Hello Group,
I am seeking information on the death record of Szapsa BLONES, Leczna,
Poland, 1875. Son of Abram Beniamin? Exact date of death and any other
information that might be present. Thank you.

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32743

Please respond on the Viewmate form.

Greg Tuckman
Arizona, USA

Hello Group,
I am seeking information on the death record of Szapsa BLONES, Leczna,
Poland, 1875. Son of Abram Beniamin? Exact date of death and any other
information that might be present. Thank you.

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32743

Please respond on the Viewmate form.

Greg Tuckman
Arizona, USA

Hello Group,
I am seeking information on the death record of Hersz Dawid BLONES. Lublin,
Poland, 1892. Born around 1815, the son of Moszek and Ruchla. Interested
in exact date of death, age, any information about his parents or any
survivors.

Thank you.

http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=32744

Please respond on the Viewmate form.

Greg Tuckman
Arizona

Hello Group,
I am seeking information on the death record of Hersz Dawid BLONES. Lublin,
Poland, 1892. Born around 1815, the son of Moszek and Ruchla. Interested
in exact date of death, age, any information about his parents or any
survivors.

Thank you.

http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=32744

Please respond on the Viewmate form.

Greg Tuckman
Arizona

How do you put an image on the website and how do you ask for help in
translation

Moshe Kutten

MODERATOR'S NOTE: The simplest way is to go to http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ and follow the instructions.
Once you have done that, post a note to the appropriate discussion groups.

How do you put an image on the website and how do you ask for help in
translation

Moshe Kutten

MODERATOR'S NOTE: The simplest way is to go to http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ and follow the instructions.
Once you have done that, post a note to the appropriate discussion groups.

Hello all!
I've posted a Austrian marriage record in German (I believe) for which I
need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=32705

I also have a couple of questions related to this file:
1. Regarding the use of the word "recte": in what order do parental
surnames generally go? For example, my great uncle's last name is Ziering
recte Langer. Is "Ziering" the surname of his father and "Langer" the
surname of his mother, or is it vice versa? Is there a set order, or is it
just up to the person writing the birth record for the person which way
the surnames go?
2. My great aunt and uncle were religiously married long before this
marriage record came into existence. What would make them (or any Jew in
Austria) decide decades later to get legally married?
Thank you so much!

Jessica Zering
Spokane, Washington, USA
pharmsciencegirl@...

Hello all!
I've posted a Austrian marriage record in German (I believe) for which I
need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=32705

I also have a couple of questions related to this file:
1. Regarding the use of the word "recte": in what order do parental
surnames generally go? For example, my great uncle's last name is Ziering
recte Langer. Is "Ziering" the surname of his father and "Langer" the
surname of his mother, or is it vice versa? Is there a set order, or is it
just up to the person writing the birth record for the person which way
the surnames go?
2. My great aunt and uncle were religiously married long before this
marriage record came into existence. What would make them (or any Jew in
Austria) decide decades later to get legally married?
Thank you so much!

Jessica Zering
Spokane, Washington, USA
pharmsciencegirl@...

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington will host its April
2014 meeting on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 1:00 pm at Beth El Hebrew
Congregation, 3830 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22304 (703) 370-9400.
Directions available on the JGSGW website:
http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsgw/directions.html#BethEl

1:00 Schmooze
1:30 p.m. meeting with announcements and introduction of new members and
visitors
2:00 main program

Program: GeneaologyIndexer Search Engine
Speaker: Logan Kleinwaks

GenealogyIndexer.org is a free website offering full-text search of more
than 400,000 pages of historical directories (business, address, telephone),
yizkor books, Polish and Russian military documents, community and personal
histories, Galician secondary school reports, and more. Containing millions
of personal names - often with places of residence, street addresses, and
occupations, and sometimes with vital dates or patronymics - this huge and
growing collection is mostly comprised of data not searchable elsewhere.

This talk will focus on recently added sources, new ways to search, and
highlights >from the past. Recipient of the IAJGS 2012 Award for Outstanding
Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via the Internet, Print or Electronic
Product.

