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Eugene Oregon Genealogy Meeting May 11
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Reeva Kimble <rkimble@...>
The next regularly scheduled meeting of EugeneGen: The Eugene Oregon
Jewish Genealogy Study Group will be Wednesday, May 11, 2005 at 7:30 PM. Jonathan Seidel will present a talk on the Early Modern and Modern history of the Vilna Gubernia, the intersection of the Hasidic and Mitnagdic worlds and the history of the Polish/Lithuanian town of Postowe. He will focus on his father's lineage, in particular the Zeitl/Seidel/Sjeidl families >from 1750 to 1945. Our meetings are open to everyone. You are welcome to bring genealogy research questions, success stories, old photos, reference books and family heirlooms. EugeneGen members can borrow books and newsletters from our library and list family names and towns on the EugeneGen website. EugeneGen Web Site: http://www.nwfam.com/eugenegen.html Contact me if you need directions. Reeva Jacobson Kimble Eugene Oregon rkimble@uoregon.edu
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Eugene Oregon Genealogy Meeting May 11
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Reeva Kimble <rkimble@...>
The next regularly scheduled meeting of EugeneGen: The Eugene Oregon
Jewish Genealogy Study Group will be Wednesday, May 11, 2005 at 7:30 PM. Jonathan Seidel will present a talk on the Early Modern and Modern history of the Vilna Gubernia, the intersection of the Hasidic and Mitnagdic worlds and the history of the Polish/Lithuanian town of Postowe. He will focus on his father's lineage, in particular the Zeitl/Seidel/Sjeidl families >from 1750 to 1945. Our meetings are open to everyone. You are welcome to bring genealogy research questions, success stories, old photos, reference books and family heirlooms. EugeneGen members can borrow books and newsletters from our library and list family names and towns on the EugeneGen website. EugeneGen Web Site: http://www.nwfam.com/eugenegen.html Contact me if you need directions. Reeva Jacobson Kimble Eugene Oregon rkimble@uoregon.edu
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French/English TRANSLATION - Death Certificate
#france
Caroline <cfb@...>
Hi,
I have just received the death certificate of my great, great grandfather - written in French and was wondering if anyone might be able to translate it for me? Unfortunately, it would need to be by post, as I don't have access to a scanner, in order to e-mail it. With many thanks, Sincerely Caroline Faunce-Brown (Lancashire, England) cfb@pobox.com Researching: ADLER and VERGOTTINI MODERATOR: please reply privately to "Caroline" <cfb@pobox.com>
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French SIG #France French/English TRANSLATION - Death Certificate
#france
Caroline <cfb@...>
Hi,
I have just received the death certificate of my great, great grandfather - written in French and was wondering if anyone might be able to translate it for me? Unfortunately, it would need to be by post, as I don't have access to a scanner, in order to e-mail it. With many thanks, Sincerely Caroline Faunce-Brown (Lancashire, England) cfb@pobox.com Researching: ADLER and VERGOTTINI MODERATOR: please reply privately to "Caroline" <cfb@pobox.com>
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Re: frenchsig digest: May 03, 2005
#france
Doug Stern <shlomoson@...>
Dear French Jewishgeners,
My mothers side of the family are french Jews who escaped >from Spain around 1492 to France and then to England and in the late 1800's came here to Winnipeg, Canada. What I would like to ask is if any one knows how common it was for Jews in Spain and France to have the name LEFARRENT and WELLS? Family tradition says that they shortened the name to FARRENT when they moved to England. Here are the names I am trying to track down. Thomas FARRENT born 1812 in London,Soho,Middlesex, England. He had a daughter named Caroline FARRENT born 1836 who married George W. WELLS born 1826 at WhiteWaltam,Berkshire, England. They came to Canada in the early 1900's. Does this ring a bell with anyone out there? Thanks for your help. Sincerely, D.E.STERN MODERATOR: please include where your are residing town/country
