Dear friends,

1) For information about the Jewish community of Baden bei Wien,
in the past and present, see:

www.juedischegemeinde.at

2) I had contact with the President of the Jewish community in Baden, Mr.
Thomas Scharf.
He was very kind and helpful.
His email is: synagogenverein.baden@...
(there might be other email addresses on the site above)

3) about 3 weeks ago the reconstructed synagogue at Baden was opened.
photos of the Construction Site are at the community web-site.

4) My connection to Baden bei Wien is through the community rabbi, Rabbi
Wilhelm (Wolf) REICH (1852 - 1929), who was brother of my g-g-grandmother.

SHANA TOVA UMETUKA and GMAR CHATIMA TOVA to all!
Tomer Brunner, Israel.

I have been asked by Warren Blatt to post the following important
message on his behalf regarding new databases.

JewishGen is pleased to announce the addition of 37,000 new records
to the JewishGen Holocaust Database <
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust >.

There are 13 new datasets, and two updated datasets. The 13 new datasets are:

* "Lodz Transports to the Chelmno Extermination Camp":
Names of 7,168 individuals >from Lodz who were transferred to the
death camp at Chelmno, June-August 1944.

* "Gyor Victims at Auschwitz":
Names of over 3,000 victims >from Gyor, Hungary, deported to
Auschwitz, made by a Jewish communal organization.

* "Jewish Physicians >from Czechoslovakia":
Names of 1,668 Czechoslovakian physicians who died during the
Holocaust, >from an unpublished yizkor book manuscript.

* "Hannover-Ahlem Prisoners":
Names of 257 prisoners, mostly Polish Jews, who perished in a subcamp
of Neuengamme, located in Ahlem/Hannover.

* "Jews of Des (Dej) in the Ghettoization of May, 1944":
List of 3,250 Jewish residents in Des, Hungary (now Dej, Romania),
just prior to their deportation, May 3-10, 1944.

* "Kisvarda, Hungary - Records Before Deportation, 1944":
3,516 residents >from Kisvarda (Kleinwardein), Hungary ghetto prior to
their deportation, April 10-13, 1944.

* "Jews >from Iasi (Jassy) Who Survived the Transports":
List of over 1,600 Jews who survived two transports by train >from
Iasi (Jassy) Romania.

* "Kozienice Ghetto Census (Lista), 1939 - 1942":
4,023 inhabitants >from the census of Jews in the Kozienice ghetto,
made by the Jewish Council of Kozienice.

* "Holocaust Survivors Claiming American Citizenship":
Applications of 621 individuals claiming American citizenship,
processed in Zurich by the U.S. State Department.

* "Subotica Jews, Victims of the Fascist Occupation, 1941-45":
1,993 names of victims >from Subotica, now in Serbia (formerly
Szabadka, Hungary, before WWI).

* "Balta Ghetto":
2,817 Jews >from the Balta Ghetto, Transnistria, as of 1941.

* "Balta Orphans":
List of 220 orphaned children in the Balta Ghetto.

* "Balta Batallion":
List of 507 Jewish men in Batallion 120 - Romanian forced laborers in
Transnitria, 1941-1944.


We've also updated the following two datasets:

* Dachau Indexing Project:
Over 7,000 records added, for a total of over 135,000 records.

* North Bavarian Jews:
1,200 records added; now over 7,400 records total.


Thanks to all the volunteers who have made these possible, especially
project coordinators Nolan Altman and Mike Kalt.


The JewishGen Holocaust Database is a collection of nearly 100
different datasets, containing over one million entries about
Holocaust victims and survivors.

This database can be searched at <
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust >.

Warren

Warren Blatt
JewishGen Editor-in-Chief
<wblatt@...>

I have been asked by Warren Blatt to post the following important
message on his behalf regarding new databases.

JewishGen is pleased to announce the addition of 37,000 new records
to the JewishGen Holocaust Database <
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust >.

There are 13 new datasets, and two updated datasets. The 13 new datasets are:

* "Lodz Transports to the Chelmno Extermination Camp":
Names of 7,168 individuals >from Lodz who were transferred to the
death camp at Chelmno, June-August 1944.

* "Gyor Victims at Auschwitz":
Names of over 3,000 victims >from Gyor, Hungary, deported to
Auschwitz, made by a Jewish communal organization.

