There are several newspapers online.
For example www.estado.com.br;
www.folha.com.br;www.jt.com.br; www.agestado.com.br
www.jb.com.br (this is published in Rio); www.oglobo.com.br (also national
newspaper but published in Rio);
You can also contact the Chevra Kadisha

The 1915 Graflichen Taschenbuch lists the genealogy of the Counts
Zamoyski starting with Stanislaus (1775-1856). It is a few pages long
andin difficult old German type. I could not find the town Stawiski
mentioned but there are a lot of blanks.

Paul Silverstone
New York

Alexander Sharon wrote:

There are several newspapers online.
For example www.estado.com.br;
www.folha.com.br;www.jt.com.br; www.agestado.com.br
www.jb.com.br (this is published in Rio); www.oglobo.com.br (also national
newspaper but published in Rio);
You can also contact the Chevra Kadisha

The 1915 Graflichen Taschenbuch lists the genealogy of the Counts
Zamoyski starting with Stanislaus (1775-1856). It is a few pages long
andin difficult old German type. I could not find the town Stawiski
mentioned but there are a lot of blanks.

Paul Silverstone
New York

Alexander Sharon wrote:

Dear Fraida:

You don't give the dates for these naturalizations, but if they were after
1906, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) will have files
which usually contain the Declaration of Intent and the Petition for
Naturalization. You can get these through a Freedom of Information Act
request to the INS. It can take a long time, so be patient! Details are
available at:
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/NatzRec/NATREC.htm

Cory Streisinger
Portland, Oregon
corys@...

Dear Fraida:

You don't give the dates for these naturalizations, but if they were after
1906, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) will have files
which usually contain the Declaration of Intent and the Petition for
Naturalization. You can get these through a Freedom of Information Act
request to the INS. It can take a long time, so be patient! Details are
available at:
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/NatzRec/NATREC.htm

Cory Streisinger
Portland, Oregon
corys@...

Hello all,

I need help translating what I believe to be a letter written in Yiddish for
when my g-grandfather died. Came across it about two months ago and have
been unable to translate it.

Included in the letter is a photograph of my grandfather sitting on his
father's lap as well as my grandfather's brother sitting on the wall. I am
also told that the two men standing in the background are Ben-Gurion and
Ben-Zvi though I do not know which is which.

The quality of the photo is not all that great and the letter is almost a
page long. I do not know if I am asking too much, but I do not know where
else to turn to.

The letter can be found at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/source/vm1716.html

Please respond to me directly at:
johnebos@...

Thank you for your time,

--
John Epstein
Jupiter FL USA
Researching: AGGER/ALTWERGER Klimontow Poland; EPSTEIN Simferopol Ukraine;
GROSHOUS/GROSHOUSE/GROSSHOUSE Osiek Poland; KOLAZEK/KOLACHAK Russia; NEWIRTH
Hungary; TRICHTER Czernowitz, Bucovina Austria

Hello all,

I need help translating what I believe to be a letter written in Yiddish for
when my g-grandfather died. Came across it about two months ago and have
been unable to translate it.

Included in the letter is a photograph of my grandfather sitting on his
father's lap as well as my grandfather's brother sitting on the wall. I am
also told that the two men standing in the background are Ben-Gurion and
Ben-Zvi though I do not know which is which.

The quality of the photo is not all that great and the letter is almost a
page long. I do not know if I am asking too much, but I do not know where
else to turn to.

The letter can be found at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/source/vm1716.html

Please respond to me directly at:
johnebos@...

Thank you for your time,

--
John Epstein
Jupiter FL USA
Researching: AGGER/ALTWERGER Klimontow Poland; EPSTEIN Simferopol Ukraine;
GROSHOUS/GROSHOUSE/GROSSHOUSE Osiek Poland; KOLAZEK/KOLACHAK Russia; NEWIRTH
Hungary; TRICHTER Czernowitz, Bucovina Austria

It was wonderful to see so many Litvaks at the Toronto Conference - about 250 attended my talk on the All Lithuania Database (ALD), and at least 100 attended the LitvakSIG General Meeting where they shared their names, locations, and the areas that they were researching. There were many other programs of Litvak interest whether or not specifically designated as such.

We'd love to hear >from those who attended, and to be able to share your
experiences vicariously. If you learned something at the conference that would be of interest to other Litvaks, please write in to the Digest to let everyone else share the new findings or insights gained in Toronto.

On a personal note, this was one of the best planned and interesting
conferences that I have ever attended. Bravo Toronto. Next year in
Washington.

Davida Noyek Handler
President, LitvakSIG

It was wonderful to see so many Litvaks at the Toronto Conference - about 250 attended my talk on the All Lithuania Database (ALD), and at least 100 attended the LitvakSIG General Meeting where they shared their names, locations, and the areas that they were researching. There were many other programs of Litvak interest whether or not specifically designated as such.

