I have posted in ViewMate at the following address
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM27328
a photograph of the 1927 graduating class of the Panevezys Hebrew
Gymnasia.

My father Zvi(Hirsh/Girsh) SEGAL is in the 2nd row, far right.

He was born in Zagare in 1909, went to the Zagare Folk School,
continued his education in Paneveszys and left for Melbourne,
Australia in 1929.

His lifelong friend, Shmuel (Mula) GOLDSTEIN, (right end of 2nd
row >from the bottom), also ended up in Melbourne in the mid-1930s.

Perhaps someone can recognise a relative in this photograph.

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

Regards

Aron Segal
Melbourne Australia

I have posted in ViewMate at the following address
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM27328
a photograph of the 1927 graduating class of the Panevezys Hebrew
Gymnasia.

My father Zvi(Hirsh/Girsh) SEGAL is in the 2nd row, far right.

He was born in Zagare in 1909, went to the Zagare Folk School,
continued his education in Paneveszys and left for Melbourne,
Australia in 1929.

His lifelong friend, Shmuel (Mula) GOLDSTEIN, (right end of 2nd
row >from the bottom), also ended up in Melbourne in the mid-1930s.

Perhaps someone can recognise a relative in this photograph.

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

Regards

Aron Segal
Melbourne Australia

The Scranton Tribune is available on Chronicling America for
1891-1910. That covers part of your period.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026355/

Janice Sellers
Oakland, California

The Scranton Tribune is available on Chronicling America for
1891-1910. That covers part of your period.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026355/

Janice Sellers
Oakland, California

For the last several years I have been seeking information about my paternal
GGM, Sarah KROGLANSKY/KRUGLINSKY/etc., (b. circa 1844) later Anglicized to
TAYLOR. She came to England >from Merkine, Lithuania probably circa 1892
(inconsiderately missing the census of 1891!) and likely lived with her
married eldest daughter, Brinah KARETSKY, at either 14 Wilkes Street, in the
Liberty Field of Artillery, or 14 Duke Street, in Spitalfields.

Sarah does not appear with the KARETSKY family in the 1891 census, where her
daughter's family was listed as CHURETSKY rather than KARETSKY due to their
strong Russian accents. Sarah's son, however, who lived with his
brother-in-law, and was listed as KRUGLINSKY. Sarah does not appear in this
census at all, and sadly, I have found no verifiable public records of Sarah
anywhere thereafter.

Sarah's last known "official sighting" was at the marriage of her daughter,
my grandmother, Rebecca TAYLOR (b. 13 April 1879) to Morris GRANET on 17
December 1905 at the United Synagogue in London. Sarah's name appears on the
ketubot in a manner that means she was still alive, whereas her husband
Simcha/Shimeon, was already deceased. Whether he died in Lithuania (then
Czarist Russia) or in London, England, we do not know.

On the 1901 Census, there is a listing for a Sarah Taylor and her two
daughters, Rebecca and Kate, at 5 Regal Place, in Stepney. I have never
heard of a sister named Kate, nor does her age seem to match any of the
known siblings, so I do not know if this listing shows my family member or
someone entirely different.

Can anybody help me find Sarah KROGLANSKY or TAYLOR (the Anglicized name) in
any records? I've searched cemetery records for both Sarah and her husband
as well as census records and haven't come up with a plausible match. Any
help would be appreciated.

Susan Granite Welsh
United States
Tracing any variations in spelling of the following families:

ABERBUCH (Warsaw, Lublin, Buenos Aires),
GRANITE (Ukraine, England, Mexico, Egypt, and USA),
HABERMAN (Warsaw, Lublin, Buenos Aires),
KRUGLINSKY/KROGLANSKY (Lithuania, England, Ireland and Brazil),
MAST (Lublin and Buenos Aires),
TAYLOR (England, Ireland and USA), ZINGER (Brazil and Israel) and
ZYLBERBERG (Warsaw and Lublin )

For the last several years I have been seeking information about my paternal
GGM, Sarah KROGLANSKY/KRUGLINSKY/etc., (b. circa 1844) later Anglicized to
TAYLOR. She came to England >from Merkine, Lithuania probably circa 1892
(inconsiderately missing the census of 1891!) and likely lived with her
married eldest daughter, Brinah KARETSKY, at either 14 Wilkes Street, in the
Liberty Field of Artillery, or 14 Duke Street, in Spitalfields.

