main@groups.jewishgen.org

Re: Possible reasons for immigration #general

Andy Rosen <arosen2@...>

#206790

Danielle:

At first blush, it appears your maternal grandmother was negligent in 
abandoning his son and that she might be partially responsible for her 
husband's suicide (was she having an affair?).  But as you said, we don't 
know what happened.  It might have been equally probable your paternal 
grandfather was mentally ill and impossible to live with.  It's possible we 
will never know the truth.

Oral history, as in your family's lore, is a great tool for fact finding 
but have you corroborated this story with the records? Regarding US data, 
have carefully examined all immigration, naturalization and census records 
easily available?

If not, my suggestion is to gather as much information as you can before 
pondering any questions.

Best of luck, Danielle!

Warmly,

Andy Rosen
Tucson, Arizona
arosen2@...

Researching the shtetl of Jezierna and surnames: CHARAP, TEICHOLZ,
NAGELBERG, BARAD, EIDEL, HIRSCHORN, STEINKRITZ, ROSENBLATT, YEAGER

Show quoted text

On Jan 3, 7:02 am, Danielle Weiner wrote:
...I have been told by relatives that my father's father took his own life 
in 1919 because his wife (my father's mother) left him...In 1922, my father's
paternal grandparents...brought him to the United States with the 
intention of making a permanent home here for all three of them.  The 
grandparents subsequently returned to Vilna as they didn't care for the US, 
leaving my father with other relatives who had immigrated previously.

My question is:  What possible reasons might there have been for
grandparents to bring a 13 y/o grandson to the US >from Vilna in 1922?

I have spent many hours pondering this question and have come up with
a few possibilities based on the circumstances, but I would very much
like to hear any thoughts >from this group.

JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Possible reasons for immigration #general

Andy Rosen <arosen2@...>

#527103

Danielle:

At first blush, it appears your maternal grandmother was negligent in 
abandoning his son and that she might be partially responsible for her 
husband's suicide (was she having an affair?).  But as you said, we don't 
know what happened.  It might have been equally probable your paternal 
grandfather was mentally ill and impossible to live with.  It's possible we 
will never know the truth.

Oral history, as in your family's lore, is a great tool for fact finding 
but have you corroborated this story with the records? Regarding US data, 
have carefully examined all immigration, naturalization and census records 
easily available?

If not, my suggestion is to gather as much information as you can before 
pondering any questions.

Best of luck, Danielle!

Warmly,

Andy Rosen
Tucson, Arizona
arosen2@...

Researching the shtetl of Jezierna and surnames: CHARAP, TEICHOLZ,
NAGELBERG, BARAD, EIDEL, HIRSCHORN, STEINKRITZ, ROSENBLATT, YEAGER

Show quoted text

On Jan 3, 7:02 am, Danielle Weiner wrote:
...I have been told by relatives that my father's father took his own life 
in 1919 because his wife (my father's mother) left him...In 1922, my father's
paternal grandparents...brought him to the United States with the 
intention of making a permanent home here for all three of them.  The 
grandparents subsequently returned to Vilna as they didn't care for the US, 
leaving my father with other relatives who had immigrated previously.

My question is:  What possible reasons might there have been for
grandparents to bring a 13 y/o grandson to the US >from Vilna in 1922?

I have spent many hours pondering this question and have come up with
a few possibilities based on the circumstances, but I would very much
like to hear any thoughts >from this group.

Re: Argentina Genealogy - Novice Questions #general

montereybayrob@...

#206789

Shawn,

You should check the JewishGen archives for Argentina.  You will find
several posts about processes for finding relatives in Argentina.

Rob Weisskirch
Latin American SIG Moderator

Show quoted text

On Jan 2, Shawn Weil wrote:
I'm searching for the family of Jacob BIRENBERG, who--according to
family lore--immigrated to Argentina >from Medzhybizh, Ukraine...
Any pointers would be appreciated.

JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Argentina Genealogy - Novice Questions #general

montereybayrob@...

#527102

Shawn,

You should check the JewishGen archives for Argentina.  You will find
several posts about processes for finding relatives in Argentina.

Rob Weisskirch
Latin American SIG Moderator

Show quoted text

On Jan 2, Shawn Weil wrote:
I'm searching for the family of Jacob BIRENBERG, who--according to
family lore--immigrated to Argentina >from Medzhybizh, Ukraine...
Any pointers would be appreciated.

Thank you for ViewMate responses ... Brooklyn scene #general

Bernard Kouchel <koosh@...>

#206788

RE: Viewmate image 17563, Brooklyn couple near fountain.
Responses indicate location maybe be Prospect Park or Botanic Gardens.
My thanks to all responders for their input.
Have a nice day

Bernard I. Kouchel
koosh@...

JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Thank you for ViewMate responses ... Brooklyn scene #general

Bernard Kouchel <koosh@...>

#527101

RE: Viewmate image 17563, Brooklyn couple near fountain.
Responses indicate location maybe be Prospect Park or Botanic Gardens.
My thanks to all responders for their input.
Have a nice day

Bernard I. Kouchel
koosh@...

