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Re: Using My Heritage
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DALE ZEIDMAN
This happened to me a year or so ago, starting on Geni. I uploaded a few relatives' names and someone started claiming all the relatives as their own relatives. It came to a point in which he claimed ownership of my tree. I complained to Geni, but got a response from MyHeritage and found out that the person who had co-opted my tree was a moderator for Geni. I was not allowed to delete my tree but was able to pass "ownership" of the tree to a relative. I also wrote to the moderator -- who didn't respond.
However, the problem didn't stop with Geni. The same moderator added my names to his MyHeritage tree and to his Ancestry tree, where he has tens of thousands of "relatives." I complained to Ancestry and they said there was nothing they could do, so I privatized my trees on Ancestry and MyHeritage and eventually let my subscription go on MyHeritage. My tree on Geni still exists under the aegis of my relative. Dale Zeidman New York, New York BUKANTZ - Lithuania JABLOW - Belarus MAGEN/MAGIDENKO - Ukraine ZEIDMAN/ZAITCHIK - Ukraine |
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Re: Question about New York City Marriage Records
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Peter Cohen
This is huge. Last time I checked (and it was not long ago), you could not view NYC vital records images on familysearch unless you were on the Family History Library network. Apparently, now you can view them from home.
-- Peter Cohen California |
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Ancestry Free Access Irish Heritage Records Through March 17
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Jan Meisels Allen
Ancestry announced FREE access for its 200 million Irish heritage records through March 17 11:59p.m. ET in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. To access the site go to https://www.ancestry.com/cs/stpatricksday You will be required to register with your name, email address and password. No credit card information will be requested.
To view the featured collections go to: https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/irish_heritage/
When you fill-in the search field you will be taken to a new window. The matches will appear and click on the one you want to open. When it opens you can click save to your computer in the green box on the upper right corner. There is also an icon with tools where you can print or download.
After the free access period ends you will only be able to view the records in the featured collections with a paid Ancestry World explorer or All Access membership. If you try to access records not included in the featured collection you will also be invited to subscribe.
There is also a link to a free guide, Calling Your Irish Immigrant Ancestors , https://www.ancestrycdn.com/mars/landing/pdf/us/finding-irish-ancestors.pdf
Jews in Ireland While always a small Jewish community in Ireland it is an established community. In addition, a number of Jews immigrated to Ireland in the late 19th and 20th centuries whose families were from central Europe, due to the pogroms, and especially from Lithuania. Jews also stopped in Ireland along the way to immigrating to North America—and may have lived there for a few years. You never know what an Irish record may reveal!
I have no affiliation with Ancestry and am posting this solely for the reader’s information.
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Re: Using My Heritage
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Robert Hanna
You are definitely not being paranoid. A woman on MyHeritage has stolen photographs of my relatives and attached them to people on her tree (not the correct people). She claimed she was related to my cousin, but she is not. I wrote to her but she ghosted me. She has not renewed her membership in MyHeritage. Her tree is still there but I cannot access it anymore. I'm wondering if I can sue MyHeritage if they will not remove the photographs.
Robert Hanna NYC |
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Re: great synagogue of london hebrew translation
#unitedkingdom
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Dubin, David M. MD
Groom Moshe son of Yisrael
bride mirla dtr of Uri Married by the prodigy out rabbi and teacher Nathan Katz. Same name for all entries on pageWitness mordecai son of Josef (?) Shraga. Also same name for all entries. witness line 2 illegible to me Wednesday 22kislev (5)638 david dubin teaneck nj |
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hungarian translation needed
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joseph just
I've posted several vital records in Hungarian for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ...
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91481 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91476
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Sarah Just
Attachments area
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Peninah Zilberman
Contact the Oradea Jewish Community Centre, address on the net
Regards
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elena-boldyreva@...
Regarding this question, I got this reply from the representative of the Russian State War-Historical Archive:
- it is possible to send a request to the Archive, but it is important to know and indicate the number and name of the military unit in which the soldier was enrolled.
- the information about lower ranks (soldiers and non-commissioned officers) is quite scarce and incomplete.
- another option is to search in the local archives of the region where the person was recruited - they may keep information from their military enlistments' offices.
Regards, Elena Boldyreva, Toronto, Canada Searching for Rogovins/Rogowins/Ragovins from Minsk Guberniya |
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ViewMate translation request - Polish
#translation
#poland
I've posted a 4-page letter of 28 September 1945 From Rena ‘Irena’ Weidler KREINIK to Henryk Birencwajg, Administrator at the POLIN Museum in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses ... https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91569 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91570 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91571 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM91572 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. David Jacobowitz |
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Seeking Hannelore Mollt Dehne of MAGDEBURG
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Myra Fournier
I am seeking information about Hannelore Dehne (nee: Mollt) who was born in Magdeburg on March 17, 1938.
Hannelore married my first cousin Wolfgang Dehne (nee: Klappholz) on June 17, 1967 in Magdeburg. They were divorced on June 9, 1971. I just learned of Wolfgang's existence last year and that he died in Magdeburg in 2012. I have been searching for any of his family or acquaintances. Any leads gratefully appreciated. Myra Fournier Bedford, MA U.S.A. mjfourn@... |
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Re: Apparent Change to Ancestry Messaging
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Max Heffler
I also ask for e-mail since it is much quicker to reply, especially when I am at the office, and it is easily searchable
Max Heffler Houston, TX
From: main@... [mailto:main@...] On Behalf Of Alan Cohen via groups.jewishgen.org
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:04 AM To: main@... Subject: Re: [JewishGen.org] Apparent Change to Ancestry Messaging
If I receive a message on Ancestry, when I reply I always ask the sender to change to using my normal email instead of continuing on Ancestry messaging. It's much more reliable.
