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Hal Bookbinder
Hi,
You have only three weeks to sign up for the IAJGS Conference this summer before the early bird discounts expire at 11:59pm, CDT, May 31. Virtually all of the program is now available on the conference website for you to review. (Although we will have a full film program, We have not yet posted most of the films that will be offered). Check out the conference website at www.iajgs2014.org where you can evaluate the program, register for the conference and link to the Hilton Hotel site for very special conference rates. The Website's FAQ page should answer many of your questions. One of the special events we will be offering is a bus tour of Ancestry.com's main campus in Provo (about 40 miles south of the conference hotel in SLC). We are also bringing in >from Washington D.C. the one-man play, "Time Capsule in a Milk Can". This very special play, developed by the Smithsonian Associates for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, explores Emmanuel Ringelblum and the Warsaw Ghetto archives. The program, the nearby Family History Library, the many free databases which will be available, the films and more will make this a valuable and memorable genealogical experience. Please do plan on coming. It is where your genealogical friends will be! Hal Bookbinder Lead Conference Chair 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Salt Lake City, Utah July 27 - August 1, 2014
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Nancy Holden
Nancy Holden will teach an advanced class in using JewishGen for
Genealogy "Advanced JewishGen" will run June 1-28. This class is open for enrollment by application. If you want to begin to work on records in your ancestor's former country of residence, this class is a web based private forum made collaborative through post and reply. It is open 24/7 for you to read, download the lessons, ask questions and interact with an instructor. It requires about 8-10 hours per week. Enrollment limited. To Apply: Choose one family and one town for your research project 1.. Write a one paragraph introduction to your family surnames (limit is one surname or two if it is a married couple >from the same town) 2.. Write 1 goal and 3 objectives (what you want to know at the end of four weeks) Tuition is $150, payable after the application process through our online secure web site. To apply, please email your application to: Nancy Holden, nholden@interserv.com Instruction Manager, JewishGen Inc
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Phyllis Kramer
Did your family live in New York? There are many interesting research
possibilities in the Big Apple! JewishGen's Intermediate Course, Breaking Brick Walls in the United States, will focus on New York Resources. This course will be especially useful to those who visit NY; we'll have suggestions on where to research, where to wander and how to get there. If, despite basic online research (census >from familysearch & ancestry, vital records >from italiangen) you have not yet found the Hebrew names, birth year or town for your U.S. immigrant ancestors consider this course as it focuses on the more esoteric documents our ancestors generated, including naturalization, military and governmental records, death records (probate, obituaries, cemeteries), and local archival research. We feature a personal mentoring program; students use our online FORUM, post an ancestral branch, set goals for research, and work one on one with the instructor. Eight text lessons can be downloaded to read at your own pace and an optional field trip to a New York archive will be scheduled. This course is open for enrollment. PLEASE read the course descriptions and requirements (8-10 hours per week) on www.jewishgen.org/education and email any questions. I look forward to interfacing with every student. Phyllis Kramer, New York City VP Education, www.jewishgen.org/education phylliskramer1@gmail.com
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Hal Bookbinder
Hi,
You have only three weeks to sign up for the IAJGS Conference this summer before the early bird discounts expire at 11:59pm, CDT, May 31. Virtually all of the program is now available on the conference website for you to review. (Although we will have a full film program, We have not yet posted most of the films that will be offered). Check out the conference website at www.iajgs2014.org where you can evaluate the program, register for the conference and link to the Hilton Hotel site for very special conference rates. The Website's FAQ page should answer many of your questions. One of the special events we will be offering is a bus tour of Ancestry.com's main campus in Provo (about 40 miles south of the conference hotel in SLC). We are also bringing in >from Washington D.C. the one-man play, "Time Capsule in a Milk Can". This very special play, developed by the Smithsonian Associates for the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, explores Emmanuel Ringelblum and the Warsaw Ghetto archives. The program, the nearby Family History Library, the many free databases which will be available, the films and more will make this a valuable and memorable genealogical experience. Please do plan on coming. It is where your genealogical friends will be! Hal Bookbinder Lead Conference Chair 34th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Salt Lake City, Utah July 27 - August 1, 2014
