Ragendorf , now called Rajka, is a small town in north-western Hungary,
about 15 miles southeast of Bratislava (Pressburg).
The census of 1782 was conducted in the German language. I wonder if anyone
can make out the names and professions of the first three persons on the
list. I think the 3rd person is called Markus WEISSBARTL, profession
Fleischhacker. But I am not sure about the first two. They seem to have the
same name. You can view the document on Viewmate 4735
Henry Wellisch
Toronto

MODERATOR NOTE: The direct link to this image is:
http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4735
Please reply privately.

Ragendorf , now called Rajka, is a small town in north-western Hungary,
about 15 miles southeast of Bratislava (Pressburg).
The census of 1782 was conducted in the German language. I wonder if anyone
can make out the names and professions of the first three persons on the
list. I think the 3rd person is called Markus WEISSBARTL, profession
Fleischhacker. But I am not sure about the first two. They seem to have the
same name. You can view the document on Viewmate 4735
Henry Wellisch
Toronto

MODERATOR NOTE: The direct link to this image is:
http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=4735
Please reply privately.

When Sharon Korn mssrkorn@... posted a recent request for information
about the BLOCH family of Telz, Lithuania, a bell rang for me. It's been quite
some time since I worked on my maternal side of our family SOLOSKI/COHEN,
MILAVETZ) but I remembered the name BLOCH and I remembered that the name had
a connection to the Telz Yeshiva in Telsai, Lithuania.

Sure enough, when I looked at my notes, I found that my gggrandfather,
Hirsch KAPLAN had married my gggrandmother Rebecca in Memel (Klapedia)
Lithuania and they had a daughter, Chasia who married E. M BLOCH, a rabbi

from Telz. I am not positive, but I believe that Chasia had been living in

Plunge which is about 8 km >from Telsai.

from my notes, I further discovered that the rabbi and wife, along with

their daughter and son,in law, Eliezer SOROTZKIN first moved to Cleveland,
Ohio just prior to WWII. The Rabbi, was one of several rabbis who helped
moved the Telz Yeshiva to Cleveland. Another distant relative was Rabbi
GORDON, one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva.

Moishe Sorotzkin, the son, his wife and family eventually moved to
Telz-Stone in Israel >from Cleveland, and I believe that he is the
Administrative Head of the town. It's been a long time since we
corresponded with Moishe, but we have talked a few times in the past.

For Sharon Korn to pursue this, I would suggest that she contact Moishe
Sorotzkin in Israel. I do want to thank Naomi for bringing to our attention
more of the background of the BLOCH family. There is also a GORDON
connection and a SOLOSKI connection.

Warm Regards,
Ted Margulis
Palm Desert, CA
http://jewishwebindex.com

When Sharon Korn mssrkorn@... posted a recent request for information
about the BLOCH family of Telz, Lithuania, a bell rang for me. It's been quite
some time since I worked on my maternal side of our family SOLOSKI/COHEN,
MILAVETZ) but I remembered the name BLOCH and I remembered that the name had
a connection to the Telz Yeshiva in Telsai, Lithuania.

Sure enough, when I looked at my notes, I found that my gggrandfather,
Hirsch KAPLAN had married my gggrandmother Rebecca in Memel (Klapedia)
Lithuania and they had a daughter, Chasia who married E. M BLOCH, a rabbi

from Telz. I am not positive, but I believe that Chasia had been living in

Plunge which is about 8 km >from Telsai.

from my notes, I further discovered that the rabbi and wife, along with

their daughter and son,in law, Eliezer SOROTZKIN first moved to Cleveland,
Ohio just prior to WWII. The Rabbi, was one of several rabbis who helped
moved the Telz Yeshiva to Cleveland. Another distant relative was Rabbi
GORDON, one of the founders of the Telz Yeshiva.

Moishe Sorotzkin, the son, his wife and family eventually moved to
Telz-Stone in Israel >from Cleveland, and I believe that he is the
Administrative Head of the town. It's been a long time since we
corresponded with Moishe, but we have talked a few times in the past.

