Shirley Brodt found: "A 1939 Dutch document shows the following for my
father's first wife, Mina Rosen, with her parents' information as follows:
Dochter van: BIRNBAUM recte ROSEN Mordko en van: BLEICH Sara.
Are Birnbaum and Rosen the surnames of her father's parents? If so, why was
Mina's maiden name Rosen and not Birnbaum, and how can one know if Rosen was
the surname of Mina's grandfather or grandmother? Also, why is Sara's surname
shown only as Bleich?"

Shirley, to answer your question first understand that Jews in Eastern
Europe often married religiously, rather than civilly.
In those cases, sometimes the children used their father's surname,
even though they were supposed to use their mother's maiden name.

Rechte (often abbreviated r.) means "legally" or "correctly" or "corrected".
Example: Brown r. Cohen means Cohen is the legal name, but using Brown..
False often meant falsely used, an individual might be using the father's
surname but officially should be using the mother's surname due to lack of the
required civil marriage. Example: Brown f. Cohen might mean the person used
Cohen (father's surname) but Brown is the legal name (mother's surname).

I like to use this shortcut...and think of the terms as "really"
surname and "falsely" surname.

So your document reads daughter of BIRNBAUM "really" ROSEN, thus
giving the surnames of both parents.

Happy hunting!

Phyllis Kramer, New York City, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla
V.P.Education, JewishGen Inc: https://www.JewishGen.org/education
Researching (all Galicia) ...KRAMER, BEIM >from Jasienica Rosielna
...SCHEINER, KANDEL >from Strzyzow & Dubiecko
...LINDNER, EICHEL >from Rohatyn, Burstyn
...STECHER, TRACHMAN >from Nowy Zmigrod, Dukla
family web site: https://KehilaLinks.JewishGen.org/Krosno/Kramer.htm

MODERATOR NOTE: Thanks to Phyllis for suggesting a good mnemonic. It is also
a good idea when one has questions to look at the JewishGen Discussion Group
Archive of messages. There are quite a few postings regarding recte. To search the
archive go to: http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~archpop

Shirley Brodt found: "A 1939 Dutch document shows the following for my
father's first wife, Mina Rosen, with her parents' information as follows:
Dochter van: BIRNBAUM recte ROSEN Mordko en van: BLEICH Sara.
Are Birnbaum and Rosen the surnames of her father's parents? If so, why was
Mina's maiden name Rosen and not Birnbaum, and how can one know if Rosen was
the surname of Mina's grandfather or grandmother? Also, why is Sara's surname
shown only as Bleich?"

Shirley, to answer your question first understand that Jews in Eastern
Europe often married religiously, rather than civilly.
In those cases, sometimes the children used their father's surname,
even though they were supposed to use their mother's maiden name.

Rechte (often abbreviated r.) means "legally" or "correctly" or "corrected".
Example: Brown r. Cohen means Cohen is the legal name, but using Brown..
False often meant falsely used, an individual might be using the father's
surname but officially should be using the mother's surname due to lack of the
required civil marriage. Example: Brown f. Cohen might mean the person used
Cohen (father's surname) but Brown is the legal name (mother's surname).

I like to use this shortcut...and think of the terms as "really"
surname and "falsely" surname.

So your document reads daughter of BIRNBAUM "really" ROSEN, thus
giving the surnames of both parents.

Happy hunting!

Phyllis Kramer, New York City, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla
V.P.Education, JewishGen Inc: https://www.JewishGen.org/education
Researching (all Galicia) ...KRAMER, BEIM >from Jasienica Rosielna
...SCHEINER, KANDEL >from Strzyzow & Dubiecko
...LINDNER, EICHEL >from Rohatyn, Burstyn
...STECHER, TRACHMAN >from Nowy Zmigrod, Dukla
family web site: https://KehilaLinks.JewishGen.org/Krosno/Kramer.htm

MODERATOR NOTE: Thanks to Phyllis for suggesting a good mnemonic. It is also
a good idea when one has questions to look at the JewishGen Discussion Group
Archive of messages. There are quite a few postings regarding recte. To search the
archive go to: http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~archpop

Bob Kates asked: Can anyone please help me with a city name. Have you
heard of Lagow or Lugav Poland or Russia. I have looked on various Polish maps
and tried to find the name in the JewishGen towns site with no luck. My Grand
Uncle was listed as being born in 1843 but I can't out where the town is located.

