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Re: Is the 2nd name on the headstone a given name or a family name?
#lithuania
#poland
#names
joelbnovis@...
Definitely agree with Mr Goldberg, this is a second part of what's referred to as a "Legal Double" given name. The Jewishgen Given Names database is a good resource to verify this.
Note that the initial consonant in the Russian and Polish roots for "black" is ch (as in English "cheese") -- Russian черный /chorny/, Polish czarny /charny/ -- but the ts/ch alternation in Yiddish is well attested, for example tchotchke/tsatskele, "toy, trinket" (and a few other meanings as well). Joel Novis Longmeadow, MA Researching: NOVITSKIY (Kyiv, Vasil'kiv), OLSZTAJN (Łódź, Łowicz, Żychlin, Zgierz), GEYMAN/HYMAN (Ashmyany), POTASNIK/LEVY (??)
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lee@...
Roberta,
Try locating the property on the Sanborn fire insurance maps that were produced in various years. Looks like there was one in 1915 that woukd show what was there in that earlier time period. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn05791_032/ Then there was one done in 1928 for comparison https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06115_006/ Hope this helps Lee Goodman Vermilion, Ohio
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Re: Ever Heard of Neimark, Austria-Hungary>
#hungary
#austria-czech
Howard Fink
There were (at least) 4 towns that were once named Neumarkt; these are their current names:
• Nowy Targ, Poland (previously Austria)
• Sroda Slaska, Poland (previously Germany)
• Targu-Mures, Romania (previously Hungary)
• Tirgu Secuiesc, Romania (previously Hungary)
Do you know the approximate timeframe for Yetta or any of her immediate family? I can't speak for the other towns, but I do see a Jentel Traunstein in our Nowy Targ records project. (These records are not yet online.)
While the Polish Archives has not yet scanned this set of Jewish vital records, JRI-Poland has privately photographed and indexed them.
Please contact me privately for more information about the 4 records that I see connected with the family of this Jentel Traunstein.
Howard Fink
Howard.Fink@... Nowy Targ Town Leader
Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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Re: Approximate year this may have been taken
#photographs
Ellen
For what it's worth, I have photos of my great-grandmother wearing similar shoes, taken in the late 1920s.
-- Ellen Morosoff Pemrick Saratoga County, NY Researching WEISSMAN/VAYSMAN (Ostropol, Ukraine); MOROZ and ESTRIN/ESTERKIN (Shklov & Bykhov, Belarus); LESSER/LESZEROVITZ, MAIMAN, and BARNETT/BEINHART/BERNHART (Lithuania/Latvia); and ROSENSWEIG/ROSENZWEIG, KIRSCHEN, and SCHWARTZ (Botosani, Romania)
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Yehuda Rubin
I expect to be visiting Harvard University‘s Widener Library (which has an extensive Judaica collection, some which can’t be found elsewhere) twice, once on December 6, and once on December 15. I am available to go through and copy books, manuscripts, records, or archives, provided that you can help defray a portion of my cost of travel.
Please email me privately if you are looking for any files. Thank you. -- Yehuda Rubin Lakewood, NJ yehudazevrubin@...
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Re: When was this photo taken and where
#photographs
Bernard Flam
Hi from Paris,
Dear Marcie, I am in charge of ca 30.000 pictures from our archives. May I ask what is on reverse side of this picture when you take it out from the wooden frame ? Khavershaft Bernard Flam Archives & history of Medem Center - Arbeter Ring of France (Bund / Workmen Circle)
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Re: Ever Heard of Neimark, Austria-Hungary>
#hungary
#austria-czech
r.peeters
Where is Neumark on the map?
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mike yesnes
Tuesday
10/27/21 JDG, Looking to locate in Israel through yellow pages directories: Akiva Segal and wife Zeva/Zivi Segal. They lived in Jerusalem in 1968 - 1970's. Divorced in the 1970's. Had two kids: Chana and Ronnie. Born in the mid 1970's. Would appreciate your help. Thank you. Mike Yesnes
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Re: Is the 2nd name on the headstone a given name or a family name?
#lithuania
#poland
#names
ramot418@...
I would say it is definitely a 2nd given name.
A Google search in Hebrew reveals that there are 2 graves on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem with that name (as a given name). Also a death notice for someone else. All the deceaseds (or their families) are originally from Eastern Europe.. -- Steve Goldberg Jerusalem, Israel Researching: Sagan/Shagan family from Veliuona (Velon), Lithuania Goldberg family from Vidukle, Lithuania Susselovitch/Zuselovitch family from Raseiniai (Rossein), Lithuania
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JOSEPH GODELNIK
A slight correction regarding the material transferred yesterday. Eliyahoo's original last name is POLAK and not POLKA as mistakenly written. And a small addition - he was born in Volozhin (also spelled Volozhyn). --Joseph Godelnik
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Roberta Berman
My mother and my aunts and uncles told me that my grandparents bought a house in Brooklyn in 1925. I have a photo of the house taken between 1939 and 1941 by the NYC Department of Records & Information Services. It says the house was built in 1926. I wanted to see what the house looks like now, so I did a Google search and found it on Zillow, which says the house was built in 1910.
How can I find out the correct date? All the best, Roberta Berman Southern California Searching WEISBERG from Kiev, OPPPENHEIM from Brest-Litovsk and Kiev
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Re: Ever Heard of Neimark, Austria-Hungary>
#hungary
#austria-czech
E Feinstein
Nowy Targ [ˈnɔvɨ ˈtark] (Latin: Novum Forum, Slovak: Nový Targ, German: Neumarkt, Yiddish: ניימארקט Naymarkt, Goral: Miasto/Nowý Targ) is a town in southern Poland with 34,000 inhabitants (2006)
Eric FEINSTEIN Clifton New Jersey.