Yizkor Book Project, December 2010 #poland

Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>

#26235

Shalom,

The JewishGen "elders" tell me that there has never been such a record month
in the Yizkor Book Project with a total of 57 new entries, new books and
updates during December. The year 2010, in fact, was an all-round record
year compared to previous years. More than four times as many new entries
added, twice as many new books added and almost twice as many updates were
carried out in comparison with 2009!

Now, as I always stress, there are many, many people behind these figures
and this month I would like to salute a small group of such people. They are
the remarkable volunteer team of Shaul Yannai, Shimon Joffe & Barry Mann who
are working their way through Pinkas Lita (Encyclopedia of Jewish
Communities in Lithuania) to translate all the community entries appearing
there. Just this month, we put up translations 28 of the entries about the
Lithuanian communities that were devastated in the Holocaust and the final
goal of this team is to completely translate all the entries within it. This
is clearly a mammoth task and I salute this team's dedication and
persistence.  It should also be noted that they are also working closely
with the original editors of this encyclopedia, Dov Levin and Josef Rosin,
to assure that the translations and the information they contain, are as
true as possible to the original - awarding them a further salute.

I would like to inform you about something else new that was added this past
month to the Yizkor Book Project. Thanks to the diligent and time consuming
research work of one volunteer, Paul Levit, a new feature has been added to
the Yizkor Book database at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/database.html  A
hyperlink has been added to each Yizkor Book's entry which points to the
OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) website at www.worldcat.org. Since the
WorldCat website contains full bibliographic information for each book,
along with links to thousands of libraries catalogs worldwide.  This linkage
will supplement the database's current "Libraries" table, thus allowing
JewishGen users to locate Yizkor Books more easily, wherever they may be. My
thanks also go out to Warren Blatt for the concept behind this and to
Michael Tobias for implementing this feature in the database.

December also has seen the quarterly update of our necrology database with
4,330 new entries >from 10 books. The entries are painstakingly prepared by
Max Heffler and Michael Tobias is behind the uploading of the data to the
database. Thanks to both these gentlemen for allowing researchers access to
this invaluable data source at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/yizkor/

Note that the following community necrologies were added this quarter to the
database:

- Ratno, Ukraine			168
- Frampol, Poland			373
- Kossovo, Belarus			163
- Stolin, Belarus			601
- Bol'shoy Zhëlutsk, Ukraine		81
- Sandomierz, Poland			433
- Novoseltsy, Ukraine			1426
- Melnitsa, Ukraine			781
- Pogost-Zagorodskiy, Belarus		235
- Majdan, Ukraine			69

Now to the December figures. During this last month we have added these 5
new projects:

- Gusyatin, Ukraine (Two communities: Husiatyn and Kopyczynce)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Gusyatin1/Gusyatin1.html

- Makow Mazowiecki, Poland (Memorial book of the community of
Makow-Mazowiecki)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Makow_Mazowiecki/Makow_Mazowiecki.html

- Pabianice, Poland (Memorial Book of Pabianice)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pabianice/Pabianice.html

- Tluszcz, Poland (Memorial Book of the Community of Tluszcz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tluszcz/tluszcz.html

- Turiysk, Ukraine (Memorial book of Trisk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Turiysk/Turiysk.html


Added in 29 new entries:

- Didkiemis, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00209b.html

- Dikshne, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00209c.html

- Dubingiai, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00200c.html

- Dubininkus, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00200b.html

- Dubinova, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00200a.html

- Dubrava, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00201d.html

- Dusetos, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00204.html

- Dvoruka, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00199c.html

- Dvornova, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00201e.html

- Erzvilkas, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00157.html

- Freda, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00501.html

- Gaure, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00182g.html

- Huta, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00213b.html

- Igliauka, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00134.html

- Ilguva, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00134b.html

- Imbradas, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00134c.html

- Indrioniskis, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00134d.html

- Inturke, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00134e.html

- Janitz, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00338.html

- Janapole, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00342.html

- Jankai, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00342b.html

- Jastnik, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00343.html

- Jegliskis, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00319.html

- Jieznas, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00329.html

- Jokubaiciai, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00343b.html

- Jokubavas, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00343c.html

- Silute, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00213c.html

- Starobin, Belarus  (Slutsk and vicinity memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/starobin/starobin.html

- Vilkija, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00248.html


We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects:

- Belchatow, Poland (Belchatow memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Belchatow/Belchatow.html

- Biala Rawska, Poland (Memorial Book to the Martyrs of Biala Rawska)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Biala_Rawska/Biala_Rawska.html

- Czestochowa, Poland (Czenstochova - new supplement to the book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa/Czestochowa.html

- Czestochowa, Poland (The Jews of Czestochowa)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa1/Czestochowa1.html

- Dotnuva, Lithuania (Letters >from Dotnuva)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dotnuva/dotnuva.html

- Fehergyarmat, Hungary  (Our Former City Fehergyarmat)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Fehergyarmat/Fehergyarmat.html

