Using the zabasearch.com website through the Vital Records section of
Steve Morse's website, http://www.stevemorse.org/, I get two possible
telephone numbers. The search also had to use Judy's formal name,
Judith.

Zev Griner

I am trying to contact my cousins, Judy and Leah DORMAN in West Hartford,
Connecticut.
snip...

Using the zabasearch.com website through the Vital Records section of
Steve Morse's website, http://www.stevemorse.org/, I get two possible
telephone numbers. The search also had to use Judy's formal name,
Judith.

Zev Griner

I am trying to contact my cousins, Judy and Leah DORMAN in West Hartford,
Connecticut.
snip...

In 1957 Sara NAGEL (daughter of Chanoch GOLDSZTEJN and Rivke nee ROSENBAUM)
submitted numerous Pages of Testimony for the ROSENBAUM family of Checiny.

I am sure that Sara has since passed on, but would like to know if anyone is
familiar with this particular ROSENBAUM family. They descend >from Szymon
ROSENBAUM (born 1865 in Checiny) and Szaindla Malka DOMB (born 1867 in
Wloszczowa).

Szymon ROSENBAUM was undoubtedly named after his great grandfather Szymon
ROZENBLAT who was ABD of Checiny, my 3rd great grandfather.

Any information on this family (beyond all of the Pages of Testimony which I
already have) or any connection to descendants >from this family would be
greatly appreciated.

As always, many thanks!!
Linda Silverman Shefler
linda.shefler@...
Hod HaSharon

In 1957 Sara NAGEL (daughter of Chanoch GOLDSZTEJN and Rivke nee ROSENBAUM)
submitted numerous Pages of Testimony for the ROSENBAUM family of Checiny.

I am sure that Sara has since passed on, but would like to know if anyone is
familiar with this particular ROSENBAUM family. They descend >from Szymon
ROSENBAUM (born 1865 in Checiny) and Szaindla Malka DOMB (born 1867 in
Wloszczowa).

Szymon ROSENBAUM was undoubtedly named after his great grandfather Szymon
ROZENBLAT who was ABD of Checiny, my 3rd great grandfather.

Any information on this family (beyond all of the Pages of Testimony which I
already have) or any connection to descendants >from this family would be
greatly appreciated.

As always, many thanks!!
Linda Silverman Shefler
linda.shefler@...
Hod HaSharon

I hope all you experts can give me some advice. My maiden name is
Klabano and my paternal grandfather, Sam Klabano, said that he came

from Borisova. Klebanov or Klebanova seem to be common surnames there

but no Klabanos. Am I making too great a leap by assuming that was
our original name?

Thank you,
Lois Klabano Hanson
Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050
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I hope all you experts can give me some advice. My maiden name is
Klabano and my paternal grandfather, Sam Klabano, said that he came

from Borisova. Klebanov or Klebanova seem to be common surnames there

but no Klabanos. Am I making too great a leap by assuming that was
our original name?

Thank you,
Lois Klabano Hanson
Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050
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Hello, my name is Grace and this is
my first time on this system. I am researching an
ancestor with the last name of LEIB who lived in the area of
Kerpen in the late 1600's and 1700's. Is Leib always a
Jewish surname?

Grace Hatfield Houston, Texas gracehat2000@...

Hello, my name is Grace and this is
my first time on this system. I am researching an
ancestor with the last name of LEIB who lived in the area of
Kerpen in the late 1600's and 1700's. Is Leib always a
Jewish surname?

Grace Hatfield Houston, Texas gracehat2000@...

If you can read Russian script >from the early 20th century, I hope you can
help me. I have posted two old family photos >from Slavuta, Ukraine, plus two
scans of Russian writing on the reverse of each photo. I would like to have
a translation of the writing and am especially interested in anything that
will help identify two of the people in each photo. The others in each photo
are members of my grandmother Sarah (Kotel) Kisner's family-her mother and
siblings. A fifth photo shows my grandmother soon after she immigrated to
Boston, Mass.; in one of the other photos, her mother, Sheindl Kotel, is
holding the same photo.

The photos can be viewed by clicking on the following link for the image
gallery and viewing images 17052 through 17056:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/view.asp

Here is a short description of each item:

17052: Photo of Kotel Family >from Slavuta
17053: Reverse of previous photo
17054: Photo of Sarah Kotel held by Sheindl Kotel in photo 17052
17055: Photo of four of Sarah Kotel's siblings with unidentified cousins
17056: Reverse of previous photo

I have provided more information in the notes on these items. Thank you for
any help you can provide!

