JGS of Michigan invites to you an encore presentation of:

Reading Records for the Beginning Genealogist

With Special Guest Robbie Terman
Director of the Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archive
Sunday, February 24 at 10:00 AM
Holocaust Memorial Center - ABC rooms

Members of JGSMI and Friends of the Archives: Free
All other guests: $10
Memberships may be paid at the door
Light refreshments will be served

Census, ship manifests, birth certificates - these are just a few types of
important records to genealogists. But what happens when you find them? What
do they mean? And where do you go next? This session will focus on how to
interpret common genealogy records.

After a short break, there will time for Q&A.

Adina Lipsitz,
VP Publicity and Webmaster
http://www.jgsmi.org

I am searching for my great uncle "Mein" or "Max" ELKRAT/ELCRAT >from "Secola" in
the Russian Empire in the late 19th century. Any help?

Philip Deters

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Washington (JGSGW) will
present Stop Thief! The True Story of Abraham Greenthal, King of the
Pickpockets, in 19th Century New York City presented by Edward David
Luft, taking place at Ohev Sholom: The National Synagogue, on Sunday,
February 24, 2019, Ohev Shalom is located at 1600 Jonquil Street, NW
Washington, DC.

1:00 PM - Schmooze and Discussion Tables - Central European Research sources
1:30 PM - Program Meeting

Edward David Luft will speak about his book, Stop Thief! The True
Story of Abraham Greenthal, King of the Pickpockets in 19th Century
New York City, as Revealed >from Contemporary Sources. The author was
inspired to write his book because he wanted to correct all of the
erroneous information online on a popular website. Greenthal,
1822-1889, was probably the greatest pickpocket in history and the
head of a gang of criminals with international connections. Crime was
the family business, and Greenthal boasted near the end of his life
that he had never done an honest day's work in his life.

Learn the full story, painstakingly pieced together >from archives,
authoritative books, contemporary newspaper publications, and actual
visits to most of the locations abroad where Greenthal lived,
including Brazil, Germany, and Poland.

Edward David Luft graduated >from Syracuse University and received his
J. D. degree >from Syracuse University College of Law. After two years
in the Peace Corps in Botswana, he worked for The New Yorker Magazine.
He retired >from U.S. Government employment in Washington, DC. He is
the author of The Naturalized Jews of the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1834
and 1835, as well as the book about which he will speak. He is a
frequent contributor to Avotaynu and other publications on a variety
of subjects with a focus on genealogy research and resources in
Germany and Central Europe, and his work is often cited in genealogy
publications around the world.

JGSGW Guest Attendance Policy:
Meetings and most events are free to JGSGW members. Non-members may
attend for a fee of $5. If they decide to join JGSGW at the meeting or
event, the $5 will be applied toward membership. Members who require
personal assistance due to a health condition or disability may bring
an assistant at no charge.

Nancy C. Kotz
VP Communications, JGSGW
http://www.jgsgw.org

I am searching for my great uncle "Mein" or "Max" ELKRAT/ELCRAT >from "Secola" in
the Russian Empire in the late 19th century. Any help?

Philip Deters

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Washington (JGSGW) will
present Stop Thief! The True Story of Abraham Greenthal, King of the
Pickpockets, in 19th Century New York City presented by Edward David
Luft, taking place at Ohev Sholom: The National Synagogue, on Sunday,
February 24, 2019, Ohev Shalom is located at 1600 Jonquil Street, NW
Washington, DC.

1:00 PM - Schmooze and Discussion Tables - Central European Research sources
1:30 PM - Program Meeting

Edward David Luft will speak about his book, Stop Thief! The True
Story of Abraham Greenthal, King of the Pickpockets in 19th Century
New York City, as Revealed >from Contemporary Sources. The author was
inspired to write his book because he wanted to correct all of the
erroneous information online on a popular website. Greenthal,
1822-1889, was probably the greatest pickpocket in history and the
head of a gang of criminals with international connections. Crime was
the family business, and Greenthal boasted near the end of his life
that he had never done an honest day's work in his life.