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French SIG #France RE: frenchsig digest: May 03, 2005
#france
Doug Stern <shlomoson@...>
Dear French Jewishgeners,
My mothers side of the family are french Jews who escaped >from Spain around 1492 to France and then to England and in the late 1800's came here to Winnipeg, Canada. What I would like to ask is if any one knows how common it was for Jews in Spain and France to have the name LEFARRENT and WELLS? Family tradition says that they shortened the name to FARRENT when they moved to England. Here are the names I am trying to track down. Thomas FARRENT born 1812 in London,Soho,Middlesex, England. He had a daughter named Caroline FARRENT born 1836 who married George W. WELLS born 1826 at WhiteWaltam,Berkshire, England. They came to Canada in the early 1900's. Does this ring a bell with anyone out there? Thanks for your help. Sincerely, D.E.STERN MODERATOR: please include where your are residing town/country
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Slave labour camps in North Africa
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Doug Mason
Dear Siggers,
Please excuse my basic question, but I have been looking at the stories of the French experience during WW2 for only the past few weeks. The following is my understanding: In 1941 (1942 as well?), the Vichy government used interned people to work on the Trans-Sahara railway. There were 17 slave labour concentration camps in North Africa: 3 in Morocco, 3 in Algeria, 7 in Tunisia and 4 in Libya. On the eve of the American and British invasion of North Africa on 8 November 1942 ("Operation Torch"), some four thousand Jewish prisoners were being held in camps in the south of Morocco and in Algeria. On 12 November 1942, a few days after the Allies invaded, the French troops of the Vichy government went over to the Allies, and an armistice was concluded. MY QUESTIONS: 1. Are there lists giving the names of internees at each of the slave labour camps? 2. Following the armistice, did these “troops of the Vichy government†or any of the internees take part in subsequent fighting in North Africa against the Germans and Italians? 3. What did the internees of the Camps do following the armistice? Did they continue working on the trans-Sahara railway? Could they return to Vichy France? Doug Mason Melbourne Australia
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French SIG #France Slave labour camps in North Africa
#france
Doug Mason
Dear Siggers,
Please excuse my basic question, but I have been looking at the stories of the French experience during WW2 for only the past few weeks. The following is my understanding: In 1941 (1942 as well?), the Vichy government used interned people to work on the Trans-Sahara railway. There were 17 slave labour concentration camps in North Africa: 3 in Morocco, 3 in Algeria, 7 in Tunisia and 4 in Libya. On the eve of the American and British invasion of North Africa on 8 November 1942 ("Operation Torch"), some four thousand Jewish prisoners were being held in camps in the south of Morocco and in Algeria. On 12 November 1942, a few days after the Allies invaded, the French troops of the Vichy government went over to the Allies, and an armistice was concluded. MY QUESTIONS: 1. Are there lists giving the names of internees at each of the slave labour camps? 2. Following the armistice, did these “troops of the Vichy government†or any of the internees take part in subsequent fighting in North Africa against the Germans and Italians? 3. What did the internees of the Camps do following the armistice? Did they continue working on the trans-Sahara railway? Could they return to Vichy France? Doug Mason Melbourne Australia
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Should I Call?
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steven weiss <szome@...>
I have phone numbers for two JGFF researchers who have not responded to my
emails and snail mail. Should I call these persons or would that just make these persons angry? These persons have listed names and towns that bear relevance to my own search. Steven Weiss Chicago VOLK >from Pazelva KANTOR and SCHWARTZBERG >from Rokiskis area
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Should I Call?
