Call for Papers Open for International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

Boston - The 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the
leading conference on Jewish genealogy, has announced the Call for Papers.

There will be 200 programs featured during the conference. Proposals for
presentations including lectures, workshops, and panel discussions are
welcomed. The planners encourage proposals on all relevant topics, but they
are especially interested in talks on practical research methodologies,
worldwide research sources, guidance for beginners, and resources and Jewish
history in the New England area.

Proposals are being accepted on the official website now in operation at
www.iajgs2013.org. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2013.

Speakers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2013. Accepted speakers
will receive complimentary conference registration.

The conference will be held in historic Boston >from August 4-9, 2013 at the
centrally located Boston Park Plaza Hotel (www.bostonparkplaza.com). Over
1000 people, newcomers to experienced researchers, are expected to attend.

Co-chairs for the conference are Marlis Humphrey >from the International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and Heidi Urich and Jay Sage

from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. Reach them at

chairs@....

Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair

Call for Papers Open for International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

Boston - The 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the
leading conference on Jewish genealogy, has announced the Call for Papers.

There will be 200 programs featured during the conference. Proposals for
presentations including lectures, workshops, and panel discussions are
welcomed. The planners encourage proposals on all relevant topics, but they
are especially interested in talks on practical research methodologies,
worldwide research sources, guidance for beginners, and resources and Jewish
history in the New England area.

Proposals are being accepted on the official website now in operation at
www.iajgs2013.org. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2013.

Speakers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2013. Accepted speakers
will receive complimentary conference registration.

The conference will be held in historic Boston >from August 4-9, 2013 at the
centrally located Boston Park Plaza Hotel (www.bostonparkplaza.com). Over
1000 people, newcomers to experienced researchers, are expected to attend.

Co-chairs for the conference are Marlis Humphrey >from the International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and Heidi Urich and Jay Sage

from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. Reach them at

chairs@....

Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair

Call for Papers Open for International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

Boston - The 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the
leading conference on Jewish genealogy, has announced the Call for Papers.

There will be 200 programs featured during the conference. Proposals for
presentations including lectures, workshops, and panel discussions are
welcomed. The planners encourage proposals on all relevant topics, but they
are especially interested in talks on practical research methodologies,
worldwide research sources, guidance for beginners, and resources and Jewish
history in the New England area.

Proposals are being accepted on the official website now in operation at
www.iajgs2013.org. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2013.

Speakers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2013. Accepted speakers
will receive complimentary conference registration.

The conference will be held in historic Boston >from August 4-9, 2013 at the
centrally located Boston Park Plaza Hotel (www.bostonparkplaza.com). Over
1000 people, newcomers to experienced researchers, are expected to attend.

Co-chairs for the conference are Marlis Humphrey >from the International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and Heidi Urich and Jay Sage

from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. Reach them at

chairs@....

Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair

Call for Papers Open for International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

Boston - The 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the
leading conference on Jewish genealogy, has announced the Call for Papers.

There will be 200 programs featured during the conference. Proposals for
presentations including lectures, workshops, and panel discussions are
welcomed. The planners encourage proposals on all relevant topics, but they
are especially interested in talks on practical research methodologies,
worldwide research sources, guidance for beginners, and resources and Jewish
history in the New England area.

Proposals are being accepted on the official website now in operation at
www.iajgs2013.org. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2013.

Speakers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2013. Accepted speakers
will receive complimentary conference registration.

The conference will be held in historic Boston >from August 4-9, 2013 at the
centrally located Boston Park Plaza Hotel (www.bostonparkplaza.com). Over
1000 people, newcomers to experienced researchers, are expected to attend.

Co-chairs for the conference are Marlis Humphrey >from the International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and Heidi Urich and Jay Sage

from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. Reach them at

chairs@....

Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair

Hi,
I have found family letters written >from the area of Lodz to Poland
between 1939 and 1942. They are written in Polish and I would need
someone to help me for their translation. I thought that maybe I could
find someone able to help me through this mailing list ?

Regards,
Barbara

MODERATOR'S NOTE: You may want to consider using JewishGen's ViewMate
feature at http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ You can scan the letters
and upload them -- a few at a time -- to Viewmate and then post a
translation request on this mailing list with the links to the images.

Hi,
I have found family letters written >from the area of Lodz to Poland
between 1939 and 1942. They are written in Polish and I would need
someone to help me for their translation. I thought that maybe I could
find someone able to help me through this mailing list ?

