I have a not-so-clear copy of the June 6, 1900 Federal Census for
Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County, Lee Township), Ward 5, SD 80, ED 90 Sheet
5A (I think). The entry is for Mose COHN (or COHEN), his wife, Frieda
and their six children at 212 East Second Street. (I almost couldn't
find this entry- it should have read Ezra Moses or E. M. COHEN, which was
actually his name.)

The 1900 census is now indexed for several states, including Iowa,
on the best-known (A as in arguably) commercial site, so it shouldn't be
too difficult to find with the "wrong" information as opposed to the
correct information!

Thanks,
Stacy Harris
Nashville, TN

I have a not-so-clear copy of the June 6, 1900 Federal Census for
Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County, Lee Township), Ward 5, SD 80, ED 90 Sheet
5A (I think). The entry is for Mose COHN (or COHEN), his wife, Frieda
and their six children at 212 East Second Street. (I almost couldn't
find this entry- it should have read Ezra Moses or E. M. COHEN, which was
actually his name.)

The 1900 census is now indexed for several states, including Iowa,
on the best-known (A as in arguably) commercial site, so it shouldn't be
too difficult to find with the "wrong" information as opposed to the
correct information!

Thanks,
Stacy Harris
Nashville, TN

If anyone is planning to attend the International Conference: “The Lodz Ghetto Phenomena”, October 11-12, 2004, please let me know privately.

Below is the information copied >from their website (click on "Program"):
http://www.ghetto.lodz.pl/ghetto/index2.php

Conference on the history of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto and the local Jewish community with participation of Polish and foreign researchers.
Coordinated by the University of Lodz, the Institute of National Remembrance, and the State Archives in Lodz.

This is the last event of the Commemoration of the Lodz Ghetto Liquidation.

Miriam Friedman Morris
NY

If anyone is planning to attend the International Conference: “The Lodz Ghetto Phenomena”, October 11-12, 2004, please let me know privately.

Below is the information copied >from their website (click on "Program"):
http://www.ghetto.lodz.pl/ghetto/index2.php

Conference on the history of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto and the local Jewish community with participation of Polish and foreign researchers.
Coordinated by the University of Lodz, the Institute of National Remembrance, and the State Archives in Lodz.

This is the last event of the Commemoration of the Lodz Ghetto Liquidation.

Miriam Friedman Morris
NY

I am searching for any information on the descendants of William and Sarah
Gindler. Their children were Jack born about 1898; Frank, born about 1901;
Dora, born about 1903, and Bessie, born about 1905.

The family appears in the 1920 census in Pittsburg, PA, but nowhere else,
except one reference in the SSDI for a Jacob, who died in November, 1982 in
Pittsburg. I have ordered the SS-5 >from the Social Security Administration and
am waiting for it.

Thank you,

Marc D. Manson
Farmington Hills, Michigan


MAN'SKIJ > MANSON (Volkovysk; Slonim; NY NY; Detroit MI; Buhl MN)
WAGNER (Drogobych, Austria; South Bend, IN; Toledo, OH)
MAC > MATZ (Skaryszew, Radom, Poland)
POMERANTZ (Brest-Litovsk, Belarus)
TURUFF > TUREFF (Russia; New York) BROCK (New York)

I am searching for any information on the descendants of William and Sarah
Gindler. Their children were Jack born about 1898; Frank, born about 1901;
Dora, born about 1903, and Bessie, born about 1905.

The family appears in the 1920 census in Pittsburg, PA, but nowhere else,
except one reference in the SSDI for a Jacob, who died in November, 1982 in
Pittsburg. I have ordered the SS-5 >from the Social Security Administration and
am waiting for it.

