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Re: Identifying town name from WW1 and WW2 Draft Cards. Maybe in Bessarabia?
#bessarabia
#russia
Sherri Bobish
Lianne,
Try searching at JewishGen's Communities Database, and also the Gazetteer. https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/Search.asp You can manipulate the search in many ways, i.e. starts with, phonetic, and contains. Since the spelling of the town is so uncertain, you can even try searching for any town that contains certain letters, i.e. itz. Good luck 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?)
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Re: Looking for SCHMULOWITZ CHAIM
#usa
Janet Furba
Hi ask the Koursk State archive in Koursk
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Re: Webinar- Finding Your Polish Ancestors Online in the Polish State Archives
#announcements
#poland
Harry Moatz
Inasmuch as the handout did not bear any copyright markings, I have attached a copy of the handout. It was only available on the Library's website at the time of the presentation.
I just checked and the video on YouTube also is no longer available. When the program was originally presented, the host said the library and You Tube presentations would be available for only 24 hours after the presentation. It was a great and very informative program.
Harry Moatz
Potomac, MD
-- Harry Moatz Potomac, MD, USA hamoatzi@... ABOWITZ - Lomza BRODESKY - Berdichev GOLDMAN / PASNIKOW - Hadiach or Gadyach GREENBURG - Kiev KESSLER - Pruzhany KLAUBER - Sambir or Sambor SCHWARTZ / SCHWARZ / SZWARZ - Monasterzyska and Stanislawow TEITELBAUM - Yazloweic or Yazlovets WARECK and MEYER / MEER - Dembitz or Debica
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Re: Seeking any information about Dr. Otto Hess and wife Leni Hess
#general
tamteach@...
Hello,
My father and his family travelled on the Gneisenau departed Bremen, Germany and arrived Shanghai, China sometime in late 1938. I see you found a passenger list, and I would like to see if he and his family is on the list. I found the passenger list from his ship traveling from Shanghai to San Francisco. Is there a way you could provide me with this list or where I might be able to find it please. Thank you, Tamara Lindemann
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familysearch.org letter/number Id.
#general
Lowell Nigoff
When using familysearch.org/ is the letter/number combination a unique identifier for a particular individual. An example might be: LDYD-3H1 or KZN2-MZM.
Second are these letter/numbers random. Thanks Lowell Nigoff Lexington, KY Like
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Missing Shtetl and Location
#russia
Paul Mayerowitz
Family stories are told that my Great Grandfather, Moishe Mayerowitz, was killed in a pogrom while his wife was pregnant. This might explain why my grandfather was named Moishe ben Moishe. Various document indicate his town of origin as Eredub, Krevozerz or Kervosa. I could not locate any of these towns or shtetls. Other family documents indicate the Mayerowitz family was from Corinty, Polosky Gubernia , Kpielsogo Gubernia, Odessa, Parlwick, Polosky Gubernia , White Russia. Family members all say he came from Odessa.
My research indicates that the shetls of Odessa were: Cherkasy Region Smela, Kamenka, Rizhanovka, Shpola, Medvedovka, Rotmistrovka, Mokra Kaligorka, Moshny, Vinohrad, Medvin, Katerinopol, Zvenigorodka, Buky, Stepantsy, Lysianka, Tagancha, Olshana, Boyarka, Horodyshche, Rosava, Korsun, Justingrad, Konela, Zhashkov, Dubova, Talne, Uman, Cherkassy, Kanev, Chigirin Odessa Region, Liubashevka, Berezovka, Savran, Ananyev Kiev Region Liubashevka, Ladyzhinka, Piatigory, Gostomel, Vasilkov, Kagarlik, Rokitne, Pereyaslav, Makarov, Obukhov, Yagotyn, Ivankov, Obraztsovaya, Tarashcha, Kadlubitsa, Chervonianskaya, Rzhyshchev, Kovshevatoe, Germanovka, Fastov, Dymer, Trypillia, Brovary, Byshov, Rykun, Boryspol, Khabno, Shtetls of Kiev Gubernia, Skvira, Boguslav, Chernobyl, Belaya Tserkov, Kiev Zhytomyr Region Cherniakhov, Ushomir, Belilovka, Khoroshev, Puliny, Emilchino, Ovruch, Luginy, Slovechno, Olevsk, Norinsk, Horodnytsa, Korosten, Veledniki, Malin, Korostyshev, Novograd-Volynskiy, Berdichev, Narodichi, Radomyshl, Baranovka Chernivtsi Region Khotin Kirovohrad Region Khaschevatoye, Golovanevsk, Alexandrovka, Novoarkhangelsk, Zlatopol, Torgovitsa, Pokotilovo Mykolaiv Region Voznesensk, Domanevka, Krivoye Ozero, Goloskovo, Novaya Odessa Khmelnytskyi Region Orynin, Sokolets, Liantskorun, Zhvanets, Smotrich, Sudilkov, Shepetovka, Izyaslav, Medzhibozh, Kamenets-Podolski, Dunaevtsy, Pilyava, Krasnostav, Berezdov, Kilikiev, Annopol, Slavuta, Polonnoe Odessa Region Liubashevka, Berezovka, Savran, Ananyev Poltava Region Khorol, Pyriatyn, Shtetls of Poltava Gubernia, Lubny Rivne Region Mlinov, Mezhyrichi Ternopil Region Husiatyn Vinnytsia Region Krasnoe, Voroshilovka, Bratslav, Dzhurin
None of these locations seem to be a match. Any suggestions on how to overcome this roadblock?