For Sharon Korn to pursue this, I would suggest that she contact Moishe
Sorotzkin in Israel. I do want to thank Naomi for bringing to our attention
more of the background of the BLOCH family. There is also a GORDON
connection and a SOLOSKI connection.

Warm Regards,
Ted Margulis
Palm Desert, CA
http://jewishwebindex.com

I have the date in 1870 of a marriage in Lima Peru. Has anyone had any
experience in ordering records >from Peru?
I would like some advice as to the best way to go about this.

Many thanks,

Judy Wolkovitch
Los Angeles

I have the date in 1870 of a marriage in Lima Peru. Has anyone had any
experience in ordering records >from Peru?
I would like some advice as to the best way to go about this.

Many thanks,

Judy Wolkovitch
Los Angeles

I recently connected my family tree to "des 1680 verstorbenen
Mannheimer Rabbiners Elieser LIPPMANN und seiner Frau Hindel geb.
BRILIN".

Are there sources that would be useful in tracing a Rabbinic line >from this
time period and location in Baden?

Also, can someone explain why the prefix for Rabbi is given as a plural?

Michael Marx, Lexington, MA, USA MHMarx@...

I recently connected my family tree to "des 1680 verstorbenen
Mannheimer Rabbiners Elieser LIPPMANN und seiner Frau Hindel geb.
BRILIN".

Are there sources that would be useful in tracing a Rabbinic line >from this
time period and location in Baden?

Also, can someone explain why the prefix for Rabbi is given as a plural?

Michael Marx, Lexington, MA, USA MHMarx@...

Ragendorf , now called Rajka, is a small town in north-western Hungary,
about 15 miles southeast of Bratislava (Pressburg).

The census of 1782 was conducted in the German language.

I wonder if anyone can make out the names and professions of the first three
persons on the list. I think the 3rd person is called Markus Weissbartl,
profession Fleischhacker. But I am not sure about the first two. They seem to
have the same name.

You can view the document on Viewmate 4735

Henry Wellisch Toronto <kelwel@...>

Ragendorf , now called Rajka, is a small town in north-western Hungary,
about 15 miles southeast of Bratislava (Pressburg).

The census of 1782 was conducted in the German language.

I wonder if anyone can make out the names and professions of the first three
persons on the list. I think the 3rd person is called Markus Weissbartl,
profession Fleischhacker. But I am not sure about the first two. They seem to
have the same name.

You can view the document on Viewmate 4735

Henry Wellisch Toronto <kelwel@...>

The Belarus SIG is going to start translating the records of the Family
History Library's microfilm #2329356 which pertain to the Lida district.
Specifically, the records are:

Locality: Ostrino
Uyezd: Lida

1899 Jewish records; divorces
1897 Jewish records; death
1898 Jewish records; death
1899 Jewish records; death
1900 Jewish records; death

Locality: Belitsa
Uyezd: Lida

1897 Jewish records; marriage
1898 Jewish records; marriage
1899 Jewish records; marriage
1900 Jewish records; marriage
1898 Jewish records; divorces
1897 Jewish records; death
1898 Jewish records; death
1899 Jewish records; death

If anyone has already translated any part of these records, please let us
know.

To find out how you can help with this effort, please write me privately
at tovaj@...

Thanks!

Anita Berk and Tova Jaffe
Denver, Co and Washington, DC

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Lida District vital records are divided between the
Lithuanian State Historical Archive in Vilnius and the Grodno Archive
in Belarus. The records Tova cites come >from the Grodno Archive and
are being translated under the auspices of Belarus SIG. Vital records

from Novodvor, Orlya, Schuchin and Radun births and marriages are

being translated under the auspices of LitvakSIG. If you are interested
in helping to support efforts to translate records >from those towns,
please write Judy Baston at < jrbaston@... >

The Belarus SIG is going to start translating the records of the Family
History Library's microfilm #2329356 which pertain to the Lida district.
Specifically, the records are:

Locality: Ostrino
Uyezd: Lida

1899 Jewish records; divorces
1897 Jewish records; death
1898 Jewish records; death
1899 Jewish records; death
1900 Jewish records; death

Locality: Belitsa
Uyezd: Lida

1897 Jewish records; marriage
1898 Jewish records; marriage
1899 Jewish records; marriage
1900 Jewish records; marriage
1898 Jewish records; divorces
1897 Jewish records; death
1898 Jewish records; death
1899 Jewish records; death

If anyone has already translated any part of these records, please let us
know.

