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From The American Jewish Yearbook, 1919:

Minsker Old Men's Benevolent Association
156 Henry
Org. 1911
Rabbi, D.S. Stern;
Pres., Charle Mishkin;
Sec., Henry Dobkin;
Members, 25
Services: Hebrew and Yiddish

http://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/erc-syn-manhattan.htm
Former Synagogue List
Manhattan

156 Henry Street
--Agudas Anshei Mamud u 'Bais Vaad Lachachomim

--Minsker Old Men's Benevolent Association
Minsk, Belarus

--Minsker Independent Old Men
Minsk, Belarus
     1933-34.

--Pochavitzer Congregation

--Anshei Moskve
     1910-11.

Following excerpt from:
https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/front-page/freida-sima-and-the-great-depression/2016/03/09/4/
“Atheist or not, you will say Kaddish for your father!” Freida Sima whispered to Max as the funeral procession reached the Minsker Old Men’s Benevolent Association section in the Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, the landsmanschaft Abraham Kraus had joined upon his immigration to America over twenty years earlier.

Hope this info is helpful,

Sherri Bobish

Searching: RATOWSKY / CHAIMSON (Ariogala / Ragola, Lith.)
WALTZMAN / WALZMAN (Ustrzyki Dolne / Istryker, Pol.)
LEVY (Tyrawa Woloska, Pol.)
LEFFENFELD / LEFENFELD / FINK, KALTER (Daliowa/ Posada Jasliska, Pol.)
BOJDA / BERGER (Tarnobrzeg, Pol.)
SOKALSKY / SOLON / SOLAN / FINGER(MAN) (Grodek, Bialystok, Pol.)
BOBISH / APPEL (Odessa?)

Frank is correct that the writing is Hungarian so it would be the Hungarian army and it is most likely that the 19 year old is doing his compulsory military service.  

There are, however, unusual aspects about the uniforms of the officers.  In particular, my reading indicates that it was not usual for Hungarian officers to have peaked caps, or epaulettes.  Yet some of the officers have both.  My guess is that the group photo was taken to commemorate the visit of some senior officers from the army of another country.  This may be incorrect, as it is possible that this particular regiment had different uniform traditions to the rest of the army.

There is a Hungarian Museum of Military History.  They may (or may not) be able to provide further information. My recollection is that one needs to correspond with them in Hungarian.  




Tom Beer
Melbourne Australia

Hi Tracy:

I think the town may be Wiktorow, now Vyktorov in Ukraine near Halicz. Jewish vital events for Wiktorow were recorded in Halicz. Unfortunterly, the Jewish vital records from before 1923 have not survived. JRI-Poland has indexed marriage and death from 1923 to 1931, which are not yet online. There are a few ADLER entries, but none living in Wiktorow. 

The other option is Wiktorowka, near Kozowa, where Jewish records were recorded. Search JRI-Poland for ADLER from Wyktorowka and there are no matching entry leading me to believe that this is not your ADLER's town. 

Best regards,
Mark Halpern
JRI-Poloand

Bruce

In 1916 NYC city directories is listed under "picture dealers" Gabriel GROSSMAN at 60 Suffolk.  In 1917 George GROSSMAN at 60 Suffolk, picture dealer.  In 1915 George Grossman is at 58 Suffolk.

Since when searching on surname GROSSMAN and address 60 Suffolk in the keyword field only finds those two listings, than Grossman was likely at another address in other years.  Your photo was likely taken circa 1916 / 1917.  Also, if the photo is indeed Jacob ZLOTNICK, he passed on in 1919. 

Also, is this the Zlotnick family that you seek?  This is from the 1910 census and they were living on The Lower East Side on Madison Street.  In 1910 there are three sons.  Sons Harry and Hyman about 14 years apart.  Lena states she has given birth to eight children and six are living.

