According to "What a R.I.P.-off!", a woman discovers a strange body buried
in her funeral plot in Washington Cemetery in the New York City Borough of
Brooklyn, next to her beloved husband, the New York Post reports:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/what_off_7dDfsiqp8WK5f4vAFkh8KK

If the above URL breaks up, then try: http://tinyurl.com/6z7xy64

I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Regards,

Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

According to "What a R.I.P.-off!", a woman discovers a strange body buried
in her funeral plot in Washington Cemetery in the New York City Borough of
Brooklyn, next to her beloved husband, the New York Post reports:

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/what_off_7dDfsiqp8WK5f4vAFkh8KK

If the above URL breaks up, then try: http://tinyurl.com/6z7xy64

I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Regards,

Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

Most of the time you need a full genomic sequence in order to be able
to find a common ancestor with a mtDNA match. Although I have not
been able to identify who the common ancestor is for any of my FGS
mtDNA matches by name, I do have one FGS match with whom I have been
able to identify the common ancestral town- Dvinsk/Daugavpils. Given
that the common ancestor could have lived in the 18th century, and I
don't even have every one of my ancestor's surnames >from the 19th
century, I consider it a success that we have been able to identify a
common ancestral location.

Judy Simon
Stony Brook, NY
researching BROZGOL, KAPELUSHNIK, MIRANSKI, SKUTELSKI, BAILENSON,
PASSMAN, RAPPAPORT (Rezekne, Dvinsk and Ludza, Latvia); LEFKOWITZ,
KELMER, OLSTEIN, MEZELSOR, CHOJNA, AKERMAN, PLANCZNER (Lodz area,
Poland)

Most of the time you need a full genomic sequence in order to be able
to find a common ancestor with a mtDNA match. Although I have not
been able to identify who the common ancestor is for any of my FGS
mtDNA matches by name, I do have one FGS match with whom I have been
able to identify the common ancestral town- Dvinsk/Daugavpils. Given
that the common ancestor could have lived in the 18th century, and I
don't even have every one of my ancestor's surnames >from the 19th
century, I consider it a success that we have been able to identify a
common ancestral location.

Judy Simon
Stony Brook, NY
researching BROZGOL, KAPELUSHNIK, MIRANSKI, SKUTELSKI, BAILENSON,
PASSMAN, RAPPAPORT (Rezekne, Dvinsk and Ludza, Latvia); LEFKOWITZ,
KELMER, OLSTEIN, MEZELSOR, CHOJNA, AKERMAN, PLANCZNER (Lodz area,
Poland)

You're invited to join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles
for our Yom HaShoah day of programs:

Sunday, May 1 at the Museum of Tolerance, 9786 W. Pico Blvd.,
Los Angeles 90035

10:30 - Simon Wiesenthal Library open for research until 2PM.

10:45AM - Docent lead V.I.P. tour of the exhibits, including Simon
Wiesenthal=92s Vienna office, re-created with original documents,
artifacts, furniture and books, "We the People," an animated visual
history wall and a sneak preview of the new photographic exhibit,
"Besa: Albanian Muslims Who Saved Jews During WWII."

1:00PM - Kosher lunch at the library

2:30PM - Lecture: "Exploring the Lost Town of Trochenbrod" with
author, Avrom Bendavid-Val

In the 19th century, nearly five million Jews lived in the Pale of
Settlement. Brimming with life and tradition, family and faith, these
shtetls existed in the shadow of their town's oppressive anti-Jewish
laws. Not Trochenbrod-- the inspiration for the book and film,
"Everything is Illuminated." Trochenbrod was the only freestanding,
fully realized Jewish town in history. It began with a few Jewish
settlers searching for freedom >from the Russian Czars' oppressive
policies, which included the forced conscriptions of one son >from each
Jewish family household throughout Russia. At first, Trochenbrod was
just a tiny row of houses built on empty marshland in the middle of
the Radziwill Forest, yet for the next 130 years it thrived, becoming
a bustling marketplace where people >from all over the Ukraine and
Poland came to do business. But this scene of ethnic harmony was soon
shattered, as Trochenbrod vanished in 1941=97her residents slaughtered,
her homes, buildings, and factories razed to the ground. Yet even the
Nazis could not destroy the spirit of Trochenbrod, which has lived on
in stories and legends about a little piece of heaven, hidden deep in
the forest.

Avram Bendavid-Val, himself a descendant of Trochenbrod, masterfully
preserves and fosters the memory of this city in his book, "The
Heavens Are Empty: Discovering the Lost Town of Trochenbrod,"
celebrating the vibrant lives of her people and her culture, proving
true the words of one of Trochenbrod's greatest poets, Yisrael
Beider:"I beg you hold fast to these words of mine. After this
darkness a light will shine." Book sale/signing to follow talk.

