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Rose
Dear Group
I wondered if the JewishGen subscribers may be interested in reading my brother Melbourne writer, Leon Silver’s latest book published by Simon & Schuster titled, ‘The Miracle Typist’. It’s a true story of Leon’s father-in-law Tolek Klings, who was conscripted into the Polish army in the Second World War. However, the army is rife with anti-Semitism and Tolek is relentlessly tormented. What follows is an extraordinary odyssey that will take Tolek – via a daring escape from a Hungarian internment camp – to Palestine where his ability to touch-type earns him the title of ‘The Miracle Typist’, then on to fight in Egypt, Tobruk and Italy.
Best Wishes Rose Raymen Perth, Western Australia
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philafrum
Genners,
Abraham Leibowitz, 20 years old, arrived in New York City on October 17, 1913 aboard the SS Graf Waldersee. He's listed on the Records for Aliens Held for Special Inquiry, and the cause for detention was "305-Cert."
I haven't been able to find an explanation for this designation-- "305 Cert." Please advise.
Thanks in advance. Shabbat shalom and chag Sukkot sameach.
Evan Fishman
-- Evan Fishman New Jersey MANDELSTEIN, LISNITZER, ADELMAN, PRESSEISEN, BURSTEIN, UDIN--Ukraine FISHMAN--Terespol, Poland FINKEL-- Brest Litovsk, Belarus
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Lacova in Lithuania
#lithuania
jeremy_bloom@...
Hello,
I am researching the Glass/Glas/Glaz family in Lithuania and have found information in Dublin's Jewish Museum that they originally came from a place called Lacova in Kovno Gubernia. A place with this name doesn't exist and I am unable to find any historical record of it. I assume that it is probably a misspelling of a name passed on orally and there are a could of candidates in the Northern part of the country. I wondered if anyone on here had come across the name Lacova or had any idea which place it refers to please? Many thanks in advance Jeremy Bloom
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September 2020 Summary of IAJGS Records Access Alert
#records
#general
#jgs-iajgs
Jan Meisels Allen
In her September 30 posting, entitled “reprieve” footnote 3, (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2020/09/30/reprieve/) Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist, wrote “every genealogist should be signed up for news alerts from the IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee. Check it out!! “ If you are not subscribed, the directions for the link to do so is below.
As mentioned previously, every month I post a listing of the IAJGS Records Access Alert topics from the previous month for you to see the variety of issues…some were posted on this discussion group but most were not—all postings are included below. The following are the summaries for the month of September, 2020. In order not to miss out on important information it is worthwhile for you to be subscribed to the Records Access Alert. Without records, genealogists cannot do genealogy –making certain that we retain access and gain access where it is impaired is every genealogists' responsibility.
The IAJGS Board of Directors approved opening the Records Access Alert to anyone who is interested in records access. This was announced previously. We now have subscribers from many genealogical organizations not previously able to subscribe. To be on top of what is happening I encourage you to register for the Records Access Alerts to receive the information in a timely manner. If you are interested in any of the above items, please register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert and look at them in the archives. To register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert go to: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts and follow the instructions to enter your email address, full name and which genealogical organization you belong to-a society, SIG or a subscriber of JewishGen, Avotaynu, Legal Genealogist etc. You will receive an email response that you have to reply to, or the subscription will not be finalized. The alerts are archived and once you register you may access the archives at: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts/
The IAJGS Records Access Alert is not a daily announcement list. Depending on what happens worldwide, there may be no postings for several days and other times there may be several in one day.
These are listed alphabetically not chronologically. Each month the locales covered differ.
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Re: Ukmerge/ Vilkomir , Lithuania birth records
#lithuania
#records
Bella Tseytlin
Russ, In your opinion, can I get anything from Kaunas Archives if, in one of the Revision Lists for (supposedly) Alta’s family I’ve come across a girl (Leah Iudes Bak) which more or less fits information re: my Gma? Or there is no hope to get any additional information?
Melbourne, Australia
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A Yom Kippur Couch Potato in the Virtual World
#announcements
#yiddish
#galicia
It was a very unusual Yom Kippur for me this year and I'm sure for many others as well. I wrote about it in my blog for Times of Israel and it was published today.
Hope you enjoy it.
Shabbat Shalom,
Chag Sukkot Sameach
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Bella Tseytlin
Gary, many thanks for addressing above issues! Many thanks.
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Struggling to find a birth certificate - my own! Silesia 1946
#poland
Nomi Waksberg
My mother was repatriated from the Soviet Union in 1946. (That is documented). She
registered with the Central Committee of Polish Jews and her address post the war was Klodzko. PSA doesn't have any records for my birth in Klodzko. My mother told me I was born in a convent - near the train station. My dear Polish friend thought this might be Bardo and they did confirm that many Jewish children were born there, but didn't have any information about records. I realize these times of post war transition were especially traumatic in this region of Silesia. Does anyone know if the Jewish Committee in Wroclaw maintained records? Was there a required procedure by the Catholic Church to document births and send this information somewhere for civil records? Thanks in advance for any leads on this. Nomi Waksberg
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Re: Researcher in Belarus
#belarus
Risa, I'm wondering if you have Portuguese Citizenship as you signed off with Portugal and Arizona. I have many questions about obtaining Portuguese citizenship. I visited there a year or two ago. Could I possibly email you? Many thanks!
