As Town Leader for the town of Mielec for JRI - Poland (Jewish
Records Indexing-Poland), I am happy to share some good news
for Mielec researchers.

Approximately 5,000 Mielec records in the Rzeszow branch of
the Polish State Archives have been indexed for JRI - Poland,
including census listings, army draft entries, and vital
records. The Archives also reports the discovery of
3,000-3,500 additional records, which we hope can be indexed
in the future.

If you would like more information on these records, please
let me know, and I will be glad to send details.

Renee

Renee Stern Steinig
rsteinig@...
Mielec Town Leader
Rzeszow Archives Project
Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
www.jri-poland.org

P.S. For more general information about the indexing projects
of JRI-Poland and for questions about Polish Jewish genealogy,
you may want to subscribe to the JRI-Poland Discussion Group.
To do so, go to the JRI-Poland home page at www.jri-poland.org
and click on "Subscribe to mailing list" at the bottom left
of the page.

As Town Leader for the town of Mielec for JRI - Poland (Jewish
Records Indexing-Poland), I am happy to share some good news
for Mielec researchers.

Approximately 5,000 Mielec records in the Rzeszow branch of
the Polish State Archives have been indexed for JRI - Poland,
including census listings, army draft entries, and vital
records. The Archives also reports the discovery of
3,000-3,500 additional records, which we hope can be indexed
in the future.

If you would like more information on these records, please
let me know, and I will be glad to send details.

Renee

Renee Stern Steinig
rsteinig@...
Mielec Town Leader
Rzeszow Archives Project
Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
www.jri-poland.org

P.S. For more general information about the indexing projects
of JRI-Poland and for questions about Polish Jewish genealogy,
you may want to subscribe to the JRI-Poland Discussion Group.
To do so, go to the JRI-Poland home page at www.jri-poland.org
and click on "Subscribe to mailing list" at the bottom left
of the page.

Dear Researchers,

The web site below enables a search of passengers and dutch ships. As many
of our ancestors fled Europe by this means you may find it useful source of
records.

http://d-compu.dyndns.org/Passagiers/default.asp

I have recently obtained a list of passengers on the Baloeran that departed

from Rotterdam on Feb 18 1939 to various destinations including Port Said

and others on the way to Batavia. My grandparents were on this vessel as
the first leg of their escape >from Germany to Australia.
I have studied the list and identified what I believe to be other Jewish
names. I have listed these below. Anyone with an interest in these names
or other aspects of this list are welcome to contact me for more details.
I may have missed some or included ones that are not of Jewish heritage as
well.

Block
Blum
Blumenthal
Boas - Reiche
Boas
Gelderblom
Ginsberg
Glaserfeld
Goldschmidt
Hertzberg
Hirsch
Jacob
Katz
Kopstein
Kugel
Mens
Metsch
Meyer
Pariser
Rietberg
Rosendahl
Rosenkranz
Rubin
Sanders
Scheinmann
Schiff
Schwarz
Sternberg
Tichauer
Ulmer
Weiss
Wieslander
Weis


Regards
Geoff Kaiser
Melbourne
AUSTRALIA

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.

Dear Researchers,

The web site below enables a search of passengers and dutch ships. As many
of our ancestors fled Europe by this means you may find it useful source of
records.

http://d-compu.dyndns.org/Passagiers/default.asp

I have recently obtained a list of passengers on the Baloeran that departed

from Rotterdam on Feb 18 1939 to various destinations including Port Said

and others on the way to Batavia. My grandparents were on this vessel as
the first leg of their escape >from Germany to Australia.
I have studied the list and identified what I believe to be other Jewish
names. I have listed these below. Anyone with an interest in these names
or other aspects of this list are welcome to contact me for more details.
I may have missed some or included ones that are not of Jewish heritage as
well.

