Dear Genners,

The Housing schedule (dwelling) for the 1940 census is a separate form and
has nothing to do with the "Supplemental Questions" that is at the bottom
of the Population Schedule.

In my original post I included the web address where the form could be found.

http://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/questionnaires/1940_1.html

Adelle Weintraub Gloger
Shaker Hts., Ohio
agloger@...

Dick & Martha Forsyth <theforsyths@...> asked:

Would this be part of the "Suppl. Quest." that's marked about every 15
line-numbers on the form? The questions I see there don't seem
particularly housing-related, but I may not be reading carefully
enough. It does, however, suggest that there was a "rhyme and reason"
to who was asked.

On 4/15/2012 Adelle Weintraub Gloger wrote, answering her own question:

I did receive an e-mail reply >from an individual who stated that he thought
the Housing schedule was completed on only 5% of households.

Dear Genners,

The Housing schedule (dwelling) for the 1940 census is a separate form and
has nothing to do with the "Supplemental Questions" that is at the bottom
of the Population Schedule.

In my original post I included the web address where the form could be found.

http://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/questionnaires/1940_1.html

Adelle Weintraub Gloger
Shaker Hts., Ohio
agloger@...

Dick & Martha Forsyth <theforsyths@...> asked:

Would this be part of the "Suppl. Quest." that's marked about every 15
line-numbers on the form? The questions I see there don't seem
particularly housing-related, but I may not be reading carefully
enough. It does, however, suggest that there was a "rhyme and reason"
to who was asked.

On 4/15/2012 Adelle Weintraub Gloger wrote, answering her own question:

I did receive an e-mail reply >from an individual who stated that he thought
the Housing schedule was completed on only 5% of households.

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Hello Genners,

I'm trying to find my uncle's birth certificate. He was born in 1925 and
just passed away this year. I can't seem to find anything on ancestry and
was wondering how I might go about finding it. He was born in NYC. I
believe in the Bronx.

Thanks,

Dovie Gelerinter

Hello Genners,

I'm trying to find my uncle's birth certificate. He was born in 1925 and
just passed away this year. I can't seem to find anything on ancestry and
was wondering how I might go about finding it. He was born in NYC. I
believe in the Bronx.

Thanks,

Dovie Gelerinter

Recently, I received information >from USCIS regarding my uncle Gersch
FELDSTEIN. He was born in Nikolayev, Russia (26 Jan 1882) and worked as
the Managing Director with the Eastern and Overseas Products, Limited,
London, controlling the vegetable oil factories in different countries. He
lived in Berlin >from 1905-1931 and traveled extensively with his job. In
1927, while in Berlin, he applied for a German passport and was granted
German citizenship in 1928. However, shortly thereafter, the German
government revoked the passport and citizenship.

Gersch FELDSTEIN and his wife Fredericke DIAMANT FELDSTEIN, along with their
infant son, Mark sailed on the SS Rex >from Genoa, arriving in NY on NY 26 Oct 1938.

In researching my uncle, I discovered Solomon Meeroff Feldstein, who I think
is related to Gersch, but I don't have the documentation to prove it.
Solomon, prior to arriving in the US (1904), also lived in Berlin and was
born in Nikolayev, Russia (22 Jun 1880).

How would I obtain the German passport and citizenship application for
Gersch Feldstein? How could I research Solomon Meeroff Feldstein in
Berlin, about 1904.

Any and all suggestions are appreciated.

Michael Diamant
Please respond privately to palekaiko@...

Recently, I received information >from USCIS regarding my uncle Gersch
FELDSTEIN. He was born in Nikolayev, Russia (26 Jan 1882) and worked as
the Managing Director with the Eastern and Overseas Products, Limited,
London, controlling the vegetable oil factories in different countries. He
lived in Berlin >from 1905-1931 and traveled extensively with his job. In
1927, while in Berlin, he applied for a German passport and was granted
German citizenship in 1928. However, shortly thereafter, the German
government revoked the passport and citizenship.

Gersch FELDSTEIN and his wife Fredericke DIAMANT FELDSTEIN, along with their
infant son, Mark sailed on the SS Rex >from Genoa, arriving in NY on NY 26 Oct 1938.

In researching my uncle, I discovered Solomon Meeroff Feldstein, who I think
is related to Gersch, but I don't have the documentation to prove it.
Solomon, prior to arriving in the US (1904), also lived in Berlin and was
born in Nikolayev, Russia (22 Jun 1880).

How would I obtain the German passport and citizenship application for
Gersch Feldstein? How could I research Solomon Meeroff Feldstein in
Berlin, about 1904.

Any and all suggestions are appreciated.

Michael Diamant
Please respond privately to palekaiko@...

