Re: What is "rekte" ?
#austria-czech
Saul Zeichner <Saulzee@...>
Dear Peter,
According to Beider's book, A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames From Galicia, Maresse is found in Kolbuszowa, Jaworow, and Lwow and is based on the surname Mirem, a Matronymic surname based upon the Yiddish feminine given name Mirem, a colloquial form of the biblical Mirim (Exodus 15:20). Marehse is not listed in the book either alone or as a variant of Mirem. Batist is found in Biala, Krakow, Tarnow, Przemyslany, Zloczow and is an Artificial Surname, one made up or assigned by a clerk and is German for batiste, cambric. Based on my experience with surnames, it is possible, although remote that it was an occupational surname for someone who sold cambric depending on when and how the surname was adopted. Saul Zeichner, Rhode Island Researching ZEICHNER >from Kolomea |
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To London From Pultusk
#poland
Raanan Wlosko
Greetings,
Two cousins born in 1914 and 1916 in Pultusk Poland had mention the name of their uncle Yizehak Wlosko, son of Shelomo Zalman and Sure Wlosko. The cousins mentioned that they didn't know him personally since he emigrated to London when they were young babies or before. They did mention he had 2 sons but didn't remember their names. Contact was lost before WWII. I didn't find any Wlosko surname in London online. Does that surname look familiar to any researcher? Thank you Raanan Wlosko Researching: Wlosko, Tieger, Redicsh, Ludmer, Fejer, Golomb, Perl, Wosk, Alabaster MODERATOR'S NOTE: If you haven't already done so, make sure you search the JewishGen Family Finder at www.jewishgen.org/jgff for WLOSKO. You will find other researchers looking for that name in Pultusk(including some spelling variants -- remember that "W" is pronounced like "V" in Poland) |
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: What is "rekte" ?
#galicia
Saul Zeichner <Saulzee@...>
Dear Peter,
According to Beider's book, A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames From Galicia, Maresse is found in Kolbuszowa, Jaworow, and Lwow and is based on the surname Mirem, a Matronymic surname based upon the Yiddish feminine given name Mirem, a colloquial form of the biblical Mirim (Exodus 15:20). Marehse is not listed in the book either alone or as a variant of Mirem. Batist is found in Biala, Krakow, Tarnow, Przemyslany, Zloczow and is an Artificial Surname, one made up or assigned by a clerk and is German for batiste, cambric. Based on my experience with surnames, it is possible, although remote that it was an occupational surname for someone who sold cambric depending on when and how the surname was adopted. Saul Zeichner, Rhode Island Researching ZEICHNER >from Kolomea |
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JRI Poland #Poland To London From Pultusk
#poland
Raanan Wlosko
Greetings,
Two cousins born in 1914 and 1916 in Pultusk Poland had mention the name of their uncle Yizehak Wlosko, son of Shelomo Zalman and Sure Wlosko. The cousins mentioned that they didn't know him personally since he emigrated to London when they were young babies or before. They did mention he had 2 sons but didn't remember their names. Contact was lost before WWII. I didn't find any Wlosko surname in London online. Does that surname look familiar to any researcher? Thank you Raanan Wlosko Researching: Wlosko, Tieger, Redicsh, Ludmer, Fejer, Golomb, Perl, Wosk, Alabaster MODERATOR'S NOTE: If you haven't already done so, make sure you search the JewishGen Family Finder at www.jewishgen.org/jgff for WLOSKO. You will find other researchers looking for that name in Pultusk(including some spelling variants -- remember that "W" is pronounced like "V" in Poland) |
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New Visuals of Our Ancestral Shtetls- visiting them w/o leaving your home
#galicia
roe kard
Professor Stephen Egbert (University of Kansas) and I (Karen
Roekard) have been working on developing the field of Geospatial Genealogy i.e. an arena of genealogical research, both micro- and macro-, that utilizes geographic "place" as the primary defining variable in researching ancestors. We have recently noticed something related to Google Earth that was not available just a few months ago and is so-o-o-o exciting that we could not wait till we finish the article we are writing to share it. Most of us have now been exposed to the wonders of Google Earth: its "eye-in-the-sky" views that let us zoom in on cities, towns, and natural wonders in exotic places as easily as we can zoom in on our own homes (and those of our neighbors!). It seems that as part of their continual upgrading of the level of detail available >from their air photos and satellite images, they have recently added very, very detailed satellite images of many towns and villages in eastern Europe. As part of our work, we have been