Bob...if you query JewishGen's community pages..with Lagow or .with "begins with"
Lag...then you'll find the town Lagow which was in Radom Gubernya in
Russian-Poland till 1918, then between the wars in Kielce Poland. Looks like a
good match.

Take a look through the 87 registered surnames on the JewishGen Family Finder
(www.jewishgen.org/jgff ) for the town to see if there's a match.
And do add you surnames to it.

Phyllis Kramer, New York City, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla
V.P.Education, JewishGen Inc: https://www.JewishGen.org/education
Researching (all Galicia) ...KRAMER, BEIM >from Jasienica Rosielna .
..SCHEINER, KANDEL >from Strzyzow & Dubiecko
...LINDNER, EICHEL >from Rohatyn, Burstyn
...STECHER, TRACHMAN >from Nowy Zmigrod, Dukla
family web site: https://KehilaLinks.JewishGen.org/Krosno/Kramer.htm

Bob Kates asked: Can anyone please help me with a city name. Have you
heard of Lagow or Lugav Poland or Russia. I have looked on various Polish maps
and tried to find the name in the JewishGen towns site with no luck. My Grand
Uncle was listed as being born in 1843 but I can't out where the town is located.

Bob...if you query JewishGen's community pages..with Lagow or .with "begins with"
Lag...then you'll find the town Lagow which was in Radom Gubernya in
Russian-Poland till 1918, then between the wars in Kielce Poland. Looks like a
good match.

Take a look through the 87 registered surnames on the JewishGen Family Finder
(www.jewishgen.org/jgff ) for the town to see if there's a match.
And do add you surnames to it.

Phyllis Kramer, New York City, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla
V.P.Education, JewishGen Inc: https://www.JewishGen.org/education
Researching (all Galicia) ...KRAMER, BEIM >from Jasienica Rosielna .
..SCHEINER, KANDEL >from Strzyzow & Dubiecko
...LINDNER, EICHEL >from Rohatyn, Burstyn
...STECHER, TRACHMAN >from Nowy Zmigrod, Dukla
family web site: https://KehilaLinks.JewishGen.org/Krosno/Kramer.htm

I'm trying to find a grave in Lithuania and wanted to know where Kovno gubernia
would be located so that I could find a cemetery in the appropriate area. I have
no information other than Kovno Gubernia and do not know the Shetel the family
lived in.

Carol Karp

SIMOWITZ

I'm trying to find a grave in Lithuania and wanted to know where Kovno gubernia
would be located so that I could find a cemetery in the appropriate area. I have
no information other than Kovno Gubernia and do not know the Shetel the family
lived in.

Carol Karp

SIMOWITZ

Dear researchers,

Here is an update for the Bessarabia SIG projects for the month of January 2019. See also at What's
New at Bessarabia SIG website:

Jewish Cemeteries. Updates:
- Upgraded the inventory of all cemeteries in Bessarabia/Moldova. See the list >from the cemetery
section at the website or directly here:
https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/files/cemetery/Inventory201901-January.htm

- Completed photographing and indexing Reni Jewish Cemetery and sent to JOWBR 263 burial
records with 263 images and 241 images of Unknown graves can be viewed at Bessarabia SIG
website at Reni Cemetery Report:
https://www.jewishgen.org/Bessarabia/files/cemetery/reni/ReniCemeteryReport.pdf

Bessarabian Databases. Updates:
- Revision Lists, plan to upload to JewishGen in June of 2019. A number of Revision List sets are
going to be completed for towns of Kishinev, Ataki, Faleshty, Ismail, Bendery, Romanenko. See the
progress at https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/files/databases/RevisionsJuneOf2019January.pdf

Holocaust. Addition:
- Serghei Daniliuk presentation at the International Conference in Moscow, 2018. Serghei Danilijuk is
a local historian, researcher and photographer who worked on numerous cemetery projects for
JewishGen Bessarabia SIG. Serghei was a guest for Bessarabia SIG at the 38th International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Warsaw, August 2018, where he made two presentations. If you
have questions about it, please email us. I would like to have a discussion about it.
Presentation:
https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/files/holocaust/PrisonerOfWarAndCrimesOftheNazis-SergheiDaniliuk.pdf
The audio recording >from the conference: https://www.oprf.ru/press/conference/3806 . Serghei's
topic is >from 2 hour 39 min of the recording.

Please let us know if you have any questions, issues, suggestions for our SIG, projects.

All the best,
Inna Vayner, Yefim Kogan
JewishGen Bessarabia SIG Leaders and Coordinators

Dear researchers,

Here is an update for the Bessarabia SIG projects for the month of January 2019. See also at What's
New at Bessarabia SIG website:

Jewish Cemeteries. Updates:
- Upgraded the inventory of all cemeteries in Bessarabia/Moldova. See the list >from the cemetery
section at the website or directly here:
https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/files/cemetery/Inventory201901-January.htm

- Completed photographing and indexing Reni Jewish Cemetery and sent to JOWBR 263 burial
records with 263 images and 241 images of Unknown graves can be viewed at Bessarabia SIG
website at Reni Cemetery Report:
https://www.jewishgen.org/Bessarabia/files/cemetery/reni/ReniCemeteryReport.pdf

Bessarabian Databases. Updates:
- Revision Lists, plan to upload to JewishGen in June of 2019. A number of Revision List sets are
going to be completed for towns of Kishinev, Ataki, Faleshty, Ismail, Bendery, Romanenko. See the
progress at https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/files/databases/RevisionsJuneOf2019January.pdf

Holocaust. Addition:
- Serghei Daniliuk presentation at the International Conference in Moscow, 2018. Serghei Danilijuk is
a local historian, researcher and photographer who worked on numerous cemetery projects for
JewishGen Bessarabia SIG. Serghei was a guest for Bessarabia SIG at the 38th International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Warsaw, August 2018, where he made two presentations. If you
have questions about it, please email us. I would like to have a discussion about it.
Presentation:
https://www.jewishgen.org/bessarabia/files/holocaust/PrisonerOfWarAndCrimesOftheNazis-SergheiDaniliuk.pdf
The audio recording >from the conference: https://www.oprf.ru/press/conference/3806 . Serghei's
topic is >from 2 hour 39 min of the recording.

Please let us know if you have any questions, issues, suggestions for our SIG, projects.

All the best,
Inna Vayner, Yefim Kogan
JewishGen Bessarabia SIG Leaders and Coordinators

Sunday 10 Feb 2–5pm
The South East Essex Group will welcome JGS’ vice Chairman,
Daniel MorganThomas who will present a Power Point assisted talk
entitled, ‘ Between the Front Lines: Jews in Britain in the First
World War ’. A WORKSHOP will follow.
The Balmoral Community Centre, Salisbury Ave, Southend-on-Sea,
Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 7AU Free parking.
RSVPs to Anne Marcus at avoceta@...

Sunday 10 Feb >from 3pm.
The South Western London Group (located at Teddington) will welcome
Joanna Keane & Ena Black will present a talk entitled ‘ A Wedding in
Lambeth - 1841 ’ RSVPs and further information : to Ena at
dandeeblack@...

Sunday 17 Feb 2–5pm
Library session. Open for general research. Visitors welcome. Society
members are on hand to help you use the library.
RSVPs to Lydia Collins at library@...
14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA

Sunday 17 Feb 2–5 pm
Eastern European SIG. Chairman Leigh Dworkin will open the afternoon
with a Power Point assisted talk entitled ‘ Szatkowskis of Lask,
Piotrkov- Udla, Udla, Udla ’ The regular WORKSHOP will follow after a
refreshment break
Members free. Guests £5 Refreshments. Library will be open to all.
RSVPs to Raymond Montanjees at raymusik@....
14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA

(There is free parking on a Sunday outside our HQ at The Society of
Genealogists’ building. Nearest station Barbican. Buses >from Angel and Old
St stations)

Wednesday 20 Feb
The Brighton/Sussex Regional Group will hold a meeting with a speaker. We
will hear Simon Hesselberg talking about the family reunions he has
organised throughout the world. Event will be held at The Ralli Hall
located near Hove station.
Contact Michael Shade at : michael@...

Thursday 21 Feb 7.30 - 9pm
An Education Evening: Jeanette’s regular Webinar. ‘ Paid-for websites,
networking lists & forums, blogs, webinars & podcasts ’.
Contact Jeanette Rosenberg : jeanette.r.rosenberg@...

Raymond Montanjees

Sunday 10 Feb 2–5pm
The South East Essex Group will welcome JGS’ vice Chairman,
Daniel MorganThomas who will present a Power Point assisted talk
entitled, ‘ Between the Front Lines: Jews in Britain in the First
World War ’. A WORKSHOP will follow.
The Balmoral Community Centre, Salisbury Ave, Southend-on-Sea,
Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 7AU Free parking.
RSVPs to Anne Marcus at avoceta@...

Sunday 10 Feb >from 3pm.
The South Western London Group (located at Teddington) will welcome
Joanna Keane & Ena Black will present a talk entitled ‘ A Wedding in
Lambeth - 1841 ’ RSVPs and further information : to Ena at
dandeeblack@...

Sunday 17 Feb 2–5pm
Library session. Open for general research. Visitors welcome. Society
members are on hand to help you use the library.
RSVPs to Lydia Collins at library@...
14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA

Sunday 17 Feb 2–5 pm
Eastern European SIG. Chairman Leigh Dworkin will open the afternoon
with a Power Point assisted talk entitled ‘ Szatkowskis of Lask,
Piotrkov- Udla, Udla, Udla ’ The regular WORKSHOP will follow after a
refreshment break
Members free. Guests £5 Refreshments. Library will be open to all.
RSVPs to Raymond Montanjees at raymusik@....
14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA

(There is free parking on a Sunday outside our HQ at The Society of
Genealogists’ building. Nearest station Barbican. Buses >from Angel and Old
St stations)

Wednesday 20 Feb
The Brighton/Sussex Regional Group will hold a meeting with a speaker. We
will hear Simon Hesselberg talking about the family reunions he has
organised throughout the world. Event will be held at The Ralli Hall
located near Hove station.
Contact Michael Shade at : michael@...

Thursday 21 Feb 7.30 - 9pm
An Education Evening: Jeanette’s regular Webinar. ‘ Paid-for websites,
networking lists & forums, blogs, webinars & podcasts ’.
Contact Jeanette Rosenberg : jeanette.r.rosenberg@...

Raymond Montanjees

As mentioned previously, every month I post a listing of the IAJGS Records
Access Alert topics >from the previous month for you to see the variety of
issues some were posted on this discussion group as they were final edicts,
but advocacy, and pending legislation and regulations- were not posted to
the discussion group all postings are included below. Any postings that had
a time limit for access, such as free access that has expired are not included
below.

+ (Canada) Archives de Montreal Relocates for Three Years
+ (Canada) Canadian War Museum Releases New Military Research Guides
+ (Canada) Poll Shows Slight Majority of Canadians Approve Right to be Forgotten
Online
+ (Denmark) Danish Genealogy Association Makes Available Names of Danish Nazis From
WWll
+ Digital Rights and Privacy: Apple Grants Widow Access to Apple ID; In
Another Case Apple Required to Access Photographs on Deceased's Account
+ European Union) EU Protection Board Report on EU-US Privacy Shield
+ (European Union) European Commission Reports Over 95, 000 Complaints Since
GDPR Became Effective
+ (European Union) EU Court of Justice Advisor Advisory Opinion rendered in
Case Regarding Extraterritoriality of Right to be Forgotten
+ (European Union) Concerns with Proposed Copyright Directive and Antitrust
+ (European Union) Guidance for GDPR Even If Your Organization is Not Located in
the European Union
+ (European Union) Litigation Against Google for Anti-Trust Allegations $2.7
Billion (US) Fine Appealed by Google Before EU's General Court.
+ (European Union) EU Opens Website on GDPR to Help Businesses With GDPR Compliance
+(European Union) Irish Data Protection Regulator Tells Facebook Plan to
Integrate all Messaging Services Being Scrutinized
+ (European Union) Twitter Query by Irish Data Protection Commission Into
Data Security
+ (European Union-Canada, US, Netherlands) NoYB Files Suit Against 8 Tech Firms
Failure to Comply with GDPR; EU Fines Canadian Company for Being In Violation of
GDPR; Google Loses Right to Be Forgotten Case; Google Expecting Third Anti-Trust
Fine by EU
+ (France) "Recreational DNA Testing" Is Prohibited by Bioethics Law--French
Genealogists Would Like the Law Amended
+ (France) Google Fined $57 Million USD As First Penalty for a U.S. Based
Company Under GDPR For Lack of Transparency and Lack of Valid Consent
+ (Ireland) Data Protection Commissioner Starts Investigation into Facebook
and Twitter for Potential Violations of GDPR
+ National Data Privacy Day January 28, 2019: A New era In Privacy
+ (UK) 2021 Census Road Shows to Share Information
+ (UK) The General Register Office Will Raise Prices Effective February 16, 2019
+ (US) Apple CEO Calls on Congress to Pass Comprehensive Federal Privacy
Legislation
+ (US) As of January 1, 2019 Works Published in US in 1923 Enter Public Domain
+ (US) American Data Dissemination Act Introduced in US Senate
+ (US) Census Bureau Will Report Less Accurate Data to Reduce Privacy Risks
+ (US) Commerce Secretary Ross Agrees to Testify on Citizenship Question for 2020
US Census; Justice Department Will Ask Supreme Court to Over Rule NY Federal Court
Rejection of Citizenship Question
+ (US) Federal Court Rules Facebook Page of a Public Official is Public Forum And
First Amendment Freedom of Speech Applies
+ (US) Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration >from Asking the Citizenship
Question >from 2020 Census
+ (US) Federal Trade Commission Discussing Imposition of Fine Against Facebook for
Privacy Violations
+ (US) Property Rights Privately Held Cemetery VS Access to Cemetery Update
+ (US-MA) Boston Globe Takes Massachusetts Department of Health To Court
Over Access to Electronic Vital Records
+ (US- MD) Bill Introduced Prohibiting Law Enforcement to Use Publicly Available
DNA Databases
+ (US-NJ) Gender Identity Law Becomes Effective February 1, 2019
+ (US-NV) First Blockchain Marriage Certificates Issued in Nevada
+ (US-Cleveland, OH: India) Cleveland.com Provides For Right to be Forgotten; India
Data Protection Bill to Be Heard in Spring
+ (US-Oregon) Legislator Wants Public Records Requestors to tell Government
Agencies What They Plan to Do with Released Documents
+ (US-PA) Clean Slate Law Seals Certain Criminal Cases >from Record- A Type
of Right to be Forgotten
+ (US-TX) Bill Filed in Texas to Place 125 Year Embargo Period on Birth Records
+ (US-UT) Electronic Information -Data Privacy Bill
+ (US-WA) Bills Introduced For GDPR- Like Regulation in Washington State and
on Data Breaches
+ (US-WA) Hearing on Vital Records Bill SB 5332
+ (US-WA) Department of Health Sponsors Bill On Vital Records Access
+ (US-WA) Hearing Scheduled for Vital Records Access Bill SB 5332 January
31, 2019 10:00 AM Olympia Washington

IAJGS opened its Records Access Alerts to anyone who is interested. This
was announced previously. We now have subscribers >from many genealogical
organizations not previously able to subscribe. To be on top of what is
happening I encourage you to register for the Records Access Alerts to
receive the information in a timely manner. If you are interested in any of
the above items, please register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert and look
at them in the archives. To register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert go
to: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts and
follow the instructions to enter your email address, full name and which
genealogical organization you belong to-a society, SIG or a subscriber of
JewishGen, Avotaynu Online, Legal Genealogist etc. You will receive an
email response that you have to reply to, or the subscription will not be
finalized. The alerts are archived and once you register you may access the
archives at: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts/

The IAJGS Records Access Alert is not a daily announcement list. Depending
on what happens worldwide, there may be no postings for several days and
other times there may be several in one day.

These are listed alphabetically not chronologically. Each month the locales
covered differ.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

As mentioned previously, every month I post a listing of the IAJGS Records
Access Alert topics >from the previous month for you to see the variety of
issues some were posted on this discussion group as they were final edicts,
but advocacy, and pending legislation and regulations- were not posted to
the discussion group all postings are included below. Any postings that had
a time limit for access, such as free access that has expired are not included
below.

+ (Canada) Archives de Montreal Relocates for Three Years
+ (Canada) Canadian War Museum Releases New Military Research Guides
+ (Canada) Poll Shows Slight Majority of Canadians Approve Right to be Forgotten
Online
+ (Denmark) Danish Genealogy Association Makes Available Names of Danish Nazis From
WWll
+ Digital Rights and Privacy: Apple Grants Widow Access to Apple ID; In
Another Case Apple Required to Access Photographs on Deceased's Account
+ European Union) EU Protection Board Report on EU-US Privacy Shield
+ (European Union) European Commission Reports Over 95, 000 Complaints Since
GDPR Became Effective
+ (European Union) EU Court of Justice Advisor Advisory Opinion rendered in
Case Regarding Extraterritoriality of Right to be Forgotten
+ (European Union) Concerns with Proposed Copyright Directive and Antitrust
+ (European Union) Guidance for GDPR Even If Your Organization is Not Located in
the European Union
+ (European Union) Litigation Against Google for Anti-Trust Allegations $2.7
Billion (US) Fine Appealed by Google Before EU's General Court.
+ (European Union) EU Opens Website on GDPR to Help Businesses With GDPR Compliance
+(European Union) Irish Data Protection Regulator Tells Facebook Plan to
Integrate all Messaging Services Being Scrutinized
+ (European Union) Twitter Query by Irish Data Protection Commission Into
Data Security
+ (European Union-Canada, US, Netherlands) NoYB Files Suit Against 8 Tech Firms
Failure to Comply with GDPR; EU Fines Canadian Company for Being In Violation of
GDPR; Google Loses Right to Be Forgotten Case; Google Expecting Third Anti-Trust
Fine by EU
+ (France) "Recreational DNA Testing" Is Prohibited by Bioethics Law--French
Genealogists Would Like the Law Amended
+ (France) Google Fined $57 Million USD As First Penalty for a U.S. Based
Company Under GDPR For Lack of Transparency and Lack of Valid Consent
+ (Ireland) Data Protection Commissioner Starts Investigation into Facebook
and Twitter for Potential Violations of GDPR
+ National Data Privacy Day January 28, 2019: A New era In Privacy
+ (UK) 2021 Census Road Shows to Share Information
+ (UK) The General Register Office Will Raise Prices Effective February 16, 2019
+ (US) Apple CEO Calls on Congress to Pass Comprehensive Federal Privacy
Legislation
+ (US) As of January 1, 2019 Works Published in US in 1923 Enter Public Domain
+ (US) American Data Dissemination Act Introduced in US Senate
+ (US) Census Bureau Will Report Less Accurate Data to Reduce Privacy Risks
+ (US) Commerce Secretary Ross Agrees to Testify on Citizenship Question for 2020
US Census; Justice Department Will Ask Supreme Court to Over Rule NY Federal Court
Rejection of Citizenship Question
+ (US) Federal Court Rules Facebook Page of a Public Official is Public Forum And
First Amendment Freedom of Speech Applies
+ (US) Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration >from Asking the Citizenship
Question >from 2020 Census
+ (US) Federal Trade Commission Discussing Imposition of Fine Against Facebook for
Privacy Violations
+ (US) Property Rights Privately Held Cemetery VS Access to Cemetery Update
+ (US-MA) Boston Globe Takes Massachusetts Department of Health To Court
Over Access to Electronic Vital Records
+ (US- MD) Bill Introduced Prohibiting Law Enforcement to Use Publicly Available
DNA Databases
+ (US-NJ) Gender Identity Law Becomes Effective February 1, 2019
+ (US-NV) First Blockchain Marriage Certificates Issued in Nevada
+ (US-Cleveland, OH: India) Cleveland.com Provides For Right to be Forgotten; India
Data Protection Bill to Be Heard in Spring
+ (US-Oregon) Legislator Wants Public Records Requestors to tell Government
Agencies What They Plan to Do with Released Documents
+ (US-PA) Clean Slate Law Seals Certain Criminal Cases >from Record- A Type
of Right to be Forgotten
+ (US-TX) Bill Filed in Texas to Place 125 Year Embargo Period on Birth Records
+ (US-UT) Electronic Information -Data Privacy Bill
+ (US-WA) Bills Introduced For GDPR- Like Regulation in Washington State and
on Data Breaches
+ (US-WA) Hearing on Vital Records Bill SB 5332
+ (US-WA) Department of Health Sponsors Bill On Vital Records Access
+ (US-WA) Hearing Scheduled for Vital Records Access Bill SB 5332 January
31, 2019 10:00 AM Olympia Washington

IAJGS opened its Records Access Alerts to anyone who is interested. This
was announced previously. We now have subscribers >from many genealogical
organizations not previously able to subscribe. To be on top of what is
happening I encourage you to register for the Records Access Alerts to
receive the information in a timely manner. If you are interested in any of
the above items, please register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert and look
at them in the archives. To register for the IAJGS Records Access Alert go
to: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts and
follow the instructions to enter your email address, full name and which
genealogical organization you belong to-a society, SIG or a subscriber of
JewishGen, Avotaynu Online, Legal Genealogist etc. You will receive an
email response that you have to reply to, or the subscription will not be
finalized. The alerts are archived and once you register you may access the
archives at: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts/

The IAJGS Records Access Alert is not a daily announcement list. Depending
on what happens worldwide, there may be no postings for several days and
other times there may be several in one day.

These are listed alphabetically not chronologically. Each month the locales
covered differ.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Markus Selzer, born in Trembowla, Galicia, Poland, in 1869, arrived in
NYC with his wife in 1910. He came to stay with Jem Anerhalm.
I am looking for any descendants of Markus Selzer..

My PGGM was Schlome Selzer, >from Trembowla, and her parents were Naftali
and Reisl.

Thank you.
Milton Koch
SELZER-Trembowla
KOCH-Jagielnica, Potok Zloty

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information.
Suggestions for research methods or resources may be shared with the list.

Markus Selzer, born in Trembowla, Galicia, Poland, in 1869, arrived in
NYC with his wife in 1910. He came to stay with Jem Anerhalm.
I am looking for any descendants of Markus Selzer..

My PGGM was Schlome Selzer, >from Trembowla, and her parents were Naftali
and Reisl.

Thank you.
Milton Koch
SELZER-Trembowla
KOCH-Jagielnica, Potok Zloty

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information.
Suggestions for research methods or resources may be shared with the list.

A 1939 Dutch document shows the following for my father's first wife,
Mina Rosen, with her parents' information as follows:

Dochter van: BIRNBAUM recte ROSEN Mordko en van: BLEICH Sara.

Are Birnbaum and Rosen the surnames of her father's parents? If so, why was Mina's
maiden name Rosen and not Birnbaum, and how can one know if Rosen was the surname
of Mina's grandfather or grandmother? Also, why is Sara's surname shown only as
Bleich?

On that same document, my father's mother is shown as FRANKEL recte (or recta)
GERSTL, Reisel. The same questions apply to Reisel's surname.

How are compound surnames to be interpreted >from documents >from the 1930s and
1940s? Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

Shirley Muhlstock Brodt

A 1939 Dutch document shows the following for my father's first wife,
Mina Rosen, with her parents' information as follows:

Dochter van: BIRNBAUM recte ROSEN Mordko en van: BLEICH Sara.

Are Birnbaum and Rosen the surnames of her father's parents? If so, why was Mina's
maiden name Rosen and not Birnbaum, and how can one know if Rosen was the surname
of Mina's grandfather or grandmother? Also, why is Sara's surname shown only as
Bleich?

On that same document, my father's mother is shown as FRANKEL recte (or recta)
GERSTL, Reisel. The same questions apply to Reisel's surname.

How are compound surnames to be interpreted >from documents >from the 1930s and
1940s? Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

Shirley Muhlstock Brodt

Can anyone please help me with a city name. Have you heard of Lagow or Lugav
Poland or Russia. I have looked on various Polish maps and tried to find the name
in the JewishGen towns site with no luck.

My Grand Uncle was listed as being born in 1843 but I can't out where the town is
located.

Thanks for your help.

Bob Kates
Woodstock, Ontario Canada

Can anyone please help me with a city name. Have you heard of Lagow or Lugav
Poland or Russia. I have looked on various Polish maps and tried to find the name
in the JewishGen towns site with no luck.

My Grand Uncle was listed as being born in 1843 but I can't out where the town is
located.

Thanks for your help.

Bob Kates
Woodstock, Ontario Canada

Hello

I have posted the cover of a book which was written by my one of my
ancestors Chaim Zelig at the following address
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71528
I'm trying to figure out:
1) More details about the people mentioned in this cover and the
relationships between them - Chaim Zelig, Yehuda Leib, Moshe Meshil.
Some of them claimed to be famous Rabbis, but I could not find any
information about them.
2) Chaim Zelig if refereed to as "Man of Kanterovich". Does it mean a
surname, name of a place or a profession?

Many Thanks,
Dror Bereznitsky

Hello

I have posted the cover of a book which was written by my one of my
ancestors Chaim Zelig at the following address
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71528
I'm trying to figure out:
1) More details about the people mentioned in this cover and the
relationships between them - Chaim Zelig, Yehuda Leib, Moshe Meshil.
Some of them claimed to be famous Rabbis, but I could not find any
information about them.
2) Chaim Zelig if refereed to as "Man of Kanterovich". Does it mean a
surname, name of a place or a profession?

Many Thanks,
Dror Bereznitsky