We'd love to hear >from those who attended, and to be able to share your
experiences vicariously. If you learned something at the conference that would be of interest to other Litvaks, please write in to the Digest to let everyone else share the new findings or insights gained in Toronto.

On a personal note, this was one of the best planned and interesting
conferences that I have ever attended. Bravo Toronto. Next year in
Washington.

Davida Noyek Handler
President, LitvakSIG

I recently received a message >from someone who inherited a painting by an
artist named R. Yeskovich. Rather then canvas, the painting is on cloth. The
name Yeskovich is found in Pinsk.

Does anyone have any knowledge about this artist?

Dave

--
David Fox
Mail to: davefox@...
Belarus SIG Coordinator
Arnold, MD USA
http://www.jewishgen.org/belarus

I recently received a message >from someone who inherited a painting by an
artist named R. Yeskovich. Rather then canvas, the painting is on cloth. The
name Yeskovich is found in Pinsk.

Does anyone have any knowledge about this artist?

Dave

--
David Fox
Mail to: davefox@...
Belarus SIG Coordinator
Arnold, MD USA
http://www.jewishgen.org/belarus

Hi all,

The Toronto Conference was the first I ever attended and there were quite a
few talks that were given at the same time as well as other events which
resulted in having to make some choices and set priorities.

I attended the Birds-of-a Feather meeting and the presentation by Ed
Rosenbaum on the Belarus SIG website. I also attended part of the
Belarussian Archives talk but missed the Belarus SIG meeting on Sunday.

The Birds-of-a-Feather meeting was a great opportunity to meet other Belarus
researchers, hearing names and places was helpful, but many people left
before or as soon as the introductions were over. I would have liked to be
able to talk more one-on-one with people, perhaps next time a round table
set-up with people interested in specific areas could meet at designated
tables for a part of the time.

Ed's presentation was quite informative because the website is growing by
leaps and bounds. Even though it has become the SIG website others strive
to equal, it can be intimidating for a newcomer as well as for someone who
has only a limited amount of time to pursue genealogy and therefore does not
use the website often. It takes quite a bit of time to explore and once a
person learns how it is organized, they can quickly find relevant
information. Having the website on the screen to illustrate its use made
this talk especially informative. We also heard about the ambitious plans
to make this website even more useful for researchers. This is one talk
that should be repeated at each convention, perhaps there can even be two
parts, one for novices and one for more experienced users.

The Belarussian Archives speaker, Oleg, had much to say, but unfortunately,
his very loud voice was the reason I could not stay and I went to hear
something else.

The Sunday SIG meeting was missed: I attended a family luncheon with my
Canadian relatives; my second cousin who I had last seen 40 years ago when
we were teenagers and who was a presenter at this conference as well as her
(and my), extended family who I met for the first time. Now that was great!

Linda Morzillo
Saratoga Springs, NY
Jmorzil1@...

Researching:

PRESS and SCHNEIDER in Vidukle and other Raseiniai towns
AMCHISLAVSKY and ERLICHMAN in Rostov-on-Don and previously Kozelsk and
Oster, Chernigov Gubernia
COHEN/KAGAN and BORNSTEIN in Oshmyany, Vilna and France
KOSOFSKY in Stuchin/Szczuczyn/Shchuchyn/Scucyn
SWOTINSKY in Grodno Gubernia Poland/Russia/Belarus

Hi all,

The Toronto Conference was the first I ever attended and there were quite a
few talks that were given at the same time as well as other events which
resulted in having to make some choices and set priorities.

I attended the Birds-of-a Feather meeting and the presentation by Ed
Rosenbaum on the Belarus SIG website. I also attended part of the
Belarussian Archives talk but missed the Belarus SIG meeting on Sunday.

The Birds-of-a-Feather meeting was a great opportunity to meet other Belarus
researchers, hearing names and places was helpful, but many people left
before or as soon as the introductions were over. I would have liked to be
able to talk more one-on-one with people, perhaps next time a round table
set-up with people interested in specific areas could meet at designated
tables for a part of the time.

Ed's presentation was quite informative because the website is growing by
leaps and bounds. Even though it has become the SIG website others strive
to equal, it can be intimidating for a newcomer as well as for someone who
has only a limited amount of time to pursue genealogy and therefore does not
use the website often. It takes quite a bit of time to explore and once a
person learns how it is organized, they can quickly find relevant
information. Having the website on the screen to illustrate its use made
this talk especially informative. We also heard about the ambitious plans
to make this website even more useful for researchers. This is one talk
that should be repeated at each convention, perhaps there can even be two
parts, one for novices and one for more experienced users.

