovicius Tuscias mirusio Peisacho Berkoviciaus sklypas 57 Sepselis Davidovicius Pranciskus Dragunevicius, 3 zmones Sklypai prie Sesupes Juozapas Cisevskis, 5 zmones Jonas Dabulevicius, 5 zmones Kazimieras Helmanas, 2 zmones Mykolas Visockis, 3 zmones -- Dr Saul Issroff
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Marijampole- Founding Jews
#lithuania
Dr Saul Issroff <saul@...>
extract >from "Marijampoles Miestas iki 1940 , Istorija , architektura"
by Algimantas Miskinis Vilnius Mintis 1995 Miesto Kurimasis 1667-1792 The Founding Jews of Marijampole (Marijampolis miestas zydu) Note : the 57 names with numbers are Jewish. The streets are given. The others were not believed to be Jewish. ( for those who have difficulty with Lithuanian names: for gicven names take off the -is, -as, -a, -is endings fro second names take off --icius, -as ,endings for females take off -iene. Nasle probably ==widow. substitute G for H( e.g. girs ( Gersh for Hirs) I have not attempted anything with the diacriticals. Pirmas aikstes sonas I Smerka Sovelovicius 2 Chackelis Berkovicius 3 Judelis Jankelovicius 4 Leiba Nochumovicius 5 Jankelis Abramovicius 6 Mausa Krautuvininkas 7 Abramas Nochimovicius 8 Icikas Zoruchovi6cius Antras aikstes sonas 9 Mausa Eljasovicius 10 Leja, nasle 11 Slioma Michelovicius 12 Jankelis Sliomovicius 13 Chaimas Kailiadircys 14 Hirsas Zehnanovicius 15 Berko Zoruchovicius Trecias aistes sonas 16 Joselis Abramovicius 17 Dovydas Spaustuvininkas 18 Mendelis Hirsovicius 19 Srolis Jefraimovicius 20 Dovydas Leibovicius 21 Hirgas Franchelovicius Ketvirtas aikstes sonas 22 Dovydas Joselovicius 23 Dovydas Beniovicius 24 Mausa Davidovidius 25 Abelis Leibovicius 26 Sumila Jankelovicius 27 Orelis Gabrielovicius Vaduvos gatve 28 Judelis Nalkovicius 29 Slioma Leibovicius 30 Chaimas Davidovicius 31 Jankelis Joselovicius 32 Smuila Jankelovicius 33 Smuila Fiselovicius 34 Chaimas Ovsejovicius 35 Hirsas Mordchelovicius 36 Gabrielis Jankelovicius 37 Leizeris Leibovicius 38 Leizeris Smuilovicius 39 Leizeris Mejerovicius 40 Nachimas Sliomovicius 41 Mortchelis Solovicius Tukias mirisio Mortchelio Davidoviciaus sklypas 42 Hirsas Chaimovicius 43 Dovydas Movsovicius 44 Leizeris Jankelovicius 45 Mendelis Mortchelovicius Vilniaus gatve Tuczias mirusios Joseloviciaus nasles sklypas 46 Mauga Freizovicius 47 Benjaminas Jankelovicius 48 Chaimas Hiselovicius 49 Tuczias mirusio Leibos Soloviciaus sklypas 49 Slioma Siuvejas 50 Jenochas Berkovicius Mikalojus Michalovskis, batsiuvys, vokietis Grigalius Sadovskis, 4 zmones Jurgis Lebiodka, 3 zmones Jonas Radzigevskis, 3 znones Pilypas Olstynas, vokietis Jokubas Jasiukynas, 3 zmones 51 Jankelis Senderovicius 52 Jankelis Jefraimovicius Tomas Migkovskis, 5 zmones Juozapas Dombrovskis, 2 zmones Jonas 'Vaitkevi@ius, 3 zmones Kazimieras Kalinovslds, 4 zmones Jurgis Klimasevskis, 8 zmones Andrius Langas, stalius, vokietis Laskiene, nasle Baltrus Natkevicius, 5 zmones Mykolas Notkevicius, totorius Matvejus Ozechovskis, 6 zmones Matas Brordas, italas Jonas Paskevicjus, 4 zmones Fridrichas LAngas, voiketis Simonas Cesaitis, 6 zmones Petras StavinsKis, 6 zmones Valentas Mikelis, 4 zmones Jonas Kovalevskis, 6 zmones Jonas Kvedaravicius, 5 zmones Tomas Jadkoviskis, 6 zmones Baltrus Rinkevicius, 5 zmones Pelketoji gatve 53 Judelis Movsovicius 54 Volfas Sliomovicius Matas Korstynskis, 4 zmones Antanina Zyckiene, 5 zmones Matas Kizevicius, 5 zmones Andrius Chodzka, 9 zmones Kauno gatve Matas Radkovskis, 3 zmones Stanislovas Suminskis, 3 zmones pasesupio gatve Tomas Helmanas, 4 zmones Jonas Kasovskis, 4 zmones -- Jonas Cygleris, odininkas, voiketis, 55 lzraelis lzraelovicius 56 Abramas Leizerovicius Tuscias mirusio Peisacho Berkoviciaus sklypas 57 Sepselis Davidovicius Pranciskus Dragunevicius, 3 zmones Sklypai prie Sesupes Juozapas Cisevskis, 5 zmones Jonas Dabulevicius, 5 zmones Kazimieras Helmanas, 2 zmones Mykolas Visockis, 3 zmones -- Dr Saul Issroff
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Vilna Gaon geneologies
#lithuania
Medical3D@...
