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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.

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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?

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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?

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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.”

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Can I still search though old messages?

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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?

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Will there be any ads or annoying pop-ups?

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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?

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The JewishGen.org Team

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Re: "His name was changed at Ellis Island" #names

My second cousin, during an interview I conducted, informed me that his grandfather, Frank Kanserstein, had his name changed at Ellis Island. Frank's was the husband of my great aunt, and I never met

By Alan Gordon · #645513 ·

Re: Information Tuetz (Tuczno) - Marienwerder - W. Prussia #poland

Have you tried the Marienwerder records available from this link ?: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/228694?availability=Family%20History%20Library I am only aware of surviving Jewish

By Peter Lowe · #645512 ·

Lustbader Family from Novy Sanz #poland #general

I'm hoping that someone out there has information regarding Yaakov Lustbader, b. 1899, Novy Sanz Poland, d. 1980, Israel, Parents; Shimon Lustbader & Rachel unknown. Neilan Stern. searching:

By neilan1 · #645511 ·

Re: Possible for JewishGen to provide translations of headings for original records/forms? #general

Here is a translation of the headings for Odessa records that I made and posted years ago http://sites.rootsweb.com/~ukrodess/page8.html -- Alan Shuchat Newton, MA

By Alan Shuchat · #645510 ·

Re: Yiddish or Hebrew name for IDA #belarus #names

I had already answered some days ago; no idea where my posting has gone. My wife's paternal grandmother was the daughter of a rabbi in the Bobruisk/Azarichi area in Belarus. Her Russian hame was

By Friedrich L. · #645509 ·

Re: Looking for Polish woman who jumped off train to Auschwitz #holocaust #poland

A cousin by marriage and family friend, Edja Rosenzweig, jumped from a train going from the Hasag in Czestochowa to Auschwitz in mid-January 1945. She was about 21 at the time. My father interviewed

By Erica Fox Zabusky · #645508 ·

Adoptions in the US around the 1930s #general #dna

Was it ever common around the 1930s for families that had adopted a baby to announce their child's arrival as if it was an ordinary birth? I am researching an unexpected match in a number of cousins'

By Adam Turner · #645507 ·

Re: Searching for my great aunt Rakel GOLUB b.1884 Minsk #belarus #holocaust

This, clearly, is NOT your aunt, but a namesake, Maybe it connects ? I am in the process of collating 30 year's work of Forence MARMOR at Mokkom Sholom/Acacia/Bayside cemeteries Notes from Florence

By David Lewin · #645506 ·

Re: "His name was changed at Ellis Island" #names

My point was to refute the claim that absolutely no names were changed on Ellis Island at any time, before or after they went through immigration, that whatever name a person had on the ship was their

By Stephen Weinstein · #645505 ·

Re: "His name was changed at Ellis Island" #names

While names may not have been changed at Ellis Island - the names might have been changed before getting on the ship! My great-grandmother traveled under the same last name as another family from her

By dtolman@... · #645504 ·

Re: Late Registrations in the SubCarp Records #subcarpathia

I don't know what applies in these specific cases - but both of them are after the area changed from Hungarian rule to Czechoslovakian following the Trianon agreement of 1920.

By Susan H. Sachs · #645503 ·

Re: Florence MARMOR burial records of the New York Mokkom Sholom, Bayside and Acacia cemeteries #usa

Please see your website email for a private message.

By paulmoverman@... · #645502 ·

Seeking 1st cousin 1 removed Marsha/Marcia/Martha KRAUT nee COHEN, , wife of Martin KRAUT in New York & New Mexico #usa

My earlier KRAUSE search has now progressed into a search for Marsha/Marcia/Martha (COHEN) KRAUT, h: Martin KRAUT, New York and New Mexico. She would be the daughter of Beral William ‘Willy’

By SANDI ROOT · #645501 ·

Re: "His name was changed at Ellis Island" #names

Here's the grain of truth: Someone in the family changed their surname. Not surprising, since many "last names" were, literally, "son of X," and changed from generation to generation.

By C Chaykin · #645500 ·

Re: Looking for the Grunfeld from Cluj who wrote a book #general

I am looking for an friend somebody who can do a research in or nearby Cluj (Klausenburg). My friend tried to get hold of Ladislau Gyemant, an Avotaynu contributor, but probably his email does not

By Marcel Apsel · #645499 ·

Re: "His name was changed at Ellis Island" #names

On my grandmother’s passenger manifest, her mother’s family name, Scherzer, is lined out and her father’s family name, Weiss, is written above it. Who would have done this and where would it

By Bob Yuran · #645498 ·

Seeking information on Kagan family originally from Dvinsk #latvia

According to most of the SANDLER family living in the USA during WWII, most (or all) of the KAGAN family were feared murdered in the Shoah. Ita Beila SANDLER was my mother’s paternal aunt. To

By Bernard Aronson <dovbenhos@...> · #645497 ·

Re: Trying to find information about my family #general

It would be helpful to add what resources you have already used and any birth/death dates places of residence and other information you may have. You will be more likely to find help when we know

By jbonline1111@... · #645496 ·

Re: Possible for JewishGen to provide translations of headings for original records/forms? #general

Noel - The introductions are extremely helpful, but they're geared towards using databases themselves--(indispensable) partial indexes of the original records rather than original records

By Erika Gottfried · #645495 ·

Re: Possible for JewishGen to provide translations of headings for original records/forms? #general

It doesn't cover specifically Jewish registers, but the FamilySearch Wiki page on Hungary Church Records has a variety of examples of headers and their translations:

By JPmiaou@... · #645494 ·

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