Block
Blum
Blumenthal
Boas - Reiche
Boas
Gelderblom
Ginsberg
Glaserfeld
Goldschmidt
Hertzberg
Hirsch
Jacob
Katz
Kopstein
Kugel
Mens
Metsch
Meyer
Pariser
Rietberg
Rosendahl
Rosenkranz
Rubin
Sanders
Scheinmann
Schiff
Schwarz
Sternberg
Tichauer
Ulmer
Weiss
Wieslander
Weis


Regards
Geoff Kaiser
Melbourne
AUSTRALIA

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.

It is with deep sorrow that I convey condolences to Dr. Perets (Percy) Mett
and his family of London on the tragic loss of his son Shmuel Eliyahu
(Hashem Yinkom Damo) who was murdered by an Arab terrorist in Jerusalem.

Dr. Mett is a member of the committee of RavSIG and is known for his
genealogical researches, particularly Chassidic families.

Those who attended the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in
Jerusalem last year may recall Perets.

May the Almighty comfort him and his family together with all the mourners
for Tzion and Yerushalayim.

Chaim Freedman
Petah Tikvah, Israel
chaimjan@...
http://au.geocities.com/chaimjan2003/Chaim_Freedman.html

It is with deep sorrow that I convey condolences to Dr. Perets (Percy) Mett
and his family of London on the tragic loss of his son Shmuel Eliyahu
(Hashem Yinkom Damo) who was murdered by an Arab terrorist in Jerusalem.

Dr. Mett is a member of the committee of RavSIG and is known for his
genealogical researches, particularly Chassidic families.

Those who attended the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in
Jerusalem last year may recall Perets.

May the Almighty comfort him and his family together with all the mourners
for Tzion and Yerushalayim.

Chaim Freedman
Petah Tikvah, Israel
chaimjan@...
http://au.geocities.com/chaimjan2003/Chaim_Freedman.html

Dear Susana,

Here is some information about the town you are looking for:

Belz, Ukraine, previously in Eastern Galicia
Coordinates: 50°23' 24°01'
Variant name: Beltz, Belzec, Belza, Bele
38.0 miles N of Lviv

Administrative District: Sokal
Judicial/ Sub District: Belz
Jewish population before the Holocaust: 2.104

Belz was part of Poland in the inter-war years so you can see the Belz Business
Directory in the 1929 Polish Business Directory Project webpage:
http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/bizdir/start.htm
Click on:
Town Index Search Engine
and type in Belz

There is a famous old Yiddish song " Mein Shtetele Belz" [My Little Town Belz]
frequently sung by Klezmer bands and more recently by Neil Sedaka and
Mandy Patinkin.

There is also a town that was called Belz in Romania and is now Balti, Moldovia.
It was also known as Belz, Beltsy. Coordinates: 47°46' 27°56'. But since
your family came >from Galicia the town above is the one you are looking for.

There is some information on the JewishGen website that you can find by going to
the JG homepage:
http://www.jewishgen.org/
and typing in Belz in the "Search this website" box

Susana Leistner Bloch

Does anybody else have an ancestor >from Pamusi ?

That is the name my grandfather said, when I asked him where
he came from, and I have been able to track it down as
being near Joniskelis, where my grandmother came from. it
is not on current maps, but the US dept of maps was able
to find it for me.


Esther Buchsbaum
Tybee Island,GA,USA

RESEARCHING - MALITZ/MALITS,GOLD in Brest,ROSENBAUM,PERKOVITZKY
in Drohitczyn,ROSENBAUM in Horodetz,BUCHSBAUM in Limanova,Poland,
PAZOL in Lithuania,SEVELOVITZ in Lithuania

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Make sure you enter the name of this town in the
JewishGen Family Finder < www.jewishgen.org/jgff > so that anyone
else searching this town will find you.