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steven weiss <szome@...>
I have phone numbers for two JGFF researchers who have not responded to my
emails and snail mail. Should I call these persons or would that just make these persons angry? These persons have listed names and towns that bear relevance to my own search. Steven Weiss Chicago VOLK >from Pazelva KANTOR and SCHWARTZBERG >from Rokiskis area
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THE TIMES DIGITAL ARCHIVE
#unitedkingdom
Caroline <cfb@...>
Hello,
Thank you so much for all the replies re. this newspaper's archive. I have at last received a reply >from Gale's feedback form as follows: "Thank you for your interest in the Times Digital Archive. Due to our agreement with The Times, this database is only available for purchase to institutions with official libraries such as academic institutions and public libraries. Should you wish to access this database, please let me know where you are located and I will let you know which library closest to you has a subscription. Please feel free to contact me for any further information, Best regards, Sales Advisor EMEA Thomson Learning, High Holborn House, 50-51 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4LR Tel: +44 (0)20 7067 2665 ; Fax: +44 (0)20 7067 2600 ; www.thomsonlearning.co.uk " So I'm just waiting to hear >from them re. the nearest subscription to Lancaster/Preston (neither of these libraries could help beyond indexed microfilms). from everyone's replies, I wonder if Lancaster University has a copy...andwill post their response. Thank you again and thanks to the lady who originally mentioned that it was free online for a week. Through this posting, I then discovered my gx2 grandfather's death notice, found a copy of his death certificate in France and this noted his parents names (amazingly!) - which provided an official document linking him to his parents, sybling, grandparents and great grandparents and his home community in Germany. Best wishes, Caroline Faunce-Brown cfb@pobox.com Lancaster, England Researching; ADLER and Vergottini
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom THE TIMES DIGITAL ARCHIVE
#unitedkingdom
Caroline <cfb@...>
Hello,
Thank you so much for all the replies re. this newspaper's archive. I have at last received a reply >from Gale's feedback form as follows: "Thank you for your interest in the Times Digital Archive. Due to our agreement with The Times, this database is only available for purchase to institutions with official libraries such as academic institutions and public libraries. Should you wish to access this database, please let me know where you are located and I will let you know which library closest to you has a subscription. Please feel free to contact me for any further information, Best regards, Sales Advisor EMEA Thomson Learning, High Holborn House, 50-51 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4LR Tel: +44 (0)20 7067 2665 ; Fax: +44 (0)20 7067 2600 ; www.thomsonlearning.co.uk " So I'm just waiting to hear >from them re. the nearest subscription to Lancaster/Preston (neither of these libraries could help beyond indexed microfilms). from everyone's replies, I wonder if Lancaster University has a copy...andwill post their response. Thank you again and thanks to the lady who originally mentioned that it was free online for a week. Through this posting, I then discovered my gx2 grandfather's death notice, found a copy of his death certificate in France and this noted his parents names (amazingly!) - which provided an official document linking him to his parents, sybling, grandparents and great grandparents and his home community in Germany. Best wishes, Caroline Faunce-Brown cfb@pobox.com Lancaster, England Researching; ADLER and Vergottini
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Re: Paktu Krow
#poland
Jacob D. Goldstein <jake@...>
On 2005.04.27, I wrote:
In an 1827 marriage record >from Siennica, both the groom's familyI want to thank Judy Baston, Jurek Hirschberg, and Tzilla Kratter who responded privately to my query. No one knew exactly what "Paktu Krow" meant but they all guessed that both families were in the business of renting cows. I suppose that if you lived in a town, you could find milk to purchase, but if you lived in a rural area, a few kilometers away >from the nearest town, you had the option of renting a cow if you couldn't afford to purchase one or if you had to wait some time to obtain your own. I also want to thank those who thought I may have misread the document and asked me to send it to them. I ended up placing the relevant portion on Viewmate < see http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6010 If you have any bright ideas, please write to me. Jake Goldstein Boston, USA mailto:jake@acm.org
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JRI Poland #Poland Re: Paktu Krow
#poland
Jacob D. Goldstein <jake@...>
On 2005.04.27, I wrote:
In an 1827 marriage record >from Siennica, both the groom's familyI want to thank Judy Baston, Jurek Hirschberg, and Tzilla Kratter who responded privately to my query. No one knew exactly what "Paktu Krow" meant but they all guessed that both families were in the business of renting cows. I suppose that if you lived in a town, you could find milk to purchase, but if you lived in a rural area, a few kilometers away >from the nearest town, you had the option of renting a cow if you couldn't afford to purchase one or if you had to wait some time to obtain your own. I also want to thank those who thought I may have misread the document and asked me to send it to them. I ended up placing the relevant portion on Viewmate < see http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6010 If you have any bright ideas, please write to me. Jake Goldstein Boston, USA mailto:jake@acm.org
