There is a newly translated chapter in the Kovel Yizkor book: "On the Eve
of the Holocaust" by Meir Ben-Michael, originally written in Yiddish:

http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/kovel1/kov373.html#Page375

Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, MD

Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel

There is a newly translated chapter in the Kovel Yizkor book: "On the Eve
of the Holocaust" by Meir Ben-Michael, originally written in Yiddish:

http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/kovel1/kov373.html#Page375

Bruce Drake
Silver Spring, MD

Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK
Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel

Looking for when my ggf, Moishe-Beer Kotzin (Moses Bernard in America)
came to the US, and when and where he died; also his wife, Glija
Karnovsky. Moishe-Beer was born in Kovno/Kaunus in 1824; they were
married in 1856 and had 4 sons, which I know about; he had about 10
brothers and 3 sisters; a few came to the States, as did a fair number
of descendants, and I'm looking for more details than I have.

Ted Kotzin
Torrance CA
tedk4713@...

Looking for when my ggf, Moishe-Beer Kotzin (Moses Bernard in America)
came to the US, and when and where he died; also his wife, Glija
Karnovsky. Moishe-Beer was born in Kovno/Kaunus in 1824; they were
married in 1856 and had 4 sons, which I know about; he had about 10
brothers and 3 sisters; a few came to the States, as did a fair number
of descendants, and I'm looking for more details than I have.

Ted Kotzin
Torrance CA
tedk4713@...

In honor of Aliyah Day, November 8, 2016, The Israel Genealogy
Research Association (IGRA) presents its "Immigration Database
Collection".

Since 2011 IGRA has been building databases many of which deal with
both legal and illegal immigration to Eretz Israel >from before World
War I to after World War II and the founding of the State of Israel.
This includes 134,000 listings.

IGRA has been working together with many archives and organizations,
such as the Central Zionist Archives (CZA) and the Joint Distribution
Committee (the Joint), to enable genealogists to have access to these
records via the IGRA website.

The "Immigration Collection" includes the following:

1. The Ruslan -- One of the first ships to bring immigrants >from Russia
to Eretz Israel after WWI

2. Zionist Convicts >from the Soviet Union, 1924-1934

3. Farmers >from Galicia Requesting Aliyah 1935

4. Marriage Certificates British Mandate Period (includes reference to
the country of origin)

5. Government Publication of Name Changes -- British Mandate Period
(includes reference to the country of origin)

6. Book of Army Volunteers, Members of the Histadrut in British Army
WWII (includes reference to the country of origin and year of
immigration)

7. Swiss Aliyah Requests 1948

8. Aliyah Requests >from Hungary 1947 -- 1,210 youths

9. Deportation of Children on the S.S. Tiger Hill by the British 1939

10. Deportation of the S.S. Marsis by the British 2 July 1939

11. Illegal Immigrants Deported to Mauritius with Free State Danzig
Passports

12. Refugees in Mauritius who considered themselves citizens of the
Free City of Danzig

13. Refugees in Mauritius who considered themselves Polish Nationals

14. Operation on Eagles Wings (Operation Magic Carpet) 50,000 Yemenite
Jews- June 1949 - September 1950

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

Elena Biegel Bazes
IGRA Publicity Chairperson

In honor of Aliyah Day, November 8, 2016, The Israel Genealogy
Research Association (IGRA) presents its "Immigration Database
Collection".

Since 2011 IGRA has been building databases many of which deal with
both legal and illegal immigration to Eretz Israel >from before World
War I to after World War II and the founding of the State of Israel.
This includes 134,000 listings.

IGRA has been working together with many archives and organizations,
such as the Central Zionist Archives (CZA) and the Joint Distribution
Committee (the Joint), to enable genealogists to have access to these
records via the IGRA website.

The "Immigration Collection" includes the following:

1. The Ruslan -- One of the first ships to bring immigrants >from Russia
to Eretz Israel after WWI

2. Zionist Convicts >from the Soviet Union, 1924-1934

3. Farmers >from Galicia Requesting Aliyah 1935

4. Marriage Certificates British Mandate Period (includes reference to
the country of origin)

5. Government Publication of Name Changes -- British Mandate Period
(includes reference to the country of origin)

6. Book of Army Volunteers, Members of the Histadrut in British Army
WWII (includes reference to the country of origin and year of
immigration)

