JewishGen.org Discussion Group FAQs
What is the JewishGen.org Discussion Group?
The JewishGen.org Discussion Group unites thousands of Jewish genealogical researchers worldwide as they research their family history, search for relatives, and share information, ideas, methods, tips, techniques, and resources. The JewishGen.org Discussion Group makes it easy, quick, and fun, to connect with others around the world.
Is it Secure?
Yes. JewishGen is using a state of the art platform with the most contemporary security standards. JewishGen will never share member information with third parties.
How is the New JewishGen.org Discussion Group better than the old one?
Our old Discussion List platform was woefully antiquated. Among its many challenges: it was not secure, it required messages to be sent in Plain Text, did not support accented characters or languages other than English, could not display links or images, and had archives that were not mobile-friendly.
This new platform that JewishGen is using is a scalable, and sustainable solution, and allows us to engage with JewishGen members throughout the world. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for both members and moderators, more powerful tools, and more secure archives (which are easily accessible on mobile devices, and which also block out personal email addresses to the public).
I am a JewishGen member, why do I have to create a separate account for the Discussion Group?
As we continue to modernize our platform, we are trying to ensure that everything meets contemporary security standards. In the future, we plan hope to have one single sign-in page.
I like how the current lists work. Will I still be able to send/receive emails of posts (and/or digests)?
Yes. In terms of functionality, the group will operate the same for people who like to participate with email. People can still send a message to an email address (in this case, main@groups.JewishGen.org), and receive a daily digest of postings, or individual emails. In addition, Members can also receive a daily summary of topics, and then choose which topics they would like to read about it. However, in addition to email, there is the additional functionality of being able to read/post messages utilizing our online forum (https://groups.jewishgen.org).
Does this new system require plain-text?
No.
Can I post images, accented characters, different colors/font sizes, non-latin characters?
Yes.
Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?
Yes! Our new platform allows members to use “Hashtags.” Messages can then be sorted, and searched, based upon how they are categorized. Another advantage is that members can “mute” any conversations they are not interested in, by simply indicating they are not interested in a particular “hashtag.”
Will all posts be archived?
Yes.
Can I still search though old messages?
Yes. All the messages are accessible and searchable going back to 1998.
What if I have questions or need assistance using the new Group?
Send your questions to: support@JewishGen.org
How do I access the Group’s webpage?
Follow this link: https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main
So just to be sure - this new group will allow us to post from our mobile phones, includes images, accented characters, and non-latin characters, and does not require plain text?
Correct!
Will there be any ads or annoying pop-ups?
No.
Will the current guidelines change?
Yes. While posts will be moderated to ensure civility, and that there is nothing posted that is inappropriate (or completely unrelated to genealogy), we will be trying to create an online community of people who regulate themselves, much as they do (very successfully) on Jewish Genealogy Portal on Facebook.
What are the new guidelines?
There are just a few simple rules & guidelines to follow, which you can read here:https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main/guidelines
Thank you in advance for contributing to this amazing online community!
If you have any questions, or suggestions, please email support@JewishGen.org.
