The Jewish Genealogical Society of Buffalo will be holding a hands-on
session to learn more about the Ancestry.com Library Edition (computer
program). The Library version of this huge database has billions of
records in vital, immigration, & military records, plus census data,
directories, photos, and so much more. And guess what? It is all *free*!

All levels of experience are welcome to attend. There are still spaces
available.

Program: "How to Use Ancestry Library Edition," presented by librarian,
Mary Lou

Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019

Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Where: Audubon Branch of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, 350
John J. Audubon Pkwy. Amherst, NY 14228 in the meeting room

(In case of a snowstorm, we have a "snow date" for Sunday, January 20,
2019.)

Please note that you should bring the following:

1) A fully charged laptop or tablet, along with your charging cord. A
cell phone will *not* be able to handle this program.

2) Paper for taking notes

3) Pens/pencils

4) Flash/thumb drive or SD/memory card for your device (to save records)

We will be able to access the library's free Wi-Fi.

Please reserve a spot by contacting Kathi at kfreud2@... or
Suzette at srstringer@....

*Please let me know if you would like to attend, but do not have a
working device for this session. The library has a few computers that
can be reserved.

Hope to see you at the library!

Posted by Kathi Freudenheim
Buffalo, NY, USA

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Buffalo will be holding a hands-on
session to learn more about the Ancestry.com Library Edition (computer
program). The Library version of this huge database has billions of
records in vital, immigration, & military records, plus census data,
directories, photos, and so much more. And guess what? It is all *free*!

All levels of experience are welcome to attend. There are still spaces
available.

Program: "How to Use Ancestry Library Edition," presented by librarian,
Mary Lou

Date: Sunday, January 13, 2019

Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Where: Audubon Branch of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, 350
John J. Audubon Pkwy. Amherst, NY 14228 in the meeting room

(In case of a snowstorm, we have a "snow date" for Sunday, January 20,
2019.)

Please note that you should bring the following:

1) A fully charged laptop or tablet, along with your charging cord. A
cell phone will *not* be able to handle this program.

2) Paper for taking notes

3) Pens/pencils

4) Flash/thumb drive or SD/memory card for your device (to save records)

We will be able to access the library's free Wi-Fi.

Please reserve a spot by contacting Kathi at kfreud2@... or
Suzette at srstringer@....

*Please let me know if you would like to attend, but do not have a
working device for this session. The library has a few computers that
can be reserved.

Hope to see you at the library!

Posted by Kathi Freudenheim
Buffalo, NY, USA

Greetings,
I am planning a trip to Romania in May and trying hard to pin down my
grandfather's birth record, Sam HAUSVATER. In his naturalization
papers, he states he was born in Bacau on 29 July 1885 and left from
Bacau in 1901 to come to New York. He also says he was on the ship
Zeeland in March 1901, although records show no Zeeland departures
before May 1901 and no HAUSVATER on rosters I can locate. Marcel
Glaskie cannot find him in the Bacau records.

What I did find was Nussen (age 51) and Schaja (age 10) HAUSVATER on
the ship Freisland manifest in NY in April 1901, both coming from
Focsani, Romania. Although Schaja shows as too young, there might have
been a reason to show him younger than he really was. Does anyone know
why immigrants might have tried to show as younger than 10? My
grandfather's death record (1947) shows his parents named Nathan
HAUSVATER and Molly GOLD >from Romania. Sam's brother Frederick
HAUSVATER's ship manifest shows him coming to the US >from Focsani in
1904.

Does anyone know if there are any Focsani records available anywhere
and how they can be accessed? I was planning to go to Bacau on my trip
but am thinking I might need to go to Focsani. Has anyone been to
Focsani? Thank you for any insights.
Sam Hausfather
Asheville NC USA

Greetings,
I am planning a trip to Romania in May and trying hard to pin down my
grandfather's birth record, Sam HAUSVATER. In his naturalization
papers, he states he was born in Bacau on 29 July 1885 and left from
Bacau in 1901 to come to New York. He also says he was on the ship
Zeeland in March 1901, although records show no Zeeland departures
before May 1901 and no HAUSVATER on rosters I can locate. Marcel
Glaskie cannot find him in the Bacau records.

What I did find was Nussen (age 51) and Schaja (age 10) HAUSVATER on
the ship Freisland manifest in NY in April 1901, both coming from
Focsani, Romania. Although Schaja shows as too young, there might have
been a reason to show him younger than he really was. Does anyone know
why immigrants might have tried to show as younger than 10? My
grandfather's death record (1947) shows his parents named Nathan
HAUSVATER and Molly GOLD >from Romania. Sam's brother Frederick
HAUSVATER's ship manifest shows him coming to the US >from Focsani in
1904.

Does anyone know if there are any Focsani records available anywhere
and how they can be accessed? I was planning to go to Bacau on my trip
but am thinking I might need to go to Focsani. Has anyone been to
Focsani? Thank you for any insights.
Sam Hausfather
Asheville NC USA

The next meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island will
be on Sunday, January 27.

Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Mid-Island Y JCC 45 Manetto Hill Road Plainview, New York
www.miyjcc.org

Topic: "Lost and Found: Where were the 4,000 Members of the Richard
Family >from Hungary?"

Guest Speaker: George Richard

JGSLI member George Richard has been researching his Reichard family
for eight years, creating a family tree that dates back to the 17th
century. He'll describe his experiences, including creative strategies
that helped him through "brick walls", family myths that have been
undone, and successes he has had through collaboration with others who
are studying this family.

Our "Mavens" will be available >from 1:30 PM to take your genealogy
questions.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Jackie Wasserstein
Past President

The next meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island will
be on Sunday, January 27.

Time: 2:00 PM
Place: Mid-Island Y JCC 45 Manetto Hill Road Plainview, New York
www.miyjcc.org

Topic: "Lost and Found: Where were the 4,000 Members of the Richard
Family >from Hungary?"

Guest Speaker: George Richard

JGSLI member George Richard has been researching his Reichard family
for eight years, creating a family tree that dates back to the 17th
century. He'll describe his experiences, including creative strategies
that helped him through "brick walls", family myths that have been
undone, and successes he has had through collaboration with others who
are studying this family.

Our "Mavens" will be available >from 1:30 PM to take your genealogy
questions.

Admission is free and all are welcome.

Jackie Wasserstein
Past President

Winners of the 2018 National Jewish Book Awards, announced on
Wednesday, include two titles that may be of special interest to
Galitzianers:

_Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz_
by Omer Bartov, a Brown University professor whose mother was raised
in this eastern Galician town.

_Historical Atlas of Hasidism_ by Marcin Wodzinski, head of the
Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wroclaw and from
2007 to 2014, the chief historian of the POLIN Museum in Warsaw.

For the full list of award winners and finalists, plus links to descriptions
of each book, see tinyurl.com/NJBA2018 .

Renee

Renee Stern Steinig
Dix Hills NY
genmaven@...

Winners of the 2018 National Jewish Book Awards, announced on
Wednesday, include two titles that may be of special interest to
Galitzianers:

_Anatomy of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz_
by Omer Bartov, a Brown University professor whose mother was raised
in this eastern Galician town.

_Historical Atlas of Hasidism_ by Marcin Wodzinski, head of the
Department of Jewish Studies at the University of Wroclaw and from
2007 to 2014, the chief historian of the POLIN Museum in Warsaw.

For the full list of award winners and finalists, plus links to descriptions
of each book, see tinyurl.com/NJBA2018 .

Renee

Renee Stern Steinig
Dix Hills NY
genmaven@...

Hello Everybody

I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It is
available on ViewMate at the following addres...

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71100

I believe that this is a marriage record between my paternal Great
Grandfather Samuel LICHTENSTEIN and maternal Great Grandmother Martha
FINKELSTEIN.

I am interested in all the vital record information which appears in thIs
record. Thank you very much.

Dave Lichtenstein, Located in Sydney, Australia

Hello Everybody

I've posted vital records in German for which I need translations. It is
available on ViewMate at the following addresses...

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71071

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71072

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71073

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71074

I believe that this is a marriage record between my paternal Great Aunt Rosa
LICHTENSTEIN and Friedrich Wilhelm Karl BURCHARD. The record spans two
pages (hence VM71071 and VM71072 and VM71073 and VM71074). As far as I can
ascertain the "original" underlying record (designated #436) remains
unchanged for the two different versions of this record, yet that additional
writing in the margins of these records seems to be different for the two
versions (and hence my designation of these records as versions).

Of course I am interested in all the vital record information which appears
in these two versions and also what the additional marginal notation refers
to and why the two different versions. Thank you very much.

Dave Lichtenstein Located in Sydney, Australia

Hello Everybody

I've posted vital records in German for which I need translations. It is
available on ViewMate at the following addresses...

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71071

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71072

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71073

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71074

I believe that this is a marriage record between my paternal Great Aunt Rosa
LICHTENSTEIN and Friedrich Wilhelm Karl BURCHARD. The record spans two
pages (hence VM71071 and VM71072 and VM71073 and VM71074). As far as I can
ascertain the "original" underlying record (designated #436) remains
unchanged for the two different versions of this record, yet that additional
writing in the margins of these records seems to be different for the two
versions (and hence my designation of these records as versions).

Of course I am interested in all the vital record information which appears
in these two versions and also what the additional marginal notation refers
to and why the two different versions. Thank you very much.

Dave Lichtenstein Located in Sydney, Australia

Hello Everybody

I've posted a vital record in German for which I need a translation. It is
available on ViewMate at the following addres...

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71100

I believe that this is a marriage record between my paternal Great
Grandfather Samuel LICHTENSTEIN and maternal Great Grandmother Martha
FINKELSTEIN.

I am interested in all the vital record information which appears in thIs
record. Thank you very much.

Dave Lichtenstein, Located in Sydney, Australia

Dear fellow researchers,

I have Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony >from 28/04/99 submitted by Miriam
BEUTEL, living in Kiriat Ata near Haifa, regarding BEUTEL relatives Ana and
Rakhel (born in Vienna), Sara and young boy (born in Podhajce). All were
murdered in Podhajce, Tarnopol, Poland, in 1943. We have been unable to
find Miriam BEUTEL or her family in Israel. She would likely be related by
marriage to my great-great-grandfather Mordechai BEUTEL (and his son Hersch
BEUTEL) >from Skalat near Podhajce, who moved to Vienna. We would like to
contact Miriam BEUTEL and / or her descendants, to learn more about this
branch of the family. Many thanks,

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information.
Suggestions of research methods or resources may be shared with
the list.
Selma J Sheridan
Oswego NY USA
ssherida@...

Dear fellow researchers,

I have Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony >from 28/04/99 submitted by Miriam
BEUTEL, living in Kiriat Ata near Haifa, regarding BEUTEL relatives Ana and
Rakhel (born in Vienna), Sara and young boy (born in Podhajce). All were
murdered in Podhajce, Tarnopol, Poland, in 1943. We have been unable to
find Miriam BEUTEL or her family in Israel. She would likely be related by
marriage to my great-great-grandfather Mordechai BEUTEL (and his son Hersch
BEUTEL) >from Skalat near Podhajce, who moved to Vienna. We would like to
contact Miriam BEUTEL and / or her descendants, to learn more about this
branch of the family. Many thanks,

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information.
Suggestions of research methods or resources may be shared with
the list.
Selma J Sheridan
Oswego NY USA
ssherida@...

I've posted a few vital records in Polish for which I need a
translation. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses.

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM69084

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM69087

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71078

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71079

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71080

Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Thank you very much.
Moses Adler

I've posted a few vital records in Polish for which I need a
translation. It is on ViewMate at the following addresses.

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM69084

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM69087

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71078

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71079

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71080

Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Thank you very much.
Moses Adler

I am considering a visit to Bulgaria in the spring, and I would appreciate any
recommendations about a reliable person to serve as a driver/guide/interpreter.
I do not need an archival researcher. Thank you for your responses.

Charles Burns
Houston, Texas, USA
vallejo45@...

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately with recommendations.

I am considering a visit to Bulgaria in the spring, and I would appreciate any
recommendations about a reliable person to serve as a driver/guide/interpreter.
I do not need an archival researcher. Thank you for your responses.

Charles Burns
Houston, Texas, USA
vallejo45@...

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond privately with recommendations.

Dear fellow researchers,
I have Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony >from 28/04/99 submitted by Miriam
BEUTEL, living in Kiriat Ata near Haifa, regarding BEUTEL relatives Ana and
Rakhel (born in Vienna), Sara and young boy (born in Podhajce). All were
murdered in Podhajce, Tarnopol, Poland, in 1943. We have been unable to
find Miriam BEUTEL or her family in Israel. She would likely be related by
marriage to my great-great-grandfather Mordechai BEUTEL (and his son Hersch
BEUTEL) >from Skalat near Podhajce, who moved to Vienna. We would like to
contact Miriam BEUTEL and / or her descendants, to learn more about this
branch of the family. Many thanks,
Selma J Sheridan
Oswego NY USA
ssherida@...

MODERATOR NOTE: Please send contact information privately.

Dear fellow researchers,
I have Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony >from 28/04/99 submitted by Miriam
BEUTEL, living in Kiriat Ata near Haifa, regarding BEUTEL relatives Ana and
Rakhel (born in Vienna), Sara and young boy (born in Podhajce). All were
murdered in Podhajce, Tarnopol, Poland, in 1943. We have been unable to
find Miriam BEUTEL or her family in Israel. She would likely be related by
marriage to my great-great-grandfather Mordechai BEUTEL (and his son Hersch
BEUTEL) >from Skalat near Podhajce, who moved to Vienna. We would like to
contact Miriam BEUTEL and / or her descendants, to learn more about this
branch of the family. Many thanks,
Selma J Sheridan
Oswego NY USA
ssherida@...

MODERATOR NOTE: Please send contact information privately.