7. Swiss Aliyah Requests 1948

8. Aliyah Requests >from Hungary 1947 -- 1,210 youths

9. Deportation of Children on the S.S. Tiger Hill by the British 1939

10. Deportation of the S.S. Marsis by the British 2 July 1939

11. Illegal Immigrants Deported to Mauritius with Free State Danzig
Passports

12. Refugees in Mauritius who considered themselves citizens of the
Free City of Danzig

13. Refugees in Mauritius who considered themselves Polish Nationals

14. Operation on Eagles Wings (Operation Magic Carpet) 50,000 Yemenite
Jews- June 1949 - September 1950

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

Elena Biegel Bazes
IGRA Publicity Chairperson

A recent experience has taught me that I f you are applying for an SS-5,
you must include some proof of death of parents, no matter what their
age, if you want their names to not be blacked out. I had this happen
to me, even though the parents would have been well well over a hundred
years old. It should have been apparent by simple math, that they
could not have been alive. This was the case for previous applications
I had made. So even if you can only include a statement describing
that, or if you have anything else, I would highly you suggest you do
that, in order to avoid the appeal process.

Mark London
Natick, MA

A recent experience has taught me that I f you are applying for an SS-5,
you must include some proof of death of parents, no matter what their
age, if you want their names to not be blacked out. I had this happen
to me, even though the parents would have been well well over a hundred
years old. It should have been apparent by simple math, that they
could not have been alive. This was the case for previous applications
I had made. So even if you can only include a statement describing
that, or if you have anything else, I would highly you suggest you do
that, in order to avoid the appeal process.

Mark London
Natick, MA

One suggestion I haven’t seen in response to the question of naming an
Ashkenazi child for a living relative is the possibility that the child was
name for a deceased relative on the other side of the family. I have seen
at least one instance in which this happened.

Joy Weaver
Islip, NY USA

One suggestion I haven’t seen in response to the question of naming an
Ashkenazi child for a living relative is the possibility that the child was
name for a deceased relative on the other side of the family. I have seen
at least one instance in which this happened.

Joy Weaver
Islip, NY USA

The given name "Gur Aryeh" (cub of the lion) is quite rare, and it is
family lore that anyone with that name is related to me via my
Horenstein ancestry. That turns out to be generally true - with rare
exceptions.

In tracing that lineage to the first Gur Aryeh, the earliest I have
found was born in 1792 (1851 Aleksandriya, Rovno uezd census).

When I try to find an earlier origin to that name, the obvious candidate
is his grandfather, R. Aryeh Yehudah Leib, AB"D of Ludmir, born in 1741.

However, according to Biber (Mazkeret LeGedolei Ostroha), Aryeh Yehdudah
Leib signed a document in 5567 etween 1806 and 1807; thus he was
alive when Gur Aryeh was born in 1792.

Both names are derived >from the Book of Genesis (Genesis 49:9): The
patriarch Jacob blesses his son Judah, referring to him as a lion's cub,
with the words: "Gur aryeh Yehuda." ("Judah [is] [the] cub of [the]
lion.")

Would an Ashkenazic Jewish family have named a child after a living
ancestor by changing the name (i.e. >from Aryeh Yehuda Leib to Gur Aryeh)
so that his name was *different* than that of the ancestor?

I don't think we have any way of knowing the answer with certainty, but
would appreciate any thoughts.

Mel Werbach
Los Angeles

Researching:
VERBUKH, HORENSTEIN, KANFER, KOMISAR, KORENBLIT >from Volhynia, Podolia
and Kiev guberniyas, Ukraine; AUZENBERG, RUBINSKI, LEWINOWSKI/
LUDWINOWSKI, ABRAMSKI, BRODOWICZ, SEJNENSKI >from Suwalki guberniya,
Poland; MISHURSKI, GOLDBERG, MENDELSON >from Kovne guberniya, Lithuania

The given name "Gur Aryeh" (cub of the lion) is quite rare, and it is
family lore that anyone with that name is related to me via my
Horenstein ancestry. That turns out to be generally true - with rare
exceptions.

In tracing that lineage to the first Gur Aryeh, the earliest I have
found was born in 1792 (1851 Aleksandriya, Rovno uezd census).

When I try to find an earlier origin to that name, the obvious candidate
is his grandfather, R. Aryeh Yehudah Leib, AB"D of Ludmir, born in 1741.

However, according to Biber (Mazkeret LeGedolei Ostroha), Aryeh Yehdudah
Leib signed a document in 5567 etween 1806 and 1807; thus he was
alive when Gur Aryeh was born in 1792.

Both names are derived >from the Book of Genesis (Genesis 49:9): The
patriarch Jacob blesses his son Judah, referring to him as a lion's cub,
with the words: "Gur aryeh Yehuda." ("Judah [is] [the] cub of [the]
lion.")

Would an Ashkenazic Jewish family have named a child after a living
ancestor by changing the name (i.e. >from Aryeh Yehuda Leib to Gur Aryeh)
so that his name was *different* than that of the ancestor?