* "Jewish Physicians >from Czechoslovakia":
Names of 1,668 Czechoslovakian physicians who died during the
Holocaust, >from an unpublished yizkor book manuscript.

* "Hannover-Ahlem Prisoners":
Names of 257 prisoners, mostly Polish Jews, who perished in a subcamp
of Neuengamme, located in Ahlem/Hannover.

* "Jews of Des (Dej) in the Ghettoization of May, 1944":
List of 3,250 Jewish residents in Des, Hungary (now Dej, Romania),
just prior to their deportation, May 3-10, 1944.

* "Kisvarda, Hungary - Records Before Deportation, 1944":
3,516 residents >from Kisvarda (Kleinwardein), Hungary ghetto prior to
their deportation, April 10-13, 1944.

* "Jews >from Iasi (Jassy) Who Survived the Transports":
List of over 1,600 Jews who survived two transports by train >from
Iasi (Jassy) Romania.

* "Kozienice Ghetto Census (Lista), 1939 - 1942":
4,023 inhabitants >from the census of Jews in the Kozienice ghetto,
made by the Jewish Council of Kozienice.

* "Holocaust Survivors Claiming American Citizenship":
Applications of 621 individuals claiming American citizenship,
processed in Zurich by the U.S. State Department.

* "Subotica Jews, Victims of the Fascist Occupation, 1941-45":
1,993 names of victims >from Subotica, now in Serbia (formerly
Szabadka, Hungary, before WWI).

* "Balta Ghetto":
2,817 Jews >from the Balta Ghetto, Transnistria, as of 1941.

* "Balta Orphans":
List of 220 orphaned children in the Balta Ghetto.

* "Balta Batallion":
List of 507 Jewish men in Batallion 120 - Romanian forced laborers in
Transnitria, 1941-1944.


We've also updated the following two datasets:

* Dachau Indexing Project:
Over 7,000 records added, for a total of over 135,000 records.

* North Bavarian Jews:
1,200 records added; now over 7,400 records total.


Thanks to all the volunteers who have made these possible, especially
project coordinators Nolan Altman and Mike Kalt.


The JewishGen Holocaust Database is a collection of nearly 100
different datasets, containing over one million entries about
Holocaust victims and survivors.

This database can be searched at <
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust >.

Warren

Warren Blatt
JewishGen Editor-in-Chief
<wblatt@...>

Dear friends,

1) For information about the Jewish community of Baden bei Wien,
in the past and present, see:

www.juedischegemeinde.at

2) I had contact with the President of the Jewish community in Baden, Mr.
Thomas Scharf.
He was very kind and helpful.
His email is: synagogenverein.baden@...
(there might be other email addresses on the site above)

3) about 3 weeks ago the reconstructed synagogue at Baden was opened.
photos of the Construction Site are at the community web-site.

4) My connection to Baden bei Wien is through the community rabbi, Rabbi
Wilhelm (Wolf) REICH (1852 - 1929), who was brother of my g-g-grandmother.

SHANA TOVA UMETUKA and GMAR CHATIMA TOVA to all!
Tomer Brunner, Israel.

For JewishGenners interested in asking (or answering) questions about the
scheduled IAJGS Conference to be held in New York City in August 2006,
JewishGen is providing a conference mailing list.

To subscribe please visit http://lyris.jewishgen.org/Listmanager It is
no longer possible to subscribe to JewishGen mailing lists via e-mail. If
you need help write to support@... stating the specific problem
and someone at that desk will try to assist you.

Carol W. Skydell, Vice President
JewishGen Special Projects

For JewishGenners interested in asking (or answering) questions about the
scheduled IAJGS Conference to be held in New York City in August 2006,
JewishGen is providing a conference mailing list.

To subscribe please visit http://lyris.jewishgen.org/Listmanager It is
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you need help write to support@... stating the specific problem
and someone at that desk will try to assist you.

Carol W. Skydell, Vice President
JewishGen Special Projects

I am searching for information on Gilly or Gitta
AMSEL, born in Bela, Slovakia, 1867, daughter of
Moshe Ber and Blema Amsel. Immigrated to NYC,
married--then all contact was lost.

Ring any bells?

Melody Amsel-Arieli

Researching:
Slovakia: Amsel, Schonfeld, Baum, Landau,Einhorn,Ritter
Bessarabia: Zazulia, Morgenstern,Cushilevitz,Pollak
Galicia: Einstein

I am searching for information on Gilly or Gitta
AMSEL, born in Bela, Slovakia, 1867, daughter of
Moshe Ber and Blema Amsel. Immigrated to NYC,
married--then all contact was lost.