Reservations are necessary for all of the events above. Tour is $10.
Lecture free to JGSLA & MOT members, guests $10. Complete program
details are on our website:
http://jgsla.org/meetings/upcoming/2011-05-01

Pamela Weisberger
Program Chair, JGSLA
Santa Monica, CA
pweisberger@...

You're invited to join the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles
for our Yom HaShoah day of programs:

Sunday, May 1 at the Museum of Tolerance, 9786 W. Pico Blvd.,
Los Angeles 90035

10:30 - Simon Wiesenthal Library open for research until 2PM.

10:45AM - Docent lead V.I.P. tour of the exhibits, including Simon
Wiesenthal=92s Vienna office, re-created with original documents,
artifacts, furniture and books, "We the People," an animated visual
history wall and a sneak preview of the new photographic exhibit,
"Besa: Albanian Muslims Who Saved Jews During WWII."

1:00PM - Kosher lunch at the library

2:30PM - Lecture: "Exploring the Lost Town of Trochenbrod" with
author, Avrom Bendavid-Val

In the 19th century, nearly five million Jews lived in the Pale of
Settlement. Brimming with life and tradition, family and faith, these
shtetls existed in the shadow of their town's oppressive anti-Jewish
laws. Not Trochenbrod-- the inspiration for the book and film,
"Everything is Illuminated." Trochenbrod was the only freestanding,
fully realized Jewish town in history. It began with a few Jewish
settlers searching for freedom >from the Russian Czars' oppressive
policies, which included the forced conscriptions of one son >from each
Jewish family household throughout Russia. At first, Trochenbrod was
just a tiny row of houses built on empty marshland in the middle of
the Radziwill Forest, yet for the next 130 years it thrived, becoming
a bustling marketplace where people >from all over the Ukraine and
Poland came to do business. But this scene of ethnic harmony was soon
shattered, as Trochenbrod vanished in 1941=97her residents slaughtered,
her homes, buildings, and factories razed to the ground. Yet even the
Nazis could not destroy the spirit of Trochenbrod, which has lived on
in stories and legends about a little piece of heaven, hidden deep in
the forest.

Avram Bendavid-Val, himself a descendant of Trochenbrod, masterfully
preserves and fosters the memory of this city in his book, "The
Heavens Are Empty: Discovering the Lost Town of Trochenbrod,"
celebrating the vibrant lives of her people and her culture, proving
true the words of one of Trochenbrod's greatest poets, Yisrael
Beider:"I beg you hold fast to these words of mine. After this
darkness a light will shine." Book sale/signing to follow talk.

Reservations are necessary for all of the events above. Tour is $10.
Lecture free to JGSLA & MOT members, guests $10. Complete program
details are on our website:
http://jgsla.org/meetings/upcoming/2011-05-01

Pamela Weisberger
Program Chair, JGSLA
Santa Monica, CA
pweisberger@...

Dear fellow genners,

I have a general question about Anglicized names.

The background is an 1870's Lancashire civil marriage record for Simon
Jackson, born approximately 1855, Russian Empire. His father is listed
as Phillip Jackson. Should one take this name "Phillip" as a clue that
the father was also in England? I ask because the name Phillip, as such,
is not recorded in the Russian / Eastern European records I've searched.

In other words, if one's father did not emigrate, would one come up with
an Anglicized for the marriage record?

Stephen Manos
Columbus, USA
JACKSON, PINKUS, WEINTRAUB, GRANDBERG, KOPENAGEN

Dear fellow genners,

I have a general question about Anglicized names.

The background is an 1870's Lancashire civil marriage record for Simon
Jackson, born approximately 1855, Russian Empire. His father is listed
as Phillip Jackson. Should one take this name "Phillip" as a clue that
the father was also in England? I ask because the name Phillip, as such,
is not recorded in the Russian / Eastern European records I've searched.

In other words, if one's father did not emigrate, would one come up with
an Anglicized for the marriage record?

Stephen Manos
Columbus, USA
JACKSON, PINKUS, WEINTRAUB, GRANDBERG, KOPENAGEN

Hello Fellow Genners!

I am posting this to the UK group because there is sure to be some time period
this relative spent in England. I was looking through a popular ancestry website
and found a United States passport application for a May KELLER. She was
requesting the passport to visit her mum who lived in England.

