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Re: Research for family from Vilno, Lithuania
#lithuania
Carol Hoffman
You might want to consider joining the Vilnius District Research Group of LitvakSIG. New records are being translated on a regular basis. Contributing to the group will entitle you to five years of free access.
I wish you continued good luck with your searches.
Carol Hoffman
Tel Aviv
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German "JUDEN UND DISSIDENT" baptism/christening certificates for Jews?
#germany
Wesetx@...
I've noticed this prevalent in 19th century birth certificates for German Jews. What is the reason for listing a "baptism/christening" for them in place of a birth certificate, or am I misunderstanding something?
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A thought for Passover!
#general
sharon yampell
As we all know, we tend to end our Seders with a message similar to L:shana Ha Baa B’Yerushalayim—May we all be in Jerusalem next year….
I have amended it just for this year, “ May we all be at same table (with our loved ones) next year!
Sharon F. Yampell Voorhees, NJ USA GenealogicalGenie@...
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Re: Holocaust Survivors in Venice
#poland
#holocaust
#austria-czech
Barbara Algaze
Mazel Tov on your 88th birthday, Peter. We are so lucky to still have you around providing information for us to find on our families. Chag Sameach Pesach.
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The Windemere Children--Child Survivors of the Holocaust t
#unitedkingdom
#holocaust
#announcements
#events
Jan Meisels Allen
This week in the United States – I don’t know about the rest of North America—the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) aired The Windemere Children. It is a 90 minute program based on fact. In August 1945, the British Government agreed to give refuge to 1,000 children who survived the Nazi concentration camps. to England. Three hundred were brought to an estate near England’s Lake Windemere, Calgarth Estate, to recuperate with the help of volunteer therapists. Without their families, they find kindship in each other and form bonds for the future.
England took about 1,000 of these children, Lake Windemere took 300 of them. At the end of the program, several of the original children who ended up staying in England talk about how grateful they are for what England did.
On the PBS website I found that it is playing continually through May 3. https://www.pbs.org/video/the-windermere-children-xcqszh/
It may be playing in other countries and the best way to find it is to Google the name of the program.
Have a box of tissues nearby.
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Vivian Kahn
Vajnag (the Hungarian name) was in the Taracvizi district of Maramaros megye (county). It is now Vonihove, Ukraine.
Vivian Kahn. Santa Rosa, California JewishGen Hungarian Research Director |
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Re: Discovered my grandmother owned land before the war, what now?
#austria-czech
#holocaust
Hi Moses,
Some thoughts: K.c 200,000 may refer to Czech currency. Czech Republic Koruna.
During the state's existence, it was simply referred to "Czechoslovakia" or sometimes the "CSSR" and "CSR" in short.
Perhaps take a look at this town:
Michalovce, Slovakia: 48°45' N, 21°56' E Regards, Sherri Bobish Princeton, NJ |
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Re: How to learn if an immigrant received US citizenship?
#usa
fredelfruhman
Thanks to all!
-- Fredel Fruhman Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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ViewMate Translation Request - Russian
#poland
#translation
Wendy Newman
Hi, I am looking for a translation of 2 vital documents that I believe are in Russian, from the town of Pulawy (Nowo Alexandria), Poland. The key information I am looking for are the complete date of the event, the full names of parents, their ages, & occupation and address if mentioned, I am really thankful to the volunteer translators willing to provide this assistance. The links to the two documents are shown below. Please respond using the online ViewMate form. Sincerely, Wendy Newman, San Francisco Researching Nudelman / Edelstein / Pantel / Siskind |
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Subject: Yizkor Book Project Update - April 2020
#yizkorbooks
#poland
#JewishGenUpdates
Binny Lewis <blewis@...>
Dear JewishGen Community,The Yizkor Book Team is concerned about the global impact being caused by the Corona pandemic. We mourn the loss of great people who have left us, and acknowledge the suffering of many more. It is difficult to find comfort in today’s times. Only through our families, which have now expanded to include the Jewish people and the global community, may we find a sense of unity and peace. We are committed to continuing operations as usual and helping spread the experiences of generations who have witnessed events similar to those of our days. Although there may be slight delays, our Translators and Project Coordinators are focused on adding more English translations to the website. We are remaining positive and focusing on the important work remaining for us to do. Let us add a prayer for the recovery of those that are suffering and for all of us to find peace of mind in these turbulent times. יהי־שלום בחילך שלוה בארמנותיך למען אחי ורעי אדברה־נא שלום בך למען בית־השם אלקינו אבקשה טוב לך תהילים קכ״ב “May there be well-being within your cities, peace in your citadels. For the sake of my family and friends, I pray for your well-being; for the sake of the house of the Lord our G-d, I seek your good.” Psalms 122, 7-9 We are proud to stand with