inputting our 19th century cadastral maps (maps of land ownership) of towns in Galicia into the Geographic Information System (GIS) format. Now we are finding that we can use Google Earth as an easy way to overlay our 19th century maps on top of present-day satellite images, thus being able to identify the current locations of our ancestors' homes. This is done by adding a photo of a cadastral map (or any surveyed map!!) into Google Earth as an "image overlay." You then move and stretch the map into its correct location using features you can see on both your map and the satellite image as reference points. These might be road intersections or large permanent buildings such as churches. The best part of overlaying your map is that once you have positioned it correctly, you can use a slider to make the map appear transparent or opaque, or anything in between. This lets you see where buildings and roads have disappeared, where they have been added or changed, and perhaps most exciting, where they still exist. The image overlay of your map can be saved to your Google Earth Places and can also be shared with others. Making image overlays can be easily accomplished by referring to Google Earth's online help. If you need an additional reference, we will be putting together a more detailed technical note that we can email to you. We encourage you to check your ancestral shtetl again on Google Earth -- you may be able to visit it without leaving your home. Much of what you will see very well may be as it was 160 years ago. We would bet that in Galicia/Ukraine, if you see large stretches of empty ground near the center of a town -- what had been the Ryneck -- you can probably assume it was part of the Jewish neighborhood. Much of what seems to have changed in the 160 years since the cadastrals were drawn is the fact that the Jewish neighborhoods, like their occupants, are gone -- razed to the ground. Still, >from place to place there are intriguing remnants -- buildings or houses here or there -- that hint at evidences of an earlier era. Good luck. Karen Roekard (aka Gitel Chaye Eta Rosenfeld Rokart) and Stephen Egbert |
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia New Visuals of Our Ancestral Shtetls- visiting them w/o leaving your home
#galicia
roe kard
Professor Stephen Egbert (University of Kansas) and I (Karen
Roekard) have been working on developing the field of Geospatial Genealogy i.e. an arena of genealogical research, both micro- and macro-, that utilizes geographic "place" as the primary defining variable in researching ancestors. We have recently noticed something related to Google Earth that was not available just a few months ago and is so-o-o-o exciting that we could not wait till we finish the article we are writing to share it. Most of us have now been exposed to the wonders of Google Earth: its "eye-in-the-sky" views that let us zoom in on cities, towns, and natural wonders in exotic places as easily as we can zoom in on our own homes (and those of our neighbors!). It seems that as part of their continual upgrading of the level of detail available >from their air photos and satellite images, they have recently added very, very detailed satellite images of many towns and villages in eastern Europe. As part of our work, we have been inputting our 19th century cadastral maps (maps of land ownership) of towns in Galicia into the Geographic Information System (GIS) format. Now we are finding that we can use Google Earth as an easy way to overlay our 19th century maps on top of present-day satellite images, thus being able to identify the current locations of our ancestors' homes. This is done by adding a photo of a cadastral map (or any surveyed map!!) into Google Earth as an "image overlay." You then move and stretch the map into its correct location using features you can see on both your map and the satellite image as reference points. These might be road intersections or large permanent buildings such as churches. The best part of overlaying your map is that once you have positioned it correctly, you can use a slider to make the map appear transparent or opaque, or anything in between. This lets you see where buildings and roads have disappeared, where they have been added or changed, and perhaps most exciting, where they still exist. The image overlay of your map can be saved to your Google Earth Places and can also be shared with others. Making image overlays can be easily accomplished by referring to Google Earth's online help. If you need an additional reference, we will be putting together a more detailed technical note that we can email to you. We encourage you to check your ancestral shtetl again on Google Earth -- you may be able to visit it without leaving your home. Much of what you will see very well may be as it was 160 years ago. We would bet that in Galicia/Ukraine, if you see large stretches of empty ground near the center of a town -- what had been the Ryneck -- you can probably assume it was part of the Jewish neighborhood. Much of what seems to have changed in the 160 years since the cadastrals were drawn is the fact that the Jewish neighborhoods, like their occupants, are gone -- razed to the ground. Still, >from place to place there are intriguing remnants -- buildings or houses here or there -- that hint at evidences of an earlier era. Good luck. Karen Roekard (aka Gitel Chaye Eta Rosenfeld Rokart) and Stephen Egbert |
