Because he was not technically a rabbi, and because he left no Chassidic
dynasty behind, family trees for the great tzaddik, kabbalist, and popular
holy man R. Yehuda Leyb (1726-1812), better known as the Shpoler Zeyda, or
Saba Kadisha, are rare. Even Rabbi Kalmanson, the long-tenured President of
the Shpoler Zeide Society, was not aware of any published family trees for
him.

As one of the Shpoler Zeyda's descendants (through the Polonsky-Zeyda
marriage connection), I am resolved to address this need. Calling upon my
good friend and able research associate Jeff Briskman, I took on the project
of assembling a family tree for the Shpoler Zeyda (common alternate
spellings: Zayda, Zaide, Zeida, Zeide, Zejde, Zeyde, and American variants
Seid and Seide).

Through census data, we have succeeded in identifying about one hundred of
the Shpoler Zeyda's descendants, >from his sons, through his great-great
grandsons and granddaughters. We have also identified some of his
third-great grandsons through gravestones and vital records. However, this
is about as far as the existing records will take us. To identify
additional descendants >from the fifth generation and beyond (late 19th, and
20th centuries), we will need help >from his existing descendants in the
Zeide and Seide families.

We cordially invite anyone who is a descendant of the Shpoler Zeyda, and who
can identify their grandparents, their great-grandparents, and possibly even
their great-great grandparents, to help us in completing his family tree.
In exchange for this information, in addition to our gratitude and
acknowledgement for your contribution to the literature, there is a very
good chance that we can provide you with your complete line of descent to
the Shpoler Zeyda.

I look forward to publishing all of the information collected for the
Shpoler Zeyda's family tree in the journal Avotaynu, as well as in my book
"Discovering the Ancient Lineage of the Polonsky and Paull Family," which I
hope to publish next year.

Best Wishes to All,

Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull

My NULMAN family comes >from Fastov in Ukraine. But, I did locate one ship's
manifest for some NULMAN >from Romania who went to their NULMAN cousins in
Providence when they arrived in America. Their cousins are my family which
means that apparently either one branch or one family settled in Romania
sometime in the early 1900s.

Because of that I am attempting to learn more about the three NULMANs who
perished when the Struma was sank. There was Isac (born abt. 1900), Sarah
(born abt. 1905) and Heinrikh-Genric (born abt. 1924). I found several
listing for them in Yad Vashem, but all the listings indicate that they were
residing in Romania prior to the war; it doesn't indicate where any of them
might have been born or any additional information.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to proceed locating additional
information for this family? I would very much like to know if they are a
part of my family or not.

As always, many thanks for your help.

Linda Silverman Shefler
Hod HaSharon
linda.shefler@...

Because he was not technically a rabbi, and because he left no Chassidic
dynasty behind, family trees for the great tzaddik, kabbalist, and popular
holy man R. Yehuda Leyb (1726-1812), better known as the Shpoler Zeyda, or
Saba Kadisha, are rare. Even Rabbi Kalmanson, the long-tenured President of
the Shpoler Zeide Society, was not aware of any published family trees for
him.

As one of the Shpoler Zeyda's descendants (through the Polonsky-Zeyda
marriage connection), I am resolved to address this need. Calling upon my
good friend and able research associate Jeff Briskman, I took on the project
of assembling a family tree for the Shpoler Zeyda (common alternate
spellings: Zayda, Zaide, Zeida, Zeide, Zejde, Zeyde, and American variants
Seid and Seide).

Through census data, we have succeeded in identifying about one hundred of
the Shpoler Zeyda's descendants, >from his sons, through his great-great
grandsons and granddaughters. We have also identified some of his
third-great grandsons through gravestones and vital records. However, this
is about as far as the existing records will take us. To identify
additional descendants >from the fifth generation and beyond (late 19th, and
20th centuries), we will need help >from his existing descendants in the
Zeide and Seide families.

We cordially invite anyone who is a descendant of the Shpoler Zeyda, and who
can identify their grandparents, their great-grandparents, and possibly even
their great-great grandparents, to help us in completing his family tree.
In exchange for this information, in addition to our gratitude and
acknowledgement for your contribution to the literature, there is a very
good chance that we can provide you with your complete line of descent to
the Shpoler Zeyda.