Jacob Zlotnick	44	Head
Lena Zlotnick	41	Wife
Harry Zlotnick	18	Son
Rose Zlotnick	17	Daughter
Racael Zlotnick	13	Daughter
Samuel Zlotnick	11	Son
Esther Zlotnick	5	Daughter
Hyman Zlotnick	5	Son
Lena Doroshig	30	Boarder

In this 1919 document on Ancestry, Jacob's children are listed, including three sons, and three daughters, including Ray KIMMEL.
New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records

Name:	Jacob Zlotnick
Probate Date:	23 May 1919
Probate Place:	Kings, New York, USA
Inferred Death Date:	1919
Inferred Death Place:	New York, USA
Item Description:	Admin Records (Without Wills)

Hope this info is helpful in your search,

Sherri Bobish

Searching: RATOWSKY / CHAIMSON (Ariogala / Ragola, Lith.)
WALTZMAN / WALZMAN (Ustrzyki Dolne / Istryker, Pol.)
LEVY (Tyrawa Woloska, Pol.)
LEFFENFELD / LEFENFELD / FINK, KALTER (Daliowa/ Posada Jasliska, Pol.)
BOJDA / BERGER (Tarnobrzeg, Pol.)
SOKALSKY / SOLON / SOLAN / FINGER(MAN) (Grodek, Bialystok, Pol.)
BOBISH / APPEL (Odessa?)

Hello friends - I have a branch of the family, the Adlers, whose ship manifests say that they hailed from Wytkor / Witkor / Vitkor in Galicia / Austria.  I searched on Jewish Gen to try to find where that shtetl might've been, but am coming up empty.  Has anyone seen this town name before?

Thank you!
Tracy Grigoriades

When writing non-Hebrew names in Hebrew documents (and a matzeva is called a document for this) there are halachic rules for spelling the vowels. An 'ayin' represents a soft 'e' (a segol) for Ashkenazim (Sefarim have different rules of spelling). There is only a minor difference in the pronunciation of the names in the two pictures. In the left picture there is an 'e' sound between the 'k' and the 'l'. In the right picture the sound between those two letters is slurred.

David Shapiro
Jerusalem

I have discovered a Stupay (Stupaj) family in Uruguay that may have settled there from western Poland in late 1920s. I have contacted the two children of these early settlers, but they know little about their grandparents. Would like to know when exactly they arrived and from where in Poland? Also, are there any books or research on the Jewish settlement in Uruguay? Would welcome any help on this settlement. Thank you, Arthur Stupay

JewishGen Press is proud to announce our 133rd title: Jaroslaw Book: a
Memorial to Our Town.(Jarosław, Poland). This is the English Translation of
Sefer Yaroslav: gal-'ed le-zekher 'irenu.

Details:

Editor of Original Yizkor Book: Yitzhak Alperowitz
Project Coordinator: Susan Rosin
Layout and Name Indexing: Jonathan Wind and Rachel Kolokoff Hopper
Cover Design: Nina Schwartz
Reproduction of Photographs: Sondra Ettlinger

Hard Cover, 8.5" by 11", 268 pages with original photographs

Jaroslaw's development was founded on its great 16th and 17th century fairs,
in which Jewish merchants played a prominent part. During its triennial fall
fair, the town often hosted meetings of the Council of Four Lands-the
central administrative body of the Polish Jewish community. By 1738, about
100 Jewish families lived in the town. By 1921, Jews numbered 6,577, about
33 percent of the population.

The city was captured by the Germans on September 10, 1939. On September 28,
they ordered the Jewish population to assemble in the Sokol sports field.
Some 7,000 people were deported across the San River to Soviet-occupied
territory. Jews had to hand over all items of value, and all their property
was taken. On the Soviet side, it was difficult for them to find food,
shelter, and work. In summer 1940, many were exiled to the Soviet interior.
But several hundred of the exiles survived, while those in east Poland were
killed by the Germans between 1941 and 1944.

Generations of rabbis, Torah scholars, intellectuals, and Zionist leaders
lived, wrote, and taught in Jaroslaw.

May this Yizkor Book serve as a memorial to all the victims of the Shoah
from Jaroslaw.

For the researchers, this book contains a wealth of both genealogical and
cultural information that can provide a picture of the environment of our
ancestors.

For ordering information please see:
https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Jaroslaw.html

Susan Rosin
JewishGen Press Publications Manager

Start  w/ census records for your grandfather Sam and work back in time.  That is, find him on the 1940 census and then the 1930 census.  Read the info in all the columns.  Look for an obituary to see if it mentions any surviving siblings.  Similarly, if you know where his brother Max  lived, do the same for Max. (You should be able to go back to the 1920 census at least.  for Max. Use familysearch.org as it is free and/or Ancestry.com which requires a subscription but is available free at many public libraries.  Preferably, don't just rely on one genealogy website as they often use different transcribers and have different search engines.  While there is overlap in databases, some are different.