#Ukraine
Paul G. Mayerowitz
Searching for: MORDKOVITCH, GOLDSTEIN, GOULD, GREEN (Nowy Dwor, Poland, London, England, New Jersey, USA); MAYEROWITZ, MAYROWETZ (Ukraine, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA); REISFELD, REISFIELD( Ukraine, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA) LUKSENBURG, LUXSENBURG, LUXENBURG (Montevideo, Uruguay, Poland) BRAUNER (Poland, Montevideo, Uruguay) KANNER(Lemburg, Austria) BREITEL( Lemburg, Austria) ANAPOL (Jersey City,New Jerseey, USA, Russia)
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How to obtain Lodz cemetery photo
#lodz
Frank Szmulowicz
Lodz Cemetery
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Re: Who Betrayed Anne Frank and Her Family?
#holocaust
Boris Shapira
Nothing is new!
We the jews known for betraying our brothers... From my personal knowledge KAPU - were jews that sold to the nazis their neighbours... Getho Stanislawow where dozens of my family were murdered. -- boris baruch shapira cwiren Philadelphia usa Tel aviv israel boris.shapira@...
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Re: ViewMate gravestone help requested
#translation
Dubin, David M. MD
H(ere) L(ies)
Our dear father Straight of heart, honored and flawless He supported the poor all his days He honored the holy with his intellect He walked faithfully in god’s path Pure and esteemed, crown of our head Cherished father, our hearts’ glory Yaakov (=Jacob) Zev son of Benjamin Beinish died 21 Shevat (5)704 Then the boilerplate abbreviation “may his soul be bound in the bonds of (everlasting) life” david dubin teaneck nj
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Samotins of Baku
#general
Abromowitz, David M.
Dear Group,
I am tracing my Samotin ancestors, who lived in Baku during the middle 1800s until early 1900s. My great grandfather was Morris Samotin, 1854-1920, married to Bessie Yachnowitz 1865-1948, and Morris’s father was Aaron. Aaron might have been born in Warsaw and migrated to Baku. My grandfather Joseph 1890-1963 and most or all of his siblings emigrated to the USA around 1911. However, most of what I have read is that the Jewish migration to Baku was not until around 1900 when the oil industry attracted them, while my ancestors were there much earlier.
I would appreciate anyone who has good historical information about the Jews of #Baku, connections to the family names Samotin or Yachnowitz, or any other helpful information.
Thank you,
David Abromowitz
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Re: Webinar- Finding Your Polish Ancestors Online in the Polish State Archives
#announcements
#poland
Linda Strauss
The librarian mentioned that there was a link for handouts. I could not find the link. Do you have it and could you post it here?
