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Carol Skydell <cskydell@...>
JewishGen is very pleased to announce that we are now hosting a French SIG
whose prime objective will be to provide a forum for questions, discussion and lots of information about doing Jewish genealogical research in France, French colonies and French-speaking areas such as Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Thanks to the efforts of Pierre Hahn and Rosanne Leeson who will coordinate the activities of the SIG and Carol Monahan who already has the web page online at <http://www.jewishgen.org/french> we are ready to accept subscribers to this new group. There are two ways you can subscribe....online or through e-mail If you plan to do it online, go to JewishGen's home page, <http://www.jewishgen.org> and scroll down to the Discussion Category. Click on Special Interest Groups and you'll be taken to the subscription page, click on Subscribe and the webform will take you through the process. If you decide to subscribe via e-mail just send a message addressed to: listserve@... and say subscribe frenchsig (type your first name) (type your last name) JewishGen guidelines require that full names be registered along with e-mail addresses. ***You must confirm your subscription*** Whether your subscribe via the WebForm online or via e-mail you will receive a message asking that you confirm the request to subscribe. All you need to do is hit the reply button and a properly addressed e-mail should result. Send it back to the listserve robot and you'll know you've done it all correctly if you get a Welcome message telling you all about the group, how to manage your subscription and the address to use in order to post messages. If you need any help with the process, please write to <support@...> and not to me. We wish all 'genners very good fortune in researching in the French speaking countries on which this SIG will focus. Carol Skydell JewishGen Vice President, Operations
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Re: Happy Passover Part II
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Elsebeth Paikin
At 22:24 02-04-01 -0400, "StanJudd@..." wrote:
I do not understand this message. I have contributed regularly over theI don't think that you should take it personally, you are one of the very few who does contribute! I am more annoyed - or rather horrified! - when reading the Facts on the JewishGen website: http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/factsheet.htm - there you can find i.a. the following information: 1999 2000 ------------------------------ Financial Contributors 943 2,173 to comparison in the same years you find: Hits per month on the JG website 2,410,315 3,024,784 or Subscribers to JewishGen mailing list 3,541 3,540 SIG mailing lists 7,429 15,994 That is so depressing! Of all those using JewishGen many if not most get help and assistance in finding relatives, ancestors, or maybe just the right track for their research -- but most people think that everything on the Internet is free for the taking and that it doesn't cost anything! This means that under 5% of everyone using tje JewishGen services in one way or another pays for all the others. The graphics tells a stunning tale: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/supporters.gif My fear is that JewishGen cannot survive or continue to grow if that picture doesn't change -- and change soon and drastically! Best regards and all my best wishes for the future of JewishGen -- Elsebeth Paikin, Copenhagen, Denmark, e-mail: elsebeth@... --
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Carol Skydell <cskydell@...>
JewishGen is very pleased to announce that we are now hosting a French SIG
whose prime objective will be to provide a forum for questions, discussion and lots of information about doing Jewish genealogical research in France, French colonies and French-speaking areas such as Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Thanks to the efforts of Pierre Hahn and Rosanne Leeson who will coordinate the activities of the SIG and Carol Monahan who already has the web page online at <http://www.jewishgen.org/french> we are ready to accept subscribers to this new group. There are two ways you can subscribe....online or through e-mail If you plan to do it online, go to JewishGen's home page, <http://www.jewishgen.org> and scroll down to the Discussion Category. Click on Special Interest Groups and you'll be taken to the subscription page, click on Subscribe and the webform will take you through the process. If you decide to subscribe via e-mail just send a message addressed to: listserve@... and say subscribe frenchsig (type your first name) (type your last name) JewishGen guidelines require that full names be registered along with e-mail addresses. ***You must confirm your subscription*** Whether your subscribe via the WebForm online or via e-mail you will receive a message asking that you confirm the request to subscribe. All you need to do is hit the reply button and a properly addressed e-mail should result. Send it back to the listserve robot and you'll know you've done it all correctly if you get a Welcome message telling you all about the group, how to manage your subscription and the address to use in order to post messages. If you need any help with the process, please write to <support@...> and not to me. We wish all 'genners very good fortune in researching in the French speaking countries on which this SIG will focus. Carol Skydell JewishGen Vice President, Operations
