Re: Galician Maps
#galicia
Phyllis Kramer <phylliskramer1@...>
Karen van Haagen Campbell wrote: "I'm a new genealogist and I was
wondering if you have a detailed map of the Galicia area with names of towns, cities, and areas you could send a link of to me." On most of my Galician shtetlinks pages (Rohatyn, Krosno, Zmigrod, Jaslo, Rymanow, Strzyzow, Frysztak, Dubiecko, Korczyna, Jasienica, Dukla), I have a link to the LEMKO maps... I think they are the clearest, easiest to scroll through. These are high resolution maps (100,000:1), that is, one inch equals approximately 1.5 miles. The main map is at <http://www.lemko.org/maps100/index.html> from there you can click on any of the hundred or so smaller maps.Happy Hunting! Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Fla VP, Education, JewishGen, Inc. -- PhyllisKramer1@..., researching (mostly Galicia): STECHER, TRACHMAN,>from Zmigrod,Dukla, Krosno KRAMER, BEIM, WISNER >from Jasienica SCHEINER, KANDEL, SCHIMMEL >from Strzyzow, Dubiecko LINDNER, EICHEL >from Rohatyn(also Iasi, Romania)
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looking for information on GELB family from Lviv / Lvov / Lemberg
#galicia
Jay Lenefsky <hotdog@...>
Dear One and All:
I am looking for information on my GELB family. They lived at least for a while at 24 Zrodlana Street. In 1910 - 1911 they immigrated to the USA. I got the above address >from my grandmother's birth certificate. The is a Moses GELB (and a Moses LIEBER) listed as being witnesses to my grandmother's birth. Thank you very much, Jay Lenefsky -Israel
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New genealogic search book
#galicia
Romm Miriam
My dear friends,
I am happy to let you know that the English edition of my book Ostrich Feather was recently published. Please visit the book's site <http://www.ostrich-feather.com> to learn more about it and its history in Israel since 2007. The book will be available around August in the US stores, and in the meantime, it can be pre-ordered via the Internet in Amazon & Barnes & Noble and in Israel at Gefen Publishing. I plan to have my book tour during November. By then, thank you for you attention and I hope you will soon accompany me in my adventurous-quest-journey, unfolded in the pages of Ostrich Feathers. Yours, Miriam Romm Israel www.ostrich-feather.com
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re: Galician Maps
#galicia
Phyllis Kramer <phylliskramer1@...>
Karen van Haagen Campbell wrote: "I'm a new genealogist and I was
wondering if you have a detailed map of the Galicia area with names of towns, cities, and areas you could send a link of to me." On most of my Galician shtetlinks pages (Rohatyn, Krosno, Zmigrod, Jaslo, Rymanow, Strzyzow, Frysztak, Dubiecko, Korczyna, Jasienica, Dukla), I have a link to the LEMKO maps... I think they are the clearest, easiest to scroll through. These are high resolution maps (100,000:1), that is, one inch equals approximately 1.5 miles. The main map is at <http://www.lemko.org/maps100/index.html> from there you can click on any of the hundred or so smaller maps.Happy Hunting! Phyllis Kramer, NYC & PBG, Fla VP, Education, JewishGen, Inc. -- PhyllisKramer1@..., researching (mostly Galicia): STECHER, TRACHMAN,>from Zmigrod,Dukla, Krosno KRAMER, BEIM, WISNER >from Jasienica SCHEINER, KANDEL, SCHIMMEL >from Strzyzow, Dubiecko LINDNER, EICHEL >from Rohatyn(also Iasi, Romania)
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia looking for information on GELB family from Lviv / Lvov / Lemberg
#galicia
Jay Lenefsky <hotdog@...>
Dear One and All:
I am looking for information on my GELB family. They lived at least for a while at 24 Zrodlana Street. In 1910 - 1911 they immigrated to the USA. I got the above address >from my grandmother's birth certificate. The is a Moses GELB (and a Moses LIEBER) listed as being witnesses to my grandmother's birth. Thank you very much, Jay Lenefsky -Israel
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia New genealogic search book
#galicia
Romm Miriam
My dear friends,
I am happy to let you know that the English edition of my book Ostrich Feather was recently published. Please visit the book's site <http://www.ostrich-feather.com> to learn more about it and its history in Israel since 2007. The book will be available around August in the US stores, and in the meantime, it can be pre-ordered via the Internet in Amazon & Barnes & Noble and in Israel at Gefen Publishing. I plan to have my book tour during November. By then, thank you for you attention and I hope you will soon accompany me in my adventurous-quest-journey, unfolded in the pages of Ostrich Feathers. Yours, Miriam Romm Israel www.ostrich-feather.com
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Lviv Photography Project
#galicia
Pamela Weisberger <pweisberger@...>
The Lviv house photography project is now closed to any new
submissions. Thanks to everyone who put in a request with their personal stories. Results will be publicized in late August. Pamela Weisberger Gesher Galicia pweisberger@...
