Hello,

Question one: Rzeszow - in the census of 1921 it is noted as
being in district Rzeszow, province Lwow. However, in other
publications it is not included in the Lwow province. I need to
know to which district and province it belonged to in 1939. Can
anyone help ?

Question two: in general, is there an available source
(preferably online) where I could find the administrative
listings of districts (and the towns and villages included in
each) for the provinces of Lwow, Tarnopol and Stanislawow in 1939
(or the closest posssible to the outbreak of the war) ?

Info (which might be old news to most of you, but just the same):
Yizkor books: full original publications, scanned - page by
page - (including photos, maps and texts) available online t
hrough the Dorot Jewish Division of the New York Public Library,
searchable database, by alphabetical order of name of town at :
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbooks3.cfm?trg6=A .
Hebrew, Yiddish and, for some of them, English sections (which,
in certain cases is not simply a translation of the Hebrew or
Yiddish but complementary material to the Hebrew and/or Yiddish
sections).

Rivka


Rivka Schirman nee Moscisker
Paris, France
Searching: MOSCISKER >from Brody, Budzynin, Buczacz, Okopy
Szwietej Trojce, Krakow, Lwow), WEISSMANN and REINSTEIN >from
Okopy Szwietej Trojce (Borszczow, Tarnopol)

Hello,

Question one: Rzeszow - in the census of 1921 it is noted as
being in district Rzeszow, province Lwow. However, in other
publications it is not included in the Lwow province. I need to
know to which district and province it belonged to in 1939. Can
anyone help ?

Question two: in general, is there an available source
(preferably online) where I could find the administrative
listings of districts (and the towns and villages included in
each) for the provinces of Lwow, Tarnopol and Stanislawow in 1939
(or the closest posssible to the outbreak of the war) ?

Info (which might be old news to most of you, but just the same):
Yizkor books: full original publications, scanned - page by
page - (including photos, maps and texts) available online t
hrough the Dorot Jewish Division of the New York Public Library,
searchable database, by alphabetical order of name of town at :
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/jws/yizkorbooks3.cfm?trg6=A .
Hebrew, Yiddish and, for some of them, English sections (which,
in certain cases is not simply a translation of the Hebrew or
Yiddish but complementary material to the Hebrew and/or Yiddish
sections).

Rivka


Rivka Schirman nee Moscisker
Paris, France
Searching: MOSCISKER >from Brody, Budzynin, Buczacz, Okopy
Szwietej Trojce, Krakow, Lwow), WEISSMANN and REINSTEIN >from
Okopy Szwietej Trojce (Borszczow, Tarnopol)

Just stumbled across this article and thought it would be of interest.

In short, "The Jewish Community of Zhitomir, headed by Rabbi Shlomo
Wilhelm, has begun a massive project to restore and preserve
approximately 1,500 Jewish cemeteries scattered throughout Ukraine."


http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=1018345

Ben MASLOW
Rockland County, NY

Researching MASLOVITZ, MASLOVICH, MASLOW and other derivatives in
Ukraine, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Chicago.

Just stumbled across this article and thought it would be of interest.

In short, "The Jewish Community of Zhitomir, headed by Rabbi Shlomo
Wilhelm, has begun a massive project to restore and preserve
approximately 1,500 Jewish cemeteries scattered throughout Ukraine."


http://www.fjc.ru/news/newsArticle.asp?AID=1018345

Ben MASLOW
Rockland County, NY

Researching MASLOVITZ, MASLOVICH, MASLOW and other derivatives in
Ukraine, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Chicago.

It sounds a bit like Lukashevka, a shtetl not far >from Zhitomir where some
of my relatives lived. You can find it on Jewishgen's Shtetl Seeker.

Good luck.

Betty Ross
Bethesda, MD

Researching HOROWITZ, KRASNYI, HAVERBACK, KAGAN -- Lukashevka
BECKENSTEIN -- Bialystok

It sounds a bit like Lukashevka, a shtetl not far >from Zhitomir where some
of my relatives lived. You can find it on Jewishgen's Shtetl Seeker.

Good luck.

Betty Ross
Bethesda, MD

Researching HOROWITZ, KRASNYI, HAVERBACK, KAGAN -- Lukashevka
BECKENSTEIN -- Bialystok

The Viewmate links which I posted yesterday for the Shapiro,
Shapira, Shapilfka, Andelman Family did not work properly.

The photos for the family am I looking for can be found at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate

Image numbers are: VM13779, VM13793, and VM13794

Thank you.

Monroe Ginsburg
St. Louis, Mo

The Viewmate links which I posted yesterday for the Shapiro,
Shapira, Shapilfka, Andelman Family did not work properly.

The photos for the family am I looking for can be found at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate

Image numbers are: VM13779, VM13793, and VM13794

Thank you.

