Veivirzenai? Aka Varzhan (sp?) in Yiddish, is where my wife's
great-grandmother was >from and is in Lithuania, so I suspect
Warson and Varzhan (how I heard it) are the same.

Max Heffler

Veivirzenai? Aka Varzhan (sp?) in Yiddish, is where my wife's
great-grandmother was >from and is in Lithuania, so I suspect
Warson and Varzhan (how I heard it) are the same.

Max Heffler

I just found a citation in the JRI-Poland Lodz data base
that may be my grandfather Zelman Rozenblum.

The box for both father and mother is empty.

Is there any place to write or email to see if additional
idenitification information is available about the parents?

Also: the record is labeled:

Piotrkow Gubernia/Lodz Province
(records in Fond 1554 in Lodz Archive)
Located at 51 degrees 35' 19 degrees 08'

Does anyone know whether those degrees are Wieruszow?

Many thanks for any information anyone may have.

Sincerely,

Ava Rosenblum

I just found a citation in the JRI-Poland Lodz data base
that may be my grandfather Zelman Rozenblum.

The box for both father and mother is empty.

Is there any place to write or email to see if additional
idenitification information is available about the parents?

Also: the record is labeled:

Piotrkow Gubernia/Lodz Province
(records in Fond 1554 in Lodz Archive)
Located at 51 degrees 35' 19 degrees 08'

Does anyone know whether those degrees are Wieruszow?

Many thanks for any information anyone may have.

Sincerely,

Ava Rosenblum

Hello Listers,
I wonder if any member can help me with a family mystery? I am keen family
historian and have traced several family links, but am at a loss as to how
to verify (or disprove) an old family story. My late mother used to talk
about my Dad's family being connected to the Jewish faith in some way but as
there had been a family estrangement I was never able to track down the
truth.

The history is this: My paternal grandmother, Sarah Ann Humphrey nee Davis
(1852-1944) was the daughter of Robert Davis and Ann (nee Reeves). Robert
Davis was a cab proprietor in London, and Ann's father was Levi Reeves, a
farmer >from Wiltshire. One of Sarah Ann's sons was named after his
great-grandfather and named George Levi Piercy Humphrey.

Sarah Ann's husband, Richard Humphrey, was at one time a tutor at Clifton
College in Bristol, which I believe was founded for Jewish students. Further
back in the family tree there are other males with what I believe to be
traditional Jewish names - e.g. Benjamin, Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego.

I have no idea how to trace Jewish families as my grandparents were married
in an Anglican church in London and since then the family have been of the
Anglican faith.

One of my queries is this - did Jewish marriages have to be "legalised" in
an Anglican church, as used to happen with Roman Catholics? Or have I got
the family history totally wrong? And did the Jewish religion sometimes
have to be practised in secret?

I do hope some kind person will be able to help me sort out the family
history. There are so few clues, but it may be that someone more skilled
than I am would be able to point me in the right direction for further
research.

Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give me,

Rose Chitty (nee Humphrey)

Hello Listers,
I wonder if any member can help me with a family mystery? I am keen family
historian and have traced several family links, but am at a loss as to how
to verify (or disprove) an old family story. My late mother used to talk
about my Dad's family being connected to the Jewish faith in some way but as
there had been a family estrangement I was never able to track down the
truth.

The history is this: My paternal grandmother, Sarah Ann Humphrey nee Davis
(1852-1944) was the daughter of Robert Davis and Ann (nee Reeves). Robert
Davis was a cab proprietor in London, and Ann's father was Levi Reeves, a
farmer >from Wiltshire. One of Sarah Ann's sons was named after his
great-grandfather and named George Levi Piercy Humphrey.

Sarah Ann's husband, Richard Humphrey, was at one time a tutor at Clifton
College in Bristol, which I believe was founded for Jewish students. Further
back in the family tree there are other males with what I believe to be
traditional Jewish names - e.g. Benjamin, Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego.

I have no idea how to trace Jewish families as my grandparents were married
in an Anglican church in London and since then the family have been of the
Anglican faith.