I look forward to publishing all of the information collected for the
Shpoler Zeyda's family tree in the journal Avotaynu, as well as in my book
"Discovering the Ancient Lineage of the Polonsky and Paull Family," which I
hope to publish next year.

Best Wishes to All,

Dr. Jeffrey Mark Paull

My NULMAN family comes >from Fastov in Ukraine. But, I did locate one ship's
manifest for some NULMAN >from Romania who went to their NULMAN cousins in
Providence when they arrived in America. Their cousins are my family which
means that apparently either one branch or one family settled in Romania
sometime in the early 1900s.

Because of that I am attempting to learn more about the three NULMANs who
perished when the Struma was sank. There was Isac (born abt. 1900), Sarah
(born abt. 1905) and Heinrikh-Genric (born abt. 1924). I found several
listing for them in Yad Vashem, but all the listings indicate that they were
residing in Romania prior to the war; it doesn't indicate where any of them
might have been born or any additional information.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to proceed locating additional
information for this family? I would very much like to know if they are a
part of my family or not.

As always, many thanks for your help.

Linda Silverman Shefler
Hod HaSharon
linda.shefler@...

This is a reminder that the deadline for IAJGS Awards submissions is April
1st.

Nominations for all four award categories are to be submitted online via a
One-Step form. If additional "hard-copy" material is required to be sent,
complete instructions are contained on the online One-Step form.

The online form is at http://stevemorse.org/awards/nominate.php

Each year the IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical
Societies) recognizes individuals and organizations with four prestigious
awards for excellence in Jewish genealogy.

The four award categories are:

1. IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award

2. Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via the Internet, Print
or Electronic Product

3. Outstanding Programming or Project that Advanced the Objectives of
Jewish Genealogy

4. Outstanding Publication by a Member Organization of IAJGS

For details on each award and a listing of all previous winners, go to
http://www.iajgs.org/awards_files/awards.html

Please note that nominations can be made only by member organizations of
the IAJGS and not by individuals. However, we encourage individuals to
be part of the process by contacting their local organization and
suggesting worthy recipients. For a list of the JGSs and SIGs that make
up the IAJGS, see http://www.iajgs.org/members/members.html

The recipients of the 2010 awards will be announced at the annual IAJGS
conference banquet in Los Angeles on July 15, 2010.

Committee:

Chair: Peter Lande, Washington, D.C. USA Chairman pdlande@...
Members: Hymie Reichstein, Ottawa, Canada reichstein@...
Jackye Sullins, San Diego, CA USA jsullins@... (IAJGS Board
Member)
Anne Feder Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii USA federlee@... (IAJGS Board Member)
Mathilde Tagger, Jerusalem, Israel macsta@...

Questions? Contact Peter at pdlande@...

Jackye Sullins
IAJGS Awards Committee

This is a reminder that the deadline for IAJGS Awards submissions is April
1st.

Nominations for all four award categories are to be submitted online via a
One-Step form. If additional "hard-copy" material is required to be sent,
complete instructions are contained on the online One-Step form.

The online form is at http://stevemorse.org/awards/nominate.php

Each year the IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical
Societies) recognizes individuals and organizations with four prestigious
awards for excellence in Jewish genealogy.

The four award categories are:

1. IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award

2. Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via the Internet, Print
or Electronic Product

3. Outstanding Programming or Project that Advanced the Objectives of
Jewish Genealogy

4. Outstanding Publication by a Member Organization of IAJGS

For details on each award and a listing of all previous winners, go to
http://www.iajgs.org/awards_files/awards.html

Please note that nominations can be made only by member organizations of
the IAJGS and not by individuals. However, we encourage individuals to
be part of the process by contacting their local organization and
suggesting worthy recipients. For a list of the JGSs and SIGs that make
up the IAJGS, see http://www.iajgs.org/members/members.html

The recipients of the 2010 awards will be announced at the annual IAJGS
conference banquet in Los Angeles on July 15, 2010.

