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Michelle Sandler
Orange County CA JGS January Meeting
January 23 at 10:00 am (Pacific time zone) on Zoom Jeffrey Mark Paull: The Jewish surname process in the Russian Empire and its effect on Jewish genealogy The history of adopting, regulating, and using Jewish surnames in the Russian Empire is quite complex. There were many ways that Jewish surnames were created, assigned, or adopted, while tight restrictions were placed on changing or altering surnames. Everyone must register on the OCJGS website www.ocjgs.org. Members are free and $5 for nonmembers. Dues or the $5 fee can be paid on our website. Michelle Sandler MLS President OCJGS Vice President of Programming OCJGS Librarian OCJGS
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Re: Looking for family TURTIETAUB
#latinamerica
There were Turtletaubs in Charleston, SC, including Jacob, Samuel, and Max. I don't think any are alive today.
-- Alan Banov Kensington, MD legalrun@...
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Re: Webinar- Finding Your Polish Ancestors Online in the Polish State Archives
#announcements
#poland
I listened to the YouTube presentation by Ted Gostin and it was very
informative. It's a pity it can't remain longer than 24 hours. Ms Terry Ashton, Australia PRASHKER-Kalisz; SZUMOWSKI-Lomza; WAJNGOT-Poland; WIERZBOWICZ-Poland; GOLDMAN-Poland; SEGAL-SEGALOVITCH-Vilna; GOLTZ-Latvia
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Re: Samotins of Baku
#general
mvayser@...
There are 2 people buried at the Jewish cemetery in Baku with Yakhnovich (modern transliteration) last name, none with Samotin, but according to the web site https://evreyskoekladbishevbaku.com, their database is not complete.
Yakhnovich Elizaveta daughter of Abel: 1880 - 12 Sept 1951 Yakhnovich Rozaliya, daughter of Moysey: 26 Aug 1903 - 4 Dec 1990
Mike Vayser
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Königsberg (Hungary) Jake Jacobs Jan 11 #665306
#hungary
Marguerite D. Allen
My great grandmother's name was Sarolta Königsberg. She came from a long line of rabbis. The family came from the Szabolcs region. The family changed their name to Daróczy.
As a young man, my grandfather lived in Budapest with Josef Daróczy; Josef was studying law and later became a lawyer, and eventually a judge. My grandfather was Vilmos (Fisch) Huszar from Munkacs. He was studying romance languages and he became a professor of French, the editor of the Revue de Hongrie, and a diplomat for Austro-Hungary during the war.
Does this sound like a possible connection for you?
Marguerite
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Re: Looking for SCHMULOWITZ CHAIM
#usa
Michele Lock
I don't believe the archives in Koursk would have information on what became of this Chaim Schmulowitz once he arrived in America.
In the US, a man with the original first name of Chaim mostly likely took the first name Hyman, though possibly also Herman or Harry. Of course, he may have decided to call himself by any name, but the above three are the most likely. As for the surname Schmulowitz - He may have kept the name, and anglicized the spelling to something like Shmulovitz, or Smulovitz, or Smilovitz, or other similiar spellings. Of he may have anglicized the name even further into something like Samuels or Samuelson. I took a look at the ship manifest for this man, and can see that he is a butcher, and he is going to St. Louis, Missouri (not Minnesota, which is a different state). His friend H. Steinberg lives on 8th street in St. Louis. Perhaps you can find either man in the 1910 US census for St. Louis. Good luck. -- 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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JGSLI Virtual meeting on Sunday, January 30 at 2:00 PM Eastern – Meet Me At the Corner of Broome and Allen: Romaniote Jews in New York
#announcements
#education
We hope you will join us on Zoom for a presentation by Marcia Ikonomopoulos, Museum Director of Kehila Kedosha Janina in NYC.
Topic: Meet Me At the Corner of Broome and Allen: Romaniote Jews in New York Among the numerous distinguishing factors of Jewish communities, most based on geographical location, ancestral language, and levels of observance, one group, that of Romaniote Jews has, in many ways, become the orphan child of Jewish studies. This holds true in the field of genealogy. Romaniote Jews, Greek-speaking Jews who date their ancestry back to the inter-Temple period, have the distinction of the longest continuous presence in the European Diaspora. The naming practices of Romaniote Jews shed light on the history of Jewish surnames and, in addition, their distinctive customs. What can we learn from analyzing the naming practices of Romaniote Jews? What is applicable to the general study of Jewish naming practices and Jewish genealogy?
