Le 06/05/2014 08:04, French SIG digest a écrit :
Hello,
Something you can easily do is to post a question in the Forum of our
Website www.genealoj.org
You can even post it in English.
Regards,
Georges Graner
(Paris-France)

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Subject: looking for a newspaper in France to post a Genealogy request in
From: Moshe Schaeffer <schaefferfamilytree@...>
Date: Sun, 04 May 2014 23:22:52 +0300


Hello all,
A while back I was looking for someone in South Africa, I wrote a letter
to the editor of the Jewish newspaper there and they printed it and I
was able to find a member of that family. I would like to know is there
such a newspaper in France that I would be able to do this in? I am
looking for Dr.Sonia R. Hirschovitch
This is >from her letterhead in 1973: "ex-interne de l'Hopital de
Rothschild - Gynécologie, Médecine Générale
10, rue Claude-Matrat, Issy-les-Moulineaux (Porte de Versailles).

Thank you for your help in this matter
Moshe Schaeffer
Jerusalem Israel

Le 06/05/2014 08:04, French SIG digest a écrit :
Hello,
Something you can easily do is to post a question in the Forum of our
Website www.genealoj.org
You can even post it in English.
Regards,
Georges Graner
(Paris-France)

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject: looking for a newspaper in France to post a Genealogy request in
From: Moshe Schaeffer <schaefferfamilytree@...>
Date: Sun, 04 May 2014 23:22:52 +0300


Hello all,
A while back I was looking for someone in South Africa, I wrote a letter
to the editor of the Jewish newspaper there and they printed it and I
was able to find a member of that family. I would like to know is there
such a newspaper in France that I would be able to do this in? I am
looking for Dr.Sonia R. Hirschovitch
This is >from her letterhead in 1973: "ex-interne de l'Hopital de
Rothschild - Gynécologie, Médecine Générale
10, rue Claude-Matrat, Issy-les-Moulineaux (Porte de Versailles).

Thank you for your help in this matter
Moshe Schaeffer
Jerusalem Israel

Hi everybody,

In one day we already have 4 people in the Lipkani team: 3 - Hebrew
translators and 1- Russian. That is great, but we would definitely need
more, about 10-15 people. The number of records/photos will be about 2,200.
We do not have any lists, tables - we will do them ourselves.

I would also ask the group if anyone would like to coordinate Lipkani
Cemetery project. I am doing it right now, but very busy with several other
projects and the conference.
If anyone would like do this, please let me know. Here is a set of skills
needed for this project coordination:
- familiar with Excel, combine several tables in one; keep copies;
- familiar with Dropbox to send and receive files;
- keep track of all parts of the project: "first reading", "second
reading"; possible some of the images will be sent to ViewMate...
- advertise the project at Bessarabia SIG Discussion group and
JewishGen Discussion Group.

I will still continue to communicate with our photographer in Moldova to get
some photos retaken if needed, and also to get the last portion of about
400-500 images.

Looking forward to hear >from you!

Thank you all,
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

Hi everybody,

In one day we already have 4 people in the Lipkani team: 3 - Hebrew
translators and 1- Russian. That is great, but we would definitely need
more, about 10-15 people. The number of records/photos will be about 2,200.
We do not have any lists, tables - we will do them ourselves.

I would also ask the group if anyone would like to coordinate Lipkani
Cemetery project. I am doing it right now, but very busy with several other
projects and the conference.
If anyone would like do this, please let me know. Here is a set of skills
needed for this project coordination:
- familiar with Excel, combine several tables in one; keep copies;
- familiar with Dropbox to send and receive files;
- keep track of all parts of the project: "first reading", "second
reading"; possible some of the images will be sent to ViewMate...
- advertise the project at Bessarabia SIG Discussion group and
JewishGen Discussion Group.

I will still continue to communicate with our photographer in Moldova to get
some photos retaken if needed, and also to get the last portion of about
400-500 images.

Looking forward to hear >from you!