Dear Susana,

Here is some information about the town you are looking for:

Belz, Ukraine, previously in Eastern Galicia
Coordinates: 50°23' 24°01'
Variant name: Beltz, Belzec, Belza, Bele
38.0 miles N of Lviv

Administrative District: Sokal
Judicial/ Sub District: Belz
Jewish population before the Holocaust: 2.104

Belz was part of Poland in the inter-war years so you can see the Belz Business
Directory in the 1929 Polish Business Directory Project webpage:
http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/bizdir/start.htm
Click on:
Town Index Search Engine
and type in Belz

There is a famous old Yiddish song " Mein Shtetele Belz" [My Little Town Belz]
frequently sung by Klezmer bands and more recently by Neil Sedaka and
Mandy Patinkin.

There is also a town that was called Belz in Romania and is now Balti, Moldovia.
It was also known as Belz, Beltsy. Coordinates: 47°46' 27°56'. But since
your family came >from Galicia the town above is the one you are looking for.

There is some information on the JewishGen website that you can find by going to
the JG homepage:
http://www.jewishgen.org/
and typing in Belz in the "Search this website" box

Susana Leistner Bloch

Does anybody else have an ancestor >from Pamusi ?

That is the name my grandfather said, when I asked him where
he came from, and I have been able to track it down as
being near Joniskelis, where my grandmother came from. it
is not on current maps, but the US dept of maps was able
to find it for me.


Esther Buchsbaum
Tybee Island,GA,USA

RESEARCHING - MALITZ/MALITS,GOLD in Brest,ROSENBAUM,PERKOVITZKY
in Drohitczyn,ROSENBAUM in Horodetz,BUCHSBAUM in Limanova,Poland,
PAZOL in Lithuania,SEVELOVITZ in Lithuania

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Make sure you enter the name of this town in the
JewishGen Family Finder < www.jewishgen.org/jgff > so that anyone
else searching this town will find you.

On August 24 2005 Nathen Gabriel wrote:

Is everyone aware of the maps of Imperial Russia on
the GENEALOGIA.ru site? My thanks to Judith
Berlowitz, Steven Weiss and Bill Elliott.

http://www.genealogia.ru/projects/maps/maps/alf.html

I have checked the web site and find it very interesting.
The first 2 maps show Napolean's Army path to Moscow in 1812 and the Russian
Army following him back.
The second page shows nationality makeup of cities in Belarus Territory in
1897 >from Riga to Gomel. Included populations are Belarus, Russian,
Ukranian, Polish, Latvian, etc.
One of the other maps of Belarus further down the list appears to show
provinces in 1770.

Abe Simon
Las Vegas NV
email abe_simon@...

On August 24 2005 Nathen Gabriel wrote:

Is everyone aware of the maps of Imperial Russia on
the GENEALOGIA.ru site? My thanks to Judith
Berlowitz, Steven Weiss and Bill Elliott.

http://www.genealogia.ru/projects/maps/maps/alf.html

I have checked the web site and find it very interesting.
The first 2 maps show Napolean's Army path to Moscow in 1812 and the Russian
Army following him back.
The second page shows nationality makeup of cities in Belarus Territory in
1897 >from Riga to Gomel. Included populations are Belarus, Russian,
Ukranian, Polish, Latvian, etc.
One of the other maps of Belarus further down the list appears to show
provinces in 1770.

Abe Simon
Las Vegas NV
email abe_simon@...

My great-grandmother was known as Sarah FRIEDMAN, born in Hungary.
On my grandmother's marriage certificate her maiden name is listed as
SEREN CINER. Would CINER have been her maiden name or is SEREN her
maiden name?
Thank you
Pat Shaw
Williams, Oregon
Searching: FRIEDMAN, Szalaszend; FRIEDMAN, Miskolc; POLLACHEK,
Balazuagas

My great-grandmother was known as Sarah FRIEDMAN, born in Hungary.
On my grandmother's marriage certificate her maiden name is listed as
SEREN CINER. Would CINER have been her maiden name or is SEREN her
maiden name?
Thank you
Pat Shaw
Williams, Oregon
Searching: FRIEDMAN, Szalaszend; FRIEDMAN, Miskolc; POLLACHEK,
Balazuagas

"Pat Shaw" <pat@...> wrote

My great-grandfather's (William FRIEDMAN) Petition for Naturalization
can be found at
http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6733. VM6733.
I am having trouble reading the town that my great-grandmother (Sarah
FRIEDMAN) was born in. It looks like Onzinke? Hungary.

