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vital registers for Cesky Krumlov
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morav@...
Hi, I just learned >from holocaust.cz that one of my ancestors Anna
Fischlmann, was born in Cesky Krumlov in November of 1900. I searched badatelna.eu, and checked out Alex Calzareth's map of ledgers at http://www.calzareth.com/czechmap/, but could find no matriky books for any community anywhere near Cesky Krumlov. I tried looking in the births for Ceske Budejovice, which seems to be the nearest place with ledgers, but no luck. Was there really no Jewish community in or near Cesky Krumlov? Is that possible? Maybe the ledgers were lost/destroyed. Any ideas? Philip Moravcik Honolulu
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P.S. regarding Anna Fischlmann
#austria-czech
morav@...
A complicating issue is that Anna seems to have been born
illegitimately. Her mother's name was Wilhelmina. She was adopted by my great great uncle Josef Beck and his wife Kamilla. Philip Moravcik
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech vital registers for Cesky Krumlov
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morav@...
Hi, I just learned >from holocaust.cz that one of my ancestors Anna
Fischlmann, was born in Cesky Krumlov in November of 1900. I searched badatelna.eu, and checked out Alex Calzareth's map of ledgers at http://www.calzareth.com/czechmap/, but could find no matriky books for any community anywhere near Cesky Krumlov. I tried looking in the births for Ceske Budejovice, which seems to be the nearest place with ledgers, but no luck. Was there really no Jewish community in or near Cesky Krumlov? Is that possible? Maybe the ledgers were lost/destroyed. Any ideas? Philip Moravcik Honolulu
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech P.S. regarding Anna Fischlmann
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morav@...
A complicating issue is that Anna seems to have been born
illegitimately. Her mother's name was Wilhelmina. She was adopted by my great great uncle Josef Beck and his wife Kamilla. Philip Moravcik
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Re: Is there a Partoza, Austria?
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Renee Steinig
Errors are common on naturalization documents -- often because
immigrants remembered details incorrectly or were misunderstood by the immigration clerks who recorded the information. Searching the New York City death index* on Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2240477), I found this couple buried together at NYC's Mount Zion Cemetery (http://www.mountzioncemetery.com/search.asp?type=interment): Samuel Applebaum (born c.1866 Austria, died 1938 Bronx) Clara Applebaum nee Wechsler (born c.1865 Austria, died 1919 Manhattan) The birth years are a good match to those on Samuel's Petition for Naturalization, so I'm hoping they're the right people. They are buried on the grounds of the Independent Buczaczer KUV, a landsmanshaft (hometown society) formed by Jewish immigrants from Buczacz -- now Buchach, Ukraine. Before World War I, that town was in Galicia, a crown land (like a province) of the vast Austro-Hungarian Empire. Burial in that society's section doesn't guarantee that one or both of the Applebaums were >from Buczacz or vicinity, but there's a good chance. In fact, several databases (the JewishGen Family Finder, the Ellis Island database, JRI-Poland) include quite a few Wechslers (Clara's maiden name) >from the town. For more information on Buchach, see these JewishGen pages: https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/suchostaw/sl_buczacz.htm https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1036442 and this new book by Omer Bartov, a professor at Brown University: "Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz." I could find no town with a name resembling "Partoza" in Gesher Galicia's Galician Town Locator (https://www.geshergalicia.org/galician-town-locator/) or in the JewishGen Gazetteer (https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp). * Please note that Family Search's death index includes many more details than the indexes on ItalianGen and Ancestry. Renee -- Renee Stern Steinig Dix Hills NY genmaven@... Arnold Koslow <brooklyncowboy@...> wrote in part: <<I... am trying to help someone with their Austrian Ancestry. The family name is APPLEBAUM (Samuel and Clara) and they immigrated to the U.S. in 1895 and 1897 respectively per Census Records. However initially, I have not been able to find them on Ship Manifests via Steve Morse Website, even though per naturalization papers I have Samuel's ship (Majestic) and port (Liverpool to New York City) identified in 1895.... Additionally, their paperwork has his place of birth as Partoza, Austria. However I have not been able to find such a town via Google or Jewishgen Website.>>
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Feldwebel
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rickglaser@...
My grandfather, Richard Glaser, was a Feldwebel in the Austrian Hungarian army in World War 1.
My understanding is that a Feldwebel is similar to a sergeant or a staff sergeant - in other words, a non-commissioned officer. In one of the postcards that he sent home to my grandmother, >from the army, he says that his "boy" was captured by the Russians, and his orderly was injured. Was it typical for a sergeant to have an orderly and/or a "boy"? I would have thought that this would be a privilege of a regular officer. Thanks, Rick Glaser Owings Mills MD
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Re: Is there a Partoza, Austria?
