Steve Orlen <sorlen@...> wrote:

My EPSTEIN's came >from Slonim in Grodno. One of my first-generation cousins has

the given name "Adieth" (he goes by "William.")

=The Aramaic version of the bible contains Adieth [aiyn-dallet-yod-allef-tav], and
the meanning is pregnancy.
See the Onkalos translation in Genesis chapter 16.

Best regards, Udi Cain, Israel

I have followed the correspondence with interest. My grandfather's naturalisation
papers give his name as Isadore and his marriage certificate records his name as
Isaac. His name on the birth certificates of some of his children is shown as
Isdadore and on others as Isador. It confused me at first.

Sheila Harrisson
Richmond, Yorkshire
England

Steve Orlen <sorlen@...> wrote:

My EPSTEIN's came >from Slonim in Grodno. One of my first-generation cousins has

the given name "Adieth" (he goes by "William.")

=The Aramaic version of the bible contains Adieth [aiyn-dallet-yod-allef-tav], and
the meanning is pregnancy.
See the Onkalos translation in Genesis chapter 16.

Best regards, Udi Cain, Israel

I have followed the correspondence with interest. My grandfather's naturalisation
papers give his name as Isadore and his marriage certificate records his name as
Isaac. His name on the birth certificates of some of his children is shown as
Isdadore and on others as Isador. It confused me at first.

Sheila Harrisson
Richmond, Yorkshire
England

Folks:

The Yad Vashem database does seem to be on-line.

I used it successfully... briefly. After that it got, well, flakey. And it
stayed that way for two days. (I haven't tried it today.)

Often instead of returning search results or a specific error message,
executing a search would bring up an introductory web page.

My guess is that it is overwhelmed by inquiries -- a sad enough story in
itself.

One more point: Based on my brief experience I think it may take a bit of
time for many users to get accustomed to using this particular search
engine, and maybe there will be a little tuning at the Yad Vashem end.
Probably best to be patient and tolerant...

And thankful. The availability of this database is a very significant step
forward.
MODERATOR NOTE: It has been pointed out that if you have a firewall (Norton
or others)you may have to disable it when you search Yad Vashem. Also please
remember what happened when Ellis Island database first went up and be patient!!!

Thanks,

Henry

Henry Neugass
Palo Alto, CA
henryn@... remove 'zzz'

Wysokie Litewskie: Greenfield (Grunfeld?), Ziboff
Kletsk: Kirzner
(Frankfurt am Main: Neugass)

Folks:

The Yad Vashem database does seem to be on-line.

I used it successfully... briefly. After that it got, well, flakey. And it
stayed that way for two days. (I haven't tried it today.)

Often instead of returning search results or a specific error message,
executing a search would bring up an introductory web page.

My guess is that it is overwhelmed by inquiries -- a sad enough story in
itself.

One more point: Based on my brief experience I think it may take a bit of
time for many users to get accustomed to using this particular search
engine, and maybe there will be a little tuning at the Yad Vashem end.
Probably best to be patient and tolerant...

And thankful. The availability of this database is a very significant step
forward.
MODERATOR NOTE: It has been pointed out that if you have a firewall (Norton
or others)you may have to disable it when you search Yad Vashem. Also please
remember what happened when Ellis Island database first went up and be patient!!!

Thanks,

Henry

Henry Neugass
Palo Alto, CA
henryn@... remove 'zzz'

Wysokie Litewskie: Greenfield (Grunfeld?), Ziboff
Kletsk: Kirzner
(Frankfurt am Main: Neugass)

To cousins: I need help with the AXELROD sisters and where they originated >from
in Russia. Celia., Bessie or Basha, Sophie.
Hope the generous genners might know of the HEILBRUNNER women.
Thank you,
Jewel Glatzer
jelorraine@...
MODERATOR'S NOTE: Chances of success in your research will be greatly enhanced if
you register the name(s) you are searching for in the JewishGen Family Finder.
Go to www.jewishgen.org/jgff

To cousins: I need help with the AXELROD sisters and where they originated >from
in Russia. Celia., Bessie or Basha, Sophie.
Hope the generous genners might know of the HEILBRUNNER women.
Thank you,
Jewel Glatzer
jelorraine@...
MODERATOR'S NOTE: Chances of success in your research will be greatly enhanced if
you register the name(s) you are searching for in the JewishGen Family Finder.
Go to www.jewishgen.org/jgff

I am brazilian and I have been searching for my origins. My family name is
LADISLAU and I always knew that the history of the family comes >from somewhere in
Poland, Romania and area. Recently I met a girl and she told me tha she heard
about the same history. So I am very interested in knowing about my family, its
origin etc. I searched the website but I didn`t find anything about anyone called
LADISLAU that came to Brazil. So I decided to e-mail you to ask for help. I just
want to know if there is any LADISLAU that came to Brazil and where I can find
more informations. Thank you in advanced.

Werushka Magna
MODERATOR NOTE: A search of the Jewishgen Family Finder:
http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ using the D-M Soundex turned up one researcher for
this surname. To increase your chances of success, don't forget to list your
surnames of interest in the JewishGen Family Finder, at the same address.

I am brazilian and I have been searching for my origins. My family name is
LADISLAU and I always knew that the history of the family comes >from somewhere in
Poland, Romania and area. Recently I met a girl and she told me tha she heard
about the same history. So I am very interested in knowing about my family, its
origin etc. I searched the website but I didn`t find anything about anyone called
LADISLAU that came to Brazil. So I decided to e-mail you to ask for help. I just
want to know if there is any LADISLAU that came to Brazil and where I can find
more informations. Thank you in advanced.