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JGSGW, Rockville, Maryland, March 7, Our Heritage and Our Health
#general
Jeff Miller
Full Program Title: Whatever you wanted to know about Ashkenazi Jewish diseases;
a program about our heritage and our health Location: B'nai Israel, 6301 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852-4120 Time: 1:00 PM Schmooze; 1:30 PM - Business Meeting and Announcements 2:00 PM - Program Speaker: Gary S. Frohlich, MS, CGC Program Objectives: The purpose of this program is to provide up-to-date information on the genetic conditions which occur more frequently in Jews of Ashkenazi descent. Each of these disorders can be devastating, not only to those affected, but to the families involved. This workshop will explore the diagnosis, management, and treatment of all eleven of the Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Conditions with a focus on the most common Jewish Genetic disorder - Gaucher disease. More than 9 out of 10 Jewish Americans are unaware of Gaucher disease. Approximately one in 450 people may have Gaucher, and the carrier rate is approximately 1 in 14. Gaucher disease is two and a half times more common that Tay-Sachs. The objectives of the workshop are as follows: 1. To learn about "Founder Effect" among the Ashkenazim. 2. To gain knowledge about the eleven genetic conditions among the Ashkenazim. 3. To understand the signs and symptoms of Gaucher disease. Gary Frohlich is Senior Medical Affairs Liaison and Certified Genetics Counselor for Genzyme Therapeutics. Mr. Frohlich has been a genetic counselor over 35 years and has seen over 26 thousand couples for genetic counseling. He is a published author or both scientific articles as well as pamphlets on Ashkenazi Jewish Diseases. Cost for Program: Free to members of JGSGW. Non-members/visitors are welcome to attend for a $5.00 fee. If a guest joins JGSGW the fee will be applied toward the membership dues. Non-members may attend one meeting per year free - see certificate on the Current Programs page of the JGSGW website More details including directions available at http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsgw/ Jeff Miller, President, JGSGW No. Virginia/Washington DC/Maryland Messages can be sent to jgsgw_dc@... |
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGSGW, Rockville, Maryland, March 7, Our Heritage and Our Health
#general
Jeff Miller
Full Program Title: Whatever you wanted to know about Ashkenazi Jewish diseases;
a program about our heritage and our health Location: B'nai Israel, 6301 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852-4120 Time: 1:00 PM Schmooze; 1:30 PM - Business Meeting and Announcements 2:00 PM - Program Speaker: Gary S. Frohlich, MS, CGC Program Objectives: The purpose of this program is to provide up-to-date information on the genetic conditions which occur more frequently in Jews of Ashkenazi descent. Each of these disorders can be devastating, not only to those affected, but to the families involved. This workshop will explore the diagnosis, management, and treatment of all eleven of the Ashkenazi Jewish Genetic Conditions with a focus on the most common Jewish Genetic disorder - Gaucher disease. More than 9 out of 10 Jewish Americans are unaware of Gaucher disease. Approximately one in 450 people may have Gaucher, and the carrier rate is approximately 1 in 14. Gaucher disease is two and a half times more common that Tay-Sachs. The objectives of the workshop are as follows: 1. To learn about "Founder Effect" among the Ashkenazim. 2. To gain knowledge about the eleven genetic conditions among the Ashkenazim. 3. To understand the signs and symptoms of Gaucher disease. Gary Frohlich is Senior Medical Affairs Liaison and Certified Genetics Counselor for Genzyme Therapeutics. Mr. Frohlich has been a genetic counselor over 35 years and has seen over 26 thousand couples for genetic counseling. He is a published author or both scientific articles as well as pamphlets on Ashkenazi Jewish Diseases. Cost for Program: Free to members of JGSGW. Non-members/visitors are welcome to attend for a $5.00 fee. If a guest joins JGSGW the fee will be applied toward the membership dues. Non-members may attend one meeting per year free - see certificate on the Current Programs page of the JGSGW website More details including directions available at http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsgw/ Jeff Miller, President, JGSGW No. Virginia/Washington DC/Maryland Messages can be sent to jgsgw_dc@... |
