from my great-grandfather Jacob Sternberg's death certificate (1925), I knew

that my great-great-grandparents were Meyer and Pauline Sternberg. I also
knew >from my father's cousin that the family was >from Piltene, Latvia, in the
Courland region. In the 1871 list on the new All Latvia Database, I found
Meyer Sternberg and his wife Pesse, >from Piltene. I'm sure that's the right
listing, as my grandmother's sister Pauline, who must have been named after
the Pesse on the list, has the Hebrew name Pesse on her tombstone. The 1871
list indicates that Meyer's father, Salomon, born in 1793, was alive at the
time. Salomon's listing indicates his father's name as Laser. So, I can now
go back into the late 1700s, to a great-great-great-great grandfather. My
great-grandparents are buried in the plot of the Courland Young Men's
Benevolent Society (I may not have the exact name of the group) in Mt. Carmel
Cemetery near the Queens/Brooklyn border; that group has a newer, and
flatter, I might add, plot (where, incidentally, comedian Henny Youngman is
buried) at New Mt. Carmel Cemetery nearby. I am also researching my
great-grandmother's family, Lewis, which may have been Lowius, >from that area
as well. Other relatives >from the area include the Schatz and Wolfson
families. Some of these families all have branches in South Africa as well. I
call this a success story. Thank you. Jim Kaye. JKaye29064@...

from my great-grandfather Jacob Sternberg's death certificate (1925), I knew

that my great-great-grandparents were Meyer and Pauline Sternberg. I also
knew >from my father's cousin that the family was >from Piltene, Latvia, in the
Courland region. In the 1871 list on the new All Latvia Database, I found
Meyer Sternberg and his wife Pesse, >from Piltene. I'm sure that's the right
listing, as my grandmother's sister Pauline, who must have been named after
the Pesse on the list, has the Hebrew name Pesse on her tombstone. The 1871
list indicates that Meyer's father, Salomon, born in 1793, was alive at the
time. Salomon's listing indicates his father's name as Laser. So, I can now
go back into the late 1700s, to a great-great-great-great grandfather. My
great-grandparents are buried in the plot of the Courland Young Men's
Benevolent Society (I may not have the exact name of the group) in Mt. Carmel
Cemetery near the Queens/Brooklyn border; that group has a newer, and
flatter, I might add, plot (where, incidentally, comedian Henny Youngman is
buried) at New Mt. Carmel Cemetery nearby. I am also researching my
great-grandmother's family, Lewis, which may have been Lowius, >from that area
as well. Other relatives >from the area include the Schatz and Wolfson
families. Some of these families all have branches in South Africa as well. I
call this a success story. Thank you. Jim Kaye. JKaye29064@...

Searching for living descendants of Carl Callmann KAUFMANN and Lisette
KAUFMANN

Lisette KAUFMANN (* 1838, Blatzheim) was a sister to my g-grandfather
Daniel KAUFMANN (1829 Blatzheim - 1900 Koln). She married her first cousin
Carl Callmann KAUFMANN (*1832, Udenbach) in Koln in 1860. The same year
they apparently emigrated and were reported to be in New York. They were
known to be in New York in 1875.

With help >from Klaus H.S. Schulte, I have finally established my
grandmother KAUFMANN's ancestry seven generation back to Abraham KAUFFMANN
(CA. 1630 - 1712 ).
The descendants that I have are as follows
Son: Kauffmann ABRAHAM (ca. 1665 - >1712, ZONS)
His sons: 1. Mendel Jonas KAUFMANN (ca.1690 - 1750, Zons)
2. David Jonas KAUFMANN (Abraham KAUFFMANN) ( ? - 1725, Zons)
Sons of (1): 1-1 Jacob Mendel
1-2 Salomon Mendel (property owner in Zons 1750-1774; +
<1799
m. Gudala Herz (Oppenheimer ?)
1-2-1 Mendel Salomon [ Schutzjude in Zons 1790/91]
1-2-2 Isaac Kaufmann (*1802, Zons - + ? Koln) Lived
in Blatzheim nr. Kempen ca. 1847, then moved
to Koln)
Said to have been a famous <Mohel in the Rhein
land area>
m. Rosetta LEVEN
Isaac had six children, including my g-grandfather Daniel KAUFMANN (1829,
Blatzheim- 1900, Koln), the above mentioned Lisette KAUFMANN, three other
sons (Abraham, Salomon and Max) plus daughter Sara K. {no details}.