To find out how you can help with this effort, please write me privately
at tovaj@...

Thanks!

Anita Berk and Tova Jaffe
Denver, Co and Washington, DC

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Lida District vital records are divided between the
Lithuanian State Historical Archive in Vilnius and the Grodno Archive
in Belarus. The records Tova cites come >from the Grodno Archive and
are being translated under the auspices of Belarus SIG. Vital records

from Novodvor, Orlya, Schuchin and Radun births and marriages are

being translated under the auspices of LitvakSIG. If you are interested
in helping to support efforts to translate records >from those towns,
please write Judy Baston at < jrbaston@... >

Fellow Genners,

Well, I promised you an update on our cemetery projects, so here goes:

As I may have mentioned before, Summer is the ideal season for
restoration. Consequently, we have been rather heavily involved in many
projects, and restored many cemeteries for which preparations had been made
throughout the past winter, as well a initiated numerous new projects.
Following
is a list of the cemeteries, the actual restoration of which we've been
involved since the last posting (to be followed in Part II by those
for which restoration is being seriously considered). If you recognize any
of your ancestral hometowns, and have any pertinent info which might be
beneficial to the project, or have any questions regarding the projects,
please don't hesitate to contact us. Digital photos of the restoration
progresses are available upon request.

BALMAZUJVAROS, Hungary
Restored, numbered and photographed 126 tombstones.

BEKESCABA, Hungary
Enclosed unprotected areas of cemetery and arranged for maintenance.

BICSKE, Hungary
Restored, Numbered and photographed 178 Tombstones.

HALMEU,Romania

Erected Concrete Enclosure (large cemetery). Cut down wild and uncontrolled
vegetation posing danger to grounds. Intense project-30 laborers toiled for
3-4 weeks...Project in latter phase.

KISVARDA, Hungary
Huge cemetery-app. 1200 tombstones. Already enclosed two unprotected
sections and secured voluntary return of a portion purchased privately after
WWII. Cleared weeds and overgrowth and re-erected 700 gravestones and
refurbished the rest. Plans on
agenda:
1. Where necessary, erect the tombstones atop foundations to ensure
long-time preservation (if funds available)
2. Mapping the cemetery; Numbering and photographing each of 1200 stones.
3. Erect a memorial monument commemorating those deported during the
Holocaust.
4. Publish a booklet with a brief description of the history of the Kisvarda
Jewish community and the cemetery, as well as photos of the individual
stones and the inscriptions.

NAGYHALASZ, Hungary
Project completed: New, durable, concrete enclosure. Cleaned grounds and
recemented/erected the 89 tombstones. Darkened names (manually) on most
stones to maximize legibility. Numbered and photographed each individual
tombstone for indexing. Arranged maintenance plan.

NAGYJOC, Ukraine
Cleaned the grounds.

LUSCA, Romania
Badly damaged and neglected Erected concrete enclosure. Cleaned grounds and
restored the gravestones. Built brand new Ohel to house the GRand RAbbis'
graves.
Photographed(by number) the 294 tombstones individually. WE are preparing
to publish a pamphlet showing all the individual gravestones of the Lusca
cemetery, with the inscriptions beneath, including a brief history of the
Lusca cemetery and its Jewish population, as well as of the restoration
project. (Note: This, of course, is the ideal post-restoration step in
EVERY cemetery
project-according to the availability of funds. ) Arranged for maintenance.