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Census / community documents / "missing" vital records from Krakow
#poland
Yaron Pedhazur
I am interested in exploring Krakow early census documents and community
(Kahal) records. I have already researched through Dan Hirschberg's very informative website, and want to explore further. 1) The Hirschberg's website contains extractions of Krakow census' for the years 1790 and 1795. I have been informed that there is at least one column missing in these extractions, the one indicating the origin of people not originally >from Krakow. Does anybody know how can I see copies of the original census papers, or otherwise examine full extractions ? 2) Miriam Weiner's website indicates existence of Krakow census documents dated "1701/1939" in the Jewish Historical Insitiute in Warsaw. Does anyone know more precisly which kinds of census exist there ? does anybody have copies or already investigated these documents ? 3) In the same place, Miriam Weiner mentions Krakow community records for "1701/1939" (also, in the Warsaw Institute). Does anyone seean index of these documents, and even better - already experienced research within these documents ? Does anyone know where can I find elsewhere community or Hevra Kadisha records >from Krakow= 4) Dan Hirschberg's website contains extracts of most Krakow's vital records relevant to my research, >from the inventory mentioned in Weiner's lists. However, marirage and death records >from the years 1798 - 1809 are missing. Does anyone knows how can Iet access to extractions >from these years ? [I think they neither exist on JRI-Poland]. Thanks in advance, Yaron Pedhazur Tel Aviv, Israel |
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JRI Poland #Poland Census / community documents / "missing" vital records from Krakow
#poland
Yaron Pedhazur
I am interested in exploring Krakow early census documents and community
(Kahal) records. I have already researched through Dan Hirschberg's very informative website, and want to explore further. 1) The Hirschberg's website contains extractions of Krakow census' for the years 1790 and 1795. I have been informed that there is at least one column missing in these extractions, the one indicating the origin of people not originally >from Krakow. Does anybody know how can I see copies of the original census papers, or otherwise examine full extractions ? 2) Miriam Weiner's website indicates existence of Krakow census documents dated "1701/1939" in the Jewish Historical Insitiute in Warsaw. Does anyone know more precisly which kinds of census exist there ? does anybody have copies or already investigated these documents ? 3) In the same place, Miriam Weiner mentions Krakow community records for "1701/1939" (also, in the Warsaw Institute). Does anyone seean index of these documents, and even better - already experienced research within these documents ? Does anyone know where can I find elsewhere community or Hevra Kadisha records >from Krakow= 4) Dan Hirschberg's website contains extracts of most Krakow's vital records relevant to my research, >from the inventory mentioned in Weiner's lists. However, marirage and death records >from the years 1798 - 1809 are missing. Does anyone knows how can Iet access to extractions >from these years ? [I think they neither exist on JRI-Poland]. Thanks in advance, Yaron Pedhazur Tel Aviv, Israel |
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Re: Lwow Address Book/Directory
#poland
Alexander Sharon
Henryk
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Go to Logan Kleinkwas website at http://genealogyindexer.org/ and click under "Collections" on "Directories" to review what is already available. Please pay attention to 1936 PKO accounts directory, a unique directory indeed Best, Alexander Sharon Calgary ----- Original Message -----
From: "Henryk Gruder" <henrygruder@...> Subject: RE:[jri-pl] Lwow Address Book/Directory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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JRI Poland #Poland Re: RE:Lwow Address Book/Directory
#poland
Alexander Sharon
Henryk
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Go to Logan Kleinkwas website at http://genealogyindexer.org/ and click under "Collections" on "Directories" to review what is already available. Please pay attention to 1936 PKO accounts directory, a unique directory indeed Best, Alexander Sharon Calgary ----- Original Message -----
From: "Henryk Gruder" <henrygruder@...> Subject: RE:[jri-pl] Lwow Address Book/Directory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Re: searching family of Sarah Yachini
#lithuania
Oscar Friedman <oscar.friedman@...>
It seems I made a mistake with Sara family name .