Anyone with connections to this tree, please e-mail privately.



Gunther Steinberg
Portola Valley CA
mail to: Gunther-Steinberg-PV@...

Searching for living descendants of Carl Callmann KAUFMANN and Lisette
KAUFMANN

Lisette KAUFMANN (* 1838, Blatzheim) was a sister to my g-grandfather
Daniel KAUFMANN (1829 Blatzheim - 1900 Koln). She married her first cousin
Carl Callmann KAUFMANN (*1832, Udenbach) in Koln in 1860. The same year
they apparently emigrated and were reported to be in New York. They were
known to be in New York in 1875.

With help >from Klaus H.S. Schulte, I have finally established my
grandmother KAUFMANN's ancestry seven generation back to Abraham KAUFFMANN
(CA. 1630 - 1712 ).
The descendants that I have are as follows
Son: Kauffmann ABRAHAM (ca. 1665 - >1712, ZONS)
His sons: 1. Mendel Jonas KAUFMANN (ca.1690 - 1750, Zons)
2. David Jonas KAUFMANN (Abraham KAUFFMANN) ( ? - 1725, Zons)
Sons of (1): 1-1 Jacob Mendel
1-2 Salomon Mendel (property owner in Zons 1750-1774; +
<1799
m. Gudala Herz (Oppenheimer ?)
1-2-1 Mendel Salomon [ Schutzjude in Zons 1790/91]
1-2-2 Isaac Kaufmann (*1802, Zons - + ? Koln) Lived
in Blatzheim nr. Kempen ca. 1847, then moved
to Koln)
Said to have been a famous <Mohel in the Rhein
land area>
m. Rosetta LEVEN
Isaac had six children, including my g-grandfather Daniel KAUFMANN (1829,
Blatzheim- 1900, Koln), the above mentioned Lisette KAUFMANN, three other
sons (Abraham, Salomon and Max) plus daughter Sara K. {no details}.

Anyone with connections to this tree, please e-mail privately.



Gunther Steinberg
Portola Valley CA
mail to: Gunther-Steinberg-PV@...

From: Martin Kessel <mkessel@...>

To our participants in Israel: I will be giving a presentation about the
Yizkor Book Project at the Jewish Family Research Association. The meeting
will take place at Beit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv on August 2, at 6:45 p.m.,
with my talk scheduled for 7:30. This will be our family's first trip to
Israel in 16 years. I am delighted that I have been given this opportunity
to talk about the Yizkor Book Project, even though I recently "retired"

from my role as Project Manager.

Martin Kessel, mkessel@...
Special Projects Consultant, Yizkor Book Project

Forwarded message with the permission of the author:

Chuck Weinstein
JewishGen ShtetLinks Project Manager
cweinstein@...

The following is reprinted with permission and reflects the minimum
standards we should all adhere to as family researchers.

Genealogical Standards and Guidelines

Standards for Sharing Information with Others
Recommended by the National Genealogical Society

