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Re: Tribute Gifts in Memory of Susan E. King, Z'L
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Connie Fisher Newhan
I owe almost everything I've learned over the years to Susan. Ijoined JG in its infancy and Susan ran it all. She would answer questions and always help in any way possible. I/We owe her a huge debt of gratitude. Thankful we were able to reconnect briefly on a JG talk a few months ago. The power of one.
Best Regards,
Connie Fisher Newhan (#1272)
California, USA
FISHER/FISCHER/FISZER, FISZEL (Warszawa& Bedzin, Poland),S(Z)PRINGER,
KOKOTEK, 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 KUGELMANN (Hesse Cassel, Meimbressen, Germany,
Baltimore, MD), BOHORODCZANER (Potok Zloty, Ukraine), LEVINE,
ROCKOVITZ, ABRAMS, ABRAMOVITZ (RUSSIA FINLAND) STERN (Lipperode, German) FEIST (Germany)
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JGS Toronto. Virtual Meeting. Trudy Gold. LITHUANIAN SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG). 11 January 2023, 4 PM EST.
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Jerry Scherer
JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO And Classi Lectures
LITHUANIAN SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG)
Wednesday, 25 Jan 2023,
4-5 p.m. EST Virtual doors open at 3:50 pm. EST.
The Jews of Lithuania Jews had lived in Lithuania since the 14th century. From the 17th century onwards Vilna the capital was known as the Jerusalem of the North, with personalities such as Elijah of Vilna. By the 19th-century, now under Czarist rule, Lithuania was an important centre of Jewish life – religious, cultural, and political. The pogroms between 1881 and 1914 led to thousands fleeing, mainly to America and over 40,000 to South Africa. After the bloodshed of World War I, Lithuania became independent, with a Jewish population of over 150,000 people. They were integral to the economic life of the country. However, by the end of WWII over 95% of Lithuanian Jewry had been murdered both by Germans and their Lithuanian collaborators. After the bloodshed of World War I, Lithuania became independent, with a Jewish population of over 150,000 people. They were integral to the economic life of the country. However, by the end of WWII over 95% of Lithuanian Jewry had been murdered both by Germans and their Lithuanian collaborators.
This three-week Series will examine Lithuania’s rich and tragic history and explore many of the personalities whose lives were lived against momentous events. Session 1 We will examine the history of Jewish settlement in Lithuania and introduce some of the great religious thinkers, through to the leaders of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment), Jewish socialism and Zionism Session 2 Under Czarist rule thousands of Jews sought refuge abroad – but what happened to those who remained in newly independent Lithuania? Session 3 The Jewish community was caught between communists, Nazis, and Lithuanian fascists. This is the terrible story of the destruction of a great and unique civilization. Nevertheless, it is peppered with great incidents of heartbreaking heroism and the extraordinary story of the Japanese consul who saved thousands of Jews including students of the Mir Yeshiva.
Trudy Gold was the former C.E.O of the London Jewish Cultural Centre, and one of the founder members of the British delegation to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. She has taught Modern Jewish History in schools and universities and for adult groups throughout the World. She has coordinated teacher training in Jewish History and Holocaust Studies in Eastern Europe and latterly in China. She is the author of The Timechart History of Jewish Civilisation and the student resources “Understanding the Holocaust” and the digital resource “Lessons of the Holocaust.”
JGS Toronto, in conjunction with Classi Lectures is pleased to announce that this 3-part series is a partnered program we are offering to our members. It will be open to non-members through Classi Lectures, and you may contact them for further information at classilectures@.... Fees: All fees are in Canadian funds. These 3 lectures are free for JGS Toronto Members. For only $40, become a member of JGS Toronto and attend this and future joint Classi Lectures for free. For non-members, the fee is $12 per lecture or $30 for all 3 lectures. Consider a donation to JGS Toronto by Clicking Here to assist us in continuing our mission of providing a forum for the exchange of genealogical information. (Tax receipts are issued to Canadian donors.)
Registration: Non-members will register by clicking the following links. 3 Sessions 1-3. The Wandering Jews with Trudy Gold - Classi Learning $30 Session 1. The Wandering Jews with Trudy Gold - Classi Learning $12 Session 2. The Wandering Jews with Trudy Gold - Classi Learning $12 Session 3. The Wandering Jews with Trudy Gold - Classi Learning $12 Note: the video recordings for these sessions will be available to JGS Toronto members only.
JGS Toronto members will complete a different registration form for free access to all 3 sessions.
Tel 647-247-6414 twitter: jgsoftoronto facebook: Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto
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JGS Toronto. Free Virtual Meeting. Dr. Selina Brace. DNA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG). 24 January 2023, 12:30 PM EST.
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#jgs-iajgs
#events
Jerry Scherer
JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO, Beth Tikvah Synagogue And Classi Lectures
DNA SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP (SIG) VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Virtual doors open at 12:20 pm. EST.
