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Photo request - Union Field Cemetery Newark/Irvington NJ
#general
Barbara Zimmer
Is anyone available to take a photo of my great-uncle's headstone in Union Field
Cemetery which is located on the city line of Newark and Irvington, New Jersey? I have the plot location. I hope it has his Hebrew name! He was Charles Zimmer and died in 1945. Here is the cemetery information Other Comments:Rheim Ahuvim Membership Cemetery:Union Field Cemetery Address:532 South Orange Avenue Cemetery Comments: The main entrance is on South Orange Avenue in Newark between South 19th Street and Grove Street. It is adjacent to B'nai Abraham Cemetery. The cemetery extends south >from 532 South Orange Avenue to 14th Avenue in Irvington. NOTE: Please respond privately if you can send me the photo Barbara Zimmer Norfolk VA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Photo request - Union Field Cemetery Newark/Irvington NJ
#general
Barbara Zimmer
Is anyone available to take a photo of my great-uncle's headstone in Union Field
Cemetery which is located on the city line of Newark and Irvington, New Jersey? I have the plot location. I hope it has his Hebrew name! He was Charles Zimmer and died in 1945. Here is the cemetery information Other Comments:Rheim Ahuvim Membership Cemetery:Union Field Cemetery Address:532 South Orange Avenue Cemetery Comments: The main entrance is on South Orange Avenue in Newark between South 19th Street and Grove Street. It is adjacent to B'nai Abraham Cemetery. The cemetery extends south >from 532 South Orange Avenue to 14th Avenue in Irvington. NOTE: Please respond privately if you can send me the photo Barbara Zimmer Norfolk VA
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Looking for Irene Mauber SKIBINSKI
#general
bette_sscf <bette_sscf@...>
Dick Goldman wrote: My children and I will be visiting Lyntupy, Belarus this July.
I believe that Irene Mauber SKIBINSKI who wrote some comments about the town, may know members of my RUDNITZKY and MATZKIN families. Irene graduated High School in 1954 and I believe lives in the U.S. but I am unable to locate her. Presumably, you attempted to contact Irene Skibinski via JewishGen Family Finder which lists her as a Lyntupy, Belarus researcher for STRACZANSKI and MAUBER. Per JGFF, Irene Skibinski last signed in September 2007. Bounced JGFF email messages should be reported to < JewishGen LostNFound@lyris.jewishgen.org > giving the name of the person you are attempting to reach, their JewishGen ID Number number, the e-mail address you used that bounced, and the bounced message. The JewishGen LostNFound Support Team will do its best to locate the person and notify you of the results of their search. JewishGen Discussion Group and SIG Lists Archives list only one post from Irene Skibinski dated 2003 which did not indicate her place of residence. You should also try using online directories, people locators and search engines to locate the researcher. In July-August 2005, Irene Mauber Skibinski wrote about her childhood in Lyntupy in the online translation of the "Svinzian Region Memorial Book of 23 Jewish Communities (Lithuania)" < http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/Svencionys.html#toc1371 > Veromi and Intelius list Irene Skibinski in WA and CA and Irene C. Skibinski in OH and IL. Veromi also lists Irene Skibinski in OR. Ages and towns as well as names of relatives are listed. Per the SSDI, Irene Skibinski in OR died 1983 and Irene Skibinski in IL died 1999 with matching birth dates and towns, leaving one possibility in the US, Irene Skibinski in WA and CA. AnyWho lists Irene Skibinski's address and phone number in Kirkland, WA. Finding Birthdays and Related Persons in One Step <http://www.stephenmorse.org/birthday/privateeye.html?state=quick > AnyWho - Finding People, Places and Businesses < http://www.anywho.com/whitepages > Good luck! Bette Stoop Mas USA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Looking for Irene Mauber SKIBINSKI
#general
bette_sscf <bette_sscf@...>
Dick Goldman wrote: My children and I will be visiting Lyntupy, Belarus this July.