- Gargzdai, Lithuania (Gorzd book; A memorial to the Jewish community of
Gorzd) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Gargzdai/Gargzdai.html

- Garwolin, Poland (Garwolin Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/garwolin/garwolin.html [English & Polish]

- Gorodets, Belarus (Horodetz; history of a town, 1142-1942)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/gorodets/gorodets.html

- Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/grajewo/grajewo.html

- Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French]

- Lithuania (Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities in Lithuania)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00000.html

- Lithuania (Lite) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lita/lita.html

- Lowicz, Poland (Lowicz; a town in Mazovia, memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Lowicz/Lowicz.html

- Merkine, Lithuania (Meretch; a Jewish Town in Lithuania)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Merkine/Merkine.html

- Ostrow-Mazowiecka, Poland (Memorial Book of the Community of
Ostrow-Mazowiecka) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrow/ostrow.html

- Rivne, Ukraine (Rowno; a memorial to the Jewish community of Rowno, Wolyn)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/rovno/rovno.html

- Ryki, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ryki/rykp000.html [Polish]

- Siemiatycze, Poland (Yizkor The Community of Semyatitch)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Siemiatycze1/Siemiatycze1.html

- Sierpc, Poland (The community of Sierpc; memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Sierpc/Sierpc.html

- Tykocin, Poland (Memorial book of Tiktin)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tykocin/tykocin.html

- Volodymyr Volynskyy, Ukraine (Wladimir Wolynsk; in memory of the Jewish
community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Volodymyr_Volynskyy/Volodymyr_Volynskyy.html

- Wislica, Poland (Memorial book of Wislica; the Wislich yizkor book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wislica/Wislica.html


Please remember that all this month's additions and updates have been
flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy
to find them. 

Wishing all an excellent 2011 and look forward to hearing >from of all of you
during this year.

Lance Ackerfeld
Yizkor Book Project Manager
lance.ackerfeld@...

BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Yizkor Book Project, December 2010 #poland

Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>

#346657

Shalom,

The JewishGen "elders" tell me that there has never been such a record month
in the Yizkor Book Project with a total of 57 new entries, new books and
updates during December. The year 2010, in fact, was an all-round record
year compared to previous years. More than four times as many new entries
added, twice as many new books added and almost twice as many updates were
carried out in comparison with 2009!

Now, as I always stress, there are many, many people behind these figures
and this month I would like to salute a small group of such people. They are
the remarkable volunteer team of Shaul Yannai, Shimon Joffe & Barry Mann who
are working their way through Pinkas Lita (Encyclopedia of Jewish
Communities in Lithuania) to translate all the community entries appearing
there. Just this month, we put up translations 28 of the entries about the
Lithuanian communities that were devastated in the Holocaust and the final
goal of this team is to completely translate all the entries within it. This
is clearly a mammoth task and I salute this team's dedication and
persistence.  It should also be noted that they are also working closely
with the original editors of this encyclopedia, Dov Levin and Josef Rosin,
to assure that the translations and the information they contain, are as
true as possible to the original - awarding them a further salute.

I would like to inform you about something else new that was added this past
month to the Yizkor Book Project. Thanks to the diligent and time consuming
research work of one volunteer, Paul Levit, a new feature has been added to
the Yizkor Book database at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/database.html  A
hyperlink has been added to each Yizkor Book's entry which points to the
OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) website at www.worldcat.org. Since the
WorldCat website contains full bibliographic information for each book,
along with links to thousands of libraries catalogs worldwide.  This linkage
will supplement the database's current "Libraries" table, thus allowing
JewishGen users to locate Yizkor Books more easily, wherever they may be. My
thanks also go out to Warren Blatt for the concept behind this and to
Michael Tobias for implementing this feature in the database.

December also has seen the quarterly update of our necrology database with
4,330 new entries >from 10 books. The entries are painstakingly prepared by
Max Heffler and Michael Tobias is behind the uploading of the data to the
database. Thanks to both these gentlemen for allowing researchers access to
this invaluable data source at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/yizkor/

Note that the following community necrologies were added this quarter to the
database:

- Ratno, Ukraine			168
- Frampol, Poland			373
- Kossovo, Belarus			163
- Stolin, Belarus			601
- Bol'shoy Zhëlutsk, Ukraine		81
- Sandomierz, Poland			433
- Novoseltsy, Ukraine			1426
- Melnitsa, Ukraine			781
- Pogost-Zagorodskiy, Belarus		235
- Majdan, Ukraine			69

Now to the December figures. During this last month we have added these 5
new projects:

- Gusyatin, Ukraine (Two communities: Husiatyn and Kopyczynce)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Gusyatin1/Gusyatin1.html

- Makow Mazowiecki, Poland (Memorial book of the community of
Makow-Mazowiecki)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Makow_Mazowiecki/Makow_Mazowiecki.html

- Pabianice, Poland (Memorial Book of Pabianice)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pabianice/Pabianice.html

- Tluszcz, Poland (Memorial Book of the Community of Tluszcz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tluszcz/tluszcz.html

- Turiysk, Ukraine (Memorial book of Trisk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Turiysk/Turiysk.html


