|
Researching Families from Karlsruhe, Adelsheim and Trimbach.
#germany
Durra <erniedurra@...>
Dear Gersiggers,
My Family ancestry are: HIRSCH, MENDEL, ETTLINGER, LEVY/LEVI from Karlsruhe and Adelsheim and Trimbach.My GGGGrPs: Nathan HIRSCH married Sara MENDEL. My GGGGrPs: Bernhardt ETTLINGER b 1776 d 1820 Innkeeper m. Theresa LEVY/LEVI b 1785 d 1863. My GGGGGrPs: Nathan and Vogel LEVI [ Parents of Theresa ] Nathan LEVI was a Merchant in Trimbach in Alsace. [ Information: Stadt Karlsruhe Archives ] Researching for Family Linkages. [These names are listed in the JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) database] Ernie Durra, Cape Town, South Africa. Email: erniedurra@...
|
|
|
|
German SIG #Germany Researching Families from Karlsruhe, Adelsheim and Trimbach.
#germany
Durra <erniedurra@...>
Dear Gersiggers,
My Family ancestry are: HIRSCH, MENDEL, ETTLINGER, LEVY/LEVI from Karlsruhe and Adelsheim and Trimbach.My GGGGrPs: Nathan HIRSCH married Sara MENDEL. My GGGGrPs: Bernhardt ETTLINGER b 1776 d 1820 Innkeeper m. Theresa LEVY/LEVI b 1785 d 1863. My GGGGGrPs: Nathan and Vogel LEVI [ Parents of Theresa ] Nathan LEVI was a Merchant in Trimbach in Alsace. [ Information: Stadt Karlsruhe Archives ] Researching for Family Linkages. [These names are listed in the JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) database] Ernie Durra, Cape Town, South Africa. Email: erniedurra@...
|
|
|
|
Mourning house Vladislavova St. Prague
#austria-czech
morav@...
Hello,
Perusing obituaries in the Prager Tagblatt online I found a reference to a mourning house (I think) on "Vladislavgasse" in Prague. I know that there was a Jewish cemetery on the very short Vladislavova street which predates the old Jewish cemetery by Pinkas synagogue. My grandparents lived on Vladislavova and I stayed there with them as a child for a time in the 1960s. My grandfather had worked decades earlier in the Insurance company building that now sits over where the cemetery was. This was the site of some controversy as the insurance company did some construction on the site around the year 2000 without proper regard for the fact that it was once a cemetery. Just curious about where the old mourning house might have been. Perhaps I lived in it. Of course as a child I had no idea about any of this, but the place seemed heavily suffused with history even to a 10 year old boy. Any ideas? Philip Moravcik, Univ. of Hawaii,
|
|
|
|
Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Mourning house Vladislavova St. Prague
#austria-czech
morav@...
Hello,
Perusing obituaries in the Prager Tagblatt online I found a reference to a mourning house (I think) on "Vladislavgasse" in Prague. I know that there was a Jewish cemetery on the very short Vladislavova street which predates the old Jewish cemetery by Pinkas synagogue. My grandparents lived on Vladislavova and I stayed there with them as a child for a time in the 1960s. My grandfather had worked decades earlier in the Insurance company building that now sits over where the cemetery was. This was the site of some controversy as the insurance company did some construction on the site around the year 2000 without proper regard for the fact that it was once a cemetery. Just curious about where the old mourning house might have been. Perhaps I lived in it. Of course as a child I had no idea about any of this, but the place seemed heavily suffused with history even to a 10 year old boy. Any ideas? Philip Moravcik, Univ. of Hawaii,
|
|
|
|
Rita Kashub-Jacobs <beegeesmusic@...>
I am looking for a group to research Family History around Lodz, especially
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
KROSNIEWICE near Kutno. Is there any formal group that anyone can recommend, especially with experienced Polish guides? I understand that there is one such group that also encompasses Israel as well. If any information or previous participants can recommend such a group, please contact me. Thank you, R. Kashub BeeGeesMusic@... MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with recommendations of guides.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lodz Area Research Group digest" <lodz@...> To: "lodz digest recipients" <lodz@...> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:04 AM Subject: lodz digest: October 29, 2009 LODZ Digest for Thursday, October 29, 2009.