Werushka Magna
MODERATOR NOTE: A search of the Jewishgen Family Finder:
http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ using the D-M Soundex turned up one researcher for
this surname. To increase your chances of success, don't forget to list your
surnames of interest in the JewishGen Family Finder, at the same address.

For those who might not know, there is a website called http://www.whitepages.com
which does reverse address look-ups.

Unfortunately, the address of Mr. Altman is not listed meaning his phone is
unlisted (possibly). However, you could just write to that address and the
addresses next door (would be the next even numbers to his) and ask if they could
pass on your message.

REgards
Anita Citron
Searching NADWORNY anywhere,

I am hoping that someone will recognize some of the names below and be able to
help me find my Garfunkel family. They lived in Manhattan, New York in 1900.
Any help will be appreciated.

Descendants of Isadore GARFUNKEL
1 Isadore Garfunkel
.. +Jennie RAYVID
......... 2 Sophie Garfunkel b: 1893
......... 2 Benjamin Garfunkel b: 1894
......... 2 Shmuel Garfunkel b: 1897

Gilda Kurtzman
gildak@...
Petach Tikva, Israel

For those who might not know, there is a website called http://www.whitepages.com
which does reverse address look-ups.

Unfortunately, the address of Mr. Altman is not listed meaning his phone is
unlisted (possibly). However, you could just write to that address and the
addresses next door (would be the next even numbers to his) and ask if they could
pass on your message.

REgards
Anita Citron
Searching NADWORNY anywhere,

I am hoping that someone will recognize some of the names below and be able to
help me find my Garfunkel family. They lived in Manhattan, New York in 1900.
Any help will be appreciated.

Descendants of Isadore GARFUNKEL
1 Isadore Garfunkel
.. +Jennie RAYVID
......... 2 Sophie Garfunkel b: 1893
......... 2 Benjamin Garfunkel b: 1894
......... 2 Shmuel Garfunkel b: 1897

Gilda Kurtzman
gildak@...
Petach Tikva, Israel

I have looked in the Yad Vashem pages of testimony online, and three people living
in Israel have submitted pages of testimony for people who are likely to be
relatives of mine. I need someone to look up these people for me and, if they are
listed, would then like someone to make contact for me since I don't speak Ivrit.

I would be happy to return the favour if someone needed a look-up in the UK.

Please contact me privately.

Many thanks.

Madelyn Travis

KAGAN (Gudel, Marijampole and Kovno Lithuania)
RUDICH (Costesti and Bukovina, Ukraine/Romania)

I have looked in the Yad Vashem pages of testimony online, and three people living
in Israel have submitted pages of testimony for people who are likely to be
relatives of mine. I need someone to look up these people for me and, if they are
listed, would then like someone to make contact for me since I don't speak Ivrit.

I would be happy to return the favour if someone needed a look-up in the UK.

Please contact me privately.

Many thanks.

Madelyn Travis

KAGAN (Gudel, Marijampole and Kovno Lithuania)
RUDICH (Costesti and Bukovina, Ukraine/Romania)

From: Tilford Bartman

Yes, it should be expected that something like this will have some glitches that
will need to be worked out.

Also I will comment that the Pages of Testimony are not always reliable, and one
should keep this in mind........................

I found both issues as well.

It seemed that when I disabled my Earthlink Accelerator I was able to move freely

from page to page. Whether that was the cure I really don't know. I remember a

computer teacher telling the class that when dealing with the frustration of
computer problems, one kick is remedial, two is abuse.

Gerald I Simon (Jerry S.)
gilmore3@...

Dear Genners,

Have found my first 'possible' contact >from the new Yad Vashem database but need
help! - the witness who signed the page of testimony was a Riwe Leah (EHRENWALD)
STEIN - sister-in-law to the deceased Cipora/Tzipora EHRENWALD - Tzipora's maiden
name was BANK >from Sieniawa, Poland.

The address of Riwe/Leah STEIN was given in 1989 as xxx East 46th Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11203.

If anyone has knowledge of this family or descendants please please contact me.

Your possible cousins are waiting to hear >from you!.

Patricia Wilson (Israel)
Searching for BANK - Sieniawa - Poland.

From: Tilford Bartman

Yes, it should be expected that something like this will have some glitches that
will need to be worked out.

Also I will comment that the Pages of Testimony are not always reliable, and one
should keep this in mind........................

I found both issues as well.

It seemed that when I disabled my Earthlink Accelerator I was able to move freely

from page to page. Whether that was the cure I really don't know. I remember a

computer teacher telling the class that when dealing with the frustration of
computer problems, one kick is remedial, two is abuse.

Gerald I Simon (Jerry S.)
gilmore3@...

Dear Genners,

Have found my first 'possible' contact >from the new Yad Vashem database but need
help! - the witness who signed the page of testimony was a Riwe Leah (EHRENWALD)
STEIN - sister-in-law to the deceased Cipora/Tzipora EHRENWALD - Tzipora's maiden
name was BANK >from Sieniawa, Poland.

The address of Riwe/Leah STEIN was given in 1989 as xxx East 46th Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11203.

If anyone has knowledge of this family or descendants please please contact me.

Your possible cousins are waiting to hear >from you!.

Patricia Wilson (Israel)
Searching for BANK - Sieniawa - Poland.