Added in 29 new entries:

- Didkiemis, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00209b.html

- Dikshne, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00209c.html

- Dubingiai, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00200c.html

- Dubininkus, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00200b.html

- Dubinova, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00200a.html

- Dubrava, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00201d.html

- Dusetos, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00204.html

- Dvoruka, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00199c.html

- Dvornova, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00201e.html

- Erzvilkas, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00157.html

- Freda, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00501.html

- Gaure, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00182g.html

- Huta, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00213b.html

- Igliauka, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00134.html

- Ilguva, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00134b.html

- Imbradas, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00134c.html

- Indrioniskis, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00134d.html

- Inturke, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00134e.html

- Janitz, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00338.html

- Janapole, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00342.html

- Jankai, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00342b.html

- Jastnik, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00343.html

- Jegliskis, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00319.html

- Jieznas, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00329.html

- Jokubaiciai, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00343b.html

- Jokubavas, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00343c.html

- Silute, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00213c.html

- Starobin, Belarus  (Slutsk and vicinity memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/starobin/starobin.html

- Vilkija, Lithuania (Pinkas Lita)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinkas_Lita/lit_00248.html


We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects:

- Belchatow, Poland (Belchatow memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Belchatow/Belchatow.html

- Biala Rawska, Poland (Memorial Book to the Martyrs of Biala Rawska)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Biala_Rawska/Biala_Rawska.html

- Czestochowa, Poland (Czenstochova - new supplement to the book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa/Czestochowa.html

- Czestochowa, Poland (The Jews of Czestochowa)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa1/Czestochowa1.html

- Dotnuva, Lithuania (Letters >from Dotnuva)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/dotnuva/dotnuva.html

- Fehergyarmat, Hungary  (Our Former City Fehergyarmat)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Fehergyarmat/Fehergyarmat.html

- Gargzdai, Lithuania (Gorzd book; A memorial to the Jewish community of
Gorzd) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Gargzdai/Gargzdai.html

- Garwolin, Poland (Garwolin Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/garwolin/garwolin.html [English & Polish]

- Gorodets, Belarus (Horodetz; history of a town, 1142-1942)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/gorodets/gorodets.html

- Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/grajewo/grajewo.html

- Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French]

- Lithuania (Encyclopaedia of Jewish Communities in Lithuania)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_lita/lit_00000.html

- Lithuania (Lite) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lita/lita.html

- Lowicz, Poland (Lowicz; a town in Mazovia, memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Lowicz/Lowicz.html

- Merkine, Lithuania (Meretch; a Jewish Town in Lithuania)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Merkine/Merkine.html

- Ostrow-Mazowiecka, Poland (Memorial Book of the Community of
Ostrow-Mazowiecka) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrow/ostrow.html

- Rivne, Ukraine (Rowno; a memorial to the Jewish community of Rowno, Wolyn)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/rovno/rovno.html

- Ryki, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ryki/rykp000.html [Polish]

- Siemiatycze, Poland (Yizkor The Community of Semyatitch)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Siemiatycze1/Siemiatycze1.html

- Sierpc, Poland (The community of Sierpc; memorial book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Sierpc/Sierpc.html

- Tykocin, Poland (Memorial book of Tiktin)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tykocin/tykocin.html

- Volodymyr Volynskyy, Ukraine (Wladimir Wolynsk; in memory of the Jewish
community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Volodymyr_Volynskyy/Volodymyr_Volynskyy.html

- Wislica, Poland (Memorial book of Wislica; the Wislich yizkor book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wislica/Wislica.html


Please remember that all this month's additions and updates have been
flagged at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy
to find them. 

Wishing all an excellent 2011 and look forward to hearing >from of all of you
during this year.

Lance Ackerfeld
Yizkor Book Project Manager
lance.ackerfeld@...

Request Viewmate translation #poland

MERYL RIZZOTTI

#26234

Dear Genners:
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could give me a complete translations 
of the documents listed below. The events took place in Poland but the records 
are in Russian. I would like to know everything that is on the document(s). 

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17566
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17567
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17568
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17569
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17570

Thank you all very much in advance.
Meryl Rizzotti
RESEARCHING: SPECTER, POVLOTSKY, SLEPAK, KRZEWIN, MEYEROWITZ, CYMES, SLUCKI, 
BASOI

Mazritz Poland #poland

directsales22@...

#26233

Hi,
I am doing research on family line named Schenfoggle. I have them
listed in the 1901 England census as coming >from Mazritz,Poland.Is this
the same as Miedzyrzec Podlaski (51' 59' N 22'47'E)? Family names are
Jannie Schenfoggle(b.1835 app.) Annie Schenfoggle (b. 1874 app.) also
they had a border listed as coming >from Mazritz named Woulfe Wiseman
(b.1880 app.) Any other information would be of great help or if I can
help you in any way let me know.

Yours,
Spencer Young
Atlanta Georgia USA

BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Mazritz Poland #poland

directsales22@...

