from my experience to pay for services in Moldova, including Transnistria

region:
- I paid many times by Western Union, but
- found that MoneyGram is less expensive, and it exists in all towns in
Moldova and Transnistria.
- also we paid to a researcher in Kherson gubernia by MoneyGram.

The Archive I was in touch with - the Moldovan Archive did not accept bank
transfers >from bank to bank, and anything else, except CASH, and that most
likely went directly to the person I was in contact with.

Yefim Kogan
Bessarabia SIG Coordinator
Researching KOGAN, SPIVAK, KHAYMOVICH, SRULEVICH, LEVIT in Kaushany,
Bendery, Tarutino, Akkerman, Kiliya - all in Bessarabia, KHAIMOVICH in
Galatz, Romania, KOGAN in Dubossary, Moldova, SRULEVICH in Shanghai, China

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Subject: How to Pay for Records in Ukraine
From: <myopy5367@...>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:18:12 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
X-Message-Number: 1

Dear Milton,

I haven't tried to pay archives directly, but I used a researcher in Kiev. I
had the same difficulties trying to pay her--my bank had no idea how to send
money to Ukraine. I ended up having to use Western Union. They charge high
fees, but I was able to send the money online and she easily retrieved it in
Kiev. You might try to see if the archive will accept a Western Union
transfer. Hope this helps,

Carol Flesher
Oxnard, Ca.

from my experience to pay for services in Moldova, including Transnistria

region:
- I paid many times by Western Union, but
- found that MoneyGram is less expensive, and it exists in all towns in
Moldova and Transnistria.
- also we paid to a researcher in Kherson gubernia by MoneyGram.

The Archive I was in touch with - the Moldovan Archive did not accept bank
transfers >from bank to bank, and anything else, except CASH, and that most
likely went directly to the person I was in contact with.

Yefim Kogan
Bessarabia SIG Coordinator
Researching KOGAN, SPIVAK, KHAYMOVICH, SRULEVICH, LEVIT in Kaushany,
Bendery, Tarutino, Akkerman, Kiliya - all in Bessarabia, KHAIMOVICH in
Galatz, Romania, KOGAN in Dubossary, Moldova, SRULEVICH in Shanghai, China

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Subject: How to Pay for Records in Ukraine
From: <myopy5367@...>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:18:12 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
X-Message-Number: 1

Dear Milton,

I haven't tried to pay archives directly, but I used a researcher in Kiev. I
had the same difficulties trying to pay her--my bank had no idea how to send
money to Ukraine. I ended up having to use Western Union. They charge high
fees, but I was able to send the money online and she easily retrieved it in
Kiev. You might try to see if the archive will accept a Western Union
transfer. Hope this helps,

Carol Flesher
Oxnard, Ca.

JewishGen Education will offer Basic 4:Exploring the new Belarus
SIG website, May 15-May 30. Visit http://www.jewishgen.org/education
to register. The course is a workbook class, open on the private
JewishGen forum. It is free for JewishGen Value-Added Services users
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otherwise the cost is $18.

This course will explore the new Belarus SIG website and help you
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the new translation projects and more.
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JewishGen Education will offer Basic 4:Exploring the new Belarus
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to register. The course is a workbook class, open on the private
JewishGen forum. It is free for JewishGen Value-Added Services users
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otherwise the cost is $18.

This course will explore the new Belarus SIG website and help you
search for your ancestors, explain the Belarus Records Inventory,
the new translation projects and more.
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If you have any questions, contact Nancy Holden nholden@...

Over the past week both the EU Council and Parliament approved the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR). The new rules were four years in the making and went
through numerous debates in Committee, and in the EU Council, Commission and
Parliament. The new rules adopt the right to be forgotten as well as give data
privacy regulators the authority to impose penalties amounting to up to 4 percent
of annual turnover for global companies for noncompliance. The rules also state
that individuals must give their clear and affirmative consent before companies,
or governments, can process their private data.

