From: Luisa Tunes: luisatu.lt@...
Subject: searching for Argentine grandparents

I wonder if the rising of my maternal grandparents who emigrated to
Argentina are in the cemetery .Apellidos PLITMAN, Selzer.
My grandparents lived in werthizan (vertijiuni now I think)

me gustaria saber si los ascendentes de mis abuelos maternos que emigraron
a Argentina estan en el cementerio .Apellidos PLITMAN ,Selzer .

mis abuelos vivian en werthizan (vertijiuni creo actualmente

Luisa Tunes
MODERATOR NOTE - Please look at JewishGen site for some excellent classes for beginners, including
many tips when you have little information to go by. Also, to SIG members, please respond directly
to Luisa is you have suggestions for her

From: Luisa Tunes: luisatu.lt@...
Subject: searching for Argentine grandparents

I wonder if the rising of my maternal grandparents who emigrated to
Argentina are in the cemetery .Apellidos PLITMAN, Selzer.
My grandparents lived in werthizan (vertijiuni now I think)

me gustaria saber si los ascendentes de mis abuelos maternos que emigraron
a Argentina estan en el cementerio .Apellidos PLITMAN ,Selzer .

mis abuelos vivian en werthizan (vertijiuni creo actualmente

Luisa Tunes
MODERATOR NOTE - Please look at JewishGen site for some excellent classes for beginners, including
many tips when you have little information to go by. Also, to SIG members, please respond directly
to Luisa is you have suggestions for her

MODERATOR NOTE: Please see especially the reference below to
"HaShomer HaTzair Members in Galicia, 1919-1920."

===

The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) has just released new
and updated databases on its website. There are now over 1 million
records available in our databases. We want to thank the participating
archives and the many volunteers who have prepared these databases.
With each release we provide a variety of records to our collection.

A preview of the databases is available at

https://www.slideshare.net/igra3/igra-release-august-2017

Updated Databases

Voters' List - Knesset Israel, 1936 1,145 listings

This list comes >from the Central Zionist Archives. The people mentioned
here were eligible (considered adults) to vote in the Assembly of
Representatives (of the Jewish community in British controlled Palestine).
The information includes the name of the father and the locality and is in
Hebrew. (No images are available.)

Palestine Marriage/Divorce Certificates 5,006 listings

This addition is part of our ongoing project with the Israel State Archives.
Each certificate provides many details regarding the husband and wife,
their parents and -- in some instances -- the witnesses. The certificates
are primarily in Hebrew, but in some cases the names are in English as
well. It is possible to see the transcription of the information on the
spouse by doing a second search once you have the name >from the
certificate. (Images available.)

New Databases

HaShomer HaTzair Members in Galicia, 1919-1920 657 listings

This information comes >from the Archives at Givat Haviva. It is a
handwritten, alphabetical list in Latin characters. Alongside the name
is the city the person is from. (Images available.)

South Africans Fallen in Israel 1948-2010 87 listings

The information regarding the 87 people mentioned here is taken from
the Memorial in the Lavi Forest. In addition to the name, birth and death
dates are given when known. (No image are available.)

Members of the Histadrut HaMorim (Teachers' Union) 1945
3,819 listings

The information was located at the Tel Aviv University library and is in
Hebrew. The list mentions members according to city and school.
(Images available.)

Births to Cyprus Detainees, 1948-49 509 listings

In IGRA's continued cooperation with the JDC Archives we are able to
present this new database. >from 1946 until early 1949, the British
confined over 53,000 Jewish refugees not permitted to enter Palestine,
many of whom were Holocaust survivors, in detention camps on Cyprus.
These weekly lists document babies born to residents of the camps
during the period August 1948-February 1949. The lists record more
than 500 births and include date of birth, sex, mother's name, and camp
number. A link is provided on the detail page to the record on the JDC
Archive website. The lists are in English. (No images are available.)

Hapoel Haifa Soccer Players 1955-2016 608 listings

These names represent players for Hapoel Haifa Soccer team over the
years and is available on the internet. The position played by each is
mentioned and sometimes a birth year is available. (No images available.)