Susie Krumholz Austin, Texas
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Yoel,
Despite not having all the tools I normally have (desktop in the shop) I think I can see quite a bit here. At the top, on the curve is a Hebrew date, and to the best of my ability, it looks like 18 Adar2 5643 (= 27 March 1883). The last letter of the year is a bit difficult to read, so I hope this is right. A few rows down, I believe I see the name Shraga Aharon (maybe) Leib (maybe), who died at an old age. Further down, I am assuming the father's name here was Mordechai. Perhaps these pieces of information help you, but it's the best I can do at this time. Regards, -- Madeleine Isenberg
madeleine.isenberg@...
Beverly Hills, CA
Researching: GOLDMAN, STEINER, LANGER, GLUECKSMAN, STOTTER in various parts of Galicia, Poland
(Nowy Targ, Nowy Sanz, Wachsmund, Dembno, Lapuszna, Krakow, Ochotnica) who migrated into Kezmarok or nearby towns in northern Slovakia and Czech Republic (i.e., those who lived/had businesses in Moravska Ostrava); GOLDSTEIN in Sena or Szina, Szkaros and Kosice, Slovakia; Tolcsva and Tokaj, Hungary.
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YIVO Online Exhibit Tells Stories of Jewish Life Before the Nazis
#holocaust
#lithuania
Jan Meisels Allen
In August, I posted about YIVO’s first online exhibit featuring the life of Beba Epstein, a young girl born in Vilna, Poland now Vilnius, Lithuania in 1922. The exhibit is called, Beba Epstein: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Girl . To enter the exhibit go to: https://museum.yivo.org/experiences/introduction/ Beba survived three concentration and labor camps, moved to America and had a career as a social worker for Jewish Family Services helping Soviet-Jewish immigrants to settle in California, Beba died in 2012.
The New York Times has written a story about the exhibit. Not only does one learn about Beba and the Jews of Vilnius, but also about the schools, where Jews went in the summertime. The exhibit has over 200 artifacts-photographs, film clips, maps. School notebooks and more.
To read the New York Times article see: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/arts/design/bebas-story-jews-before-nazis-yivo.html
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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let me update some earlier responses
Ostrog (Volhnyia province) - 1858 revision list is now available at. https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/Файл:ДАЖО_118-14-0239._1858_рік._Ревізька_казка_селян_Острозького_повіту.pdf and https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/Файл:ДАЖО_118-14-0243._1858_рік._Ревізька_казка_селян_Острозького_повіту.pdf Rivne / Rovne (Volhnyia Province) 1858 RL at https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/Файл:ДАЖО_118-14-0260._1858_рік._Ревізька_казка_селян_Рівненського_повіту.pdf Gary Pokrassa gpokrassa@...
Data Acquisition Director
Ukraine Research Division
JewishGen.org
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Re: Jacobstadt, Latvia 1958 Revision List
#latvia
Ralph Baer
I didn't know that there was a Jewish community in Jakobstadt (now Jēkabpils). That is where my maternal grandfather Dr. [Isidor] Hermann GUNZENHÄUSER, an Oberarzt (supervisory physician) in the German Army, lost his left eye due to shrapnel on September 29, 1917, not long after having been transferred from the western front. See attachment. Of course, a Jewish community in 1958, doesn't imply one in 1917.
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Stuart Kaufer
Searching Goldstein/Kaufer
I am searching for relatives of Joseph Goldstein and Lillian Kaufer of Chicago. They had 3 sons Morris, Sydney, Emmanuel, and 2 dtrs, Gertrude and Anna. I am hoping one of their survivors will recognize and be able to identify who is in the attached photo from the early 1920's. Thank you. Stuart Kaufer
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Jacobstadt, Latvia 1958 Revision List
#latvia
Ava Nackman
Is the 1958 Revision List for Jacobstadt, Latvia extant? If so, is there a translated version? If so, where can it be accessed? If no translation exists and it is extant, where can the original be accessed? Thank you.
Ava Nackman
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Friedlander family in Chicago
#usa
Neil Rosenstein
Trying to make contact with the family of Yehuda and Pessel (nee
Honig) Friedlander who were parents of Moshe Ber (married Beila Rappaport), Yitzchok Eizik (married BatSheva Rosenberg), Chaim Hirsch (Married Reizel) and Mordecai (married Miriam). They descend from the Stern-Horowitz ancestry. Neil Rosenstein, author of The Unbroken Chain
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Nancy Reicher
Hi Donna,
Not that I know of. Mine are from Kherson city. I have a record of one birth from there and there were others available to me but I didn't know how any of the others were related. The one I got was of my great uncle's birth in 1855. It proved his name and my great grandparents names. I was thrilled. Actually there were two documents ; one in Russian and one in Hebrew or yiddish. They were identical. Nancy L. Reicher
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Trying to make contact with family Farkas in Montreal.
#canada
Neil Rosenstein
Yisroel Zvi Farkas of Montreal was son of Chaim Farkas and Zisel nee
Stern (of Horowitz rabbinical ancestry). He married Malkie Stern. Neil Rosenstein, author of 'THE Unbroken Chain."
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reply to both Shmuel and Meir inquiring about Rivne / Rovno
there are a few records listed in Alex K wiki - go to (using Chrome) https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE#%D0%A0%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%82 go to the index at the top and click on 3.9. Also you should contact the town leader Leah Teicher at anafa-e@... As for Glinki I dont see much.....please try JRI-Poland which does seem to have some records from this town Gary Pokrassa gpokrassa@...
Data Acquisition Director
Ukraine Research Division
JewishGen.org
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Carole
I have good news and bad news - the good news is yes there were some records that survived. The bad news is here is a photo of those records now at the Khmelnitsky archives attached - I hope this comes through Gary Pokrassa
gpokrassa@...
Data Acquisition Director
Ukraine Research Division
JewishGen.org
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