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Re: Actual name of Reichenbach
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Alexander Sharon <sharon@...>
Luiz Alfredo Lilienthal wrote:
I have a clue pointing to the city of Reichenbach (Upper Silesia -Nowadays name has been changed to Dzierzoniow [dzhye rzho nyuff]. Location is not in Upper Silesia (Obeschliesen) but in Lower Silesia (Wroclaw = Breslau) region. Alexander Sharon
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Actual name of Reichenbach
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Alexander Sharon <sharon@...>
Luiz Alfredo Lilienthal wrote:
I have a clue pointing to the city of Reichenbach (Upper Silesia -Nowadays name has been changed to Dzierzoniow [dzhye rzho nyuff]. Location is not in Upper Silesia (Obeschliesen) but in Lower Silesia (Wroclaw = Breslau) region. Alexander Sharon
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Searching: TEPERBERG/LEGONSKY/LEGON
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Steve Taylor <a001493t@...>
I am seeking to have contact with persons by the name of TEPERBERG or
descendants in or >from Jerusalem, Israel. Also, another affiliation is from the TEPERBERG WINE & LIQUOR COMPANY still in Jerusalem.Legonsky/Legon.....I would anticipate that most came over >from Russia and had the name shortened >from Legonsky to Legon. I know that there are many in the U.S. I am seeking contact with them as I believe that we may be related. My great-great grandfather had four (4) wives and children with each one. Thanks for the help. Steve Taylor
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Re: NARA & SSDI Order
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Corin Goodwin <corin@...>
From: "David Gershon Leventhal" <David_Gershon@iname.com> Back in the beginning of September, I sent a request to NARA forNot necessarily. It took *months* for them to get back to me, and then (unfortunately) it was with bad news -- they couldn't find any of my requested info. You can certainly try calling or writing again -- it can't hurt -- but the long wait seems pretty standard. //Corin Barsily Goodwin Cupertino, CA USA BARSILA/BARZILY/BARZILOV -- Russia; Scotland; NYC BASOK/BARSACH -- Orsha (Mogilev), Belarus; Scotland; NYC; Rhode Island BRAUN -- Hungary; NYC ...WEISS -- Hungary; NYC; Middlesex, NJ DU BOFF/MISTROFF -- Gorodische (Baronovich), Belarus; NYC & Long Island KANEFSKY and RIVKIN -- Elizabetgrod, Ukraine; NYC SIGAAR -- Amsterdam ...VAN SANTEN -- Amsterdam; NYC
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching: TEPERBERG/LEGONSKY/LEGON
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Steve Taylor <a001493t@...>
I am seeking to have contact with persons by the name of TEPERBERG or
descendants in or >from Jerusalem, Israel. Also, another affiliation is from the TEPERBERG WINE & LIQUOR COMPANY still in Jerusalem.Legonsky/Legon.....I would anticipate that most came over >from Russia and had the name shortened >from Legonsky to Legon. I know that there are many in the U.S. I am seeking contact with them as I believe that we may be related. My great-great grandfather had four (4) wives and children with each one. Thanks for the help. Steve Taylor
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: NARA & SSDI Order
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Corin Goodwin <corin@...>
From: "David Gershon Leventhal" <David_Gershon@iname.com> Back in the beginning of September, I sent a request to NARA forNot necessarily. It took *months* for them to get back to me, and then (unfortunately) it was with bad news -- they couldn't find any of my requested info. You can certainly try calling or writing again -- it can't hurt -- but the long wait seems pretty standard. //Corin Barsily Goodwin Cupertino, CA USA BARSILA/BARZILY/BARZILOV -- Russia; Scotland; NYC BASOK/BARSACH -- Orsha (Mogilev), Belarus; Scotland; NYC; Rhode Island BRAUN -- Hungary; NYC ...WEISS -- Hungary; NYC; Middlesex, NJ DU BOFF/MISTROFF -- Gorodische (Baronovich), Belarus; NYC & Long Island KANEFSKY and RIVKIN -- Elizabetgrod, Ukraine; NYC SIGAAR -- Amsterdam ...VAN SANTEN -- Amsterdam; NYC
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Searching: LESSER, KRZESINSKA, WILNER, WOLMAN, Warszawa,
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Pawel Tomaszewski <petomasz@...>
Preparing the monograph of Prof. Jan Czochralski (1885-1953), famous
polish metallurgist and chemist, I have some questions to answer. Could you help me ? 1. It concerns the aid of Prof. Czochralski offered to two Jewish women during World War II: Leonora (or: Eleonora) LESSER and B. KRZESINSKA. I don't know what was their residence before WWII. I suppose only that it was Warsaw in Poland. Both were kept in hiding in the house of Czochralski at the address: ul. Nabielaka in Warsaw (Warszawa), Poland. Could you help me in verifying this fact ? How to find the families of those women ? What institution could help in my search ? 2. I have also another problem concerning the last War. I am searching the owners (or directors ?) of the metallurgic wholesale firm "Graff S." (address before the War: ul. Grzybowska 10, Warsaw, Poland) - A. WILNER and M. WOLMAN. What happened to those men ? Are the families living now in Israel ? During the War, Prof. Czochralski according to the gentleman agreement, was a formal owner of the "Graff S." establishment. He paid some money to the Warsaw Ghetto (to former owners ?). Could you help me in the verification of this fact ? Were those women and men saved >from Holocaust ? I will be grateful for any information that would help me in finding their families. I wish to establish contact with any of their descendants or relatives. With the best regards Dr Pawel TOMASZEWSKI Wroclaw - Poland
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching: LESSER, KRZESINSKA, WILNER, WOLMAN, Warszawa,
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Pawel Tomaszewski <petomasz@...>
Preparing the monograph of Prof. Jan Czochralski (1885-1953), famous