Alan Cohen
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ViewMate translation request - Polish
#translation
#poland
@rajswing
I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/view Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Dany Rajswing |
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ViewMate translation request - Russia and Polish
#poland
#translation
@rajswing
I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ... https://www.jewishgen.org/view Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Dany Rajswing |
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Awesome Properties
Hi,
Where can I search for the original burial record from where Jewishgen transcribed for Oradea Romania Velente cemetery? I've tried contacting Roger Adler but wasn't successful yet. Rachel Malik |
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Searching Silver Descendants
#unitedkingdom
#canada
#usa
#general
Rachel
For many years I have been trying to trace my great grandparents roots before they came to the UK, using many genealogy sites to no avail as I have very limited information on them which came from their marriage authorisation as they married in the UK in 1893. Family lore has it they met on the boat coming over. There is no evidence of them arriving with family. Their names were Jane Cohen (Sheina b'r Bentzion) from Courland and Jack Silver (Yehonatan b'rYehoshue) from "Russia-Poland" who had a brother Tzvi.
I'm now trying to trace descendants of their children who moved from the UK to see if they have any further information. Specifically I am looking for descendants of:
Abraham Silver(1908 Swansea - 2003 Winnipeg, Canada) known to have married Celia Davies and have 2 children. Jack/John Silver (1934 Swansea - 2002 Winnipeg). He had 3 daughters Amanda, Christine & Lena all born in Winnipeg. Abraham also had a daughter Annette (1934 Swansea - 1984 Winnipeg). Her death is listed as Silver so it may be she never married?
I'm also looking for the descendants of Samuel Silver (1897 London - 1982 Dade, Florida) Sam married Sadie Cohen and I know they had 1 son Cyril but I cannot trace any details of him.
Finally I'm looking for descendants of Gertrude (Leakh) and Isaac Kauffman. Gertrude was born in 1907 in London and died in a car accident in Haifa in 1972. They lived in Liverpool and had 2 sons Gerald (1931-2004) who married Angela Mass and they had a son Michael Jonathan and a daughter Karen. Gertrude's second son was called Brian, born in Liverpool in 1937. I have a very vague recollection that he may have emigrated to Israel but that is a very distant memory!
If anyone can help with any information at all I'd be very grateful. Sorry for the long post
-- Rachel Poole UK Searching: LEVIN/E- Belarus, UK, SILVER - UK, Russia/Poland, COHEN- - Latvia, UK, LYPSYZC/LIFSHITS/LYONS - Belarus, UK, USA |
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Re: 1939 Refugee Routes from Poland
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Jill Whitehead
I have recently done a talk for the JGSGB on the Jewish family that occupied my house for nearly 50 years. One of them Ladislav Dukes escaped in May/June 1939 from Bratislava in Slovakia down the Danube via Budapest to the Romanian coast at Tulcea/Constantia on a Polish boat arranged by Zionist groups. He then got on a Greek registered boat for Palestine (the Liesel), but the boat was captured and its occupants arrested by the British in early June 1939 (details on Paul Silverstone's website).
Ladislav signed up to the Free Czech army and was taken to Marseilles later in November 1939. His Marseilles enlistment is on the CzechAndSlovakThings website. He then fought in the Battle of France, but the Czech and Polish troops who fought in this had to be rescued in June 1940 at several French ports notably Bordeaux, but also Marseilles, where they were taken to Britain (info from my friend David Worsfold who is writing a book on this). Ladislav likely left from Bordeaux where he may have witnessed a terrible massacre of leaving troops by the Nazis. The Jewish soldiers who had made the Danube trip, then the Palestine trip, then fought in France, then left under the Nazi onslaught, then took part in a mutiny at Cholmondeley Camp, Chester (NW England) in protest at their treatment by Czech commanding officers in the Free Czech Army. These experiences took its toll on Ladislav, who died in an asylum in London many years later with the equivalent of shell shock or PTSD. This will all form part 2 of an article I have written for Shemot, the journal of the JGSGB to appear later this year . Jill Whitehead, Surrey, UK |
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Re: Yiddish Names-Kadshevitz Family From Anyksciai, Lithuania
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David Shapiro
It is the same rabbi. Kalman is short for Kalonymus.
It you search for Anyksciai on the ALD you will see that all the families we have mentioned are there - Kadishevitz, Shapiro, Finn, Jaffe. They were all interrelated. There is an Anyksciai project on Family Tree DNA. If you tested there you should join, and maybe we will be able to untangle things. David Shapiro |
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Translation Hebrew German
#germany
#translation
W. Fritzsche
Dear group, I have posted a picture of the curtain of a Torah. I would appreciate a translation of the Hebrew text in German or English. The name of the village is probably Biebesheim. Thank you very much in advance Wolfgang Fritzsche, Germany
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Jill Whitehead
As I and others have repeatedly said the ethnicity percentage is mainly meaningless on any of the DNA sites for people of Jewish heritage (due to endogamous populations - ie closed communities and marriages with close relations such as 1st cousins). I would ignore them. They all give different percentages anyway and all use different population samples from different parts of the world, which may or may not assist. It is all down to algorithms in the end, and they are not a substitute for reality checks. Our ancestors came from a variety of different areas over the last few thousand years, so it is hard to pick through this.
Jill Whitehead, Surrey, UK |
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Re: Apparent Change to Ancestry Messaging
#dna
Alan Cohen
If I receive a message on Ancestry, when I reply I always ask the sender to change to using my normal email instead of continuing on Ancestry messaging. It's much more reliable. Alan Cohen |
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