Thank you all,
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

Hello fellow siggers,

More of my uploaded documents are now available on ViewMate.
I need your very helpful assistance to translate or transcribe them -
The names are BRONFENBRENER FRENKEL\FRANK >from Szczebrzeszyn where
two of my families lived. It is in the Lublin province near Zamosc.

I'd appreciate any assistance with exact dates, names of parents,
spouses including maiden names, occupations, ages, where they came
from, if they were still alive at the time, other relatives etc.
Some of them have side notes and I'm interested in what they say
as well.

They are on ViewMate at the following addresses:

Marriage registration of FRANK Sender & FUKS Pela, Szczebrzeszyn
- Cyrillic.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33368

Marriage registration of FRANK Frajdla & KLAJNER Genoch, Szczebrzeszyn
- Cyrillic.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33369

Death registration of BROFENBRENER Sura, Szczebrzeszyn - Cyrillic.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33379

Marriage registration of BRONFENBRENER Moszek & MALARZ Masza Laja,
Szczebrzeszyn - Cyrillic.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33380
- first page
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33381
- second page

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

Thank you very much,

Tamar Amit
ISRAEL
Researching: (FRENK)IEL, GEWIRCMAN, WAGNER, RAJSBAUM, BRONFENBRENER,
SZPILER, RACHMAN/ROJCHMAN all >from the Lublin area

Hello fellow siggers,

More of my uploaded documents are now available on ViewMate.
I need your very helpful assistance to translate or transcribe them -
The names are BRONFENBRENER FRENKEL\FRANK >from Szczebrzeszyn where
two of my families lived. It is in the Lublin province near Zamosc.

I'd appreciate any assistance with exact dates, names of parents,
spouses including maiden names, occupations, ages, where they came
from, if they were still alive at the time, other relatives etc.
Some of them have side notes and I'm interested in what they say
as well.

They are on ViewMate at the following addresses:

Marriage registration of FRANK Sender & FUKS Pela, Szczebrzeszyn
- Cyrillic.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33368

Marriage registration of FRANK Frajdla & KLAJNER Genoch, Szczebrzeszyn
- Cyrillic.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33369

Death registration of BROFENBRENER Sura, Szczebrzeszyn - Cyrillic.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33379

Marriage registration of BRONFENBRENER Moszek & MALARZ Masza Laja,
Szczebrzeszyn - Cyrillic.
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33380
- first page
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM33381
- second page

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

Thank you very much,

Tamar Amit
ISRAEL
Researching: (FRENK)IEL, GEWIRCMAN, WAGNER, RAJSBAUM, BRONFENBRENER,
SZPILER, RACHMAN/ROJCHMAN all >from the Lublin area

The Israel Genealogical Society - Tel-Aviv Dan Branch
The Shaar Zion Municipal Library - Beit Ariela
May Meeting---------Bridge to Galicia

Guest speaker: Mrs. Marla Raucher Osborn - Historical Cadastral
Maps as a Genealogical Source

Dr. Eli Brauner "Milestones in Recognition of Daily Life of
Galician Families - in Lwow Aspect"

About the Lectures:

Marla Raucher Osborn: Although many types of maps can be used by
genealogists, cadastral maps play a particularly important role
since the parcels showed on the maps include numbers. These numbers
can be linked to owner records in archives and to tax records,
which largely contain these numbers. The maps occasionally also
include the names of the property owners. Subsequently, we can
learn what properties belonged to the families being researched.
This data can shed light on the economic circumstances of the
family in the community as well as on the physical changes in
the city. Other important uses include identification of Jewish
buildings for Jewish heritage preservation and an understanding
of the reasons for the historical planning decisions. To demonstrate,
the lecture will focus on a map of Rohatyn, dating back to 1846 but
the information is relevant to all cities in Galicia.

The lecture is in English and will be accompanied by slides
translated into Hebrew.

