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Re: Richard Kahn, Bochum , Germany 1890
#germany
Andreas Schwab
The list of Bochum births is here:
https://www.bochum.de/C125830C0042AB74/vwContentByKey/W2BH9Q9R823BOCMDE/$File/FB_Geburtsregister.pdf Richard Kahn was born Nov. 9, 1890 (not Nov. 29). His birth was recorded at the Bochum-Mitte civil registration office under the file number 1698 / 1890. You can ask for a copy of the original (Kopie einschliesslich Randvermerke) from the Bochum city archives with the above file number (mentioning Bochum-Mitte) The address is stadtarchiv@... The records are also at the State Archives in Detmold. See also: https://tng.rolandgen.de/documents/RzD%20(2019),%20Ressourcen%20für%20die%20Ahnenforschung%20–%20in%20und%20um%20Bochum.pdf -- Andreas Schwab, Montreal, Canada
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Searching for additional information on Moses Wright
#romania
#bessarabia
J95Frank@...
Based on what I've found on ancestry.com, my great grandfather, Moses (or Morris) Wright,
I do know that his wife appears to have been born 29 May 1865 in Bessarabia and died 05 July 1939 in Santa Monica, California. Any suggestions about where I might next look would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jay Frank J95Frank@...
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Records from the Nablus/Shkhem Jewish institutions 1850–1890
#records
manuel.angelmacia@...
I hope you are safe and well. I am writing to ask for indications that may lead to the records of the 1800s Jewish institutions in Shechem. If these records exist, would you know if/how they may be accessible? I am looking for records that may mention my family members (especially birth records bar/bat mitzvah's, etc.). I am looking to find documents from my family members, specifically, my great-great grandmother who came from Schechem to Colombia. I am looking for vital records that mention her. I can provide more information if this is helpful. I believe that her family may have now settled in Acre, Tiberias, and/or Safed. My hypothesis is that my great-great grandmother is the daughter of Salah Azari, see ID 3979 and ID 3881 in the Montefiore Censuses. I want to prove or disprove this (but most, importantly, to find sources that mention my great-great grandmother): https://www.montefiorecensuses.org/scans/11790046.pdf Please see the institutions I am looking for in the Montefiore Censuses link below, which can give you a clue of what I need: [https://www.montefiorecensuses.org/default.aspx?year=1855&language=English&ids=5388.02,3964,5388.02](https://www.montefiorecensuses.org/default.aspx?year=1855&language=English&ids=5388.02,3964,5388.02) I would be most grateful, in case you know who could help me with my enquiry. Thank you for your time. Manuel Macía
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SUSSMANN, Chrzanów, Poland
#poland
Yale Reisner
The Regional Court in Chrzanów published a notice in the 25 October 2021 edition of Gazeta Wyborcza indicating that the court is seeking the heirs of Samuel Izak SUSSMAN & Ernestyna SUSSMAN of Chrzanów in connection with establishing title to a parcel of land measuring 0.0845 hectares. The parcel is identified as LWH 2768 and the court docket is number I Ns 683/21.
The court notifies the Sussmanns that they have 90 days from the date of publication to make themselves known to the Regional Court.
If anyone has knowledge of this family, here’s your chance to protect your interests.
There are many such notices appearing in the press here; I will endeavor to notify the JewishGen community when notices with unmistakably Jewish names appear.
Yale J. Reisner Warsaw, Poland JGFF #913980 <yalereisner@...>
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Austria Hungary map, plotting family movement
#general
Kathy Lorber
Has anyone found a good visual way to plot the movement of families during the mid to late 1800's across Austria Hungary and the rest of Eastern Europe? Most online maps don't blow up enough to really track movement from town to town.
Thank you, Kathy Lorber Montville, NJ Researching: LORBER: NYC, Poughkeepsie NY, Bardejev, Slovakia; FELDMAN: NYC, Varjufalu/Stulany, Slovakia; LIVINGSTON/LEVENSTEIN: Chicago, Davenport Iowa, Lithuania; GOLDMAN/SZEYP: Davenport, Iowa, Mariampol, Lithuania; DAVIS: Chicago, Wales, UK; HERTZBERG: Chicago, Courland, Lithuania; GOLDBERG: NYC, Kingston NY, Odessa, Ukraine
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Richard Kahn, Bochum , Germany 1890
#germany
David Choukroun
Dear all, Can you please guide me to get the birth act of Mr Richard Kahn, born the 29th November1890 @ Bochum, Germany ? He was leading the "Allgemeine Maschinee Gesellschaft" company Many thanks --Regards, David CHOUKROUN david.choukroun@... FRANCE CHOUKROUN ATTALI ATLANI
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JOSEPH GODELNIK
Attached partial chart from Geni, showing most of the people pertaining to my request. In the past, I searched this forum for the traces of Eliyahoo Graber, my grandmother's brother, Chaya Liba Ginzburg, and her sister, Reina Podvielski. Eliyahoo (or Elle - the name which family used to call him). Eliyahoo was born with the surname Polka but apparently adopted the surname of his mother's youth while shortening to a catchy English name), immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the last century. To be honest I made very little progress with the information I received. I recently find that Elle has a daughter named Thelma. It is not clear to me if she is married and if she has children. I do have information that he visited Israel in the middle of the last century. Thanks for helping me.-- Joseph Godelnik
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Re: Help with Hebrew name pronounced CRAY-nee
#names
Yitschok Margareten
It's actually a Yiddish name, so the spelling would be קריינא with an Alef at the end.
