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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)?

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Can I post images, accented characters, different colors/font sizes, non-latin characters?

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Can I categorize a message? For example, if my message is related to Polish, or Ukraine research, can I indicate as such?

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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 the current guidelines change?

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Subj: ViewMate translation request - German #translation

I would appreciate help in deciphering and translating AND HELP FINDING HINTS OF A RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. It is on ViewMate at the following address

By Alberto Guido Chester · #645618 ·

Re: looking for family in Australia from Poland name Cohen/K #general #poland

The Ryerson Index to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers is a great resource at http://ryersonindex.org/search.php . There are 41 entries for the surname ''Kohen''. Unfortunately,

By Michael Wilson · #645617 ·

Re: "adoption" to avoid the czar's army #general #lithuania

My paternal grandfather and his 4 brothers came over from Koydanovo Belarus around the turn of the century as SLUMIEL; my grandfather changed his name to GROSSMAN in court in his naturalization papers

By loren r grossman · #645616 ·

Re: "Osterbücher" in 1832 Hessen-Nassau #germany

My experience was quite different. My parents, working class refugees from Europe, outfitted my room with a bookcase, which first held slim "Golden Books" -- e.g. "Poky Little Puppy." Later reading

By Renee Steinig · #645615 ·

Re: Gomborow/Gomborov #ukraine #general

My grandfather was from a town called "Domborov" I have read that it is a Hasidic town, Maybe your family was named after the town which was not unusual when Jews took a surname in the early

By bgreenfield7@... · #645614 ·

Re: Radom, Poland/Birth Records #general #poland

Tammy, Contact Steve Taubman, Radom Town Leader, at taubman@.... He should be able to help you. Carol Bleecher Isaak (I have Radom family ancestors, too.) On 7/1/2020

By Carol Isaak · #645613 ·

Re: Photo Identification of groom’s attire #poland

Anne, RE: Identifying uniform jacket of groom. He is wearing a military-style uniform based on the cut and style of the jacket. Specifically, the wide cuffs on the sleeves with piping along the edge,

By Jx. Gx. · #645612 ·

Re: "adoption" to avoid the czar's army #general #lithuania

I have family members, as well, with many brothers and some of them having one name while some had another. I've heard that the surname of every 4th son or of some sons would be changed within Jewish

By Alyssa Freeman · #645611 ·

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

I've followed the name changes of my maternal grandfather's surname. My grandfather, with the last name Leapman' had led me to believe that the name was originally 'Liebman', and had told me that we

By Michele Lock · #645610 ·

Re: Institutionalized relative - death date and burial location #general

I have a paternal aunt that appears to have been mentally retarded, and institutionalized in the 1940s in Pennsylvania. I had thought this woman died around 1945 or so, but it turns out that she died

By Michele Lock · #645609 ·

Re: Zabie shtetl near Storozynetz #ukraine

Dear Abe: Zabie, now Verkhovyna, Ukraine was part of Galicia near the border of Bukovina. The AGAD Archive in Warsaw holds the following records: 1877-1907 B; 1891-1936 M; 1884-1918 D. The 1877-1907 B

By Mark Halpern · #645608 ·

Re: "Osterbücher" in 1832 Hessen-Nassau #germany

And we used the local library for many of our nooks. Diane Jacobs Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

By Diane Jacobs · #645607 ·

Seeking "Malkiel Glasser" #israel

I corresponded with this person some 4 years ago and wish to contact her again. I believe she lives in Israel. Shel B. Calgary, AB, Canada

By Shel · #645606 ·

Re: "adoption" to avoid the czar's army #general #lithuania

Thank you, Emily. As always, you are very knowledgeable and, like all historians, need to find proof to confirm or deny family history. I agree. I didn't realize that there was no real process for

By Ettie Zilber · #645605 ·

Known Family Killed in the Holocaust/KACHKA/BORENSTEIN #romania #holocaust

Re: Murdered in Holocaust: BORENSTEIN (BERNSTEIN), KACHKA (KACZE), #Kishinev, #Romania about 1941 My grandmother’s sister, Yidus KACHKA , her husband BORENSTEIN (or BERNSTEIN?), and their

By lowellnigoff@... · #645604 ·

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

The error means that you do not have a default program set up for torrent files. However, it is a small file (only about 4MB), so you should have no problem downloading it by clicking on the direct

By David Oseas · #645603 ·

Radom, Poland/Birth Records #general #poland

Hi….I am looking for information about my mom who was born in Radom, but there are no birth records. There is nothing documented from birth until five years old. Is this anyone else’s story? She

By tammy adler <tadler34@...> · #645602 ·

Re: "adoption" to avoid the czar's army #general #lithuania

I like your disciplined research. I was under the impression that when a boy child Was born to a family that he was given the name of a family without boy children So from the start had another name

By Anna Doggart · #645601 ·

Re: Institutionalized relative - death date and burial location #general

While looking for information about a troubled relative--I'll call him Max--in my husband's family, I did a broad search this man's first and last name in Ancestry.com and stumbled on an index entry

By Erika Gottfried · #645600 ·

Re: "Osterbücher" in 1832 Hessen-Nassau #germany

Concerning children’s books-1744 was the first children’s/picture book I was born in the late 1930’s and had plenty of picture and story books The depression and war years put a crimp on the

By Deanna Levinsky <DEANNASMAC@...> · #645599 ·

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