Monroe Ginsburg
St. Louis, Mo

The English translation of the book, Churbn Lettland - The Destruction of
the Jews of Latvia by Max Kaufmann, is now available on-line at:
http://www.jewsoflatvia.com/index.html. Susan Kan Rotsztajn, in her
introduction on the website, calls the book a well-documented and erudite
testimonial of the horrors that took place in Latvia during the Holocaust.

Each of the fifteen parts of the book can be downloaded as PDF files and/or
the entire book can be downloaded as a single file.

Barry Shay
Co-president, Latvia SIG

The English translation of the book, Churbn Lettland - The Destruction of
the Jews of Latvia by Max Kaufmann, is now available on-line at:
http://www.jewsoflatvia.com/index.html. Susan Kan Rotsztajn, in her
introduction on the website, calls the book a well-documented and erudite
testimonial of the horrors that took place in Latvia during the Holocaust.

Each of the fifteen parts of the book can be downloaded as PDF files and/or
the entire book can be downloaded as a single file.

Barry Shay
Co-president, Latvia SIG

My g-g-grandfather was Wulff NATHAN, born 1802 Spandau, died 1842 Berlin.
He was the son of Nathan MEYER and Taeubchen Wolff JOACHIM. I have
Taeubchen's lineage up to the 1400 and 1500's.

Wulff NATHAN was married to Emilie HIRSCHBERG (also known as MOSSNER),
daughter of Moses HIRSCHBERG of Salzwedel. Emilie is buried at Schonhauser
Allee, Berlin and I have her burial records. Wulff's records cannot be
found, but he is probably buried there too.

As far as I can tell, my sister, my 3 nephews and myself are the only
descendants of Wulff & Emilie NATHAN.

But Wulff had 3 sisters - Amalie, Rechel and Sprinza NATHAN. Wulff was born
after Rechel and before Sprinza. All 4 siblings appear on the Kurmark
naturalisation list for Spandau. Unfortunately I have no idea if or whom
these sisters married, or if there are living descendants out there.

My next step will be to order FHL film # 477288 - Register of Jewish births,
marriages, deaths, and indexes for Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany 1812-1874,
but I understand this film, like so many, is not of good quality and hard to
read. I have had no success with any of the many films I have ordered to date!

I am wondering if there are any descendants of Amalie, Rechel or Sprinza
NATHAN out there! Or if anyone has any other ideas as to how I might find
them, then please, I'd love to hear >from you! Thank you!

Please contact direct at elamj@...

Judith Elam (born NATHAN) Kihei, Hawaii

My g-g-grandfather was Wulff NATHAN, born 1802 Spandau, died 1842 Berlin.
He was the son of Nathan MEYER and Taeubchen Wolff JOACHIM. I have
Taeubchen's lineage up to the 1400 and 1500's.

Wulff NATHAN was married to Emilie HIRSCHBERG (also known as MOSSNER),
daughter of Moses HIRSCHBERG of Salzwedel. Emilie is buried at Schonhauser
Allee, Berlin and I have her burial records. Wulff's records cannot be
found, but he is probably buried there too.

As far as I can tell, my sister, my 3 nephews and myself are the only
descendants of Wulff & Emilie NATHAN.

But Wulff had 3 sisters - Amalie, Rechel and Sprinza NATHAN. Wulff was born
after Rechel and before Sprinza. All 4 siblings appear on the Kurmark
naturalisation list for Spandau. Unfortunately I have no idea if or whom
these sisters married, or if there are living descendants out there.

My next step will be to order FHL film # 477288 - Register of Jewish births,
marriages, deaths, and indexes for Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany 1812-1874,
but I understand this film, like so many, is not of good quality and hard to
read. I have had no success with any of the many films I have ordered to date!

I am wondering if there are any descendants of Amalie, Rechel or Sprinza
NATHAN out there! Or if anyone has any other ideas as to how I might find
them, then please, I'd love to hear >from you! Thank you!

Please contact direct at elamj@...

Judith Elam (born NATHAN) Kihei, Hawaii

Dear All:

My Kleinman(n) gg-grandparents and ggg-grandparents emigrated to the US
in the 1880s >from Friedrichstadt, Kurland (now Jaunjelgava, Latvia). In
the 1920 American census, they were noted as being >from "German Russia"
and German was listed as their mother tongue.

Matt Singer
Philadelphia

Searching: Kleinman, Toor, Singer, Tuch
MODERATOR NOTE: Please continue privately. Thread is closed.

Dear All:

My Kleinman(n) gg-grandparents and ggg-grandparents emigrated to the US
in the 1880s >from Friedrichstadt, Kurland (now Jaunjelgava, Latvia). In
the 1920 American census, they were noted as being >from "German Russia"
and German was listed as their mother tongue.