Learn the full story, painstakingly pieced together >from archives,
authoritative books, contemporary newspaper publications, and actual
visits to most of the locations abroad where Greenthal lived,
including Brazil, Germany, and Poland.

Edward David Luft graduated >from Syracuse University and received his
J. D. degree >from Syracuse University College of Law. After two years
in the Peace Corps in Botswana, he worked for The New Yorker Magazine.
He retired >from U.S. Government employment in Washington, DC. He is
the author of The Naturalized Jews of the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1834
and 1835, as well as the book about which he will speak. He is a
frequent contributor to Avotaynu and other publications on a variety
of subjects with a focus on genealogy research and resources in
Germany and Central Europe, and his work is often cited in genealogy
publications around the world.

JGSGW Guest Attendance Policy:
Meetings and most events are free to JGSGW members. Non-members may
attend for a fee of $5. If they decide to join JGSGW at the meeting or
event, the $5 will be applied toward membership. Members who require
personal assistance due to a health condition or disability may bring
an assistant at no charge.

Nancy C. Kotz
VP Communications, JGSGW
http://www.jgsgw.org

JGS of Michigan invites to you an encore presentation of:

Reading Records for the Beginning Genealogist

With Special Guest Robbie Terman
Director of the Leonard N. Simons Jewish Community Archive
Sunday, February 24 at 10:00 AM
Holocaust Memorial Center - ABC rooms

Members of JGSMI and Friends of the Archives: Free
All other guests: $10
Memberships may be paid at the door
Light refreshments will be served

Census, ship manifests, birth certificates - these are just a few types of
important records to genealogists. But what happens when you find them? What
do they mean? And where do you go next? This session will focus on how to
interpret common genealogy records.

After a short break, there will time for Q&A.

Adina Lipsitz,
VP Publicity and Webmaster
http://www.jgsmi.org

Hello Genners:

I am hoping that someone with knowledge can assist me.

The following information is >from an Salford Alien Registration. I am not
familiar with where records might exist for individuals who emigrated to the
United Kingdom in 1903. I have not located anything at all.


Nationality and Birthplace: "Russian, "Kiev"
Arrived in U.K. in "1903 >from Russia"
Remarks: "Served 18 months CR in 1901 & 2, in Russian Army, 87th Infantry Rgmt."
Age in 1901: 20 years of age

Thank you in advance.

Jacquie GRUSZECKI
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Researching CAPLIN >from "Russia"

Hello Genners:

I am hoping that someone with knowledge can assist me.

The following information is >from an Salford Alien Registration. I am not
familiar with where records might exist for individuals who emigrated to the
United Kingdom in 1903. I have not located anything at all.


Nationality and Birthplace: "Russian, "Kiev"
Arrived in U.K. in "1903 >from Russia"
Remarks: "Served 18 months CR in 1901 & 2, in Russian Army, 87th Infantry Rgmt."
Age in 1901: 20 years of age

Thank you in advance.

Jacquie GRUSZECKI
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Researching CAPLIN >from "Russia"

Jewish Genealogical Society New York Meeting
Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2 PM
at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St. New York

"Documenting an Entire Lost Jewish Community, One Individual at a Time: Lublin's
"Grodzka Gate-NN Theatre" Centre and the 43 Thousand Project "

Speaker: Olivier Szlos

This presentation will describe the work of the "Grodzka Gate-NN Theatre"Centre
to reclaim Jewish memory in the Lublin region of Poland, with its 43 Thousand
Project, by exploring archives, personal testimonies and data >from private
collections to retrieve names, photos, documents and stories. It will provide a
hands-on approach to the project's public access database and touch on the
Antwerp Lublin project, JRI-Poland and other genealogical sources.

