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How is the New JewishGen.org Discussion Group better than the old one?

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

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Looking for Bihari from Budapest #hungary

I am looking for my mothers Family from Budapest. Her Maiden was Wilma Irene Bihari. She married my father Morris Taub Thank you. Robert

By Bob · #650136 ·

Re: COHENS and GOLDBERGS from Sakiai, Lithuania #lithuania #unitedkingdom

I am related to Golda Zewi through DNA and have triangulated with a number of relatives through surnames Goldberg/Berman/Miller/Millner/Mlynarz/Mlynarzewicz. There’s an extensive tree available on

By Jeff Miller · #650135 ·

Re: Equivalent Hebrew Name for Clara #names

My pgm had 3 names, Chanah, Chara & in the US Jennie, and I m named for her -- jane Foss

By Jane Foss · #650134 ·

Re: Question about keeping old newspaper clippings #records

Or scan the cutting and print out on quality paper if you feel the need for a hard copy back up. Bound to be cheaper and easier than treating newsprint in some way. Harvey Kaplan Glasgow, Scotland

By Harvey Kaplan · #650133 ·

Re: Question about keeping old newspaper clippings #records

Most newsprint is "cheap" and not at all archival quality paper. It will degrade due to its acidic nature and will yellow and crumble in time. Google to find how you can treat it to neutralize the

By James <james.castellan@...> · #650132 ·

Re: Equivalent Hebrew Name for Clara #names

I can relate to the statement "that our ancestors didn't translate names," but I think there were probably a myriad of ways how our family members got their US/English names. As my story illustrates,

By Glenda Rubin · #650131 ·

Veretena Family - Chotin and Czernowitz #romania #ukraine

My late mother Rosa's surname was Wariten, apparently a version of Veretena or similar. She was born in Czernowitz in 1920. In the Czernowitz commercial register of 1936 there appears one Mechel

By Zev Cohen · #650130 ·

Re: Equivalent Hebrew Name for Clara #names

"All the names suggested on the previous list are irrelevant." Our ancestors didn't translate names to or from Hebrew. They didn't know the Latin origin of Clara. They used 'sounds like' names. Shayna

By Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...> · #650129 ·

Re: progrom warning #russia

"I cannot imagine sending him across the world never to be seen or spoken with again. I conclude that her love for her son was greater than her self-interest." Childhood, it has been said, is a

By Sally Bruckheimer <sallybruc@...> · #650128 ·

Searching for information for Isaak Kirschner from Buczacz #galicia #austria-czech

From the information I’ve been able to compile, Isaak Kirschner was a Hatter in Galicia around 1891. If I have the correct Isaak Kirschner his wife’s name was Broni Dresler. They had a son (my

By Bruce Seide · #650127 ·

Re: GERSZONOWICZ or GIERSZONOWICZ families from the city of PIOTRKOW (Poland) between 1780 and 1880, from the city of Osjakow (Poland) between 1880 and 1905, from Lodz (Poland) after 1905 #poland #russia #lodz

Hi Dom, What I do know is at the time of the marriage of Riwka Ruchla GIERSZONOWICZ she was residing wiith her mother in Mar 1862 in Lodz, and her father, Schari (Zacharyasz) was already deceased.

By karendesign@... · #650126 ·

Re: COHENS and GOLDBERGS from Sakiai, Lithuania #lithuania #unitedkingdom

Hi Angie, my family has deep roots in Sakiai, and then in the UK. I believe we are connected to your Goldberg family. My great grandmother was Esther Dvora Fellman. Her parents were Shepsel Wolf

By Judy Bowman · #650125 ·

Re: Yiddish/Hebrew name Shirley and Libby #names

Shirley doesn't need any Hebrey equivalent today, as it is rather popular girls name in Israel. means "song me". Libbi, if you are interested, means "my heart". Josef ASH, Israel

By Dr.Josef ASH · #650124 ·

Re: Equivalent Hebrew Name for Clara #names

Shalom. All the names suggested on the previous list are irrelevant. Clara - fem. personal name, from Latin Clara, fem. of clarus "bright, shining, clear" . Other Derivatives : Claire, Clarisse,

By Oded · #650123 ·

Re: progrom warning #russia

My grandfather reportedly saw his sister raped and murdered during a pogrom when he was a small child. They lived in Mogilev. HIs mother did not want to leave home, but she allowed or sent him to

By jbonline1111@... · #650122 ·

Re: Let me restate my name question Re: Nellie #russia #names

I did not notice anyone mention that Eleanor is also shortened to Nell, Nellie etc as it is Helen and and Ellen. In Russian Eleonora. Did you check the Census? Death notices of parents or brother

By manderlie@... · #650121 ·

Re: Yiddish/Hebrew name Shirley and Libby #names

Most Libby's are named after a woman named Libe ( love or beloved ) pronounced "LEE-beh. sometimes shown as Liba . It is also possible that it could be Leah/Leye , but that is less likely . Shirley

By Henry Carrey Boston,MA . Carey/Kirzhner/Berestyaner , Belous , Isenberg - Lutsk ; Postolov/Herman/Kolovsky-Zhitomir · #650120 ·

Re: Telephone books in Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine in 1904 #general #records

I am interested in the october Pogrom in Ekatarinoslav. Boris Bespaloff, the older brother of my grand mother aged 25 died in that pogrom. Is there any list/information on that particular pogrom.

By JUROVSKY,Catherine · #650119 ·

Re: Yiddish/Hebrew name Shirley and Libby #names

I had two great grandmothers whose names were written as Lebe. One had a granddaughter named after her whose name was Libby. Robert Hanna NYC

By Robert Hanna · #650118 ·

Info on relatives in Israel #israel

I found Polish relatives who lived in Israel before WW2. They appear on the IGRA index. Looking for help finding the complete census entry and any other info info about them (when did they arrive in

By Relly coleman · #650117 ·

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