Ancestry Magazine's current issue (March-April 2009) which was just released,
has an article by Paul Rawlins, "Wired States of America: A Look at Digital
Records Near You" Starting on page 2 there is a listing of those US states with
their URL's that have some records available. The records listed are those
supported by the state (i.e.not private organizations unless its an official part
of the state as are some historical societies) The records are not only vital
records (birth, marriage and death) but many are historical records or records of
significance. Not all states that are listed have their vital records on line or
digitized, you will have to go to the individual state site to see exactly what
is available.
http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/2009/02/features/state-records-online/

There is no charge to access the magazine on-line. If you wish to purchase a hard
copy of the magazine contact Ancestry Magazine (http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/)
for either an annual subscription or per magazine rate.

Jan Meisels Allen
Director, IAJGS and
Chairperson, Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Ancestry Magazine's current issue (March-April 2009) which was just released,
has an article by Paul Rawlins, "Wired States of America: A Look at Digital
Records Near You" Starting on page 2 there is a listing of those US states with
their URL's that have some records available. The records listed are those
supported by the state (i.e.not private organizations unless its an official part
of the state as are some historical societies) The records are not only vital
records (birth, marriage and death) but many are historical records or records of
significance. Not all states that are listed have their vital records on line or
digitized, you will have to go to the individual state site to see exactly what
is available.
http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/2009/02/features/state-records-online/

There is no charge to access the magazine on-line. If you wish to purchase a hard
copy of the magazine contact Ancestry Magazine (http://www.ancestrymagazine.com/)
for either an annual subscription or per magazine rate.

Jan Meisels Allen
Director, IAJGS and
Chairperson, Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Dear Siggers,
because of the Stolperstein-project in Wallau, near Wiesbaden I am
looking for descendants of Siegmund FALK. He was born in Wallau and left
Germany probably via Wiesbaden in 1938 to the US.

Siegmund FALK had two sons:
Joseph and Hermann FALK, both born in Wallau.

It is known that Joseph lived in Toronto about twenty years ago.

I would be very thankful to receive any contact information. Please
contact me privately under <w.fritzsche@...>

Thank you very much in advance.

Wolfgang Fritzsche, Mainz, Germany <w.fritzsche@...>

Kultur-Büro AHB Dr. W. Fritzsche / Dr. U. Weißbrod www.A-H-B.de

Dear Siggers,
because of the Stolperstein-project in Wallau, near Wiesbaden I am
looking for descendants of Siegmund FALK. He was born in Wallau and left
Germany probably via Wiesbaden in 1938 to the US.

Siegmund FALK had two sons:
Joseph and Hermann FALK, both born in Wallau.

It is known that Joseph lived in Toronto about twenty years ago.

I would be very thankful to receive any contact information. Please
contact me privately under <w.fritzsche@...>

Thank you very much in advance.

Wolfgang Fritzsche, Mainz, Germany <w.fritzsche@...>

Kultur-Büro AHB Dr. W. Fritzsche / Dr. U. Weißbrod www.A-H-B.de

Dear Genners,

With much help >from ALL of you I found my grandparents incoming manifest

from Southampton. The manifest is not that strait forward though it has been

clarified in great detail for me. I would really like a copy of the outbound
which to confirm the details. If the outbound can be found the names are
Annie and Barnett Rozansky leaving in 1903 on the New York to New York.

Thank you,

Anita Rosan Arkin
Tarzana, California
Searching for:AGUSHEVITZ, KRUPENIA & CHEPALAPKA Slonim & Ruzany; ARKIN
Skidel, Lunna & Yezori; GOLDBERG GONIANSKY Goniadz: GROSSAK Moscow & Sweden:
ROSANSKY Bialystok; SALBERG ZUMBACH ZOMBEK Warsawa: HILLMAN Syracuse, New York

Dear Genners,

With much help >from ALL of you I found my grandparents incoming manifest

from Southampton. The manifest is not that strait forward though it has been

clarified in great detail for me. I would really like a copy of the outbound
which to confirm the details. If the outbound can be found the names are
Annie and Barnett Rozansky leaving in 1903 on the New York to New York.