Dr. Eli Brauner: Research of many years of the Schrenzel Family

from Lwow concluded not only with the creation of a family tree

but with a systematic identification of sources for research and
development of research methods. The research resulted in the
transformation of a standard family tree into a blossoming tree
that reflects the family's daily life, property ownership, and
relationship with authorities, sources of income, military service
and tax payments. Unusually evidence >from the last days of the
ancient family was also found. This information, how to invigorate
the family tree, is made available to the community of Lwow
descendents and the genealogical community as a memory to Lwow
residents who were slaughtered by the Nazis.

The lecture is given in Hebrew and will be accompanied by slides
translated into English.

The meeting, which is open to the general public, will have a
question and answer session.

Everyone is invited.

Zack Oryan-Oracz
Chairman of the Israel Genealogical Society And Chairman of
the Tel-Aviv / Dan Branch

Registration is required on the Facebook page of the Israeli
Genealogical Society
https://www.facebook.com/groups/112877852159953
or by email to Zack Oryan: zackoryan@...

Wednesday, 21 Sivan 5774 21.5.2014
Meeting: 18:30 Lecture: 19:00
Events Hall, Shaar Zion Library - Beit Ariela, 25 Sderot Shaul
Hamelech, Tel-Aviv Jaffa
Participation Fee: NIS 25, Entrance is free to Members (2014)
of the Israel Genealogical Society.

More details on Historical Cadastral Maps can be found in
Gesher Galicia site, the Map Room:
http://maps.geshergalicia.org/

The Israel Genealogical Society - Tel-Aviv Dan Branch
The Shaar Zion Municipal Library - Beit Ariela
May Meeting---------Bridge to Galicia

Guest speaker: Mrs. Marla Raucher Osborn - Historical Cadastral
Maps as a Genealogical Source

Dr. Eli Brauner "Milestones in Recognition of Daily Life of
Galician Families - in Lwow Aspect"

About the Lectures:

Marla Raucher Osborn: Although many types of maps can be used by
genealogists, cadastral maps play a particularly important role
since the parcels showed on the maps include numbers. These numbers
can be linked to owner records in archives and to tax records,
which largely contain these numbers. The maps occasionally also
include the names of the property owners. Subsequently, we can
learn what properties belonged to the families being researched.
This data can shed light on the economic circumstances of the
family in the community as well as on the physical changes in
the city. Other important uses include identification of Jewish
buildings for Jewish heritage preservation and an understanding
of the reasons for the historical planning decisions. To demonstrate,
the lecture will focus on a map of Rohatyn, dating back to 1846 but
the information is relevant to all cities in Galicia.

The lecture is in English and will be accompanied by slides
translated into Hebrew.

Dr. Eli Brauner: Research of many years of the Schrenzel Family

from Lwow concluded not only with the creation of a family tree

but with a systematic identification of sources for research and
development of research methods. The research resulted in the
transformation of a standard family tree into a blossoming tree
that reflects the family's daily life, property ownership, and
relationship with authorities, sources of income, military service
and tax payments. Unusually evidence >from the last days of the
ancient family was also found. This information, how to invigorate
the family tree, is made available to the community of Lwow
descendents and the genealogical community as a memory to Lwow
residents who were slaughtered by the Nazis.

The lecture is given in Hebrew and will be accompanied by slides
translated into English.

The meeting, which is open to the general public, will have a
question and answer session.

Everyone is invited.

Zack Oryan-Oracz
Chairman of the Israel Genealogical Society And Chairman of
the Tel-Aviv / Dan Branch

Registration is required on the Facebook page of the Israeli
Genealogical Society
https://www.facebook.com/groups/112877852159953
or by email to Zack Oryan: zackoryan@...

Wednesday, 21 Sivan 5774 21.5.2014
Meeting: 18:30 Lecture: 19:00
Events Hall, Shaar Zion Library - Beit Ariela, 25 Sderot Shaul
Hamelech, Tel-Aviv Jaffa
Participation Fee: NIS 25, Entrance is free to Members (2014)
of the Israel Genealogical Society.

More details on Historical Cadastral Maps can be found in
Gesher Galicia site, the Map Room:
http://maps.geshergalicia.org/

Thank you! These appear to be incredibly rich sources of information.
I will find someone who can read Cyrillic characters to do the
searching for me.. This is wonderful!