I believe that Irene Mauber SKIBINSKI who wrote some comments about the town, may know members of my RUDNITZKY and MATZKIN families. Irene graduated High School in 1954 and I believe lives in the U.S. but I am unable to locate her. Presumably, you attempted to contact Irene Skibinski via JewishGen Family Finder which lists her as a Lyntupy, Belarus researcher for STRACZANSKI and MAUBER. Per JGFF, Irene Skibinski last signed in September 2007. Bounced JGFF email messages should be reported to < JewishGen LostNFound@lyris.jewishgen.org > giving the name of the person you are attempting to reach, their JewishGen ID Number number, the e-mail address you used that bounced, and the bounced message. The JewishGen LostNFound Support Team will do its best to locate the person and notify you of the results of their search. JewishGen Discussion Group and SIG Lists Archives list only one post from Irene Skibinski dated 2003 which did not indicate her place of residence. You should also try using online directories, people locators and search engines to locate the researcher. In July-August 2005, Irene Mauber Skibinski wrote about her childhood in Lyntupy in the online translation of the "Svinzian Region Memorial Book of 23 Jewish Communities (Lithuania)" < http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/Svencionys.html#toc1371 > Veromi and Intelius list Irene Skibinski in WA and CA and Irene C. Skibinski in OH and IL. Veromi also lists Irene Skibinski in OR. Ages and towns as well as names of relatives are listed. Per the SSDI, Irene Skibinski in OR died 1983 and Irene Skibinski in IL died 1999 with matching birth dates and towns, leaving one possibility in the US, Irene Skibinski in WA and CA. AnyWho lists Irene Skibinski's address and phone number in Kirkland, WA. Finding Birthdays and Related Persons in One Step <http://www.stephenmorse.org/birthday/privateeye.html?state=quick > AnyWho - Finding People, Places and Businesses < http://www.anywho.com/whitepages > Good luck! Bette Stoop Mas USA
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Re: Records chambers st NYC
#general
Lauren Shulsky Orenstein
Dear Judi & List,
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I am sorry to hear that you were sent on a wild goose chase. The Municipal Archives at 31 Chambers Street is fine. I was there Monday May 9th. It is located in the Surrogate's Court building at the corner of Chambers & Centre Streets. I hope you were able to find what you needed. Best, Lauren Shulsky Orenstein New York, NY
Judith Renee Wagner judi@judiwagner.net wrote:
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Records chambers st NYC
#general
Lauren Shulsky Orenstein
Dear Judi & List,
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I am sorry to hear that you were sent on a wild goose chase. The Municipal Archives at 31 Chambers Street is fine. I was there Monday May 9th. It is located in the Surrogate's Court building at the corner of Chambers & Centre Streets. I hope you were able to find what you needed. Best, Lauren Shulsky Orenstein New York, NY
Judith Renee Wagner judi@judiwagner.net wrote:
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RESEARCH Lina JAKUBOWITZ
#france
Lemberski Evelyne
RESEARCH Lina JAKUBOWITZ=20
I search the wedding date and death Lina JAKUBOWITZ born on 13/07/1887 in Paris in the ninth arrondissement ten. 19th arrondissement, I would like to know if she had descendants living actually . This woman is a member of the family of my great great parents . I Thank you to please contact me at the following address: evelynelemberski@yahoo.fr
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French SIG #France RESEARCH Lina JAKUBOWITZ
#france
Lemberski Evelyne
RESEARCH Lina JAKUBOWITZ=20
I search the wedding date and death Lina JAKUBOWITZ born on 13/07/1887 in Paris in the ninth arrondissement ten. 19th arrondissement, I would like to know if she had descendants living actually . This woman is a member of the family of my great great parents . I Thank you to please contact me at the following address: evelynelemberski@yahoo.fr
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Samuel (Shlomo) SOBOTA/BROADMAN
#general
Sheldon Dan <sheldan1955@...>
My great-grandmother Zipora (Annie) SOBOTA was born in Pultusk, Poland in 1856 and
died in Memphis, TN in 1947. She had three sisters and a brother. My interest here is in the brother, who was named Samuel or Shlomo and was born in Pultusk in 1862. He married a woman, Rebecca (Rivka), and they apparently immigrated to the United States about 1890 and settled in Memphis. They had a daughter, Dorothy (Dora), born in Memphis in 1895. Some time after they immigrated, they took the family name BROADMAN. Rebecca died in 1898 in Memphis. In 1899, Samuel had apparently moved to Rochester, NY, where he married Rose WEISS, who was born in 1873 in Russia. Samuel and Rose had three children, Reuben (Ralph), born in 1902; Esther, born in 1905; and Marian Gertrude, born in 1913. Esther died in 1906. Rose died in 1923 in Rochester. Then Samuel married a woman named Annie (Anne), born about 1875 in Austria, in 1924 in Rochester. Samuel died in 1940 in Rochester. I would very much like to fill in the gaps with the BROADMAN family. Although they briefly lived in Memphis, they apparently spent most of their lives in Rochester. If anyone has any information on this family, please contact me privately. Sheldon Dan Memphis, TNsheldan1955@bellsouth.net