Lesley K. Cafarelli
Minneapolis, MN

Direct URL:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17052
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17053
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17054
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17055
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17056

If you can read Russian script >from the early 20th century, I hope you can
help me. I have posted two old family photos >from Slavuta, Ukraine, plus two
scans of Russian writing on the reverse of each photo. I would like to have
a translation of the writing and am especially interested in anything that
will help identify two of the people in each photo. The others in each photo
are members of my grandmother Sarah (Kotel) Kisner's family-her mother and
siblings. A fifth photo shows my grandmother soon after she immigrated to
Boston, Mass.; in one of the other photos, her mother, Sheindl Kotel, is
holding the same photo.

The photos can be viewed by clicking on the following link for the image
gallery and viewing images 17052 through 17056:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/view.asp

Here is a short description of each item:

17052: Photo of Kotel Family >from Slavuta
17053: Reverse of previous photo
17054: Photo of Sarah Kotel held by Sheindl Kotel in photo 17052
17055: Photo of four of Sarah Kotel's siblings with unidentified cousins
17056: Reverse of previous photo

I have provided more information in the notes on these items. Thank you for
any help you can provide!

Lesley K. Cafarelli
Minneapolis, MN

Direct URL:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17052
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17053
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17054
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17055
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17056

I am trying to establish a connection between a known and suspected branch =
of my =0Afamily.=C2=A0 The suspected branch may have lived at one time in R=
omania.=C2=A0 I =0Aspecifically seek information on Eli and Esther COIRA kn=
own on the manifest of =0Athe=C2=A0 S.S. Finland (departing 11/25/1920 and =
arriving 12/7/1920) as Elia and =0AEszter CIERA.=C2=A0 The manifest lists t=
heir last residence as Bucharest and notes =0Athat they were born in "Breci=
any", Romania.=C2=A0 They were traveling with two girls, =0ASima and Isichv=
et Ciera, aged 6 and 3. =0A=0A=0AI find it hard to believe Eli and Esther w=
ere born in Rumania since strong =0Aindirect evidence puts their birth in M=
inkovitz, Ukraine.=C2=A0 It is possible that =0Athey left Ukraine some time=
after the revolution to live in Romania, but when =0Aand where are unknown=
.=C2=A0 It is my guess that Eli and Esther left Ukraine around =0Athe time =
of the revolution (c. 1917) and they may have lived in Romania between =0A1=
917 and 1920.=C2=A0 If so, is it possible that there would be records of th=
eir =0Aarrival to, presence in, or departure >from Romania during this perio=
d?=C2=A0 It is =0Apossible that the younger child, Isichvet Ciera, was born=
in Romania since the =0Amanifest >from Nov. 1920 lists her age as 3.=C2=A0 =
=0A=0A=0AI undertand >from JewishGen that Breciany could be "B=C4=83r=C4=83c=
eni", listed as 32.8 =0Amiles WNW of Bucure=C5=9Fti 44=C2=B026' N 26=C2=B06=
' E.=C2=A0 =0A=0A=0AI presume Eli and Esther were related to my great-great=
grandfather, Israel =0AELLMAN.=C2=A0 Israel, I know, was born in Minkovitz=
, Ukraine, but his last residence, =0Aaccording to the same manifest above,=
was Breciany, Romania.=C2=A0 Israel ELLMAN was =0Athe most senior member o=
f the family delegation that all traveled together on =0Athe same above iti=
nerary.=C2=A0 The party included Eli, Esther, Sima and Isichvet =0ACIERA, I=
srael ELLMAN, Jankel MEIDMAN (aka MAIDMAN), Basia=C2=A0MEIDMAN, Chaja =0AME=
IDMAN, Zisel MEIDMAN, Chaja SKIPA, Srul SKIPSA, Nemisa SKIPKA, Joel BERMAN,=
=0AAND Mamia (perhaps Mania) BERMAN.=C2=A0 All of these people are listed =
on the above =0Amanifest has having been born in or=C2=A0last resided in Bu=
charest or Breciany.=C2=A0 Yet =0Aall of these people are most likely to ha=
ve been born in Minkovitz, Ukraine.=C2=A0 =0A=0A=0AI welcome any help about=
how I can locate any records >from their stay in =0ARomania.=0A=0AEric J. E=
llman=0AN. Bethesda, MD =0A=0ASearching: ELLMAN (Minkovsty, Ukraine), ROSEN=
BERG (Lomza, Nowogrod, Poland), =0AKOTZEN (Riga, Latvia), KREIGER (Riga; an=
d Kedainiai, Lithuania), FAGIN (Dvinsk, =0ALatvia), COIRA, (Minkovsty, Ukr.=