On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Logan Kleinwaks
<kleinwaks@...> wrote:

Judith Singer asked for "a list or census of industrial establishments
in Kovno or Vilna around the turn of the last century." The following
online, searchable, and viewable sources list businesses in Kovno or
Vilna during 1895-1905:

1902 Kovno Gubernia Commemorative Book
1899 Kovno Gubernia Commemorative Book
1902 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia)
1900 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2
1899 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2
1897 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 2
1895 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2

These are all full-text searchable at http://genealogyindexer.org.
They are written in Russian and you can either search with Cyrillic
letters or, using the default automatic transliteration, with Latin
letters. Search results link to scans of the corresponding pages from
the books. To browse, instead, visit the links listed under
http://genealogyindexer.org/directories#Lithuania or
http://genealogyindexer.org/directories#Multinational

Logan Kleinwaks
kleinwaks@...
near Washington, D.C.

Thank you! These appear to be incredibly rich sources of information.
I will find someone who can read Cyrillic characters to do the
searching for me.. This is wonderful!

On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Logan Kleinwaks
<kleinwaks@...> wrote:

Judith Singer asked for "a list or census of industrial establishments
in Kovno or Vilna around the turn of the last century." The following
online, searchable, and viewable sources list businesses in Kovno or
Vilna during 1895-1905:

1902 Kovno Gubernia Commemorative Book
1899 Kovno Gubernia Commemorative Book
1902 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia)
1900 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2
1899 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2
1897 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 2
1895 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2

These are all full-text searchable at http://genealogyindexer.org.
They are written in Russian and you can either search with Cyrillic
letters or, using the default automatic transliteration, with Latin
letters. Search results link to scans of the corresponding pages from
the books. To browse, instead, visit the links listed under
http://genealogyindexer.org/directories#Lithuania or
http://genealogyindexer.org/directories#Multinational

Logan Kleinwaks
kleinwaks@...
near Washington, D.C.

Judith Singer asked for "a list or census of industrial establishments
in Kovno or Vilna around the turn of the last century." The following
online, searchable, and viewable sources list businesses in Kovno or
Vilna during 1895-1905:

1902 Kovno Gubernia Commemorative Book
1899 Kovno Gubernia Commemorative Book
1902 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia)
1900 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2
1899 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2
1897 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 2
1895 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2

These are all full-text searchable at http://genealogyindexer.org

They are written in Russian and you can either search with Cyrillic
letters or, using the default automatic transliteration, with Latin
letters. Search results link to scans of the corresponding pages from
the books. To browse, instead, visit the links listed under
http://genealogyindexer.org/directories#Lithuania or
http://genealogyindexer.org/directories#Multinational

Logan Kleinwaks
kleinwaks@...
near Washington, D.C.

Judith Singer asked for "a list or census of industrial establishments
in Kovno or Vilna around the turn of the last century." The following
online, searchable, and viewable sources list businesses in Kovno or
Vilna during 1895-1905:

1902 Kovno Gubernia Commemorative Book
1899 Kovno Gubernia Commemorative Book
1902 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia)
1900 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2
1899 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2
1897 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 2
1895 Russian Empire Business Directory (Vsia Rossiia), vol. 1 and 2

These are all full-text searchable at http://genealogyindexer.org

They are written in Russian and you can either search with Cyrillic
letters or, using the default automatic transliteration, with Latin
letters. Search results link to scans of the corresponding pages from
the books. To browse, instead, visit the links listed under
http://genealogyindexer.org/directories#Lithuania or
http://genealogyindexer.org/directories#Multinational

Logan Kleinwaks
kleinwaks@...
near Washington, D.C.

While there are resources in the Lithuanian Archives for researching the
industrial heritage of Lithuania. one can find quite a number of
references online on this topic. There are also a number of museums which
focus on this aspect of the Lithuanian economy.