Committee:

Chair: Peter Lande, Washington, D.C. USA Chairman pdlande@...
Members: Hymie Reichstein, Ottawa, Canada reichstein@...
Jackye Sullins, San Diego, CA USA jsullins@... (IAJGS Board
Member)
Anne Feder Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii USA federlee@... (IAJGS Board Member)
Mathilde Tagger, Jerusalem, Israel macsta@...

Questions? Contact Peter at pdlande@...

Jackye Sullins
IAJGS Awards Committee

Subject: Marriages records. Jakobstadt 1876, 1877 and 1878.
From: Christine Usdin < usdine@... >


http://www.premiumorange.com/rigavitalrecords

Christine Usdin
usdine@...

Subject: Marriages records. Jakobstadt 1876, 1877 and 1878.
From: Christine Usdin < usdine@... >


http://www.premiumorange.com/rigavitalrecords

Christine Usdin
usdine@...

This is a reminder that the deadline for IAJGS Awards submissions is April
1st.

Nominations for all four award categories are to be submitted online via a
One-Step form. If additional "hard-copy" material is required to be sent,
complete instructions are contained on the online One-Step form.

The online form is at http://stevemorse.org/awards/nominate.php

Each year the IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical
Societies) recognizes individuals and organizations with four prestigious
awards for excellence in Jewish genealogy.

The four award categories are:

1. IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award

2. Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via the Internet, Print
or Electronic Product

3. Outstanding Programming or Project that Advanced the Objectives of
Jewish Genealogy

4. Outstanding Publication by a Member Organization of IAJGS

For details on each award and a listing of all previous winners, go to
http://www.iajgs.org/awards_files/awards.html

Please note that nominations can be made only by member organizations of
the IAJGS and not by individuals. However, we encourage individuals to
be part of the process by contacting their local organization and
suggesting worthy recipients. For a list of the JGSs and SIGs that make
up the IAJGS, see http://www.iajgs.org/members/members.html

The recipients of the 2010 awards will be announced at the annual IAJGS
conference banquet in Los Angeles on July 15, 2010.

Committee:

Chair: Peter Lande, Washington, D.C. USA Chairman pdlande@...
Members: Hymie Reichstein, Ottawa, Canada reichstein@...
Jackye Sullins, San Diego, CA USA jsullins@... (IAJGS Board
Member)
Anne Feder Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii USA federlee@... (IAJGS Board Member)
Mathilde Tagger, Jerusalem, Israel macsta@...

Questions? Contact Peter at pdlande@...

Jackye Sullins
IAJGS Awards Committee

This is a reminder that the deadline for IAJGS Awards submissions is April
1st.

Nominations for all four award categories are to be submitted online via a
One-Step form. If additional "hard-copy" material is required to be sent,
complete instructions are contained on the online One-Step form.

The online form is at http://stevemorse.org/awards/nominate.php

Each year the IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical
Societies) recognizes individuals and organizations with four prestigious
awards for excellence in Jewish genealogy.

The four award categories are:

1. IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award

2. Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via the Internet, Print
or Electronic Product

3. Outstanding Programming or Project that Advanced the Objectives of
Jewish Genealogy

4. Outstanding Publication by a Member Organization of IAJGS

For details on each award and a listing of all previous winners, go to
http://www.iajgs.org/awards_files/awards.html

Please note that nominations can be made only by member organizations of
the IAJGS and not by individuals. However, we encourage individuals to
be part of the process by contacting their local organization and
suggesting worthy recipients. For a list of the JGSs and SIGs that make
up the IAJGS, see http://www.iajgs.org/members/members.html

The recipients of the 2010 awards will be announced at the annual IAJGS
conference banquet in Los Angeles on July 15, 2010.

Committee:

Chair: Peter Lande, Washington, D.C. USA Chairman pdlande@...
Members: Hymie Reichstein, Ottawa, Canada reichstein@...
Jackye Sullins, San Diego, CA USA jsullins@... (IAJGS Board
Member)
Anne Feder Lee, Honolulu, Hawaii USA federlee@... (IAJGS Board Member)
Mathilde Tagger, Jerusalem, Israel macsta@...