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It should be Yachini instead of Yavini Thanks in advance Oscar Friedman Israel -----Original Message-----
From: Oscar Friedman [mailto:oscar.friedman@...] Sent: Wednesday, 17 February, 2010 23:13 To: 'litvaksig@...' Subject: searching family of Sarah Yavini Hello Litvak Sigers In Yad Vashem web site I saw testimony >from Sarah Yavini about Ziv family from Rasinia (actually >from Betygala .The testimony was >from 1956 . I know that Sara was 85 or so few years ago but she wasn't in good health and or memory Will be happy to find any member of her family that interested in genealogy Please answer privately : Oscar.friedman@... |
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania RE: searching family of Sarah Yachini
#lithuania
Oscar Friedman <oscar.friedman@...>
It seems I made a mistake with Sara family name .
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It should be Yachini instead of Yavini Thanks in advance Oscar Friedman Israel -----Original Message-----
From: Oscar Friedman [mailto:oscar.friedman@...] Sent: Wednesday, 17 February, 2010 23:13 To: 'litvaksig@...' Subject: searching family of Sarah Yavini Hello Litvak Sigers In Yad Vashem web site I saw testimony >from Sarah Yavini about Ziv family from Rasinia (actually >from Betygala .The testimony was >from 1956 . I know that Sara was 85 or so few years ago but she wasn't in good health and or memory Will be happy to find any member of her family that interested in genealogy Please answer privately : Oscar.friedman@... |
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Association of Lithuanian Jews in Israel: litvaksig digest: February 17, 2010
#lithuania
Ezra Magid
B"H
Shalom Please reply to LitvakSIG Digest to make this info available to me and other interested Litvaks. Thank you Ezra Zalman Magid Mitpe Ramon Israel Researching MAGID & KLATZKO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: Lithuanian Jewish organizations in Israel From: A S Goldberg Date: Wed 17 Feb 2010 11:01:40 +0200 X-Message-Number: 1 I would appreciate the current location and contact details of: (1)Association of Lithuanian Jews in Israel and (2) Association of Vilna Jews in Israel. If anyone has this information, please respond to me direct at alancomm@... Thank you Abraham Goldberg Jerusalem MODERATOR'S NOTE: Contact information that is a personal address, email address or telephone number must be sent privately per the discussion group guidelines under which the LitvakSIG Discussion Group operates, to protect privacy. However, the contact information for an organization's office may be certainly shared with the list. |
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Association of Lithuanian Jews in Israel: litvaksig digest: February 17, 2010
#lithuania
Ezra Magid
B"H
Shalom Please reply to LitvakSIG Digest to make this info available to me and other interested Litvaks. Thank you Ezra Zalman Magid Mitpe Ramon Israel Researching MAGID & KLATZKO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: Lithuanian Jewish organizations in Israel From: A S Goldberg Date: Wed 17 Feb 2010 11:01:40 +0200 X-Message-Number: 1 I would appreciate the current location and contact details of: (1)Association of Lithuanian Jews in Israel and (2) Association of Vilna Jews in Israel. If anyone has this information, please respond to me direct at alancomm@... Thank you Abraham Goldberg Jerusalem MODERATOR'S NOTE: Contact information that is a personal address, email address or telephone number must be sent privately per the discussion group guidelines under which the LitvakSIG Discussion Group operates, to protect privacy. However, the contact information for an organization's office may be certainly shared with the list. |
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Interpreting Arrival Record Help Needed
#lithuania
Susan Goldsmith
Dear SIG,