The Data Protection package includes two legislative instruments: the general data
protection regulation (intended to replace directive 95/46/EC)and the data
protection directive in the area of law enforcement (intended to replace the 2008
data protection framework decision). The protection of persons in relation to the
processing of their personal data is a fundamental right laid down in the Charter
of Fundamental Rights of the EU (Article 8) and in the Treaty on the Functioning of
the European Union (Article 16). The GDPR governs the use and privacy of EU
citizens data and the Directive governs EU citizens data by law enforcement. [The
difference between an EU directive and regulation: A regulation has binding legal
force throughout all member EU states and enter into force on a set date in all the
Member States (country). A Directive lays down certain results that must be
achieved but each Member state is free to decide how to transpose directives into
national laws.] The EU represents 500 million residents in the 28 member countries.
Currently there is a patchwork of national rules and this is a one law for
everyone.

At the time of writing this posting the final adopted regulation was not posted to
the EU Parliament website, however, the version adopted by the EU Council on 8
April is posted at:
http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-5419-2016-INIT/en/pdf and the
Parliament made no changes to what was approved by the Council. It is a 261 page
paper but can be searched by key words, such as "right to erasure" or "right to be
forgotten". On page 101, paragraph 158, it explicitly states that the regulation
does not apply to deceased individuals . In addition, it states each member country
has a legal obligation to acquire, disseminate and provide access to records of
enduring value for general public interest. Member States are also authorized to
provide for the further processing of personal data for archiving purposes,
including specific information related to the "political behavior under former
totalitarian state regimes, genocide, crimes against humanity, in particular
the Holocaust, or war crimes." The International Holocaust Remembrance
Alliance (IHRA) lobbied for the preservation of access to Holocaust records.
In 2013 IAJGS wrote to each of the 28 EU members Ministers of Justice
requesting records of deceased individuals and Holocaust records be exempted

from the "right to be forgotten" as the "right to be remembered" and top

retain public access to them.

There is a fundamental difference between the EU and the United States when
it comes to privacy. In the EU privacy takes precedence and in the US the
constitutional right of freedom of speech takes priority the crux of the
debate on the right to be erased or right to be forgotten.

The first data protection rules were adopted in 1995 when the Internet was in its
infancy. Starting in 2012 the EU Commission published a legislative package aimed
at replacing and updating the 1995 rules and a directive aimed at data protection
in the police and justice systems. Due to Edward Snowden's whistleblowing on NSA
activities in 2013 EU politicians reacted and stricter measures to ensure privacy
were adopted in the regulation and directive recently approved.

Next the regulation is published in the Official Journal and 20 days after
publication, begins,a two-year time period for each of the member states
(countries) to amend their local country laws to become compliant with the EU
requirements.
To read the EU Press release see:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160407IPR21776/Data-protection-reform-Parliament-approves-new-rules-fit-for-the-digital-era
(MODERATOR: http://tinyurl.com/j2qswzw )
There are many previous posts on the GDPR and right to be forgotten on the IAJGS
Records Access Alert. To access the archives go to:
http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts.
You must be registered to access the archives. To register for the IAJGS Records
Access Alert go to:
http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts. You will
receive an email response that you have to reply to or the subscription will
not be finalized. It is required to include your organization affiliation
(genealogy organization, etc.)

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Over the past week both the EU Council and Parliament approved the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR). The new rules were four years in the making and went
through numerous debates in Committee, and in the EU Council, Commission and
Parliament. The new rules adopt the right to be forgotten as well as give data
privacy regulators the authority to impose penalties amounting to up to 4 percent
of annual turnover for global companies for noncompliance. The rules also state
that individuals must give their clear and affirmative consent before companies,
or governments, can process their private data.