#346655

Hi,
I am doing research on family line named Schenfoggle. I have them
listed in the 1901 England census as coming >from Mazritz,Poland.Is this
the same as Miedzyrzec Podlaski (51' 59' N 22'47'E)? Family names are
Jannie Schenfoggle(b.1835 app.) Annie Schenfoggle (b. 1874 app.) also
they had a border listed as coming >from Mazritz named Woulfe Wiseman
(b.1880 app.) Any other information would be of great help or if I can
help you in any way let me know.

Yours,
Spencer Young
Atlanta Georgia USA

BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Request Viewmate translation #poland

MERYL RIZZOTTI

#346656

Dear Genners:
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could give me a complete translations 
of the documents listed below. The events took place in Poland but the records 
are in Russian. I would like to know everything that is on the document(s). 

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17566
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17567
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17568
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17569
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17570

Thank you all very much in advance.
Meryl Rizzotti
RESEARCHING: SPECTER, POVLOTSKY, SLEPAK, KRZEWIN, MEYEROWITZ, CYMES, SLUCKI, 
BASOI

JOWBR Year-End Update #poland

Nolan Altman

#26232

JewishGen is very proud to announce its 2010 year-end update 
to the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) Database.  
The JOWBR Database can be accessed at 
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/  
If you're a new user, we recommend that you take a look at the first 
two explanatory screencasts at 
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/  

	This update is our largest to date and includes 170,000 new 
records and 32,700 new photos.  The database is adding 360 new 
cemeteries along with updates or additions to an additional 213 
cemeteries >from 21 countries.  This brings JOWBR's holdings in 
excess of 1.57 million records >from more than 3,050 cemeteries / 
cemetery sections >from 47 countries!  

	Once again, you will see that the donors for this update 
include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, 
historical societies and museums.  We appreciate all our donor's 
submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group 
of JewishGen volunteers.  Of particular note in this update are 
the following additions:

•	Lodz, Poland.  Thanks to a dedicated team of data entry 
and validation volunteers, we are adding approximately 39,000 
records to those that went live in June.  JOWBR now includes 
approximately 50,000 records >from the "Organization of Former 
Residents of Lodz in Israel" burial registers.  The final set of 
records for surnames starting with the letters K, P, R, and S will 
be added in our next update.  These records will also be added to 
the JRI-Poland database.
•	Melbourne, Australia.  Thanks to the Melbourne Chevra 
Kadisha which has submitted over 29,000 records >from 49 cemeteries 
in Melbourne and surrounding towns.  We are especially grateful to 
the Chevra Kadisha since this is JOWBR's first significant data 
collection >from Australia.
•	Wisconsin, USA.  Thanks to the Jewish Museum Milwaukee 
(http://www.jewishmuseummilwaukee.org) for their submission of 
approximately 27,000 records >from 50 cemeteries throughout Wisconsin.
•	South Africa.  Thanks to Stan Hart for his work to submit 
close to 17,000 records >from over 135 cemeteries throughout South 
Africa.  Stan hopes to add photos to these records in future JOWBR 
updates. 
•	Virginia / Maryland, USA.  Thanks to the Jewish Genealogy 
Society of Greater Washington, Inc.  (DC) and a team of volunteers 
coordinated by Marlene Bishow, Ernie Fine and Harvey Kabaker for 
their submission of 5,000 records and 4,800 photos >from Arlington 
National Cemetery and more than 1,500 records >from the B'nai Israel 
Congregation Cemetery in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
•	Ontario, Canada.  Thanks to Allen Halberstadt, lead 
contributor to the Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada, Toronto' 
Cemetery Project, for submitting and updating approximately 120 
cemeteries with 5,000 records >from Bathurst Memorial, Lambton Mills, 
and Mount Sinai cemeteries.  In addition to the records, over 4,000 
photos >from Dawes Road Cemetery are included in this update thanks 
to the efforts of Robert Lubinski.
•	Georgia, USA.  Thanks to Ruth Einstein, Special Projects 
Coordinator for The Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum in 
Atlanta, Georgia for her submission of 4,000 new and updated records 
from 17 Atlanta area cemeteries.•	California, USA.  Thanks to Peggy Hooper at California 
Genealogy and History Archives 
(http://www.calarchives4u.com/cemeteries/cem-index.htm) for 
submitting 3,400 records with photos >from sections of Eden Memorial 
Park, Temple Beth Israel, Home of Peace (LA), and Home of Peace (San 
Diego) cemeteries. Eden Memorial photos were taken by Dr. William A. 
Mann.
•	Czeladz - Bedzin, Poland.  Thanks to Jeff Cymbler for his 
submission of over 3,200 records with 3,100 accompanying photos >from 
this town's cemetery.
•	Florida, USA.  
	Thanks to Susan Steinfeld, Cemetery Project Coordinator for 
the Jewish Genealogy Society of Broward County, and her team for 
their submission of more than 3,000 record and photos >from selected 
sections in the Star of David Cemetery in Miami.
	Thanks to Ina Getzoff, JOWBR Coordinator for the Jewish 
Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County, for her submission of 150 
new records and 450 photos >from the South Florida National Cemetery.
•	Petach Tikvah / Segulah, Israel.  Thanks to Gilda Kurtzman 
for her ongoing record refinement and 3,000 new photos.  In total, 
JOWBR includes close to 60,000 records and 17,000 photos >from this 
cemetery.
•	Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania.  Thanks to Vivian Kahn, H-SIG 
Coordinator, for her first installment of 2,950 records >from the 
Sighetu Marmatiei cemetery register. Additional records are being 
worked on for the next update.
•	Roman, Romania.  Thanks to Claudia Greif and Rosanne Leeson 
for 2,100 records >from the Roman cemetery register >from Roman in 
the Moldavia region of Romania.
•	El Paso, Texas, USA.  Thanks to Sandy Aaronson for her work 
to update and photograph B'nai Zion and Temple Mt. Sinai cemeteries 
in El Paso.  Sandy has added 450 records and 2,100 photos.
•	Ferndale, Michigan, USA.  Thanks to Stuart Farber for his 
submission of 2,000 records >from the Beth Abraham Cemetery 
Association in Ferndale, Michigan.
•	St. Joseph, Missouri, USA.  Thanks to Deena Sandusky for 
submitting more than 1,700 records >from the Adath Joseph and Shaare 
Sholem Roches cemeteries in St. Joseph, Missouri.
•	Latvia / Lithuania / Ukraine.  Thanks to Christine Usdine 
for permitting JOWBR to include various Latvian, Lithuanian and 
Ukrainian cemetery records and photos >from her site at 
http://usdine.free.fr/ 
Translations of those stones were provided by Sarah Mages.
•	St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.  A special thanks to Eileen Wegge, 
8th grade public school teacher who during her Holocaust history 
curriculum coordinated a cemetery indexing project with her students 
at Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery in St. Paul.
•	Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Thanks to Gene Baruch for 
indexing and photographing 1,000 stones at the Greensboro Hebrew 
Cemetery.
•	South Carolina Cemeteries.   Thanks to Ann Hellman, 
president of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina 
(http://www.jhssc.org/) for her most recent submission of 1,000 
additional records >from various South Carolina cemeteries. 
•	Whether your name or records are listed above, we appreciate 
all your submissions!  Thank you to all the donors that submitted 
information for this update.