Olivier Szlos is a fundraising professional. For over thirty years he has been
researching his family in France, Poland and ten other countries. Olivier has
worked with the "Grodzka Gate-NN Theatre" Centre where, in 2017, he attended a
reunion of 200 Shoah survivors and their families and descendants. He has
visited his ancestral towns in the Lublin region and volunteers with the
JRI-Poland Lubartow Town Project to help with indexing records. He donated
Szlos family papers to the Shoah Museum in Paris and was a presenter at the
IAJGS 2018 conference in Warsaw.

Free for JGSNY members; guests welcome, $5 at the door.

The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open >from 11 AM to 4 PM.

More information at our website: jgsny.org , or on Facebook.

Submitted by
Harriet Mayer
JGSNY VP Communications
New York NY

Jewish Genealogical Society New York Meeting
Sunday, Feb. 24 at 2 PM
at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St. New York

"Documenting an Entire Lost Jewish Community, One Individual at a Time: Lublin's
"Grodzka Gate-NN Theatre" Centre and the 43 Thousand Project "

Speaker: Olivier Szlos

This presentation will describe the work of the "Grodzka Gate-NN Theatre"Centre
to reclaim Jewish memory in the Lublin region of Poland, with its 43 Thousand
Project, by exploring archives, personal testimonies and data >from private
collections to retrieve names, photos, documents and stories. It will provide a
hands-on approach to the project's public access database and touch on the
Antwerp Lublin project, JRI-Poland and other genealogical sources.

Olivier Szlos is a fundraising professional. For over thirty years he has been
researching his family in France, Poland and ten other countries. Olivier has
worked with the "Grodzka Gate-NN Theatre" Centre where, in 2017, he attended a
reunion of 200 Shoah survivors and their families and descendants. He has
visited his ancestral towns in the Lublin region and volunteers with the
JRI-Poland Lubartow Town Project to help with indexing records. He donated
Szlos family papers to the Shoah Museum in Paris and was a presenter at the
IAJGS 2018 conference in Warsaw.

Free for JGSNY members; guests welcome, $5 at the door.

The Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute will be open >from 11 AM to 4 PM.

More information at our website: jgsny.org , or on Facebook.

Submitted by
Harriet Mayer
JGSNY VP Communications
New York NY

Dear Group,

I think that at last I managed to solve one of my highest brick walls which
is bothering me since I (and my late father before me) started to research
my Hungarian roots.

For years I have been trying to find the connection between Moravia where my
GGGGF Peter REINITZ came >from to Hungary around 1800. Finally I think I have
managed to break the brick wall. In the "Hranice Book of changes in land
holdings" I found several pages describing changes in holding of a house in
Hranice relating to Peter REINITZ. It seems that Peter or his family had a
strong connection to Bonyhad. Later or in parallel he lived in Nagykanizsa
(Canisha/Canisa). I am posting two parts of a short document signed by a
medical Doctor. I would very much appreciate a translation of this document
which is posted here:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71936
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71937

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

Thank you very much.
Omri Arnon
Israel

Moderator: Please use ViewMate to respond as requested.

Dear Group,

I think that at last I managed to solve one of my highest brick walls which
is bothering me since I (and my late father before me) started to research
my Hungarian roots.

For years I have been trying to find the connection between Moravia where my
GGGGF Peter REINITZ came >from to Hungary around 1800. Finally I think I have
managed to break the brick wall. In the "Hranice Book of changes in land
holdings" I found several pages describing changes in holding of a house in
Hranice relating to Peter REINITZ. It seems that Peter or his family had a
strong connection to Bonyhad. Later or in parallel he lived in Nagykanizsa
(Canisha/Canisa). I am posting two parts of a short document signed by a
medical Doctor. I would very much appreciate a translation of this document
which is posted here:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71936
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71937

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

Thank you very much.
Omri Arnon
Israel

Moderator: Please use ViewMate to respond as requested.

I've posted two images extracted >from a Lithuanian birth record dated 1893

from the town of Pumpenai. The first image shows the Russian portion of the

record; the second image shows the Hebrew portion.

