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Help with Hebrew name pronounced CRAY-nee
#names
Marc Zehngut
Hi,
I am trying to find out the spelling of my recently deceased mother’s Hebrew name. As far back as I can remember she has pronounced it as CRAY-nee. Attached to this message is a very brief audio clip of her saying her Hebrew name. Her given name was Clara. Does anyone have any thoughts about how her Hebrew name would be spelled? Unfortunately I don't have any documents with her Hebrew name written. Thank you for any information. Marc Zehngut
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Re: Publishing a Family History Book
#general
June F Entman (jfentman)
On Oct. 9, 2021, I wrote to Nina Schwartz, I thought, at artstop@... to see about retaining her, but I have received no reply. Is there some other way to contact her or others who provide similar services?
June Entman
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Re: Naftali from Sveksna
#lithuania
Esta Kawaoka
My family is from Sveksna. Surnames…Eckowitz, Itzkovitz, Itzikowitz, Leon.
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Re: Publishing a Family History Book
#general
m.rind@...
On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 09:57 AM, David Cantor wrote:
1. Break down the project into manageable segments - perhaps 4 or 5 separate editions - you decide.A segment of a book is not an edition of it. You can't break a book down into "separate editions." -- Miles Rind Cambridge, Mass.
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Re: Argentina birth record needed
#latinamerica
#records
markm423@...
Is there a similar site for records requests in Rosario? Or any other way to receive information about Rosario resident from 1930th.
Thank you Mark Maymind NJ, USA MAIMIND, MINSK, MACHELSON, LEVINSON, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus
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Re: ViewMate translation request - Russian
#translation
#russia
#poland
ryabinkym@...
In Russian: Посад Вышков #45 Состоялось в Посаде Вышков 30-го октября (12-го ноября) 1901 года в 11 часов утра. Явились лично Ицек-Янкель Бронштейн, (не ясно), 43-х лет и Ицек-Файвель Цимбал, религиозный учитель, 39-и лет, оба жители посада Вышков и объявили, что сего числа, в 5 часов утра в посаде Вышков, умер Дзбанек Авезер, 2-х лет от роду, сын Сруля-Герша и Адасы, урожденной Бойнос. По настоящему удостоверяю о кончине Авезера Дубанек. Акт сей присутствующим прочитан и ими подписан. Янкель Бронштейн Ицек-Файвель Цимбал Чиновник Гражданского Состояния Подпись
Translated into English: # 45
It took place in Posad Vyshkov on October 30 (November 12), 1901 at 11 am. Itsek-Yankel Bronstein (not clear), 43 years old, and Itssek-Faivel Tsimbal, a religious teacher, 39 years old, both residents of the Vyshkov settlement, appeared in person and announced that this date, at 5 a.m. in the Vyshkov settlement, he died Dzbanek Avezer, 2 years old, son of Srul-Gersh and Adasa, nee Boynos. I am truly certifying about the death of Aveser Dubanek. This act was read and signed by those present.
Yankel Bronstein
Itsek-Faivel Tsimbal
Civil Status Official Signature Boynton Beach, FL
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Friedman116@...
Hello,
Some records from Mándok can be found in Chop books, I believe. These books are in the state archive of Uzhgorod (Ungvár). Béla Huber from Ungvár can help you with research related to Ungvár area. His email huberbelay@... Good luck, Mark Friedman
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Re: Publishing a Family History Book
#general
krausj2@...
This seems like good and generous advice.
I would add to be careful about font size as you layout and proof. It's easy to daydream about including "everything," but one consequence of that can be a book with print too small for easy reading. -- Joe Kraus krausj2@...
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What’s New at JewishGen? The Latest Issue of JewishGen News!
#JewishGenUpdates
Don’t miss the October issue of JewishGen News. If you aren’t subscribed to receive a copy of the newsletter by email, you can access it by following this link: https://mailchi.mp/jewishgen.org/jewishgen-newsletter-october-2021 This issue includes: **Updates - JewishGen’s Research Divisions and Special Projects **In Memory of Jill Anderson Z'L **Online Resources for WWI Ukrainian Pogroms **Julian to Gregorian: Reconciling Dates in Genealogical Records **JewishGen Family Finder: A Success Story **Yizkor Book Spotlight: Memorial Book of Krynki (Poland) **The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery Podcast **JewishGen Discussion Group: Updated Guidelines **New England Jewish Roots: Webinar Video Accessible **Researching Jews who Served in the U.S. Military Enjoy! --Nancy Siegel Director of Communications JewishGen.org (San Francisco, California) nsiegel@...