Logan Joseph Kleinwaks is the creator of free genealogy websites including
GenealogyIndexer.org, a full-text search engine of historical directories
and other sources, and ShoahConnect.org, a tool for reuniting families
separated by the Shoah through Page of Testimony research. His broader
genealogical interests include the photographic documentation of Jewish
cemeteries, improving Internet access to genealogical information, and
privacy. A hobbyist genealogist living in Reston, he has a research
background in physics and started the literacy charity Book Wish Foundation
(bookwish.org), which aids refugees >from the genocide in Darfur.

JGSGW Guest Attendance Policy: As of January 1, 2014, a non-member may
attend the monthly JGSGW meeting as a Guest for a $5.00 fee payable at the
sign-in table. The $5.00 Guest fee may be applied toward payment of annual
JGSGW membership dues if dues are paid at the same meeting at which the
guest fee was paid. JGSGW members requiring personal assistance at a
meeting due to a health condition or disability may bring someone to assist
them free of charge.

Robin Meltzer
VP Communications
JGSGW
www.jgsgw.org
https://www.facebook.com/groups/jgsgw

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington will host its April
2014 meeting on Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 1:00 pm at Beth El Hebrew
Congregation, 3830 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22304 (703) 370-9400.
Directions available on the JGSGW website:
http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsgw/directions.html#BethEl

1:00 Schmooze
1:30 p.m. meeting with announcements and introduction of new members and
visitors
2:00 main program

Program: GeneaologyIndexer Search Engine
Speaker: Logan Kleinwaks

GenealogyIndexer.org is a free website offering full-text search of more
than 400,000 pages of historical directories (business, address, telephone),
yizkor books, Polish and Russian military documents, community and personal
histories, Galician secondary school reports, and more. Containing millions
of personal names - often with places of residence, street addresses, and
occupations, and sometimes with vital dates or patronymics - this huge and
growing collection is mostly comprised of data not searchable elsewhere.

This talk will focus on recently added sources, new ways to search, and
highlights >from the past. Recipient of the IAJGS 2012 Award for Outstanding
Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via the Internet, Print or Electronic
Product.

Logan Joseph Kleinwaks is the creator of free genealogy websites including
GenealogyIndexer.org, a full-text search engine of historical directories
and other sources, and ShoahConnect.org, a tool for reuniting families
separated by the Shoah through Page of Testimony research. His broader
genealogical interests include the photographic documentation of Jewish
cemeteries, improving Internet access to genealogical information, and
privacy. A hobbyist genealogist living in Reston, he has a research
background in physics and started the literacy charity Book Wish Foundation
(bookwish.org), which aids refugees >from the genocide in Darfur.

JGSGW Guest Attendance Policy: As of January 1, 2014, a non-member may
attend the monthly JGSGW meeting as a Guest for a $5.00 fee payable at the
sign-in table. The $5.00 Guest fee may be applied toward payment of annual
JGSGW membership dues if dues are paid at the same meeting at which the
guest fee was paid. JGSGW members requiring personal assistance at a
meeting due to a health condition or disability may bring someone to assist
them free of charge.

Robin Meltzer
VP Communications
JGSGW
www.jgsgw.org
https://www.facebook.com/groups/jgsgw

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32714

I have posted an excerpt >from the birth record of Berthold STEIN.

This excerpt is about his parents Abraham and Frederike.

I believe that Abraham was the brother of my gggfather.

Thank you in advance

Rick Glaser

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond either via the form in ViewMate or directly
to Rick via email.

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32714

I have posted an excerpt >from the birth record of Berthold STEIN.

This excerpt is about his parents Abraham and Frederike.

I believe that Abraham was the brother of my gggfather.

Thank you in advance

Rick Glaser

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond either via the form in ViewMate or directly
to Rick via email.

I've posted an image of a single word in German >from a Galician homeowner list.
It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32745
More context is provided with the ViewMate image. I would like to know what the
German word is, and its translation.
Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.
Thank you very much.