Before viewing the databases, please register for free on the IGRA website:

http://genealogy.org.il/

To view the databases, go to http://genealogy.org.il/AID/index.php

Please note, images can be seen by paid IGRA members only. If you are
not an IGRA member, you will be able to see the transcriptions only.

Elena Biegel Bazes
IGRA Publicity Chairperson

MODERATOR NOTE: Please see especially the reference below to
"HaShomer HaTzair Members in Galicia, 1919-1920."

===

The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) has just released new
and updated databases on its website. There are now over 1 million
records available in our databases. We want to thank the participating
archives and the many volunteers who have prepared these databases.
With each release we provide a variety of records to our collection.

A preview of the databases is available at

https://www.slideshare.net/igra3/igra-release-august-2017

Updated Databases

Voters' List - Knesset Israel, 1936 1,145 listings

This list comes >from the Central Zionist Archives. The people mentioned
here were eligible (considered adults) to vote in the Assembly of
Representatives (of the Jewish community in British controlled Palestine).
The information includes the name of the father and the locality and is in
Hebrew. (No images are available.)

Palestine Marriage/Divorce Certificates 5,006 listings

This addition is part of our ongoing project with the Israel State Archives.
Each certificate provides many details regarding the husband and wife,
their parents and -- in some instances -- the witnesses. The certificates
are primarily in Hebrew, but in some cases the names are in English as
well. It is possible to see the transcription of the information on the
spouse by doing a second search once you have the name >from the
certificate. (Images available.)

New Databases

HaShomer HaTzair Members in Galicia, 1919-1920 657 listings

This information comes >from the Archives at Givat Haviva. It is a
handwritten, alphabetical list in Latin characters. Alongside the name
is the city the person is from. (Images available.)

South Africans Fallen in Israel 1948-2010 87 listings

The information regarding the 87 people mentioned here is taken from
the Memorial in the Lavi Forest. In addition to the name, birth and death
dates are given when known. (No image are available.)

Members of the Histadrut HaMorim (Teachers' Union) 1945
3,819 listings

The information was located at the Tel Aviv University library and is in
Hebrew. The list mentions members according to city and school.
(Images available.)

Births to Cyprus Detainees, 1948-49 509 listings

In IGRA's continued cooperation with the JDC Archives we are able to
present this new database. >from 1946 until early 1949, the British
confined over 53,000 Jewish refugees not permitted to enter Palestine,
many of whom were Holocaust survivors, in detention camps on Cyprus.
These weekly lists document babies born to residents of the camps
during the period August 1948-February 1949. The lists record more
than 500 births and include date of birth, sex, mother's name, and camp
number. A link is provided on the detail page to the record on the JDC
Archive website. The lists are in English. (No images are available.)

Hapoel Haifa Soccer Players 1955-2016 608 listings

These names represent players for Hapoel Haifa Soccer team over the
years and is available on the internet. The position played by each is
mentioned and sometimes a birth year is available. (No images available.)

Before viewing the databases, please register for free on the IGRA website:

http://genealogy.org.il/

To view the databases, go to http://genealogy.org.il/AID/index.php

Please note, images can be seen by paid IGRA members only. If you are
not an IGRA member, you will be able to see the transcriptions only.

Elena Biegel Bazes
IGRA Publicity Chairperson

Matt Klionsky wrote:

Did you check all the information fields on the list? Sometimes
there are notations, such as 'moved away' or 'died'.

If that question was for me, Matt, yes I did but thanks for the
suggestion because I'm new to this and might have overlooked it.

Let me take this opportunity to thank everybody who answered my
question. In addition to the people who answered here on the list,
another eight or ten people wrote to me directly. This is the first
time I've posted here and I'm amazed at the large number of active,
intelligent, helpful people. Thanks again.

Rob Sacks
New York City
robsacks@...

Matt Klionsky wrote:

Did you check all the information fields on the list? Sometimes
there are notations, such as 'moved away' or 'died'.

If that question was for me, Matt, yes I did but thanks for the
suggestion because I'm new to this and might have overlooked it.