|
|
|
|
Rita Kashub-Jacobs <beegeesmusic@...>
I am looking for a group to research Family History around Lodz, especially
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
KROSNIEWICE near Kutno. Is there any formal group that anyone can recommend, especially with experienced Polish guides? I understand that there is one such group that also encompasses Israel as well. If any information or previous participants can recommend such a group, please contact me. Thank you, R. Kashub BeeGeesMusic@... MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with recommendations of guides.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lodz Area Research Group digest" <lodz@...> To: "lodz digest recipients" <lodz@...> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:04 AM Subject: lodz digest: October 29, 2009 LODZ Digest for Thursday, October 29, 2009.
|
|
|
|
GALLOP
#poland
Marcia Goldberg <marcia.fargotstein@...>
Two years ago I received an email >from Michael Perry Gallop who asked
whether my Gollob family might be connected to his. Both our families came >from Bialystok. I sent him information at the time, but doubted there was a connection. Since then, I learned that my GGG's brother Ike changed his name to Gollop and his son was Frank Gallop - announcer for Perry Como and Milton Berle. I tried the email address that I received in 2007 and it no longer is valid. Can anyone connect me to him? Marcia Fargotstein Goldberg GOLLOB, GOLLOP, GALLOP - Bialystok ZOBER, ISBER - Kovno REITBERG - Bialytok FARGOTSTEIN - Mariampole FEINBERG - Kovno FLEISCHER - Bialystok MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with contact information.
|
|
|
|
BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland GALLOP
#poland
Marcia Goldberg <marcia.fargotstein@...>
Two years ago I received an email >from Michael Perry Gallop who asked
whether my Gollob family might be connected to his. Both our families came >from Bialystok. I sent him information at the time, but doubted there was a connection. Since then, I learned that my GGG's brother Ike changed his name to Gollop and his son was Frank Gallop - announcer for Perry Como and Milton Berle. I tried the email address that I received in 2007 and it no longer is valid. Can anyone connect me to him? Marcia Fargotstein Goldberg GOLLOB, GOLLOP, GALLOP - Bialystok ZOBER, ISBER - Kovno REITBERG - Bialytok FARGOTSTEIN - Mariampole FEINBERG - Kovno FLEISCHER - Bialystok MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with contact information.
|
|
|
|
Lyntupy cemetery
#lithuania
Lawrence A. Coben <cobenl@...>
Does anyone have any information about a Jewish cemetery in Lyntupy?
If so, I would appreciate hearing about it. [Lintupy/Lintup/Lintupis, in Sventsyany district, Vilna province--today in Belarus.] Thanks. Larry Coben Dedham, MA
|
|
|
|
Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Lyntupy cemetery
#lithuania
Lawrence A. Coben <cobenl@...>
Does anyone have any information about a Jewish cemetery in Lyntupy?
If so, I would appreciate hearing about it. [Lintupy/Lintup/Lintupis, in Sventsyany district, Vilna province--today in Belarus.] Thanks. Larry Coben Dedham, MA
|
|
|
|
District Research Groups and the All Lithuania Database
#lithuania
Dorfleiv@...
LitvakSIG has 12 district research groups (DRG) matching administrative
districts ("uyezds") of the Russian Empire period (1795-1917). They focus primarily on translating revision lists, family lists, tax lists, and voter lists for the entire district, including all shtetls in the district. The premise on which DRGs are organized is that families often lived in one shtetl but were officially registered in another shtetl or had extended family within a close geographic area. Collecting and researching on the district level is generally more fruitful than narrowly focusing only on the shtetl a family was "from". It is also a great deal more cost effective to join together to acquire data than to seek it alone. Qualified contributors for a given DRG are sent Excel files of all records translated for that district and new translations generated >from available funds. The qualification level varies by district but is generally $100US per district and $200 US for the Telsiai and Vilnius districts. Smaller donations can be made over time to build up to the qualification level. Our aim is to make the contribution a single, cumulative requirement, however if a DRG runs out of funds, it may be required to raise the minimum contribution level for all contributors to continue its mission. Data is provided to the qualified contributors at least one year before it is made publicly available on the All Lithuania Database ("ALD"). This week 30,000 lines of new data have become available to the public because of the work of theseDistricts, their coordinators and the generosity of their contributors. It is now searchable via the ALD. The new data comes from shtetls in the districts of Kaunas, Oshmiany, Siauliai, Trakai,Telsiai, Vilnius, Ukmerge and Zarasai. The most cost effective way for you to find information about your family is to join with others who share your interest in an area. All these records which are searchable freely on the ALD (in excess of 800,000 lines of data now) were paid for by donations. All money raised by the Districts is used for that translation work. We can only continue while we have the money to carry on the work and there is still a great deal more to be done. Please take a moment to visit the website, www.litvaksig.org and select Join/Contribute to make a donation to the District(s) of interest to you. Dorothy Leivers Coordinator of the District Coordinators of LitvakSIG
|
|
|
|
Lithuania SIG #Lithuania District Research Groups and the All Lithuania Database
#lithuania
Dorfleiv@...