Russ Maurer
Pepper Pike OH

I've posted an image of a single word in German >from a Galician homeowner list.
It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32745
More context is provided with the ViewMate image. I would like to know what the
German word is, and its translation.
Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.
Thank you very much.

Russ Maurer
Pepper Pike OH

I've posted a brief footnote to a Galician property record in German for
which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32707
More context is provided in the description in ViewMate. Please respond
via the form provided in the ViewMate application.
Thank you very much.

Russ Maurer
Pepper Pike, OH

I've posted a brief footnote to a Galician property record in German for
which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM32707
More context is provided in the description in ViewMate. Please respond
via the form provided in the ViewMate application.
Thank you very much.

Russ Maurer
Pepper Pike, OH

On Thursday many gathered amid an amazing rain in southern Israel to
remember Martha Lev-Zion and unveil her tombstone.

IGRA thanks Avotaynu for allowing us to reprint Martha's most recent
article that appeared in Vol. XXIX, Number 3, Fall 2013: "History and
Geography As Crucial Factors In Determining Where to Look for
Baltic-Area Archival Records--with Emphasis on Latvia" The article was
released on Thursday in her memory: http://wp.me/p223PF-1aZ

May her memory be for a blessing.

Garri Regev
President, IGRA

MODERATOR NOTE: original URL:
http://genealogy.org.il/2014/03/13/history-geography-crucial-factors-determining-look-baltic-area-archival-records-emphasis-latvia-martha-lev-zion-phd/

On Thursday many gathered amid an amazing rain in southern Israel to
remember Martha Lev-Zion and unveil her tombstone.

IGRA thanks Avotaynu for allowing us to reprint Martha's most recent
article that appeared in Vol. XXIX, Number 3, Fall 2013: "History and
Geography As Crucial Factors In Determining Where to Look for
Baltic-Area Archival Records--with Emphasis on Latvia" The article was
released on Thursday in her memory: http://wp.me/p223PF-1aZ

May her memory be for a blessing.

Garri Regev
President, IGRA

MODERATOR NOTE: original URL:
http://genealogy.org.il/2014/03/13/history-geography-crucial-factors-determining-look-baltic-area-archival-records-emphasis-latvia-martha-lev-zion-phd/

Sherwin Lehrer wrote

I am looking for information on family SCHWARTZDORF >from Ottynia,
Galicia, former Austrian Empire. My grandparents, Samuel and Sheindlel
(Jennie) emigrated to New York in 1905 >from Ottynia, but there is no
record of that family name on JewishGen or Gesher lists. I would
appreciate any information about remaining possible relatives in or near
Ottynia or anywhere else in the world or/and possible ancestors.
________________________________________

Sherwin,

Please enter your family name into Ellis Island database at

http://stevemorse.org/ellis2/ellisgold.html

Note: You have to enter family name as Schwarzdorf (without a letter "t").

There are records for Samuel, age 35, tailor, arrived 1906 >from Ottynia,
and his wife Scheindel, arrived May 22, 1907 with son Abram, age 9 .
Two girls, Baile, age 16 and Taube, age 13 Schwarzdorf >from Ottynia
have arrived also in 1907 but on March 16.

There are a few other Schwarzdorf listed, all >from Ottynia, eight folks
total, please review scanned manifest to figure out relations.

Best,

Alexander Sharon
Calgary, AB

Ruth Fenichel (rfenko@...) asks two questions:

(1) What does the name spelled Jikel, Jichel, Ichel, or Juchel mean?
(2) Is it possible that Chaye and Chaje are the same name?

For (1), these are among the Yiddish variants corresponding to the Hebrew
name Yechiel. There is a short article in Wikipedia about this name.
For (2), Chaye and Chaje are very much the same name, which I see more
commonly rendered as Chaya. In Russian speaking areas such as Lithuania,
I've also seen the spelling Khaia.

David J Ellis
Natick, MA 01760
djemkitso@...