Ring any bells?

Melody Amsel-Arieli

Researching:
Slovakia: Amsel, Schonfeld, Baum, Landau,Einhorn,Ritter
Bessarabia: Zazulia, Morgenstern,Cushilevitz,Pollak
Galicia: Einstein

Rochel Elbaum wrote on 08 okt 2005 in soc.genealogy.jewish:

My mother told me that the first wife of a cousin of
hers died after eating hot bread, which caused her to
have serious stomach problems. Could this have
actually been caused by ergot?

Rose Elbaum
Potomac, MD

Yes, it could, if you take "stomach problems" in the whider sense,
and you disregard the said temperature of the bread.

A nice article about "St. Anthony's fire" can be found here:

<http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14891>

Evertjan, MD.

Evertjan Hannivoort.
The Netherlands.
(Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)

Rochel Elbaum wrote on 08 okt 2005 in soc.genealogy.jewish:

My mother told me that the first wife of a cousin of
hers died after eating hot bread, which caused her to
have serious stomach problems. Could this have
actually been caused by ergot?

Rose Elbaum
Potomac, MD

Yes, it could, if you take "stomach problems" in the whider sense,
and you disregard the said temperature of the bread.

A nice article about "St. Anthony's fire" can be found here:

<http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14891>

Evertjan, MD.

Evertjan Hannivoort.
The Netherlands.
(Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)

MODERATOR NOTE: Discussion of genealogy programmes is beyond the scope of
this list. A more appropriate place to discuss these issues is:
soc.genealogy.computing news group.
Please reply privately to Gary about genealogy programmes. General advice
(not mentioning commercial programmes) will be considered for posting. Gary
is urged to post a summary of the advice he got.
=================================

Thank you to all who replied. There were a number of good suggestions but
no single programme which would cover all the aspects of research and
analysis required for mapping multilayered social relationships within the
target community of about 500. It's more a sociology than a genealogy task.


Summary of advice -
Some of the programmes are commercial, some shareware, some freeware. It
would not be possible to give a summary of others' experience without
mentioning commercial software. Note - These are not the only programmes
which do these types of jobs.


For graphic mapping of inter-personal relationships -
Sociometry Pro - http://www.sociometry.ru/eng/
GenoPro - http://www.genopro.com/family_tree_software/

For keeping track of records and information -
Clooz - www.clooz.com (based on Access)
Bygones - http://home.utah-inter.net/bygones/
InfoSelect - http://www.miclog.com/

For more complex genealogical tasks -
GenealogyJ - http://genj.sourceforge.net/ (Java, programmable)
TMG - http://www.whollygenes.com/
Genbox - <http://www.genbox.com>http://www.genbox.com (based on FoxPro)

I will probably use the programmes I am already familiar with - Generations
for family connections, Access for other types of relationships, VBA to
transfer data between the two programmes and to render graphic networks in
Rhino (3D Cad), and InfoSelect for general research notes.

Gary

Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:00:30 +1000
From: Gary Luke <gary@...>
Subject: Genealogy programme advice

I would like advice about any genealogy programmes to suit a specific
research purpose. Instead of researching the links within a family tree I
want to research connections across a community where most are not related
as family.
snip>>>>>>>>>>>>

MODERATOR NOTE: The computer section of the FAQ is also worth a read:
http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/faq.html#Computers

MODERATOR NOTE: Discussion of genealogy programmes is beyond the scope of
this list. A more appropriate place to discuss these issues is:
soc.genealogy.computing news group.
Please reply privately to Gary about genealogy programmes. General advice
(not mentioning commercial programmes) will be considered for posting. Gary
is urged to post a summary of the advice he got.
=================================

Thank you to all who replied. There were a number of good suggestions but
no single programme which would cover all the aspects of research and
analysis required for mapping multilayered social relationships within the
target community of about 500. It's more a sociology than a genealogy task.


Summary of advice -
Some of the programmes are commercial, some shareware, some freeware. It
would not be possible to give a summary of others' experience without
mentioning commercial software. Note - These are not the only programmes
which do these types of jobs.