Thank you,

Anita Rosan Arkin
Tarzana, California
Searching for:AGUSHEVITZ, KRUPENIA & CHEPALAPKA Slonim & Ruzany; ARKIN
Skidel, Lunna & Yezori; GOLDBERG GONIANSKY Goniadz: GROSSAK Moscow & Sweden:
ROSANSKY Bialystok; SALBERG ZUMBACH ZOMBEK Warsawa: HILLMAN Syracuse, New York

Rochelle P. Gershenow wrote

I had ordered documents for a number of people >from the Department of
Homeland Security last spring. I just received documents (Declaration of
Intention and Petition for Naturalization) for two of them. The documents
were virtually illegible. The letter that accompanied the documents

stated that "the enclosed record consists of the best reproducible copies

available." I did find two of the documents on Ancestry and these,

however, were fully legible. Has anyone else experienced these problems with the
government documents?


I had a similar problem for my gGrandmother's documents. I had put in both
a FOIA request with USCIS as well as an online request for documents from
NARA. The USCIS copies were illegible, but the NARA copies were perfectly
readable. However, not all docs were in both sets. My guess is that NARA
got the original typewritten copy and USCIS got a carbon copy (remember that
these were the days of carbon paper; photocopying didn't come along until
the 1960s).

David Oseas

Researching:
HYMAN/HEYMAN/HEIMOWITS/CHAJMOVITS: Zemplen-Dobra, Hungary > New York
KLEIN: Satoraljaujhely (Ujhely), Hungary > New York > Los Angeles
OSEAS/OSIAS/OSIASI/OZIAS: Iasi, Romania > Chicago > Milwaukee > Los Angeles
SCHECHTER: Odessa, Ukraine > New York
SHERMAN: Russia/Romania > New York > Los Angeles
WICHMAN: Syczkowo (Bobruisk), Belarus > Milwaukee > Los Angeles

Rochelle P. Gershenow wrote

I had ordered documents for a number of people >from the Department of
Homeland Security last spring. I just received documents (Declaration of
Intention and Petition for Naturalization) for two of them. The documents
were virtually illegible. The letter that accompanied the documents

stated that "the enclosed record consists of the best reproducible copies

available." I did find two of the documents on Ancestry and these,

however, were fully legible. Has anyone else experienced these problems with the
government documents?


I had a similar problem for my gGrandmother's documents. I had put in both
a FOIA request with USCIS as well as an online request for documents from
NARA. The USCIS copies were illegible, but the NARA copies were perfectly
readable. However, not all docs were in both sets. My guess is that NARA
got the original typewritten copy and USCIS got a carbon copy (remember that
these were the days of carbon paper; photocopying didn't come along until
the 1960s).

David Oseas

Researching:
HYMAN/HEYMAN/HEIMOWITS/CHAJMOVITS: Zemplen-Dobra, Hungary > New York
KLEIN: Satoraljaujhely (Ujhely), Hungary > New York > Los Angeles
OSEAS/OSIAS/OSIASI/OZIAS: Iasi, Romania > Chicago > Milwaukee > Los Angeles
SCHECHTER: Odessa, Ukraine > New York
SHERMAN: Russia/Romania > New York > Los Angeles
WICHMAN: Syczkowo (Bobruisk), Belarus > Milwaukee > Los Angeles

I'm researching the WIZEL family on behalf of someone here in Israel.
(He told me that the surname was originally WIESELTHIER, but JRI-PL
indices have shown members of his family with the surname WIZEL( He
doesn't know when the surname WIESELTHIER was shortened to WIZEL.)

He is interested in information on the family, originally >from Poland,
as far as is known, and in contact with any relatives; he is only aware
of relatives within Israel.

He (and his siblings), and his father (and siblings, I assume) were
born in Israel. His paternal grandfather, Shlomo Menachem, a"h, was
born in Siemiatycze, Grodno, Poland, and passed away in Israel.

His paternal great-grandfather, Chaim Ye-huda, a"h, was born in Lukow
(?), Poland, and moved to Israel in the 1920s.