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Viewmate translation - Russian
#lithuania
#translation
Michele Lock
Below are the Russian birth records for my great grandfather Abram Girsh Olitsky (1871) of Olita/Alytus in Suwalki, and his sister Enta (1875). For each, I'd like the father's name and surname, especially the patronymic if shown; the mother's name, including patronymic and surname if shown, the witnesses' names; and any other biographical information, such as occupation, age, etc. There may be inconsistencies between the two records. Thanks.
https://www.jewishgen.org/view https://www.jewishgen.org/view Michele Lock Lak/Lok/Liak/Lock and Kalon/Kolon in Zagare/Joniskis/Gruzdziai, Lithuania Lak/Lok/Liak/Lock in Plunge/Telsiai in Lithuania Rabinowitz in Papile, Lithuania and Riga, Latvia 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: Approximate year this may have been taken
#photographs
Steven
I would guess by the styles, the early 1920’s.
Steve Buzil researching: BUZILA and KILYAN from present day Moldova GRUBER and FEINGOLD from present day Ukraine SEIDLER/ZEIDLER, GROSSBARD, BERLIN, WICZYNSKY, PTAKEWICZ, GOODMAN, DOBROSZKA and BROWN/BRAUN from present day Poland. PORTNOY, GERSHON and OFSAIOF/OVSAIOVICH from present day Lithuania MNUSHKIN and KOLVARACHIK from present day Belarus EISENSTEIN and ZALIO from present day Romania
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Can someone help with name of Romanian town (or name)
#general
jaskinnon@...
The attached inscription is written on the back of my grandparents' wedding photo in 1922. The name (word one) Finesilver is my grandfather's family name who was born in Bessarabaia. I think the next word, which I cannot recognise or read, may refer to the town where he was born. Can someone help who is familiar with Romania/Bessrabia towns and might recognise what this word is or what it might refer to.
Please respond on this forum or via the form provided on the ViewMate image page: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM95703 I would be very grateful for your help Jeff Skinnon
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Re: Ever Heard of Neimark, Austria-Hungary>
#hungary
#austria-czech
Andreas Schwab
Spelling variation. Probably one of several towns named Neumark or Neumarkt. Note that in native Austrian dialect "eu" is pronounced /ai/ as in eye, which in German is usually spelled <ei>.
-- Andreas Schwab, Montreal, Canada
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Re: Help with Hebrew name pronounced CRAY-nee
#names
The name Krayndel (or Kraynee) is NOT a Hebrew name, but a Yiddish name.
The Hebrew name is Atara, which means, tiara. Dr. Yael Joanna Zimmerman
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GUREVITCH Bela-Rus
#belarus
Herbert Lazerow
This is a Levite name, and the third most common Jewish surname in both Vilna and Vitebsk guberniyas, according to Alexander Beider. My greataunt married into such a family in Usviaty, Vitebsk guberniya.
Bert
-- Herbert Lazerow
Professor of Law, University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park, San Diego CA 92110 U.S.A.
(619)260-4597 office, (858)453-2388 cell, lazer@...
Author: Mastering Art Law (2d ed. Carolina Academic Press 2020)
-- Herbert Lazerow Professor of Law, University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego CA 92110 lazer@... Author: Mastering Art Law (Carolina Academic Press, 2d ed. 2020)
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Dąbrowa Tarnowska - Property Ownership
#poland
Yale Reisner
The Regional Court in Dąbrowa Tarnowska, First Civil Department, announced in the 26 October 2021 edition of the Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper that it is seeking the heirs of the following individuals in connection with a private claim for title to one-half of the real property designated “dz. nr. 853/4” bearing Register No. KW TR1D/00071676/2 and consisting of 0.0077 hectares.
The court’s Docket No. is sygn. I Ns 192/21.
The ownership of this property is ascribed to:
Abraham REICHER Leiba SCHWAJT Izak Noech (Izaak Noech) REIFEN Mindla REIFENOWA Naftali Chaim REIFEN Brandla Ryfka WEITZ Ruchla Mirla WEITZ
The court has set a deadline of 90 days from today for interested parties to make themselves known to the court.
Best wishes,
Yale J. Reisner Warsaw, Poland JGFF #913980 <yalereisner@...>
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SELINGER, Kraków-Podgórze
#poland
Yale Reisner
Dear Fellow JewishGenners:
Are you familiar with the names Alfred and Mojżesz Selinger of 10 Rzemieślnicza Street in the Podgórze neighborhood of Kraków?
According to today’s Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper, the Regional Court of Kraków-Podgórze in Kraków is currently seeking the legal heirs of those named above in connection with the Polish State Treasury and the Krakow Fire Department’s preparing to exert eminent domain and seize the property. The court gives interested parties 90 days to make themselves known if they wish to exercise a claim to the property.
You have the address of the property above. The parcel’s reference no. is Parcel no. 374 Kraków-Podgórze under Register no. LWH 97 Podgórze. The property measures 0.1250 hectares.
The court’s docket no. is “sygn. I Ns 529/21/P.”
I am not a lawyer nor a realtor; I am just a genealogist who wants to give any legitimate parties a fair shot at their family’s legacy.
Interested parties should contact the Regional Court directly. (In the event that you have any success with this, I’d be most curious to hear about it.)
Best wishes,
Yale J. Reisner Warsaw, Poland JGFF #913980 <yalereisner@...>
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