Sarah does not appear with the KARETSKY family in the 1891 census, where her
daughter's family was listed as CHURETSKY rather than KARETSKY due to their
strong Russian accents. Sarah's son, however, who lived with his
brother-in-law, and was listed as KRUGLINSKY. Sarah does not appear in this
census at all, and sadly, I have found no verifiable public records of Sarah
anywhere thereafter.

Sarah's last known "official sighting" was at the marriage of her daughter,
my grandmother, Rebecca TAYLOR (b. 13 April 1879) to Morris GRANET on 17
December 1905 at the United Synagogue in London. Sarah's name appears on the
ketubot in a manner that means she was still alive, whereas her husband
Simcha/Shimeon, was already deceased. Whether he died in Lithuania (then
Czarist Russia) or in London, England, we do not know.

On the 1901 Census, there is a listing for a Sarah Taylor and her two
daughters, Rebecca and Kate, at 5 Regal Place, in Stepney. I have never
heard of a sister named Kate, nor does her age seem to match any of the
known siblings, so I do not know if this listing shows my family member or
someone entirely different.

Can anybody help me find Sarah KROGLANSKY or TAYLOR (the Anglicized name) in
any records? I've searched cemetery records for both Sarah and her husband
as well as census records and haven't come up with a plausible match. Any
help would be appreciated.

Susan Granite Welsh
United States
Tracing any variations in spelling of the following families:

ABERBUCH (Warsaw, Lublin, Buenos Aires),
GRANITE (Ukraine, England, Mexico, Egypt, and USA),
HABERMAN (Warsaw, Lublin, Buenos Aires),
KRUGLINSKY/KROGLANSKY (Lithuania, England, Ireland and Brazil),
MAST (Lublin and Buenos Aires),
TAYLOR (England, Ireland and USA), ZINGER (Brazil and Israel) and
ZYLBERBERG (Warsaw and Lublin )

In 2009, Ira Leviton wrote to this list about death certificates:

" ... The cause of death on a death certificate is often inaccurate
anyway. Even as more and more has been learned about medicine, the
trend in the U.S. is for deaths to occur in emergency rooms, hospitals,
and nursing homes, and for death certificates to be done by emergency
room and "house" doctors who didn't know the patient before they died.
If they did, they were completing the form in a rush. And even if they
had all the time in the world, they wanted to do the form only once -
the cause of death as stated on death certificates is mainly for
statistical purposes, and if it doesn't fit into certain categories, the
Department of Health will require it to be redone."

The sad thing about Ira's comment is that the reporting has not improved.
A recent study cited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
concludes:

"Most resident physicians believed the current cause-of-death reporting
system is inaccurate, often knowingly documenting incorrect causes. The
system should be improved to allow reporting of more causes, and
residents should receive better training on completing death certificates."

You can read the peer-reviewed Survey of New York City Resident Physicians
on Cause-of-Death Reporting, 2010 at the following link:

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2013/12_0288.htm

Howard Orenstein
horenstein@...

--
Howard Orenstein, Ph.D.
Westminster,MD
horenstein@...
Explore Your Jewish Heritage in Wyszków,Poland:
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Psychology/HBO/JHWyszkow3.html
Jewish Heritage in Serock,Poland:
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Psychology/HBO/JHSerock3/Welcome.html
Searching for:
ORENSTEIN -- Serock, Wyszkow, Pultusk, Poland
HOLLAND (GOLAND), PIENIEK, OSTROWIAK -- Serock, Wyszkow, Poland
BLUM (BLOOM) -- Wyszkow, Poland; London, England

In 2009, Ira Leviton wrote to this list about death certificates:

" ... The cause of death on a death certificate is often inaccurate
anyway. Even as more and more has been learned about medicine, the
trend in the U.S. is for deaths to occur in emergency rooms, hospitals,
and nursing homes, and for death certificates to be done by emergency
room and "house" doctors who didn't know the patient before they died.
If they did, they were completing the form in a rush. And even if they
had all the time in the world, they wanted to do the form only once -
the cause of death as stated on death certificates is mainly for
statistical purposes, and if it doesn't fit into certain categories, the
Department of Health will require it to be redone."

The sad thing about Ira's comment is that the reporting has not improved.
A recent study cited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
concludes:

"Most resident physicians believed the current cause-of-death reporting
system is inaccurate, often knowingly documenting incorrect causes. The
system should be improved to allow reporting of more causes, and
residents should receive better training on completing death certificates."

You can read the peer-reviewed Survey of New York City Resident Physicians
on Cause-of-Death Reporting, 2010 at the following link:

http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2013/12_0288.htm

Howard Orenstein
horenstein@...