), MAIDMAN (Minkovsty, Ukr),GREENBERG (Rzesz=C3=B3w, =0AGalacia), WYSZYNSKI=
(Mlawa, Poland), COHEN (London), STORCH (Rzesz=C3=B3w, Galacia)
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I am trying to establish a connection between a known and suspected branch =
of my =0Afamily.=C2=A0 The suspected branch may have lived at one time in R=
omania.=C2=A0 I =0Aspecifically seek information on Eli and Esther COIRA kn=
own on the manifest of =0Athe=C2=A0 S.S. Finland (departing 11/25/1920 and =
arriving 12/7/1920) as Elia and =0AEszter CIERA.=C2=A0 The manifest lists t=
heir last residence as Bucharest and notes =0Athat they were born in "Breci=
any", Romania.=C2=A0 They were traveling with two girls, =0ASima and Isichv=
et Ciera, aged 6 and 3. =0A=0A=0AI find it hard to believe Eli and Esther w=
ere born in Rumania since strong =0Aindirect evidence puts their birth in M=
inkovitz, Ukraine.=C2=A0 It is possible that =0Athey left Ukraine some time=
after the revolution to live in Romania, but when =0Aand where are unknown=
.=C2=A0 It is my guess that Eli and Esther left Ukraine around =0Athe time =
of the revolution (c. 1917) and they may have lived in Romania between =0A1=
917 and 1920.=C2=A0 If so, is it possible that there would be records of th=
eir =0Aarrival to, presence in, or departure >from Romania during this perio=
d?=C2=A0 It is =0Apossible that the younger child, Isichvet Ciera, was born=
in Romania since the =0Amanifest >from Nov. 1920 lists her age as 3.=C2=A0 =
=0A=0A=0AI undertand >from JewishGen that Breciany could be "B=C4=83r=C4=83c=
eni", listed as 32.8 =0Amiles WNW of Bucure=C5=9Fti 44=C2=B026' N 26=C2=B06=
' E.=C2=A0 =0A=0A=0AI presume Eli and Esther were related to my great-great=
grandfather, Israel =0AELLMAN.=C2=A0 Israel, I know, was born in Minkovitz=
, Ukraine, but his last residence, =0Aaccording to the same manifest above,=
was Breciany, Romania.=C2=A0 Israel ELLMAN was =0Athe most senior member o=
f the family delegation that all traveled together on =0Athe same above iti=
nerary.=C2=A0 The party included Eli, Esther, Sima and Isichvet =0ACIERA, I=
srael ELLMAN, Jankel MEIDMAN (aka MAIDMAN), Basia=C2=A0MEIDMAN, Chaja =0AME=
IDMAN, Zisel MEIDMAN, Chaja SKIPA, Srul SKIPSA, Nemisa SKIPKA, Joel BERMAN,=
=0AAND Mamia (perhaps Mania) BERMAN.=C2=A0 All of these people are listed =
on the above =0Amanifest has having been born in or=C2=A0last resided in Bu=
charest or Breciany.=C2=A0 Yet =0Aall of these people are most likely to ha=
ve been born in Minkovitz, Ukraine.=C2=A0 =0A=0A=0AI welcome any help about=
how I can locate any records >from their stay in =0ARomania.=0A=0AEric J. E=
llman=0AN. Bethesda, MD =0A=0ASearching: ELLMAN (Minkovsty, Ukraine), ROSEN=
BERG (Lomza, Nowogrod, Poland), =0AKOTZEN (Riga, Latvia), KREIGER (Riga; an=
d Kedainiai, Lithuania), FAGIN (Dvinsk, =0ALatvia), COIRA, (Minkovsty, Ukr.=
), MAIDMAN (Minkovsty, Ukr),GREENBERG (Rzesz=C3=B3w, =0AGalacia), WYSZYNSKI=
(Mlawa, Poland), COHEN (London), STORCH (Rzesz=C3=B3w, Galacia)
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We are delighted to announce that Jewish Records Indexing-Poland
and the Museum of the History of Polish Jews have signed an
agreement where each of JRI-Poland's "Your Town" pages will
have a link to the Museum's Virtual Shtetl pages for the same
towns -- and vice versa.

This will enable those reading about their town in the Museum's
Virtual Shtetl site to learn about surviving records for their
families by clicking on the link to the JRI-Poland page for the
same town.

There will be more than 1,000 linked towns and villages.

The JRI-Poland site is at http://www.jri-poland.org/index.htm
It contains an index to more than 4 million records of the Jewish
presence in Poland -- mostly birth, marriage and death records.

The Museum of the History of Polish Jews will open in 2012 on
the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. Its Internet site is at
http://www.jewishmuseum.org.pl/index.php?lang=en

More information about the signing can be found at:

http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/cms/news/872,a-cooperation-between-jewish-
records-indexing-and-museum-of-the-history-of-polish-jews/

and

http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
20004&Itemid=86

Stanley Diamond, Executive Director,
for the Board of JRI-Poland

We are delighted to announce that Jewish Records Indexing-Poland
and the Museum of the History of Polish Jews have signed an
agreement where each of JRI-Poland's "Your Town" pages will
have a link to the Museum's Virtual Shtetl pages for the same
towns -- and vice versa.