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Renee Steinig
Errors are common on naturalization documents -- often because
immigrants remembered details incorrectly or were misunderstood by the immigration clerks who recorded the information. Searching the New York City death index* on Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2240477), I found this couple buried together at NYC's Mount Zion Cemetery (http://www.mountzioncemetery.com/search.asp?type=interment): Samuel Applebaum (born c.1866 Austria, died 1938 Bronx) Clara Applebaum nee Wechsler (born c.1865 Austria, died 1919 Manhattan) The birth years are a good match to those on Samuel's Petition for Naturalization, so I'm hoping they're the right people. They are buried on the grounds of the Independent Buczaczer KUV, a landsmanshaft (hometown society) formed by Jewish immigrants from Buczacz -- now Buchach, Ukraine. Before World War I, that town was in Galicia, a crown land (like a province) of the vast Austro-Hungarian Empire. Burial in that society's section doesn't guarantee that one or both of the Applebaums were >from Buczacz or vicinity, but there's a good chance. In fact, several databases (the JewishGen Family Finder, the Ellis Island database, JRI-Poland) include quite a few Wechslers (Clara's maiden name) >from the town. For more information on Buchach, see these JewishGen pages: https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/suchostaw/sl_buczacz.htm https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-1036442 and this new book by Omer Bartov, a professor at Brown University: "Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz." I could find no town with a name resembling "Partoza" in Gesher Galicia's Galician Town Locator (https://www.geshergalicia.org/galician-town-locator/) or in the JewishGen Gazetteer (https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp). * Please note that Family Search's death index includes many more details than the indexes on ItalianGen and Ancestry. Renee -- Renee Stern Steinig Dix Hills NY genmaven@... Arnold Koslow <brooklyncowboy@...> wrote in part: <<I... am trying to help someone with their Austrian Ancestry. The family name is APPLEBAUM (Samuel and Clara) and they immigrated to the U.S. in 1895 and 1897 respectively per Census Records. However initially, I have not been able to find them on Ship Manifests via Steve Morse Website, even though per naturalization papers I have Samuel's ship (Majestic) and port (Liverpool to New York City) identified in 1895.... Additionally, their paperwork has his place of birth as Partoza, Austria. However I have not been able to find such a town via Google or Jewishgen Website.>>
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Feldwebel
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rickglaser@...
My grandfather, Richard Glaser, was a Feldwebel in the Austrian Hungarian army in World War 1.
My understanding is that a Feldwebel is similar to a sergeant or a staff sergeant - in other words, a non-commissioned officer. In one of the postcards that he sent home to my grandmother, >from the army, he says that his "boy" was captured by the Russians, and his orderly was injured. Was it typical for a sergeant to have an orderly and/or a "boy"? I would have thought that this would be a privilege of a regular officer. Thanks, Rick Glaser Owings Mills MD
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Re: Books about Terezin/Theresienstadt
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Michael Gordy
For those who read German, let me add an extraordinary diary (not
memoir) written by a 13 year old girl: "Mein Theresienstaedter Tagebuch 1943-1944" By Helga Pollak Kinsky. I am working with the author and her German publisher to bring this book to an English-speaking audience. Helga Kinsky's diary was also a key source for this book/educational project: "The Girls of Room 28: Friendship, Hope, and Survival in Theresienstadt" by Hannelore Brenner. http://www.room28projects.com/ Michael Gordy Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
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Old German script interpretation of info in a death record from 1791 in Bohemia
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fuerth.thomas@...
Dear SIGers,
I've posted a vital record in German for which I need an interpretation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=3DVM64450 Please tell me in English and in German what are written below the name Abraham Stern and the cause of death to the left. Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Thomas Fuerth Stockholm Sweden
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Re: Books about Terezin/Theresienstadt
#austria-czech
Michael Gordy
For those who read German, let me add an extraordinary diary (not
memoir) written by a 13 year old girl: "Mein Theresienstaedter Tagebuch 1943-1944" By Helga Pollak Kinsky. I am working with the author and her German publisher to bring this book to an English-speaking audience. Helga Kinsky's diary was also a key source for this book/educational project: "The Girls of Room 28: Friendship, Hope, and Survival in Theresienstadt" by Hannelore Brenner. http://www.room28projects.com/ Michael Gordy Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Old German script interpretation of info in a death record from 1791 in Bohemia
#austria-czech
fuerth.thomas@...
Dear SIGers,
I've posted a vital record in German for which I need an interpretation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=3DVM64450 Please tell me in English and in German what are written below the name Abraham Stern and the cause of death to the left. Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Thomas Fuerth Stockholm Sweden
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Finding Bekescsaba marriage record and Hajduhadhaz birth records
#hungary
david@...