Matt Singer
Philadelphia

Searching: Kleinman, Toor, Singer, Tuch
MODERATOR NOTE: Please continue privately. Thread is closed.

The next meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland, will be held on
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Miller Board Room at Menorah Park,
27100 Cedar Road, 2nd Floor, Beachwood, Ohio. The program will be feature our
members Cynthia Spikell and Adelle Gloger, who will be speaking on "A Report on
What's New, What's Hot and What's Interesting >from the 29th International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy held in Philadelphia on August 2 - 7, 2009."

As always, the program is free and visitors are welcome.

Kenneth A. Bravo
Vice President, Programming
Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland
kbravo@...

The next meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland, will be held on
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. in the Miller Board Room at Menorah Park,
27100 Cedar Road, 2nd Floor, Beachwood, Ohio. The program will be feature our
members Cynthia Spikell and Adelle Gloger, who will be speaking on "A Report on
What's New, What's Hot and What's Interesting >from the 29th International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy held in Philadelphia on August 2 - 7, 2009."

As always, the program is free and visitors are welcome.

Kenneth A. Bravo
Vice President, Programming
Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland
kbravo@...

Meeting: JGS of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County (JGSCV)--California, (USA)
Sunday, November 8 2009 at 1:30-3:30 p.m. Program: "Searching For Jewish Treasures"

Shimon Paskow, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Etz Chaim in Thousand Oaks, has spent a
lifetime looking for Jewish history in books and manuscripts. He will talk on his
antiquities and show some of the artifacts, including a Hebrew Haggadah printed in
Venezia, Italy with a page of "approval >from the Inquisitor" (>from the era of the
Inquisition), a Sephardic prayer book written in Hebrew with a page in Portuguese.
It includes the names of the people who produced the book, which are as
genealogically interesting as the book itself and a scroll with a child's prayer
for its parents. Rabbi Paskow will discuss and show a variety of interesting
"Jewish Treasures".

Speaker: Rabbi Shimon Paskow, was ordained a Rabbi by the Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He has served as chaplain in the United
States Army, and is a Colonel in the US Army Reserves Retired.Rabbi Paskow served
as spiritual leader of Temple Etz Chaim, Thousand Oaks,>from 1969 and currently
serves as Rabbi Emeritus. We will have a 15 minute 'schmoozing session" starting
before the meeting--this is for all attendees to share anything they want- so plan
to arrive by 1:10 PM

Our rotating traveling library will have Categories A and B. To see which books are
listed under which category, please go to our website, www.JGSCV.org and look under
traveling library. The books are available starting 30 minutes before the program
to 30 minutes after the program.

The meeting is open to all and there is no charge. The meeting is co-sponsored
with and held at Temple Adat Elohim, Thousand Oaks, CA For more information
including directions to the meeting, see our website for directions and more
information: www.jgscv.org

Jan Meisels Allen
President, JGSCV

JGS of Greater Miami will be meeting on Sunday November 1, 2009 10:00am at the
Greater Miami Jewish Federation 4200 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL
Tel: 305-576-4000 for directions Light refreshments
Free Secure Parking on site. (Have ID with you)

NOTE: Extra security on entering. Gate is now permanently closed and there is a
yellow security box on the left side. Press pound 001 which will connect you to
Security. Announce you are for the JGS meeting, then the gate will slide open and
close behind you.

We are so excited to be able to present Mr. Aaron Bernstein, Southern Director of
the American Society for Yad Vashem. His office is located here in the Aventura
section of Miami, FL. An added bonus is that Toby Leven, a member of our JGS was
assisted by Mr. Bernstein to locate a missing cousin in Israel and will share this
heartwarming story.

Briefly in her words: For years, my brothers and I tried to find out what happened
to my father's family in Europe during the Holocaust. We joined the JGS and they
helped identify the town they came from. That was the first and most important
step. We tried many websites for years, but in September I went to the Yad Vashem
website and typed in the name of my father and the town. Thankfully, a page of
testimony had been submitted by the only survivor of the family. I now had the name
and address of my cousin in Israel. I learned there was a local Yad Vashem office
in Aventura and Aaron Bernstein made the first contact. When I spoke to my cousin,
Shalom Rosenblatt, I told him my brothers and I were coming to Israel to meet him.
We had a marvelous reunion October 1, 2009.

Join us to hear this exciting and heart warming first-hand account of how Mr.
Bernstein helped Toby and Toby's account of the reunion. Come and enjoy the morning
of genealogy with your fellow researchers. This should be a very informative
session. 9:30 AM - Early Bird gab and catch-up time. Guests are always welcome. We
look forward to seeing you there to share this with us.