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Samuel (Shlomo) SOBOTA/BROADMAN
#general
Sheldon Dan <sheldan1955@...>
My great-grandmother Zipora (Annie) SOBOTA was born in Pultusk, Poland in 1856 and
died in Memphis, TN in 1947. She had three sisters and a brother. My interest here is in the brother, who was named Samuel or Shlomo and was born in Pultusk in 1862. He married a woman, Rebecca (Rivka), and they apparently immigrated to the United States about 1890 and settled in Memphis. They had a daughter, Dorothy (Dora), born in Memphis in 1895. Some time after they immigrated, they took the family name BROADMAN. Rebecca died in 1898 in Memphis. In 1899, Samuel had apparently moved to Rochester, NY, where he married Rose WEISS, who was born in 1873 in Russia. Samuel and Rose had three children, Reuben (Ralph), born in 1902; Esther, born in 1905; and Marian Gertrude, born in 1913. Esther died in 1906. Rose died in 1923 in Rochester. Then Samuel married a woman named Annie (Anne), born about 1875 in Austria, in 1924 in Rochester. Samuel died in 1940 in Rochester. I would very much like to fill in the gaps with the BROADMAN family. Although they briefly lived in Memphis, they apparently spent most of their lives in Rochester. If anyone has any information on this family, please contact me privately. Sheldon Dan Memphis, TNsheldan1955@bellsouth.net
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RESEARCH FAMILY AISENGART
#ukraine
Lemberski Evelyne
My great grandmother married to Reisl Low Efraim (or Froim) GURFINCHEL, my great grandfather.
Sender Moshkovich AYZENGART living in Soroca Moshko Sandlerovoch AYZENGART living in Soroca RATA IHILEVNA AISENGART and Reisl Low Efraim (or Froim) GURFINCHEL were born in the years 1865/1880. Could you please send me more information about this AYZENGART family living in Soroca that is to say the nature of the family relationship, date of birth, marriage and death, occupation? Thank you to please contact me at the following address: evelynelemberski@yahoo.fr Evelyne Lemberski
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine RESEARCH FAMILY AISENGART
#ukraine
Lemberski Evelyne
My great grandmother married to Reisl Low Efraim (or Froim) GURFINCHEL, my great grandfather.
Sender Moshkovich AYZENGART living in Soroca Moshko Sandlerovoch AYZENGART living in Soroca RATA IHILEVNA AISENGART and Reisl Low Efraim (or Froim) GURFINCHEL were born in the years 1865/1880. Could you please send me more information about this AYZENGART family living in Soroca that is to say the nature of the family relationship, date of birth, marriage and death, occupation? Thank you to please contact me at the following address: evelynelemberski@yahoo.fr Evelyne Lemberski
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JOWBR and memorial plaques databases
#southafrica
Saul Issroff
Nolan Altman advises:
We're in the process of preparing for our next semi-annual updates. In order to make sure that all data is live before the summer IAJGS conference in Seattle, we will include all data received by May 31 in the next update. The data should go live in June. For more information on submissions, please see the following JewishGen pages: JOWBR: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm Memorial Plaques Databases: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have any questions, please contact Nolan directly Nolan Altman <nta@pipeline.com>. There have been few (if any) memorial plaque submissions relating to SA. Please see if you have any images >from any part of the country. Saul Issroff
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South Africa SIG #SouthAfrica JOWBR and memorial plaques databases
#southafrica
Saul Issroff
Nolan Altman advises:
We're in the process of preparing for our next semi-annual updates. In order to make sure that all data is live before the summer IAJGS conference in Seattle, we will include all data received by May 31 in the next update. The data should go live in June. For more information on submissions, please see the following JewishGen pages: JOWBR: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm Memorial Plaques Databases: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm If you have any questions, please contact Nolan directly Nolan Altman <nta@pipeline.com>. There have been few (if any) memorial plaque submissions relating to SA. Please see if you have any images >from any part of the country. Saul Issroff
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KehilaLinks Project Report for April 2016
#latinamerica
bounce-3140987-772964@...