The Data Protection package includes two legislative instruments: the general data
protection regulation (intended to replace directive 95/46/EC)and the data
protection directive in the area of law enforcement (intended to replace the 2008
data protection framework decision). The protection of persons in relation to the
processing of their personal data is a fundamental right laid down in the Charter
of Fundamental Rights of the EU (Article 8) and in the Treaty on the Functioning of
the European Union (Article 16). The GDPR governs the use and privacy of EU
citizens data and the Directive governs EU citizens data by law enforcement. [The
difference between an EU directive and regulation: A regulation has binding legal
force throughout all member EU states and enter into force on a set date in all the
Member States (country). A Directive lays down certain results that must be
achieved but each Member state is free to decide how to transpose directives into
national laws.] The EU represents 500 million residents in the 28 member countries.
Currently there is a patchwork of national rules and this is a one law for
everyone.

At the time of writing this posting the final adopted regulation was not posted to
the EU Parliament website, however, the version adopted by the EU Council on 8
April is posted at:
http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-5419-2016-INIT/en/pdf and the
Parliament made no changes to what was approved by the Council. It is a 261 page
paper but can be searched by key words, such as "right to erasure" or "right to be
forgotten". On page 101, paragraph 158, it explicitly states that the regulation
does not apply to deceased individuals . In addition, it states each member country
has a legal obligation to acquire, disseminate and provide access to records of
enduring value for general public interest. Member States are also authorized to
provide for the further processing of personal data for archiving purposes,
including specific information related to the "political behavior under former
totalitarian state regimes, genocide, crimes against humanity, in particular
the Holocaust, or war crimes." The International Holocaust Remembrance
Alliance (IHRA) lobbied for the preservation of access to Holocaust records.
In 2013 IAJGS wrote to each of the 28 EU members Ministers of Justice
requesting records of deceased individuals and Holocaust records be exempted

from the "right to be forgotten" as the "right to be remembered" and top

retain public access to them.

There is a fundamental difference between the EU and the United States when
it comes to privacy. In the EU privacy takes precedence and in the US the
constitutional right of freedom of speech takes priority the crux of the
debate on the right to be erased or right to be forgotten.

The first data protection rules were adopted in 1995 when the Internet was in its
infancy. Starting in 2012 the EU Commission published a legislative package aimed
at replacing and updating the 1995 rules and a directive aimed at data protection
in the police and justice systems. Due to Edward Snowden's whistleblowing on NSA
activities in 2013 EU politicians reacted and stricter measures to ensure privacy
were adopted in the regulation and directive recently approved.

Next the regulation is published in the Official Journal and 20 days after
publication, begins,a two-year time period for each of the member states
(countries) to amend their local country laws to become compliant with the EU
requirements.
To read the EU Press release see:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/20160407IPR21776/Data-protection-reform-Parliament-approves-new-rules-fit-for-the-digital-era
(MODERATOR: http://tinyurl.com/j2qswzw )
There are many previous posts on the GDPR and right to be forgotten on the IAJGS
Records Access Alert. To access the archives go to:
http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts.
You must be registered to access the archives. To register for the IAJGS Records
Access Alert go to:
http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts. You will
receive an email response that you have to reply to or the subscription will
not be finalized. It is required to include your organization affiliation
(genealogy organization, etc.)

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

JewishGen Education will offer Basic 4:Exploring the new Belarus
SIG website, May 15-May 30. Visit http://www.jewishgen.org/education
to register. The course is a workbook class, open on the private
JewishGen forum. It is free for JewishGen Value-Added Services users
(donated $100 to the JewishGen General Fund in the last 12 months),
otherwise the cost is $18.

This course will explore the new Belarus SIG website and help you
search for your ancestors, explain the Belarus Records Inventory, the
new translation projects and more.
http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/index.html

If you have any questions, contact Nancy Holden
nholden@...

JewishGen Education will offer Basic 4:Exploring the new Belarus
SIG website, May 15-May 30. Visit http://www.jewishgen.org/education
to register. The course is a workbook class, open on the private
JewishGen forum. It is free for JewishGen Value-Added Services users
(donated $100 to the JewishGen General Fund in the last 12 months),
otherwise the cost is $18.

This course will explore the new Belarus SIG website and help you
search for your ancestors, explain the Belarus Records Inventory, the
new translation projects and more.
http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/index.html

If you have any questions, contact Nancy Holden
nholden@...