For graphic mapping of inter-personal relationships -
Sociometry Pro - http://www.sociometry.ru/eng/
GenoPro - http://www.genopro.com/family_tree_software/

For keeping track of records and information -
Clooz - www.clooz.com (based on Access)
Bygones - http://home.utah-inter.net/bygones/
InfoSelect - http://www.miclog.com/

For more complex genealogical tasks -
GenealogyJ - http://genj.sourceforge.net/ (Java, programmable)
TMG - http://www.whollygenes.com/
Genbox - <http://www.genbox.com>http://www.genbox.com (based on FoxPro)

I will probably use the programmes I am already familiar with - Generations
for family connections, Access for other types of relationships, VBA to
transfer data between the two programmes and to render graphic networks in
Rhino (3D Cad), and InfoSelect for general research notes.

Gary

Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 23:00:30 +1000
From: Gary Luke <gary@...>
Subject: Genealogy programme advice

I would like advice about any genealogy programmes to suit a specific
research purpose. Instead of researching the links within a family tree I
want to research connections across a community where most are not related
as family.
snip>>>>>>>>>>>>

MODERATOR NOTE: The computer section of the FAQ is also worth a read:
http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/faq.html#Computers

Dear Jewish Genners:

The JGS of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County*--(California) --JGSCV--is
delighted that Warren Blatt, vice president and editor-in-chief, JewishGen,
will be the guest speaker at our October 23, 2005 meeting. Warren is not
only the guest speaker, he is on the board of directors of our new JGS and
our webmaster! Warren will be giving a presentation on "An Introduction to
the Jewish Gen Databases". Come hear a presentation on searching JewishGen's
most popular databases :

*(and surrounding areas)

The JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) which contains information on
over 375,000 ancestral towns and surnames.

JewishGen ShtetlSeeker pinpoints the locations of over 500,000
East European localities.

The Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP), consists of linked
family trees containing over three million individuals.

JewishGen Discussion Group message archives contains the full text of over
100,000 messages posted to the JewishGen Discussion Group since 1993.

This session will take you step-by-step through the process of using
JewishGen's internet databases: how to search the databases, and how to add
your own data.

The meeting is scheduled for Sunday, October 23, 2005, >from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
at Temple Adat Elohim, in the Social Hall. Temple Adat Elohim (Thousand
Oaks) is co-sponsoring the meeting.

For those who attended our first meeting (in September) we have a much
larger room for this meeting so there will be ample room. For our first
meeting we had a standing room only crowd of over 110 attendees!

Directions:

from the east: 101 Freeway going west/north to Hampshire Blvd. Turn left to

East Thousand Oaks Blvd, turn right (north) on Skyline Drive, turn left on
E. Hillcrest drive go 0.3 miles - Temple is on the left.

from the west:

Take 101 Freeway going east/south - exit Rancho Road in Thousand Oaks, go
left or north (across Thousand Oaks Blvd) to E. Hillcrest Drive turn right
on E. Hillcrest go about 1.3 miles (just east of Conejo School Road) Temple
is on the right.

There are approximately 75 parking spots within the complex. There is NO
parking on Hillcrest Drive. You may park in the complex or on any of the
side streets.

There is no fee to attend the program, and anyone interested in Jewish
genealogy is welcome to attend.

For more information on the JGSCV or about the program, please contact
Jan Meisels Allen at jan@...

Jan Meisels Allen
Interim President, JGSCV
Agoura Hills, CA

Dear Jewish Genners:

The JGS of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County*--(California) --JGSCV--is
delighted that Warren Blatt, vice president and editor-in-chief, JewishGen,
will be the guest speaker at our October 23, 2005 meeting. Warren is not
only the guest speaker, he is on the board of directors of our new JGS and
our webmaster! Warren will be giving a presentation on "An Introduction to
the Jewish Gen Databases". Come hear a presentation on searching JewishGen's
most popular databases :

*(and surrounding areas)

The JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) which contains information on
over 375,000 ancestral towns and surnames.

JewishGen ShtetlSeeker pinpoints the locations of over 500,000
East European localities.

The Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP), consists of linked
family trees containing over three million individuals.

JewishGen Discussion Group message archives contains the full text of over
100,000 messages posted to the JewishGen Discussion Group since 1993.

This session will take you step-by-step through the process of using
JewishGen's internet databases: how to search the databases, and how to add
your own data.

The meeting is scheduled for Sunday, October 23, 2005, >from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
at Temple Adat Elohim, in the Social Hall. Temple Adat Elohim (Thousand
Oaks) is co-sponsoring the meeting.