The Belarussian Archives speaker, Oleg, had much to say, but unfortunately,
his very loud voice was the reason I could not stay and I went to hear
something else.

The Sunday SIG meeting was missed: I attended a family luncheon with my
Canadian relatives; my second cousin who I had last seen 40 years ago when
we were teenagers and who was a presenter at this conference as well as her
(and my), extended family who I met for the first time. Now that was great!

Linda Morzillo
Saratoga Springs, NY
Jmorzil1@...

Researching:

PRESS and SCHNEIDER in Vidukle and other Raseiniai towns
AMCHISLAVSKY and ERLICHMAN in Rostov-on-Don and previously Kozelsk and
Oster, Chernigov Gubernia
COHEN/KAGAN and BORNSTEIN in Oshmyany, Vilna and France
KOSOFSKY in Stuchin/Szczuczyn/Shchuchyn/Scucyn
SWOTINSKY in Grodno Gubernia Poland/Russia/Belarus

David and group,

I took you up on your challenge. I found someone who has the same name
as my great-great-great grandfather. This same name was given to a few
of his descendants. I printed my family tree to a PDF file, so that I
wouldn=92t have to explain a lot in my message, and attached it to the
email.

Two days later I got a reply >from someone who I now identify as a
distant cousin. He reviewed the tree with his mother, and they were able
to confirm the relationship as well as give me information on several
other living relatives who all share a common ancestor with me.=20

I was thrilled to find someone on the first try, and plan to do the same
on a more wide scale basis.=20

Thanks!=20

Andrew Blumberg

David and group,

I took you up on your challenge. I found someone who has the same name
as my great-great-great grandfather. This same name was given to a few
of his descendants. I printed my family tree to a PDF file, so that I
wouldn=92t have to explain a lot in my message, and attached it to the
email.

Two days later I got a reply >from someone who I now identify as a
distant cousin. He reviewed the tree with his mother, and they were able
to confirm the relationship as well as give me information on several
other living relatives who all share a common ancestor with me.=20

I was thrilled to find someone on the first try, and plan to do the same
on a more wide scale basis.=20

Thanks!=20

Andrew Blumberg

In appreciation of the many volunteers who put in heavy hours on our
behalf, Edward Rosenbaum <erosenbaum@...> wrote in part:

" - Joanne Saltman and Paula Zieselman, for the thankless job of
being our newsgroup moderators.

" - Jerry Seligsohn for his dedication and countless hours spent at
YIVO in New York, manually coping landsman names >from letterheads,
pamphlets, and ledger books. In the last year, Jerry has

collected over 5000 names."

For myself, anonymous Joanne and Paula may be, but they certainly
have my thanks everyday that I log onto this group.
And Jerry Seligsohn's work is a mitzvah for perhaps hundreds of
people he will never know and is of no relation to.

I wasn't able to be in Toronto, but these two particular mentions
prompted me to make public my personal appreciation of what these
folks, and the others, are doing for the rest of us. Thanks!

Michelle Frager, NYC

In appreciation of the many volunteers who put in heavy hours on our
behalf, Edward Rosenbaum <erosenbaum@...> wrote in part:

" - Joanne Saltman and Paula Zieselman, for the thankless job of
being our newsgroup moderators.

" - Jerry Seligsohn for his dedication and countless hours spent at
YIVO in New York, manually coping landsman names >from letterheads,
pamphlets, and ledger books. In the last year, Jerry has

collected over 5000 names."

For myself, anonymous Joanne and Paula may be, but they certainly
have my thanks everyday that I log onto this group.
And Jerry Seligsohn's work is a mitzvah for perhaps hundreds of
people he will never know and is of no relation to.

I wasn't able to be in Toronto, but these two particular mentions
prompted me to make public my personal appreciation of what these
folks, and the others, are doing for the rest of us. Thanks!

Michelle Frager, NYC

Dear all.

I would like to send a Happy New Year to all of us, in Israel and in the
Diaspora.

Researching the surnames:

CHAIKIN / KHAIKIN / HALBE"TZ / GALBE"Z, of Belarus, the Ukraine and more.
SALASNITZKY / SALASNIK / TROTZKY, of Slonim, Berdichev and more.
VOLODARSKY, of Yekaterinoslav and more.

Best regards.
Udi Cain, Jerusalem.

Dear all.

I would like to send a Happy New Year to all of us, in Israel and in the
Diaspora.

Researching the surnames:

CHAIKIN / KHAIKIN / HALBE"TZ / GALBE"Z, of Belarus, the Ukraine and more.
SALASNITZKY / SALASNIK / TROTZKY, of Slonim, Berdichev and more.
VOLODARSKY, of Yekaterinoslav and more.

Best regards.
Udi Cain, Jerusalem.