        We appreciate all the work our donors have done and 
encourage you to make additional submissions.  Whether you work on a 
cemetery / cemetery section individually or consider a group project 
for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions 
that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for 
researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might 
not.  Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated 
with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider 
having their records included in the JOWBR database.

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR -- Coordinator
NAltman@...
December 2010

BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland JOWBR Year-End Update #poland

Nolan Altman

#346654

JewishGen is very proud to announce its 2010 year-end update 
to the JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial Registry) Database.  
The JOWBR Database can be accessed at 
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/  
If you're a new user, we recommend that you take a look at the first 
two explanatory screencasts at 
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/  

	This update is our largest to date and includes 170,000 new 
records and 32,700 new photos.  The database is adding 360 new 
cemeteries along with updates or additions to an additional 213 
cemeteries >from 21 countries.  This brings JOWBR's holdings in 
excess of 1.57 million records >from more than 3,050 cemeteries / 
cemetery sections >from 47 countries!  

	Once again, you will see that the donors for this update 
include a mix of individuals, Jewish genealogical societies, 
historical societies and museums.  We appreciate all our donor's 
submissions and the transliteration work done by a faithful group 
of JewishGen volunteers.  Of particular note in this update are 
the following additions:

•	Lodz, Poland.  Thanks to a dedicated team of data entry 
and validation volunteers, we are adding approximately 39,000 
records to those that went live in June.  JOWBR now includes 
approximately 50,000 records >from the "Organization of Former 
Residents of Lodz in Israel" burial registers.  The final set of 
records for surnames starting with the letters K, P, R, and S will 
be added in our next update.  These records will also be added to 
the JRI-Poland database.
•	Melbourne, Australia.  Thanks to the Melbourne Chevra 
Kadisha which has submitted over 29,000 records >from 49 cemeteries 
in Melbourne and surrounding towns.  We are especially grateful to 
the Chevra Kadisha since this is JOWBR's first significant data 
collection >from Australia.
•	Wisconsin, USA.  Thanks to the Jewish Museum Milwaukee 
(http://www.jewishmuseummilwaukee.org) for their submission of 
approximately 27,000 records >from 50 cemeteries throughout Wisconsin.
•	South Africa.  Thanks to Stan Hart for his work to submit 
close to 17,000 records >from over 135 cemeteries throughout South 
Africa.  Stan hopes to add photos to these records in future JOWBR 
updates. 
•	Virginia / Maryland, USA.  Thanks to the Jewish Genealogy 
Society of Greater Washington, Inc.  (DC) and a team of volunteers 
coordinated by Marlene Bishow, Ernie Fine and Harvey Kabaker for 
their submission of 5,000 records and 4,800 photos >from Arlington 
National Cemetery and more than 1,500 records >from the B'nai Israel 
Congregation Cemetery in Oxon Hill, Maryland.
•	Ontario, Canada.  Thanks to Allen Halberstadt, lead 
contributor to the Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada, Toronto' 
Cemetery Project, for submitting and updating approximately 120 
cemeteries with 5,000 records >from Bathurst Memorial, Lambton Mills, 
and Mount Sinai cemeteries.  In addition to the records, over 4,000 
photos >from Dawes Road Cemetery are included in this update thanks 
to the efforts of Robert Lubinski.
•	Georgia, USA.  Thanks to Ruth Einstein, Special Projects 
Coordinator for The Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum in 
Atlanta, Georgia for her submission of 4,000 new and updated records 
from 17 Atlanta area cemeteries.•	California, USA.  Thanks to Peggy Hooper at California 
Genealogy and History Archives 
(http://www.calarchives4u.com/cemeteries/cem-index.htm) for 
submitting 3,400 records with photos >from sections of Eden Memorial 
Park, Temple Beth Israel, Home of Peace (LA), and Home of Peace (San 
Diego) cemeteries. Eden Memorial photos were taken by Dr. William A. 
Mann.
•	Czeladz - Bedzin, Poland.  Thanks to Jeff Cymbler for his 
submission of over 3,200 records with 3,100 accompanying photos >from 
this town's cemetery.
•	Florida, USA.  