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Nancy Holden
Nancy Holden will teach an advanced class in using JewishGen for
Genealogy "Advanced JewishGen" will run June 1-28. This class is open for enrollment by application. If you want to begin to work on records in your ancestor's former country of residence, this class is a web based private forum made collaborative through post and reply. It is open 24/7 for you to read, download the lessons, ask questions and interact with an instructor. It requires about 8-10 hours per week. Enrollment limited. To Apply: Choose one family and one town for your research project 1.. Write a one paragraph introduction to your family surnames (limit is one surname or two if it is a married couple >from the same town) 2.. Write 1 goal and 3 objectives (what you want to know at the end of four weeks) Tuition is $150, payable after the application process through our online secure web site. To apply, please email your application to: Nancy Holden, nholden@interserv.com Instruction Manager, JewishGen Inc
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Phyllis Kramer
Did your family live in New York? There are many interesting research
possibilities in the Big Apple! JewishGen's Intermediate Course, Breaking Brick Walls in the United States, will focus on New York Resources. This course will be especially useful to those who visit NY; we'll have suggestions on where to research, where to wander and how to get there. If, despite basic online research (census >from familysearch & ancestry, vital records >from italiangen) you have not yet found the Hebrew names, birth year or town for your U.S. immigrant ancestors consider this course as it focuses on the more esoteric documents our ancestors generated, including naturalization, military and governmental records, death records (probate, obituaries, cemeteries), and local archival research. We feature a personal mentoring program; students use our online FORUM, post an ancestral branch, set goals for research, and work one on one with the instructor. Eight text lessons can be downloaded to read at your own pace and an optional field trip to a New York archive will be scheduled. This course is open for enrollment. PLEASE read the course descriptions and requirements (8-10 hours per week) on www.jewishgen.org/education and email any questions. I look forward to interfacing with every student. Phyllis Kramer, New York City VP Education, www.jewishgen.org/education phylliskramer1@gmail.com
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JGS Toronto Book Reading by our member authors Wednesday May 21,2014
#general
JGS Toronto Mentoring <mentoring@...>
Place: Shaarei Tefillah Synagogue
3600 Bathurst Street (entrance off Neptune Drive) Toronto,Ontario M6A 2C9 Time : 7:30 -9:00 p.m. Authors: Three speakers >from our Society will read, "Tracing Our Roots, Telling Our Stories", winner of the 2014 AIJGS award for Most Outstanding Publication. One story tells of her grandfather's and mother's journey to Melfort, Saskatchewan, in Western Canada, >from the Ukraine and the hardships they were faced and overcome. Another is our President Emeritus, Henry Wellisch's astonishing escape in 1938 >from Vienna and his tale of survival. The third story is written by a daughter, as told to her by her mother, a Holocaust survivor. It tells of her journey >from the Old World to the New World. Refreshments to follow. JGS Toronto and Shaarei Tefillah Synagogue, co-sponsors for further information email info@jgstoronto.ca or 647-247-6414 Valerie Fox
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGS Toronto Book Reading by our member authors Wednesday May 21,2014
#general
JGS Toronto Mentoring <mentoring@...>
Place: Shaarei Tefillah Synagogue
3600 Bathurst Street (entrance off Neptune Drive) Toronto,Ontario M6A 2C9 Time : 7:30 -9:00 p.m. Authors: Three speakers >from our Society will read, "Tracing Our Roots, Telling Our Stories", winner of the 2014 AIJGS award for Most Outstanding Publication. One story tells of her grandfather's and mother's journey to Melfort, Saskatchewan, in Western Canada, >from the Ukraine and the hardships they were faced and overcome. Another is our President Emeritus, Henry Wellisch's astonishing escape in 1938 >from Vienna and his tale of survival. The third story is written by a daughter, as told to her by her mother, a Holocaust survivor. It tells of her journey >from the Old World to the New World. Refreshments to follow. JGS Toronto and Shaarei Tefillah Synagogue, co-sponsors for further information email info@jgstoronto.ca or 647-247-6414 Valerie Fox
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JOWBR and Memorial Plaque Database Updates
#poland
The next update to JewishGen's JOWBR
