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**Julian to Gregorian: Reconciling Dates in Genealogical Records

**JewishGen Family Finder: A Success Story

**Yizkor Book Spotlight: Memorial Book of Krynki (Poland)

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**Researching Jews who Served in the U.S. Military

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In Russian:

 412

Состоялось в городе Лублин 8-го июня (20-го июля) 1893 года в 9 часов утра.  Явился еврей: Волф-Бер Унфлайс, рабочий, 40 лет, житель города Люблина, вприсутствии свидетелей Израиля Фраймана, поденщика, 46-и лет и Мошки Фридмана, домовладельца, 53-х лет, жителей города Люблина и предъявили нам девочку, объявляя, что она родилась в городе Люблин, в доме под номером 643, 12 июня 1893-го года в 10 часов вечера от него и законной жены Шайны-Эйдли, урожденной Лянцман, 36-и лет.  Девочке этой дано имя Хая. Позднее заявление ни чем не обосновано.  Акт сей присутствующим прочитан, ими и нами подписан за исключением неграмотного объявителя, .

 Израиль Фрайман  

Мошка Фридман

Чиновник гражданского состояния, поручик       Подпись

 

Translated into English:

412

Held in the city of Lublin on June 8th (July 20th) 1893 at 9 am. A Jew appeared: Wolf-Ber Unflys, a worker, 40 years old, a resident of the city of Lublin, in the presence of witnesses Israel Freiman, a day laborer, 46 years old, and Moshka Friedman, a homeowner, 53 years old, residents of the city of Lublin and showed us a girl, announcing that she was born in the city of Lublin, at number 643, on June 12, 1893 at 10 o'clock in the evening from him and the legal wife of Shayna-Eidley, nee Lyantsman, 36 years old. This girl was given the name Haya. Later, the statement is not substantiated by anything. This act was read by those present, they and we signed, with the exception of the illiterate announcer.

 Israel Fraiman

Moshka Friedman

Civil Status Officer, Lieutenant Signature

Translated by Michael Ryabinky
Boynton Beach, FL

Please may I request a translation from Russian (full, literal please) of a Wyszkow Death record.  The original document is on ViewMate at the following address:

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM95750
 
Please respond using the online ViewMate form.

Many thanks,
Jeff A Skinnon

The attached inscription is written on the back of my grandparents' wedding photo. Finesilver is my grandfather's family name .. he was born in Bessarabia.  I cannot decipher or recognise the next word. I am hoping it could be the town of his birth.  A picture of the back of the photo is on ViewMate at the following address:

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM95703
 
Can anyone who knows this part of the world venture a guess as to the meaning of the middle word or (even) name?

Please respond using the online ViewMate form: 
Jeff A Skinnon

Hi Siggers. My mother was born 1919 in Mandok, Hungary, to Mendel and Bertha Jakobovits. I believe she had a first cousin, Ernest Jacobs, living in the UK in 1961. I’m hoping to find his decendents. Ernest’s father could be the son of, one of these three brothers, of Mendel. They were all born in Repedea Romania, between 1881/1893.
The last name at that time was spelled Jacobovits. The brothers are , Hersh, Mojse,
and Marko. These birth records are the only records of these men that I have found, other than Mendels marriage record. These birth records, are in the Romanian Archive.

Of course I would love to know anything more about all of them and other descendents, but I doubt any of them survived the Holocaust.
I would appreciate any help and guidance.

Regards,
Debbie Klein Brown

Hungary, Braun, Klein, Jakobovits, Weiman, Grosz

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Surnames / Towns:  Jaffe / Suchowola, Poland ; Stein (Sztejnsapir) / Bialystok and Rajgrod, Poland ; Joroff (Jaroff, Zarov) / Chernigov, Ukraine ; Schwartz (Schwarzman?, Schwarzstein?) / Ternivka ;  Koshkin / Snovsk, Ukraine ; Rappoport / ? ; Braun / Wizajny, Suwalki, Poland,  Ludwinowski / Wizajny, Suwalki, Poland

Hello everyone,
I've posted a vital record in Russian and Polish for which I need a translation of the Polish. It is the marriage record of Izrael Szyja BLUMENSZTOK and Chaia UNFLAJS.  The actual record is in Russian, but the writing in the left margin is Polish and I would like to know what it says.  It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM95689&data=04%7C01%7C%7Ccd0c4b767d8847d704d808d997171c5e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637706947782260226%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=Zx7sNIOxb71L%2FizbTG8ZVB2B%2FFUV6RiL0aPoQB9L5DQ%3D&reserved=0
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Thank you very much.
Greg Tuckman
Phoenix, Arizona USA

Hello everyone,
I've posted 4 vital records in Russian for which I need translations. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ...