Sincerely,
The JewishGen.org Team
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20 Romanian cities -Survivors
#romania
Ze'ev (Robert) Hammer <hammeroptometrist@...>
The city names in Romanian are listed below. Thanks to Eva Sideman for
her help in spelling them and comments. (I removed the special Romanian letters that she provided and replaced them with plain latin letters so that the mailserve can handle it). Iasi Botosani Targu Mures Galati Focsani Tecuci Roman Piatra Neamt Barlad Vaslui Alba Iulia (this is the only city where Jews were allowed to live before 1857) Constanta, by the Black Sea (Constantza) Targu Neamt Harlau Buzau Ramnicu Sarat Stefanesti Craiova Focsani Bacau Regards, Robert Hammer Petah Tikva, Israel
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Romania SIG #Romania 20 Romanian cities -Survivors
#romania
Ze'ev (Robert) Hammer <hammeroptometrist@...>
The city names in Romanian are listed below. Thanks to Eva Sideman for
her help in spelling them and comments. (I removed the special Romanian letters that she provided and replaced them with plain latin letters so that the mailserve can handle it). Iasi Botosani Targu Mures Galati Focsani Tecuci Roman Piatra Neamt Barlad Vaslui Alba Iulia (this is the only city where Jews were allowed to live before 1857) Constanta, by the Black Sea (Constantza) Targu Neamt Harlau Buzau Ramnicu Sarat Stefanesti Craiova Focsani Bacau Regards, Robert Hammer Petah Tikva, Israel
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Czech website
#austria-czech
Tom Venetianer posted the following on the facebook group for Czech Jewish Genealogy
(Including Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia). He listed the following site, which looks very useful https://www.vasegeny.cz/genealogicky-rozcestnik/ If you use google chrome browser, it will translate. Tony Hausner Silver Spring, MD 20901 301--587-6943 (primary email address: = thausner@gmail.com)
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Czech website
#austria-czech
Tom Venetianer posted the following on the facebook group for Czech Jewish Genealogy
(Including Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia). He listed the following site, which looks very useful https://www.vasegeny.cz/genealogicky-rozcestnik/ If you use google chrome browser, it will translate. Tony Hausner Silver Spring, MD 20901 301--587-6943 (primary email address: = thausner@gmail.com)
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thank you for help on Franci's War
#austria-czech
Helen Epstein
Thank you Martha Flatto and others. I have been informed of not one
but three unexpected discoveries regarding dates and names in my mother's memoir Franci's War: Prague-Terezin-Auschwitz-Hamburg-Belsen-Prague 1939-1945. The 30,000 members of the FB Group Jewish Genealogy Portal were unbelievably helpful. They found Coonel Margaret Emmeline Montgomery, the British Red Cross office who beriended her at liberation. She turns up in three other survivor memoirs and was a sister-in-law of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. They found the birth and death dates of her friend Margot Stern Koerbel (1907-1978) Most movingly they found the records of Gisa Kaufmannova, the little girl my mother adopted in Terezin who was murdered in Auschwitz. Her relatives in Israel were amazed to find out that someone remembered her. The book will be out in the US in February 2020 and in Czech and Slovak in May 2020. Thanks again. -- helenepstein.com
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Visit JewishGen's New Website
#austria-czech
bounce-3716063-772950@...
JewishGen is pleased to announce our newly designed website at
www.JewishGen.org. We commissioned the creation of a new landing page to serve as a launching point for the main components of the website. The site is built on a modern, secure platform, which is beneficial for a number of reasons, including: *It has a more intuitive and user-friendly design, *It is mobile-responsive, and *It has a more familiar platform, which will make it easier for us to find qualified consultants, contractors and volunteers to help us in the future. This is not the final plan. It's a stop-gap redesign that addresses some of the shortcomings of our website by creating a visually appealing, mobile-friendly, and easy to navigate homepage that researchers can utilize to find key components on the JewishGen site. While we attracted approximately one million unique visitors to the JewishGen site last year, only a small portion of this group actually registered or became regular users. We anticipate that an enhanced website will improve these results. Specifically, we hope the new landing page will help guide researchers to: *Search the online collection *Locate ancestral communities *Explore life in their ancestral communities *Join our discussion groups *Volunteer, and *Donate. Over the next two months, we will begin crafting a proper technology strategy, which will include our website and databases. In the meantime, however, this new landing page will immediately help researchers, while also demonstrating JewishGen's strategic focus. Thank you to everyone on our staff and volunteer leadership team for their suggestions and contributions to making this happen. Special thanks to Scott Seidenstock, Gary Sandler, and Warren Blatt. Please enjoy the site and visit www.JewishGen.org now. Feedback and suggestions will be most welcome! Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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Chuck Weinstein - Volunteer of the Year!