Conscious of the fact that sharing information or data with others,
whether through speech, documents or electronic media, is essential to
family history research and that it needs continuing support and
encouragement, responsible family historians consistently respect the
restrictions on sharing information that arise >from the rights of
another as an author, originator or compiler; as a living private
person; or as a party to a mutual agreement;

observe meticulously the legal rights of copyright owners, copying or
distributing any part of their works only with their permission, or
to the limited extent specifically allowed under the law's "fair use"
exceptions;

identify the sources for all ideas, information and data >from others,
and the form in which they were received, recognizing that the unattributed
use of another's intellectual work is plagiarism;

respect the authorship rights of senders of letters, electronic mail and
data files, forwarding or disseminating them further only with the
sender's permission;

inform people who provide information about their families as to the
ways it may be used, observing any conditions they impose and respecting
any reservations they may express regarding the use of particular items;

require some evidence of consent before assuming that living people are
agreeable to further sharing of information about themselves;

convey personal identifying information about living people--like age,
home address, occupation or activities--only in ways that those concerned
have expressly agreed to;

recognize that legal rights of privacy may limit the extent to which
information >from publicly available sources may be further used,
disseminated or published;

communicate no information to others that is known to be false, or
without making reasonable efforts to determine its truth, particularly
information that may be derogatory;

are sensitive to the hurt that revelations of criminal, immoral, bizarre
or irresponsible behavior may bring to family members.

(C) Copyright 2000 by National Genealogical Society. Permission is
granted to copy or publish this material provided it is reproduced in
its entirety, including this notice.

Forwarded message with the permission of the author:

Chuck Weinstein
JewishGen ShtetLinks Project Manager
cweinstein@...

The following is reprinted with permission and reflects the minimum
standards we should all adhere to as family researchers.

Genealogical Standards and Guidelines

Standards for Sharing Information with Others
Recommended by the National Genealogical Society

Conscious of the fact that sharing information or data with others,
whether through speech, documents or electronic media, is essential to
family history research and that it needs continuing support and
encouragement, responsible family historians consistently respect the
restrictions on sharing information that arise >from the rights of
another as an author, originator or compiler; as a living private
person; or as a party to a mutual agreement;

observe meticulously the legal rights of copyright owners, copying or
distributing any part of their works only with their permission, or
to the limited extent specifically allowed under the law's "fair use"
exceptions;

identify the sources for all ideas, information and data >from others,
and the form in which they were received, recognizing that the unattributed
use of another's intellectual work is plagiarism;

respect the authorship rights of senders of letters, electronic mail and
data files, forwarding or disseminating them further only with the
sender's permission;

inform people who provide information about their families as to the
ways it may be used, observing any conditions they impose and respecting
any reservations they may express regarding the use of particular items;

require some evidence of consent before assuming that living people are
agreeable to further sharing of information about themselves;

convey personal identifying information about living people--like age,
home address, occupation or activities--only in ways that those concerned
have expressly agreed to;

recognize that legal rights of privacy may limit the extent to which
information >from publicly available sources may be further used,
disseminated or published;

communicate no information to others that is known to be false, or
without making reasonable efforts to determine its truth, particularly
information that may be derogatory;

are sensitive to the hurt that revelations of criminal, immoral, bizarre
or irresponsible behavior may bring to family members.

(C) Copyright 2000 by National Genealogical Society. Permission is
granted to copy or publish this material provided it is reproduced in
its entirety, including this notice.

From: Martin Kessel <mkessel@...>

To our participants in Israel: I will be giving a presentation about the
Yizkor Book Project at the Jewish Family Research Association. The meeting
will take place at Beit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv on August 2, at 6:45 p.m.,
with my talk scheduled for 7:30. This will be our family's first trip to
Israel in 16 years. I am delighted that I have been given this opportunity
to talk about the Yizkor Book Project, even though I recently "retired"

from my role as Project Manager.

Martin Kessel, mkessel@...
Special Projects Consultant, Yizkor Book Project

Here's some surnames found in my ORELOWITZ Family Tree.
BEDEK of Rakishok and Ponidel, Lithuania), OLOWITZ of South Africa,
NORWITZ [nee, NORISKIN] of Plungian , Lithuania and South Africa,
FRAME of Memel, Prussia, and South Africa, WESTBURY and ULFANE
of London, England, KITCHIN(G) of South Africa, SIVE of Plungian,
Lithuania and South Africa, HOCHSTADTLER of South Africa, ORELOWITZ
of Rakishok, Birzai, Lithuania & South Africa, OLWYN of South Africa
& Toronto, Canada, CHAITEL, SLOOT, BLOCH, and JUDES of South Africa,
CANES, NISELOW, JOCHAS, and PACKARD of Toronto, Canada.
contact: Steven J. Kitnick <kitnick1@...> Las Vegas, NV