Hello,
I am trying to learn the occupation of my G G Grandfather.
I submitted a Birth record to Viewmate for a translation, for Feige Riwe
Schuster,born 1878 in Mielnica.
http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/responselist.asp?key=22407

For the mother's entry,column 7, it was transcribed as,
"Rachel Mendlowiez Tochter der Eheleute Elo und Malkie Mendlowicz Bader in
Mielnica"
Which was translated as,
"Rachel Mendlowiez, daughter of the married couple Elo and Malkie Mendlowicz
barber surgeon at Mielnica"

I would like to learn more of the occupation Bader.
I Inquired further and others replied that Bader, at different times in
history, operated a public bath, was a barber or a surgeon.
I am hoping that someone could shed some light on what a Bader, in 19th
century Galicia was.

Thank You for any assistance offered,
Take care,
Brian Lehman

Hello,
I am trying to learn the occupation of my G G Grandfather.
I submitted a Birth record to Viewmate for a translation, for Feige Riwe
Schuster,born 1878 in Mielnica.
http://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/responselist.asp?key=22407

For the mother's entry,column 7, it was transcribed as,
"Rachel Mendlowiez Tochter der Eheleute Elo und Malkie Mendlowicz Bader in
Mielnica"
Which was translated as,
"Rachel Mendlowiez, daughter of the married couple Elo and Malkie Mendlowicz
barber surgeon at Mielnica"

I would like to learn more of the occupation Bader.
I Inquired further and others replied that Bader, at different times in
history, operated a public bath, was a barber or a surgeon.
I am hoping that someone could shed some light on what a Bader, in 19th
century Galicia was.

Thank You for any assistance offered,
Take care,
Brian Lehman

Also don't forget the Library of Congress "Chronicling America" at
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

It has free searchable NYC newspapers Tribune, Sun and Evening World up
to and including 1922.

James Castellan

Also don't forget the Library of Congress "Chronicling America" at
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

It has free searchable NYC newspapers Tribune, Sun and Evening World up
to and including 1922.

James Castellan

Dear Wil,

the deportation data of all these German Jews who originally tried to
escape to the Netherlands until the German invasion caught up with them
and took them to Sobibor/Auschwitz is well documented in the Memorial
Book by the German Federal Archives, accessible through

http://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/directory.html

It is in English, you only have to enter their names to find out what
happened to them. Just in case you have not yet done so. This also
applies to the Dutch Memorial site

http://www.joodsmonument.nl/?lang=en

where you can also find their names and additional information like
their address in the Netherlands.

Note that the West-German city of Moenchengladbach carried the name
Muenchen Gladbach until 1933, so it is more likely that Arnold and
Rosalie LEVY-HARF married there rather than in the Bavarian capital
Muenchen.

I hoper that helps, with kind regards

Fritz Neubauer, North Germany

On 16.04.2012 08:33, Brasse@Home wrote::

Dear Wil,

the deportation data of all these German Jews who originally tried to
escape to the Netherlands until the German invasion caught up with them
and took them to Sobibor/Auschwitz is well documented in the Memorial
Book by the German Federal Archives, accessible through

http://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/directory.html

It is in English, you only have to enter their names to find out what
happened to them. Just in case you have not yet done so. This also
applies to the Dutch Memorial site

http://www.joodsmonument.nl/?lang=en

where you can also find their names and additional information like
their address in the Netherlands.

Note that the West-German city of Moenchengladbach carried the name
Muenchen Gladbach until 1933, so it is more likely that Arnold and
Rosalie LEVY-HARF married there rather than in the Bavarian capital
Muenchen.

I hoper that helps, with kind regards

Fritz Neubauer, North Germany

On 16.04.2012 08:33, Brasse@Home wrote::

Fred Huss wrote:

"I am trying to locate a list of landowners >from the area of
Horodenka, Poland, now Gorodenka in the Ukraine."

The Gesher Galicia Cadastral Map & Landowner Project has done an
inventory of the town of Horodenka. This inventory, taken directly

from the card catalog in the Lviv Historical Archive, has a much

more detailed listing of the landowner records than on Miriam
Weiner's site.

Go here:
<http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/cadastral_maps_and_landowners_project/records.php>

And search on the town name to see the 11 items. Several of these
have already been reviewed by Brian Lenius, one of the project's
researchers, and their contents described in greater details. There
are several lists with landowner names, house and parcel
information. There is also a map. These records have not yet been
photographed -- only examined.

It is also possible that a regional archive (Ternopil or Ivano
Frankivsk) may have similar records for the town. The project is
funded by Gesher Galicia members, both >from our general fund and

from town-specific projects. The reasons some towns have been

inventoried, and others have records acquired, is because members
have made specific donations for the work. At the bottom of the
inventory page is the list of towns in the project so far. If you want
to learn more about participating and record acquisition, please
contact me privately.

