Greetings,

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut will
meet on Sunday, October 21,2007 at 1:30.
Jesse Nasta will present "Jewish Genealogy on the
Internet". The meeting will be held at the Godfrey
Memorial Library, 134 Newfield St. Middletown CT.

Questions? Contact Marcia marciarthur@...

Marcia Indianer Meyers
President JGSCT

Greetings,

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut will
meet on Sunday, October 21,2007 at 1:30.
Jesse Nasta will present "Jewish Genealogy on the
Internet". The meeting will be held at the Godfrey
Memorial Library, 134 Newfield St. Middletown CT.

Questions? Contact Marcia marciarthur@...

Marcia Indianer Meyers
President JGSCT

In translating the family letters I've posted about
before, we've encountered mention of the town Lenino in
a letter dated 1928.

Googling has turned up mention of 2 small places, one
in the Gomel region, the other in the Mogilev region.

But my question is this: in 1928, this part of Belarus
was part of Poland, & I'd have thought the name would
have been changed. Does anyone know if it was?

Thanks!
Irene Newhouse
Kihei HI



____________________________________________________________________________________

In translating the family letters I've posted about
before, we've encountered mention of the town Lenino in
a letter dated 1928.

Googling has turned up mention of 2 small places, one
in the Gomel region, the other in the Mogilev region.

But my question is this: in 1928, this part of Belarus
was part of Poland, & I'd have thought the name would
have been changed. Does anyone know if it was?

Thanks!
Irene Newhouse
Kihei HI



____________________________________________________________________________________

My grandfather was born in Dubrovna, Belarus in 1881 (date of birth >from
UK document as 10th July 1881).

My research has been hindered because I am unsure if the surname was
PERLIN or PERLINSKY.. My father told me that the name was PERLIN, and
my grandfather's eldest son told his daughter the name in Russia was
PERLINSKY.

Based on the location (close to the Russian border and north of Minsk)
could anyone give me a guess if having ...sky at the end of a surname
was common?

Also, I have a break in that my grandfather was a twin (he had a sister).
There is one 1881 Jewish boy on JewishGen records but there is no translation
yet which means I cant see the full record. My grandfather's first name was
Abram. This 1881 birth shows the father's name as Peissakh. I know for a
fact that Hebrew name was Peretz. However, we are told that the mother's first
name was Girta Riva (not sure on spelling). This Perlin had a brother Meyer
went to Ellis Island in 1904 and travelled with his mother. On this record
the mother's first name is Braina. So I don't think this 1881 birth record
relates to my grandfather.

Are there any birth records which show boys and girls?

Thanks for any assistance.

Regards,

Howard Berlin
(mailto:howard0181@...)
London,England

My grandfather was born in Dubrovna, Belarus in 1881 (date of birth >from
UK document as 10th July 1881).

My research has been hindered because I am unsure if the surname was
PERLIN or PERLINSKY.. My father told me that the name was PERLIN, and
my grandfather's eldest son told his daughter the name in Russia was
PERLINSKY.

Based on the location (close to the Russian border and north of Minsk)
could anyone give me a guess if having ...sky at the end of a surname
was common?

Also, I have a break in that my grandfather was a twin (he had a sister).
There is one 1881 Jewish boy on JewishGen records but there is no translation
yet which means I cant see the full record. My grandfather's first name was
Abram. This 1881 birth shows the father's name as Peissakh. I know for a
fact that Hebrew name was Peretz. However, we are told that the mother's first
name was Girta Riva (not sure on spelling). This Perlin had a brother Meyer
went to Ellis Island in 1904 and travelled with his mother. On this record
the mother's first name is Braina. So I don't think this 1881 birth record
relates to my grandfather.

Are there any birth records which show boys and girls?

Thanks for any assistance.

Regards,

Howard Berlin
(mailto:howard0181@...)
London,England

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island invites you to join us at our
Sunday, October 28, meeting.

Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Mid-Island Y JCC 45 Manetto Hill Road Plainview, New York

Topics: "Jewish Calendar Demystified" and "Searching the New York Census
with Fewer Tears"

The Jewish calendar is important to genealogists because Jewish vital
records use Jewish dates. This includes birth, marriage and death certificates
and tombstone engravings. This talk will present the calendar in an
easy-to-understand fashion.
The NY Censuses of 1905,1915 and 1925 provide information much information
about our immigrant relatives. This talk discusses the census schedules, the
city enumeration, why the 1925 Census was the last done, finding AD/EDs by
the "old" and our new methods and examples of One Step searches.

Our special guest speaker is Stephen Morse.
Stephen's One-Step website has attracted attention worldwide. He has
received the Outstanding Contribution and Lifetime Achievement Award >from the
IAJGS and the Award of Merit >from the National Genealogy Society. In his other
life, Steve is a computer professional with a doctorate degree in electrical
engineering. He is best known as the designer of the Intel 8086 microprocessor.

Admission is free and all are welcome. Cake and Coffee will be served.
Resource books will be on display.

For more information please contact Rhoda- rmiller871@...

Nov 4 - Jewish Genealogy 101 - Our Family History Workshop
Nov 18 - "Travels to Vienna and Western Ukraine"

Jackie Wasserstein
Past President

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island invites you to join us at our
Sunday, October 28, meeting.

Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Mid-Island Y JCC 45 Manetto Hill Road Plainview, New York

Topics: "Jewish Calendar Demystified" and "Searching the New York Census
with Fewer Tears"

The Jewish calendar is important to genealogists because Jewish vital
records use Jewish dates. This includes birth, marriage and death certificates
and tombstone engravings. This talk will present the calendar in an
easy-to-understand fashion.
The NY Censuses of 1905,1915 and 1925 provide information much information
about our immigrant relatives. This talk discusses the census schedules, the
city enumeration, why the 1925 Census was the last done, finding AD/EDs by
the "old" and our new methods and examples of One Step searches.

Our special guest speaker is Stephen Morse.
Stephen's One-Step website has attracted attention worldwide. He has
received the Outstanding Contribution and Lifetime Achievement Award >from the
IAJGS and the Award of Merit >from the National Genealogy Society. In his other
life, Steve is a computer professional with a doctorate degree in electrical
engineering. He is best known as the designer of the Intel 8086 microprocessor.

Admission is free and all are welcome. Cake and Coffee will be served.
Resource books will be on display.

For more information please contact Rhoda- rmiller871@...

Nov 4 - Jewish Genealogy 101 - Our Family History Workshop
Nov 18 - "Travels to Vienna and Western Ukraine"

Jackie Wasserstein
Past President

A resource that is loaded with information about the Yiddish Theatre
was a periodical named Die Yiddische Bihne = The Jewish Stage

It was written in Yiddish and is complete with news items, drawings
and advertisements.
The Library of Congress has it on microfilm (Volume 1, numbers 1 to
24) covering the period 1909 Nov.19 to 1910 Apr. 29. It seems that
YIVO also has a copy of the microfilm. It's possible the publication
ended in 1910.

Another publication that would be of interest to the members is
"Jewish Theatrical News". Written in English and published in New
York during 1924 -1926, it is also listed in the Library of Congress
catalog and may be available elsewhere.

If members know of other, less popular publications about Yiddish
entertainment, it would be a benefit to all the members of the group.
David Harris
Silver Spring, MD

A resource that is loaded with information about the Yiddish Theatre
was a periodical named Die Yiddische Bihne = The Jewish Stage

It was written in Yiddish and is complete with news items, drawings
and advertisements.
The Library of Congress has it on microfilm (Volume 1, numbers 1 to
24) covering the period 1909 Nov.19 to 1910 Apr. 29. It seems that
YIVO also has a copy of the microfilm. It's possible the publication
ended in 1910.