LitvakSIG has 12 district research groups (DRG) matching administrative
districts ("uyezds") of the Russian Empire period (1795-1917). They focus primarily on translating revision lists, family lists, tax lists, and voter lists for the entire district, including all shtetls in the district. The premise on which DRGs are organized is that families often lived in one shtetl but were officially registered in another shtetl or had extended family within a close geographic area. Collecting and researching on the district level is generally more fruitful than narrowly focusing only on the shtetl a family was "from". It is also a great deal more cost effective to join together to acquire data than to seek it alone. Qualified contributors for a given DRG are sent Excel files of all records translated for that district and new translations generated >from available funds. The qualification level varies by district but is generally $100US per district and $200 US for the Telsiai and Vilnius districts. Smaller donations can be made over time to build up to the qualification level. Our aim is to make the contribution a single, cumulative requirement, however if a DRG runs out of funds, it may be required to raise the minimum contribution level for all contributors to continue its mission. Data is provided to the qualified contributors at least one year before it is made publicly available on the All Lithuania Database ("ALD"). This week 30,000 lines of new data have become available to the public because of the work of theseDistricts, their coordinators and the generosity of their contributors. It is now searchable via the ALD. The new data comes from shtetls in the districts of Kaunas, Oshmiany, Siauliai, Trakai,Telsiai, Vilnius, Ukmerge and Zarasai. The most cost effective way for you to find information about your family is to join with others who share your interest in an area. All these records which are searchable freely on the ALD (in excess of 800,000 lines of data now) were paid for by donations. All money raised by the Districts is used for that translation work. We can only continue while we have the money to carry on the work and there is still a great deal more to be done. Please take a moment to visit the website, www.litvaksig.org and select Join/Contribute to make a donation to the District(s) of interest to you. Dorothy Leivers Coordinator of the District Coordinators of LitvakSIG
|
|
|
|
Lotnicza Street Cemetery in Wroclaw/Breslau
#austria-czech
zeevr@...
Lotnicza Street Cemetery in Wroclaw/Breslau
Our members with Wroclaw/Breslau roots may like to know that there is a group of dedicated young people in Wroclaw who have made it their task to research, restore and record the Jewish Cemetery at Lotnicza Street. A year ago, in October 2008, the group established the “Foundation for the Wroclaw Jewish Cemetery at Lotnicza Street”. The founder, Malgorzata (Gosia) Frackowiak, has summarized the aims of the Foundation: To take care of and to restore those parts of the Lotnicza Street cemetery that have become neglected over the years, to protect the vegetation within the area, and to develop an educational program that promotes Jewish history, culture and religion as well as tolerance. Only after the site will be thoroughly cleaned, will it be possible to determine which gravestones may be restored. Full photographic documentation is planned, with the eventual creation of a Name List. In fact, this work has already been in progress for several years. The aim is to bring the project on to a more formal and organized level, hopefully with the eventual cooperation of the Wroclaw Jewish Community. I am personally familiar with the stories of several persons who have found the burial sites of their relatives thanks to Gosia’s knowledge and enthusiasm. The "Verband ehemaliger Breslauer in Israel" (Association of former citizens of Breslau in Israel), have publicly expressed appreciation of Gosia’s devoted work, in their Bulletin. For details of the Foundation and their goals, see their web page at: http://www.friedhofcosel.info/en/foundation.php You may like to inform your friends about this project, and also any relevant institution. Zeev Raphael, Haifa Email: zeevr@...
|
|
|
|
IAJGS 2010 Conference Newsletter #1: Read All About It!