Here's some surnames found in my ORELOWITZ Family Tree.
BEDEK of Rakishok and Ponidel, Lithuania), OLOWITZ of South Africa,
NORWITZ [nee, NORISKIN] of Plungian , Lithuania and South Africa,
FRAME of Memel, Prussia, and South Africa, WESTBURY and ULFANE
of London, England, KITCHIN(G) of South Africa, SIVE of Plungian,
Lithuania and South Africa, HOCHSTADTLER of South Africa, ORELOWITZ
of Rakishok, Birzai, Lithuania & South Africa, OLWYN of South Africa
& Toronto, Canada, CHAITEL, SLOOT, BLOCH, and JUDES of South Africa,
CANES, NISELOW, JOCHAS, and PACKARD of Toronto, Canada.
contact: Steven J. Kitnick <kitnick1@...> Las Vegas, NV

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Name: Stephen A. Cohen (JewishGen #12106)
East Meadow NY (Long Island) - USA
E-mail: <gen@...>
Fax: (516) 826-5056 (24 hrs)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Vilieka Uyezd (district) did not exist six weeks ago, but now has over
eighty five interested researchers.

I recently sent the SIG a listing of the largest towns of the district and
through the sharp eyes of our fellow researcher Avrohom Krauss, I was
told that the original list was much longer. Here is the full list that
Joel Rattner, the livaksig Vilna district coordinator furnished:

The following list is >from a statistical analysis of the 1897 All Russia
Census. It consists of all towns in the Vileika District with a population
in excess of 500 persons [in 1897].

The book this extract was taken >from was originally published in French
which may create some unfamiliar spellings.

District Vileisky

Population

Ville de Vileika 3560
Ville de Radochkovitchi 2614
Bourgade Dolguinovo 3551
Bourgade Molodetchno 2396
Bourgade Lebedevo 2269
Bourgade Dounilovitchi 1810
Bourgade Kourenets 1774
Bourgade Gorodok 1603
Bourgade Ilia 1431
Bourgade Novyi-Miadziol 1164
Bourgade Krasnoe 1077
Hameau Velikoe-Selo 763
Village Raboune 745
Bourgade Markovo 741
Hameau Morosky 718
Hameau Borovtsy 721
Hameau Starye-Gaby 653
Bourgade Kraisk 629
Hameau Tsintsevitchi 627
Village Ija 616
Bourgade Viazyn 601
Hameau Novye-Gaby 581
Hameau Sloboda 560
Village Volkolata 543
Hameau Kremenets 536
Hameau Chipki 524
Bourgade Krivitchi 519
Hameau Vygolivitchi 515
Hameau Pogost 511
Hameau Miassota 503
Hameau Biltsevitchi 502

Judging by the population figures, "Hameu" is "hamlet", "Bourgade"
something bigger, "Village" something a bit bigger and "Ville" is
"town".

I don't want to list any town in the Shtetls of Belarus data base until
we can verify its location.

If any member of the Belarus SIG who is researching any of these towns
does not get a copy of this note in his or her private mail, please
contact me, as we are interested in your in your participation with the
rest of us in the Vilieka Uyezd (district) research group.