--
Howard Orenstein, Ph.D.
Westminster,MD
horenstein@...
Explore Your Jewish Heritage in Wyszków,Poland:
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Psychology/HBO/JHWyszkow3.html
Jewish Heritage in Serock,Poland:
http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Psychology/HBO/JHSerock3/Welcome.html
Searching for:
ORENSTEIN -- Serock, Wyszkow, Pultusk, Poland
HOLLAND (GOLAND), PIENIEK, OSTROWIAK -- Serock, Wyszkow, Poland
BLUM (BLOOM) -- Wyszkow, Poland; London, England

In response to Barbara's post about origin of surnames, I recommed
Alexander Beider's books.

Beider, A. 2004. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from Galicia.
Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu

Beider, A. 1996. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from the Kingdom
of Poland. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu

Beider, A. 1995. Jewish Surnames >from Prague (15th-18th centuries).
Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu

Beider, A. 1993, 2008. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from the
Russian Empire. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu

Regards,

Sherri Bobish
Princeton, NJ

In response to Barbara's post about origin of surnames, I recommed
Alexander Beider's books.

Beider, A. 2004. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from Galicia.
Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu

Beider, A. 1996. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from the Kingdom
of Poland. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu

Beider, A. 1995. Jewish Surnames >from Prague (15th-18th centuries).
Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu

Beider, A. 1993, 2008. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames >from the
Russian Empire. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu

Regards,

Sherri Bobish
Princeton, NJ

Does anyone know if any historical newspapers (early 1900s) >from Scranton,
PA have been digitized and are online? Or if obituaries have been culled and
indexed? I've checked both Ancestry.com and cyndislist.com and can't seem to
find any. Some sites seem to imply that they have, but end up being for all
of Pennsylvania and either have no Scranton at all, or just for limited
years. I am mainly interested in 1906 thru 1915.

I know that microfilms exist at the Scranton Public Library, hoping not to
have to drive there.

Steve Stein
Highland Park, NJ

Does anyone know if any historical newspapers (early 1900s) >from Scranton,
PA have been digitized and are online? Or if obituaries have been culled and
indexed? I've checked both Ancestry.com and cyndislist.com and can't seem to
find any. Some sites seem to imply that they have, but end up being for all
of Pennsylvania and either have no Scranton at all, or just for limited
years. I am mainly interested in 1906 thru 1915.

I know that microfilms exist at the Scranton Public Library, hoping not to
have to drive there.

Steve Stein
Highland Park, NJ

Hi all,
I am looking for a reliable, English-speaking guide to take
a young woman >from Radauti to the following cities at the
end of this month: Siret, Botosani and Iasi.
She has an excellent guide for her day and a half in
Radauti, but he is not available to take her to the other
cities.

We hope you can help with this.

Merle Kastner
Montreal, Canada
merlek@...

MODERATOR NOTE: Please send recommendations privately.

Hi all,
I am looking for a reliable, English-speaking guide to take
a young woman >from Radauti to the following cities at the
end of this month: Siret, Botosani and Iasi.
She has an excellent guide for her day and a half in
Radauti, but he is not available to take her to the other
cities.

We hope you can help with this.

Merle Kastner
Montreal, Canada
merlek@...

MODERATOR NOTE: Please send recommendations privately.

Date: Sunday, May 19, 2013
Time: 2 p.m.

Place: Temple Beth Israel
3601 W. Dempster Street
Skokie, Illinois

Topic: Spreadsheets 101: Excel, the Genealogist's Underutilized Tool

Genealogist Jeanne L. Bloom will speak about Spreadsheets 101: Excel,
the Genealogist's Underutilized Tool at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 19, 2013,
at the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois meeting in Temple Beth
Israel, 3601 W. Dempster St., Skokie.

Bloom will explain
how family history researchers can use Microsoft Excel for tracking
family history research or resources, abstracting and analysis.

She conducts research projects for government agencies,
attorneys, authors, newspapers, television-production companies,
heir-search firms, oil-and-gas land lease companies, professional
genealogists and family researchers. Bloom researched the ancestry of
actor-comedian Jason Sudeikis for the television series Who Do You
Think You Are? and appeared in the episode that first aired in May 2012.

She is a member of number of genealogical societies
including the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, the Illinois
State Genealogical Society and the Chicago Genealogical Society. She is
a trustee and treasurer of the Board for Certification of Genealogists.

