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Re: I need help translating a postcard German (Wien Austria )1917/18
#translation
Dana Reiss
Hi all,
I posted the images of a old postcard on ViewMate.
Any help with the translation is appreciated.
If anyone can help me find out who these people were and if they got out would be wonderful.
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Viewmate translation from polish to English
#translation
Ellen Trencher
I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM96685 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Ellen Trencher
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ViewMate translation request -Russian
#russia
#translation
#rabbinic
I just posed the Death Record of Jankel Mowza Wysinsky dated 1898 akta 227
Viewmate VM96549 I am looking for names of spouses, witnesses, and/or parents. Also, the name of birth town and occupation if there. I believe he was a rabbi. His wife might have been Raska Zelmanowna. Thanking you in advance. Mona Freedman Morris Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. -- Subject: ViewMate translation request - French Please help me translate this marriage record. It is on ViewMate at the following address
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Janet Furba
Zakhar is a Jewish and a Russian name of Hebrew origin.
Janet Furba, Germany
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Russian Translation pg 2
#records
#translation
Please help me with a translation of akta 5 Thanking you inadvance.
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Translation needed - Polish
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rivrkeeper@...
I submitted a Polish birth record to viewmate. You can find it at: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM96688
I would very much like a translation of the document. Please respond by using the form on viewmate.
Thank you very much
Matt Handelman
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ViewMate translation help-(German ) Vienna Austria 1917/18
#translation
#austria-czech
Dana Reiss
Hi all,
I posted the images of a old postcard on ViewMate. ID#96706
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM96706
Any help with the translation is appreciated. I found these postcards in my dad’s belongings after he passed in 1982. I don’t have any information on anyone on his father’s side. It’s sent to what I believe was Vienna Austria and yet discovered in USA (my dad’s shoebox).
If anyone can help me find out who these people were and if they got out would be wonderful.
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Translation of death certificate from German to English
#germany
Elaine Berghausen
I've recently obtained my great grandfather Moses Spiegel's death certificate in German for which I need a translation to English. It is posted on ViewMate at the following address ...
https://www.jewishgen.org/view Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Elaine Berghausen eberghausen@... Researching in Germany/Prussia: BERGHAUSEN, SPIEGEL, MORITZ, SCHERBEL, HEIMANN, WEDEL, LEVY, LOEWENSTEIN
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Translation of old postcard German
#austria-czech
Dana Reiss
I've posted a vital record in German? for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
https://www.jewishgen.org/view Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Any help is welcome especially anyone with knowledge of how to find if my relative made it out of Europe. Thank you very much. (Dana Reiss)
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Translation request------Polish
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rivrkeeper@...
Hi......Subj: ViewMate translation request - Polish
I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Thank you very much. Matthew Handelman
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Rugowitz
#russia
Carl Shuman
My paternal great grandfather was Philip LEVENTINE. By way of petition to the court sitting in Cumberland County, New Jersey, he legally changed his name to Philip LEVY on or about November 23, 1915. In his Petition for Naturalization and in his Declaration of Intention for citizenship, he states that he was born in "RUGOWITZ RUSSIA." The handwriting, however, is not entirely clear and it is possible that it says "RISGOWITZ." He was the son of Beryl Leventine/Levy and Ida Cohen. He lists his birth date as May 15, 1874. He was married to Malka Hinda (Mollie) Cywan who he says was born in "Gochin Russia." I believe this may have been Gac, Poland. My great grandparents settled in Norma, New Jersey, outside of Vineland, and were part of the Baron deHirsch collective resettlement project. They had four children, Meyer, Ida, Rose (my grandmother), and Reuben. Philip was a shochet and my great grandparents ran a farm. The problem is that I have gone on JewishGen and cannot find a town by the name of Rugowitz or Risgowitz. I am fairly certain that my great grandparents were born in what is now modern day Poland. Can anyone help me decipher where my great grandfather came from?
Thank you for any help that you can provide. Sincerely, CARL H. SHUMAN
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stoub@...