One link which may be of interest is:
http://msi.lms.lt/ihp/gateway/lt/lt_index.html
which mentions that in 1900 there were 4,000 works with 24,000 workers
in Lithuania and, in fact, at one time, Lithuania was known to have the
largest shoe factory in Europe. Further, the "Vestfalija" metalworks
in Kaunas had 1,010 workers which was one of the largest industries
in the town.

In addition, the main public libraries in Kaunas and Vilnius have
resources which may prove of interest too. One site for the Kaunas
Pubic Library mentions a number of factories, not all owned or
operated by Jews:

http://datos.kvb.lt/en/index.php?q=factory&by=1&option=com_paieska&Itemid

Ann Rabinowitz
annrab@...

While there are resources in the Lithuanian Archives for researching the
industrial heritage of Lithuania. one can find quite a number of
references online on this topic. There are also a number of museums which
focus on this aspect of the Lithuanian economy.

One link which may be of interest is:
http://msi.lms.lt/ihp/gateway/lt/lt_index.html
which mentions that in 1900 there were 4,000 works with 24,000 workers
in Lithuania and, in fact, at one time, Lithuania was known to have the
largest shoe factory in Europe. Further, the "Vestfalija" metalworks
in Kaunas had 1,010 workers which was one of the largest industries
in the town.

In addition, the main public libraries in Kaunas and Vilnius have
resources which may prove of interest too. One site for the Kaunas
Pubic Library mentions a number of factories, not all owned or
operated by Jews:

http://datos.kvb.lt/en/index.php?q=factory&by=1&option=com_paieska&Itemid

Ann Rabinowitz
annrab@...

Hello,

On Monday I saw a document posted by my second cousin(a budding
geneologist) on ancestry. My great uncle Max ROSENTHAL died in the
Shoah ,with another brother,his sisters and their respective families.

We have information that the son of max ROSENTHAL and vally ELKELES was
called Ronald ROSE moved to England prior to WW ll.

Ronald ROSE placed their yad vashem entry. The document was a denied
request for reparations by the German claims tribunal.
This was dated 2/27/2007. The request was placed by max's
granddaughter,born in Coventry England , 1945.

Is there a way to trace and contact the person who placed the claim.
I realize this may be a simplistic question, I ask it in the interest
of not reinventing the wheel.

The ROSENTHALs were all born in kunzelsau. My GGF seligman was born in
nagelsburg.

His wife was Elise HOCKENHEIMER. they moved to Mannheim and then to Berlin
where the max ROSENTHAL family lived. My GF berthold was one of 11 children,
Half immigrated, the other half perished in the Shoah.

Many thanks, Maralee Joseph maraleejoseph5@...

Hello,

On Monday I saw a document posted by my second cousin(a budding
geneologist) on ancestry. My great uncle Max ROSENTHAL died in the
Shoah ,with another brother,his sisters and their respective families.

We have information that the son of max ROSENTHAL and vally ELKELES was
called Ronald ROSE moved to England prior to WW ll.

Ronald ROSE placed their yad vashem entry. The document was a denied
request for reparations by the German claims tribunal.
This was dated 2/27/2007. The request was placed by max's
granddaughter,born in Coventry England , 1945.

Is there a way to trace and contact the person who placed the claim.
I realize this may be a simplistic question, I ask it in the interest
of not reinventing the wheel.

The ROSENTHALs were all born in kunzelsau. My GGF seligman was born in
nagelsburg.

His wife was Elise HOCKENHEIMER. they moved to Mannheim and then to Berlin
where the max ROSENTHAL family lived. My GF berthold was one of 11 children,
Half immigrated, the other half perished in the Shoah.

Many thanks, Maralee Joseph maraleejoseph5@...

Secrets and Revelations: Reclaiming Our Lost Families
A conversation with Mani Feniger and Jim Van Buskirk

Tuesday, May 13 at 7 P.M. -- FREE
Jewish Community Library
1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco

For two Bay Area writers, the unexpected discovery of a hidden
family past sent them off in unforeseen directions. When Mani Feniger
discovered a lost 1932 photograph of her mother, it led to revelations
about her Jewish ancestors' lives in pre-Nazi Leipzig and clarified the
choices her mother made to survive as her privileged world shattered.