#austria-czech
JGSLA2010 Info
The first IAJGS 2010 Conference Newsletter is out. If it hasn't
already come to your virtual mailbox, you can read it at: http://eepurl.com/epMd Exciting developments are taking place daily and the newsletter is the way to keep informed about plans for 2010. If you haven't subscribed, you can do so at: http://www.jgsla2010.com/about/sign-up-for-the-announcements-newsletter/ Mark your calendars now to attend >from Sunday, July 11th through Friday, July 16th. We are also scheduling a variety of optional pre-conference activities which we will announce soon. Early news is that Arthur Kurzweil will be our "Genealogist in Residence" for the entire conference week. Author of ">from Generation to Generation," and one of America's foremost experts in Jewish genealogy, Kurzweil will be giving lectures and teaching classes, along with performing his show "Searching for God in a Magic Shop," a unique exploration of the world of illusions, offering profound ideas of Jewish thought. We're planning an inspiring, opening Sunday where you can immerse yourself in an assortment of beginner's workshops and stroll through a SIG "Market Square" to view a cornucopia of regional special interest groups, get first-hand help with your research questions and meet the foreign archivists and experts in overseas research who will be lecturing later in the week. There will also be demonstrations of shtetl crafts like weaving and needlework, along with cooking workshops, films and more. The conference hotel, the JW Marriott at L.A Live, is due to open in a few months, but it's already looking quite spiffy. Still...it's the participants filling the vast space that will bring this conference to life, so start making plans now to attend >from July 11-16, 2010. If you've got a talent, expertise or topic to share, consider submitting a lecture proposal when the call for papers opens on November 15th. If you are a vendor or exhibitor, contact us for details on how you can participate. Our home page: www.jgsla2010.com is the portal to a world of conference information, FAQs, and program highlights. (And don't forget to join our Facebook page and check out our blog. We look forward to celebrating 30 years of IAJGS conferences with you this summer! Pamela Weisberger IAJGS 2010 Conference Co-Chair pamela@... http://www.jgsla2010.com
|
|
|
|
Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Lotnicza Street Cemetery in Wroclaw/Breslau
#austria-czech
zeevr@...
Lotnicza Street Cemetery in Wroclaw/Breslau
Our members with Wroclaw/Breslau roots may like to know that there is a group of dedicated young people in Wroclaw who have made it their task to research, restore and record the Jewish Cemetery at Lotnicza Street. A year ago, in October 2008, the group established the “Foundation for the Wroclaw Jewish Cemetery at Lotnicza Street”. The founder, Malgorzata (Gosia) Frackowiak, has summarized the aims of the Foundation: To take care of and to restore those parts of the Lotnicza Street cemetery that have become neglected over the years, to protect the vegetation within the area, and to develop an educational program that promotes Jewish history, culture and religion as well as tolerance. Only after the site will be thoroughly cleaned, will it be possible to determine which gravestones may be restored. Full photographic documentation is planned, with the eventual creation of a Name List. In fact, this work has already been in progress for several years. The aim is to bring the project on to a more formal and organized level, hopefully with the eventual cooperation of the Wroclaw Jewish Community. I am personally familiar with the stories of several persons who have found the burial sites of their relatives thanks to Gosia’s knowledge and enthusiasm. The "Verband ehemaliger Breslauer in Israel" (Association of former citizens of Breslau in Israel), have publicly expressed appreciation of Gosia’s devoted work, in their Bulletin. For details of the Foundation and their goals, see their web page at: http://www.friedhofcosel.info/en/foundation.php You may like to inform your friends about this project, and also any relevant institution. Zeev Raphael, Haifa Email: zeevr@...
|
|
|
|
Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech IAJGS 2010 Conference Newsletter #1: Read All About It!