-- Yitschok Margareten
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Re: Help with Hebrew name pronounced CRAY-nee
#names
kosfiszer8@...
A relative of my was called Krayndla, that sounds a diminutive of Krayna
-- Angel KosfiszerRichardson, Texas
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ryabinkym@...
Will translate from Russian.
Michael Ryabinky Boynton Beach, FL
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Re: Help with Hebrew name pronounced CRAY-nee
#names
Jill Whitehead
My great grandfather had a sister called Creine.
Jill Whitehead, Surrey, UK
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Re: Help with Hebrew name pronounced CRAY-nee
#names
crjos
Also try Kreine or Kreina
-- Charles Joseph London Researching: Burde, Lusky, Tikochinsky, Rosofsky, Zacuto
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Searching for LAEMMLE, Susanne of Augsburg or Munich. The parents have been HUGO L.(1894-1967) and Anita Warnberger 1891-1989
Mrs.LAEMMLE shoud have been a doctor of medecine from Munich university -- Hansmartin Unger
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mhgiraffe@...
Looking for translators, for Russian /Yiddish. Maybe polish even Hebrew. Help please.
melissa folsom
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Re: Argentina birth record needed
#latinamerica
#records
Liliana Weintraub
Check here http://www.santafe.gov.ar/rcdigital. Rosario is a city in Santa Fe province, that's the link for online requests.
Liliana Weintraub - Buenos Aires - Argentina
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Re: Help with Hebrew name pronounced CRAY-nee
#names
neilan1
You might want to try Kraina.
Neilan Stern. neilan1@...
Pistrong, Stern - Radomysl Wielki
Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
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Re: Help with Hebrew name pronounced CRAY-nee
#names
Helen Kon
Hi. It sounds like קריינה (Krānuh - phonetically)to me. This is a Yiddish name that means crown. Were it Hebrew, it would be עטרה (Atara).
-- Helen Kon New York City, NY
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Viewmate Translation request - Yiddish
#yiddish
#translation
silmanruth@...
I've posted a document in Yiddish for which I need a translation. It is written on the back of a postcard
The document is on ViewMate at the following address: Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Ruth Silman Manchester, England silmanruth@...
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SCJGS invites you to- The Power of the Catalog - Unindexed Records and How to Find Them on November 14
#records
#announcements
#events
Leah Kushner
Santa Cruz Jewish Genealogy Society invites you to
The Power of the Catalog - Unindexed Records and How to Find Them
Speaker: Risa Daitzman Heywood. Professional genealogist
Sunday, November 14- 1 pm Pacific Time Zone/4 pm Eastern
Register:Here Free to Members, $5.00 to Guests Description:
Did you know that over 75% of the records available on FamilySearch cannot be accessed by a simple records search? Did you know that Ancestry has record collections that are available to browse but that cannot be searched because they are not yet indexed? While digitizing records is relatively fast and inexpensive, indexing those records is much costlier. Many online repositories have made these records available for browsing but working with them can be a challenge. This presentation will show you how to find and use these unindexed records to greatly enhance your research.
Bio: Risa Daitzman Heywood has been involved with Jewish genealogy for over 25 years. She is Past-President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado, served as co-chair of the original Belarus SIG, travelled to Belarus as a JewishGen Shtetl Now defunct) liaison. Risa earned a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University, and is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and adheres to its Code of Ethics and Professional Practices.Zoom link will be sent to your email the week of the event, please check your Spam folder.
Zoom link will be sent to your email the week of the event, please check your Spam folder. For more information or membership information membership.scjgs@... Contact: Leah Kushner President, SCJGS For more information or membership information membership.scjgs@...
co-sponsor- Chadeish Yameinu
Leah Kushner, SCJGS
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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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