After Jim Van Buskirk's mother showed him a suitcase of his Parisian
opera singer grandmother's memorabilia, he understood the role that his
family's secret Jewish heritage might have played in their saga of
kidnapping, death,and divorce.

Join them in conversation as they discuss their research and transformative
journeys across decades and continents.

Mani Feniger is a therapist, speaker, and author of Journey >from
Anxiety to Freedom and The Woman in the Photograph, winner of the
2012 Best Memoir Award >from the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association.

Jim Van Buskirk, co-author/co-editor of four books, is looking to publish
his family memoir, My Grandmother's Suitcase. His writing has appeared in
a variety of anthologies, magazines, websites, and radio broadcasts.
Jim was a presenter at the 2010 IAJGS Conference in Los Angeles.

Co-presented by Judy Baston and the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish
Genealogical Society.

Judy Baston
for the Jewish Community Library
library@...)
415/567-3327 ext. 704

Secrets and Revelations: Reclaiming Our Lost Families
A conversation with Mani Feniger and Jim Van Buskirk

Tuesday, May 13 at 7 P.M. -- FREE
Jewish Community Library
1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco

For two Bay Area writers, the unexpected discovery of a hidden
family past sent them off in unforeseen directions. When Mani Feniger
discovered a lost 1932 photograph of her mother, it led to revelations
about her Jewish ancestors' lives in pre-Nazi Leipzig and clarified the
choices her mother made to survive as her privileged world shattered.

After Jim Van Buskirk's mother showed him a suitcase of his Parisian
opera singer grandmother's memorabilia, he understood the role that his
family's secret Jewish heritage might have played in their saga of
kidnapping, death,and divorce.

Join them in conversation as they discuss their research and transformative
journeys across decades and continents.

Mani Feniger is a therapist, speaker, and author of Journey >from
Anxiety to Freedom and The Woman in the Photograph, winner of the
2012 Best Memoir Award >from the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association.

Jim Van Buskirk, co-author/co-editor of four books, is looking to publish
his family memoir, My Grandmother's Suitcase. His writing has appeared in
a variety of anthologies, magazines, websites, and radio broadcasts.
Jim was a presenter at the 2010 IAJGS Conference in Los Angeles.

Co-presented by Judy Baston and the San Francisco Bay Area Jewish
Genealogical Society.

Judy Baston
for the Jewish Community Library
library@...)
415/567-3327 ext. 704

You are invited to Gesher Galicia's spring regional meeting
coming up in New York City:

Sunday, May 18, 2014

11:00AM - 1:00PM

Center for Jewish History
Forchheimer Auditorium
15 West 16th St.
New York, NY 10011

"Austria Poland, Ukraine: 3 Countries, 5 Archives, 12 Wonderful Days
of Discovery"

In addition to updating all of our new research projects and website,
there will be a special multi-media presentation:

GG board member, John Diener, >from Ottawa, Canada and Pamela
Weisberger will talk about their trip in April 2013 which was timed
to attend the opening of the building Museum of the History of Polish Jews in
Warsaw, where they also got to dine with Piotr Pininski, great
grandson of Count Leonard Pininski, the magnate nobleman who once
owned the Galician town of Grzymalow where John's father and Pamela's
grandfather were born. They examined rare 18th century Jewish records in
the Austrian State Archives and after a short stop in Krakow, to give a
presentation at the JCC to the local population trying to discover more about
their Jewish roots, they journeyed to Przemysl and toured the Polish
State Archives. Once in Ukraine (after walking across the border!)
escorted by Alex and Natalie Dunai, they made research stops at the
Lviv and Ternopil archives, and visited Grzymalow, its ruined synagogue,
cheder and Jewish cemetery. Learn about the trip's highlights and the
challenges of archival research in foreign locales (>from white gloves to
burnt documents and moldy dust) and discover the exceptional opportunity
to connect past to present through investigative genealogical research
and shtetl travel.