polish metallurgist and chemist, I have some questions to answer. Could you help me ? 1. It concerns the aid of Prof. Czochralski offered to two Jewish women during World War II: Leonora (or: Eleonora) LESSER and B. KRZESINSKA. I don't know what was their residence before WWII. I suppose only that it was Warsaw in Poland. Both were kept in hiding in the house of Czochralski at the address: ul. Nabielaka in Warsaw (Warszawa), Poland. Could you help me in verifying this fact ? How to find the families of those women ? What institution could help in my search ? 2. I have also another problem concerning the last War. I am searching the owners (or directors ?) of the metallurgic wholesale firm "Graff S." (address before the War: ul. Grzybowska 10, Warsaw, Poland) - A. WILNER and M. WOLMAN. What happened to those men ? Are the families living now in Israel ? During the War, Prof. Czochralski according to the gentleman agreement, was a formal owner of the "Graff S." establishment. He paid some money to the Warsaw Ghetto (to former owners ?). Could you help me in the verification of this fact ? Were those women and men saved >from Holocaust ? I will be grateful for any information that would help me in finding their families. I wish to establish contact with any of their descendants or relatives. With the best regards Dr Pawel TOMASZEWSKI Wroclaw - Poland
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Search REZINOVSKY, BENTOLILA, PESQUIN, RUTMAN
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Sir Alex <alerezi@...>
I search for my family,
Rezinovsky >from Kiev Ukrania. Bentolila >from Ceuta Pesquin >from Romania and Rutman I don't know more. I am alejandro Rezinvsky Poesquin >from Mendoza Argentina.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Search REZINOVSKY, BENTOLILA, PESQUIN, RUTMAN
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Sir Alex <alerezi@...>
I search for my family,
Rezinovsky >from Kiev Ukrania. Bentolila >from Ceuta Pesquin >from Romania and Rutman I don't know more. I am alejandro Rezinvsky Poesquin >from Mendoza Argentina.
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JewishGen needs your help to check town names
#hungary
Carol Skydell <skydell@...>
In conjunction with our soon to be launched ShtetlSchleppers
program which will be an educational/research oriented/record searching/information gathering trip to ancestral towns and shtetls, Lou Schonfeld pointed out that there were many errors in the towns we are listing. Because we are approaching the Hungarian Minister of Tourism, Lou suggested that these corrections could possibly be made by members of this SIG who have reference books as sources of information. It's even possible we have towns listed that are not any longer in hungary. It's much too big a job for one person so if we can attract some volunteers to tackle this task within the next week or 10 days, it would be a major help. Please get in touch with me directly and I'll email you a piece of the list. All I ask that you do is copy and show the correct spelling of the town as well as indicate the country if the town is no longer in Hungary. Many thanks for whatever help can be given by as many as possible. Carol Skydell JewishGen Operations
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Hungary SIG #Hungary JewishGen needs your help to check town names
#hungary
Carol Skydell <skydell@...>
In conjunction with our soon to be launched ShtetlSchleppers
program which will be an educational/research oriented/record searching/information gathering trip to ancestral towns and shtetls, Lou Schonfeld pointed out that there were many errors in the towns we are listing. Because we are approaching the Hungarian Minister of Tourism, Lou suggested that these corrections could possibly be made by members of this SIG who have reference books as sources of information. It's even possible we have towns listed that are not any longer in hungary. It's much too big a job for one person so if we can attract some volunteers to tackle this task within the next week or 10 days, it would be a major help. Please get in touch with me directly and I'll email you a piece of the list. All I ask that you do is copy and show the correct spelling of the town as well as indicate the country if the town is no longer in Hungary. Many thanks for whatever help can be given by as many as possible. Carol Skydell JewishGen Operations
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Maps
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Solicitors Chambers <lawful@...>
With the changing political boundaries of Russian/Prussian/Austrian
Poland, I think it would be helpful if someone published a kind of map with transparent sheets of political boundaries etc which you could lay over basic geographical maps with rivers, mountains, lakes, etc. Maybe it already exists? Ken Cohen
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Maps
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Solicitors Chambers <lawful@...>
With the changing political boundaries of Russian/Prussian/Austrian
Poland, I think it would be helpful if someone published a kind of map with transparent sheets of political boundaries etc which you could lay over basic geographical maps with rivers, mountains, lakes, etc. Maybe it already exists? Ken Cohen
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Problem with mapquest maps
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Jane Lachs <Jane@...>
Hallo all,
I use a screen capture programm (Corel Capture) then import the photo into a graphic programm. There I cut out the bits I don't need. Regards >from Jane Lachs in Munich Jane@Henio.Muc.De :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LACHS >from Striganka (Stryhance, Strygan'tse) Ukraine SILBERFELD >from Potoczany Ukraine STERN >from Brzezany (Berezany) Ukraine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Problem with mapquest maps
#general
Jane Lachs <Jane@...>
Hallo all,
I use a screen capture programm (Corel Capture) then import the photo into a graphic programm. There I cut out the bits I don't need. Regards >from Jane Lachs in Munich Jane@Henio.Muc.De :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LACHS >from Striganka (Stryhance, Strygan'tse) Ukraine SILBERFELD >from Potoczany Ukraine STERN >from Brzezany (Berezany) Ukraine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Mogilev Podolskiy, Ukraine.