Thank you,

Marc D. Manson
Farmington Hills, Michigan


MAN'SKIJ > MANSON (Volkovysk; Slonim; NY NY; Detroit MI; Buhl MN)
WAGNER (Drogobych, Austria; South Bend, IN; Toledo, OH)
MAC > MATZ (Skaryszew, Radom, Poland)
POMERANTZ (Brest-Litovsk, Belarus)
TURUFF > TUREFF (Russia; New York) BROCK (New York)

Dear Genners,
New research has brought new information. However, sometimes
discoveries do not resolve questions, but add new layers to the puzzle.
According to the "Maehrisch Ostrau 1910 Census", my father's
parents were born in villages by Biala.

Heinrich Friedmann- born March 20, 1864 in Kobiernice, by Biala.
Sophie Rosenblum- born August 20, 1856, in Czaniec, by Biala.

It is my understanding that before 1918, Biala was Austrian Silesia.
It was united with the Galician town Bielsko and renamed
Bielsko-Biala, Poland in 1951. However, although my father
documented their birthdates correctly, he wrote that his parents
were born in Klasno, by Wieliczka, about sixty miles >from Biala.

Of course, no documents existed that my father could use as
reference and for some reason he remembered Klasno. One of my
ancestors may have come >from Klasno or perhaps his parents
married or lived there before moving to Maehrisch Ostrau in 1888.
It is also possible the census is wrong and my father was
correct after all.

I would like to find the birth certificates. I believe there
is a State Archive in Bielsko-Biala, but I don't know if
they have these records. I would appreciate any information
which archives would be the best resource for my search.

Also, if anyone has any information about these towns, please
advise and reply privately.
Thanks!

Miriam Friedman Morris
NY

Dear Genners,
New research has brought new information. However, sometimes
discoveries do not resolve questions, but add new layers to the puzzle.
According to the "Maehrisch Ostrau 1910 Census", my father's
parents were born in villages by Biala.

Heinrich Friedmann- born March 20, 1864 in Kobiernice, by Biala.
Sophie Rosenblum- born August 20, 1856, in Czaniec, by Biala.

It is my understanding that before 1918, Biala was Austrian Silesia.
It was united with the Galician town Bielsko and renamed
Bielsko-Biala, Poland in 1951. However, although my father
documented their birthdates correctly, he wrote that his parents
were born in Klasno, by Wieliczka, about sixty miles >from Biala.

Of course, no documents existed that my father could use as
reference and for some reason he remembered Klasno. One of my
ancestors may have come >from Klasno or perhaps his parents
married or lived there before moving to Maehrisch Ostrau in 1888.
It is also possible the census is wrong and my father was
correct after all.

I would like to find the birth certificates. I believe there
is a State Archive in Bielsko-Biala, but I don't know if
they have these records. I would appreciate any information
which archives would be the best resource for my search.

Also, if anyone has any information about these towns, please
advise and reply privately.
Thanks!

Miriam Friedman Morris
NY

My gggg aunt, Hinda Moskiewiczow Icykiewicz, died in the little
town of Luszczyn, Poland in 1812. I would be pleased to hear

from anyone with any knowledge of this place

(just northeast of Czestochowa).

Details:

Hinda Moskiewiczow [Englender] Icykiewicz
born. abt 1776
died. 14 Nov 1812, Luszczyn, Poland
& Herszlik Icykiewicz
| Moyzesz Icykiewicz
| born. 13 Jun 1811, Zawada, Poland
| Szprynca Icykiewicz
| born. abt 1807
| died. 27 Dec 1808, Mstow, Poland

Dan Kazez
Daniel Kazez <dkazez@...>
Springfield, Ohio USA
Poland: Czestochowa, Przyrow, Mstow, Koniecpol, Janow, Plawno, Radomsko,
Przyborow, Zgierz, Lodz, Przedborz, Kruszyna, Wancerzow, Sedziszow, Opole,
Zloczow, Luszczyn
http://www.kazez.com/~dan/englander/

My gggg aunt, Hinda Moskiewiczow Icykiewicz, died in the little
town of Luszczyn, Poland in 1812. I would be pleased to hear

from anyone with any knowledge of this place

(just northeast of Czestochowa).