#austria-czech
bounce-3716120-772950@...
Please join us in congratulating Chuck Weinstein, who was honored as
our 2019/5779 Susan E. King Volunteer of the Year during the recent JewishGen Annual Meeting in Cleveland. This is a small token of our appreciation for Chuck's outstanding commitment to JewishGen's important work, and for his significant contributions to the world of Jewish Genealogy. The video about Chuck shown at the meeting can be accessed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yFAmGAzuFM&t=17s or on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/ . Mazal Tov, Chuck! Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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Czech website
#austria-czech
tony hausner
I think it was Randy who may have posted the following on the facebook
group for Czech Jewish Genealogy (Including Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia). He listed the following site, which looks very useful https://www.vasegeny.cz/genealogicky-rozcestnik. If you use google chrome browser, it will translate. Tony
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech thank you for help on Franci's War
#austria-czech
Helen Epstein
Thank you Martha Flatto and others. I have been informed of not one
but three unexpected discoveries regarding dates and names in my mother's memoir Franci's War: Prague-Terezin-Auschwitz-Hamburg-Belsen-Prague 1939-1945. The 30,000 members of the FB Group Jewish Genealogy Portal were unbelievably helpful. They found Coonel Margaret Emmeline Montgomery, the British Red Cross office who beriended her at liberation. She turns up in three other survivor memoirs and was a sister-in-law of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. They found the birth and death dates of her friend Margot Stern Koerbel (1907-1978) Most movingly they found the records of Gisa Kaufmannova, the little girl my mother adopted in Terezin who was murdered in Auschwitz. Her relatives in Israel were amazed to find out that someone remembered her. The book will be out in the US in February 2020 and in Czech and Slovak in May 2020. Thanks again. -- helenepstein.com
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Visit JewishGen's New Website
#austria-czech
bounce-3716063-772950@...
JewishGen is pleased to announce our newly designed website at
www.JewishGen.org. We commissioned the creation of a new landing page to serve as a launching point for the main components of the website. The site is built on a modern, secure platform, which is beneficial for a number of reasons, including: *It has a more intuitive and user-friendly design, *It is mobile-responsive, and *It has a more familiar platform, which will make it easier for us to find qualified consultants, contractors and volunteers to help us in the future. This is not the final plan. It's a stop-gap redesign that addresses some of the shortcomings of our website by creating a visually appealing, mobile-friendly, and easy to navigate homepage that researchers can utilize to find key components on the JewishGen site. While we attracted approximately one million unique visitors to the JewishGen site last year, only a small portion of this group actually registered or became regular users. We anticipate that an enhanced website will improve these results. Specifically, we hope the new landing page will help guide researchers to: *Search the online collection *Locate ancestral communities *Explore life in their ancestral communities *Join our discussion groups *Volunteer, and *Donate. Over the next two months, we will begin crafting a proper technology strategy, which will include our website and databases. In the meantime, however, this new landing page will immediately help researchers, while also demonstrating JewishGen's strategic focus. Thank you to everyone on our staff and volunteer leadership team for their suggestions and contributions to making this happen. Special thanks to Scott Seidenstock, Gary Sandler, and Warren Blatt. Please enjoy the site and visit www.JewishGen.org now. Feedback and suggestions will be most welcome! Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Chuck Weinstein - Volunteer of the Year!
#austria-czech
bounce-3716120-772950@...