(http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/) and Memorial Plaque (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/) databases will be done late June in time for the summer IAJGS Conference. For submission instructions, please see http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm for JOWBR and http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm for the Memorial Plaque Project. If you have any templates / photos to add, please submit them to me by May 31. Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland JOWBR and Memorial Plaque Database Updates
#poland
The next update to JewishGen's JOWBR
(http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/) and Memorial Plaque (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/) databases will be done late June in time for the summer IAJGS Conference. For submission instructions, please see http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm for JOWBR and http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm for the Memorial Plaque Project. If you have any templates / photos to add, please submit them to me by May 31. Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org
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The next update to JewishGen's JOWBR
(http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/) and Memorial Plaque (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/) databases will be done late June in time for the summer IAJGS Conference. For submission instructions, please see http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm for JOWBR and http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm for the Memorial Plaque Project. If you have any templates / photos to add, please submit them to me by May 31. Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org
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The next update to JewishGen's JOWBR
(http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/) and Memorial Plaque (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/) databases will be done late June in time for the summer IAJGS Conference. For submission instructions, please see http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm for JOWBR and http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm for the Memorial Plaque Project. If you have any templates / photos to add, please submit them to me by May 31. Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org
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JOWBR and Memorial Plaque Database Updates
#lithuania
The next update to JewishGen's JOWBR
(http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/) and Memorial Plaque (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/) databases will be done late June in time for the summer IAJGS Conference. For submission instructions, please see http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm for JOWBR and http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm for the Memorial Plaque Project. If you have any templates / photos to add, please submit them to me by May 31. Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania JOWBR and Memorial Plaque Database Updates
#lithuania
The next update to JewishGen's JOWBR
(http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/) and Memorial Plaque (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/) databases will be done late June in time for the summer IAJGS Conference. For submission instructions, please see http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm for JOWBR and http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Memorial/Submit.htm for the Memorial Plaque Project. If you have any templates / photos to add, please submit them to me by May 31. Nolan Altman NAltman@JewishGen.org
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Re: reverse immigration?
#lithuania
Stephen Weinstein
Not everyone who was on a ship to the U.S. was admitted (allowed to
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enter the country). Some were sent back (involuntarily). And the manifest might not distinguish correctly between immigrants and visitors. They might not really have intended to stay. I do have an ancestor who went back and forth. He traveled from Europe to the U.S. more than one time. I am not sure how many because he may have used a false name. Stephen Weinstein Camarillo, CA, USA
On Friday, May 16, 2014 9:35 PM, Judith Singer
<litvaksig@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote: I am going through ship manifests of immigrants arriving in NYC and even among the few names I can definitely identify, have noticed quite a few people who are listed as arriving in 1910, for example, but show up in Lithuanian records in the 1920s. In at least one case, a wife is listed as meeting her husband,who has a different last name. I know that the proportion of Jewish immigrants returning to Eastern Europe to live is very low, compared to other ethnic groups is low, so I find this surprising. I'm wondering if actually the immigrants listed were actually traveling under friends' or relatives' passports. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? Does anyone have any insights? Thanks - Judith Singer
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Re: reverse immigration?