Details:

Hinda Moskiewiczow [Englender] Icykiewicz
born. abt 1776
died. 14 Nov 1812, Luszczyn, Poland
& Herszlik Icykiewicz
| Moyzesz Icykiewicz
| born. 13 Jun 1811, Zawada, Poland
| Szprynca Icykiewicz
| born. abt 1807
| died. 27 Dec 1808, Mstow, Poland

Dan Kazez
Daniel Kazez <dkazez@...>
Springfield, Ohio USA
Poland: Czestochowa, Przyrow, Mstow, Koniecpol, Janow, Plawno, Radomsko,
Przyborow, Zgierz, Lodz, Przedborz, Kruszyna, Wancerzow, Sedziszow, Opole,
Zloczow, Luszczyn
http://www.kazez.com/~dan/englander/

Alien registration did not begin in 1940. There was Alien
Registration in WWI. The officer in charge reported to Congress
just before the registration was re-authorized for WW2 that all
the cards >from WWI have been destroyed. I have no reason to
doubt this; I have never seen a WWI alien registration card. I
just note that other "destroyed" records have occasionally been
found in odd corners of archives here and there.

Bert
Herbert Lazerow
San Diego CA 92110-2492
lazer@...

Alien registration did not begin in 1940. There was Alien
Registration in WWI. The officer in charge reported to Congress
just before the registration was re-authorized for WW2 that all
the cards >from WWI have been destroyed. I have no reason to
doubt this; I have never seen a WWI alien registration card. I
just note that other "destroyed" records have occasionally been
found in odd corners of archives here and there.

Bert
Herbert Lazerow
San Diego CA 92110-2492
lazer@...

I found my great grandfather (Morris Nasatir) listed in the online index of
the Album of the Yiddish Theatre. I would love to be able to see
this. Does anyone know where I can view it in Southern California?

Michelle Chernikoff Anderson

I found my great grandfather (Morris Nasatir) listed in the online index of
the Album of the Yiddish Theatre. I would love to be able to see
this. Does anyone know where I can view it in Southern California?

Michelle Chernikoff Anderson

Good evening,

First I must thank your members who very kindly cleared up my
misunderstanding about the origins of the 1,000 Jews in Changi
jail durng WW2 .. . their ancestors had come >from Baghdad two or
three generations previously. They had been jailed by the
Japanese as they had British passports. Again, a big thank you.


I am now looking for the ancesters of my aunt by marriage, Hildergard
STEINBERG

I believe she was German.

Hildergard was born 14th. Oct. 1914 (place unknown) and died Brighton
(Sussex UK) February 1996. As her place of birth is not noted in the record
of her death, this tends to indicate she was >from abroard.

Hildergard married a little known uncle of mine: Victor Cecil WOODS in
Brighton 28th. May 1938. They lived all their lives together in Brighton,
and then in Hove (next town to Brighton). Victor was a bank employee.

from their Registry Office marriage certificate (there does not appear to

have been a religious ceremony), her father's name is given as Leopold
Steinberg, Hat Manufacturer

Leopold did not witness the marriage. . The Registrar had noted in the
certificate that Vic's father was deceased and this indicated that Leopold
was almost certanly alive - probably unable to get to Britain for the
marriage, perhaps.

I believe they met in either Germany or Czechoslavakia which Vic visited
before the war for holidays including possibly skiing in Czechoslavakia.

I would very much like to establish her ancestry and would appreciate any
suggestions and guidance as to where I might trace her and her father. I
really have no idea where to start looking abroard. You may contact me at
chris.woods@...

Thank you. Yours truly,

Chris Woods
Norfolk UK

MODERATOR NOTE: Chris, the first step in your search in to register
the names and places being researched with the JewishGen Family Finder.
You may also find it useful to post to one of the SIG's
which concentrates on a specific geographical area -
the Bohemia-Moravia SIG suggests itself as one possibility.
Find them at:
http://www2.jewishgen.org/bohmor/

Good evening,

First I must thank your members who very kindly cleared up my
misunderstanding about the origins of the 1,000 Jews in Changi
jail durng WW2 .. . their ancestors had come >from Baghdad two or
three generations previously. They had been jailed by the
Japanese as they had British passports. Again, a big thank you.