One of my queries is this - did Jewish marriages have to be "legalised" in
an Anglican church, as used to happen with Roman Catholics? Or have I got
the family history totally wrong? And did the Jewish religion sometimes
have to be practised in secret?

I do hope some kind person will be able to help me sort out the family
history. There are so few clues, but it may be that someone more skilled
than I am would be able to point me in the right direction for further
research.

Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give me,

Rose Chitty (nee Humphrey)

The Drouin Institute has put online 1.3 million Quebec obituaries dating

from 1999 to the present-access is free. The obituaries have been collected
from 250 different internet sources. The records can be searched by name and

date of death. To access the website go to:
https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/avis-deces .

A list of other records on their website may be found at:
https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/about . The Drouin Institute is a
subscription site. Only the obituaries listed above have free access. More
information on The Drouin Institute may be found at:
http://www.drouininstitute.com/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

The Drouin Institute has put online 1.3 million Quebec obituaries dating

from 1999 to the present-access is free. The obituaries have been collected
from 250 different internet sources. The records can be searched by name and

date of death. To access the website go to:
https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/avis-deces .

A list of other records on their website may be found at:
https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/about . The Drouin Institute is a
subscription site. Only the obituaries listed above have free access. More
information on The Drouin Institute may be found at:
http://www.drouininstitute.com/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Original Message from: sherribob <sherribob@...>:

Kings County (Brooklyn), NY estate files can be searched and viewed
on-line for years 1866-1923.
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1466356

Also on Family Search in another file is the index card index for the
Brooklyn probate files. Generally you need to know the date of death
or at least the year if it is a common name because the index is often
nothing more that the file number and a two digit year. Sometimes if
you get lucky some of the cards also have addresses.

I do look ups for people at the Brooklyn court house and would be happy
to discuss the steps off-line with anyone who is interested. I also
gave a whole presentation on this topic last August at the conference
in Boston.

Allan Jordan

MODERATOR NOTE: The FamilySearch probate card index may be found within the
following collection:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1920234
Browse by selecting Kings County and then scroll down to the index cards.

Original Message from: sherribob <sherribob@...>:

Kings County (Brooklyn), NY estate files can be searched and viewed
on-line for years 1866-1923.
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1466356

Also on Family Search in another file is the index card index for the
Brooklyn probate files. Generally you need to know the date of death
or at least the year if it is a common name because the index is often
nothing more that the file number and a two digit year. Sometimes if
you get lucky some of the cards also have addresses.

I do look ups for people at the Brooklyn court house and would be happy
to discuss the steps off-line with anyone who is interested. I also
gave a whole presentation on this topic last August at the conference
in Boston.

Allan Jordan

MODERATOR NOTE: The FamilySearch probate card index may be found within the
following collection:
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1920234
Browse by selecting Kings County and then scroll down to the index cards.

I am searching for information about Peter and his father Jacques (Jack)
LEWINSOHN. Peter was born in Switzerland in 1944 and Jack was born 1907 in
Berlin. Jacques and his wife escaped to Switzerland >from France in 1943.
Then then, with son Peter, immigrated to Chile >from Switzerland on October
17, 1946 where Jack operated an auto repair shop. In about 1949 they left
for Israel and by 1960 had returned to Berlin. That is where the trail ends.

Thank you,

George Fogelson
Redondo Beach, CA
gjfogelson@...

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond directly to George with contact information for
this family. If you have suggestions on methods, techniques or sources to help
his search, consider sharing them with the discussion group.

I am searching for information about Peter and his father Jacques (Jack)
LEWINSOHN. Peter was born in Switzerland in 1944 and Jack was born 1907 in
Berlin. Jacques and his wife escaped to Switzerland >from France in 1943.
Then then, with son Peter, immigrated to Chile >from Switzerland on October
17, 1946 where Jack operated an auto repair shop. In about 1949 they left
for Israel and by 1960 had returned to Berlin. That is where the trail ends.

Thank you,

George Fogelson
Redondo Beach, CA
gjfogelson@...