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Elsebeth Paikin
At 22:24 02-04-01 -0400, "StanJudd@..." wrote:
I do not understand this message. I have contributed regularly over theI don't think that you should take it personally, you are one of the very few who does contribute! I am more annoyed - or rather horrified! - when reading the Facts on the JewishGen website: http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/factsheet.htm - there you can find i.a. the following information: 1999 2000 ------------------------------ Financial Contributors 943 2,173 to comparison in the same years you find: Hits per month on the JG website 2,410,315 3,024,784 or Subscribers to JewishGen mailing list 3,541 3,540 SIG mailing lists 7,429 15,994 That is so depressing! Of all those using JewishGen many if not most get help and assistance in finding relatives, ancestors, or maybe just the right track for their research -- but most people think that everything on the Internet is free for the taking and that it doesn't cost anything! This means that under 5% of everyone using tje JewishGen services in one way or another pays for all the others. The graphics tells a stunning tale: http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/supporters.gif My fear is that JewishGen cannot survive or continue to grow if that picture doesn't change -- and change soon and drastically! Best regards and all my best wishes for the future of JewishGen -- Elsebeth Paikin, Copenhagen, Denmark, e-mail: elsebeth@... --
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Arlene Beare <arl@...>
Passport registration database for 1900 is growing rapidly. I have now
received a further 2000 names and we hope to have these up on the web for searching very soon. There are probably a further 2000 names to enter and then we will be ready with over 8000 names. As mentioned before these are people who registered their passports in Riga in 1900 and gives their places of origin many >from Lithuania ,Vitebsk and all over the Russian Empire. It is a very exciting database as occupatiions are also given as well as their address in Riga. Arlene Beare President Latvia SIG Programme Committee London2001 - 21st International Conference on Jewish Genealogy 8-13 July 2001 www.jewishgen.org/london2001 info.london2001@...
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Arlene Beare <arl@...>
Passport registration database for 1900 is growing rapidly. I have now
received a further 2000 names and we hope to have these up on the web for searching very soon. There are probably a further 2000 names to enter and then we will be ready with over 8000 names. As mentioned before these are people who registered their passports in Riga in 1900 and gives their places of origin many >from Lithuania ,Vitebsk and all over the Russian Empire. It is a very exciting database as occupatiions are also given as well as their address in Riga. Arlene Beare President Latvia SIG Programme Committee London2001 - 21st International Conference on Jewish Genealogy 8-13 July 2001 www.jewishgen.org/london2001 info.london2001@...
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1900 registration of passports in Riga
#general
Arlene Beare <arl@...>
I have now received a further 2000 names for the 1900 passport
registration database which is growing rapidly. We hope to have these up on the web for searching very soon. There are probably a further 2000 names to enter and then we will be ready. As mentioned before these are people who registered their passports in Riga in 1900 and gives their places of origin many >from Lithuania, Vitebsk and all over the Russian Empire. It is a very exciting database as occupations are also given as well as their address in Riga. Arlene Beare President Latvia SIG Programme Committee London2001 - 21st International Conference on Jewish Genealogy 8-13 July 2001 www.jewishgen.org/london2001 info.london2001@...
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Jewish communities of Baden Wuerttemberg
#general
Genealicej@...
I have just been informed of a book on the Jews of Kuppenheim which
comes complete with a CD which sounds like a tremendous resource. See the book on http://www.kuppenheim.de/Bucherscheinungen.htm. It costs a very reasonable 28 DM excluding postage and packing >from the town council. The CD contains information on all the Jewish people the author could find in different sources between 1739 and 1940, as well as Jewish birth, marriage and death books 1814-1869, the Standesbuecher of Kuppenheim 1870-1940 and the Ortsippenbuecher of Altdorf, Flehingen, Kippnenheim, Nonnenweier and Weingarten/Baden. Documented in the 'Begraebnisbuch' 1814-1869 are the funerals of Jews >from the following areas: Rabbinatsbezirk Buehl: Baden-Baden, Badenscheuern, Bodersweier, Buehl, Ettlingen, Gernsbach, Hoerden, Lichtenau, Malsch, Muggensturm, Neufreistett, Rastatt, Rheinbischofsheim, Schwarzach and Stollhofen and of Jews of the following towns/cities: Altheim, Altona, Beuel bei Bonn, Berlin, Binau, Bordeaux, Bruchsal, Dettenhausen, Durlach, Gelnhausen, Gunstetten im Elsass, Hagenau, Hamburg, Hechingen, Homburg vor der Hoehe, Joehlingen, Karlsruhe, Kippenheim, Kirchen bei Loerrach, Koenigsbach, Landau, Liebau im Kurland, London, Mannheim, Menzingen, Merzhausen, Muenzesheim, Paris, Randegg, Reschelau bei Prag, Rheinsberg, Strassburg, Stuttgart, Wangen and Weitersweiler in the Alsace. Alice Josephs United Kingdom My own website at http://members.tripod.co.uk/AliceJosephs/INDEX.HTM
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Peyrefitte/The Jews