Maybe contact http://lazarus.elte.hu/gb/gbindex.html the Dept of Cartography
and Geoinformatics at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest.

There is also the Dictionary of Hungarian Place-Names based on the 1910
Census, I think. http://www.talmamedia.com/book/b30001/b30001.htm
Unfortunately it is sold out.

Nick Landau
London, UK

COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near
Lvov/Lemberg), Poland)
WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany)
LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)

"Pat Shaw" <pat@...> wrote

My great-grandfather's (William FRIEDMAN) Petition for Naturalization
can be found at
http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6733. VM6733.
I am having trouble reading the town that my great-grandmother (Sarah
FRIEDMAN) was born in. It looks like Onzinke? Hungary.

Maybe contact http://lazarus.elte.hu/gb/gbindex.html the Dept of Cartography
and Geoinformatics at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest.

There is also the Dictionary of Hungarian Place-Names based on the 1910
Census, I think. http://www.talmamedia.com/book/b30001/b30001.htm
Unfortunately it is sold out.

Nick Landau
London, UK

COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near
Lvov/Lemberg), Poland)
WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany)
LANDAU/FREDKIN(Gomel, Mogilev, Belarus)

I hope someone knows a Bernard Kaufman originally >from Slovenska Kajna in
Slovakia.
Lived in Brookline between the years 1940s-1970s or thereabouts.This is a
wild guess but could be a great find.
Thanks all,
Avraham Ofek

I hope someone knows a Bernard Kaufman originally >from Slovenska Kajna in
Slovakia.
Lived in Brookline between the years 1940s-1970s or thereabouts.This is a
wild guess but could be a great find.
Thanks all,
Avraham Ofek

Nicki Chodnoff wrote:

"I've been looking for information in the 1930 Poland and Danzig Business
Directory.

In the search, I noticed some listings have a small "x" at the beginning of
a person's name. e.g. xRozental, Sm.

Does anyone know what the "x" stands for?"

I believe the "x" indicates that the corresponding business was registered,
but what that entailed, or what records, if any, might have been associated
with the registration process and might survive, I do not know.

Best regards,

Logan Kleinwaks
kleinwaks@...
near Washington, D.C.

Dear Cousins,

Rabbi Ben-Zion Saydman asked: My latest mystery involves a NYC death
certficate. Riva MELTSNER died October 17, 1909 at the Montefiore Home
for Chronic Invalids. Has anyone ever heard of this institution? If so,
do they have records >from 1909? The death certificate states that Riva
lived at the Montefiore Home for 8 1/2 months prior to her passing...>>>

Not only have I heard of Montefiore, I see its name on my paycheck
every two weeks. It still exists, as Montefiore Medical Center. In 1909,
it was located in upper Manhattan, but plans were already underway for it
to expand and move to the Bronx, which it did in 1912, and since then its
address has been 111 East 210th Street. Although it started as a chronic
care institution, taking care of patients with tuberculosis, cancer, and
other chronic illnesses, it became an acute care hospital decades ago.

Back then, patients >from all over New York City were sent there for the
"fresh air," which was the main treatment for tuberculosis. This
continued even after they moved to the Bronx.

They have an Archivist's Office (telephone number 718-920-6149), but
nobody picked up the phone today, and she might be on vacation. However,
based on my previous attempts, I do not believe that they have any patient
records >from that time, other than noteworthy historical items.

Please write to me privately with any additional questions about
Montefiore.

Ira
Ira Leviton