Genealogies of the descendants of the Vilna Gaon have been around
for some time. Could anyone recommend some systematic, well-constructed critiques of their accuracy or inaccuracy? -Bret Schneider Portola Valley, California Researching: SCHNEIDER, FRIEDMAN >from Anyksciai (Lithuania) TANEFSKY >from Pilviskai, Marijampole (Lithuania) GEDALKA >from Lagow (Poland) SHAFFER >from Bodzentyn, Kielce (Poland) HANDELSMAN >from Poland Also specifically searching for: Harry Tanner and son Eddie Tanner of Los Angeles (circa 1945) Chana "Anna" Gedalka Shapiro of Brooklyn (circa 1955) "Mrs. Barnett Silverman" (maiden name Tanefsky) of New York, (circa 1948)
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Vilna Gaon geneologies
#lithuania
Medical3D@...
Genealogies of the descendants of the Vilna Gaon have been around
for some time. Could anyone recommend some systematic, well-constructed critiques of their accuracy or inaccuracy? -Bret Schneider Portola Valley, California Researching: SCHNEIDER, FRIEDMAN >from Anyksciai (Lithuania) TANEFSKY >from Pilviskai, Marijampole (Lithuania) GEDALKA >from Lagow (Poland) SHAFFER >from Bodzentyn, Kielce (Poland) HANDELSMAN >from Poland Also specifically searching for: Harry Tanner and son Eddie Tanner of Los Angeles (circa 1945) Chana "Anna" Gedalka Shapiro of Brooklyn (circa 1955) "Mrs. Barnett Silverman" (maiden name Tanefsky) of New York, (circa 1948)
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Steven Weiss's inquiry
#lithuania
Rachel Heimovics <rachelheimovics@...>
Steven Weiss asked whether anyone has documented the Jewish
hipster of Brockton, MA. I suggest that he post his inquiry on the American Jewish History listserv at ner-amjhistory-digest@shore.net> This is an extremely useful way for anyone to address inquiries related to American Jewish history. Rachel rachelheimovics@worldnet.att.net Maitland, Florida FELDBERG, BARON, Vilna, Kovno, Keidan, Krakaunova, Krakes Pagir, Shat, Suwalk, Linevo SINGER, CHAZAN Ponevezh, Riga, Kreutzberg STARR, STARRELS, STARRELSELSKY, Chernobyl
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Steven Weiss's inquiry
#lithuania
Rachel Heimovics <rachelheimovics@...>
Steven Weiss asked whether anyone has documented the Jewish
hipster of Brockton, MA. I suggest that he post his inquiry on the American Jewish History listserv at ner-amjhistory-digest@shore.net> This is an extremely useful way for anyone to address inquiries related to American Jewish history. Rachel rachelheimovics@worldnet.att.net Maitland, Florida FELDBERG, BARON, Vilna, Kovno, Keidan, Krakaunova, Krakes Pagir, Shat, Suwalk, Linevo SINGER, CHAZAN Ponevezh, Riga, Kreutzberg STARR, STARRELS, STARRELSELSKY, Chernobyl
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Re: Help in Hungarian needed
#hungary
Louis Schonfeld <lmagyar@...>
Alex,
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If you don't receive your reply by the end of this month let me know and I'll do it for you. What family names and towns are you researching? Louis Schonfeld Please visit our website at: http://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary/
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Hungary SIG #Hungary RE: Help in Hungarian needed
#hungary
Louis Schonfeld <lmagyar@...>
Alex,
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If you don't receive your reply by the end of this month let me know and I'll do it for you. What family names and towns are you researching? Louis Schonfeld Please visit our website at: http://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary/
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