This will enable those reading about their town in the Museum's
Virtual Shtetl site to learn about surviving records for their
families by clicking on the link to the JRI-Poland page for the
same town.

There will be more than 1,000 linked towns and villages.

The JRI-Poland site is at http://www.jri-poland.org/index.htm
It contains an index to more than 4 million records of the Jewish
presence in Poland -- mostly birth, marriage and death records.

The Museum of the History of Polish Jews will open in 2012 on
the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. Its Internet site is at
http://www.jewishmuseum.org.pl/index.php?lang=en

More information about the signing can be found at:

http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/cms/news/872,a-cooperation-between-jewish-
records-indexing-and-museum-of-the-history-of-polish-jews/

and

http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=
20004&Itemid=86

Stanley Diamond, Executive Director,
for the Board of JRI-Poland

Hello. My name is Josh Grise.
I am looking for any information on the Gartsman/Gartzman family.
My grandmother who is 92 grew up believing her family had all been
murdered,but recently, after many years of research, I have reunited
her with her lost cousins.
We are looking for other Gartsmans/Gartzmans who may have survived or
fled during the war.
The home towns revolved around Kiev, and include Chabna (Polesskoye),
Ivankov,Narodichi, Ovruch, and parts of Zhitomir. There are probably
more shtetls that held Gartsmans though.
In our family, Avrum Gartsman (my great great grandfather) was the
rabbi of Chabna. He was born in 184? and was murdered in 1941.
His wife was Brocha nee Goodman, and their children included G
enendel Urman, Peysah, Shlomo, Itzhak, Sarka Mostovsky,
Khana-Masha Gershonzon, Basya Feldman, Yakov, Aaron, David, Simon,
and one other. We have located the descendants of every one of the
siblings except Peysah.
Peysah (b 1890s) married Riva Lipshitz.
Their children were Khana and Pesha. Please help us find them. Their
parents were on the list of those murdered in Chabna, but we have a
feeling that the two girls survived.
Please let me know if you know anything about the Gartsmans/Gartzmans
My email is jmgrise@...

Thanks
Josh

Hello. My name is Josh Grise.
I am looking for any information on the Gartsman/Gartzman family.
My grandmother who is 92 grew up believing her family had all been
murdered,but recently, after many years of research, I have reunited
her with her lost cousins.
We are looking for other Gartsmans/Gartzmans who may have survived or
fled during the war.
The home towns revolved around Kiev, and include Chabna (Polesskoye),
Ivankov,Narodichi, Ovruch, and parts of Zhitomir. There are probably
more shtetls that held Gartsmans though.
In our family, Avrum Gartsman (my great great grandfather) was the
rabbi of Chabna. He was born in 184? and was murdered in 1941.
His wife was Brocha nee Goodman, and their children included G
enendel Urman, Peysah, Shlomo, Itzhak, Sarka Mostovsky,
Khana-Masha Gershonzon, Basya Feldman, Yakov, Aaron, David, Simon,
and one other. We have located the descendants of every one of the
siblings except Peysah.
Peysah (b 1890s) married Riva Lipshitz.
Their children were Khana and Pesha. Please help us find them. Their
parents were on the list of those murdered in Chabna, but we have a
feeling that the two girls survived.
Please let me know if you know anything about the Gartsmans/Gartzmans
My email is jmgrise@...

Thanks
Josh

Hello:

I am in need of translation of a Polish document >from the Lodz archives. I
have mislaid my identification of the document, but I believe it is the
birth certificate of my wife's great grandfather.

The Viewmate address is as follows:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17077

I would appreciate a translation of the document if that is possible.

Thank you.

Wayne Morgan

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Hello:

I am in need of translation of a Polish document >from the Lodz archives. I
have mislaid my identification of the document, but I believe it is the
birth certificate of my wife's great grandfather.

The Viewmate address is as follows:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17077

I would appreciate a translation of the document if that is possible.

Thank you.

Wayne Morgan

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately or on the ViewMate form.

Hello:

I have a marriage document >from the Lodz archives in Russian. It is split
into 2 parts on Viewmate as follows:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17057

and

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17058

If you can help me with this translation, I would appreciate it.

Thanks

Wayne Morgan

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately or on the ViewMate form.

Hello:

I have a marriage document >from the Lodz archives in Russian. It is split
into 2 parts on Viewmate as follows:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17057

and

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=17058

If you can help me with this translation, I would appreciate it.

Thanks

Wayne Morgan

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately or on the ViewMate form.