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Lviv Photography Project
#galicia
Pamela Weisberger <pweisberger@...>
The Lviv house photography project is now closed to any new
submissions. Thanks to everyone who put in a request with their personal stories. Results will be publicized in late August. Pamela Weisberger Gesher Galicia pweisberger@...
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Re: Were there quotas to US emigration around 1912?
#general
Susan&David
Quota legislation is summarized on this web-site:
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http://www-lib.iupui.edu/kade/adams/chap10.html Does not appear to be anything significant to limit immigration >from Europe 1912 or earlier David Rosen Boston, MA Evan Fishman wrote:
Were there any quotas in existence which would have limited emigration to
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Were there quotas to US emigration around 1912?
#general
Susan&David
Quota legislation is summarized on this web-site:
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http://www-lib.iupui.edu/kade/adams/chap10.html Does not appear to be anything significant to limit immigration >from Europe 1912 or earlier David Rosen Boston, MA Evan Fishman wrote:
Were there any quotas in existence which would have limited emigration to
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Re: Tips for Archival Research
#galicia
Jules Levin
At 07:10 AM 7/5/2009, you wrote:
Dear Karen,I agree, but among the basic courtesies I would add one more. Learn how to say, "please", "thank you", "hello", "goodbye" in the language of the country you are in!!! Yes, even in Lithuanian! It is not difficult, and in places like Poland, the Baltic republics, etc., their expectations of Americans are so low that even those few words will go a long way. In fact, in myopinion, if you can't say thank you in the language of the country you are in, you've lost half your courtesy. And by the way, I am shocked by how many people think not to even learn the Cyrillic alphabet before going to Russia. When I taught Russian it took me 20 minutes to teach it. Jules Levin Los Angeles
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re:Tips for Archival Research
#general
Jules Levin
At 07:10 AM 7/5/2009, you wrote:
Dear Karen,I agree, but among the basic courtesies I would add one more. Learn how to say, "please", "thank you", "hello", "goodbye" in the language of the country you are in!!! Yes, even in Lithuanian! It is not difficult, and in places like Poland, the Baltic republics, etc., their expectations of Americans are so low that even those few words will go a long way. In fact, in myopinion, if you can't say thank you in the language of the country you are in, you've lost half your courtesy. And by the way, I am shocked by how many people think not to even learn the Cyrillic alphabet before going to Russia. When I taught Russian it took me 20 minutes to teach it. Jules Levin Los Angeles
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LANE, COHEN, KUMENS, HIRSCHHORN, GREENWALD
#lithuania
Jeff Miller
I am researching several surnames of families >from Panevezys (Ponievezh)
and Pumpenai in Lithuania, most of whom probably first lived in New York, and later in the Roosevelt Boulevard section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Today, related families living midway between Philadelphia and Allentown, Pennsylvania are the KAHN and HAUSER families. I am seeking family connections to the following: David LANE Sadie (Scheine Leah) COHEN Belle KUMENS Gertrude HIRSHHORN Bruce (Gertrude's son) HIRSHHORN any GREENWALD I will be attending Philadelphia '09 and can connect with anyone interested in these families, either at a BOF, or at a meeting that we can prearrange. Jeff Miller, President, JGSGW Washington, DC area SingingTM@... Researching towns of Seta (Shat), Vilijampole (Slobodka), Panevezys (Ponievezh), Pumpenai, Sirvintos (Shirvint), all in Lithuania, for names WIENER, FINKELSTEIN, LAN, YUDELOWITZ, COHEN, WHITEMAN/WEISSMAN, BLANKFURT/BLANKFORT, and those listed above MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information. Suggestions for research methods and resources may be shared with the list.