Now I believe this May KELLER is related to my KELLER side because the
application lists her father as being Isaac KELLER (deceased) and being >from
Russia. Now Isaac KELLER was my gg-grandfather and the family came >from
Friedrichshof, Prussia (all KELLER children to my knowledge were born there) and
it was a small town (it is present day Rozogi, Poland).

May KELLER has her birthdate listed as 16th February 1872. It states that she
emigrated to America on April 20th, 1892 (I found passage record) and lived in
New York.

Here's the problem: Isaac and Caroline KELLER came to London around 1875-1880
time period. Isaac passed away in 1900. Caroline lived to 1931 in London. The
family is listed in the 1881 and 1891 UK census records. The "children" are
listed as (in Anglicized names):
Hannah
Alexander
Mark
Florrie
Barnett
Sarah
Francis

I've been able to account for the whereabouts of all listed except Mark KELLER
who on the 1881 census is seen as being born in 1881 and listed as a male. Now
there is a picture of May KELLER and she is a female.

Who is May KELLER and where does she fit in? it shows her as being unmarried on
the passport application; and i've not been able to find any death
information... it's like she vanished without a trace. She could not have stayed
in Friedrichshoff and come to America on her own because she would have been too
young when the family came to England.

Thoughts anyone?

With thanks,
Jeni Armandez Altit
Los Angeles, CA

Searching:
KELLER, MOSCOVITCH, SCHOENFELD: England, Ireland, Scotland, United States

Hello Fellow Genners!

I am posting this to the UK group because there is sure to be some time period
this relative spent in England. I was looking through a popular ancestry website
and found a United States passport application for a May KELLER. She was
requesting the passport to visit her mum who lived in England.

Now I believe this May KELLER is related to my KELLER side because the
application lists her father as being Isaac KELLER (deceased) and being >from
Russia. Now Isaac KELLER was my gg-grandfather and the family came >from
Friedrichshof, Prussia (all KELLER children to my knowledge were born there) and
it was a small town (it is present day Rozogi, Poland).

May KELLER has her birthdate listed as 16th February 1872. It states that she
emigrated to America on April 20th, 1892 (I found passage record) and lived in
New York.

Here's the problem: Isaac and Caroline KELLER came to London around 1875-1880
time period. Isaac passed away in 1900. Caroline lived to 1931 in London. The
family is listed in the 1881 and 1891 UK census records. The "children" are
listed as (in Anglicized names):
Hannah
Alexander
Mark
Florrie
Barnett
Sarah
Francis

I've been able to account for the whereabouts of all listed except Mark KELLER
who on the 1881 census is seen as being born in 1881 and listed as a male. Now
there is a picture of May KELLER and she is a female.

Who is May KELLER and where does she fit in? it shows her as being unmarried on
the passport application; and i've not been able to find any death
information... it's like she vanished without a trace. She could not have stayed
in Friedrichshoff and come to America on her own because she would have been too
young when the family came to England.

Thoughts anyone?

With thanks,
Jeni Armandez Altit
Los Angeles, CA

Searching:
KELLER, MOSCOVITCH, SCHOENFELD: England, Ireland, Scotland, United States

A reminder to all of you working on indexing and photographing cemeteries
for inclusion in the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry)
< http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery >.

The next update will include all submissions received by May 31.
This will give us the necessary time to have all the additional
records and photos uploaded and searchable prior to the IAJGS
conference in Washington.

If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact me at
< NAltman@... >.

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR Coordinator

A reminder to all of you working on indexing and photographing cemeteries
for inclusion in the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry)
< http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery >.

The next update will include all submissions received by May 31.
This will give us the necessary time to have all the additional
records and photos uploaded and searchable prior to the IAJGS
conference in Washington.

If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact me at
< NAltman@... >.

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR Coordinator

Hello All,

I just finished finding a report >from 1911-1912 for the school in
Zaleszczyki, Galicia, later Poland, now Ukraine, with names of
Jewish students on it, at this amazing website which I stumbled
upon: http://fbc.pionier.net.pl/owoc/

This website is worth more than a look.

Best,
Moshe Steinberg
Vancouver, Canada

Hello All,

I just finished finding a report >from 1911-1912 for the school in
Zaleszczyki, Galicia, later Poland, now Ukraine, with names of
Jewish students on it, at this amazing website which I stumbled
upon: http://fbc.pionier.net.pl/owoc/

This website is worth more than a look.

Best,
Moshe Steinberg
Vancouver, Canada

My grandfather's surname was KRANKENWARD. That was written on his
passport. Does the name mean anything?

Bev Carlson, Sweeden bev.carlson@...