TOKAJ, Hungary (2 cemeteries)

Old cemetery: Unique in that it is situated on an island and accessible only
by boat. Complete cleaning of grounds and restoration of tombstones
currently in process.

New Cemetery
Same status as old cemetery. Cleaning and restoration of stones in process.

VONYHOVE, Ukraine
Erected Concrete Enclosure. Cleared incredibly littered grounds. Restored
the 113 gravestones; Darkened the inscriptions(where necessary) & Numbered
and photographed the stones individually.

ZEMPLEN/(Zemplin), Slovakia
2 cemeteries. Concrete fencing currently being initiated to enclose both
cemeteries.

In part II, I will update you as to the ones for which restoration is being
prepared or seriously considered. Once again, If you recognize any of these
and have any info-or questions-please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you. In the merit of honoring and preserving the resting places of
our ancestors may Hashem bless us all with a Shana Tova.

All the best,

Toby Mendlowitz
Assistant Director
Heritage Foundation for Preservation
of Jewish Cemeteries(HFPJC)
Brooklyn, NY 11211

E-mail: hfpjc@...

Fellow Genners,

Well, I promised you an update on our cemetery projects, so here goes:

As I may have mentioned before, Summer is the ideal season for
restoration. Consequently, we have been rather heavily involved in many
projects, and restored many cemeteries for which preparations had been made
throughout the past winter, as well a initiated numerous new projects.
Following
is a list of the cemeteries, the actual restoration of which we've been
involved since the last posting (to be followed in Part II by those
for which restoration is being seriously considered). If you recognize any
of your ancestral hometowns, and have any pertinent info which might be
beneficial to the project, or have any questions regarding the projects,
please don't hesitate to contact us. Digital photos of the restoration
progresses are available upon request.

BALMAZUJVAROS, Hungary
Restored, numbered and photographed 126 tombstones.

BEKESCABA, Hungary
Enclosed unprotected areas of cemetery and arranged for maintenance.

BICSKE, Hungary
Restored, Numbered and photographed 178 Tombstones.

HALMEU,Romania

Erected Concrete Enclosure (large cemetery). Cut down wild and uncontrolled
vegetation posing danger to grounds. Intense project-30 laborers toiled for
3-4 weeks...Project in latter phase.

KISVARDA, Hungary
Huge cemetery-app. 1200 tombstones. Already enclosed two unprotected
sections and secured voluntary return of a portion purchased privately after
WWII. Cleared weeds and overgrowth and re-erected 700 gravestones and
refurbished the rest. Plans on
agenda:
1. Where necessary, erect the tombstones atop foundations to ensure
long-time preservation (if funds available)
2. Mapping the cemetery; Numbering and photographing each of 1200 stones.
3. Erect a memorial monument commemorating those deported during the
Holocaust.
4. Publish a booklet with a brief description of the history of the Kisvarda
Jewish community and the cemetery, as well as photos of the individual
stones and the inscriptions.

NAGYHALASZ, Hungary
Project completed: New, durable, concrete enclosure. Cleaned grounds and
recemented/erected the 89 tombstones. Darkened names (manually) on most
stones to maximize legibility. Numbered and photographed each individual
tombstone for indexing. Arranged maintenance plan.

NAGYJOC, Ukraine
Cleaned the grounds.

LUSCA, Romania
Badly damaged and neglected Erected concrete enclosure. Cleaned grounds and
restored the gravestones. Built brand new Ohel to house the GRand RAbbis'
graves.
Photographed(by number) the 294 tombstones individually. WE are preparing
to publish a pamphlet showing all the individual gravestones of the Lusca
cemetery, with the inscriptions beneath, including a brief history of the
Lusca cemetery and its Jewish population, as well as of the restoration
project. (Note: This, of course, is the ideal post-restoration step in
EVERY cemetery
project-according to the availability of funds. ) Arranged for maintenance.

TOKAJ, Hungary (2 cemeteries)

Old cemetery: Unique in that it is situated on an island and accessible only
by boat. Complete cleaning of grounds and restoration of tombstones
currently in process.