#general
Stephanie Weiner <laguna@...>
A late message regarding the book "The Jews" by Roger Peyrefitte: The
subtitle of this book is "A *fictional* venture into the follies of antisemitism" -- and the book is shelved in the *fiction* section of the library. So, perhaps one should take with a grain of salt that which is written in this book. Stephanie Weiner Mt. Laguna, CA
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Onset of the Holocaust
#general
Stephanie Weiner <laguna@...>
Regarding the thread inquiring when the Holocaust started, I found the
following website that provided a timeline. It appears that at least the creator of this timeline dates the onset as >from 1933, given the following events that occurred in that year: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html April 1, 1933 - Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses. April 11, 1933 - Nazis issue a decree defining a non-Aryan as "anyone descended >from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan...especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith." July 14, 1933 - Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany; Also, Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants >from Poland of their German citizenship. In Sept - Nazis establish Reich Chamber of Culture, then exclude Jews from the Arts.Sept 29, 1933 - Nazis prohibit Jews >from owning land. Oct 4, 1933 - Jews are prohibited >from being newspaper editors. Stephanie Weiner Mt. Laguna, CA
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surname LEWITT: paternal line greatgrandfather from Belgium
#general
Martin E. Lewitt <lewitt@...>
Around 1910 or thereabouts, my surname, Lewitt, greatgrandfather emigrated
from Belgium to Wales and married a Welsh woman. He died when mygrandfather was young and my grandfather did not get along with his new stepfather and emigrated to Canada on an orphan boat when he was 11 or 12, so we don't know much about my greatgrandfather. With this surname and being >from Belgium, I have often thought he might be a Jew who converted under Spanish rule. Are there records of conversions under Spanish rule? Are there other theories in Jewish history involving Belgium that I should consider. I want to assess the likelihoods before I pay for a Y-chromosome test. thanx for any assistance, Martin -- Martin E. Lewitt Domain: lewitt@... Sandia Park, NM
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Researching FERNAND and KLAWIR
#general
Primpark@...
Dear All,
I am trying to establish the whereabouts and trace any descendants of someone called Esther KLAWIR, who was born in Lublin, Poland. Esther was one of eight children (all girls), and she and an older sister emigrated to Palestine shortly before the outbreak of World War II - she is known to have been living in Tel Aviv in the late 1950s. I would also be very interested to hear >from anyone who may know two branches of a family called FERNAND - they also originated in Lublin. Aron (?) and Shprintza FERNAND had 5 children - 3 boys & 2 girls. The eldest son was called Yossel, and he was studying to be a violinist. Yossel's father emigrated to the US some time during the 1920s, and the rest of the family followed shortly afterwards. Yossel's grandfather may have owned a store selling musical instruments. Another member of the FERNAND family survived the Holocaust and is believed to have emigrated to Australia shortly after the end of the Second World War. I would be extremely grateful to anyone who could provide me with some help in connection with these inquiries - please respond privately. Many thanks for your help - and wishing you all a happy Pesach. Jonathan Newman, Leeds, England. Primpark@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen 1900 registration of passports in Riga
#general
Arlene Beare <arl@...>
I have now received a further 2000 names for the 1900 passport
registration database which is growing rapidly. We hope to have these up on the web for searching very soon. There are probably a further 2000 names to enter and then we will be ready. As mentioned before these are people who registered their passports in Riga in 1900 and gives their places of origin many >from Lithuania, Vitebsk and all over the Russian Empire. It is a very exciting database as occupations are also given as well as their address in Riga. Arlene Beare President Latvia SIG Programme Committee London2001 - 21st International Conference on Jewish Genealogy 8-13 July 2001 www.jewishgen.org/london2001 info.london2001@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen surname LEWITT: paternal line greatgrandfather from Belgium
#general
Martin E. Lewitt <lewitt@...>
Around 1910 or thereabouts, my surname, Lewitt, greatgrandfather emigrated
from Belgium to Wales and married a Welsh woman. He died when mygrandfather was young and my grandfather did not get along with his new stepfather and emigrated to Canada on an orphan boat when he was 11 or 12, so we don't know much about my greatgrandfather. With this surname and being >from Belgium, I have often thought he might be a Jew who converted under Spanish rule. Are there records of conversions under Spanish rule? Are there other theories in Jewish history involving Belgium that I should consider. I want to assess the likelihoods before I pay for a Y-chromosome test. thanx for any assistance, Martin -- Martin E. Lewitt Domain: lewitt@... Sandia Park, NM
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Researching FERNAND and KLAWIR
#general
Primpark@...