Another publication that would be of interest to the members is
"Jewish Theatrical News". Written in English and published in New
York during 1924 -1926, it is also listed in the Library of Congress
catalog and may be available elsewhere.

If members know of other, less popular publications about Yiddish
entertainment, it would be a benefit to all the members of the group.
David Harris
Silver Spring, MD

If anyone lives near or is planning to visit Cedar Park Cemetery in
Paramus, New Jersey, I would like to know about the possibility of
having a photograph taken of a tombstone therein.

Please reply privately.

Best regards,

Amos Zezmer
Yerres, France

Researching ZHEZMER

If anyone lives near or is planning to visit Cedar Park Cemetery in
Paramus, New Jersey, I would like to know about the possibility of
having a photograph taken of a tombstone therein.

Please reply privately.

Best regards,

Amos Zezmer
Yerres, France

Researching ZHEZMER

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, hank levine <hml0@...> wrote:

For example, my g-uncle Joseph Lance (Lewin) was active on B'way for many
years and I'm sure got his start in Yiddish theatre, but it's all but
impossible to find any record of his work there so far.

At the risk of burdening the list with another suggestion...

A few years ago I read the biography of Fanny Brice written by Barbara Wallace
Grossman. In her introduction she says that despite all the publicity
surrounding "Funny Girl," it was very hard to locate documentary evidence of
Fanny Brice outside of what her family presumably has (her daughter is the
widow of producer Ray Stark). Since the Brice heirs were unwilling to
show anything to Grossman, she had to come up with her own plan.

She started with the very first issue of Variety (1905), and went through
*every issue* looking for a mention of Brice up until Brice's death in 1951.

In these computer days, it can be easy to forget that not every resource is
available at our fingertips, and sometimes one just has to do research "the
old way" by going through old newspapers and documents.

Remember that sometimes it's just knowing where/how to look. Ideally, if the
Forverts was digitzed and available online, one could perform searches of the
kind that one does with the New York Times. Since that's unlikely to
happen anytime soon, one has to do it manually. Fortunately the Forverts has
been microfilmed, so even if you don't live in New York, you can order the
films on interlibrary loan or just buy them (or have your local institution
buy them) so that you can use them. And don't forget that the Forverts was
not the only Yiddish newspaper in operation during the heyday of Yiddish
theatre.

If you don't know Yiddish, that makes it all the more harder. But hey, if I
could learn to read 19th century German cursive and 19th century Russian
cursive (oy vey), learning to recognize the letters that comprise your
ancestor's name should be something that's possible to do.


Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-TALK ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users
--- My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions ---

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, hank levine <hml0@...> wrote:

For example, my g-uncle Joseph Lance (Lewin) was active on B'way for many
years and I'm sure got his start in Yiddish theatre, but it's all but
impossible to find any record of his work there so far.

At the risk of burdening the list with another suggestion...

A few years ago I read the biography of Fanny Brice written by Barbara Wallace
Grossman. In her introduction she says that despite all the publicity
surrounding "Funny Girl," it was very hard to locate documentary evidence of
Fanny Brice outside of what her family presumably has (her daughter is the
widow of producer Ray Stark). Since the Brice heirs were unwilling to
show anything to Grossman, she had to come up with her own plan.

She started with the very first issue of Variety (1905), and went through
*every issue* looking for a mention of Brice up until Brice's death in 1951.

In these computer days, it can be easy to forget that not every resource is
available at our fingertips, and sometimes one just has to do research "the
old way" by going through old newspapers and documents.

Remember that sometimes it's just knowing where/how to look. Ideally, if the
Forverts was digitzed and available online, one could perform searches of the
kind that one does with the New York Times. Since that's unlikely to
happen anytime soon, one has to do it manually. Fortunately the Forverts has
been microfilmed, so even if you don't live in New York, you can order the
films on interlibrary loan or just buy them (or have your local institution
buy them) so that you can use them. And don't forget that the Forverts was
not the only Yiddish newspaper in operation during the heyday of Yiddish
theatre.