you. The JewishGen and Yizkor Book community. We wish you and your family a healthy, safe, and meaningful Passover Holiday. Read the New Passover CompanionJewishGen and the Yizkor Book Project are proud to present this year's Passover Companion. The companion features first hand accounts of celebrating Passover throughout the past few hundred years. These accounts have been extracted from many Yizkor Books found on the JewishGen website for your reading pleasure. Weekly Yizkor ExcerptPrepared by Bruce Drake At the end of each week, we have been featuring excerpts from Yizkor books in JewishGen's archive. I struggled this week to find a Yizkor book excerpt that felt right to me. The last few weeks have been grim ones for many, out of fear of the coronavirus, the illnesses and deaths it has caused, and the disruptions to peoples’ lives. So, instead I collected some passages about caring for the sick - “a custom so embedded in Jewish tradition that even the non-religious Jews observed it scrupulously,” according to the Yizkor book of Zloczew, Poland. Part of the tradition was represented by the concept of Bikur Cholim (visiting the sick), which also was a social institution in many communities. “We know that a healthy person needs a friend, the sick person needs even more, a human being that is willing to listen to him,” the Zloczew book says. (Continue reading the full excerpt by Clicking here) Summary of Recent Progress
Translations Completed This Past Month
New Yizkor Books Available in Hard Copy
New Projects Started in the Past MonthThe Yizkor Book team has begun many new projects over the past few months and will be working hard during the next few years to complete them. Please consider becoming a supporter of the projects below or any of our projects. See the full list by clicking here!
Does Your Ancestral Shtetl Have a Yizkor Book?We have completed over 90 Yizkor Books that the Yizkor-Books-In-Print has published in the last 10 years. We have also finished translating over 160 books in the last 20 years, which are live on our website.
AcknowledgmentsTo over 100 individuals who are actively working on Yizkor Book Projects, and to the many more volunteers who have helped in the recent past (and hopefully in the near future). Thank you for all that you are doing!! Without your tireless devotion, we could not continue to do the amazing work of making available the first hand accounts of the Jewish people describing their lives before the World Wars that are contained in the Yizkor Books. From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate everything that you have done and are continuing to do on a daily basis. Thank you!! We are expanding the Yizkor Book Team!!We are working on many upcoming projects including a Priority Book List to translate, New Workflow, Web Redesign and more. If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering for the Yizkor Book Project, please see the information below: Perhaps your skills can be of assistance?
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If there are any mistakes in this newsletter, please feel free to reach out so I can correct the information appropriately as soon as possible. All the best, Mr Binny Lewis Director of Special Projects - Yizkor Books JewishGen.org blewis@... |
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Re: Kowel
#ukraine
Bruce Drake
This won't be of specific help to the people who inquired here about ancestors in Kovel, but if they haven't seen it, here is the KehilaLinks page I created for the city https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kovel/kovel.htm
Bruce Drake Bdrake100@...> |
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Re: Meaning of male name Osia
#names
Alexander Sharon
Osia (and related Osha, Oshke) is a diminutive form of the popular Jewish Russian name Osip = Iosif (Joseph)
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Re: How to learn if an immigrant received US citizenship?
#usa
I'm assuming from your note that the person in your case was an adult at the time he immigrated, since you don't mention parents or other family. I think the case gets more complicated if someone immigrated as minor child, or a wife. It's usually the father as the titular head of household who would apply for naturalization on behalf of himself and his spouse and all the children who were minors on arrival.
I have the naturalization petitions for two of my great grandfathers. The first was filed in a Memphis criminal court in 1892 and does not include names or details about any of his dependents (or much able himself for that matter). Yet his son, my grandfather, was able to use it to prove his naturalization when he applied for a passport in the 1950s. In the second case, 20 years later, my maternal great grandfather, filing in federal court, listed each dependent on his application, plus arrival information. It seems there is a clearer paper trail for naturalization as time went on and the process got more standardized nationwide. However, I want to note that my great grandmother still didn't get her own passport, but was included on her husband's. Lee Jaffe Joroff/Koshkin -- Shchors/Snovsk |
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Holocaust Survivors in Venice
#poland
#holocaust
#austria-czech
Lande
On the occasion of Passover, and my 88th birthday, I have compiled, and sent to Jewishgen, a database of 118 non-Italian Jewish survivors located September 1945 in Venice. The survivors came primarily from Austria, Poland and Yugoslavia.
If you had relatives you believe ended up in Venice please feel free to contact me. Otherwise, please wait until the names are added to Jewishgen’s holocaust database.
Peter Lande, Washington, D.C.