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond directly to George with contact information for
this family. If you have suggestions on methods, techniques or sources to help
his search, consider sharing them with the discussion group.

I have previously posted about the UK's study, Beyond 2011, by the Office
for National Statistics (ONS) whether there should continue to be a census
for England and Wales in 2021 or use administrative data instead.

For over 200 years England and Wales has conducted a census every ten years
beginning in 1801-except in 1941. (The General Register Office Scotland (GROS)
and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible
for the census in Scotland and Northern Ireland.) The ONS stated the population
is changing and they need to understand the changes as they continue. The
ONS was looking for opportunities to modernize the existing process or
develop an alternative census method that reuses existing data already held
within government.

On March 27, the UK Statistics Authority announced that the ONS's National
Statistician recommended to the Board of the UK Statistics Authority a
predominantly online census in 2021 supplemented by the further use of
administrative and survey data. The Board announced they have accepted and
endorsed this recommendation. The Chair of the UK Statistics Authority,
wrote to the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to commend the National
Statistician's recommendation to the Government. Under the Census Act 1920,
it is now for the Government and Parliament to determine the arrangements
for census-taking in England and Wales in the future.

To read the announcement and letter the UK Statistics Authority wrote to the
Minister for the Cabinet Office go to: http://tinyurl.com/mwsgq7p
Original url:
http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/statement---census-and-the-future-provision-of-population-statistics-in-england-and-wales---27032014.pdf

Thank you to Peter Calver of the LostCousins Newsletter for alerting us to
this recent development for the continuation of the census in England and
Wales.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

I have previously posted about the UK's study, Beyond 2011, by the Office
for National Statistics (ONS) whether there should continue to be a census
for England and Wales in 2021 or use administrative data instead.

For over 200 years England and Wales has conducted a census every ten years
beginning in 1801-except in 1941. (The General Register Office Scotland (GROS)
and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) are responsible
for the census in Scotland and Northern Ireland.) The ONS stated the population
is changing and they need to understand the changes as they continue. The
ONS was looking for opportunities to modernize the existing process or
develop an alternative census method that reuses existing data already held
within government.

On March 27, the UK Statistics Authority announced that the ONS's National
Statistician recommended to the Board of the UK Statistics Authority a
predominantly online census in 2021 supplemented by the further use of
administrative and survey data. The Board announced they have accepted and
endorsed this recommendation. The Chair of the UK Statistics Authority,
wrote to the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to commend the National
Statistician's recommendation to the Government. Under the Census Act 1920,
it is now for the Government and Parliament to determine the arrangements
for census-taking in England and Wales in the future.

To read the announcement and letter the UK Statistics Authority wrote to the
Minister for the Cabinet Office go to: http://tinyurl.com/mwsgq7p
Original url:
http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/statement---census-and-the-future-provision-of-population-statistics-in-england-and-wales---27032014.pdf

Thank you to Peter Calver of the LostCousins Newsletter for alerting us to
this recent development for the continuation of the census in England and
Wales.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Shalom,

The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we
at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we
planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you
know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring
up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this
opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable
Pesach holiday.

So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that
three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor
Books in Print (YBIP) Project:

- Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish
Life)
- Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book)
- Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine)

In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats
for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added
a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books:

- Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats
and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well
as information on the other books we now have available.

Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other
books these ways.

I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of
volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are
behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to
let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people.
You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to
take some part in the YB Project.

Now to facts and figures for March.

During this last month we have added in 5 new projects:

- Latvia (The Jews in Latvia)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html

- Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the
Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html

- Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated
during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html

- Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of
Ostrovtse, Apt...)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html

- Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html

Added in a new entry:

- Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html

We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects:

- Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its
District; Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html

- Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the
foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html

- Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html

- Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html

- Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html

- Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html

- Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html

- Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html

- Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French]

- Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community
which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html

- Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html

- Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html

- Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in
Poland destroyed by the Nazis)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html

- Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html

- Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring
villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html

- Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html

- Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html

- Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html

- Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town
Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html

- Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html

- Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and
Environs) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/zawiercie/zawiercie.html

- Zofyuvka, Ukraine (The tree and the roots; the history of T.L (Sofyovka
and Ignatovka)) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zofyuvka/Zofyuvka.html

- Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Zolochiv/Zolochiv.html

Some important links to note:

- This month's additions and updates are flagged at
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find
them.
- All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html
- Yizkor Book Translation Funds
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23
where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go
online.