Best regards,

Stephen A. Cohen
East Meadow NY

Coordinator: Vilieka Uyezd (district) of Belarus

PS: I am researching the following families:

BAUM:Germany/Bosen; EISENKRAMER, MARX & LEFEVRE, LEFEBVRE, LEFEBRE: Germany
/Rhineland Palatine/Berlin/E Prussia; BASIST/BASSIST/BAKSZT/BAKECH/BASHIST:
Belarus/Lida Dist; COHEN formerly HEINHOUS/SHEINHOUSE/SHEINHAUS/SCHEINHAUS
/SHEINHUEZ/ SHEINGAUZ/SHEINHAUZ: Belarus/Radoshkovichi/Molodechno/Smorgon/
Lida Dist; BIRNBAUM/GOLDBERG/LEINKRAM: Poland/Krakow; GELLER:Poland/Mielec;
KREINDLER; ECKSTEIN; SCHNEPS/SHNEPS/SZNEPS: Poland/ Debica formerly Dembitz/Tarnow

I've received a letter >from a cousin who is writing about my aunt
Rebecca SHILKIN. She says "a very strange thing re Bec's birth
certificate, or rather registration with the Rabbinate.
She was born in Ulla and was registered at the Rabbinate in a
place called Lipitsk which is a very long way away >from Vitebsk
which surely had its own Rabbinate".

Can anyone shed some light on why this perhaps occurred?

Regards
Vivienne Shilkin
Melbourne, Australia

Searching:
SHILKIN, ULLA/BESHENKOVICHI SEGAL, ZFAT (SAFED) ISRAEL

I've received a letter >from a cousin who is writing about my aunt
Rebecca SHILKIN. She says "a very strange thing re Bec's birth
certificate, or rather registration with the Rabbinate.
She was born in Ulla and was registered at the Rabbinate in a
place called Lipitsk which is a very long way away >from Vitebsk
which surely had its own Rabbinate".

Can anyone shed some light on why this perhaps occurred?

Regards
Vivienne Shilkin
Melbourne, Australia

Searching:
SHILKIN, ULLA/BESHENKOVICHI SEGAL, ZFAT (SAFED) ISRAEL

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Name: Stephen A. Cohen (JewishGen #12106)
East Meadow NY (Long Island) - USA
E-mail: <gen@...>
Fax: (516) 826-5056 (24 hrs)
------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Vilieka Uyezd (district) did not exist six weeks ago, but now has over
eighty five interested researchers.

I recently sent the SIG a listing of the largest towns of the district and
through the sharp eyes of our fellow researcher Avrohom Krauss, I was
told that the original list was much longer. Here is the full list that
Joel Rattner, the livaksig Vilna district coordinator furnished:

The following list is >from a statistical analysis of the 1897 All Russia
Census. It consists of all towns in the Vileika District with a population
in excess of 500 persons [in 1897].

The book this extract was taken >from was originally published in French
which may create some unfamiliar spellings.

District Vileisky

Population

Ville de Vileika 3560
Ville de Radochkovitchi 2614
Bourgade Dolguinovo 3551
Bourgade Molodetchno 2396
Bourgade Lebedevo 2269
Bourgade Dounilovitchi 1810
Bourgade Kourenets 1774
Bourgade Gorodok 1603
Bourgade Ilia 1431
Bourgade Novyi-Miadziol 1164
Bourgade Krasnoe 1077
Hameau Velikoe-Selo 763
Village Raboune 745
Bourgade Markovo 741
Hameau Morosky 718
Hameau Borovtsy 721
Hameau Starye-Gaby 653
Bourgade Kraisk 629
Hameau Tsintsevitchi 627
Village Ija 616
Bourgade Viazyn 601
Hameau Novye-Gaby 581
Hameau Sloboda 560
Village Volkolata 543
Hameau Kremenets 536
Hameau Chipki 524
Bourgade Krivitchi 519
Hameau Vygolivitchi 515
Hameau Pogost 511
Hameau Miassota 503
Hameau Biltsevitchi 502

Judging by the population figures, "Hameu" is "hamlet", "Bourgade"
something bigger, "Village" something a bit bigger and "Ville" is
"town".

I don't want to list any town in the Shtetls of Belarus data base until
we can verify its location.

If any member of the Belarus SIG who is researching any of these towns
does not get a copy of this note in his or her private mail, please
contact me, as we are interested in your in your participation with the
rest of us in the Vilieka Uyezd (district) research group.