Linda Strauss NJ
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German research resources
#germany
Hello,
I have written to this group before for help, with success, and am hoping to find some additional resources. My search for my biological paternal grandfather (name unknown at the time - found through DNA testing and genealogy) began several years ago. Little by little I made progress, first by narrowing down the branches of a cousin's family tree, then finding a name through records at Arolsen Archives, and now, finally, I have determined a date of death and location of death. But there are many more questions I would like to answer. Abram Zilberminc was born in Poland in 1924 (in later years all records reflect 1928). He survived several years in Auschwitz and it appears he was the only member of his family to survive. He lived in a displaced persons camp for a few years and eventually immigrated to the US in late 1949 and made his way to Minnesota. There he fathered a daughter who would be put up for adoption. It is unknown if he knew of this daughter since his name was not on her birth certificate. At some point in the next ten years he moved to Los Angeles. There he fathered my father. My grandmother had been living there for a short time and not long after she became pregnant she married the man I had always believed to be my grandfather (he died in 1969 so I never actually met him) and she moved to Michigan where my father was born. It is unknown if Abram ever knew of the pregnancy. Through records recently obtained from Germany regarding restitution payments that Abram received, I finally discovered that he died in 1989 and in Germany. I am not sure when (or why) he moved to Germany but I believe it was around the late 1960s to early 1970s. His death record (attached) reveals he was not married at death and doesn't reflect any children living or dead (though I am not sure if German death records would note this information). He was living at the Saul Eisenberg retirement home when he died. Despite a lot of searching, I have never located any testimonies or stories that he left behind. What I know of him relies on documents I have obtained. But I still very much wish to know his story. Now that I know he lived his final years in Germany, I wonder if there may be more to uncover in German records. If anyone has advice on the best way to navigate those records or the best websites to use, it would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Nikki Bossert North Potomac, MD
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Re: ViewMate gravestone help requested
#translation
Diane Jacobs
I can read his name as follows:
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Yakov Zev son of Benjamin Beinish Hope this helps. Diane Jacobs
On Jan 17, 2022, at 12:27 AM, Sam Eneman <sam.eneman@...> wrote:
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Diane Jacobs, Somerset, New Jersey
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Andreas Schwab
The MyHelritage records database has 2,414 records from Berlin, Seedorf, Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, among them 1768 for France, Naturalization. Berlin, Seedorf is a hamlet of 500 inhabitants, it is impossible that so many people from this place immigrated to France. This is evidently an error in the MyHeritage database, and the correct place name would be Berlin, Germany. Maybe somebody from MyHeritage could correct this.
-- Andreas Schwab, Montreal, Canada -- Andreas Schwab, Montreal, Canada
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Re: Webinar- Finding Your Polish Ancestors Online in the Polish State Archives
#announcements
#poland
Relly coleman
How do we watch it? It is set to private and requires sign in.
relly coleman
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Re: Who Betrayed Anne Frank and Her Family?
#holocaust
N. ARONSON
If, like me, you live in an area where you can't watch cbs.news.com, you can see it on YouTube
https://youtu.be/1pO_nERBqKo -- Nachum Aronson
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Diane Jacobs
I think Alexander could be Sender.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Diane Jacobs
On Jan 15, 2022, at 2:52 AM, Arthur Pronin <aspronin@...> wrote:
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Diane Jacobs, Somerset, New Jersey
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Re: ViewMate translation request-Russian
#translation
ryabinkym@...
All this 5 documents is the same copy.
Michael Ryabinky, Boynton Beach, FL
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Who Betrayed Anne Frank and Her Family?
#holocaust
Jan Meisels Allen
60 Minutes the CBS newsmagazine aired on January 16 in North America an investigative report on “Who Betrayed Anne Frank and Her Family to the Nazis”. It can be seen at: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anne-frank-betrayal-investigation-60-minutes-2022-01-16/
It runs about 28 minutes.
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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This Sunday, January 23, 1:00 PM, JGSNY Presentation
#announcements
#jgs-iajgs
Lynn Diamond
Jewish Genealogical Society NY Meeting, via Zoom Sunday, January 23 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time
Letters to Jozef Tiso, President of the Slovak State 1939-1945 Speaker: Madeline Vadkerty In connection with International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27
followed at 2:30 by...
Speaker: Jeff Edelstein Jeff Edelstein will give a presentation on Czech Records in the JDC Archives Names Index following Madeline Vadkerty’s featured talk. He will discuss records of Czech Jews recently added to the JDC Archives Names Index. These include an index of Emigration Service Case Files from JDC’s Prague Office, 1945-1950; a set of index cards from JDC’s Vienna Office of Jews who fled Czechoslovakia during the period of the Prague Spring, 1967-1968; and an index of transmigrants from across Eastern Europe who received assistance from JDC in Vienna and Rome during the Cold War era, 1946-1988.
New York, NY
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