Let me take this opportunity to thank everybody who answered my
question. In addition to the people who answered here on the list,
another eight or ten people wrote to me directly. This is the first
time I've posted here and I'm amazed at the large number of active,
intelligent, helpful people. Thanks again.

Rob Sacks
New York City
robsacks@...

Hello,

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is
on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM60142
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM60141

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.
Thank you very much.

Virginie Wenglenski

Hello,

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It is
on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM60142
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM60141

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.
Thank you very much.

Virginie Wenglenski

I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a (partial) translation.

It is on ViewMate at the following address:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM60177

I'm trying to determine whether the Pinkus ROZENBERG in the Akta
(>from 1892, Warsaw) is my 3rd GG (there are many people of that
name in Poland, at that approximate time-frame). I'm hoping to
find any other family names that may be mentioned in the Akta,
in the hopes of matching them up. Don't need anything else
translated.

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

Thank you very much,

Jeremy Lichtman
Toronto, Ontario

I've posted a vital record in Russian for which I need a (partial) translation.

It is on ViewMate at the following address:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM60177

I'm trying to determine whether the Pinkus ROZENBERG in the Akta
(>from 1892, Warsaw) is my 3rd GG (there are many people of that
name in Poland, at that approximate time-frame). I'm hoping to
find any other family names that may be mentioned in the Akta,
in the hopes of matching them up. Don't need anything else
translated.

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

Thank you very much,

Jeremy Lichtman
Toronto, Ontario

Jewish BMD records of Jewish Communities in Lower Franconia >from 1813 to
1875 have mostly been preserved as printouts of Gatermann files. They
are kept at the Bavarian State Archives in Wuerzburg.
http://www.gda.bayern.de/wuerzburg
Inquiries should be directed to:
poststelle@...
Always include a postal address because material is often sent may air
mail.
Records after 1875 (Jewish or not) are kept at the corresponding city or
town archives. Records younger than 110 years (birth), 80 years
(marriage) and 30 years (death) are kept by the civil registration
offices (Standesamt) and can be released only to direct descendants. For
Aub, inquiries (for archives and Standesamt) should be sent to
info@.... Consult the web pages of other municipal
administrations for contact addresses.
BMD records for the city of Wuerzburg have been destroyed in WWII, but
residents registration records have survived. Send enquiries to
stadtarchiv@...

Andreas Schwab, Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada andreas.j.schwab@...

Jewish BMD records of Jewish Communities in Lower Franconia >from 1813 to
1875 have mostly been preserved as printouts of Gatermann files. They
are kept at the Bavarian State Archives in Wuerzburg.
http://www.gda.bayern.de/wuerzburg
Inquiries should be directed to:
poststelle@...
Always include a postal address because material is often sent may air
mail.
Records after 1875 (Jewish or not) are kept at the corresponding city or
town archives. Records younger than 110 years (birth), 80 years
(marriage) and 30 years (death) are kept by the civil registration
offices (Standesamt) and can be released only to direct descendants. For
Aub, inquiries (for archives and Standesamt) should be sent to
info@.... Consult the web pages of other municipal
administrations for contact addresses.
BMD records for the city of Wuerzburg have been destroyed in WWII, but
residents registration records have survived. Send enquiries to
stadtarchiv@...

Andreas Schwab, Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada andreas.j.schwab@...

Geneanet Genealogy Library will be free >from Thursday September 7, 2017
6:01p.m. ET through Sunday September 10 5:59PM ET. The Library is providing
free access to thousands of documents indexed for genealogy research as well
as books usually reserved for premium Geneanet members. When the free access
begins go to: https://en.geneanet.org/library
Prior to and after the free access times, accessing the library will require
a paid membership.

You will be required to register which is free to also use the search
mechanism only your name and email address is required.

Thank you to Gail Dever and Genealogy a la carte for informing us of this
opportunity.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Geneanet Genealogy Library will be free >from Thursday September 7, 2017
6:01p.m. ET through Sunday September 10 5:59PM ET. The Library is providing
free access to thousands of documents indexed for genealogy research as well
as books usually reserved for premium Geneanet members. When the free access
begins go to: https://en.geneanet.org/library
Prior to and after the free access times, accessing the library will require
a paid membership.