My PGGM was Schlome Selzer >from Trembowla, Galicia.

I have seen pages of testimony, at Yad Vashem, >from Miriam Schmidt, about
several Selzer family - including her father, Israel, who was the son of
Michael Selzer. I am trying to locate any of her children, who may have some
documents related to Michael Selzer and his parents. I have strong
suspicions that this family is related to my PGGM, but have been
unsuccessful, to date, of making the link.

I know that Schlome's parents were Naftali and Reisl Selzer, >from Trembowla.
I also have information that there were several other children of this couple
- but their sibship to my PGGM is missing.

Thank you in advance,
Milton Koch
Bethesda, MD, USA

SELZER, Trembowla

MODERATOR NOTE: Miriam's Pages for her father were written in 1956 and
1957 in Bnai Brak, Israel.

My PGGM was Schlome Selzer >from Trembowla, Galicia.

I have seen pages of testimony, at Yad Vashem, >from Miriam Schmidt, about
several Selzer family - including her father, Israel, who was the son of
Michael Selzer. I am trying to locate any of her children, who may have some
documents related to Michael Selzer and his parents. I have strong
suspicions that this family is related to my PGGM, but have been
unsuccessful, to date, of making the link.

I know that Schlome's parents were Naftali and Reisl Selzer, >from Trembowla.
I also have information that there were several other children of this couple
- but their sibship to my PGGM is missing.

Thank you in advance,
Milton Koch
Bethesda, MD, USA

SELZER, Trembowla

MODERATOR NOTE: Miriam's Pages for her father were written in 1956 and
1957 in Bnai Brak, Israel.

On an incoming passenger manifest >from 1904 the occupation is listed as "Maviller".
I am stumped as to what this could be. Anyone have any suggestions?

The occupation after arriving in the USA was peddler or fruit and produce grocer

Gary Pokrassa, JGID 70858

Researching POKRASSA, DREISHPOON, BOGO, BOGUSLAVSKY, KIANSKY, FEINBERG, FAYNBERG,
POLER, EISENBERG, BERG, ROSENGARTEN, SHRON, SOLOVEITCHIK, MESH, GOTTESFELD, HYAMS,
BLOOM, BLUMENKRANTZ

On an incoming passenger manifest >from 1904 the occupation is listed as "Maviller".
I am stumped as to what this could be. Anyone have any suggestions?

The occupation after arriving in the USA was peddler or fruit and produce grocer

Gary Pokrassa, JGID 70858

Researching POKRASSA, DREISHPOON, BOGO, BOGUSLAVSKY, KIANSKY, FEINBERG, FAYNBERG,
POLER, EISENBERG, BERG, ROSENGARTEN, SHRON, SOLOVEITCHIK, MESH, GOTTESFELD, HYAMS,
BLOOM, BLUMENKRANTZ

My suggestion for Zahnarzt in NZ-era letter, which certainly does sound
just like some sort of code, is that it referred to some person or
organisation which was extracting - in this case surely money. They may
well be paying bribes for the necessary papers to enable them to emigrate.
Or perhaps there was a forced sale of some possessions.

Eva Lawrence, St Albans, UK. eva.lawrence@...

My suggestion for Zahnarzt in NZ-era letter, which certainly does sound
just like some sort of code, is that it referred to some person or
organisation which was extracting - in this case surely money. They may
well be paying bribes for the necessary papers to enable them to emigrate.
Or perhaps there was a forced sale of some possessions.

Eva Lawrence, St Albans, UK. eva.lawrence@...