His paternal great-great-grandfather, Shlomo Mendel WIESELTHIER, a'h,
passed away at a young age in the early 1890s; he was a scribe in
Siedlice, Poland;

Very little is known and it would be appreciated to know more about
this Shlomo Mendel WIESELTHIER, a'h;

His wife was born a GARBOWNIK. (I found the index to their marriage in
JRI-PL.)

His wife's mother's first name was Pessia Ita.

This is basically the furthest back that this family can trace.

There is also the question of a possible relationship to Holocaust
survivor and writer, Elie Wiesel.
Do any of you know where I can find a family tree, and/or family
information re Elie Wiesel and his family?

Please e-mail back to me at : srhlsr@... with any information on
this family and/or any connections/relationships you have with it.

Thank you!

An early Happy Purim!!

Sarah Lasry
Israel

I'm researching the WIZEL family on behalf of someone here in Israel.
(He told me that the surname was originally WIESELTHIER, but JRI-PL
indices have shown members of his family with the surname WIZEL( He
doesn't know when the surname WIESELTHIER was shortened to WIZEL.)

He is interested in information on the family, originally >from Poland,
as far as is known, and in contact with any relatives; he is only aware
of relatives within Israel.

He (and his siblings), and his father (and siblings, I assume) were
born in Israel. His paternal grandfather, Shlomo Menachem, a"h, was
born in Siemiatycze, Grodno, Poland, and passed away in Israel.

His paternal great-grandfather, Chaim Ye-huda, a"h, was born in Lukow
(?), Poland, and moved to Israel in the 1920s.

His paternal great-great-grandfather, Shlomo Mendel WIESELTHIER, a'h,
passed away at a young age in the early 1890s; he was a scribe in
Siedlice, Poland;

Very little is known and it would be appreciated to know more about
this Shlomo Mendel WIESELTHIER, a'h;

His wife was born a GARBOWNIK. (I found the index to their marriage in
JRI-PL.)

His wife's mother's first name was Pessia Ita.

This is basically the furthest back that this family can trace.

There is also the question of a possible relationship to Holocaust
survivor and writer, Elie Wiesel.
Do any of you know where I can find a family tree, and/or family
information re Elie Wiesel and his family?

Please e-mail back to me at : srhlsr@... with any information on
this family and/or any connections/relationships you have with it.

Thank you!

An early Happy Purim!!

Sarah Lasry
Israel

I made a search for GARB in the ALD of LitvakSIG. Amongst the birth records
I found one for Eta GARB born in Plunge 1840 ( Microfilm:2290547 / 11,
Fond: LVIA/1226/1/1925/8 .

In the 'comments section of this record are the words: "husband is
krabelnik".

What is/was a krabelnik?

Adam Yamey, London, UK

Researching (in the environs of Plunge, and Kuliai): GARB, KATZIN,
IAMI/YAMI/JAMI

<adamandlopa@...>

I made a search for GARB in the ALD of LitvakSIG. Amongst the birth records
I found one for Eta GARB born in Plunge 1840 ( Microfilm:2290547 / 11,
Fond: LVIA/1226/1/1925/8 .

In the 'comments section of this record are the words: "husband is
krabelnik".

What is/was a krabelnik?

Adam Yamey, London, UK

Researching (in the environs of Plunge, and Kuliai): GARB, KATZIN,
IAMI/YAMI/JAMI

<adamandlopa@...>

This week the town of Ponevez in Lithuania, home of the famous Ponevez
Yeshiva and its illustrious Ponevezher Rov, R Joseph Kahaneman ZT"L - who
often visited South Africa - will be discussed. People with links to Ponevez
are asked to kindly tune in to "The Yiddish Thing- Life in the Shtetl".

With Jack Mink back >from his holiday to the Eastern Cape, he will be
speaking about his interesting experiences in Port Alfred and Grahamstown,
South Africa with some information about the Jews who lived there. A former
resident of Grahamstown will be interviewed. As usual, Eli and Jack will
speak about Yiddish sayings, some words, some gerichten and of course will
play some favourite Yiddish melodies.