If someone has time to look at Philadelphia arrivals, T840_127, images 29-30, line 3, arr. 28 Jul 1914, ship is the Merion, on A.com, I would appreciate your reading of Juste GOLDSMITH's given name and the given name of her father (whom she left in Krok (Krakes). I have seen the manifest on Ancestry, but I'm just not entirely sure of the passenger's first name or her father's first name. Thank you very much. Best Regards, Susan Goldsmith San Francisco Bay Area, CA US GOLDSHMIDT,GITTES (GADIE,GADYE,GIDUT,GDUD), F(P)ILVINSKY, SHLOMOVICH, DRUSKOVICH, LANGMAN, NEKRITZ, RANDMAN, ROCHELSON, ZHIZSMORSKI, ZUKHOVSKI Lithuania:Seta, Kaunas, Jonava, Ukmerge, Vandziogala, Kedainiai, Krakes, Adutiskis, Zemaiciu Naumiestes TOBIAS, ROZHANSKY, MIRANSKY, BILINSKY, FOGEL, PROTAS, RUSEK, TRIBUKH Belarus: NovyySverzhen, Stolbtsy, Mir, Yasevichi, GUREWICZ, DRASNAN Belarus: Dolginovo, Vileika Above names + TSOREF, AMORON, LUKMAN, ZILBOVITZ Israel MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately. |
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Interpreting Arrival Record Help Needed
#lithuania
Susan Goldsmith
Dear SIG,
If someone has time to look at Philadelphia arrivals, T840_127, images 29-30, line 3, arr. 28 Jul 1914, ship is the Merion, on A.com, I would appreciate your reading of Juste GOLDSMITH's given name and the given name of her father (whom she left in Krok (Krakes). I have seen the manifest on Ancestry, but I'm just not entirely sure of the passenger's first name or her father's first name. Thank you very much. Best Regards, Susan Goldsmith San Francisco Bay Area, CA US GOLDSHMIDT,GITTES (GADIE,GADYE,GIDUT,GDUD), F(P)ILVINSKY, SHLOMOVICH, DRUSKOVICH, LANGMAN, NEKRITZ, RANDMAN, ROCHELSON, ZHIZSMORSKI, ZUKHOVSKI Lithuania:Seta, Kaunas, Jonava, Ukmerge, Vandziogala, Kedainiai, Krakes, Adutiskis, Zemaiciu Naumiestes TOBIAS, ROZHANSKY, MIRANSKY, BILINSKY, FOGEL, PROTAS, RUSEK, TRIBUKH Belarus: NovyySverzhen, Stolbtsy, Mir, Yasevichi, GUREWICZ, DRASNAN Belarus: Dolginovo, Vileika Above names + TSOREF, AMORON, LUKMAN, ZILBOVITZ Israel MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately. |
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New Visuals of Our Ancestral Shtetls- visiting them w/o leaving your home
#general
roe kard
Professor Stephen Egbert (University of Kansas) and I (Karen Roekard) have been
working on developing the field of Geospatial Genealogy i.e. an arena of genealogical research, both micro- and macro-, that utilizes geographic place as the primary defining variable in researching ancestors. We have recently noticed something related to Google Earth that was not available just a few months ago and is so-o-o-o exciting that we could not wait till we finish the article we are writing to share it. Most of us have now been exposed to the wonders of Google Earth: its eye-in-the-sky views that let us zoom in on cities, towns, and natural wonders in exotic places as easily as we can zoom in on our own homes (and those of our neighbors!). It seems that as part of their continual upgrading of the level of detail available from their air photos and satellite images, they have recently added very, verydetailed satellite images of many towns and villages in eastern Europe. As part of our work, we have been inputting our 19th century cadastral maps (maps of land ownership) of towns in Galicia into the Geographic Information System (GIS) format. Now we are finding that we can use Google Earth as an easy way to overlay our 19th century maps on top of present-day satellite images, thus being able to identify the current locations of our ancestors' homes. This is done by adding a photo of a cadastral map (or any surveyed map!!) into Google Earth as an "image overlay." You then move and stretch the map into its correct location using features you can see on both your map and the satellite image as reference points. These might be road intersections or large permanent buildings such as churches. The best part of overlaying your map is that once you have positioned it correctly, you can use a slider to make the map appear transparent or opaque, or anything in between. This lets you see where buildings and roads have disappeared, where they have been added or changed, and perhaps most exciting, where they still exist. The image overlay of your map can be saved to your Google Earth Places and can also be shared with others. Making image overlays can be easily accomplished by referring to Google Earth's online help. If you need an additional