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants: Berezne (Berezno, Brezhna), Ukraine Created by Meredith Hoffman Webmaster Richard L. Baum http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/berezne/index.asp ~~~ Hoboken, New Jersey, USA Created by Janet Marcus http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/hoboken/ ~~~ Jelgava (Mitau, Mitav), Latvia Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/jelgava ~~~ Kaliningrad (Konigsberg, Kenigsberg), Russia Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kaliningrad ~~~ Ramygala (Remigole), Lithuania Created by Alan Nathan http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ramygala/ramygala.html ~~~ Ziezmariai (Zhezmir), Lithuania Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ziezmariai ~~~ KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED: Barysh (Barysz) (G), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Suchostaw/sl_barysz.htm ~~~ Dashev (Dashiev), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Dashev/ ~~~ Muizenberg, South Africa http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/muizenberg ~~~ Seduva (Shadeve), Lithuania http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Seduva/ ~~~ Ukmerge (Vilkomir), Lithuania http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ukmerge ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage please contact us at: <bloch@mts.net>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteer webpage designers who will help you create a webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator
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Latin America #LatinAmerica KehilaLinks Project Report for April 2016
#latinamerica
bounce-3140987-772964@...
We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants: Berezne (Berezno, Brezhna), Ukraine Created by Meredith Hoffman Webmaster Richard L. Baum http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/berezne/index.asp ~~~ Hoboken, New Jersey, USA Created by Janet Marcus http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/hoboken/ ~~~ Jelgava (Mitau, Mitav), Latvia Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/jelgava ~~~ Kaliningrad (Konigsberg, Kenigsberg), Russia Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kaliningrad ~~~ Ramygala (Remigole), Lithuania Created by Alan Nathan http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ramygala/ramygala.html ~~~ Ziezmariai (Zhezmir), Lithuania Created by Eli Rabinowitz http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ziezmariai ~~~ KEHILALINKS WEBPAGES RECENTLY UPDATED: Barysh (Barysz) (G), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Suchostaw/sl_barysz.htm ~~~ Dashev (Dashiev), Ukraine http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Dashev/ ~~~ Muizenberg, South Africa http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/muizenberg ~~~ Seduva (Shadeve), Lithuania http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Seduva/ ~~~ Ukmerge (Vilkomir), Lithuania http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ukmerge ~~~ If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage please contact us at: <bloch@mts.net>. NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated volunteer webpage designers who will help you create a webpage. Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator
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meaning of appended notes on birth records etc.
#galicia
Sally Vetstein <svetter@...>
Dear Geshers,
This is a general question about birth records and marriage records in Poland. I have seen appended entries to the original records that pertain to the later marriage by civil authorities that often refer to original birth records etc. in a number format. Ex. 47/881. I think the 881 usually is the year: 1881 for instance. What is your guess on the first number? Would it be an entry number of some sort? I have also seen references to military passbooks. Does anyone know if these passbooks can be traced? Thanks, Sally Vetstein
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia meaning of appended notes on birth records etc.
#galicia
Sally Vetstein <svetter@...>
Dear Geshers,
This is a general question about birth records and marriage records in Poland. I have seen appended entries to the original records that pertain to the later marriage by civil authorities that often refer to original birth records etc. in a number format. Ex. 47/881. I think the 881 usually is the year: 1881 for instance. What is your guess on the first number? Would it be an entry number of some sort? I have also seen references to military passbooks. Does anyone know if these passbooks can be traced? Thanks, Sally Vetstein
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Hungarian Database Additions
#hungary
Vivian Kahn
I am very pleased to announce two recent uploads to the JewishGen Hungary Database:
The Hungarian Other Census Records collection, which includes a wide variety of records >from census dating back to the last quarter of the 18th century, has been updated to include additional records >from Maramaros, Szatmar, and Zemplen counties increasing the total to 82,600 records. This collection list names and other information about Jews in Hungary drawn >from local census, tax lists and household lists created by the Kingdom of Hungary and the Austrian Empire, in addition to the 1828 Landowner Census [VagyonÜsszeirÃ¥s - 1828], the 1848 Census of Jews [Conscriptio Judaerum 1848] and the 1869 total population of Hungary. Many of these records provided data for calculating the notorious â??Tolerance Taxâ?? that was levied against the Jewish communities throughout Hungary. Thanks to all of the volunteers who have been contributing to this effort and, of course, to Coordinator Eric Bloch, who is always on the look-out for new census resources. For more information about this collection go to http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Hungary/CensusOther.htm Also new to the Hungary database are 217 names >from a Holocaust Memorial in present-day Backa Topola, Serbia, formerly Topolya in Bacs-Bodrog megye, Hungary. The names have been added to the Hungarian Holocaust Memorials Database http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Hungary/HolocaustMemorials.htm. The database now includes more than 23,000 martyrs whose names are recorded on Holocaust memorials in 37 communities in present-day Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. This addition was transcribed by Project Coordinator Larry Kohn >from a photograph donated by Catherine Adam. Watch for other upcoming additions including: Hungarian Jewish Lawyers list of more than 3400 Hungarian Jewish lawyers, many of whom were murdered during the Shoah, and whose offices and clients were transferred to non-Jewish lawyers in 1944. Eastern Slovakia Survivorsâ??The names, birthplaces, and other information about 775 Jews >from Eastern Slovakia who were deported and survived or hid during the Holocaust. Wallenberg Passport List including names, birthdates and places, and addresses for more than 4,000 Jews who received "protective passportsâ?? authorized by the Swedish government and issued by Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg. The passports identified the bearers as Swedish subjects awaiting repatriation. The list also includes the addresses of the buildings where the individual was sheltered in Budapest. Abauj-Torna 1848 Jewish Census Records with new records >from the 1848 Jewish Census that were found in the Hungarian National Archives and have not been filmed by FamilySearch. Please contact me for information about these and other Hungarian SIG projects and to find out how you can help to grow our resources for those researching their Hungarian Jewish families. Vivian Kahn, Oakland, California JewishGen Hungarian SIG Coordinator
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Hungarian Database Additions
#hungary
Vivian Kahn
I am very pleased to announce two recent uploads to the JewishGen Hungary Database:
The Hungarian Other Census Records collection, which includes a wide variety of records >from census dating back to the last quarter of the 18th century, has been updated to include additional records >from Maramaros, Szatmar, and Zemplen counties increasing the total to 82,600 records. This collection list names and other information about Jews in Hungary drawn >from local census, tax lists and household lists created by the Kingdom of Hungary and the Austrian Empire, in addition to the 1828 Landowner Census [VagyonÜsszeirÃ¥s - 1828], the 1848 Census of Jews [Conscriptio Judaerum 1848] and the 1869 total population of Hungary. Many of these records provided data for calculating the notorious â??Tolerance Taxâ?? that was levied against the Jewish communities throughout Hungary. Thanks to all of the volunteers who have been contributing to this effort and, of course, to Coordinator Eric Bloch, who is always on the look-out for new census resources. For more information about this collection go to http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Hungary/CensusOther.htm Also new to the Hungary database are 217 names >from a Holocaust Memorial in present-day Backa Topola, Serbia, formerly Topolya in Bacs-Bodrog megye, Hungary. The names have been added to the Hungarian Holocaust Memorials Database http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Hungary/HolocaustMemorials.htm. The database now includes more than 23,000 martyrs whose names are recorded on Holocaust memorials in 37 communities in present-day Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. This addition was transcribed by Project Coordinator Larry Kohn >from a photograph donated by Catherine Adam. Watch for other upcoming additions including: Hungarian Jewish Lawyers list of more than 3400 Hungarian Jewish lawyers, many of whom were murdered during the Shoah, and whose offices and clients were transferred to non-Jewish lawyers in 1944. Eastern Slovakia Survivorsâ??The names, birthplaces, and other information about 775 Jews >from Eastern Slovakia who were deported and survived or hid during the Holocaust. Wallenberg Passport List including names, birthdates and places, and addresses for more than 4,000 Jews who received "protective passportsâ?? authorized by the Swedish government and issued by Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg. The passports identified the bearers as Swedish subjects awaiting repatriation. The list also includes the addresses of the buildings where the individual was sheltered in Budapest. Abauj-Torna 1848 Jewish Census Records with new records >from the 1848 Jewish Census that were found in the Hungarian National Archives and have not been filmed by FamilySearch. Please contact me for information about these and other Hungarian SIG projects and to find out how you can help to grow our resources for those researching their Hungarian Jewish families. Vivian Kahn, Oakland, California JewishGen Hungarian SIG Coordinator
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