	Thanks to Susan Steinfeld, Cemetery Project Coordinator for 
the Jewish Genealogy Society of Broward County, and her team for 
their submission of more than 3,000 record and photos >from selected 
sections in the Star of David Cemetery in Miami.
	Thanks to Ina Getzoff, JOWBR Coordinator for the Jewish 
Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County, for her submission of 150 
new records and 450 photos >from the South Florida National Cemetery.
•	Petach Tikvah / Segulah, Israel.  Thanks to Gilda Kurtzman 
for her ongoing record refinement and 3,000 new photos.  In total, 
JOWBR includes close to 60,000 records and 17,000 photos >from this 
cemetery.
•	Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania.  Thanks to Vivian Kahn, H-SIG 
Coordinator, for her first installment of 2,950 records >from the 
Sighetu Marmatiei cemetery register. Additional records are being 
worked on for the next update.
•	Roman, Romania.  Thanks to Claudia Greif and Rosanne Leeson 
for 2,100 records >from the Roman cemetery register >from Roman in 
the Moldavia region of Romania.
•	El Paso, Texas, USA.  Thanks to Sandy Aaronson for her work 
to update and photograph B'nai Zion and Temple Mt. Sinai cemeteries 
in El Paso.  Sandy has added 450 records and 2,100 photos.
•	Ferndale, Michigan, USA.  Thanks to Stuart Farber for his 
submission of 2,000 records >from the Beth Abraham Cemetery 
Association in Ferndale, Michigan.
•	St. Joseph, Missouri, USA.  Thanks to Deena Sandusky for 
submitting more than 1,700 records >from the Adath Joseph and Shaare 
Sholem Roches cemeteries in St. Joseph, Missouri.
•	Latvia / Lithuania / Ukraine.  Thanks to Christine Usdine 
for permitting JOWBR to include various Latvian, Lithuanian and 
Ukrainian cemetery records and photos >from her site at 
http://usdine.free.fr/ 
Translations of those stones were provided by Sarah Mages.
•	St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.  A special thanks to Eileen Wegge, 
8th grade public school teacher who during her Holocaust history 
curriculum coordinated a cemetery indexing project with her students 
at Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery in St. Paul.
•	Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. Thanks to Gene Baruch for 
indexing and photographing 1,000 stones at the Greensboro Hebrew 
Cemetery.
•	South Carolina Cemeteries.   Thanks to Ann Hellman, 
president of the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina 
(http://www.jhssc.org/) for her most recent submission of 1,000 
additional records >from various South Carolina cemeteries. 
•	Whether your name or records are listed above, we appreciate 
all your submissions!  Thank you to all the donors that submitted 
information for this update.

        We appreciate all the work our donors have done and 
encourage you to make additional submissions.  Whether you work on a 
cemetery / cemetery section individually or consider a group project 
for your local Society, temple or other group, it's your submissions 
that help grow the JOWBR database and make it possible for 
researchers and family members to find answers they otherwise might 
not.  Please also consider other organizations you may be affiliated 
with that may already have done cemetery indexing that would consider 
having their records included in the JOWBR database.

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR -- Coordinator
NAltman@...
December 2010

THANKS Re: Family Tree on Viewmate 17551 SCHONFELD/EITIG/BRESLAUER/BADT #germany

Jeni ArmandezZiara <jeni.armandez@...>

#47458

Happy New Year! 
I would like to thank the many kind people that assisted me in figuring out my 
complicated family tree that is on Viewmate 17551. I have what appears to be a 
complete tree based on the image. If anyone is interested in knowing the 
information, please contact me privately.     Thank you again,

Jeni A Altit, Tampa, Florida <jeni.armandez@...>

German SIG #Germany THANKS Re: Family Tree on Viewmate 17551 SCHONFELD/EITIG/BRESLAUER/BADT #germany

Jeni ArmandezZiara <jeni.armandez@...>

#367847

Happy New Year! 
I would like to thank the many kind people that assisted me in figuring out my 
complicated family tree that is on Viewmate 17551. I have what appears to be a 
complete tree based on the image. If anyone is interested in knowing the 
information, please contact me privately.     Thank you again,

Jeni A Altit, Tampa, Florida <jeni.armandez@...>

Passing X-chromosome #dna

Gary Mokotoff <mokotoff@...>

#31777

A mother passes one of her two X chromosomes to her sons. She got one of
these two chromosomes >from her father and the other >from her mother.