Pesach Sameach,
Lance Ackerfeld
Yizkor Book Project Manager
lance.ackerfeld@...

Dear Friends -

Whilst researching a distant relative, I came across an
entry on the JOWBR, for a Rosa NAGEL. She died on 31 May
1960 and is buried in Wiener Zentralfriedhof at Tor 4 Gruppe
9 Row 3 Grave 25. The same information is given via
ancestry, no doubt based on this database.

Assuming that this information is extracted >from the IKG's
own database, I checked, but could not find an entry for
Rosa Nagel.

Without actually going there to see the headstone, I have no
way of double-checking this data. So which is correct? And
why this discrepancy?

Rosa Nagel may or may not be a relative, but the age is
about right. She went to the USA in 1940 and became a US
citizen. I always assumed she lived and died there. But
maybe she later returned to Vienna.

Robert Fraser
Perth, Western Australia
Researching:
NOWAK; Moravia, Austria, USA and the world: EISINGER;
Moravia, Vienna, USA and the world
NAGEL; Moravia, Vienna, New York: FINKELSTEIN; Galicia,
Vienna
WORTMANN; Slovakia, USA: KRAUTERBLUTH; Poland, ?
LICHTBLAU; Vienna

Shalom,

The Children of Israel ran out of time before their flight >from Egypt and we
at the Yizkor Book Project ran out of time trying to carry out all that we
planned during March. Strange comparison? True, but I did want to let you
know that we haven't been idle over the last month and also wanted to bring
up the subject of Pesach/Passover... So, I would like to take this
opportunity to wish all of you and your families an extremely enjoyable
Pesach holiday.

So what did we actually do during March? I'm pleased to let you know that
three new books were published during this last month through our Yizkor
Books in Print (YBIP) Project:

- Drahichyn, Belarus (Drohitchin Memorial (Yizkor) Book 500 years of Jewish
Life)
- Korczyna, Poland (Korczyna Memorial Book)
- Horodenka, Ukraine (Yizkor (Memorial) Book of Horodenka, Ukraine)

In addition, I have excellent news regarding the availability of new formats
for existing books. Apart >from a usual hard cover format, we have now added
a soft cover and e-book format for one of our existing books:

- Yampol, Ukraine (Yampol Memorial Book) and details of these new formats
and prices can be seen at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html as well
as information on the other books we now have available.

Clearly, if these formats prove popular, we will consider preparing other
books these ways.

I do try, as much as possible, to regularly thank the hundreds of
volunteers who help us out in various aspects of the Yizkor Book and are
behind its success. We have an online list of more than 500 volunteers at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ and in this minor way we have endeavored to
let the world know of the important contributions of these wonderful people.
You would like to contribute? My "door" is always open to anyone wishing to
take some part in the YB Project.

Now to facts and figures for March.

During this last month we have added in 5 new projects:

- Latvia (The Jews in Latvia)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia1/latvia1.html

- Michow, Poland (Memorial book to the martyrs of Michow who perished in the
Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Michow/Michow.html

- Olkusz, Poland (Olkusz; memorial book to a community that was exterminated
during the Holocaust) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Olkusz/Olkusz.html

- Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, Poland (Ostrovtse; dedicated to the memory of
Ostrovtse, Apt...)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ostrowiec1/ostrowiec1.html

- Wolomin, Poland (Volomin; a memorial to the Jewish community of Volomin)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/wolomin/wolomin.html

Added in a new entry:

- Brok, Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland, volume IV)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_poland/pol4_00151.html

We have continued to update 23 of our existing projects:

- Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (Akkerman), Ukraine (Akkerman and the Towns of its
District; Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Akkerman/Akkerman.html