1.  Birth record of Chaia UNFLAJS: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM95690&data=04%7C01%7C%7Ca72bf3865a6e44e3f71808d99717204f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637706947850531642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=q9ISk%2F2cNuqdGosc88zuG0dls0PZCAGiIs%2BJNLJ%2FI%2Fk%3D&reserved=0

2.  Marriage record of BLUMENSZTOK - UNFLAJS:  https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM95688&data=04%7C01%7C%7C4c2a9c9bf24745741c9208d997171ab9%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637706947760202682%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=n4OMR%2Bd36QVYdyzWtCEO2xZbca77verk94teRW4N3hQ%3D&reserved=0

3.  Marriage record of CUKIERMAN - GIERTLER: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM95683&data=04%7C01%7C%7C616f7d1958e44ecb1bf708d9971718f1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637706947724352943%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=qkBSQIkAC2tNAh%2FatOo7cq53EGs9Uk1wL3G2JkET3c0%3D&reserved=0

4.  Death record of Izaak Wolf BLUMENSZTOK:  https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jewishgen.org%2Fviewmate%2Fviewmateview.asp%3Fkey%3DVM95652&data=04%7C01%7C%7C72ad73211f2b4c91069e08d99716ef56%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637706947025457519%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=9psyxWMy8gg9285xA6qVxTa4z%2FFzxh96lgXcyrYnAFg%3D&reserved=0

Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Thank you very much.
Greg Tuckman
Phoenix, Arizona USA

II hired Andres for research on families I did not know existed, and he was successful. Highly recommended

Andres Rodenstein
VitalRecords.com.ar
Av. Cabildo 66 - 1426
Buenos Aires - Argentina
Phone +5411 4978 3581
info@...
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George (Naftali) Muenz
Vancouver, Canada

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Colorado 

presents 

Jennifer Mendlsohn 

"No You Don't Really Have 7,900 4th Cousins: Getting Started with Ashkenazi Jewish DNA"

Please Remember that Daylight Savings Time has Ended.

Sunday  November 7, 2021

9:30 AM to 10:00 AM Mountain Time Schmear, Schmooze, and Share

10 AM to 12:00 PM Program  

9:30 AM to 10:00 AM Schmear, Schmooze, and Share

Program starts promptly at 10 AM

On Zoom  

  DNA has the potential to be an essential and exciting genealogical tool. But many Jewish testers find their DNA results completely overwhelming and unnavigable. Based on the popular 2017 article that has garnered over 110,000 views, this talk will help those with Jewish heritage learn to make sense of their DNA results. We’ll cover why our match lists are so large, (hello, endogamy!), why all our matches seem to match each other (endogamy, again!), and how to spot the meaningful matches and separate them from the faux ones. Using real-life examples of DNA success, you’ll learn techniques that will help you learn to work effectively with DNA to expand your tree.

Jennifer Mendelsohn is a seasoned journalist and ghostwriter whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, People, Slate, and USA Today. A native Long Islander now based in Baltimore, Mendelsohn serves on the board of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Maryland and is the administrator of Facebook’s Jewish genetic genealogy group. A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, she is the creator of the movement known as #resistancegenealogy, a project that uses genealogical and historical records to fight disinformation and honor America’s immigrant past.

     A veteran of many successful unknown parent searches, she was featured in the 2019 bestseller Inheritance by Dani Shapiro. Her work has received international media attention, including being featured on CNN.com, The New Yorker, The Washington Post and Yahoo News.

 

Free for members of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Colorado

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Ellen Beller JGSCO President  

Tomorrow is Naftali's 97 birthday. Naftalai is one of the 6 people from Sveskna, Lithuania that suvived the Holocaust. He now lives inSydney Australia with his wife Hana.She comes from a Shtetl near Svevksna ; but her family went to Australia before the Holocaust. Ihave ben corcspomnding with them for quite a few yeas and feel asif they are may family.Perhaps? I am so interested in Sveksna and wrote about it and organized a website for the Sveksna that was, for my Grandfather -Zacharia Marcus came from there.
Esther (Herschman)Rechtshafner,
Kibburz Ein-Zurim,
Israel

A deceased greatuncle of mine wrote a note stating that his maternal
grandmother was a descendant of Reb Chaim of Volozhin. I've checked
several published trees and have not found any mention of her. There
are family lore that we may be connected through R' Chaim's son
(Itzaleh)'s daughter who married a LANDAU. According to published
biographies, the LANDAU couple died relatively young during Itzaleh'
lifetime . Again according to family lore, Itzaleh took our
ancestress to her marriage canopy as her parents had died.