#general
Gillian Zebaida
Can anyone out there who have already done some research in Molilev
Podolskiy, tell me where they got their information from. I went to the LDS in central London and asked for information, and was told that they had information only on Mogilev, Belarus "and it has to be the same, dear".....When the information came, it was of course, totally useless. Does anyone know if, in fact, LDS has the information that I require? Thanks Gillian Zebaida. Researching: AMERIKANER (Ickelheim), ATKINS (Boston), BLUMENTHAL / ROBBINS (San Francisco), DOLLAR/Dolliar / DUBE / ZASLAVER (Mogilev Podolskiy), EISMANN/EISEMANN (?Grosskrotzenberg), HERZBERGER / NORDHAUSER (Wustensachen),OPPENHEIMER (Worms), HIRSCHMANN / SCHMIDT (Grosskrotzenberg) REUS (Reis/Reiss), SHOVERS (Racine, Wi) WERTHEIMER (Mannheim), ZEBAIDA (Anywhere)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Mogilev Podolskiy, Ukraine.
#general
Gillian Zebaida
Can anyone out there who have already done some research in Molilev
Podolskiy, tell me where they got their information from. I went to the LDS in central London and asked for information, and was told that they had information only on Mogilev, Belarus "and it has to be the same, dear".....When the information came, it was of course, totally useless. Does anyone know if, in fact, LDS has the information that I require? Thanks Gillian Zebaida. Researching: AMERIKANER (Ickelheim), ATKINS (Boston), BLUMENTHAL / ROBBINS (San Francisco), DOLLAR/Dolliar / DUBE / ZASLAVER (Mogilev Podolskiy), EISMANN/EISEMANN (?Grosskrotzenberg), HERZBERGER / NORDHAUSER (Wustensachen),OPPENHEIMER (Worms), HIRSCHMANN / SCHMIDT (Grosskrotzenberg) REUS (Reis/Reiss), SHOVERS (Racine, Wi) WERTHEIMER (Mannheim), ZEBAIDA (Anywhere)
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Frensdorf, Bavaria.
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Martha Lev-Zion <martha@...>
Anyone who is searching for ancestors in Frensdorf, the Bamberg area of
Bavaria, if you would contact me, I might be able to help. Martha -- Martha LEVINSON Lev-Zion >from Israel <martha@bgumail.bgu.ac.il> Researching: LIEBERTHAL (Latvia/Lithuania) Anyplace in the world. HIM(M)ELHOCH (Latvia) Anyplace in the world. LEVOR/LEFOR (Barchfeld, Germany) Anyplace in the world. ROTHSCHILD (Bamberg, Germany) BERNET/BARNET (Frensdorf/Bamberg, Bavaria - Germany) HIMMELREICH (Frensdorf/Bamberg, Bavaria - Germany
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Frensdorf, Bavaria.
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Martha Lev-Zion <martha@...>
Anyone who is searching for ancestors in Frensdorf, the Bamberg area of
Bavaria, if you would contact me, I might be able to help. Martha -- Martha LEVINSON Lev-Zion >from Israel <martha@bgumail.bgu.ac.il> Researching: LIEBERTHAL (Latvia/Lithuania) Anyplace in the world. HIM(M)ELHOCH (Latvia) Anyplace in the world. LEVOR/LEFOR (Barchfeld, Germany) Anyplace in the world. ROTHSCHILD (Bamberg, Germany) BERNET/BARNET (Frensdorf/Bamberg, Bavaria - Germany) HIMMELREICH (Frensdorf/Bamberg, Bavaria - Germany
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