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Need translation of Lithuanian record written in Polish
#lithuania
#translation
Mary Anne Z Wheeler <maryanne.wheeler@...>
I have a two part document in ViewMate from Sudargas, Lithuania 1819.
They are written in Polish and I need a translation to English. The numbers are 79192 & 3. Help will be most appreciated. Mary Anne Wheeler, Birmingham, MI |
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Re: Need help with grandfather's name change and birthplace (Maramoros?)
#austria-czech
#hungary
#names
Marilyn Weinman
-- Happy Passover Valentin ! Thank you so much for this information. This could possibly be the correct family,because I know my Grandfather was one of many children,and one of the youngest being that he had a brother that was close to 20 years older ! The one thing that doesn't make sense is that the final child was born in 1895,but according to what you've said, the father Hersh, passed in in 1892...maybe mom had a boyfriend,but decided to keep the last name of the other children. I will definitely look into this family, now that I know the name of the town ! Thanks again and be safe and stay healthy too. As an aside, where do you live in Israel ?? We've been twice and fell in love immediately with the entire country and people ! Hope to get back at least one more time in the future :) Marilyn Weinman |
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Chag Sameach from Gesher Galicia
#galicia
Passover 5780/2020 will be a memorable one for us all. We at Gesher Galicia wish all our friends a very Happy, Zissen and Kosher Passover. May we all stay safe and healthy and B'ezrat Ha'shem as many of us celebrate quietly apart from loved ones may coming chagim bring us all together again in good health and happiness. Please stay safe. We want to leave you with an all time favorite Passover melody - The late great Moyshe Oysher's famous Chad Gadya. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr4LSdALxpI
Chag Pesach Sameach,
Dr. Steven S. Turner
President,
Gesher Galicia
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Re: Need help with grandfather's name change and birthplace (Maramoros?)
#austria-czech
#hungary
#names
Valentin Lupu
Marilyn , Hag Pesach Sameach,
The town name is Vonihove (in Ukraine now). It was known as Vanif in Yiddish or Vajnag in Czeck . Before WWI it was a Check territory in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is located in Maromorosh (Hungarian) / Maramures (Romanian) , a Sub- Carpathian region. The town is located north of Sighet (Elie Wiesel's birth town). I found many entries for Engelman / Engel in this town during the period you mentioned. - Josef who was born to Engel Hersh and Rivka in Dec 1881. - Probably the same couple had many children registered as Engelman. The first child Jacob was born in 1863. The last registered child, born in 1895, was Freidl. - The father Hersh died in 1892. This family could be related to you but I am not sure about. Stay safe and healthy, keep Covid19 away. Valentin Lupu ISRAEL    
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Searching for LIEBERMAN and APFEL families from Zolkiew (near Lviv)
#ukraine
Jeff Lieberman
I finally solved an enduring family mystery. My grandfather, Samuel (Szulim) LIEBERMAN, came to the U.S. by himself in 1907. He refused to speak about his childhood, and we knew absolutely nothing about his family. After years of searching, I found his birth record this week, along with vital records for much of his family. He was born in Sept. 1886 in Zolkiew (now Zhovkva), about 15 miles north of Lviv. His father was Meier LIEBERMAN, and his mother was Szyfra Brandel APFEL. Szyfra died from a postpartum infection a few days later. His father subsequently married Feiga HERMAN from Uhnow. I've been able to trace my grandfather's APFEL line back to the late 1700's (other family surname - REIZFELD), but I'm still trying to trace his LIEBERMAN line. Is any of this familiar to anyone?
Jeff Lieberman
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Document Translation Project adds lists from Mglin 1882
#ukraine
#announcements
Beth Galleto
Dear fellow researchers,
The Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project has now translated and transcribed tax censuses (family lists) from Mglin uezd (district) in 1882. I have extracted the surnames that appear in the translations and have attached the list to this email. The original pages can be seen online on the FamilySearch website in FHL film 1222346.
Those who donate $100 or more to the Chernigov Gubernia Document Translation Project on the JewishGen website are eligible to view the completed spreadsheets. Please contact me with proof of your donation if you want to see any of the spreadsheets. All donations of any size are appreciated and will advance the project. You can donate through the following link:
https://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=22
Previously the project translated tax censuses from the Glukhov, Starodub, and Konotop uezds in 1882, from the same film. Our wonderful translator is continuing her work at an impressive pace. I am currently proofreading translations for the Oster uezd in 1882 and will soon be able to announce that spreadsheet as well. After 1222346 is completed, there are five other films that will also be included in this project.
The information from the translation spreadsheets will be uploaded to the JewishGen website at some point in the future.
I hope everyone is staying home, staying safe, and getting a lot of online genealogy research done. Happy Passover to you and your families.
Beth Galleto Project Leader
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