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Is this name (in Russian) Zvulinch or alike ?...
#russia
#translation
Ofer Biran
Attached are the name from the index and from the document - thanks !   Ofer Biran
MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately
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Re: Jill Anderson z"l untimely passing
#lithuania
#latvia
Thank you for notifying us Carol. Many of us have worked alongside Jill over the years and this is very sad news.
May her memory be for a blessing. Joyaa ANTARES Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Elena Bazes
Join the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) for our
upcoming free webinar in Hebrew in honor of Aliyah Day “The Variety of Documents Where
You Find Information on Immigration to Eretz Israel” by Rose Feldman. The
webinar will be broadcast on October 10th
at 7 pm Israel Time, 12 pm ET. Advance Registration Required: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlcumorD8uGteUjJ2bTXgxwL7EDn_URdfF As more documents are opened to the public from various archives, we are able to document when and where our ancestors made Aliyah to Eretz Israel. Sometimes these are lists of those landing in Eretz Israel, sometimes they are lists of those leaving a port or town on their way to Eretz Israel and sometimes the information is a document not connected to immigration at all. The IGRA All Israel Database collection contains such documents from the 19th century up through the founding of Israel in 1948. The webinar will be a survey of these documents, which will hopefully give you ideas of where to continue you research if you haven’t found the documents in the IGRA collection. Rose Feldman is in charge of developing new databases for Israel Genealogy Research Association [IGRA]. She has lectured at ten IAJGS conferences starting in 2003, at various annual seminars and branch meetings of IGRA and IGS, at the Israeli Association for Archives and Information workshop, and the genealogy workshop of the Central Zionist Archives. In 2017 she was the recipient of IAJGS Award for Volunteer of the Year. Rose was one of the three coordinators of the Montefiore Censuses Project.
Elena Biegel Bazes IGRA Publicity Chair
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Re: Please help decipher German and Hebrew
#translation
Reuven Mohr
the royal government has received a petition by the Polish Jewish glazier Chest Itzig, to get permission to work as a glazier journeyman (not sure how it is called in English - he has not yet passed an examination to become a master glazier).
Strasburg (today Brodnica in Poland, then a county administration in West Prussia, including for the town of Gollub, today Golub), 16 may 1834 the yiddish note is probably the answer - 'von die Regierung erlap...' permitted by the government Reuven Mohr Israel
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The Cohen Family from Rumford/Biddeford Maine
#usa
#general
#lithuania
Hi,
I am new to this group and looking forward to learning more about the Cohen Family. I have been doing genealogy research on my family for many years, and I am now shifting my focus to my husband's family. I am VERY interested in information on the Cohen family who migrated from Lithuania and settled in Rumford, Maine. See family members below:
Brick Wall Max Cohen born 1853 Russia * died abt 1922 Biddeford, ME? married to Minnie Leah Kubitzky born 1855 * died 23 MAR 1922 Son Louis Cohen born 15 JUL 1875 Russia * died 23 MAR 1939 (owned a Bottling Company in Rumford, ME) married to Bertha Gerrin Zaguresky born 15 JUL 1875 Lithuania * died 28 MAR 1939 Son Harry Jacobs Cohen born abt. 1897 Russia * died 1947 (Music teacher - Stephens High School, Rumford, ME USA) married to Minna/Minnie Rose Glickman born 1896 USA Vilna, Lithuania * died 1987 Boston, MA USA Son Milton Herman Cohen b. JUN 1918 Rumford, ME USA * d. MAR 1982 Framingham, MA USA married to Ruth Jacobs b. MAR 1916 * d. 1986 Boston, MA Son Stephen Harry Cohen b. 1951 Boston, MA USA * Living (my husband) Please feel free to contact us through JewishGen or contact my husband Steve Cohen directly: scb@... We look forward to discovering more about the Cohen Family any information you can provide would be great.
Thank you!
~Carla & Steve Cohen
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Jill Anderson z"l untimely passing
#lithuania
#latvia
Carol Hoffman
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Jill
Anderson, President of LitvakSIG. Losing a valiant battle with severe
illness, Jill passed away peacefully in London on Saturday 2 October
2021.
Jill, an accomplished musician, was a devoted Litvak. She was always
ready to help others in their pursuit of finding their roots. Jill
demonstrated leadership, compassion and commitment to LitvakSIG.
We extend our profound sympathy to her family and friends.
In great sorrow,
Carol Hoffman
LitvakSIG. co vice-president
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Re: Translation of birth register
#romania
#austria-czech
#translation
David Lewin
At 09:43 30/09/2021, Jeremy Pacht wrote:
Hello, I read the record as Chaskel Israel Pachl Ester Schieba Rachel Tikin David Lewin London
Search & Unite attempt to help locate people who, despite the passage
of so many years since World War II, may still exist "out
there".
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Odeda Zlotnick
Thanks for the helpful info about the FHL lookup service!