I recently obtained some documents >from Paris that have given me the
names of two previously unknown cousins of my late father's. I would
dearly love to find these ladies or their families, and would be most
grateful for any help with this. Their names are or were Jeanette
SOBEL nee BULWAR, born 1934 in Paris, married Jules SOBEL in 1954 in
Paris, and Dora HAMANY nee BULWAR, born 1935 in Paris, married Michel
(Meir) HAMANY in 1955 in Paris, divorced 1978 in Paris. The sisters'
parents were Hersz Myson BULWAR, an immigrant >from Lodz, and Rachela
GUTWAKS (or GOUTVAKS). I have searched JewishGen Family Finder and
French telephone books online, but have not found anything. I also
stumbled across a French website called genealogie.com which mentions
a family tree containing the names Dora BULWARD-HAMANY and Michel
HAMANY, but I couldn't see the tree itself and found the website a bit
confusing to navigate. (I'm not a French speaker.) I'd be very
grateful for any help in tracking down these relatives or their
families!
Thanking you in advance,
Miriam BULWAR DAVID-HAY,
Raaana, Israel.

I recently obtained some documents >from Paris that have given me the
names of two previously unknown cousins of my late father's. I would
dearly love to find these ladies or their families, and would be most
grateful for any help with this. Their names are or were Jeanette
SOBEL nee BULWAR, born 1934 in Paris, married Jules SOBEL in 1954 in
Paris, and Dora HAMANY nee BULWAR, born 1935 in Paris, married Michel
(Meir) HAMANY in 1955 in Paris, divorced 1978 in Paris. The sisters'
parents were Hersz Myson BULWAR, an immigrant >from Lodz, and Rachela
GUTWAKS (or GOUTVAKS). I have searched JewishGen Family Finder and
French telephone books online, but have not found anything. I also
stumbled across a French website called genealogie.com which mentions
a family tree containing the names Dora BULWARD-HAMANY and Michel
HAMANY, but I couldn't see the tree itself and found the website a bit
confusing to navigate. (I'm not a French speaker.) I'd be very
grateful for any help in tracking down these relatives or their
families!
Thanking you in advance,
Miriam BULWAR DAVID-HAY,
Raaana, Israel.

I sent a deposit and later the balance due to a researcher in Ukraine
(researcher was used by multiple individual members of a JewishGen group
researching in given towns) using Moneygram, which I used at a machine
located in a CVS. Each time I paid the researcher $225 cash, which was sent
as U.S. dollars, and fee was $15 U.S. There is a reference number provided
on receipt at CVS that I transmitted in an e-mail message to the person in
Ukraine, and he then used the reference number in Ukraine to receive the
money. Money was transferred with no problem.

Hope this helps.
Jeff Miller
Maryland

I sent a deposit and later the balance due to a researcher in Ukraine
(researcher was used by multiple individual members of a JewishGen group
researching in given towns) using Moneygram, which I used at a machine
located in a CVS. Each time I paid the researcher $225 cash, which was sent
as U.S. dollars, and fee was $15 U.S. There is a reference number provided
on receipt at CVS that I transmitted in an e-mail message to the person in
Ukraine, and he then used the reference number in Ukraine to receive the
money. Money was transferred with no problem.

Hope this helps.
Jeff Miller
Maryland

JewishGen Education will offer Basic 4:Exploring the new Belarus
SIG website, May 15-May 30. Visit http://www.jewishgen.org/education
to register. The course is a workbook class, open on the private
JewishGen forum. It is free for JewishGen Value-Added Services users
(donated $100 to the JewishGen General Fund in the last 12 months),
otherwise the cost is $18.

This course will explore the new Belarus SIG website and help you
search for your ancestors, explain the Belarus Records Inventory,
the new translation projects and more.
http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/index.html

If you have any questions, contact Nancy Holden
nholden@...

JewishGen Education will offer Basic 4:Exploring the new Belarus
SIG website, May 15-May 30. Visit http://www.jewishgen.org/education
to register. The course is a workbook class, open on the private
JewishGen forum. It is free for JewishGen Value-Added Services users
(donated $100 to the JewishGen General Fund in the last 12 months),
otherwise the cost is $18.

This course will explore the new Belarus SIG website and help you
search for your ancestors, explain the Belarus Records Inventory,
the new translation projects and more.
http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/index.html

If you have any questions, contact Nancy Holden
nholden@...