New Cemetery
Same status as old cemetery. Cleaning and restoration of stones in process.

VONYHOVE, Ukraine
Erected Concrete Enclosure. Cleared incredibly littered grounds. Restored
the 113 gravestones; Darkened the inscriptions(where necessary) & Numbered
and photographed the stones individually.

ZEMPLEN/(Zemplin), Slovakia
2 cemeteries. Concrete fencing currently being initiated to enclose both
cemeteries.

In part II, I will update you as to the ones for which restoration is being
prepared or seriously considered. Once again, If you recognize any of these
and have any info-or questions-please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you. In the merit of honoring and preserving the resting places of
our ancestors may Hashem bless us all with a Shana Tova.

All the best,

Toby Mendlowitz
Assistant Director
Heritage Foundation for Preservation
of Jewish Cemeteries(HFPJC)
Brooklyn, NY 11211

E-mail: hfpjc@...

Nathan,

I have found the NYC marriage license for the oldest son where his city
of birth was written as Cominsk Podolia, then scratched out, and
rewritten as Kiev.

Have you considered the possibility that Cominsk Podolia is Kamenets-Podoltz?

I don't know the latest, but the KP archive has been down for a while
because of a fire, but my understanding is that there is another
archive in Khmelnitsky that has records of this region.

-Joe


Plano, TX
IZEN, AIZEN, KOHAN/KOGAN - Nova Ushitsa, Ukraine
LIEBOWITZ, LEBOWITZ - Jassy/Iasi, Roumania
ROSENTHAL - Bucharest, Roumania

Nathan,

I have found the NYC marriage license for the oldest son where his city
of birth was written as Cominsk Podolia, then scratched out, and
rewritten as Kiev.

Have you considered the possibility that Cominsk Podolia is Kamenets-Podoltz?

I don't know the latest, but the KP archive has been down for a while
because of a fire, but my understanding is that there is another
archive in Khmelnitsky that has records of this region.

-Joe


Plano, TX
IZEN, AIZEN, KOHAN/KOGAN - Nova Ushitsa, Ukraine
LIEBOWITZ, LEBOWITZ - Jassy/Iasi, Roumania
ROSENTHAL - Bucharest, Roumania

Hello,

One of my cousins visited Kolki this summer and was nice enough to send me a
report on his trip and many photos. He was given a tour of the town by the
mayor. Among the photos are pictures of a memorial at the site of a 1942
massacre and the location of a former Jewish cemetary in Kolki. His report
describes a very simple place that looks and sounds as though, in many ways,
it has changed little over the decades.

I've posted the report and the photos on the Internet and they can be
accessed at the following links.

Trip report: http://www.geocities.com/kippelmancousins/kolkitrip.htm
Pictures of Kolki: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~ajb61/kolki/
Pictures of Kiev, Lvuv, Warsaw and Berlin:
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~bb62/sites/

Regards,

Andrew Blumberg

Searching: KIPPELMAN - Kolki and Luck, Ukraine; HIMMELFARB and GIMELFARB -
Kovel and Kolki, Ukraine

Hello,

One of my cousins visited Kolki this summer and was nice enough to send me a
report on his trip and many photos. He was given a tour of the town by the
mayor. Among the photos are pictures of a memorial at the site of a 1942
massacre and the location of a former Jewish cemetary in Kolki. His report
describes a very simple place that looks and sounds as though, in many ways,
it has changed little over the decades.

I've posted the report and the photos on the Internet and they can be
accessed at the following links.

Trip report: http://www.geocities.com/kippelmancousins/kolkitrip.htm
Pictures of Kolki: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~ajb61/kolki/
Pictures of Kiev, Lvuv, Warsaw and Berlin:
http://members.bellatlantic.net/~bb62/sites/

Regards,

Andrew Blumberg

Searching: KIPPELMAN - Kolki and Luck, Ukraine; HIMMELFARB and GIMELFARB -
Kovel and Kolki, Ukraine

Late yesterday I received a reply >from Professor ChaeRan Freeze to my "An
Interesting book" message in which I talked about her book, "Jewish Marriage
and Divorce in Imperial Russia."