Way back in Sep 2020, Chuck Weinstein said:
Unfortunately, there are no known birth or marriage records from Ostrog (modern Ostroh, Ukraine). The Regional Museum in Ostroh possesses a portion of the 1886 Revision List (census). To our knowledge, it has not been digitized.or indexed.
Steve Toub stoub@...
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jbonline1111@...
Thanks to all who responded. I really appreciate your suggestions and hope I will find the book I remember among them. My mother was born next door to the building that houses the Tenement Museum. My father had many addresses, partly because he was an orphan who moved among aunts/uncles. But when I asked him why there were so many addresses, his answer was "When we couldn't pay the rent, we moved." During the depression years that could have applied to many families.
-- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC
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jbonline1111@...
In perusing my own bookshelves, I found two books I didn't realize I had. How We Lived, by Irving Howe and Kenneth Libo, A Documentary History of Immigrant Jews in America, 1880-1930. The second book is: A Living Lens, Photographs of Jewish Life from the Pages of The Forward, by Alana Newhouse. The photos span the 1890s through the 1990s. Apparently these books belonged to my parents.
-- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC
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Invitation-JGSGMJanuary 9 at 10:30 a.m. JGSGM President
Jgsgm President
Your invitation from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami
The following event is done in collaboration with
Temple Beth Am Library’s Sunday Salon January 9 at 10:30 a.m.
Writing Genealogical Stories Everyone has a story – How to put it together? Start with a timeline-An interactive discussion together with the audience which will go over the process of preparation, organizing and put together your personal records to generate your own book. Presenter: Robbin M. Smith A professional genealogist for 20 years and a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists. Her other current professional affiliations include the National Genealogy Society, Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Miami, and Utah Genealogy Association. Sampling of work done for her grandchildren by grandma: Paulette Bronstein, President of the Jewish Genealogical Society will be shared at the event. Get your Zoom link jgsgm.vpprogramming@...
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mpipik
if you want a more in depth view, you might want to get 3 volumes of City of Promises, A History of the Jews of New York.
or its abridged version: Jewish New York, the Remarkable Story of a City and a People Otherwise "World of Our Fathers is still worth reading." Jessica Schein NY, NY
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Re: Ancestry DNA
#dna
Deborah Winograd
I haven't had any new matches from Ancestry in several months. Every week I get matches from MyHeritage. I can't explain it other than to agree with Adam about holiday sales of DNA kits
. -- Deborah Winograd Falmouth, MA debfwin@... Researching: WINOGRAD (Lyakhavichy, Belarus), FEL(D)MAN (Porzava, Belarus)
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Re: Treatment of Bund Members in the Russian Empire
#russia
Gail H. Marcus
Thanks for the response above, as well as another I received privately.
I do want to clarify one sentence in my original message--I am specifically wondering if there is evidence that Bundists or other anti-Tsarists were ever incarcerated in mental institutions. My apologies for not being explicit in the final question in my original message. Gail Marcus Bethesda, MD
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Re: Requesting Hebrew translation on headstone for Celia Goldberg
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Malka
Good morning,
Here lies or here is buried (abbreviation on top) Tziril Daughter of reb Avigdor Passed 27 Sivan 5688 May her soul be gathered in eternal life (lats line abbreviation) Shalom, Malka Chosnek
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My grandfather sent money to his parents through the Russian Consulate in New York. Even after the Revolution, the consulates in the US and Canada continued to operate until the mid 20s. The consular records are online at FamilySearch, but the name index to the records is only available in a book that is in various libraries. See https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/548652?availability=Family%20History%20Library
-- Alan Shuchat
Newton, MA SHUKHAT (Talnoe, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Odessa, Balta (Abazovka), Pogrebishche) VINOKUR (Talnoe), KURIS (Mogilev-Podolskiy, Ataki, Berdichev) ZILBERMAN (Soroki, Kremenets), BIRNBAUM (Kamenets-Podolskiy) KITAIGORODSKI (Zvenigorodka)
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