The Mystery of the Bodies in the Well In 2004, excavators discovered the skeletons of 17 bodies found in a medieval well in Norwich, England. Who were these people and how did they die? Join us to understand how Dr. Selina Brace and her team were able to solve this historical cold case that has haunted researchers for close to 12 years and what it means for the Jewish community. Bio Dr. Selina Brace is a biologist who works with ancient and degraded DNA to investigate species-level and evolutionary processes. She is a researcher in the Earth Sciences Department and manages the NHM ancient DNA laboratory. Dr. Brace's research centres on the use of genetic information from museum specimens to understand taxonomic and evolutionary relationships, population structure and history, and the ecological impact of past events. She has worked on a wide range of taxa including insects, rodents and prehistoric humans, with a special interest in highly degraded tropical material from the Caribbean, Indonesia and South America. Her current projects include working with museum bees, investigating land-use change in Indonesia and population structure in Andean bears from Colombia. Registration Please watch this video, History Cold Case - The Bodies in the Well , before registering.
To register for this event, please go to
The Mystery of the Bodies in the Well - Classi Learning JGS Toronto, Beth Tikvah and Classi Lectures have partnered to offer this DNA SIG program. This is a free session. A contribution to the Classi Lecture Speaker Fund would be appreciated.
To our guests, consider joining JGS Toronto for only $40.00 Canadian per year ($50 for couples) by Clicking Here or consider a donation to JGS Toronto by Clicking Here to assist us in continuing our mission of providing a forum for the exchange of genealogical information. (Tax receipts are issued to Canadian donors.)
Tel 647-247-6414 twitter: jgsoftoronto facebook: Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto
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Phil Goldfarb
Not necessarily true. Not everyone had to have a passport to travel back to the "old country" even though they might have been naturalized or a citizen born in the US. While passports started in 1789 (the first ones were printed by Benjamin Franklin), they were not mandatory until the Civil War. After the Civil War, it was optional to have one until an Executive Order by President Wilson in 1915 and later an Act of Congress in 1918 (due to WWI) established the passport requirement for citizens traveling abroad. The law lapsed with the termination of WWI and was not strictly enforced. With the onset of WWII in 1941, the Congressional Act of 1918 was reinstated requiring all US citizens to carry a passport for foreign travel as it is today. Bottom line...depending upon when a relative traveled back, they may or may not have had a Passport or applied with a Passport Application which does have a lot of information. Also, US Citizens could travel without a passport to countries such as Canada and Mexico until 2004 when the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) was signed due to 9/11 to strengthen U.S. border security. As an aside, pictures became part of a passport in 1915.
Phil Goldfarb Tulsa, Oklahoma Searching Froug, Leet (Lit in Radeikiai, Lithuania), Gitow (Gitovich in Mogilev, Belarus and Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine) Gruber (Austria) Goldfarb (Kamenits-Litovsk, Russia, now Kamyanyets, Belarus) |
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Re: Help finding a passport application for Dina and Mendel (Max) Fixler circa 1935
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MARLISE GROSS
With the information you provided, there is nothing to indicate that these people had a passport when they traveled. They were naturalized citizens and may have only presented their naturalization paperwork to gain entry back into the US.
When a passport is known to exist, because such a notation is found on an arrival document, then that application can be obtained from the US Department of State through a FOIA request. Marlise Gross Cherry Hill, NJ |
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June Genis
I face a similar situation with my grandparents Jacob and Minnie Genis who according to a family history written by one of my uncles emigrated from Dubno (now in Ukraine) just after they marriesd in 1888. Although I was able to find birth information on my two eldest uncles born in NYC in the early 1890s I could never find an immigration record for them around 1888. However I did find a record showing all 5 returning to the US from a trip back to Europe in 1901. My guess is that they wanted to brag about their success in the US and show off their their 3 sons. I believe that record keeping in the late 19th century was insuffient to capture their first arrival. If anyone knows of a source I might not have checked for it, I too would be interested in learning of it.
-- June Genis, 650--851-5224 Hemet, CA Researching: GENIS, OKUN, SUSMAN, ETTINGER, KESSLER/CHESLER (Russian/Polish Empires) |
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Re: All in a name
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Professor Ryesky
If the burial ledger was handscribed, then it might also be a misinscription or misreading of "Sarah Yehudit" (English or Hebrew):
שרה יהודית שרה יהודה -- KHR ===== Ken Ryesky, Petach Tikva, Israel profryesky@... Researching: RAISKY/REISKY, ARONOV, SHKOLNIK(OV), AEROV; Gomel, Belarus GERTZIG, BRODSKY; Yelizavetgrad, Ukraine BRODSKY, VASILESKY; Odessa, Ukraine IZRAELSON, ARSHENOV; Yevpatoriya, Ukraine (Crimea) |
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MeirChen@...