Admission is free. No reservations are necessary.

Speakers:

John Diener is an Ottawa, Canada businessman who is also the
vice-president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Ottawa, and is on
the board of directors of Gesher Galicia. John co-sponsored the
filming of all matzevot in Zhvanets, Ukraine; the data on these 1,200
stones was submitted to JOWBR and he has amassed 2,500 names on his
family tree. John is shtetl leader for Grzymalow, Ukraine and writes a
monthly column, "Connecting the Branches," for the Ottawa Jewish
Bulletin. He is the proud owner of Saslove's Meat Market in the center
of Ottawa's historic marketplace, which has been an institution in the
city since 1954.

Pamela Weisberger is president and research coordinator of Gesher
Galicia and 1st V.P./program chair for the Jewish Genealogical Society
of Los Angeles. She is also a professional genealogist and has
conducted research in Polish, German, Israeli, Ukrainian, and Austrian
archives.

Hope you can join us there! (To be followed by the JGSNY meeting at 2:00PM
on naturalization records: www.JGSNY.org.)

Directions to the Center for Jewish History are here: http://www.cjh.org/p/9

Pamela Weisberger
Santa Monica, CA
pweisberger@...

You are invited to Gesher Galicia's spring regional meeting
coming up in New York City:

Sunday, May 18, 2014

11:00AM - 1:00PM

Center for Jewish History
Forchheimer Auditorium
15 West 16th St.
New York, NY 10011

"Austria Poland, Ukraine: 3 Countries, 5 Archives, 12 Wonderful Days
of Discovery"

In addition to updating all of our new research projects and website,
there will be a special multi-media presentation:

GG board member, John Diener, >from Ottawa, Canada and Pamela
Weisberger will talk about their trip in April 2013 which was timed
to attend the opening of the building Museum of the History of Polish Jews in
Warsaw, where they also got to dine with Piotr Pininski, great
grandson of Count Leonard Pininski, the magnate nobleman who once
owned the Galician town of Grzymalow where John's father and Pamela's
grandfather were born. They examined rare 18th century Jewish records in
the Austrian State Archives and after a short stop in Krakow, to give a
presentation at the JCC to the local population trying to discover more about
their Jewish roots, they journeyed to Przemysl and toured the Polish
State Archives. Once in Ukraine (after walking across the border!)
escorted by Alex and Natalie Dunai, they made research stops at the
Lviv and Ternopil archives, and visited Grzymalow, its ruined synagogue,
cheder and Jewish cemetery. Learn about the trip's highlights and the
challenges of archival research in foreign locales (>from white gloves to
burnt documents and moldy dust) and discover the exceptional opportunity
to connect past to present through investigative genealogical research
and shtetl travel.

Admission is free. No reservations are necessary.

Speakers:

John Diener is an Ottawa, Canada businessman who is also the
vice-president of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Ottawa, and is on
the board of directors of Gesher Galicia. John co-sponsored the
filming of all matzevot in Zhvanets, Ukraine; the data on these 1,200
stones was submitted to JOWBR and he has amassed 2,500 names on his
family tree. John is shtetl leader for Grzymalow, Ukraine and writes a
monthly column, "Connecting the Branches," for the Ottawa Jewish
Bulletin. He is the proud owner of Saslove's Meat Market in the center
of Ottawa's historic marketplace, which has been an institution in the
city since 1954.

Pamela Weisberger is president and research coordinator of Gesher
Galicia and 1st V.P./program chair for the Jewish Genealogical Society
of Los Angeles. She is also a professional genealogist and has
conducted research in Polish, German, Israeli, Ukrainian, and Austrian
archives.

Hope you can join us there! (To be followed by the JGSNY meeting at 2:00PM
on naturalization records: www.JGSNY.org.)

Directions to the Center for Jewish History are here: http://www.cjh.org/p/9

Pamela Weisberger
Santa Monica, CA
pweisberger@...