Best regards,

Stephen A. Cohen
East Meadow NY

Coordinator: Vilieka Uyezd (district) of Belarus

PS: I am researching the following families:

BAUM:Germany/Bosen; EISENKRAMER, MARX & LEFEVRE, LEFEBVRE, LEFEBRE: Germany
/Rhineland Palatine/Berlin/E Prussia; BASIST/BASSIST/BAKSZT/BAKECH/BASHIST:
Belarus/Lida Dist; COHEN formerly HEINHOUS/SHEINHOUSE/SHEINHAUS/SCHEINHAUS
/SHEINHUEZ/ SHEINGAUZ/SHEINHAUZ: Belarus/Radoshkovichi/Molodechno/Smorgon/
Lida Dist; BIRNBAUM/GOLDBERG/LEINKRAM: Poland/Krakow; GELLER:Poland/Mielec;
KREINDLER; ECKSTEIN; SCHNEPS/SHNEPS/SZNEPS: Poland/ Debica formerly Dembitz/Tarnow

I am looking for any help in where as to write for a birth certificate for
someone born in Budapest. Seems I am having a hard time with finding my
fathers birth certificate. I am also wondering if maybe synagogues might
have resistered children after a bris or if the
parents registered when attending a certain synagogue?

I am also searching the surnames of the following and I would like to Thank
you for any help in advance.

Maria

KLOR which was changed to KOVACS (Phrugy)
SPIELBERGER >from Nyibator
GOLDSTEIN >from Budapest
KOING >from Nagy Kallo
UNGAR >from Nagy Kallo

I am looking for any help in where as to write for a birth certificate for
someone born in Budapest. Seems I am having a hard time with finding my
fathers birth certificate. I am also wondering if maybe synagogues might
have resistered children after a bris or if the
parents registered when attending a certain synagogue?

I am also searching the surnames of the following and I would like to Thank
you for any help in advance.

Maria

KLOR which was changed to KOVACS (Phrugy)
SPIELBERGER >from Nyibator
GOLDSTEIN >from Budapest
KOING >from Nagy Kallo
UNGAR >from Nagy Kallo

Hello Friends,

This is to notify you of my new email address.

mailto:amiller@...

I will continue to check my mail at the previous address as well


best regards

alex miller

I am researching the following names and places:

Back - Budapest and Prostejov (Moravia)
Krausz - Budapest and Turo Luka (Slovakia)
Widder/Wieder - Budapest, Vienna, and Nytra megye (Slovakia)
Wellesz - anywhere
Bergida - anywhere
Roth - Pavlovce, Lekarovce (Slovakia), Miskolc and Budapest
Schoenberger - eastern Slovakia and Szatmar
Mittleman - Malj Berezna (now Ukraine)
Vidor - Bratislava and Vienna
Lefkovics/Lefkowitz - Uzhgorod (now Ukraine)
Weinberger - Uzhgorod
Derooder (spelled phonetically, it is my mystery surname that became
Roth) - eastern Slovakia

All help appreciated.

Debbi Korman

Hello Friends,

This is to notify you of my new email address.

mailto:amiller@...

I will continue to check my mail at the previous address as well


best regards

alex miller

I am researching the following names and places:

Back - Budapest and Prostejov (Moravia)
Krausz - Budapest and Turo Luka (Slovakia)
Widder/Wieder - Budapest, Vienna, and Nytra megye (Slovakia)
Wellesz - anywhere
Bergida - anywhere
Roth - Pavlovce, Lekarovce (Slovakia), Miskolc and Budapest
Schoenberger - eastern Slovakia and Szatmar
Mittleman - Malj Berezna (now Ukraine)
Vidor - Bratislava and Vienna
Lefkovics/Lefkowitz - Uzhgorod (now Ukraine)
Weinberger - Uzhgorod
Derooder (spelled phonetically, it is my mystery surname that became
Roth) - eastern Slovakia

All help appreciated.

Debbi Korman