Hi,
My name is Meir Chen, and I am trying to find my mother's family roots. My mother maiden name was Tanne and from documents that I found at her apartment her father: Chaim Salomon Tanne was born in what was at that time part of Poland in a village called Rozniatow. My Great Grandfather moved from Rozniatow to the area of Köln at the beginning of the 20th century. I saw that in: https://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Rozniatow/roz008.html that Rozniatow had several houses owned by Tanne families that may or may not be part of my extended family. My Great Grandfather was called Feibusch (פייבוש) and he was married to Channa (חנה). My Grandfather had a sibling called Henrich (הינריך) that was murdered in Paris during the Holocaust from what I saw in Yad Vashem. Henrich was married and had 2 or 3 kids that we do not know anything about (one document of my family in Yad Vashem indicated that his wife survived the war, but I never heard about her from my family). Any information that can help me to find my mother's family roots will be appreciated. Thanks, Meir Chen |
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Re: All in a name
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Elise Cundiff
I think it may be possible that this may be because the person who gave the information didn't really know the terminology (bat vs ben) and also perhaps was taking a guess at what a Hebrew version of her second name - if she went by Judith, Jenny, Julia, even Edith or other 'E' name, perhaps, which could be Yehudis.
I can't guess a reason for her husband's name to be in that entry or in that form, although if the reporting person was confused about which names belonged to who, it is possible. Elise Cundiff |
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itencorinne@...
Hi Alice
If Bessie Simon was naturalized before she traveled back to Europe, there must be a passport application to be found on ancestry or familysearch. This passport application should contain information about the ship she wanted to travel on and the countries she intended to visit in Europe and sometimes also the reason why she needed to travel to Europe. Regards Corinne Iten Switzerland |
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Re: Mysterious “grandmother” Martha DUGAN, Baltimore
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Malcolm Blier
I've come to the conclusion that census-taking could be a haphazard process. I'm imagining traipsing around, coming at inconvenient times - when would be a good time? - and getting a lot of relayed information from people in the middle of running a household who may not have remembered every date or fact. My own grandparents' 1915, every name is given to the wrong person, my Dad has his father's name, and Grandpa Sam is "George" - we've never had a George in the family. Ever. On my Mom's side, my grandfather was listed twice in 1940, once with his own family, and again a week later as a boarder when he must have been visiting his brother-in-law.
So I would take these censuses as an inexact science, human beings doing the best they could with people not thinking that their answers would be scrutinized a century later. Mal Blier |
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She looks like someone in the performing arts: her pose, and eyebrows are made up in dark dramatic shape. Actress, opera singer or ballerina.
Shosh Eizenshtein, Toronto |
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Michael Gordy
Did she have family in Iasi (Jassy)? There was a huge pogrom there in 1906, so I imagine that some might have returned to care for victims. Michael Gordy Takoma Park, Maryland, USA |
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Lilienthal births in Moscow early 1900s
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Emma Cole
Hello
I am looking for some birth records in Moscow in 1907, 1909 and 1911 for Karoly, Margit and Andor Lilienthal. I wonder if someone could very kindly give me any help or links as to how I can access this information. Very many thanks, Emma Cole |
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Re: Mysterious “grandmother” Martha DUGAN, Baltimore
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Paul Chirlin
Grandmother Martha is not a Dugan, rather she is a Dubin and she is the mother of Michael's wife Mollie. He listing as grandmother may have been as she is after daughter Betty, as Martha is Betty's grandmother. She should have been listed as Mother in law.
Death notice in the Baltimore Sun The Sun (1837-); Baltimore, Md. [Baltimore, Md]. 29 Nov 1949: 23 shows that Molly's mother, here listed as Mary rather than Martha is a survivor.  Paul Chirlin Florida |
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tombstone translation
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Malka
Good morning, Here lies or here is buried (two-letter abbreviation on top) My dear husband and father David Zvi son of eb Natan Neta Goldblatz 36 years old May his soul be gathered in eternal life (abbreviation - last line) All the best for the new year.
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headstone translation
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Malka
Good morning, Here lies or here is buried (two-letter abbreviation on top) Hannah daughter of reb Eliyahu Passed 2 Nisan 5694 May her soul be gathered in eternal life (last line abbreviation) All the best for the new year. Shalom, Malka Chosnek
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Re: All in a name
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Joanne Bober
Hi Mal
Thank you very much for your quick reply. My great grandmother didn't have a headstone, she passed a year before her husband Levy. They are both buried in separate graves in Plashet Cemetery, London. In the burial ledger for Sora it simply states 'Sora Yehuda Ben Chaim' . There is nothing in the Ledger for Levy. I thought that too if it related to Sora's family it should read bat. Could Yehuda be Levys real name ? Many thanks Joanne Bober |
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Re: Help reading town name
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ryabinkym@...
Possibly name of this City is: In Russian - "Житомир" and in English - "Zhitomir" |
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Paul Silverstone
I am looking for the arrival records of Lena or Leba RUMIANEK (widow) who stated on her naturalization application that she arrived in New York from Liverpool on 30 Jul 1902 on the s.s. Italia. No such ship shows on the arrival records. Her maiden name was CHRZAN, born in Makow (now Makow Mazowiecki), Lomza Gubernia, in 1874. Her much later naturalization petition showed her name as Kantrowitz for her late husband who she married after arrival in NY. She and her two sons who arrived (separately) in New York in 1907 are all listed in the 1910 census under Kantrowitz. I would like to solve the mystery of her arrival in US. |
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