- Borsa, Romania (Memorial book of Borsha, or: The beloved village by the
foot of the Carpathians) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/borsa/borsa.html

- Cigand, Hungary (About the Jews of Cigand)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/cigand/cigand.html

- Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html

- Dzyatlava, Belarus (A memorial to the Jewish community of Zetel)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Dzyatlava/Dzyatlava.html

- Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html

- Grajewo, Poland (Grayewo Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grajewo/Grajewo.html

- Indura, Belarus (Amdur, my hometown)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/indura/indura.html

- Kaluszyn, Poland (The Memorial Book of Kaluszyn)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kaluszyn/kaluszyn_fr.html [French]

- Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community
which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html

- Kremenets, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kremenets3/kremenets3.html

- Latvia (Latvian Jewry) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/latvia/latvia.html

- Radom, Poland (The book of Radom; the story of a Jewish community in
Poland destroyed by the Nazis)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radom/radom.html

- Sosnove (Ludvipol), Ukraine (Ludvipol (Wolyn); in memory of the Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Ludvipol/Ludvipol.html

- Stowbtsy, Belarus (Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring
villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Stowbtsy/Stowbtsy.html

- Svencionys, Lithuania (Svintzian region: memorial book of 23 communities)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/svencionys/svencionys.html

- Tlumach, Ukraine (Memorial book of Tlumacz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tlumacz/tlumacz.html

- Valkininkai, Lithuania (Olkeniki: a Town that Existed)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Valkininkai1/Valkininkai1.html

- Wasilkow, Poland (The Wasilkower memorial book; memories of our town
Wasilkow which has been annihilated by the Nazis)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wasilkow/Wasilkow.html

- Wojslawice, Poland (Yizkor book in memory of Voislavize)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Wojslawice/Wojslawice.html

- Zawiercie, Poland (Yizkor Book of the Holy Community of Zawiercie and
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- Zolochiv, Ukraine (The Destruction of Zloczow)
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Lance Ackerfeld
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Dear Friends -

Whilst researching a distant relative, I came across an
entry on the JOWBR, for a Rosa NAGEL. She died on 31 May
1960 and is buried in Wiener Zentralfriedhof at Tor 4 Gruppe
9 Row 3 Grave 25. The same information is given via
ancestry, no doubt based on this database.

Assuming that this information is extracted >from the IKG's
own database, I checked, but could not find an entry for
Rosa Nagel.

Without actually going there to see the headstone, I have no
way of double-checking this data. So which is correct? And
why this discrepancy?

Rosa Nagel may or may not be a relative, but the age is
about right. She went to the USA in 1940 and became a US
citizen. I always assumed she lived and died there. But
maybe she later returned to Vienna.

Robert Fraser
Perth, Western Australia
Researching:
NOWAK; Moravia, Austria, USA and the world: EISINGER;
Moravia, Vienna, USA and the world
NAGEL; Moravia, Vienna, New York: FINKELSTEIN; Galicia,
Vienna
WORTMANN; Slovakia, USA: KRAUTERBLUTH; Poland, ?
LICHTBLAU; Vienna

Dear Jenners:
The statute of January 1, 1874 reduced active duty >from 15 years established
in the 1830s to six years of active duty and nine years in the reserves for
draftees residing in Russia. Those who lived in Siberia were required to
serve seven years of active duty and three in the reserves. Shorter periods
of service were allowed for family hardships and for completing education.

What was the length of military service including active duty and reserve
status in Russia in 1890?

Any information about this will be greatly appreciated.

Barry Helfand
Upland, California

Dear Jenners:
The statute of January 1, 1874 reduced active duty >from 15 years established
in the 1830s to six years of active duty and nine years in the reserves for
draftees residing in Russia. Those who lived in Siberia were required to
serve seven years of active duty and three in the reserves. Shorter periods
of service were allowed for family hardships and for completing education.

What was the length of military service including active duty and reserve
status in Russia in 1890?

Any information about this will be greatly appreciated.

Barry Helfand
Upland, California