For those who attended our first meeting (in September) we have a much
larger room for this meeting so there will be ample room. For our first
meeting we had a standing room only crowd of over 110 attendees!

Directions:

from the east: 101 Freeway going west/north to Hampshire Blvd. Turn left to

East Thousand Oaks Blvd, turn right (north) on Skyline Drive, turn left on
E. Hillcrest drive go 0.3 miles - Temple is on the left.

from the west:

Take 101 Freeway going east/south - exit Rancho Road in Thousand Oaks, go
left or north (across Thousand Oaks Blvd) to E. Hillcrest Drive turn right
on E. Hillcrest go about 1.3 miles (just east of Conejo School Road) Temple
is on the right.

There are approximately 75 parking spots within the complex. There is NO
parking on Hillcrest Drive. You may park in the complex or on any of the
side streets.

There is no fee to attend the program, and anyone interested in Jewish
genealogy is welcome to attend.

For more information on the JGSCV or about the program, please contact
Jan Meisels Allen at jan@...

Jan Meisels Allen
Interim President, JGSCV
Agoura Hills, CA

Does anyone have access to 19th century records for Kups, Reckendorf or
Trunstadt, Bavaria? I am looking for infomation about a BRAND family

from one of those towns. My great great grandmother Fanny BRANDT may

have been born in one of those towns in 1834. Thanks very much.

David Solomon Chevy Chase, MD SOL2516171@...

Does anyone have access to 19th century records for Kups, Reckendorf or
Trunstadt, Bavaria? I am looking for infomation about a BRAND family

from one of those towns. My great great grandmother Fanny BRANDT may

have been born in one of those towns in 1834. Thanks very much.

David Solomon Chevy Chase, MD SOL2516171@...

Looking for members of the PERLMUTTER family Pinchus PERLMUTTER (1850 -?),
his son Rubin PERLMUTTER.

Rubin PERLMUTTER was married to Zelda GRABARSKY (GRABARSKI) her father was
Ozer GRABARSKY and she had two brothers Kalman and Rubin. These families were
either >from Rozishchtze or Ratne.

Rubin had a son Abe PERLMUTTER who married Dora TURNER who was >from Ratne.
Dora TURNER'S mother was a LEVENTHAL.

My fathers mother was Bessie OLDE(R). Her family was >from Odessa. Her
mother was Faga Miriam and her father was Morris OLDER.

My fathers father was Harry BERNSTEIN, he was born in New York in 1885 his
father was Mayer BERNSTEIN and his mother was Anna (Hanna) FINELIEB. I have
no idea where they came >from either Russia or the Ukraine.

Please contact me if you have any information on any of the families
mentioned above.

Ron BERNSTEIN

Looking for members of the PERLMUTTER family Pinchus PERLMUTTER (1850 -?),
his son Rubin PERLMUTTER.

Rubin PERLMUTTER was married to Zelda GRABARSKY (GRABARSKI) her father was
Ozer GRABARSKY and she had two brothers Kalman and Rubin. These families were
either >from Rozishchtze or Ratne.

Rubin had a son Abe PERLMUTTER who married Dora TURNER who was >from Ratne.
Dora TURNER'S mother was a LEVENTHAL.

My fathers mother was Bessie OLDE(R). Her family was >from Odessa. Her
mother was Faga Miriam and her father was Morris OLDER.

My fathers father was Harry BERNSTEIN, he was born in New York in 1885 his
father was Mayer BERNSTEIN and his mother was Anna (Hanna) FINELIEB. I have
no idea where they came >from either Russia or the Ukraine.

Please contact me if you have any information on any of the families
mentioned above.

Ron BERNSTEIN

The Vital Records Indexing (VRI) Project is in need of someone who can
call up a calendar conversion program [Hebrew/Gregorian/Julian] and print
out or save to a file calendars for the years 1837-1930. I know it's a
simple task - I just don't have the time to do it.

If you are interested, please let me know privately.


Joel Ratner
Coordinator, Vilna District Research Group

The Vital Records Indexing (VRI) Project is in need of someone who can
call up a calendar conversion program [Hebrew/Gregorian/Julian] and print
out or save to a file calendars for the years 1837-1930. I know it's a
simple task - I just don't have the time to do it.

If you are interested, please let me know privately.


Joel Ratner
Coordinator, Vilna District Research Group