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Jill Whitehead
Lita is in a border area. It is now part of Belarus (since 1945) but has also been part of Lithuania (1918-1945) and also Suwalki gubernia in Poland in the19th century and up to WW1. My late cousin's middle name was Lita, as some of the family came from there when it was part of Suwalki.
Jill Whitehead, Surrey, UK
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Re: Freud's neighbor
#austria-czech
Andreas Schwab
Yes, indeed. https://www.genteam.eu/index.php?option=com_friedhof_ikg&id=104284&limitstart=0&view=detail&lang=en For more details you can request a registration record at the City of Vienna. Details are explained here: There is an online request form in English. -- Andreas Schwab, Montreal, Canada
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Re: Does DNA prove that Jews are a race?
#dna
rroth@...
Protections? I am not clear on what those might be.
Given the history of the 20th century, I am not about to fill in a box marked "race" on any form. I have always lived in the US and have felt fairly safe here, but I understand so did our people in Germany once. ========== Robert Roth Kingston, NY rroth@...
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Re: Luzow? - Poland town name
#poland
angel kosfiszer
I checked around Pabianice and there are no towns with that name near by. There is a Lukow near the Belarus border, where many Jews were transported to during the 2nd WW.
-- Angel KosfiszerRichardson, Texas
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Re: Freud's neighbor
#austria-czech
alexander.burstein@...
Hi Rick,
Those things can be check in the "Adoph Lehmann's allgemeiner Wohnungs-Anzeiger (Adoph Lehmann's general appartment directory) at https://www.digital.wienbibliothek.at/wbrobv/periodical/titleinfo/5311. I checked 1908 (https://www.digital.wienbibliothek.at/wbrobv/periodical/titleinfo/229444), Volume 2 for you. Page 377 you find Max Gans-Schiller, however, it is not clear if this is the address of an appartment, his shop, or both. Anyway the address is Porzellangasse 16 which is 300m away from Berggasse 19 where Sigmund Freud lived. It could be that somebody mixed "near to the house of Dr. Freud" with "in the house of Dr. Freud. Or the given address was just the shop and the Glas-Schiller family did not want to make their private address public. Kindest regards, Alexander Burstein BA Historian
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Re: Does DNA prove that Jews are a race?
#dna
Steven Usdansky
My response to the race question is "Human"
-- Steven Usdansky usdanskys@... researching Usdansky, Turetzky, Sinienski, Sigler, Namenwirth
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My maiden name is Hantz and I was told that it could have been spelled Hanz. My GG family was from Hungary/Czechoslovakia. My family is Jewish and we always thought that our last name sounded German and not Hungarian. I heard stories that my Great Grandfather's family may have originally been from Austria. I have hit so many road blocks trying to find info on this side of my family. Good luck with your search.
Cheryl Hantz-Tanenbaum Florida
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Origin of the word 'Peruvian' to describe jewws on the doamond nad goldfields
#southafrica
#general
geraldine.auerbach@...
I am wondering is anyone knows the origin of the term 'Peruvian' used by other Jews and those outside the community to describe in a derogatory way some of the Jews newly arrived on the diamond of goldfields in South Africa at the turn of the last century 1870 – 1930? Some have suggested it was short for a ‘Polish and Russian Union – a club that originated in Kimberley. But I don’t know of any refence to such a club or union. Has anyone any ideas?
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Belinda Dishon
Looking for Gologary/Gologory Marriage certificate from 26.9.1906 L46, Document from the 1st Volume, page 193, number 10 Belinda Dishon Melbourne Australia bdishon1@... PECZENIK JACKER PRAGER KATZ KURZER
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There is a town in Ukraine called Polonne. Lita is Lithuania.
-- Alan Shuchat
Newton, MA SHUKHAT (Talnoe, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Odessa, Balta (Abazovka), Pogrebishche) VINOKUR (Talnoe), KURIS (Mogilev-Podolskiy, Ataki, Berdichev) ZILBERMAN (Soroki, Kremenets), BIRNBAUM (Kamenets-Podolskiy) KITAIGORODSKI (Zvenigorodka)
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Re: NYC Cemeteries - Offering Mt Hebron
#photographs
#usa
David Lewin
When there is no snow you can use some tracing paper and a soft lead
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pencil. you cover the sheet as evenly as possible with the lead. The sharp edges of the inscription letters will stand out more than the background. This is a technique learned from tracing heraldic inscriptions in old churches David Lewin London
At 14:26 02/04/2021, David Jacobowitz wrote:
I am going to write to Allan with a substantial list of graves to
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Re: Does DNA prove that Jews are a race?