The rightmost column in each image is the child's name, second last column
the parents' information, and the first column is the town information.

I would appreciate a translation of both images.

The ViewMate images can be found at:

Russian portion of record
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=71900

Hebrew portion of record
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=71901

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application (or to me
personally by e-mail).

Thanks for your input!

Roy Ogus
Palo Alto, California
r_ogus at hotmail.com

I've posted two images extracted >from a Lithuanian birth record dated 1893

from the town of Pumpenai. The first image shows the Russian portion of the

record; the second image shows the Hebrew portion.

The rightmost column in each image is the child's name, second last column
the parents' information, and the first column is the town information.

I would appreciate a translation of both images.

The ViewMate images can be found at:

Russian portion of record
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=71900

Hebrew portion of record
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=71901

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application (or to me
personally by e-mail).

Thanks for your input!

Roy Ogus
Palo Alto, California
r_ogus at hotmail.com

Dear Group,

I think that at last I managed to solve one of my highest brick walls which
is bothering me since I (and my late father before me) started to research
my Hungarian roots.

For years I have been trying to find the connection between Moravia where my
GGGGF Peter REINITZ came >from to Hungary around 1800. Finally I think I have
managed to break the brick wall. In the "Hranice Book of changes in land
holdings" I found several pages describing changes in holding of a house in
Hranice relating to Peter REINITZ. It seems that Peter or his family had a
strong connection to Bonyhad. Later or in parallel he lived in Nagykanizsa
(Canisha/Canisa). I am posting two parts of a short document signed by a
medical Doctor. I would very much appreciate a translation of this document
which is posted here:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71936
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71937

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

Thank you very much.
Omri Arnon
Israel

Dear Group,

I think that at last I managed to solve one of my highest brick walls which
is bothering me since I (and my late father before me) started to research
my Hungarian roots.

For years I have been trying to find the connection between Moravia where my
GGGGF Peter REINITZ came >from to Hungary around 1800. Finally I think I have
managed to break the brick wall. In the "Hranice Book of changes in land
holdings" I found several pages describing changes in holding of a house in
Hranice relating to Peter REINITZ. It seems that Peter or his family had a
strong connection to Bonyhad. Later or in parallel he lived in Nagykanizsa
(Canisha/Canisa). I am posting two parts of a short document signed by a
medical Doctor. I would very much appreciate a translation of this document
which is posted here:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71936
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM71937

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

Thank you very much.
Omri Arnon
Israel

LitvakSIG is very pleased to announce that batch 4 of the Vilnius household
registers project, 5185 lines, is now available to qualified donors. To help
you decide if this batch is relevant to you, please consult the free Batch 4
preview which you can download >from the VHR home page,
https://www.litvaksig.org/research/special-projects/vilnius-household-registers
(short URL: https://tinyurl.com/yab5ojnv ). The batch preview shows the full
name and year of birth (or age) for each person in batch 4.

During the period between WWI and WWII, Vilnius and adjoining areas (that today
are within eastern Lithuania and western Belarus) were under Polish control. In
Vilnius, the Poland imposed its system of household registration for population
registration and mobility control >from 1919 to 1940. More than 13,000 household
registers have survived. They contain a treasure trove of information about
people who lived in or visited Vilnius. Typical records may include the first
and last name, maiden name, names of the parents including the mother's maiden
name, marital status, nationality and religion, place and date of birth (or
age), place of previous residence, date of arrival to the lodgings, date of
leaving the lodgings and next destination. We estimate that the collection, in
all, contains about a million lines of data for Jews.

Because this is a long-term project, we are releasing data 5,000 lines at a
time, approximately every 2-3 months. Batch 4 contains all available data >from
six large apartment buildings located at Mala Stefanska 19, Wielka Stefanska 5
and 14, and Zawalna 10/3, 15, and 16.

Each batch will be added to the free, searchable All-Lithuania database about
18 months after release.