The JGSI meeting facilities at Temple Beth Israel will open at 12:30 p.m.
to accommodate members/guests who want to use or borrow genealogy library
materials, get help with genealogy websites on the Internet, or ask
genealogical questions before the main program begins. For more
information, visit http://jgsi.org/ or phone (312) 666-0100.
Martin Fischer
Vice President-Publicity
Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois
To register for JGSI's June 9, 2013, daylong conference, Digging Deeper:
Researching Our Ancestors With Technology, go to
http://jgsi.org/Conference2013. Members of IAJGS-affiliated societies pay
the JGSI member rate.

Date: Sunday, May 19, 2013
Time: 2 p.m.

Place: Temple Beth Israel
3601 W. Dempster Street
Skokie, Illinois

Topic: Spreadsheets 101: Excel, the Genealogist's Underutilized Tool

Genealogist Jeanne L. Bloom will speak about Spreadsheets 101: Excel,
the Genealogist's Underutilized Tool at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 19, 2013,
at the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois meeting in Temple Beth
Israel, 3601 W. Dempster St., Skokie.

Bloom will explain
how family history researchers can use Microsoft Excel for tracking
family history research or resources, abstracting and analysis.

She conducts research projects for government agencies,
attorneys, authors, newspapers, television-production companies,
heir-search firms, oil-and-gas land lease companies, professional
genealogists and family researchers. Bloom researched the ancestry of
actor-comedian Jason Sudeikis for the television series Who Do You
Think You Are? and appeared in the episode that first aired in May 2012.

She is a member of number of genealogical societies
including the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, the Illinois
State Genealogical Society and the Chicago Genealogical Society. She is
a trustee and treasurer of the Board for Certification of Genealogists.

The JGSI meeting facilities at Temple Beth Israel will open at 12:30 p.m.
to accommodate members/guests who want to use or borrow genealogy library
materials, get help with genealogy websites on the Internet, or ask
genealogical questions before the main program begins. For more
information, visit http://jgsi.org/ or phone (312) 666-0100.
Martin Fischer
Vice President-Publicity
Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois
To register for JGSI's June 9, 2013, daylong conference, Digging Deeper:
Researching Our Ancestors With Technology, go to
http://jgsi.org/Conference2013. Members of IAJGS-affiliated societies pay
the JGSI member rate.

I am looking for a translation of the following professions which have
been abbreviated in early 20th century tax lists.

If you are certain of the meaning, please contact me privately, unless
you think the reply is of interest to the group. =A0 (We have already
speculated, but are looking for someone fluent in Polish and
knowledgeable about occupational abbreviations.) =A0In the case of "ul"
preceding the profession, we are wondering why it is included since
the usual meaning is "street," but we are uncertain of the context
when it appears before a profession name. =A0(Special thanks to Julian
Bussgang who has already translated the majority of the professions in
these lists.)

bltz
drog
dz. kins - "owner of "-- what?
em. rades
essp.
ganant
nsucz
ozoc
rzen
Schicht
zmiana/layer
sj. hsn. Sjonista
syr.Kasy
udoza po Dyr.

Don't know what "ul" means in the context below, since it usually
translates to "street"

ul-piek - (assume "piekarz" - baker)
ul. broz.
ul. real or ul. realnosc
ul.dobr
ul.kam or kamienin
zods or sod

Thanks in advance...

Pamela Weisberger
Santa Monica, CA
pweisberger@...

I am looking for a translation of the following professions which have
been abbreviated in early 20th century tax lists.

If you are certain of the meaning, please contact me privately, unless
you think the reply is of interest to the group. =A0 (We have already
speculated, but are looking for someone fluent in Polish and
knowledgeable about occupational abbreviations.) =A0In the case of "ul"
preceding the profession, we are wondering why it is included since
the usual meaning is "street," but we are uncertain of the context
when it appears before a profession name. =A0(Special thanks to Julian
Bussgang who has already translated the majority of the professions in
these lists.)

bltz
drog
dz. kins - "owner of "-- what?
em. rades
essp.
ganant
nsucz
ozoc
rzen
Schicht
zmiana/layer
sj. hsn. Sjonista
syr.Kasy
udoza po Dyr.

Don't know what "ul" means in the context below, since it usually
translates to "street"

ul-piek - (assume "piekarz" - baker)
ul. broz.
ul. real or ul. realnosc
ul.dobr
ul.kam or kamienin
zods or sod

Thanks in advance...

Pamela Weisberger
Santa Monica, CA
pweisberger@...

http://usdine.free.fr/rigarecordsandcensus.html
http://usdine.free.fr/rigacensuscontents.html

Christine Usdin

http://usdine.free.fr/rigarecordsandcensus.html
http://usdine.free.fr/rigacensuscontents.html

Christine Usdin