Marcia Haddad Ikonomopoulos has served as the Museum Director of Kehila Kedosha Janina since 2004 and sits on the Board of Trustees of the Synagogue and Museum. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative and is President of the Association of Friends of Greek Jewry. She was born into a traditional Sephardic Jewish family from Salonika and has devoted her life to telling the story of Greek Jewry as an author, translator, editor, and lecturer
To join our meeting:
When: Sunday, Jan 30, 2022 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0sd-GtrzojHNHHDCvFipAHpRfQMNKSQXXY
I look forward to seeing you all online!
Jeffrey Austin
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JGSLI Virtual meeting on Wednesday, January 19 at 7:00 PM Eastern – New-found JewishGen Ukraine Research Group Records: The Krakovsky Documents
#announcements
#education
#ukraine
This will be a Zoom Only meeting and open to everybody, but you must register in advance (see below). Wednesday, January 19th, 7:00 PM, via Zoom Topic: New-found JewishGen Ukraine Research Group Records: The Krakovsky Documents This will be a pre-recorded presentation from Gary Pokrassa and Joel Spector from last summer’s IAJGS conference. The lecture will describe in depth the translation and indexing project along with information on navigating Krakovsky's wiki page. Also, the utilization of the data and its preservation and availability on JewishGen will be discussed. Critical questions to considered are: a) Who is Alex Krakovsky and how did he get involved in his work? b) What obstacles is he facing? c) How to navigate the thousands of documents on his wiki pages? d) What is the JewishGen Ukraine Research Division Project and how does it relate to Krakovsky's work? e) How can the data be accessed on JewishGen? f) What is the status of the creation of a detailed town index?
Both Gary and Joel will be available after the presentation to provide the latest updates and answer any questions.
To join our meeting:
When: Jan 19, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYodemgqjgvG9Ie1FN8qM5342D-4GEIU7sb
I look forward to seeing you all online! Jeffrey Austin President, JGS Long Island president@...
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Polish survivor interview
#poland
#education
Lily Wieleba
Hello, I am looking for any Polish survivors who may be willing to contact me for an interview. I am a recent college graduate with a special interest in Polish Jewish relations. If anyone is willing to contact me, I would be extremely grateful. Thank you!
-- Lily Wieleba Moderator note: please reply to Lily privately: wielebalj@...
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Re: Searching J.cemetary Surany Slovakia
#slovakia
Ummy74@...
Hi Tommy, are you referring to the Stranany Cemetery in Michalovce? If so, JewishGen.org has a Michalovce page under Kehila links. The heading Religion, you can find headstone photos. Hope this helps🙂
Susan Deutsch Forman, New York USA researching : Deutsch, Perlstein, Friedman & Kleinman
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Galitsino Krasnodar, Russia
#russia
Marilyn Levinson
I would greatly appreciate any help in finding the above named place. Is there an article about Jewish life there? I am told it was founded by Cossacks and life for the Jewish community was difficult. Thank you for your help. Marilyn Levinson Spring Lake NC
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Information on descendants of Schindler's List
#poland
#holocaust
Barbara L. Kornblau
In the year 2000, I first learned that there was a Kornblau on Schindler's list. I posted on the listserv back then asking if anyone knew if there was group of Schindler's list survivors I could contact. I got no responses. Jakob Kornblau, who was one Schindler's list was born on March 29, 1908. I would love to be able to contact his descendants. Does anyone know of any information or records about descendants of people on Schindler's list? Thanks.
Barbara L. Kornblau barbaralk@...
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Re: Webinar- Finding Your Polish Ancestors Online in the Polish State Archives
#announcements
#poland
janicemsj@...
The fact that there is no copyright indication on the handout is immaterial. Copyright exists as soon as you write something, and therefore you have violated the author's copyright by sending this to the list without permission. Please do not distribute the handout any further without permission of the author. Janice M. Sellers Gresham, Oregon teaches a class on copyright for genealogists
On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 12:17 PM Harry Moatz <hamoatzi@...> wrote: > 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. -- Everything turns out all right in the end. If it's not all right, it's not the end.
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Re: How to obtain Lodz cemetery photo
#lodz
David Brostoff
On Jan 17, 2022, at 8:56 AM, Frank Szmulowicz <FrankSzmulowicz@...> wrote:
Find a Grave <https://www.findagrave.com> has volunteers all over the world. David Brostoff
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Re: Who Betrayed Anne Frank and Her Family?
#holocaust
EdrieAnne Broughton
It's hard to blame them. Nazi's were famous for using 'trade' for information. "I'll let you and your family live, if you'll just give us more Jewish names"
EdrieAnne Broughton, Vacaville, CA
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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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