Joan Parker, President
JGS of Greater Miami, Inc.
joanparker@...
Searching: GOLDBERG, GOODSTEIN/GUDSTEIN (sp), BERGER, JAGODA/YAGODA-Plock,
Poland/Russia; Bronx and Brooklyn, NY; Galveston, TX. PINKUS, WINOGRAD,
ROSEN-Brest, Litovsk; Grodno, Russia; Bronx and Brooklyn, NY. WEISS-Brooklyn, NY;
NEIBERG-Brooklyn, NY; DEL PINO-Brooklyn, NY. KATZ, TROCK, GELFAND, KRITZOFF-Minsk,
Belarus; Bronx, NY, Miami and Miami Beach, FL.

Meeting: JGS of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County (JGSCV)--California, (USA)
Sunday, November 8 2009 at 1:30-3:30 p.m. Program: "Searching For Jewish Treasures"

Shimon Paskow, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Etz Chaim in Thousand Oaks, has spent a
lifetime looking for Jewish history in books and manuscripts. He will talk on his
antiquities and show some of the artifacts, including a Hebrew Haggadah printed in
Venezia, Italy with a page of "approval >from the Inquisitor" (>from the era of the
Inquisition), a Sephardic prayer book written in Hebrew with a page in Portuguese.
It includes the names of the people who produced the book, which are as
genealogically interesting as the book itself and a scroll with a child's prayer
for its parents. Rabbi Paskow will discuss and show a variety of interesting
"Jewish Treasures".

Speaker: Rabbi Shimon Paskow, was ordained a Rabbi by the Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He has served as chaplain in the United
States Army, and is a Colonel in the US Army Reserves Retired.Rabbi Paskow served
as spiritual leader of Temple Etz Chaim, Thousand Oaks,>from 1969 and currently
serves as Rabbi Emeritus. We will have a 15 minute 'schmoozing session" starting
before the meeting--this is for all attendees to share anything they want- so plan
to arrive by 1:10 PM

Our rotating traveling library will have Categories A and B. To see which books are
listed under which category, please go to our website, www.JGSCV.org and look under
traveling library. The books are available starting 30 minutes before the program
to 30 minutes after the program.

The meeting is open to all and there is no charge. The meeting is co-sponsored
with and held at Temple Adat Elohim, Thousand Oaks, CA For more information
including directions to the meeting, see our website for directions and more
information: www.jgscv.org

Jan Meisels Allen
President, JGSCV

JGS of Greater Miami will be meeting on Sunday November 1, 2009 10:00am at the
Greater Miami Jewish Federation 4200 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL
Tel: 305-576-4000 for directions Light refreshments
Free Secure Parking on site. (Have ID with you)

NOTE: Extra security on entering. Gate is now permanently closed and there is a
yellow security box on the left side. Press pound 001 which will connect you to
Security. Announce you are for the JGS meeting, then the gate will slide open and
close behind you.

We are so excited to be able to present Mr. Aaron Bernstein, Southern Director of
the American Society for Yad Vashem. His office is located here in the Aventura
section of Miami, FL. An added bonus is that Toby Leven, a member of our JGS was
assisted by Mr. Bernstein to locate a missing cousin in Israel and will share this
heartwarming story.

Briefly in her words: For years, my brothers and I tried to find out what happened
to my father's family in Europe during the Holocaust. We joined the JGS and they
helped identify the town they came from. That was the first and most important
step. We tried many websites for years, but in September I went to the Yad Vashem
website and typed in the name of my father and the town. Thankfully, a page of
testimony had been submitted by the only survivor of the family. I now had the name
and address of my cousin in Israel. I learned there was a local Yad Vashem office
in Aventura and Aaron Bernstein made the first contact. When I spoke to my cousin,
Shalom Rosenblatt, I told him my brothers and I were coming to Israel to meet him.
We had a marvelous reunion October 1, 2009.

Join us to hear this exciting and heart warming first-hand account of how Mr.
Bernstein helped Toby and Toby's account of the reunion. Come and enjoy the morning
of genealogy with your fellow researchers. This should be a very informative
session. 9:30 AM - Early Bird gab and catch-up time. Guests are always welcome. We
look forward to seeing you there to share this with us.

Joan Parker, President
JGS of Greater Miami, Inc.
joanparker@...
Searching: GOLDBERG, GOODSTEIN/GUDSTEIN (sp), BERGER, JAGODA/YAGODA-Plock,
Poland/Russia; Bronx and Brooklyn, NY; Galveston, TX. PINKUS, WINOGRAD,
ROSEN-Brest, Litovsk; Grodno, Russia; Bronx and Brooklyn, NY. WEISS-Brooklyn, NY;
NEIBERG-Brooklyn, NY; DEL PINO-Brooklyn, NY. KATZ, TROCK, GELFAND, KRITZOFF-Minsk,
Belarus; Bronx, NY, Miami and Miami Beach, FL.