I am very frustrated because a record is --- seemingly --- barely beyond
my reach by just 14 weeks. I am trying to find the marriage in Bekescsaba on 4/14/1946 of my uncle and aunt. Familysearch ends marriages on 12/31/1945. The actual document would confirm birth info for my aunt in Hajduhadhaz Not sure if this is an absolute block or if there might be a way around this. Will familysearch be uploading more records in the future? I have a similar problem in Hajduhadhaz. I know my aunt's sister was supposed to have been born in Hajduhadhaz in 1928, so I suspect my aunt's marriage record would show birth in that town as well (although I do knot know year nor am I certain of the town as the birthplace --- I only assume). But Hajduhadhaz birth records end in 1921. So I am blocked no matter where I turn. Any advice? Thanks. David Deutsch
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Finding Bekescsaba marriage record and Hajduhadhaz birth records
#hungary
david@...
I am very frustrated because a record is --- seemingly --- barely beyond
my reach by just 14 weeks. I am trying to find the marriage in Bekescsaba on 4/14/1946 of my uncle and aunt. Familysearch ends marriages on 12/31/1945. The actual document would confirm birth info for my aunt in Hajduhadhaz Not sure if this is an absolute block or if there might be a way around this. Will familysearch be uploading more records in the future? I have a similar problem in Hajduhadhaz. I know my aunt's sister was supposed to have been born in Hajduhadhaz in 1928, so I suspect my aunt's marriage record would show birth in that town as well (although I do knot know year nor am I certain of the town as the birthplace --- I only assume). But Hajduhadhaz birth records end in 1921. So I am blocked no matter where I turn. Any advice? Thanks. David Deutsch
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looking for information about Serebrenik/Stav in Palestine/Israel
#general
Milton Koch
I am looking for burial, dates of death, etc., and related information
about Oskar Serebrenik and his wife Miriam Koch Serebrenik. Both may have changed their names to Stav in Israel. Thank you, Milton Koch Bethesda, MD, USA SEREBRENIK-Galicia, Vienna, Israel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen looking for information about Serebrenik/Stav in Palestine/Israel
#general
Milton Koch
I am looking for burial, dates of death, etc., and related information
about Oskar Serebrenik and his wife Miriam Koch Serebrenik. Both may have changed their names to Stav in Israel. Thank you, Milton Koch Bethesda, MD, USA SEREBRENIK-Galicia, Vienna, Israel
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OK to send passport number to Ukrainian authorities?
#general
robert sternbach <robertasternbach@...>
Hello to all,
I sent an email to the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv, asking for records concerning my family in Drohobicz and Dobromil. They sent back a form for me to complete, which asks for my passport number. I sent an email to the U.S. State Department asking whether it is safe to provide your passport number in these circumstances, but the response was not helpful. All it said was "It would be up to your discretion if you feel comfortable enough giving out that information." Does anyone have any knowledge/experience whether it is safe to provide your passport number to the Ukrainian authorities? Thank you for your response. Robert A. Sternbach MODERATOR NOTE: Private responses only please
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen OK to send passport number to Ukrainian authorities?
#general
robert sternbach <robertasternbach@...>
Hello to all,
I sent an email to the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv, asking for records concerning my family in Drohobicz and Dobromil. They sent back a form for me to complete, which asks for my passport number. I sent an email to the U.S. State Department asking whether it is safe to provide your passport number in these circumstances, but the response was not helpful. All it said was "It would be up to your discretion if you feel comfortable enough giving out that information." Does anyone have any knowledge/experience whether it is safe to provide your passport number to the Ukrainian authorities? Thank you for your response. Robert A. Sternbach MODERATOR NOTE: Private responses only please
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Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland
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sjhoi@...
Memory Lab at Library Branch an Asset for Genealogy Research
Members of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland and guests will have the opportunity to learn about one of the newest services of the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library-the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Memory Lab-at a meeting on Sunday, March 4 starting at 1:30 P.M. in the Men's Club Board Room at Park Synagogue East, 27500 Shaker Blvd., Pepper Pike. The featured speaker is Matthew Skvasik, Innovation Programming Specialist for the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Skvasik will explain the equipment, capabilities and software that can be used for free in the library's lab to digitize and preserve family photographs, artifacts and other items. Stewart A. Hoicowitz 1st Vice President Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland
#general
sjhoi@...
Memory Lab at Library Branch an Asset for Genealogy Research
Members of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland and guests will have the opportunity to learn about one of the newest services of the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch of the Cuyahoga County Public Library-the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Memory Lab-at a meeting on Sunday, March 4 starting at 1:30 P.M. in the Men's Club Board Room at Park Synagogue East, 27500 Shaker Blvd., Pepper Pike. The featured speaker is Matthew Skvasik, Innovation Programming Specialist for the Cuyahoga County Public Library. Skvasik will explain the equipment, capabilities and software that can be used for free in the library's lab to digitize and preserve family photographs, artifacts and other items. Stewart A. Hoicowitz 1st Vice President Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland
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