#austria-czech
JGSLA2010 Info
The first IAJGS 2010 Conference Newsletter is out. If it hasn't
already come to your virtual mailbox, you can read it at: http://eepurl.com/epMd Exciting developments are taking place daily and the newsletter is the way to keep informed about plans for 2010. If you haven't subscribed, you can do so at: http://www.jgsla2010.com/about/sign-up-for-the-announcements-newsletter/ Mark your calendars now to attend >from Sunday, July 11th through Friday, July 16th. We are also scheduling a variety of optional pre-conference activities which we will announce soon. Early news is that Arthur Kurzweil will be our "Genealogist in Residence" for the entire conference week. Author of ">from Generation to Generation," and one of America's foremost experts in Jewish genealogy, Kurzweil will be giving lectures and teaching classes, along with performing his show "Searching for God in a Magic Shop," a unique exploration of the world of illusions, offering profound ideas of Jewish thought. We're planning an inspiring, opening Sunday where you can immerse yourself in an assortment of beginner's workshops and stroll through a SIG "Market Square" to view a cornucopia of regional special interest groups, get first-hand help with your research questions and meet the foreign archivists and experts in overseas research who will be lecturing later in the week. There will also be demonstrations of shtetl crafts like weaving and needlework, along with cooking workshops, films and more. The conference hotel, the JW Marriott at L.A Live, is due to open in a few months, but it's already looking quite spiffy. Still...it's the participants filling the vast space that will bring this conference to life, so start making plans now to attend >from July 11-16, 2010. If you've got a talent, expertise or topic to share, consider submitting a lecture proposal when the call for papers opens on November 15th. If you are a vendor or exhibitor, contact us for details on how you can participate. Our home page: www.jgsla2010.com is the portal to a world of conference information, FAQs, and program highlights. (And don't forget to join our Facebook page and check out our blog. We look forward to celebrating 30 years of IAJGS conferences with you this summer! Pamela Weisberger IAJGS 2010 Conference Co-Chair pamela@... http://www.jgsla2010.com
|
|
|
|
Rabbi Jack Skirball
#rabbinic
Adelle Gloger
In the early 1920s Jack Skirball, before he went into the movie business
in California was a Rabbi. In the early 1920s he was in Cleveland, Ohio. Does anyone know which synagogue he was affiliated with? I do know that in 1919 he and the late Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver appeared on the same ship's manifest sheet returning >from Europe. Can I assume that in the early 1920s he was at Rabbi Silver's Temple Tiferet Israel in Cleveland, Ohio? Thank you, Adelle Weintraub Gloger Shaker Hts., Ohio agloger@...
|
|
|
|
Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Rabbi Jack Skirball
#rabbinic
Adelle Gloger
In the early 1920s Jack Skirball, before he went into the movie business
in California was a Rabbi. In the early 1920s he was in Cleveland, Ohio. Does anyone know which synagogue he was affiliated with? I do know that in 1919 he and the late Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver appeared on the same ship's manifest sheet returning >from Europe. Can I assume that in the early 1920s he was at Rabbi Silver's Temple Tiferet Israel in Cleveland, Ohio? Thank you, Adelle Weintraub Gloger Shaker Hts., Ohio agloger@...
|
|
|
|
Re: Clean-up at Bayside Cemetery
#general
A. E. Jordan
In a message dated 10/30/2009 11:22:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ritamargolis@... writes: Gary Katz, President of CAJAC the Community Association for Jewish At-Risk Cemeteries announced an on-going effort to clean-up in Bayside Cemetery in Ozone Park, NY by a group of volunteers scheduled for 25 October 2009. Could someone please comment on the progress of that effort? -- I would be very interested to hear if any true progress has been made at Bayside. The last time I was almost to years ago and the area I needed was totally overgrown. My cousin who came with me on that visit compared Bayside to the abandoned cemeteries of eastern Europe and he felt that ones in Europe were in better condition. Please let us know if any progress has been made because I am still looking for family graves at Bayside which could not be found because of the condition of the cemetery. Allan Jordan
|
|
|
|
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Clean-up at Bayside Cemetery
#general
A. E. Jordan
In a message dated 10/30/2009 11:22:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ritamargolis@... writes: Gary Katz, President of CAJAC the Community Association for Jewish At-Risk Cemeteries announced an on-going effort to clean-up in Bayside Cemetery in Ozone Park, NY by a group of volunteers scheduled for 25 October 2009. Could someone please comment on the progress of that effort? -- I would be very interested to hear if any true progress has been made at Bayside. The last time I was almost to years ago and the area I needed was totally overgrown. My cousin who came with me on that visit compared Bayside to the abandoned cemeteries of eastern Europe and he felt that ones in Europe were in better condition. Please let us know if any progress has been made because I am still looking for family graves at Bayside which could not be found because of the condition of the cemetery. Allan Jordan
|
|
|