My grandfather's surname was KRANKENWARD. That was written on his
passport. Does the name mean anything?

Bev Carlson, Sweeden bev.carlson@...

Pete Vanlaw, Studio City, California pthevan25@... wrote:

I'm writing an article about a cousin of mine, who among her multiple
escapades was a radio announcer for both Duetsche Welle and
Deutscherundfunk in the late 1960s. For the sake of historical accuracy,
was Deutscherundfunk (or Duetschefunk) ever a part of DW radio, or has
it always been a separate entity?

Dear Pete,
the history of the two separate entities Deutschlandfunk and Deutsche
Welle (short wave only) is described in all its details in German wikipedia:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschlandfunk

I hope that helps- Fritz Neubauer, North Germany fritz.neubauer@...

Pete Vanlaw, Studio City, California pthevan25@... wrote:

I'm writing an article about a cousin of mine, who among her multiple
escapades was a radio announcer for both Duetsche Welle and
Deutscherundfunk in the late 1960s. For the sake of historical accuracy,
was Deutscherundfunk (or Duetschefunk) ever a part of DW radio, or has
it always been a separate entity?

Dear Pete,
the history of the two separate entities Deutschlandfunk and Deutsche
Welle (short wave only) is described in all its details in German wikipedia:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschlandfunk

I hope that helps- Fritz Neubauer, North Germany fritz.neubauer@...

A reminder to all of you working on indexing and photographing cemeteries
for inclusion in the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry)
< http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery >.

The next update will include all submissions received by May 31.
This will give us the necessary time to have all the additional
records and photos uploaded and searchable prior to the IAJGS
conference in Washington.

If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact me at
< NAltman@... >.

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR Coordinator

Don’t miss out on your chance to attend this Capital Conference!

You’ll be able to learn >from the best, network, and research your family
roots in a city praised for its numerous records facilities--- at the 31st
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS)
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy--- August 14-19-- at the
spacious, easy to reach Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel, 1000 H Street NW. This
keystone event in Jewish genealogy research annually brings together 1200
attendees >from 17 countries. This year, it’s being hosted by the Jewish
Genealogy Society of Greater Washington, which has successfully hosted five
other International Conferences.

Join us for---

< A Pre-Conference Shabbat Scholar, the dynamic Rabbi Shmuley Boteach,
best-selling author of 23 books, and host of an award-winning national TV
show, lecturing after a Friday night Shabbat dinner, then leading a
discussion on Saturday

< A Keynote Address to launch the Conference, by an internationally-known
figure in the world of genealogy (to be announced on Thursday)

< Over 160 diverse sessions targeting all levels of genealogy research,
presented by highly experienced speakers and panelists; the sessions also
include over 25 Special Interest Group (SIG) and Birds of a Feather (BOF)
meetings

< Both PC and Mac computer workshops covering state of the art genealogy
software and Internet usage, taught by well-versed instructors

< A Repository Orientation and Fair, where local records facility experts
will explain each facility’s holdings and how to best use them, and you’ll
be able to ask questions at their booths

< A Resource Center, consisting of three sections: a well-stocked map/book
collection on genealogical topics; an area with five computers for readily
accessing the Names database of the U. S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; and
another section with 35 computers for free access to numerous databases
usually only available through paid subscription, and access to other
“usually free” databases

< Ten SIG luncheons and one breakfast, where you’ll hear prominent
speakers discussing topics highly relevant to your ancestral roots, and can
network with researchers like yourself

< Breakfasts with the Experts, where you’ll learn how to break through
“brickwalls” blocking your family research (topics being announced shortly)

< The Conference Gala event (formerly known as the “Banquet”) with a wide
variety of kosher food, much more networking and social opportunities than
in past years, sharing in praising IAJGS awardees for their accomplishments,
AND your evening being enhanced after dinner by enjoying the world-renowned
Robyn Helzner Trio--- all for a scaled-down price, compared with past years.

But wait, there’s more! There’ll be tours (including a tour of “Jewish
Washington”), a Film Festival showing award-winning films on Judaic topics,
a Document Translation service, and Vendors offering genealogy and Judaic
wares. We’ll also have morning Minyanim, kosher meals wherever meals are
served at the Conference, and a sandwich-level Konference Kafe in the hotel,
providing informal kosher food so that you don’t miss valuable sessions.

Don’t pass up this Conference! Go over to our web site, www.dc2011.org, to
learn more about the Conference program, AND register! Now’s the time to
make sure that it’s on your August schedule!

See you in Washington!

DC2011 Conference Co-Chairs
Marlene Katz Bishow
Vic Cohen
Sue Isman