Regards,
Barbara

MODERATOR'S NOTE: You may want to consider using JewishGen's ViewMate
feature at http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ You can scan the letters
and upload them -- a few at a time -- to Viewmate and then post a
translation request on this mailing list with the links to the images.

Call for Papers Open for International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

Boston - The 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the
leading conference on Jewish genealogy, has announced the Call for Papers.

There will be 200 programs featured during the conference. Proposals for
presentations including lectures, workshops, and panel discussions are
welcomed. The planners encourage proposals on all relevant topics, but they
are especially interested in talks on practical research methodologies,
worldwide research sources, guidance for beginners, and resources and Jewish
history in the New England area.

Proposals are being accepted on the official website now in operation at
www.iajgs2013.org. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2013.

Speakers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2013. Accepted speakers
will receive complimentary conference registration.

The conference will be held in historic Boston >from August 4-9, 2013 at the
centrally located Boston Park Plaza Hotel (www.bostonparkplaza.com). Over
1000 people, newcomers to experienced researchers, are expected to attend.

Co-chairs for the conference are Marlis Humphrey >from the International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and Heidi Urich and Jay Sage

from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. Reach them at

chairs@....

Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair

Call for Papers Open for International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

Boston - The 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the
leading conference on Jewish genealogy, has announced the Call for Papers.

There will be 200 programs featured during the conference. Proposals for
presentations including lectures, workshops, and panel discussions are
welcomed. The planners encourage proposals on all relevant topics, but they
are especially interested in talks on practical research methodologies,
worldwide research sources, guidance for beginners, and resources and Jewish
history in the New England area.

Proposals are being accepted on the official website now in operation at
www.iajgs2013.org. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2013.

Speakers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2013. Accepted speakers
will receive complimentary conference registration.

The conference will be held in historic Boston >from August 4-9, 2013 at the
centrally located Boston Park Plaza Hotel (www.bostonparkplaza.com). Over
1000 people, newcomers to experienced researchers, are expected to attend.

Co-chairs for the conference are Marlis Humphrey >from the International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and Heidi Urich and Jay Sage

from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. Reach them at

chairs@....

Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair

It appears that the database that contains 1954 entries of Jews >from
Lithuania Resident in Riga, Latvia Between the Two Wars has not been
checked out by prior posters. I believe this database is located on
the District Shutterfly Sites such as for Panevezys. This is where
joining a District group can be invaluable to your research as the
records may only be available on the site.

In addition, many Jews stated in records that Riga was their place of
origin because it was the nearest largest city; because they left their
homeland >from there to come to America or other places; because they
served or were pensioned off >from the army there; or, they found better
economic or marital opportunities there.

All this equally applied to other towns in Latvia such as Bauska where,
for instance, my Hillman family came to >from Linkuva, Lithuania, and
before that >from Hamburg/Altoona, etc. In addition, families may have
originally been >from Riga and they landed up in Lithuania because
the opportunities might have been better there at the time and borders
were quite porous and it was easy to move back and forth.

All of these types of migration patterns can easily be seen in the
1897 Census where available. An example is Christine Usdin's
transcriptions of the Dvinsk Census where you can pull out all of the
individuals who came >from specific shtetls in Lithuania. Later records
in Lithuania may show that the families may have returned to Lithuania.
These types of records may also answer the question of where branches
of your family may have disappeared to . . . it wasn't Mars as some
people have thought in the past!

The lesson here is that you cannot just look in Lithuania and/or Latvia
for traces of your family. You have to have an open mind as our ancestors
did as they shuttled back and forth to make a decent living to support
their families.

Ann Rabinowitz
annrab@...

Exciting Opportunity to Assist Jewish Museum of Maryland and JewishGen: The
Jewish Museum of Maryland, in cooperation with JewishGen, is looking for
volunteers to assist in the indexing of several historical documents in the
Museum's collection for eventual uploading to the JewishGen web site.

This is an exciting opportunity and a way for genealogy enthusiasts and those
interested in the history of Jewish Baltimore to contribute to a very
important project. The information to be indexed includes midwife records as
well as birth and marriage notices in the Baltimore Jewish newspaper.