You say Sam arrived the US through Providence around 1924.  A Srul Weinstein b.c. 1908 arrived Providence on the ship Sinaia out of Constanta,Romania on 1 Oct. 1925. He was born in Jashcov.  The jewishgen townfinder search yields one possiblity:  Zhaskov, Kiev district, Ukraine province, Sov. Union between the wars, c. 1930.  Today it is Zhaskiv, Ukraine.   He was going to his brother Mendel Weinstein at 1327 N. 17th St., Philadelphia.  Could this be your grandfather?  source:   Ancestry for the manifest

As Havey Kaplan suggested, you can also look for naturalization records,  marriage/death records and other records such as WWII draft registration for Sam and WWI and possibly WWII draft registrations for Max.  There are lots of databases to check, but start with the basic ones like census records first.

Johanna Becker
Newport, RI

42ezred 42 regiment in Hungarian
Frank Szmulowicz

Sephardic World meeting, this Sunday.

The port of Livorno, in northwest Italy, was a major hub of the Western
Sephardic diaspora. One of the oldest Portuguese-Jewish communities, Livorno
served as a gateway between the Spanish & Portuguese Jews, other Sephardim,
and Mizrahi communities of the Mediterranean. Trade networks spread as far
as India in the east and the Caribbean in the west. Relying on the recent
project mapping the community's ketubot, Alain Nedjar will take us into the
heart of the Jewish community of Livorno. He will show us important and
recently discovered documents, discuss the origins and meanings of family
names, genealogies and family itineraries.

Alain Nedjar is a leading Jewish genealogist in France. With Gilles Boulu,
Liliane Nedjar and Raphaël Attias, he is co-author of 'Ketubbot registers of
the Jewish Nation of Livorno, 1626-1890' and 'La communauté juive portugaise
de Tunis dite livournaise ou Grana'. He has written articles for Genealo-J,
the French Jewish genealogy publication, and appeared on TV and radio in
France, the United Kingdom, Spain and Israel. A few copies of the
award-winning books on Livorno ketubot are still available from
https://www.genealoj.org/en/boutique/ketubbot-registers-livorno

This Sephardic World meeting is on 5 December 2021, at 11am in LA, 2pm NYC,
7pm London, 8pm Paris/Amsterdam and 9pm Jerusalem. Patrons can join us on
Zoom. Everyone is invited to join us for free
at: https://www.youtube.com/SephardicGenealogyAndHistory Please subscribe to
the YouTube channel. It helps us a lot and reminds you when we are going
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Best wishes,

David Mendoza and Ton Tielen
Sephardic World

Family History Today: Mid-1800’s American Jewish Genealogy Research - Resources and Considerations

Monday, December 13, 5 pm Eastern Time / 2 pm Pacific Time (U.S.)

Researching Jewish ancestors who immigrated to the United States in the mid-1800’s can be challenging, as common genealogical resources which exist in later periods may be unavailable or less informative in this period. In this lecture, Nancy Levin, a professional genealogist licensed by the Board for Certification of Genealogists since 1997, will highlight some of the lesser-known resources and special considerations necessary for successful research in mid-1800’s America. 

Tickets: Pay what you wish; register here for a Zoom link

This program is sponsored by the Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute and the American Jewish Historical Society at the Center for Jewish History. It is funded, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Live closed captioning has been made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

 

--
Moriah Amit
Senior Genealogy Librarian, Center for Jewish History
New York, NY
mamit@...

The most recent contact information that I have used for Tomek is bagnowka@....   I believe that it is still current.

Bob Kumins

Also, there are some name index listings in various places for this file, see https://forum.j-roots.info/viewtopic.php?f=105&t=4799&p=145649&hilit=1162#p145649 
as well as https://forum.j-roots.info/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=3916&p=101657&hilit=1162#p101657

 

Juliana Berland (France)
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Galicia: BADER, BADIAN, FELDMANN, FREIDENHEIM/FREUDENHEIM, GERTLER, VIENER * Germany: ADELSDORFER, BÄR/BAER, EPSTEINN, HAUSSMAN, ISSAK, MEYER, MOSES, ROSENSTEIN * Romania: HORNSTEIN * Russia: AMBURG, BENIN/BERLAND, BERKOVICH/BERKOWITZ, EPSTEIN, GELBURD/GOLDBERG/GAYLBURD/GILBERT