How did these costs compare to people's "net wealth" (or whatever you wanna call it)?Most of our ancestors in Galicia and the Pale of Settlement were so poor that I would wanna call it abject poverty. Some of them barely had enough money to feed their children let alone pay for any regisration.... -- Odeda Zlotnick Jerusalem, Israel.
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Re: Help make out and translate mystery postcard
#hungary
#translation
beer_tom@...
The 10groschen postage stamp on the card was issued in 1929.
 Tom Beer Melbourne, Australia
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Re: Need help identifying my maternal grandfather
#dna
Yonatan Ben-Ari
I believe that the last sentence in Michele's post is the reason that
DNA testing is not allowed in Israel (due to possible issues of Mamzerut -Bastards), Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem
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JGS Toronto. Free Virtual Meeting. Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure. Anne Dublin. Sunday, 19 September 2021, at 10:30 a.m. ET.
Jerry Scherer
JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO
Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure Jewish Orphans from Poland to Ontario
Speaker: Anne Dublin
VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, at 7:30 p.m. ET.
PRESENTATION: Anne Dublin will speak about researching and writing her historical novel for young people, Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure (Second Story Press, 2021). Through an interactive PowerPoint presentation, Anne will describe the voyage of thirty-eight Jewish orphans from Poland to Georgetown, Ontario, in 1927, their lives at the Canadian Jewish Farm School, and their concert in Carnegie Hall, New York. The themes of friendship, antisemitism, and music are the threads that are interwoven in her presentation. This novel was inspired by historical events about Morris Saxe, who is sometimes called the “Canadian Schindler.”
BIOGRAPHY: Anne Dublin was born in a displaced persons camp in Salzburg, Austria. She and her family came to Canada in 1948 as part of the "Garment Workers' Scheme," or "Tailor Project." Anne grew up in Toronto, and attended York University and the University of Wisconsin. She was an elementary school teacher and librarian for over 25 years in Nairobi, Kingston, Winnipeg, and Toronto. Anne writes biographies and historical novels for young people, as well as short stories for adults. She has won or been nominated for a number of awards, including the Canadian Jewish Book Award and the Canadian Jewish Literary Award (Youth). She is presently working on a collective biography of Jewish women.
To register, please go to jgstoronto.ca/register You will then receive an immediate acknowledgement plus the link to access the event on 27 October.
The presentation will be recorded. It will be available to JGS Toronto members in the “Members Only” section of the Society website, a few days after the event. It will also be available to non-member registrants for one week after the event in the “Registration” location.
To our guests, consider joining our membership for only $40.00 per year by Clicking Here or consider a donation by Clicking Here to assist us in continuing our mission providing a forum for the exchange of genealogical knowledge and information. (Canadians receive a CRA tax receipt.)
info@... www.jgstoronto.ca Tel: 647-247-6414 twitter: jgsoftoronto facebook: Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto
Jerry Scherer Vice President, Communications
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Re: Need help identifying my maternal grandfather
#dna
Michele Lock
There is a Facebook group called "Jewish DNA for Genetic Genealogy and Family Research", where you should post your questions about identifying your maternal grandfather. There are persons there in that group who have experience solving these sorts of problems, using their understanding of Jewish DNA results and knowledge of Jewish genealogy through records. They may also be able to tell you who you may hire to solve this mystery.
It is the top 20-30 Jewish DNA matches for both your and for your sisters who will be the matches that aid you in this search. You don't have to go through all 16000-20000 Jewish matches to solve your problem. It is important to be able to understand DNA centimorgans lengths and number of shared DNA segments to zero in on who is a descendent of this grandfather or his siblings. Ancestry results are also useful because some matches have their family trees up for viewing. The group also has advice on how to handle some of the more delicate situations that arise from identifying these unknown relationships. Not everyone who does DNA testing is comfortable finding out their long deceased relative had unknown children. Good luck with your search. -- Michele Lock Lak/Lok/Liak/Lock and Kalon/Kolon in Zagare/Joniskis/Gruzdziai, Lithuania Lak/Lok/Liak/Lock in Plunge/Telsiai in Lithuania Trisinsky/Trushinsky/Sturisky and Leybman in Dotnuva, Lithuania Olitsky in Alytus, Suwalki, Poland/Lithuania Gutman/Goodman in Czestochowa, Poland Lavine/Lev/Lew in Trenton, New Jersey and Lida/Vilna gub., Belarus
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Re: route from Cherkassy, Ukraine to Manchester, England
#general
Esther Rechtschafner asks why emigrants from southern Ukraine did not go south to the port in Odessa. I also wonder about this. The Ellis Island website lists only 265 emigrants who left from Odessa during the years 1892-1924, all in 1906-1907 with a handful in 1922. Perhaps because Odessa was an important naval port, civilian emigration from there was restricted.