The volunteers would work at the Jewish Museum Maryland, 15 Lloyd Street in
Baltimore. The work will involve editing and revising historical records by
comparing them with the original documents >from which they were compiled.
Guidance will be provided by Museum personnel. The only skill needed is a
basic understanding of computers. Knowledge of Excel is a plus but not a
requirement.

If you are interested in joining this important project, please contact:
Deborah Weiner, Research Historian & Family History Coordinator, Jewish
Museum of Maryland, at Tel: 410-732-6400, ext. 224,
e-mail: dweiner@...; or
Rand H. Fishbein, Ph.D., Vice-Chairperson, JewishGen,
at: Tel: (301) 469-0099, e-mail: fishnet@....

Rand H. Fishbein, Ph.D.
Potomac, Maryland

It appears that the database that contains 1954 entries of Jews >from
Lithuania Resident in Riga, Latvia Between the Two Wars has not been
checked out by prior posters. I believe this database is located on
the District Shutterfly Sites such as for Panevezys. This is where
joining a District group can be invaluable to your research as the
records may only be available on the site.

In addition, many Jews stated in records that Riga was their place of
origin because it was the nearest largest city; because they left their
homeland >from there to come to America or other places; because they
served or were pensioned off >from the army there; or, they found better
economic or marital opportunities there.

All this equally applied to other towns in Latvia such as Bauska where,
for instance, my Hillman family came to >from Linkuva, Lithuania, and
before that >from Hamburg/Altoona, etc. In addition, families may have
originally been >from Riga and they landed up in Lithuania because
the opportunities might have been better there at the time and borders
were quite porous and it was easy to move back and forth.

All of these types of migration patterns can easily be seen in the
1897 Census where available. An example is Christine Usdin's
transcriptions of the Dvinsk Census where you can pull out all of the
individuals who came >from specific shtetls in Lithuania. Later records
in Lithuania may show that the families may have returned to Lithuania.
These types of records may also answer the question of where branches
of your family may have disappeared to . . . it wasn't Mars as some
people have thought in the past!

The lesson here is that you cannot just look in Lithuania and/or Latvia
for traces of your family. You have to have an open mind as our ancestors
did as they shuttled back and forth to make a decent living to support
their families.

Ann Rabinowitz
annrab@...

Exciting Opportunity to Assist Jewish Museum of Maryland and JewishGen: The
Jewish Museum of Maryland, in cooperation with JewishGen, is looking for
volunteers to assist in the indexing of several historical documents in the
Museum's collection for eventual uploading to the JewishGen web site.

This is an exciting opportunity and a way for genealogy enthusiasts and those
interested in the history of Jewish Baltimore to contribute to a very
important project. The information to be indexed includes midwife records as
well as birth and marriage notices in the Baltimore Jewish newspaper.

The volunteers would work at the Jewish Museum Maryland, 15 Lloyd Street in
Baltimore. The work will involve editing and revising historical records by
comparing them with the original documents >from which they were compiled.
Guidance will be provided by Museum personnel. The only skill needed is a
basic understanding of computers. Knowledge of Excel is a plus but not a
requirement.

If you are interested in joining this important project, please contact:
Deborah Weiner, Research Historian & Family History Coordinator, Jewish
Museum of Maryland, at Tel: 410-732-6400, ext. 224,
e-mail: dweiner@...; or
Rand H. Fishbein, Ph.D., Vice-Chairperson, JewishGen,
at: Tel: (301) 469-0099, e-mail: fishnet@....

Rand H. Fishbein, Ph.D.
Potomac, Maryland

I have created project pages for each of the recognized Moravian Jewish
communities. See
http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Communities-in-Bohemia-and-Moravia-Czech-Republic/12452

Please join the projects and feel free to edit the project text, add
profiles and photos, or start discussions related to the communities
that interest you.

Randol Schoenberg
Los Angeles, CA

I have created project pages for each of the recognized Moravian Jewish
communities. See
http://www.geni.com/projects/Jewish-Communities-in-Bohemia-and-Moravia-Czech-Republic/12452

Please join the projects and feel free to edit the project text, add
profiles and photos, or start discussions related to the communities
that interest you.

Randol Schoenberg
Los Angeles, CA

Call for Papers Open for International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

Boston - The 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the
leading conference on Jewish genealogy, has announced the Call for Papers.