If you don't know Yiddish, that makes it all the more harder. But hey, if I
could learn to read 19th century German cursive and 19th century Russian
cursive (oy vey), learning to recognize the letters that comprise your
ancestor's name should be something that's possible to do.


Bob Kosovsky, Ph.D. -- Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Listowner: OPERA-L ; SMT-TALK ; SMT-ANNOUNCE ; SoundForge-users
--- My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions ---

Unfortunately, David Lewin is having great problems with his Eurodora system
and cannot post to Jewishgen. If anyone can advise him, please contact directly
at
David Lewin <davidlewin@...>

In the mean time David has asked me to post his useful comment re the search
for Pauline MORRIS; "Mav Shaffer wrote: "We are trying to find our cousin
Pauline, born London in the 1950s (?), daughter of Gertie (address in 1975: 96
Canfield Gardens, West Hampstead NW6) and Charlie MORRIS of Amhurst Park).
Pauline worked at Harrods (London) as a 'Controller'."

Celia Male replied: "One way to approach this is to write to the Personnel Dept
of Harrods and/or contact their Pension Fund adminstrators. Ask them if Pauline
is on their register. If so, enclose a letter and ask them to forward it. They
do not usually give out personal details."

Another way is to contact the NHS - TRACELINE:

NHS Traceline
P.O Box 106
Southport
PR8 2WA

Tel: 0151 471 4811
Fax: 01704 563354
Email: Traceline@...

posted by Celia Male [U.K.] on behalf of David Lewin [London]

Unfortunately, David Lewin is having great problems with his Eurodora system
and cannot post to Jewishgen. If anyone can advise him, please contact directly
at
David Lewin <davidlewin@...>

In the mean time David has asked me to post his useful comment re the search
for Pauline MORRIS; "Mav Shaffer wrote: "We are trying to find our cousin
Pauline, born London in the 1950s (?), daughter of Gertie (address in 1975: 96
Canfield Gardens, West Hampstead NW6) and Charlie MORRIS of Amhurst Park).
Pauline worked at Harrods (London) as a 'Controller'."

Celia Male replied: "One way to approach this is to write to the Personnel Dept
of Harrods and/or contact their Pension Fund adminstrators. Ask them if Pauline
is on their register. If so, enclose a letter and ask them to forward it. They
do not usually give out personal details."

Another way is to contact the NHS - TRACELINE:

NHS Traceline
P.O Box 106
Southport
PR8 2WA

Tel: 0151 471 4811
Fax: 01704 563354
Email: Traceline@...

posted by Celia Male [U.K.] on behalf of David Lewin [London]

Dear JGenners,

We have forgotten our cousins' surname(s) and hope to
find them on the West Hampstead Electoral Register for
1975 when they were living at:
96 Canfield Gardens, West Hampstead NW6.
Mother and daughter, Gertie ..., and Pauline (MORRIS?)
Does anyone know how to access this record on the
Internet?
With very many thanks,
Mavis Shaffer (MORRIS)

AARON/S, GUREVITCH (Minsk)
LEIBISKI (Vilnius)

Dear JGenners,

We have forgotten our cousins' surname(s) and hope to
find them on the West Hampstead Electoral Register for
1975 when they were living at:
96 Canfield Gardens, West Hampstead NW6.
Mother and daughter, Gertie ..., and Pauline (MORRIS?)
Does anyone know how to access this record on the
Internet?
With very many thanks,
Mavis Shaffer (MORRIS)

AARON/S, GUREVITCH (Minsk)
LEIBISKI (Vilnius)

Robin,
Latvia and Lithuania were not independent country but both belonged to the
Russian Empire before 1918

Vladimir Salita
Bowie, md

Robin,
Latvia and Lithuania were not independent country but both belonged to the
Russian Empire before 1918

Vladimir Salita
Bowie, md