Of particular note, because of the shifting national boundaries, the Vilnius
household registers will be of interest to a wider audience than one might
imagine. There was no border between Vilnius and the rest of interwar Poland.
People flowed freely between Vilnius and such other cities as Warsaw,
Bialystok, Lodz, Lida, Disna, Oshmiany, Minsk, and others. If your ancestors
were anywhere in that area between the wars, they could have stopped in
Vilnius and made an appearance in a household register.

All necessary information about these data releases, including how to become
a qualified donor, can be found on the VHR home page linked above. While
you're there, check out our new Vilnius interactive map (thank you, Jay Osborn!)

Any questions should be directed to me at vhrproject@...

Russ Maurer
VHR project coordinator, LitvakSIG

LitvakSIG is very pleased to announce that batch 4 of the Vilnius household
registers project, 5185 lines, is now available to qualified donors. To help
you decide if this batch is relevant to you, please consult the free Batch 4
preview which you can download >from the VHR home page,
https://www.litvaksig.org/research/special-projects/vilnius-household-registers
(short URL: https://tinyurl.com/yab5ojnv ). The batch preview shows the full
name and year of birth (or age) for each person in batch 4.

During the period between WWI and WWII, Vilnius and adjoining areas (that today
are within eastern Lithuania and western Belarus) were under Polish control. In
Vilnius, the Poland imposed its system of household registration for population
registration and mobility control >from 1919 to 1940. More than 13,000 household
registers have survived. They contain a treasure trove of information about
people who lived in or visited Vilnius. Typical records may include the first
and last name, maiden name, names of the parents including the mother's maiden
name, marital status, nationality and religion, place and date of birth (or
age), place of previous residence, date of arrival to the lodgings, date of
leaving the lodgings and next destination. We estimate that the collection, in
all, contains about a million lines of data for Jews.

Because this is a long-term project, we are releasing data 5,000 lines at a
time, approximately every 2-3 months. Batch 4 contains all available data >from
six large apartment buildings located at Mala Stefanska 19, Wielka Stefanska 5
and 14, and Zawalna 10/3, 15, and 16.

Each batch will be added to the free, searchable All-Lithuania database about
18 months after release.

Of particular note, because of the shifting national boundaries, the Vilnius
household registers will be of interest to a wider audience than one might
imagine. There was no border between Vilnius and the rest of interwar Poland.
People flowed freely between Vilnius and such other cities as Warsaw,
Bialystok, Lodz, Lida, Disna, Oshmiany, Minsk, and others. If your ancestors
were anywhere in that area between the wars, they could have stopped in
Vilnius and made an appearance in a household register.

All necessary information about these data releases, including how to become
a qualified donor, can be found on the VHR home page linked above. While
you're there, check out our new Vilnius interactive map (thank you, Jay Osborn!)

Any questions should be directed to me at vhrproject@...

Russ Maurer
VHR project coordinator, LitvakSIG

I have come along a document connecting my grandmother's sister to a visit

from Canada to one Joseph GREEN at the "Sunshine Lodge" on Coney Island and

Maple Ave., Brooklyn, in May 1925. Since she had been married to Sam GREEN
in Seattle in 1924 I assume this must be his relative though the immigration
form lists her as single, accompanied by her mother >from Canada for one
month.

I assume this Lodge disappeared long ago. But any suggestions regarding
Joseph Green would be interesting.

Thanks,
David Goldman
NYC

I have come along a document connecting my grandmother's sister to a visit

from Canada to one Joseph GREEN at the "Sunshine Lodge" on Coney Island and

Maple Ave., Brooklyn, in May 1925. Since she had been married to Sam GREEN
in Seattle in 1924 I assume this must be his relative though the immigration
form lists her as single, accompanied by her mother >from Canada for one
month.

I assume this Lodge disappeared long ago. But any suggestions regarding
Joseph Green would be interesting.

Thanks,
David Goldman
NYC