-- Alan Shuchat
Newton, MA SHUKHAT (Talnoe, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Odessa, Balta (Abazovka), Pogrebishche) VINOKUR (Talnoe), KURIS (Mogilev-Podolskiy, Ataki, Berdichev) ZILBERMAN (Soroki, Kremenets), BIRNBAUM (Kamenets-Podolskiy) KITAIGORODSKI (Zvenigorodka)
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Re: Identifying Ancestral Town
#galicia
Alexander Sharon
JGFF system was constantly updated and hundreds of new, smaller places were added for the last 20+ years on the researchers request.
Billshivtsi (ex Bolszowce) are listed by 53 researchers for 94 surnames. Martynuv Stary (ex Martynów Stary) is also listed in JGFF database with 5 entries (latest entry was made just last month in September 2021) BTW, In 1896 Bolszowce general population was 3,938 with 2,256 Jews (~57%). During same reporting year Martynow Stary had 1,260 residents, including 66 Jewish souls, and Martynow Nowy had 595 residents including 48 Jewish people M.Diczek is listed in 1929 Poland Business Directory as the owner of the General Store in Martynow Stary. P1503.pdf (jri-poland.org) Hope this help, Alexander Sharon Calgary, AB
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Re: Trying to understand conflicting information on the Yad Vashem Website
#holocaust
Valentin Lupu
Shalom Peter,
As I can read the the Yad Vashem's information, the entry about Hilde's death is based on German archives documentation on deportations. The German source ("Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945") is about victims and persecuted persons, not necessarily murdered victims. The second entry is based on a more reliable source, Pinkas Hanitzolim and Hilde indeed survived. My search on Arolsen archives revealed that Hilde filled in a tracing request for Max and the original letter, written in German in 1947, is available online. Her address, was Regensburg, Neupfarrplatz 12. Another person, Leizer Lehrer filled in a tracing request for Max too. There are also 11 undisclosed documents related to Hilde's medical treatment. Valentin Lupu ISRAEL
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Re: The Hebrew translation for the name Yetta
#names
My (maternal) great grandmother’s English name incensus documents and her death record was Jennie Goldstein. She came to Ellis Island with the name Bebe Goldstein. After years of searching, a volunteer sent me a picture of her gravestone from a NYC cemetery. The “English” name on the gravestone is Baba Goldstein. Her Yiddish name on the gravestone is Keile Golde. My Yiddish name is Keile Beile (Beile was my great-grandmother on my father’s side).
-- Kathryn Kanarek James Annandale, VA, USA Names of interest: WEGODNER/WAGNER, SIDUCH (Sokolievka/Justingrad Ukraine), GOLDSTEIN, LANDA (Shpikov, Ukraine), WANG (Janow Lubelski, Russia Poland), KANAREK, BROD (Tarnobrzeg, Tarnow, Galicia) SINGER/KATZENELLENBOGEN (Tarnow, Galicia)
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Re: Please help decipher German and Hebrew
#translation
ramot418@...
OK. I'll make an effort to do something.....
The first word looks like פאהן. Haven't got a clue what it means. I can't read the second word. The third word looks like רעגירונג, which means 'government'.- which makes sense. The closest I can get to the last word is שערלאפן, which means 'haircuts' - which IMHO makes no sense at all. I think that only someone who knows Yiddish very well will be able to decipher this. Steve Goldberg Jerusalem, Israel
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Re: route from Cherkassy, Ukraine to Manchester, England
#general
Harry Boonin
We, the DAVIDOVSKY family, are related to the Zolotorow family in Philadelphia; but I do not know the connection. The oldest family member we have knowledge of is Louis ZOLOTOROW, born August 15, 1875. He lived in Elizavetgrad and came to Philadelphia in 1898. The Davidovskys, Chaim BRONOVSKI, & Esther KUTCHER Nelkin, all from Elizavetgrad, noted on their manifest, that they were coming to join Louis ZOLOTOROW, a bookbinder in Philadelphia. From 1905 to 1936 the large ZOLOTOROW family lived at 705 Brown Street. They had a player piano in their living room.
(The only thing the DAVIDOVSKYS remember today about the ZOLOTOROWS is that player piano.) Harry D. Boonin Warrington, PA harryboonin@...
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Re: Translation of birth register
#romania
#austria-czech
#translation
Jeremy Pacht
Sorry, hopefully the new attachment is more legible.
-- Jeremy Pacht Wecker, Luxembourg Jeremy.pacht@...
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Re: Trying to understand conflicting information on the Yad Vashem Website
#holocaust
Deborah Wiener
Hi there, did you find something in the list of names that are filled out at yad Vashem? Sometimes that information is quite inaccurate as it might be filled out by a well-meaning person who doesn’t have their facts straight. If it’s via that, can you contact the informer and try to ascertain how/what they knew? Good luck. Debbie WIENER Melbourne Australia
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