Dont't forget - tune into on 101.9ChaiFM or on audiostreaming at
www.chaifm.com this coming Saturday at 8:30pm

Eli Goldstein

This week the town of Ponevez in Lithuania, home of the famous Ponevez
Yeshiva and its illustrious Ponevezher Rov, R Joseph Kahaneman ZT"L - who
often visited South Africa - will be discussed. People with links to Ponevez
are asked to kindly tune in to "The Yiddish Thing- Life in the Shtetl".

With Jack Mink back >from his holiday to the Eastern Cape, he will be
speaking about his interesting experiences in Port Alfred and Grahamstown,
South Africa with some information about the Jews who lived there. A former
resident of Grahamstown will be interviewed. As usual, Eli and Jack will
speak about Yiddish sayings, some words, some gerichten and of course will
play some favourite Yiddish melodies.

Dont't forget - tune into on 101.9ChaiFM or on audiostreaming at
www.chaifm.com this coming Saturday at 8:30pm

Eli Goldstein

Genners,

I was recently given a photo of my grandmother and aunt which appears to be
an EARLY Polaroid. It's in a paper matting with the wording, "A Polaroid
Land Picture finished in just 10 seconds. The back side goes into detail
about the process itself. Does anyone have a time line for Edwin Land and
his marvelous invention?
The photo is close to sepia in tone (as opposed to black and white) and I
was wondering if someone could nail down a circa date. I can upload photo
to my website, should you need to see it.

Please respond privately.

Cindy Taylor
Boynton Beach, FL
knife-princess@...

Genners,

I was recently given a photo of my grandmother and aunt which appears to be
an EARLY Polaroid. It's in a paper matting with the wording, "A Polaroid
Land Picture finished in just 10 seconds. The back side goes into detail
about the process itself. Does anyone have a time line for Edwin Land and
his marvelous invention?
The photo is close to sepia in tone (as opposed to black and white) and I
was wondering if someone could nail down a circa date. I can upload photo
to my website, should you need to see it.

Please respond privately.

Cindy Taylor
Boynton Beach, FL
knife-princess@...

Rivka Schirman wrote::

It just dawned on me that the two are not necessarily linked, I mean
owning or leasing a tavern/inn is not necessarily linked to selling
alcohol. The law prohibiting alcohol sales by Jews date, so far as I know
1911, but - so far as I know - it does not mention running inns and/or
taverns.

And how should one justify for example two entries in 1891 Galicia
directory in Sanok for:
Brindel ENGLAND - Spiritushandler and Majer ENGLAND - Branntweinhandler

Alexander Shahron
Calgary, Ab

Rivka Schirman wrote::

It just dawned on me that the two are not necessarily linked, I mean
owning or leasing a tavern/inn is not necessarily linked to selling
alcohol. The law prohibiting alcohol sales by Jews date, so far as I know
1911, but - so far as I know - it does not mention running inns and/or
taverns.

And how should one justify for example two entries in 1891 Galicia
directory in Sanok for:
Brindel ENGLAND - Spiritushandler and Majer ENGLAND - Branntweinhandler

Alexander Shahron
Calgary, Ab

Dear Pamela,

An article about Jewish beer brewers has been already written and
published in "The Galitzianer" a couple of years ago, by myself.

Regards,

Grzegorz Gembala
Krakow, Poland

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Greg's four-page article, "Galician Beer,"
appeared in the May 2003 issue (Vol. 10, No. 3) of The
Galitzianer. It includes a list of Jewish leaseholders and
proprietors of breweries in dozens of Galician towns in the
early 20th century. As Pamela Weisberger recently mentioned,
back copies of The Galitzianer, 1993 to 2007, are available on
CD, http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/html/FourteenYears.html .

Pamela Weisberger wrote:

Dear Pamela,

An article about Jewish beer brewers has been already written and
published in "The Galitzianer" a couple of years ago, by myself.

Regards,

Grzegorz Gembala
Krakow, Poland

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Greg's four-page article, "Galician Beer,"
appeared in the May 2003 issue (Vol. 10, No. 3) of The
Galitzianer. It includes a list of Jewish leaseholders and
proprietors of breweries in dozens of Galician towns in the
early 20th century. As Pamela Weisberger recently mentioned,
back copies of The Galitzianer, 1993 to 2007, are available on
CD, http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/html/FourteenYears.html .

Pamela Weisberger wrote: