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ALBERT, LEVINE, BAUM Leipzig, Zgierz, Roosha(?) Germany/Poland
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Janet Reagan <sapres@...>
Searching:
Gm: Elizabeth ALBERT (DeYoung) 7/8/1890 - 3/11/1971 b. Toronto, Canada GGm: Bessie LEVINE b. Leipzig Germany; first husband _?___BAUM, one son Charlie Baum d. in 1960's in Philadelphia Bessie's 2nd husband, my GGf Jacob ALBERT born (his English transliteration:) Roosha, Poland 1856 - 1929. They married 5/3/1881 in Zgierz, Poland, came to Amer in 1882 anyone know where Roosha is, or if it is the expression for the time that Poland was under the Russian flag? Any idea how to find records for Zgierz or Liepzig? Would marriage license for Zgierz in 1881 be locatable. Trying to find out the birthplaces, ORIGINAL NAMES and PARENTS of my GGf, Jacob Albert, and GGm, Bessie Levine Baum Jacob. My grandmother Beth Albert DeYoung always said that she was >from Germany, but I believe that her father was >from Poland. Janet Goldstein Reagan Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ALBERT, LEVINE, BAUM Leipzig, Zgierz, Roosha(?) Germany/Poland
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Janet Reagan <sapres@...>
Searching:
Gm: Elizabeth ALBERT (DeYoung) 7/8/1890 - 3/11/1971 b. Toronto, Canada GGm: Bessie LEVINE b. Leipzig Germany; first husband _?___BAUM, one son Charlie Baum d. in 1960's in Philadelphia Bessie's 2nd husband, my GGf Jacob ALBERT born (his English transliteration:) Roosha, Poland 1856 - 1929. They married 5/3/1881 in Zgierz, Poland, came to Amer in 1882 anyone know where Roosha is, or if it is the expression for the time that Poland was under the Russian flag? Any idea how to find records for Zgierz or Liepzig? Would marriage license for Zgierz in 1881 be locatable. Trying to find out the birthplaces, ORIGINAL NAMES and PARENTS of my GGf, Jacob Albert, and GGm, Bessie Levine Baum Jacob. My grandmother Beth Albert DeYoung always said that she was >from Germany, but I believe that her father was >from Poland. Janet Goldstein Reagan Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Searching: Pearl COHN, Union, NJ
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Shirley Wilets
Searching for a second cousin, Pearl COHN, of Union, New Jersey.
I called information for her telephone number and was told that the phone was unlisted. Her parents were Morris and Dora Shapiro Pollack of Elizabeth, N.J. both deceased. They are survived by 8 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great granddaughter. I am hopeful that given the numbers of descendants I can make a connection with someone. Thanks for any suggestions. Shirley Wilets Chevy Chase, Maryland
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching: Pearl COHN, Union, NJ
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Shirley Wilets
Searching for a second cousin, Pearl COHN, of Union, New Jersey.
I called information for her telephone number and was told that the phone was unlisted. Her parents were Morris and Dora Shapiro Pollack of Elizabeth, N.J. both deceased. They are survived by 8 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great granddaughter. I am hopeful that given the numbers of descendants I can make a connection with someone. Thanks for any suggestions. Shirley Wilets Chevy Chase, Maryland
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Finding Family Rabbi
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Chloe2000@...
Can anyone help with advice on how to locate family Rabbis? I have basic
information on names, approx. dates (>from marriage certificates) and synagogues where they served--all New York City. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. J. Newmark (chloe2000@aol.com)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Finding Family Rabbi
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Chloe2000@...
Can anyone help with advice on how to locate family Rabbis? I have basic
information on names, approx. dates (>from marriage certificates) and synagogues where they served--all New York City. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. J. Newmark (chloe2000@aol.com)
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Yelets, Russia
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sjkmb4@...
My mggm and ggf, Jacob (Yankel) and Fannie (Faiga)(Weitzman) ROSENFIELD were
from Yelets, Russia. They arrived in US 1886, living in Providence, RI (10Shawmut St.) until about 1920 where he was a kosher butcher. Had 5 children that lived, Max, Charles, Louis, Corne (Ralph) and my gm Annie (her twin died at birth). Jacob had brothers Tevya, Menesha and Alda in RI. I have telegrams to my gm at her wedding in NJ (1917) >from Aunt Rebecca GORDON and Aunt Kate ABEDAN >from Providence. Cannot find out anything about these people. Have searched Jewish Gen, SSI index. Have no idea of when they died. Is there anyone in RI who can research these two women? Also, is anyone else out there researching Yelets ( 217 mi. s of Moscow)? I have been the only person on the database and Jewish Gen for this place. Sherry Kamens Wayne, NJ SJKMB4@aol.com Searching: LIPMAN, RESNICK, GORFEIN, KELLER, Vilnius LEHRHAFT, Cracow FINKEL, BAUR, Belyy Kamen, Zolochev KAMINSKY, Slutsk, Belarus
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Yelets, Russia
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sjkmb4@...
My mggm and ggf, Jacob (Yankel) and Fannie (Faiga)(Weitzman) ROSENFIELD were
from Yelets, Russia. They arrived in US 1886, living in Providence, RI (10Shawmut St.) until about 1920 where he was a kosher butcher. Had 5 children that lived, Max, Charles, Louis, Corne (Ralph) and my gm Annie (her twin died at birth). Jacob had brothers Tevya, Menesha and Alda in RI. I have telegrams to my gm at her wedding in NJ (1917) >from Aunt Rebecca GORDON and Aunt Kate ABEDAN >from Providence. Cannot find out anything about these people. Have searched Jewish Gen, SSI index. Have no idea of when they died. Is there anyone in RI who can research these two women? Also, is anyone else out there researching Yelets ( 217 mi. s of Moscow)? I have been the only person on the database and Jewish Gen for this place. Sherry Kamens Wayne, NJ SJKMB4@aol.com Searching: LIPMAN, RESNICK, GORFEIN, KELLER, Vilnius LEHRHAFT, Cracow FINKEL, BAUR, Belyy Kamen, Zolochev KAMINSKY, Slutsk, Belarus
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Surname TISHELMAN,TISCHELMAN,TYSZELMAN
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SueT <ronsue@...>
Hello, my name is Susan Tishelman, I received some paperwork >from a cousin
and the surname looks like it was FISZELMAN >from a Polish passport, does anyone know if this is the literal translation for this surname? Any help is appreciated. Thank You, Sincerely, Susan Tishelman
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Surname TISHELMAN,TISCHELMAN,TYSZELMAN
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SueT <ronsue@...>
Hello, my name is Susan Tishelman, I received some paperwork >from a cousin
and the surname looks like it was FISZELMAN >from a Polish passport, does anyone know if this is the literal translation for this surname? Any help is appreciated. Thank You, Sincerely, Susan Tishelman
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Re: Sanborn Atlases
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BFisch1957@...
In relation to the questions >from Bob Weiss in Palo Alto USA:
<<Does anyone know whether the versions being digitized are the originals or latest update versions or perhaps both?>> <<Do libraries maintain multiple versions for different years?>> "The Library accumulated its unsurpassed collection of fire insurance maps primarily through copyright deposit. In addition, the Bureau of the Census transferred a set of maps updated with pasted-on corrections through to the mid-1950s to the Library of Congress in 1967." (qouted from http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr016.html) A detailed description of the digitizing project can be found at http://lcweb.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9712/web/map.html More answers can be found on the Library of Congress web site (http://lcweb.loc.gov/), where a search on "Sanborn Maps" will lead several other URLs. Ben Fischler Glenn Dale, Maryland, USA Researching: FISCHLER, ERDTRACHTER, FUCHS, left Austro-Hungarian Empire for New York City USA in 1880s (possibly >from vicinity of Stanislawow (now Ivano-Frankivsk) and/or Chortkov--now in the Ukraine, then the Austrian province of Galicia) DEMLING, DEMERLING in early-mid-1800s Austro-Hungarian Empire and/or Romania
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen RE: Sanborn Atlases
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BFisch1957@...
In relation to the questions >from Bob Weiss in Palo Alto USA:
<<Does anyone know whether the versions being digitized are the originals or latest update versions or perhaps both?>> <<Do libraries maintain multiple versions for different years?>> "The Library accumulated its unsurpassed collection of fire insurance maps primarily through copyright deposit. In addition, the Bureau of the Census transferred a set of maps updated with pasted-on corrections through to the mid-1950s to the Library of Congress in 1967." (qouted from http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr016.html) A detailed description of the digitizing project can be found at http://lcweb.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9712/web/map.html More answers can be found on the Library of Congress web site (http://lcweb.loc.gov/), where a search on "Sanborn Maps" will lead several other URLs. Ben Fischler Glenn Dale, Maryland, USA Researching: FISCHLER, ERDTRACHTER, FUCHS, left Austro-Hungarian Empire for New York City USA in 1880s (possibly >from vicinity of Stanislawow (now Ivano-Frankivsk) and/or Chortkov--now in the Ukraine, then the Austrian province of Galicia) DEMLING, DEMERLING in early-mid-1800s Austro-Hungarian Empire and/or Romania
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DeYOUNG, DeBEER, KOEKOEK: Rotterdam, The Hague, in The
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Janet Reagan <sapres@...>
Gf: Lewis Jefferson DeYoung 6/11/1884 - 3/7/1952 b. Detroit, Mich
GGf: Samuel Dejong (2) 9/27/1845 - 1917 b. Rotterdam, came to Amer 1870-1873 married 8/10/1870 to GGm: Betje Koekoek (pron. "cucoo"?) 1840-1920 b. The Hague GGGf: David Koekoek - GGGm: Hesje DeBeer Have located a few descendants of Gf's brothers...anyone else out there? Also, descendants of GGf & GGm and GGGf & GGGm. Janet Goldstein Reagan <sapres@mindspring.com> Birmingham, Alabama, USA Janet Reagan
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen DeYOUNG, DeBEER, KOEKOEK: Rotterdam, The Hague, in The
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Janet Reagan <sapres@...>
Gf: Lewis Jefferson DeYoung 6/11/1884 - 3/7/1952 b. Detroit, Mich
GGf: Samuel Dejong (2) 9/27/1845 - 1917 b. Rotterdam, came to Amer 1870-1873 married 8/10/1870 to GGm: Betje Koekoek (pron. "cucoo"?) 1840-1920 b. The Hague GGGf: David Koekoek - GGGm: Hesje DeBeer Have located a few descendants of Gf's brothers...anyone else out there? Also, descendants of GGf & GGm and GGGf & GGGm. Janet Goldstein Reagan <sapres@mindspring.com> Birmingham, Alabama, USA Janet Reagan
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Poland Patronymic Era
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J Schamroth <scham@...>
I am working on my early ancestry >from Krakow, Poland ...in particular the
second half of the 18th century (about 1750 to 1800). This is the era prior to surnames when people merely had a patronymics (e.g., Izaak, son of Jakob). The absence of surnames makes this era particularly difficult to research, and I would very much like to hear >from anyone who has experience in this area (i.e., pre-1800 Krakow). I have quite a lot of family data (which is not >from my ancestry) that I can share with others who are specifically interested in this topic. Please reply privately, Julian Schamroth
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Poland Patronymic Era
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J Schamroth <scham@...>
I am working on my early ancestry >from Krakow, Poland ...in particular the
second half of the 18th century (about 1750 to 1800). This is the era prior to surnames when people merely had a patronymics (e.g., Izaak, son of Jakob). The absence of surnames makes this era particularly difficult to research, and I would very much like to hear >from anyone who has experience in this area (i.e., pre-1800 Krakow). I have quite a lot of family data (which is not >from my ancestry) that I can share with others who are specifically interested in this topic. Please reply privately, Julian Schamroth
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Searching: Schrage Feivish Meyer LAPIDUS, b.1846, Ekaterinaslav
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BREST FAMILY <angi@...>
Hallo Jewishgenners.
Elizabeth (Liz) Lapidus ZELVIN and myself are trying to enlarge on Liz's Family Tree. The earliest known Progenitor was Schrage Feivish Meyer LAPIDUS b. abt 1846 in Ekaterinaslav, (Kneipropetrovsk) Ukraine. His wife's name was Pearl. Schrage had the following children Michael (Liz's Grandfather) LAPIDUS, Hillel LAPIDUS , Sam LAPIDUS and Unknown Lapidus RUSSAKOV. It would appear >from the correspondence Liz and I have been involved in, that everyone with the name LAPIDUS that comes from Ekaterinaslav, has been part of Liz's family. If anyone knows of LAPIDUS from Ekaterinaslav, please reply privately to Liz ZELVINLizzelvin@aol.com or myself. Best wishes, Anne LAPEDUS BREST. Sandton South Africa. (ex Dublin, IRELAND) Researching: : LAPEDUS/LAPIDUS (all spellings) Lithuania, Latvia, Poland. BREST FAMILY from- Bauska, Latvia.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching: Schrage Feivish Meyer LAPIDUS, b.1846, Ekaterinaslav
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BREST FAMILY <angi@...>
Hallo Jewishgenners.
Elizabeth (Liz) Lapidus ZELVIN and myself are trying to enlarge on Liz's Family Tree. The earliest known Progenitor was Schrage Feivish Meyer LAPIDUS b. abt 1846 in Ekaterinaslav, (Kneipropetrovsk) Ukraine. His wife's name was Pearl. Schrage had the following children Michael (Liz's Grandfather) LAPIDUS, Hillel LAPIDUS , Sam LAPIDUS and Unknown Lapidus RUSSAKOV. It would appear >from the correspondence Liz and I have been involved in, that everyone with the name LAPIDUS that comes from Ekaterinaslav, has been part of Liz's family. If anyone knows of LAPIDUS from Ekaterinaslav, please reply privately to Liz ZELVINLizzelvin@aol.com or myself. Best wishes, Anne LAPEDUS BREST. Sandton South Africa. (ex Dublin, IRELAND) Researching: : LAPEDUS/LAPIDUS (all spellings) Lithuania, Latvia, Poland. BREST FAMILY from- Bauska, Latvia.
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going back home
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Margalit & Alon Modai <modai@...>
Dear H-SIG members!
I'm happy to say that I'll be going back to Israel with my family in a few weeks. Soon I'll unsubscribe and then subscribe under a new e-mail. see you all, and happy birthday Louis, Margalit (Mocsari)Modai. mod.- I'm sure others will send you their best wishes directly. However, on behalf of the sig, I would like to wish you the best of Mazal and great success. Israel is the single greatest repository in the world of Hungarian Jewish genealogy information. Not long ago, there was only the IGS based in Jerusalem and the Galil group. Now there are growing groups in the Negev, Tel Aviv and as well. There are also at least two centers in Israel for specifically Hungarian Jewish research: The Museum for Hungarian Speaking Jewry located in Safed (Tzefat) and Yad L'eyd located on Moshav Nir Galim (close to Ashdod). We look forward to your re-establishing e-mail contact with us soon.LS
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Hungary SIG #Hungary going back home
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Margalit & Alon Modai <modai@...>
Dear H-SIG members!
I'm happy to say that I'll be going back to Israel with my family in a few weeks. Soon I'll unsubscribe and then subscribe under a new e-mail. see you all, and happy birthday Louis, Margalit (Mocsari)Modai. mod.- I'm sure others will send you their best wishes directly. However, on behalf of the sig, I would like to wish you the best of Mazal and great success. Israel is the single greatest repository in the world of Hungarian Jewish genealogy information. Not long ago, there was only the IGS based in Jerusalem and the Galil group. Now there are growing groups in the Negev, Tel Aviv and as well. There are also at least two centers in Israel for specifically Hungarian Jewish research: The Museum for Hungarian Speaking Jewry located in Safed (Tzefat) and Yad L'eyd located on Moshav Nir Galim (close to Ashdod). We look forward to your re-establishing e-mail contact with us soon.LS
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