I don't think we have any way of knowing the answer with certainty, but
would appreciate any thoughts.

Mel Werbach
Los Angeles

Researching:
VERBUKH, HORENSTEIN, KANFER, KOMISAR, KORENBLIT >from Volhynia, Podolia
and Kiev guberniyas, Ukraine; AUZENBERG, RUBINSKI, LEWINOWSKI/
LUDWINOWSKI, ABRAMSKI, BRODOWICZ, SEJNENSKI >from Suwalki guberniya,
Poland; MISHURSKI, GOLDBERG, MENDELSON >from Kovne guberniya, Lithuania

I have a form that involves my grandfather (Adolph Schlesinger). I do not know what it is and have 2 questions about it.
1. Does anyone know what this form is and what it says.
2. The form mentions Somedi, which, as far as I know, is the town where my grandfather was from.Where was Somedi
located? Does it still exist and what it the current name?
Thanks

Robert Schlesinger

Moderator: You are more likely to find the information you want if you indicate what resources you have already consulted.
You should also upload the document you have to ViewMate.

I have a form that involves my grandfather (Adolph Schlesinger). I do not know what it is and have 2 questions about it.
1. Does anyone know what this form is and what it says.
2. The form mentions Somedi, which, as far as I know, is the town where my grandfather was from.Where was Somedi
located? Does it still exist and what it the current name?
Thanks

Robert Schlesinger

Moderator: You are more likely to find the information you want if you indicate what resources you have already consulted.
You should also upload the document you have to ViewMate.

The Phoenix Jewish Genealogy Group will hold its monthly meeting this
coming Sunday, November 6th >from 1:00 - 3:00 PM in room 102 at the
Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road,
Scottsdale, AZ.

This month's meeting will be a mentoring session. Come prepared with
your documents and questions and we will work through them together.

Emily Garber
Chair, Phoenix Jewish Genealogy Group

The Phoenix Jewish Genealogy Group will hold its monthly meeting this
coming Sunday, November 6th >from 1:00 - 3:00 PM in room 102 at the
Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road,
Scottsdale, AZ.

This month's meeting will be a mentoring session. Come prepared with
your documents and questions and we will work through them together.

Emily Garber
Chair, Phoenix Jewish Genealogy Group

Unfortunately, the Jewish vital records for Korolowka have not survived.

I suggest you search the All Galicia Database, which contains some
landowner and other miscellaneous list for Korolowka.

Also search the JRI-Poland database for Town = Korolowka. This will give
you a long list of entries >from other towns where the town name of
Korolowka is referenced as a place of birth, a place of residence, or a
place where ancestors lived.

And lastly, JRI-Poland has indexed and placed online the School records
(secular) for Korolowka which covers children born >from 1894 through the
1930s. You will have to search the database by surname and
town=Korolowka to access these entries.

Here's hoping you find something of interest.

Mark Halpern
JRI-Poland AGAD Archive Coordinator
Gesher Galicia Advisory Board

David Nesher Adler <davidnead@...> wrote:

<<... I am looking for death registration of Judah Kahn, died apparently
in town Korolovka between the two world wars. How do I find out where
recorded and stored records of Korolovka at all and in particular in
those years?...>>

Unfortunately, the Jewish vital records for Korolowka have not survived.

I suggest you search the All Galicia Database, which contains some
landowner and other miscellaneous list for Korolowka.

Also search the JRI-Poland database for Town = Korolowka. This will give
you a long list of entries >from other towns where the town name of
Korolowka is referenced as a place of birth, a place of residence, or a
place where ancestors lived.

And lastly, JRI-Poland has indexed and placed online the School records
(secular) for Korolowka which covers children born >from 1894 through the
1930s. You will have to search the database by surname and
town=Korolowka to access these entries.

Here's hoping you find something of interest.

Mark Halpern
JRI-Poland AGAD Archive Coordinator
Gesher Galicia Advisory Board

David Nesher Adler <davidnead@...> wrote:

<<... I am looking for death registration of Judah Kahn, died apparently
in town Korolovka between the two world wars. How do I find out where
recorded and stored records of Korolovka at all and in particular in
those years?...>>

Hello everyone,

I am looking for death registration of Judah Kahn, died apparently in
town Korolovka between the two world wars.

How do I find out where recorded and stored records of Korolovka at
all and in particular in those years?

Many thanks in advance

David Nesher
Israel

Hello everyone,

I am looking for death registration of Judah Kahn, died apparently in
town Korolovka between the two world wars.

How do I find out where recorded and stored records of Korolovka at
all and in particular in those years?

Many thanks in advance

David Nesher
Israel