You will be required to register which is free to also use the search
mechanism only your name and email address is required.

Thank you to Gail Dever and Genealogy a la carte for informing us of this
opportunity.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen is proud to announce the
publication of its 62th title, "Memorial Book of Rokiskis (Rokiskis,
Lithuania), Translation of Yisker-bukh fun Rakishok un umgegnt" in hard
cover.

Original Yizkor Book Edited by: M. Bakalczuk-Felin,
Originally Published in Johannesburg, 1952 (Yiddish 626 pages)
Translation Project Coordinators: Tim Baker assisted by David Sandler
Additional New Material: Phil and Aldona Shapiro
Hard Cover, 11" by 8.5", 866 pages with all illustrations and an appendix
of new material.
List Price: $72.95 Available on Amazon for around $53

Translation of the Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the town of Rokiskis,
Lithuania, originally written in 1952 in Yiddish in Johannesburg by the
former residents and survivors of the town.

Jews began settling in Rokiskis in the late 17th century. During the 19th
century, the town's importance as a regional commercial center increased
with the completion of a railway line that connected it to the Baltic ports
of Riga and Libau / Liepaja and to the interior of the Russian Empire. By
1897, the Jewish population had grown to 2,067, 75% of the town's
population. There was a strong Chasidic presence in the Rokiskis area,
which was unique to Lithuania.

Prior to the Holocaust, about 3,500 Jews lived in Rokiskis. By the end of
August 1941 nearly all were murdered. In 1952, Jews >from the area who had
emigrated to South Africa before the war published a collection of
Yiddish-language articles and related images under the title Yisker-bukh
fun Rakishok un umgegnt (Memorial Book for Rokiskis and Environs).
Countless hours of volunteer effort have been devoted to translating that
work into English and recently to gathering additional materials that
were not available when the original book was published. Together, these
translations, images, and new material provide English-speaking readers a
composite picture of the history, culture, institutions, and daily lives
of the Jews of the Rokiskis area and will be a lasting memorial to them.

Rokiskis, Lithuania is located at 55 58 North Latitude and 25 35 East
Longitude

Researchers and descendants of this and nearby towns will want to have
this book.

For more information, go to:

https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Rokiskis.html

The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project now has 62 titles available. To see all
the books, go to:

http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html

Nearby Jewish Communities:

Panemunelis 5 miles SW
Obeliai 9 miles ESE
Kamajai 11 miles SSW
Onuskis 12 miles N
Subate, Latvia 13 miles ENE
Juzintai 13 miles SSE
Pandelys 15 miles WNW
Neciuniskiai 15 miles S
Akniste, Latvia 15 miles NNE

We hope you find this of interest for you and your family in discovering
the history of your ancestors. This would make a lovely holiday gift for a
loved one.

For orders 4 or more books to one address in the US, UK, Canada or
Australia, we can offer you a significantly reduced price of $28 per book
including shipping (Amazon discount price is about $53 plus shipping).
Email to ybip@...

Email to ybip@... to get prices for other locations outside of
the US.

Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project

PS. Can we suggest this book as a birthday, anniversary or holiday gift
for someone special in your family?

The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of JewishGen is proud to announce the
publication of its 62th title, "Memorial Book of Rokiskis (Rokiskis,
Lithuania), Translation of Yisker-bukh fun Rakishok un umgegnt" in hard
cover.

Original Yizkor Book Edited by: M. Bakalczuk-Felin,
Originally Published in Johannesburg, 1952 (Yiddish 626 pages)
Translation Project Coordinators: Tim Baker assisted by David Sandler
Additional New Material: Phil and Aldona Shapiro
Hard Cover, 11" by 8.5", 866 pages with all illustrations and an appendix
of new material.
List Price: $72.95 Available on Amazon for around $53

Translation of the Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the town of Rokiskis,
Lithuania, originally written in 1952 in Yiddish in Johannesburg by the
former residents and survivors of the town.