Dear All,
I am trying to establish the whereabouts and trace any descendants of someone called Esther KLAWIR, who was born in Lublin, Poland. Esther was one of eight children (all girls), and she and an older sister emigrated to Palestine shortly before the outbreak of World War II - she is known to have been living in Tel Aviv in the late 1950s. I would also be very interested to hear >from anyone who may know two branches of a family called FERNAND - they also originated in Lublin. Aron (?) and Shprintza FERNAND had 5 children - 3 boys & 2 girls. The eldest son was called Yossel, and he was studying to be a violinist. Yossel's father emigrated to the US some time during the 1920s, and the rest of the family followed shortly afterwards. Yossel's grandfather may have owned a store selling musical instruments. Another member of the FERNAND family survived the Holocaust and is believed to have emigrated to Australia shortly after the end of the Second World War. I would be extremely grateful to anyone who could provide me with some help in connection with these inquiries - please respond privately. Many thanks for your help - and wishing you all a happy Pesach. Jonathan Newman, Leeds, England. Primpark@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Jewish communities of Baden Wuerttemberg
#general
Genealicej@...
I have just been informed of a book on the Jews of Kuppenheim which
comes complete with a CD which sounds like a tremendous resource. See the book on http://www.kuppenheim.de/Bucherscheinungen.htm. It costs a very reasonable 28 DM excluding postage and packing >from the town council. The CD contains information on all the Jewish people the author could find in different sources between 1739 and 1940, as well as Jewish birth, marriage and death books 1814-1869, the Standesbuecher of Kuppenheim 1870-1940 and the Ortsippenbuecher of Altdorf, Flehingen, Kippnenheim, Nonnenweier and Weingarten/Baden. Documented in the 'Begraebnisbuch' 1814-1869 are the funerals of Jews >from the following areas: Rabbinatsbezirk Buehl: Baden-Baden, Badenscheuern, Bodersweier, Buehl, Ettlingen, Gernsbach, Hoerden, Lichtenau, Malsch, Muggensturm, Neufreistett, Rastatt, Rheinbischofsheim, Schwarzach and Stollhofen and of Jews of the following towns/cities: Altheim, Altona, Beuel bei Bonn, Berlin, Binau, Bordeaux, Bruchsal, Dettenhausen, Durlach, Gelnhausen, Gunstetten im Elsass, Hagenau, Hamburg, Hechingen, Homburg vor der Hoehe, Joehlingen, Karlsruhe, Kippenheim, Kirchen bei Loerrach, Koenigsbach, Landau, Liebau im Kurland, London, Mannheim, Menzingen, Merzhausen, Muenzesheim, Paris, Randegg, Reschelau bei Prag, Rheinsberg, Strassburg, Stuttgart, Wangen and Weitersweiler in the Alsace. Alice Josephs United Kingdom My own website at http://members.tripod.co.uk/AliceJosephs/INDEX.HTM
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Peyrefitte/The Jews
#general
Stephanie Weiner <laguna@...>
A late message regarding the book "The Jews" by Roger Peyrefitte: The
subtitle of this book is "A *fictional* venture into the follies of antisemitism" -- and the book is shelved in the *fiction* section of the library. So, perhaps one should take with a grain of salt that which is written in this book. Stephanie Weiner Mt. Laguna, CA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Onset of the Holocaust
#general
Stephanie Weiner <laguna@...>
Regarding the thread inquiring when the Holocaust started, I found the
following website that provided a timeline. It appears that at least the creator of this timeline dates the onset as >from 1933, given the following events that occurred in that year: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/timeline.html April 1, 1933 - Nazis stage boycott of Jewish shops and businesses. April 11, 1933 - Nazis issue a decree defining a non-Aryan as "anyone descended >from non-Aryan, especially Jewish, parents or grandparents. One parent or grandparent classifies the descendant as non-Aryan...especially if one parent or grandparent was of the Jewish faith." July 14, 1933 - Nazi Party is declared the only legal party in Germany; Also, Nazis pass Law to strip Jewish immigrants >from Poland of their German citizenship. In Sept - Nazis establish Reich Chamber of Culture, then exclude Jews from the Arts.Sept 29, 1933 - Nazis prohibit Jews >from owning land. Oct 4, 1933 - Jews are prohibited >from being newspaper editors. Stephanie Weiner Mt. Laguna, CA
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