She suggested that I might want to contact XXXXXXX, one of
her graduate students at Brandeis, who in turn may know of a researcher who
could do some investigations in the Central State Historical Archive in Kiev
"where all the Korostyshev are located."

I responded that I knew who XXXXXX was and of the published
studies she has written-a monograph on Kiev Jews, and a book in Russian on
"Documents gathered by the Jewish Historical and Geographic Commission" (Evreiskie
Dokumenty v arkhivakh Kieva, XVI-XX w." But I had to admit that I couldn't
afford to hire a researcher myself.

I would be interested in documents pertaining to my members of my BELKOWSKY
family of Berdichev, some of whom lived in Kiev. As I mentioned yesterday to
you all, my maternal great grandmother was born (I think) in Korostyshev.
Also, I know that one of my grandfather's sisters lived in Kremenchug, while the
daughter of another sister lived in Moscow.

If some of you want me to write to XXXXXXX to ask her for a
recommendation to someone who would be willing to do searches at a special group rate
for documents pertaining to our respective family names, let me know and I'll
see what can be done.


Naomi


Naomi Fatouros (nee FELDMAN)
Bloomington, Indiana
NFatouros@...
BELKOWSKY,BIELKOWSKY, BILKOWSKI, Odessa,St. Petersburg,Berdichev,
Kiev;ROTHSTEIN, Kremenchug;FRASCH,Kiev;LIBERMAN,Moscow;FELDMAN, Pinsk;
SCHUTZ, RETTIG, WAHL, Shcherets;LEVY, WEIL, Mulhouse; SAS/SASS,Podwolochisk;
RAPOPORT, Tarnopol, Podwolochisk, RADOMYSL?; BEHAM, Salok, Kharkov;
WOLPIANSKY, Ostryna.


Moderator Note: Name of graduate student deleted for privacy.

Late yesterday I received a reply >from Professor ChaeRan Freeze to my "An
Interesting book" message in which I talked about her book, "Jewish Marriage
and Divorce in Imperial Russia."

She suggested that I might want to contact XXXXXXX, one of
her graduate students at Brandeis, who in turn may know of a researcher who
could do some investigations in the Central State Historical Archive in Kiev
"where all the Korostyshev are located."

I responded that I knew who XXXXXX was and of the published
studies she has written-a monograph on Kiev Jews, and a book in Russian on
"Documents gathered by the Jewish Historical and Geographic Commission" (Evreiskie
Dokumenty v arkhivakh Kieva, XVI-XX w." But I had to admit that I couldn't
afford to hire a researcher myself.

I would be interested in documents pertaining to my members of my BELKOWSKY
family of Berdichev, some of whom lived in Kiev. As I mentioned yesterday to
you all, my maternal great grandmother was born (I think) in Korostyshev.
Also, I know that one of my grandfather's sisters lived in Kremenchug, while the
daughter of another sister lived in Moscow.

If some of you want me to write to XXXXXXX to ask her for a
recommendation to someone who would be willing to do searches at a special group rate
for documents pertaining to our respective family names, let me know and I'll
see what can be done.


Naomi


Naomi Fatouros (nee FELDMAN)
Bloomington, Indiana
NFatouros@...
BELKOWSKY,BIELKOWSKY, BILKOWSKI, Odessa,St. Petersburg,Berdichev,
Kiev;ROTHSTEIN, Kremenchug;FRASCH,Kiev;LIBERMAN,Moscow;FELDMAN, Pinsk;
SCHUTZ, RETTIG, WAHL, Shcherets;LEVY, WEIL, Mulhouse; SAS/SASS,Podwolochisk;
RAPOPORT, Tarnopol, Podwolochisk, RADOMYSL?; BEHAM, Salok, Kharkov;
WOLPIANSKY, Ostryna.


Moderator Note: Name of graduate student deleted for privacy.