Please join us in congratulating Chuck Weinstein, who was honored as
our 2019/5779 Susan E. King Volunteer of the Year during the recent JewishGen Annual Meeting in Cleveland. This is a small token of our appreciation for Chuck's outstanding commitment to JewishGen's important work, and for his significant contributions to the world of Jewish Genealogy. The video about Chuck shown at the meeting can be accessed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yFAmGAzuFM&t=17s or on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/ . Mazal Tov, Chuck! Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Czech website
#austria-czech
tony hausner
I think it was Randy who may have posted the following on the facebook
group for Czech Jewish Genealogy (Including Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia). He listed the following site, which looks very useful https://www.vasegeny.cz/genealogicky-rozcestnik. If you use google chrome browser, it will translate. Tony
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Munkacs
#general
Barbara Mannlein <bsmannlein@...>
2 questions:
1. Anyone know a reliable researcher in Munkacs? 2. Anyone researching the BLUM family >from Munkacs, Czechoslovakia? The names I was given are: BLUM, Ignaz oo Serene ARONOWITZ BLUM, Andor 1928-1945 (Flossenberg) BLUM, Julius 1925-2003. Barbara Mannlein MODERATOR NOTE: Please send researcher recommendations privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Munkacs
#general
Barbara Mannlein <bsmannlein@...>
2 questions:
1. Anyone know a reliable researcher in Munkacs? 2. Anyone researching the BLUM family >from Munkacs, Czechoslovakia? The names I was given are: BLUM, Ignaz oo Serene ARONOWITZ BLUM, Andor 1928-1945 (Flossenberg) BLUM, Julius 1925-2003. Barbara Mannlein MODERATOR NOTE: Please send researcher recommendations privately.
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Ashkenazi Naming Conventions - Double Names
#general
Simon Zelman
I was wondering if anyone had any information about naming conventions
when a person had two names. I'm not referring to the double names that typically go together (Yehuda Leyb, Arye Leyb, Menachem Mendel, etc.), but rather double names where the person was most likely named after two people. My great x2 grandfather was Moishe Mendel Dubrovno and his paternal grandfather's name was Mendel Dubrovno, so one of his names is for his grandfather. Would it stand to reason that his maternal grandfather's name was Moishe? Were there any naming patterns, where a person with two names would take one name >from each grandfather (as in, was this the norm)? Or could one name be >from a person's grandfather and the second name would be >from their great-grandfather (or uncle, cousin, etc.)? Best, Simon Zelman San Francisco, CA Researching: DUBROVNA, KANTOR, HOLZMAN, OKUN, BIALOBROTKO, LEVIN, SLEVICH, AKHIMOV, GOLT, FLEISHER, REIZHEVICH, SHKLIAROVSKY, MIROTSNIK, ZELMAN, GRUVER, GERSHTEYN, GITELMAN, ALPERIN, TAUB, GILBERMAN, ABRAMS
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Ashkenazi Naming Conventions - Double Names
#general
Simon Zelman
I was wondering if anyone had any information about naming conventions
when a person had two names. I'm not referring to the double names that typically go together (Yehuda Leyb, Arye Leyb, Menachem Mendel, etc.), but rather double names where the person was most likely named after two people. My great x2 grandfather was Moishe Mendel Dubrovno and his paternal grandfather's name was Mendel Dubrovno, so one of his names is for his grandfather. Would it stand to reason that his maternal grandfather's name was Moishe? Were there any naming patterns, where a person with two names would take one name >from each grandfather (as in, was this the norm)? Or could one name be >from a person's grandfather and the second name would be >from their great-grandfather (or uncle, cousin, etc.)? Best, Simon Zelman San Francisco, CA Researching: DUBROVNA, KANTOR, HOLZMAN, OKUN, BIALOBROTKO, LEVIN, SLEVICH, AKHIMOV, GOLT, FLEISHER, REIZHEVICH, SHKLIAROVSKY, MIROTSNIK, ZELMAN, GRUVER, GERSHTEYN, GITELMAN, ALPERIN, TAUB, GILBERMAN, ABRAMS
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Chuck Weinstein - Volunteer of the Year!
#ukraine
Nancy Siegel
Please join us in congratulating Chuck Weinstein, who was honored as
our 2019/5779 Susan E. King Volunteer of the Year during the recent JewishGen Annual Meeting in Cleveland. This is a small token of our appreciation for Chuck's outstanding commitment to JewishGen's important work, and for his significant contributions to the world of Jewish Genealogy. The video about Chuck shown at the meeting can be accessed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yFAmGAzuFM&t=17s or on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/ . Mazal Tov, Chuck! Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Chuck Weinstein - Volunteer of the Year!