reference, we will be putting together a more detailed technical note that we can email to you. We encourage you to check your ancestral shtetl again on Google Earth you may be able to visit it without leaving your home. Much of what you will see very well may be as it was 160 years ago. We would bet that in Galicia/Ukraine, if you see large stretches of empty ground near the center of a town what had been the Ryneck you can probably assume it was part of the Jewish neighborhood. Much of what seems to have changed in the 160 years since the cadastrals were drawn is the fact that the Jewish neighborhoods, like their occupants, are gone razed to the ground. Still, >from place to place there are intriguing remants buildings or houses here or there that hint at evidences of an earlier era. Good luck. Karen Roekard (aka Gitel Chaye Eta Rosenfeld Rokart) and Stephen Egbert |
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen New Visuals of Our Ancestral Shtetls- visiting them w/o leaving your home
#general
roe kard
Professor Stephen Egbert (University of Kansas) and I (Karen Roekard) have been
working on developing the field of Geospatial Genealogy i.e. an arena of genealogical research, both micro- and macro-, that utilizes geographic place as the primary defining variable in researching ancestors. We have recently noticed something related to Google Earth that was not available just a few months ago and is so-o-o-o exciting that we could not wait till we finish the article we are writing to share it. Most of us have now been exposed to the wonders of Google Earth: its eye-in-the-sky views that let us zoom in on cities, towns, and natural wonders in exotic places as easily as we can zoom in on our own homes (and those of our neighbors!). It seems that as part of their continual upgrading of the level of detail available from their air photos and satellite images, they have recently added very, verydetailed satellite images of many towns and villages in eastern Europe. As part of our work, we have been inputting our 19th century cadastral maps (maps of land ownership) of towns in Galicia into the Geographic Information System (GIS) format. Now we are finding that we can use Google Earth as an easy way to overlay our 19th century maps on top of present-day satellite images, thus being able to identify the current locations of our ancestors' homes. This is done by adding a photo of a cadastral map (or any surveyed map!!) into Google Earth as an "image overlay." You then move and stretch the map into its correct location using features you can see on both your map and the satellite image as reference points. These might be road intersections or large permanent buildings such as churches. The best part of overlaying your map is that once you have positioned it correctly, you can use a slider to make the map appear transparent or opaque, or anything in between. This lets you see where buildings and roads have disappeared, where they have been added or changed, and perhaps most exciting, where they still exist. The image overlay of your map can be saved to your Google Earth Places and can also be shared with others. Making image overlays can be easily accomplished by referring to Google Earth's online help. If you need an additional reference, we will be putting together a more detailed technical note that we can email to you. We encourage you to check your ancestral shtetl again on Google Earth you may be able to visit it without leaving your home. Much of what you will see very well may be as it was 160 years ago. We would bet that in Galicia/Ukraine, if you see large stretches of empty ground near the center of a town what had been the Ryneck you can probably assume it was part of the Jewish neighborhood. Much of what seems to have changed in the 160 years since the cadastrals were drawn is the fact that the Jewish neighborhoods, like their occupants, are gone razed to the ground. Still, >from place to place there are intriguing remants buildings or houses here or there that hint at evidences of an earlier era. Good luck. Karen Roekard (aka Gitel Chaye Eta Rosenfeld Rokart) and Stephen Egbert |
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