Questions? Contact Peter at pdlande@...

Jackye Sullins
IAJGS Awards Committee

In October, my husband, who was born in Vienna, and I, visited the Stadt
Temple. In the synagogue office we were shown very old ledgers and we were
able to find the record of my husband's birth, his parents names, their
marriage date, a change of name, names of grandparents. We were able to take
photos of the pages. We were very surprised to find these records.

Anita Fischer

Thank you, Randy, for the info and the link. It is very timely, as the anniversary
of the Synagogue's destruction is very near - March 15 (1939).

Edna Berkovits
Teaneck, NJ

In October, my husband, who was born in Vienna, and I, visited the Stadt
Temple. In the synagogue office we were shown very old ledgers and we were
able to find the record of my husband's birth, his parents names, their
marriage date, a change of name, names of grandparents. We were able to take
photos of the pages. We were very surprised to find these records.

Anita Fischer

Thank you, Randy, for the info and the link. It is very timely, as the anniversary
of the Synagogue's destruction is very near - March 15 (1939).

Edna Berkovits
Teaneck, NJ

The below link gives list of military burials in Czechia, Slovakia and
abroad
http://valecnehroby.army.cz/index.html

Jan O. Hellmann/DK

The below link gives list of military burials in Czechia, Slovakia and
abroad
http://valecnehroby.army.cz/index.html

Jan O. Hellmann/DK

Stephen Schmideg wrote:

If you missed the first episode of the US version of - "Who Do You
Think You Are?" you can watch it online:

http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/video/episodes/#vid=1206958

Stephen Schmideg
Melbourne Australia

Stephen, I may be wrong but I don't think this works in Australia. It
certainly didn't work for me.

Mary Blumenstein
Melbourne, Australia


Researching: BAUM/Svidnik, Satoraljaujhely, Hungary. BERNER/KATZ/
Beregovo,Ukraine.BLUMENSTEIN/IvanoFrankovsk,Ukraine.GOLDFARB/MONCIASZ
Parczew,Poland.HELLINGER/Michalovce,Kosice,Slovakia.NEUMAN/NEUMANN/
Kvakovce,Michalovce, Slovakia

Moderator: Please continue discussion on this topic off-line or using JewishGen General Discussion list.

I recently obtained two postcards written by my late grandfather, Dr
Tibor SCHEINER. If anyone here can translate them >from Hungarian I
would really appreciate it. The cards are:

http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=14767
and
http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=14769

That card has a photo on the other side, which is here:
http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=14768

It seems to show a group of patients with nurses and a doctor. If it
shows my grandfather, it must have been when he was a POW during WW1.
Perhaps the card says where the photo was taken?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer,

Joe Slater
Melbourne, Australia

Moderator: Please contact Joe off-list if you can help.

Stephen Schmideg wrote:

If you missed the first episode of the US version of - "Who Do You
Think You Are?" you can watch it online:

http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/video/episodes/#vid=1206958

Stephen Schmideg
Melbourne Australia

Stephen, I may be wrong but I don't think this works in Australia. It
certainly didn't work for me.

Mary Blumenstein
Melbourne, Australia


Researching: BAUM/Svidnik, Satoraljaujhely, Hungary. BERNER/KATZ/
Beregovo,Ukraine.BLUMENSTEIN/IvanoFrankovsk,Ukraine.GOLDFARB/MONCIASZ
Parczew,Poland.HELLINGER/Michalovce,Kosice,Slovakia.NEUMAN/NEUMANN/
Kvakovce,Michalovce, Slovakia

Moderator: Please continue discussion on this topic off-line or using JewishGen General Discussion list.

I recently obtained two postcards written by my late grandfather, Dr
Tibor SCHEINER. If anyone here can translate them >from Hungarian I
would really appreciate it. The cards are:

http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=14767
and
http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=14769

That card has a photo on the other side, which is here:
http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=14768

It seems to show a group of patients with nurses and a doctor. If it
shows my grandfather, it must have been when he was a POW during WW1.
Perhaps the card says where the photo was taken?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer,

Joe Slater
Melbourne, Australia

Moderator: Please contact Joe off-list if you can help.