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania LANE, COHEN, KUMENS, HIRSCHHORN, GREENWALD
#lithuania
Jeff Miller
I am researching several surnames of families >from Panevezys (Ponievezh)
and Pumpenai in Lithuania, most of whom probably first lived in New York, and later in the Roosevelt Boulevard section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Today, related families living midway between Philadelphia and Allentown, Pennsylvania are the KAHN and HAUSER families. I am seeking family connections to the following: David LANE Sadie (Scheine Leah) COHEN Belle KUMENS Gertrude HIRSHHORN Bruce (Gertrude's son) HIRSHHORN any GREENWALD I will be attending Philadelphia '09 and can connect with anyone interested in these families, either at a BOF, or at a meeting that we can prearrange. Jeff Miller, President, JGSGW Washington, DC area SingingTM@... Researching towns of Seta (Shat), Vilijampole (Slobodka), Panevezys (Ponievezh), Pumpenai, Sirvintos (Shirvint), all in Lithuania, for names WIENER, FINKELSTEIN, LAN, YUDELOWITZ, COHEN, WHITEMAN/WEISSMAN, BLANKFURT/BLANKFORT, and those listed above MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information. Suggestions for research methods and resources may be shared with the list.
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Re: Tips for Archival Research
#galicia
Connie Fisher Newhan
Dear Karen,
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You've written an absolutely wonderful post and reminder to us all. Behave well and with basic courtesies - how hard can that be? Best Regards, Connie Fisher Newhan (#1272) California, USA FISHER/FISCHER/FISZER, FISZEL (Warszawa& Bedzin, Poland),S(Z)PRINGER, HERSZLIKOWICZ, HAMBURGER (Bedzin, Lagiza, Zarki, Poland), GERSTEN (Obertyn, Galacia) BARSKA/BARSKY/BARSKIY(Odessa), GOLDBERG (Sokolka?), FELDMAN (Veliuona,Kaunas), CAHN (Koln), FRIEDSAM (Bodendorf, Coln? Germany, Pittsburgh, PA), NEWHAN/NEUHAN/NEUHAHN (Hesse Cassel, Meimbressen, Germany, Baltimore, MD), BOHORODCZANER (Potok Zloty, Ukraine), LEVINE, BLUM, ROTH, ROCKOVITZ, ABRAMS, RABINOWITZ
In a message dated 7/4/2009 9:30:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
roekard@... writes: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last Sunday (6/28/09) I gave a talk entitled: WARSAW, JERUSALEM, LVOV: Adventures in Archiveland and Beyond, in which I described (in an interesting way) how to use different archives and how to integrate the esoteric material you find. I had been told to expect around five attendees because it was summer, a Sunday, and happening mid-day on a glorious day in San Francisco Bay. Amazingly ~20 people came. I gave my talk and afterwards, in the Q &A, one of the attendees pointed out and questioned the amount of times I expressed gratitude to the different people who have helped me or given me ideas, and especially the archivist/librarians globally. Someone else remarked about how challenging the experience with employees of archives can be. Other people then made similar comments and the discussion veered in the direction of the problems genealogists have with employees of archives. After folks finished what they had to say I reminded them of the perspective >from the other side of the archivist's desk. I pointed out that for many archivist/librarians, and especially in the formerly Communist countries, the pay is fairly low, the workload high and there may be little encouragement to work harder than a good day's work. What must it be like for them to have people show up at their desk who don't speak the language, have no idea how to find documents but are then insistent that they be helped IMMEDIATELY to find their grandfather who came to America >from "somewhere" in Russia, (for example). What must these archivist/librarians think when some of these same people who come demanding help also manifest behavior that is entitled, huffy and ungrateful? And we can wonder if bad experiences with folks whom they identify as "Jewish" then carry over to the next "Jew" who shows up manifesting even slight amounts of impatience. You get the idea. I pointed out that as a human, as the child of a Chassidish-valued home with a Holocaust (refugee) Survivor father, I learned the importance of acknowledging anyone who helps me and/or behaves as my Rebbe, my teacher - to give them credit; that no one has