#ukraine
Nancy Siegel
Please join us in congratulating Chuck Weinstein, who was honored as
our 2019/5779 Susan E. King Volunteer of the Year during the recent JewishGen Annual Meeting in Cleveland. This is a small token of our appreciation for Chuck's outstanding commitment to JewishGen's important work, and for his significant contributions to the world of Jewish Genealogy. The video about Chuck shown at the meeting can be accessed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yFAmGAzuFM&t=17s or on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/ . Mazal Tov, Chuck! Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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Visit JewishGen's New Website
#subcarpathia
Nancy Siegel
JewishGen is pleased to announce our newly designed website at
www.JewishGen.org. We commissioned the creation of a new landing page to serve as a launching point for the main components of the website. The site is built on a modern, secure platform, which is beneficial for a number of reasons, including: *It has a more intuitive and user-friendly design, *It is mobile-responsive, and *It has a more familiar platform, which will make it easier for us to find qualified consultants, contractors and volunteers to help us in the future. This is not the final plan. It's a stop-gap redesign that addresses some of the shortcomings of our website by creating a visually appealing, mobile-friendly, and easy to navigate homepage that researchers can utilize to find key components on the JewishGen site. While we attracted approximately one million unique visitors to the JewishGen site last year, only a small portion of this group actually registered or became regular users. We anticipate that an enhanced website will improve these results. Specifically, we hope the new landing page will help guide researchers to: *Search the online collection *Locate ancestral communities *Explore life in their ancestral communities *Join our discussion groups *Volunteer, and *Donate. Over the next two months, we will begin crafting a proper technology strategy, which will include our website and databases. In the meantime, however, this new landing page will immediately help researchers, while also demonstrating JewishGen's strategic focus. Thank you to everyone on our staff and volunteer leadership team for their suggestions and contributions to making this happen. Special thanks to Scott Seidenstock, Gary Sandler, and Warren Blatt. Please enjoy the site and visit www.JewishGen.org now. Feedback and suggestions will be most welcome! Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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Subcarpathia SIG #Subcarpathia Visit JewishGen's New Website
#subcarpathia
Nancy Siegel
JewishGen is pleased to announce our newly designed website at
www.JewishGen.org. We commissioned the creation of a new landing page to serve as a launching point for the main components of the website. The site is built on a modern, secure platform, which is beneficial for a number of reasons, including: *It has a more intuitive and user-friendly design, *It is mobile-responsive, and *It has a more familiar platform, which will make it easier for us to find qualified consultants, contractors and volunteers to help us in the future. This is not the final plan. It's a stop-gap redesign that addresses some of the shortcomings of our website by creating a visually appealing, mobile-friendly, and easy to navigate homepage that researchers can utilize to find key components on the JewishGen site. While we attracted approximately one million unique visitors to the JewishGen site last year, only a small portion of this group actually registered or became regular users. We anticipate that an enhanced website will improve these results. Specifically, we hope the new landing page will help guide researchers to: *Search the online collection *Locate ancestral communities *Explore life in their ancestral communities *Join our discussion groups *Volunteer, and *Donate. Over the next two months, we will begin crafting a proper technology strategy, which will include our website and databases. In the meantime, however, this new landing page will immediately help researchers, while also demonstrating JewishGen's strategic focus. Thank you to everyone on our staff and volunteer leadership team for their suggestions and contributions to making this happen. Special thanks to Scott Seidenstock, Gary Sandler, and Warren Blatt. Please enjoy the site and visit www.JewishGen.org now. Feedback and suggestions will be most welcome! Nancy Siegel (San Francisco, CA, USA) Communications Coordinator JewishGen.org
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