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What’s New at Jewish? Latest Issue of JewishGen News
Don’t miss the October issue of JewishGen News. If you aren’t subscribed to receive a copy of the newsletter by email, you can access it by following this link: https://mailchi.mp/jewishgen.org/jewishgen-newsletter-october-2021 This issue includes: **Updates - JewishGen’s Research Divisions and Special Projects **In Memory of Jill Anderson Z'L **Online Resources for WWI Ukrainian Pogroms **Julian to Gregorian: Reconciling Dates in Genealogical Records **JewishGen Family Finder: A Success Story **Yizkor Book Spotlight: Memorial Book of Krynki (Poland) **The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery Podcast **JewishGen Discussion Group: Updated Guidelines **New England Jewish Roots: Webinar Video Accessible **Researching Jews who Served in the U.S. Military Enjoy! -- Nancy Siegel Director of Communications JewishGen.org (San Francisco, California) nsiegel@...
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Re: ViewMate translation request - Russian
#translation
#poland
#russia
ryabinkym@...
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 RyabinkyBoynton Beach, FL
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Updates from the Arolsen Archives
#announcements
#holocaust
#germany
#records
Jan Meisels Allen
The Arolsen Archives has posted several new items of interest:
When: November 9, 5:30–9:00 p.m. Where: Virtual Open Archive – (digital space of the Arolsen Archives, link sent after registration for event) See: https://enc.arolsen-archives.org/en/contact/ Recording the prisoners’ names is a way for participants to actively remember these events, especially the deportation of 30,000 Jews to concentration camps, 1,000 of whom did not survive the camps or died from the effects of their imprisonment.
The exhibition focuses on the fates of persecutees from Spain who fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War, were arrested by the German occupying forces while they were in exile in France, and were then deported to concentration camps.
The exhibition is on display at the Palacio de la Audiencia in Soria until November 11.
Soria is a city in north-central Spain sits within the autonomous region of Castile y León, just northwest of Madrid and just south of La Rioja.
To get the #stolenmemory exhibit go to: https://stolenmemory.org/en/
15-30.11 Muzeum Podlaskie in Białystok, ul. Rynek Kościuszki 10.
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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ViewMate translation request - Russian
#translation
#russia
#poland
jaskinnon@...
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
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ViewMate interpretation - Romania
#bessarabia
#romania
#translation
jaskinnon@...
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/view 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
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Debbie Brown
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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I am working with three different families, descendants of three people we believe may be related, possibly siblings:
• Lizzie Dickler / Leah Schwartzstein (1851-1925) • Sam Schwartz / Solomon (Samuel) Schwartzstein / (1861-1952)
• Joseph Schwartz/ Joseph Schwarzman / Josef Schwarzstein (1867-1921).
Available records report fathers' names as Manis, Munish, Moyshe, or Emanuel. Home town locations reported are Tarnowke, Ternifke, Tirowken, Ternovsky (pointing to Ternivka, Ukraine). We've identified more than 35 of their descendants who match each other through DNA testing. We're trying to identify other descendants and place them either in one of these trees or other potential branches. We encourage anyone who believes they might be related or have been linked to other Schwartzstein descendants to upload their DNA results to GEDMatch and join our Schwartz / Schwartzstein / Schwarzman ancestor project. (Go to https://www.gedmatch.com/, login in, find Ancestor Projects under free tools and search "schwartz" see our entry). We have engaged a professional genetic genealogist to review the tests and data we've collected so far.
If you have questions, feel free to contact me privately. Thanks,
Lee Jaffe 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
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ViewMate translation request - Polish
#poland
#translation
Greg Tuckman
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
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ViewMate translation request - Russian
#translation
#poland
#russia
Greg Tuckman
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
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Re: Argentina birth record needed
#latinamerica
#records
George Muenz
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@... -- George (Naftali) Muenz Vancouver, Canada
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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"
#dna
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 To become a member please go to JGSCO.org $5 for guests Please register at JGSCO.org Ellen Beller JGSCO President
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