to do anything to help me even if it is their job; that I MUST express my gratitude both in my behavior towards them in the moment (in material and non-material ways) and afterwards, to their bosses and to others. I believe that this moment-to-moment, day-to-day behavior (spiritual practice) on my part is at least part of the reason why I have had such incredible luck, ease and success in my use of archives. The participants in this discussion encouraged me to make this point often and publicly; hence this note. Some suggestions: (1) I encourage you all to BEHAVE WITH GRACE AND GRATITUDE when you visit archives this summer: bad and ungrateful behavior will reflect badly on all of us and affect the experience we each have in doing archival research; (2) I encourage you to plan your visit to an archive beforehand - have your guide/researcher do some archival research and ORDER RECORDS BEFORE you get there, any ones that they think might be valuable or interesting for you to look at; (3) I encourage you to LEAVE ENOUGH TIME and have patience: NOTHING WILL HAPPEN QUICKLY no matter what you say and especially if you get huffy - I have seen folks who acted badly get nothing and be told that they could not be helped even as the same archivist/librarians went to get me record after record; (4) I encourage you to remember to WATCH WHAT YOU SAY and follow the Jewish path of avoiding speaking "lashon ha'rah" and "rechilut" - gossip and tale bearing and honor the path of "right speech" - ENGLISH SPEAKERS ARE EVERYWHERE even if they don't let on that they speak English. I once spent two weeks in an archive and it was only as I was getting ready to leave that the archivist/librarian started speaking to me in English! (5) I encourage you to let your guide know that you understand how overworked and underpaid archivist/librarians can be and ask what an APPROPRIATE GIFT OF GRATITUDE for them might be - just as you would bring when you visit someone's home (and then remember to give a gift of gratitude to your guide, additional to what you pay them: ultimately, they make or break your trip by their attention to detail!) The most basic and universal of spiritual practices is gratitude: I encourage you all to take it on as your own. It will change your life for the better .... completely. Thank you. Shabbat shalom, Karen ROSENFELD ROEKARD aka Gitel Chaye Eta ROSENFELD ROKART
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JRI Poland #Poland Re: Tips for Archival Research
#poland
Connie Fisher Newhan
Dear Karen,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
You've written an absolutely wonderful post and reminder to us all. Behave well and with basic courtesies - how hard can that be? Best Regards, Connie Fisher Newhan (#1272) California, USA FISHER/FISCHER/FISZER, FISZEL (Warszawa& Bedzin, Poland),S(Z)PRINGER, HERSZLIKOWICZ, HAMBURGER (Bedzin, Lagiza, Zarki, Poland), GERSTEN (Obertyn, Galacia) BARSKA/BARSKY/BARSKIY(Odessa), GOLDBERG (Sokolka?), FELDMAN (Veliuona,Kaunas), CAHN (Koln), FRIEDSAM (Bodendorf, Coln? Germany, Pittsburgh, PA), NEWHAN/NEUHAN/NEUHAHN (Hesse Cassel, Meimbressen, Germany, Baltimore, MD), BOHORODCZANER (Potok Zloty, Ukraine), LEVINE, BLUM, ROTH, ROCKOVITZ, ABRAMS, RABINOWITZ
In a message dated 7/4/2009 9:30:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
roekard@... writes: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last Sunday (6/28/09) I gave a talk entitled: WARSAW, JERUSALEM, LVOV: Adventures in Archiveland and Beyond, in which I described (in an interesting way) how to use different archives and how to integrate the esoteric material you find. I had been told to expect around five attendees because it was summer, a Sunday, and happening mid-day on a glorious day in San Francisco Bay. Amazingly ~20 people came. I gave my talk and afterwards, in the Q &A, one of the attendees pointed out and questioned the amount of times I expressed gratitude to the different people who have helped me or given me ideas, and especially the archivist/librarians globally. Someone else remarked about how challenging the experience with employees of archives can be. Other people then made similar comments and the discussion veered in the direction of the problems genealogists have with employees of archives. After folks finished what they had to say I reminded them of the perspective >from the other side of the archivist's desk. I pointed out that for many archivist/librarians, and especially in the formerly Communist countries, the pay is fairly low, the workload high and there may be little encouragement to work harder than a good day's work. What must it be like for them to have people show up at their desk who don't speak the language, have no idea how to find documents but are then insistent that they be helped IMMEDIATELY to find their grandfather who came to America >from "somewhere" in Russia, (for example). What must these archivist/librarians think when some of these same people who come demanding help also manifest behavior that is entitled, huffy and ungrateful? And we can wonder if bad experiences with folks whom they identify as "Jewish" then carry over to the next "Jew" who shows up manifesting even slight amounts of impatience. You get the idea. I pointed out that as a human, as the child of a Chassidish-valued home with a Holocaust (refugee) Survivor father, I learned the importance of acknowledging anyone who helps me and/or behaves as my Rebbe, my teacher - to give them credit; that no one has to do anything to help me even if it is their job; that I MUST express my gratitude both in my behavior towards them in the moment (in material and non-material ways) and afterwards, to their bosses and to others. I believe that this moment-to-moment, day-to-day behavior (spiritual practice) on my part is at least part of the reason why I have had such incredible luck, ease and success in my use of archives. The participants in this discussion encouraged me to make this point often and publicly; hence this note. Some suggestions: (1) I encourage you all to BEHAVE WITH GRACE AND GRATITUDE when you visit archives this summer: bad and ungrateful behavior will reflect badly on all of us and affect the experience we each have in doing archival research; (2) I encourage you to plan your visit to an archive beforehand - have your guide/researcher do some archival research and ORDER RECORDS BEFORE you get there, any ones that they think might be valuable or interesting for you to look at; (3) I encourage you to LEAVE ENOUGH TIME and have patience: NOTHING WILL HAPPEN QUICKLY no matter what you say and especially if you get huffy - I have seen folks who acted badly get nothing and be told that they could not be helped even as the same archivist/librarians went to get me record after record; (4) I encourage you to remember to WATCH WHAT YOU SAY and follow the Jewish path of avoiding speaking "lashon ha'rah" and "rechilut" - gossip and tale bearing and honor the path of "right speech" - ENGLISH SPEAKERS ARE EVERYWHERE even if they don't let on that they speak English. I once spent two weeks in an archive and it was only as I was getting ready to leave that the archivist/librarian started speaking to me in English! (5) I encourage you to let your guide know that you understand how overworked and underpaid archivist/librarians can be and ask what an APPROPRIATE GIFT OF GRATITUDE for them might be - just as you would bring when you visit someone's home (and then remember to give a gift of gratitude to your guide, additional to what you pay them: ultimately, they make or break your trip by their attention to detail!) The most basic and universal of spiritual practices is gratitude: I encourage you all to take it on as your own. It will change your life for the better .... completely. Thank you. Shabbat shalom, Karen ROSENFELD ROEKARD aka Gitel Chaye Eta ROSENFELD ROKART
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Posen,Prussia
#poland
Barbara Siegel
Attention prospective Philadelphia Conference attendees with interests in
the area of Posen, Prussia: For various reasons, I did not organize a scheduled Posen,Prussia BOF this year. However, I am now wondering if those with interests in the area would care to meet on a more informal basis so we could touch base with each other, share some experiences, etc. As I am always eager to interface with others involved with Posen, Prussia I assume that there must be others like me as well. Anyone interested in this idea please respond to me privately and we can take it >from there; and hopefully arrange something. Very much looking forward to Philly2009. Barbara Siegel bsiegel@... Researching: HERTZBERG; Posen,Prussia; Latvia; USA.