My (above) great great grandmother was Sarah Hinde (Schatz?) who
married Shlomo KANTOR of Pinsk. When Shlomo passed away suddenly, she
made aliya to Jerusalem with their 4 orphaned children. The son, Chaim
Dov, became well-known as the Mashgiach of the Yekev (wineery) in
Zichron Yacov. My great grandmother married Yacov Gedalia SCHECHTER of
Jerusalem.

I would be happy to hear from anyone knowledgeable as to Reb. Chaim's
tree if they could confirm the above.

From what I have learned, another sister of Chaim Dov married
ROSTOWSKI, who seems to have been a descendant of Reb. Chaim's
brother, Shlomo Zalman. Its possible that my greatuncle was confused
by the fact that his mother's sister's husband was connected to the
Volozhin family.

Tia.

Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

A short while back, a member sought help with regard to publishing a family history book of some 600 pages.  I cannot remember who it was and I have been over zealous in clearing out my emails.
On reflection, there were many comments including my own about the hazards of self-publishing and I have been wondering if the original poster gave up heart or took the advice to take up the offer from Nina Schwartz.  Either way, it would be good to know the route taken (I may have missed it)
If the project is still in limbo, this is what I would do.  This list is not exhaustive but it is the basis for a framework

1. Break down the project into manageable segments - perhaps 4 or 5 separate editions - you decide.
2. Put the relevant files into separate folders on your computer, Edition 1, Edition 2, etc, etc - have a robust backup regime.
3. Get the BookWright free software from Blurb and watch their tutorials.
4. Practice on Volume 1 until happy with the result.
5. Create a low-resolution PDF file for proofing - this is unsuitable for printing.
6. There is no commitment until the book is uploaded to the Blurb web site, if you are still not sure, the draft will be deleted after a shortish period but you will still have the project on your computer.
6. Decide on the cover type and paper quality (go for the best you can afford).
7. Before ordering the book, it's possible to purchase a high quality PDF that could be printable at home but I see no point in this unless to distribute digitally at low cost to family members.
8. Look for discounts on the Blurb web site, they are frequent and can range from 25% - 30% and occasionally higher.
9. Order a copy of volume 1 and if happy - proceed to Volume 2 and so on.

A reasonable level of computer literacy should be adequate to achieve excellent results.

If all this fails, hire a grandchild or Nina Schwartz 

I hope this is of use to the original poster and anyone else contemplating a similar exercise.  I used Blurb for a similar but much smaller project and was delighted with the result

David Cantor

Ask by a written letter the civil birth, dead, marriage registration bureau of the place.
Janet Furba,
Germany

I concur with the other commentaters-Gerson.Compare the first letter of the name with the "g" in Hamburg on the ship's manifest at the top of the page.

Richard Brown
Glastonbury, CT

Argentinian citizens with a DNI number can request a digital copy of a birth/death/marriage record that took place in the city of Buenos Aires through this site - https://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/tramites/solicitud-de-partidas. One needs to know the exact spelling of the last name, otherwise they will not find it. It costs 650 Pesos (about 7 USD). 

Yoni Kupchik

Nov.7 1:30-3:30pm EST-Sallyann Amdur Sack – What You Need to Know About Jewish Family Names. Free for JGS of Greater Boston members, $5:00 for non-members.  Information at www.jgsgb.org

Nov. 21 1:30-3:30pm EST-Samuel Kassow – Time Capsules Under the Rubble: The Ringelblum Archive in the Warsaw Ghetto. This program is co-sponsored with Hebrew College. It is free and open to the public, but people who are not JGS of Greater Boston members are asked to register at www.jgsgb.org.

Thank you,
Jessie Klein
Co-President
JGS of Greater Boston

Civil Registration records for Buenos Aires are not online.

The info file on Jewish Gen has information on the requesting of records
https://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/argentina.html

I had tried once to order a record from the US, but was unsuccessful.  I finally paid a researcher to get me the record I needed.  I wish you luck.
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Barbara Ellman
Secaucus NJ USA
HASSMAN, SONENTHAL, DAUERMAN, LUCHS - Drohobycz, Ukraine
HIRSCHHORN, GOLDSTEIN, BUCHWALD - Dolyna, Ukraine
HIRSCHHORN, STEIN, CAPLAN - Entre Rios & Buenos Aires, Arggentina
ELLMAN, COIRA, MAIDMAN - Minkovtsy, Ukraine
KAGLE, FASS - Ulanow, Poland