Also consider that an excellent way to find out more about property
held by Polish magnate landowners is to consult other repositories
holding their records. The Stefanyk Library in Lviv is one such
institution, holding collections of papers belonging to these
magnates. For that research you should hire someone privately. The
first step is to find out the names of the magnates, and there are
books detailing that information also at the Lviv archive. Over the
years one town's ownership might have changed hands many times.
For the purposes of your research, you'd also want to establish who
owns the land today, and that information might be held at the town
hall. Many researchers doing on-site town projects of
commemoration have found it helpful to engage the town's mayor in
the process.

Fortunately for you, the other best resource for finding out
landowner information, the "Slownik geograficzny Krolestwa
Polskiego i innych krajow slowianskich," a gazetteer of Polish towns,
past and present, published between 1880 and 1902 has the entry
for Horodenka/Gorodenka translated online here:

<http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/gorodenka/html/1880-1902_gazetteer.html>

And it reads: "The largest property owner was Baron Mikolaj
Romasazkan, whose wealth consisted of several large farms, which
were among the most progressive in that part of Galicia in terms of
cultivation techniques, soil fertility, etc., a steam-driven mill, a
large brewery, and a distillery."

Keep in mind, however, that the land ownership might have changed
after 1902, which is why thorough research is needed, akin to a
"title search" done here in the States when you are buying property.

Note that when Gesher Galicia acquires copies of records --
landowner, school or voter lists -- they are place on a private server
where contributors can view them. Once indexed, the information in
the records is added to the All Galicia Database which is freely
available to all. Many researchers have discovered information about
relatives in this way. The database also holds vital record indexes
for towns in Galicia. These are different record groups >from what is
found on JRI-Poland, so both databases should be used together.
The AGD can be found here: http://www.search.geshergalicia.org.

The cadastral maps we have obtained will also be freely available to
all in the Gesher Galicia Map Room which will be previewing online
very shortly. Stay tuned for news!

If you are not yet a member of Gesher Galicia, please consider
joining! The member dues are what support our research projects
and to participate one must be a member. Go here for more info:

http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/join_gg.html

Good luck!

Pamela Weisberger
President & Research Coordinator
Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@...

Fred Huss wrote:

"I am trying to locate a list of landowners >from the area of
Horodenka, Poland, now Gorodenka in the Ukraine."

The Gesher Galicia Cadastral Map & Landowner Project has done an
inventory of the town of Horodenka. This inventory, taken directly

from the card catalog in the Lviv Historical Archive, has a much

more detailed listing of the landowner records than on Miriam
Weiner's site.

Go here:
<http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/cadastral_maps_and_landowners_project/records.php>

And search on the town name to see the 11 items. Several of these
have already been reviewed by Brian Lenius, one of the project's
researchers, and their contents described in greater details. There
are several lists with landowner names, house and parcel
information. There is also a map. These records have not yet been
photographed -- only examined.

It is also possible that a regional archive (Ternopil or Ivano
Frankivsk) may have similar records for the town. The project is
funded by Gesher Galicia members, both >from our general fund and

from town-specific projects. The reasons some towns have been

inventoried, and others have records acquired, is because members
have made specific donations for the work. At the bottom of the
inventory page is the list of towns in the project so far. If you want
to learn more about participating and record acquisition, please
contact me privately.

Also consider that an excellent way to find out more about property
held by Polish magnate landowners is to consult other repositories
holding their records. The Stefanyk Library in Lviv is one such
institution, holding collections of papers belonging to these
magnates. For that research you should hire someone privately. The
first step is to find out the names of the magnates, and there are
books detailing that information also at the Lviv archive. Over the
years one town's ownership might have changed hands many times.
For the purposes of your research, you'd also want to establish who
owns the land today, and that information might be held at the town
hall. Many researchers doing on-site town projects of
commemoration have found it helpful to engage the town's mayor in
the process.

Fortunately for you, the other best resource for finding out
landowner information, the "Slownik geograficzny Krolestwa
Polskiego i innych krajow slowianskich," a gazetteer of Polish towns,
past and present, published between 1880 and 1902 has the entry
for Horodenka/Gorodenka translated online here:

<http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/gorodenka/html/1880-1902_gazetteer.html>

And it reads: "The largest property owner was Baron Mikolaj
Romasazkan, whose wealth consisted of several large farms, which
were among the most progressive in that part of Galicia in terms of
cultivation techniques, soil fertility, etc., a steam-driven mill, a
large brewery, and a distillery."

Keep in mind, however, that the land ownership might have changed
after 1902, which is why thorough research is needed, akin to a
"title search" done here in the States when you are buying property.