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JRI Poland #Poland Posen,Prussia
#poland
Barbara Siegel
Attention prospective Philadelphia Conference attendees with interests in
the area of Posen, Prussia: For various reasons, I did not organize a scheduled Posen,Prussia BOF this year. However, I am now wondering if those with interests in the area would care to meet on a more informal basis so we could touch base with each other, share some experiences, etc. As I am always eager to interface with others involved with Posen, Prussia I assume that there must be others like me as well. Anyone interested in this idea please respond to me privately and we can take it >from there; and hopefully arrange something. Very much looking forward to Philly2009. Barbara Siegel bsiegel@... Researching: HERTZBERG; Posen,Prussia; Latvia; USA.
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Ostrow Mazowiecka Research Family to meet before Philadelphia conference
#poland
Jrbaston
Researchers with a connection to Ostrow Mazowiecka,
Poland (halfway between Warsaw and Bialystok and 46 km south of Lomza) are invited to the annual gathering of the Ostrow Mazowiecka Research Family (OMRF) in Philadelphia on August 1, the day before the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy begins. We are scheduled to get together at 1 p.m., in the Presidential Suite of the conference hotel, Sheraton Philadelphia City Center. We will be discussing a number of items, including: --- Translation of the remarks column in the Ostrow Mazowiecka Books of Residents and editing of all 14,000 original entries --- Supplementing of original indices to Ostrow Maz. vital records with mother and father names, etc --- Full extracting of Ostrow Maz. records >from LDS years; marriages completed and births and deaths underway --- Revisions/additions to the OMRF web site --- Ostrow Maz. Cemetery monument status --- Anita Bernacka's thesis and her efforts to collect Ostrow-related resources --- Other important projects in which the "Family" is involved *** If you are able to join us, please let me know privately. If you have Ostrovite family in the Philadelphia area who might be interested, please share this message with them and ask them to contact us. Thank you, and hoping to see you on August 1. Judy Baston Stanley Diamond For the Ostrow Mazowiecka Research Family < jrbaston@... > < smsdiamond@... > *** To find out more about the activities of the Ostrow Mazowiecka Research Family, go to http://www.ostrow-mazowiecka.com/
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JRI Poland #Poland Ostrow Mazowiecka Research Family to meet before Philadelphia conference
#poland
Jrbaston
Researchers with a connection to Ostrow Mazowiecka,
Poland (halfway between Warsaw and Bialystok and 46 km south of Lomza) are invited to the annual gathering of the Ostrow Mazowiecka Research Family (OMRF) in Philadelphia on August 1, the day before the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy begins. We are scheduled to get together at 1 p.m., in the Presidential Suite of the conference hotel, Sheraton Philadelphia City Center. We will be discussing a number of items, including: --- Translation of the remarks column in the Ostrow Mazowiecka Books of Residents and editing of all 14,000 original entries --- Supplementing of original indices to Ostrow Maz. vital records with mother and father names, etc --- Full extracting of Ostrow Maz. records >from LDS years; marriages completed and births and deaths underway --- Revisions/additions to the OMRF web site --- Ostrow Maz. Cemetery monument status --- Anita Bernacka's thesis and her efforts to collect Ostrow-related resources --- Other important projects in which the "Family" is involved *** If you are able to join us, please let me know privately. If you have Ostrovite family in the Philadelphia area who might be interested, please share this message with them and ask them to contact us. Thank you, and hoping to see you on August 1. Judy Baston Stanley Diamond For the Ostrow Mazowiecka Research Family < jrbaston@... > < smsdiamond@... > *** To find out more about the activities of the Ostrow Mazowiecka Research Family, go to http://www.ostrow-mazowiecka.com/
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