Jews began settling in Rokiskis in the late 17th century. During the 19th
century, the town's importance as a regional commercial center increased
with the completion of a railway line that connected it to the Baltic ports
of Riga and Libau / Liepaja and to the interior of the Russian Empire. By
1897, the Jewish population had grown to 2,067, 75% of the town's
population. There was a strong Chasidic presence in the Rokiskis area,
which was unique to Lithuania.

Prior to the Holocaust, about 3,500 Jews lived in Rokiskis. By the end of
August 1941 nearly all were murdered. In 1952, Jews >from the area who had
emigrated to South Africa before the war published a collection of
Yiddish-language articles and related images under the title Yisker-bukh
fun Rakishok un umgegnt (Memorial Book for Rokiskis and Environs).
Countless hours of volunteer effort have been devoted to translating that
work into English and recently to gathering additional materials that
were not available when the original book was published. Together, these
translations, images, and new material provide English-speaking readers a
composite picture of the history, culture, institutions, and daily lives
of the Jews of the Rokiskis area and will be a lasting memorial to them.

Rokiskis, Lithuania is located at 55 58 North Latitude and 25 35 East
Longitude

Researchers and descendants of this and nearby towns will want to have
this book.

For more information, go to:

https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Rokiskis.html

The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project now has 62 titles available. To see all
the books, go to:

http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html

Nearby Jewish Communities:

Panemunelis 5 miles SW
Obeliai 9 miles ESE
Kamajai 11 miles SSW
Onuskis 12 miles N
Subate, Latvia 13 miles ENE
Juzintai 13 miles SSE
Pandelys 15 miles WNW
Neciuniskiai 15 miles S
Akniste, Latvia 15 miles NNE

We hope you find this of interest for you and your family in discovering
the history of your ancestors. This would make a lovely holiday gift for a
loved one.

For orders 4 or more books to one address in the US, UK, Canada or
Australia, we can offer you a significantly reduced price of $28 per book
including shipping (Amazon discount price is about $53 plus shipping).
Email to ybip@...

Email to ybip@... to get prices for other locations outside of
the US.

Joel Alpert, Coordinator of the Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project

PS. Can we suggest this book as a birthday, anniversary or holiday gift
for someone special in your family?

The United States Holocaust Museum's Survivors and Victims Database (HSV)
has a new collection: Central Council of Elders of the Jewish Communities
in Bedzin. The collection contains two name lists: 1) Bedzin (Bendin)
Census of 1939, which contains 22,167 names, and 2) identification cards
and photographs of Jews >from Bedzin, 1940-1946, which contains 36 names.

You can request a copy of the digitized document linked to each name record
and instantly receive the relevant document in your email by using the
following link,
https://secure.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?SourceId=19814

Peter Lande
Washington, D.C.

The United States Holocaust Museum's Survivors and Victims Database (HSV)
has a new collection: Central Council of Elders of the Jewish Communities
in Bedzin. The collection contains two name lists: 1) Bedzin (Bendin)
Census of 1939, which contains 22,167 names, and 2) identification cards
and photographs of Jews >from Bedzin, 1940-1946, which contains 36 names.

You can request a copy of the digitized document linked to each name record
and instantly receive the relevant document in your email by using the
following link,
https://secure.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?SourceId=19814

Peter Lande
Washington, D.C.

Dear Genners,

If anyone will be visiting either Roosevelt Memorial Park in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania or Mount Zion Cemetery in Queens, New York and
would be willing to take a photo of a headstone for me, please
respond to me privately, and I will give you the internment location.

Thank you, and kindest regards,

Avi Lichtenstein
North Bethesda, Maryland

Dear Genners,

If anyone will be visiting either Roosevelt Memorial Park in Bucks
County, Pennsylvania or Mount Zion Cemetery in Queens, New York and
would be willing to take a photo of a headstone for me, please
respond to me privately, and I will give you the internment location.

Thank you, and kindest regards,

Avi Lichtenstein
North Bethesda, Maryland