Note that when Gesher Galicia acquires copies of records --
landowner, school or voter lists -- they are place on a private server
where contributors can view them. Once indexed, the information in
the records is added to the All Galicia Database which is freely
available to all. Many researchers have discovered information about
relatives in this way. The database also holds vital record indexes
for towns in Galicia. These are different record groups >from what is
found on JRI-Poland, so both databases should be used together.
The AGD can be found here: http://www.search.geshergalicia.org.

The cadastral maps we have obtained will also be freely available to
all in the Gesher Galicia Map Room which will be previewing online
very shortly. Stay tuned for news!

If you are not yet a member of Gesher Galicia, please consider
joining! The member dues are what support our research projects
and to participate one must be a member. Go here for more info:

http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/join_gg.html

Good luck!

Pamela Weisberger
President & Research Coordinator
Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@...

The next update to JewishGen's JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial
Registry) Database (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/) will be in
June and will include all submissions made through May 31. Per JOWBR's
requirements, submissions should include complete cemeteries or cemetery
sections, not individual family burial information.

JOWBR currently contains over 1.7 million Jewish burial records >from 65
countries. The database grows through the efforts of our donors; Jewish
Genealogical Societies, individuals, historical societies, cemetery
administrators, synagogues and Chevra Kadishas. If you are aware of
cemetery records that are not currently in our database, we would appreciate
if you could help us obtain them and help grow the database.

If you're interested in making a submission, please see "Submitting Data to
JOWBR" at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm If you
prefer, you can also watch our online screencasts that show you how JOWBR
works and will also walk you through the completion of the standard
templates at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/

If you have any questions, please contact me at NAltman@... Thank
you in advance for your help!

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR Coordinator
nta@...

The next update to JewishGen's JOWBR (JewishGen's Online Worldwide Burial
Registry) Database (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/) will be in
June and will include all submissions made through May 31. Per JOWBR's
requirements, submissions should include complete cemeteries or cemetery
sections, not individual family burial information.

JOWBR currently contains over 1.7 million Jewish burial records >from 65
countries. The database grows through the efforts of our donors; Jewish
Genealogical Societies, individuals, historical societies, cemetery
administrators, synagogues and Chevra Kadishas. If you are aware of
cemetery records that are not currently in our database, we would appreciate
if you could help us obtain them and help grow the database.

If you're interested in making a submission, please see "Submitting Data to
JOWBR" at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm If you
prefer, you can also watch our online screencasts that show you how JOWBR
works and will also walk you through the completion of the standard
templates at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/

If you have any questions, please contact me at NAltman@... Thank
you in advance for your help!

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR Coordinator
nta@...

For my book on Jewish families in Geleen (Netherlands) I am looking for info
on the following families and people:

Arnold LEVY (Wuppertal-Elberfeld 1880) and Rosalie LEVY-HARF
(Moenchengladbach 1880), married in Muenchen 1907.

Their son Hans Erich LEVY (Duesseldorf 1911) and his wife Irene GOLDSCHMIDT
(Rheda 1907), married in Utrecht 1936.

Her parents Josef GOLDSCHMIDT (Rheda 1867) and Frieda Jacob
(Rheda-Wiedenbrueck 1869), married in Schwarzenau 1892.

Salomon GOLDSCHMIDT (Rheda 1857), brother of Joseph.

All these have perished in the Holocaust.

Probably children of GOLDSCHMIDT-Jacob:
Hubert GOLDSCHMIDT (Rheda 1905).
Alma GOLDSCHMIDT (Rheda 1903), married 1927 and divorced 1937

from Otto MARKUS (Essen 1895).

Hubert and Alma escaped to Toulouse in 1941.

Many thanks in advance.

Wil Brasse, Sittard, the Netherlands w.brasse@...

For my book on Jewish families in Geleen (Netherlands) I am looking for info
on the following families and people:

Arnold LEVY (Wuppertal-Elberfeld 1880) and Rosalie LEVY-HARF
(Moenchengladbach 1880), married in Muenchen 1907.

Their son Hans Erich LEVY (Duesseldorf 1911) and his wife Irene GOLDSCHMIDT
(Rheda 1907), married in Utrecht 1936.

Her parents Josef GOLDSCHMIDT (Rheda 1867) and Frieda Jacob
(Rheda-Wiedenbrueck 1869), married in Schwarzenau 1892.

Salomon GOLDSCHMIDT (Rheda 1857), brother of Joseph.

All these have perished in the Holocaust.

Probably children of GOLDSCHMIDT-Jacob:
Hubert GOLDSCHMIDT (Rheda 1905).
Alma GOLDSCHMIDT (Rheda 1903), married 1927 and divorced 1937

from Otto MARKUS (Essen 1895).

Hubert and Alma escaped to Toulouse in 1941.

Many thanks in advance.

Wil Brasse, Sittard, the Netherlands w.brasse@...