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Jewry from Kurland
#latvia
Anna v. Villiez <annavonvilliez@...>
dear everyone,
i am trying to find out more about the living and working of jews in Kurland in the 19th century. there is one question i find hard to answer, maybe someone can help: in what way did the jewry in Kurland differ >from jews in other parts of eastern europe especially >from the ones living within the Pale of Settlemen?. I understand they spoke German (and not Jiddish) as their first language and were influenced by the German nobility in Kurland. I would like to know if there is more literature on this subject, for excample concerning their economical situation towards the end of the 19th century. Was there as much poverty as there was among the jews in other areas in that time? What where their reasons to emigrate? Was is the fear of being recruited by the Russian Army or were there also econonical reasons? I would appreciate any answer! Please excuse my not so perfect English. Best wishes, Anna v. Villiez Hamburg, Germany BRAUN, Elias and Sofia, (and children Moritz, Sara, Anna)
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Jewry from Kurland
#latvia
Anna v. Villiez <annavonvilliez@...>
dear everyone,
i am trying to find out more about the living and working of jews in Kurland in the 19th century. there is one question i find hard to answer, maybe someone can help: in what way did the jewry in Kurland differ >from jews in other parts of eastern europe especially >from the ones living within the Pale of Settlemen?. I understand they spoke German (and not Jiddish) as their first language and were influenced by the German nobility in Kurland. I would like to know if there is more literature on this subject, for excample concerning their economical situation towards the end of the 19th century. Was there as much poverty as there was among the jews in other areas in that time? What where their reasons to emigrate? Was is the fear of being recruited by the Russian Army or were there also econonical reasons? I would appreciate any answer! Please excuse my not so perfect English. Best wishes, Anna v. Villiez Hamburg, Germany BRAUN, Elias and Sofia, (and children Moritz, Sara, Anna)
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Kossover Society at New Montifiore Cemetery
#general
Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
In Rabbi Alvin M. Poplack's book "Carved in Granite" he mentions the
Kossover Soceity with a memorial at the New Montifiore Cemetery. Does anyone know if this Kossover Society is connected with Kosovo in Belarus or is it connected with the Kosovo in Galicia? Does anyone know how to contace Rabbi Alvin M. Poplack in Florida? Thanks Rose Feldman Mscibov Belarus www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mschibow Ruzhany & Kossovo Belarus www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ruzhany Litin Podolia Ukraine www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Litin Kalinovka Vinnesta Ukraine www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kalinovka
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Kossover Society at New Montifiore Cemetery
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Rose Feldman <rosef@...>
In Rabbi Alvin M. Poplack's book "Carved in Granite" he mentions the
Kossover Soceity with a memorial at the New Montifiore Cemetery. Does anyone know if this Kossover Society is connected with Kosovo in Belarus or is it connected with the Kosovo in Galicia? Does anyone know how to contace Rabbi Alvin M. Poplack in Florida? Thanks Rose Feldman Mscibov Belarus www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mschibow Ruzhany & Kossovo Belarus www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ruzhany Litin Podolia Ukraine www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Litin Kalinovka Vinnesta Ukraine www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kalinovka
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The Survivors Story
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Mary Klevitsky
Hello, Genners,
I think you might be interested in watching this documentary: Survivors' stories Teenager Zach Smilovitz interviews his grandparents, who are Holocaust survivors. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ On this link (see above), go to the top right and click on the 'Survivors’ story' Regards, Mary Klevitsky Harrisburg, PA USA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen The Survivors Story
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Mary Klevitsky
Hello, Genners,
I think you might be interested in watching this documentary: Survivors' stories Teenager Zach Smilovitz interviews his grandparents, who are Holocaust survivors. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ On this link (see above), go to the top right and click on the 'Survivors’ story' Regards, Mary Klevitsky Harrisburg, PA USA
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