I am now looking for the ancesters of my aunt by marriage, Hildergard
STEINBERG

I believe she was German.

Hildergard was born 14th. Oct. 1914 (place unknown) and died Brighton
(Sussex UK) February 1996. As her place of birth is not noted in the record
of her death, this tends to indicate she was >from abroard.

Hildergard married a little known uncle of mine: Victor Cecil WOODS in
Brighton 28th. May 1938. They lived all their lives together in Brighton,
and then in Hove (next town to Brighton). Victor was a bank employee.

from their Registry Office marriage certificate (there does not appear to

have been a religious ceremony), her father's name is given as Leopold
Steinberg, Hat Manufacturer

Leopold did not witness the marriage. . The Registrar had noted in the
certificate that Vic's father was deceased and this indicated that Leopold
was almost certanly alive - probably unable to get to Britain for the
marriage, perhaps.

I believe they met in either Germany or Czechoslavakia which Vic visited
before the war for holidays including possibly skiing in Czechoslavakia.

I would very much like to establish her ancestry and would appreciate any
suggestions and guidance as to where I might trace her and her father. I
really have no idea where to start looking abroard. You may contact me at
chris.woods@...

Thank you. Yours truly,

Chris Woods
Norfolk UK

MODERATOR NOTE: Chris, the first step in your search in to register
the names and places being researched with the JewishGen Family Finder.
You may also find it useful to post to one of the SIG's
which concentrates on a specific geographical area -
the Bohemia-Moravia SIG suggests itself as one possibility.
Find them at:
http://www2.jewishgen.org/bohmor/

Looking for any detail about my father family >from Leczyca,
Poland. My father name was Moszku (Moshe) Borkowski, sun of Icka
(Itzchak) and Ajdele (>from Tygier family). His brothers and
sisters names were:
Feige-Hinda (Fela - married to Kolski and a mother to a daughter),
Abramie ( Abraham - married to Nadza and a father to Leib),
Surze (Sara), Taube, Rojzie (Roza), Beniaminie, Lajbie (Lubek),
Luteku (survived the war as well), Estera, Maszy (Masha) and
Jozefie (Josef). All of them, as far as we know (except Luteku),
were murdered but I am still not sure.
Thanks. Gila Borkowski

Looking for any detail about my father family >from Leczyca,
Poland. My father name was Moszku (Moshe) Borkowski, sun of Icka
(Itzchak) and Ajdele (>from Tygier family). His brothers and
sisters names were:
Feige-Hinda (Fela - married to Kolski and a mother to a daughter),
Abramie ( Abraham - married to Nadza and a father to Leib),
Surze (Sara), Taube, Rojzie (Roza), Beniaminie, Lajbie (Lubek),
Luteku (survived the war as well), Estera, Maszy (Masha) and
Jozefie (Josef). All of them, as far as we know (except Luteku),
were murdered but I am still not sure.
Thanks. Gila Borkowski

Only recently I found that a cousin of my father - Moshe Borkowski
survived the war. The Name of the cousin is Leon Borkowski,
sun of Israel and Laji, burn in 1919 in Poland. In the 50's
he leaved in Trzcianka, Poland. I will appreciate any details about
him and his family. Thank you, Gila Borkowski

MODERATOR NOTE, Gila, don't forget to register the names and places
you are researching with the JewishGen Family Finder.

Only recently I found that a cousin of my father - Moshe Borkowski
survived the war. The Name of the cousin is Leon Borkowski,
sun of Israel and Laji, burn in 1919 in Poland. In the 50's
he leaved in Trzcianka, Poland. I will appreciate any details about
him and his family. Thank you, Gila Borkowski

MODERATOR NOTE, Gila, don't forget to register the names and places
you are researching with the JewishGen Family Finder.