#lithuania
Stephen Weinstein
Not everyone who was on a ship to the U.S. was admitted (allowed to
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enter the country). Some were sent back (involuntarily). And the manifest might not distinguish correctly between immigrants and visitors. They might not really have intended to stay. I do have an ancestor who went back and forth. He traveled from Europe to the U.S. more than one time. I am not sure how many because he may have used a false name. Stephen Weinstein Camarillo, CA, USA
On Friday, May 16, 2014 9:35 PM, Judith Singer
<litvaksig@lyris.jewishgen.org> wrote: I am going through ship manifests of immigrants arriving in NYC and even among the few names I can definitely identify, have noticed quite a few people who are listed as arriving in 1910, for example, but show up in Lithuanian records in the 1920s. In at least one case, a wife is listed as meeting her husband,who has a different last name. I know that the proportion of Jewish immigrants returning to Eastern Europe to live is very low, compared to other ethnic groups is low, so I find this surprising. I'm wondering if actually the immigrants listed were actually traveling under friends' or relatives' passports. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? Does anyone have any insights? Thanks - Judith Singer
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reverse immigration?
#lithuania
Howard Margol
According to the Lithuania Internal Passport records, 1919-1940,
a couple received their internal passports in Panevezys in 1923. They had two sons. The file includes the birth records of the two sons. They were both born in the Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Apparently, the couple left Lithuania prior to World War I and returned to Lithuania in 1923. My wife's Uncle left Latvia in 1911 and moved to Chicago. In 1925, he went back to Latvia for a lengthy visit and then returned to Chicago. I do not think reverse immigration is as rare as we think it may have been. Those who left Lithuania still had ties to the old country. Howard Margol <<From: Judith Singer jsingerarslibris@gmail.com I am going through ship manifests of immigrants arriving in NYC and even among the few names I can definitely identify, have noticed quite a few people who are listed as arriving in 1910, for example, but show up in Lithuanian records in the 1920s. In at least one case, a wife is listed as meeting her husband,who has a different last name. I know that the proportion of Jewish immigrants returning to Eastern Europe to live is very low, compared to other ethnic groups is low, so I find this surprising. I'm wondering if actually the immigrants listed were actually traveling under friends' or relatives' passports. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? Does anyone have any insights?>>
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania reverse immigration?
#lithuania
Howard Margol
According to the Lithuania Internal Passport records, 1919-1940,
a couple received their internal passports in Panevezys in 1923. They had two sons. The file includes the birth records of the two sons. They were both born in the Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Apparently, the couple left Lithuania prior to World War I and returned to Lithuania in 1923. My wife's Uncle left Latvia in 1911 and moved to Chicago. In 1925, he went back to Latvia for a lengthy visit and then returned to Chicago. I do not think reverse immigration is as rare as we think it may have been. Those who left Lithuania still had ties to the old country. Howard Margol <<From: Judith Singer jsingerarslibris@gmail.com I am going through ship manifests of immigrants arriving in NYC and even among the few names I can definitely identify, have noticed quite a few people who are listed as arriving in 1910, for example, but show up in Lithuanian records in the 1920s. In at least one case, a wife is listed as meeting her husband,who has a different last name. I know that the proportion of Jewish immigrants returning to Eastern Europe to live is very low, compared to other ethnic groups is low, so I find this surprising. I'm wondering if actually the immigrants listed were actually traveling under friends' or relatives' passports. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? Does anyone have any insights?>>
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Re: reverse immigration?
#lithuania
Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin
You may underestimate the proportion of returning immigrants. I had two
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great uncles one on each side of my family who returned to independent Poland. One who had already been a US citizen married in Poland fathered one son and after a few years returned with his wife and son to the USA. The other returned to his hometown and perished with his family in the Holocaust. Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin Judith Singer wrote:
I am going through ship manifests of immigrants arriving in NYC and
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Re: reverse immigration?
#lithuania
Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin
You may underestimate the proportion of returning immigrants. I had two
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great uncles one on each side of my family who returned to independent Poland. One who had already been a US citizen married in Poland fathered one son and after a few years returned with his wife and son to the USA. The other returned to his hometown and perished with his family in the Holocaust. Avshalom Zoossmann-Diskin Judith Singer wrote:
I am going through ship manifests of immigrants arriving in NYC and
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