Which of the two X chromosomes did she pass on to her sons? Her mother's?
Her father's? Or is it random?

Gary Mokotoff

Re: R. Naftali KATZ #rabbinic

Rosalind

#281491

There is some"talk"  that our earliest known ancestor Rav Meir HaKohen Katz 
(Linkuva Rabbi ) was descended >from Rav Naftali Katz.
His eldest known son was born about 1808 and he and his wife had the last 
child (I think) in 1843.
Could your Meir Katz be his GF.?
Do you know of descendants of your Meir Katz?
Thank you in anticipation
Ros Romem
jerusalem

Show quoted text

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven D. Bloom" <sbloom@...>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:57:43 -0500

I noticed that some time ago, Mel Werbach and Yoni Ben-Ari  (and
others) posted that they had done some significant research regarding
descendants of
Naftali Katz.

I am interested in this family.

I do not descend >from him, but I am interested in the Gliksman family
that generated both Baruch Bendet Gliksman, Phineas Zelig Gliksman, and
some others. It looks as if one of the early male ancestors of this
family,  Jacob Gliksman, married a woman named Glika (perhaps the
origin of the surname? I do not know). She is said to have been one of
eight daughters >from Kolo, and a granddaughter of Naftali Katz [see note
below --Mod.]. She probably died a bit before 1820.

Jacob  was born around 1748, and I assume Glika was about the same age .
Therefore, any grandfather (if that is indeed literally correct -- 
sometimes "neched" is used figuratively) would likely have been born not
much later than 1700, and probably no earlier than 1650. I hope that
makes sense for R. Katz.

Anyway, I would appreciate it if  Mel and Yoni could be in touch, as
well as any others who would like to discuss these details with me.

Thank you.

Steve Bloom
Central Virginia

Note [added later by Steve Bloom]:  It is actually her father, Meir
(likely born c. 1720) , who was the grandchild of  Naftali Katz (birth
date is given differently in different sources, but seems to be c. 1655).
That birth date seems to be consistent for someone his supposedly the gf
of someone born around 1720. I do not know if Katz was Meir's paternal or
maternal grandfather.

DNA Research #DNA Passing X-chromosome #dna

Gary Mokotoff <mokotoff@...>

#352188

A mother passes one of her two X chromosomes to her sons. She got one of
these two chromosomes >from her father and the other >from her mother.

Which of the two X chromosomes did she pass on to her sons? Her mother's?
Her father's? Or is it random?

Gary Mokotoff

Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Re: R. Naftali KATZ #rabbinic

Rosalind

#601748

There is some"talk"  that our earliest known ancestor Rav Meir HaKohen Katz 
(Linkuva Rabbi ) was descended >from Rav Naftali Katz.
His eldest known son was born about 1808 and he and his wife had the last 
child (I think) in 1843.
Could your Meir Katz be his GF.?
Do you know of descendants of your Meir Katz?
Thank you in anticipation
Ros Romem
jerusalem

Show quoted text

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven D. Bloom" <sbloom@...>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:57:43 -0500

I noticed that some time ago, Mel Werbach and Yoni Ben-Ari  (and
others) posted that they had done some significant research regarding
descendants of
Naftali Katz.

I am interested in this family.

I do not descend >from him, but I am interested in the Gliksman family
that generated both Baruch Bendet Gliksman, Phineas Zelig Gliksman, and
some others. It looks as if one of the early male ancestors of this
family,  Jacob Gliksman, married a woman named Glika (perhaps the
origin of the surname? I do not know). She is said to have been one of
eight daughters >from Kolo, and a granddaughter of Naftali Katz [see note
below --Mod.]. She probably died a bit before 1820.

Jacob  was born around 1748, and I assume Glika was about the same age .
Therefore, any grandfather (if that is indeed literally correct -- 
sometimes "neched" is used figuratively) would likely have been born not
much later than 1700, and probably no earlier than 1650. I hope that
makes sense for R. Katz.

Anyway, I would appreciate it if  Mel and Yoni could be in touch, as
well as any others who would like to discuss these details with me.

Thank you.

Steve Bloom
Central Virginia

Note [added later by Steve Bloom]:  It is actually her father, Meir
(likely born c. 1720) , who was the grandchild of  Naftali Katz (birth
date is given differently in different sources, but seems to be c. 1655).
That birth date seems to be consistent for someone his supposedly the gf
of someone born around 1720. I do not know if Katz was Meir's paternal or
maternal grandfather.