There will be 200 programs featured during the conference. Proposals for
presentations including lectures, workshops, and panel discussions are
welcomed. The planners encourage proposals on all relevant topics, but they
are especially interested in talks on practical research methodologies,
worldwide research sources, guidance for beginners, and resources and Jewish
history in the New England area.

Proposals are being accepted on the official website now in operation at
www.iajgs2013.org. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2013.

Speakers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2013. Accepted speakers
will receive complimentary conference registration.

The conference will be held in historic Boston >from August 4-9, 2013 at the
centrally located Boston Park Plaza Hotel (www.bostonparkplaza.com). Over
1000 people, newcomers to experienced researchers, are expected to attend.

Co-chairs for the conference are Marlis Humphrey >from the International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and Heidi Urich and Jay Sage

from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. Reach them at

chairs@....

Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair

I've posted a vital record in Old German Script for which I need a
direct translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM24914 It
contains three panels: 1) the father and descendants of the child, 2)
the mother and descendants of the child and 3) the witness of the birth.
Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Sam Glaser

Call for Papers Open for International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

Boston - The 33rd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the
leading conference on Jewish genealogy, has announced the Call for Papers.

There will be 200 programs featured during the conference. Proposals for
presentations including lectures, workshops, and panel discussions are
welcomed. The planners encourage proposals on all relevant topics, but they
are especially interested in talks on practical research methodologies,
worldwide research sources, guidance for beginners, and resources and Jewish
history in the New England area.

Proposals are being accepted on the official website now in operation at
www.iajgs2013.org. The deadline for submissions is January 6, 2013.

Speakers will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2013. Accepted speakers
will receive complimentary conference registration.

The conference will be held in historic Boston >from August 4-9, 2013 at the
centrally located Boston Park Plaza Hotel (www.bostonparkplaza.com). Over
1000 people, newcomers to experienced researchers, are expected to attend.

Co-chairs for the conference are Marlis Humphrey >from the International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and Heidi Urich and Jay Sage

from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. Reach them at

chairs@....

Florence Schumacher, Boston 2013 Publicity Chair

I've posted a vital record in Old German Script for which I need a
direct translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM24914 It
contains three panels: 1) the father and descendants of the child, 2)
the mother and descendants of the child and 3) the witness of the birth.
Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Sam Glaser

I am researching the Freitag/Freitak/Frejtag family >from Sakiai (Shaki,
Szaki) Lithuania.

I believe our family descends >from Jankel Shakno (Icik, Iccos) Freitag, born
in 1887 to Israel Abram Freitag and Ita Bliuma Gamler. There were four older
brothers: Abel Leib (1869), Jeremiash Movsha (1878), Eliash Zalman (1883)
and Benjamin Ber (1887). I heard a rumor in the family that at least two of
these brothers emigrated to the UK under a new name of Levin/Levine probably
to evade army drafting, but this is all I know.

Except for the birth of the five brothers and the death of the grandfather
Mendel Freitak in 1892, I have been unable to find anything about these
siblings.

The brother, whom our family descends from, married and moved away >from
Szaki and was murdered in the Shoah with wife and four of his children.

I would greatly appreciate hearing >from anyone who might know anything about
the Freitak family >from Sakiai.

E.M. Bayrach
Israel
elsinab at bezeqint (dot) net

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information.
Suggestions for research methods or resources may be shared with
the list.

I am researching the Freitag/Freitak/Frejtag family >from Sakiai (Shaki,
Szaki) Lithuania.

I believe our family descends >from Jankel Shakno (Icik, Iccos) Freitag, born
in 1887 to Israel Abram Freitag and Ita Bliuma Gamler. There were four older
brothers: Abel Leib (1869), Jeremiash Movsha (1878), Eliash Zalman (1883)
and Benjamin Ber (1887). I heard a rumor in the family that at least two of
these brothers emigrated to the UK under a new name of Levin/Levine probably
to evade army drafting, but this is all I know.

Except for the birth of the five brothers and the death of the grandfather
Mendel Freitak in 1892, I have been unable to find anything about these
siblings.

The brother, whom our family descends from, married and moved away >from
Szaki and was murdered in the Shoah with wife and four of his children.

I would greatly appreciate hearing >from anyone who might know anything about
the Freitak family >from Sakiai.

E.M. Bayrach
Israel
elsinab at bezeqint (dot) net

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately with family information.
Suggestions for research methods or resources may be shared with
the list.