#dna
Race is an artificial construct, though obviously many people have a
strong ethnic identity. Vis a vis our endogamous population: you can search "are Jews white?" to get a whole range of opinions. My own observation/experience as a lifelong resident of the United States: POC see most Jews as white; white people with origins in northern Europe/UK -- ie most "white" Americans -- see Jews are "other" -- not quite white, not POC. I'd be interested to know if Jews living in other countries have had similar experiences. When I got my census form a year ago, I didn't hesitate to mark my race as "other" and write in "Jewish." I was fascinated to learn that most of my Jewish friends -- without any of us discussing it -- had done something similar! No one seemed to feel comfortable checking any of the standard race boxes. JoAnne -- JoAnne Goldberg - Menlo Park, California; GEDmatch M131535
BLOCH, SEGAL, FRIDMAN, KAMINSKY, PLOTNIK/KIN -- LIthuania
GOLDSCHMIDT, HAMMERSCHLAG,HEILBRUNN, REIS(S), EDELMUTH, ROTHSCHILD, SPEI(Y)ER -- Hesse, Germany
COHEN, KAMP, HARFF, FLECK, FRÖHLICH, HAUSMANN, DANIEL -- Rhineland, Germany
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Help in translating birth record
#translation
#poland
Belinda Dishon
hi thank you for any help offered. I need help translating the in between bits of this birth record. I have successfully worked out most of the record however it is severl words in the part that has me stumped.
I believe the beginning of this part of a birth record says 'Beile Jacker nee Prager from Snowicz'. Then there are several words I can't make out??? Followed by '??? daughter of Leib and Sary/Sara? Prager from ??? (possibly Remizowce?) and the last few words are challenging.  -- Belinda Dishon Melbourne Australia bdishon1@... PECZENIK JACKER PRAGER KATZ KURZER
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Finding Jewish Records in the New MyHeritage Search Engine
#usa
#announcements
#jgs-iajgs
Linda Kelley
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon invites you to a virtual presentation:
April 18 at 10:30 a.m.: Finding Jewish Records in the New MyHeritage Search Engine, presented by Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage.
The MyHeritage search engine is delighting family history fans worldwide. Learn how this search engine works and how it can benefit your Jewish research. It covers billions of records and important repositories and databases in a single search to help you find the resources you need.
Daniel Horowitz is the Genealogy Expert at MyHeritage, providing key contributions by liaising with genealogical societies, bloggers, and media, as well as lecturing and attending conferences around the world. Dedicated to genealogy since 1986, he was the teacher and the study guide editor of the family history project “Searching for My Roots” in Venezuela for 15 years. Daniel is involved in several crowdsource digitization and transcription projects and holds a board-level position at the Israel Genealogy Research Association.
Please register for this Zoom meeting in advance. [Copy and paste]: https://myheritage.zoom.us/
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I want to thank the people who responded here - that is why this JG discussion board is such a wonderful asset to all of us......that gives a definitive answer to my questions!!!
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Freud's neighbor
#austria-czech
rickglaser@...
I just learned that my great-grandparents Max and Eugenie Gans-Schiller may have lived next door to Freud in Vienna, sometime before 1910.
Is there any way to verify this? Rick Glaser
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Re: This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
#ukraine
#JewishGenUpdates
#yizkorbooks
Laurence Broun
Bruce,
Thank you for featuring Yonatan and Corey's translation. They are remarkable young people and working with their professor, they are doing a great job in making the Yizkor Book of Mizocz accessible to English-language readers. In an unabashed plea for support, donations to JewishGen's Yizkor Book Translation Fund for Mizoch this spring will go towards a summer internship program to keep students engaged in Yizkor book translations over the summer. MIZOCZ YIZKOR BOOK TRANSLATION FUND!--Larry (Itzik Leib) Broun Washington, DC | USA e-mail: Laurencebroun@...
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Amy Mitchell
Hi All!
Does anyone know of towns possibly named Paolona (Russia) and Lita (Russia)? One of my relatives listed Paolono as his birth town on his Declaration of Intent, and Lita as that of his wife. I'm guessing that Lita, Russia could be Lida, Belarus; but I am not certain. Document is attached. Thanks in advance!! -- Amy Mitchell
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Re: Cemeteries in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area
#usa
Alan Bauer
Judean Memorial Gardens - Olney, MDGan Zikaron Memorial Park - Clarksburg, MD
Mount Lebanon Cemetery - Adelphi, MD
Alan Bauer
Searching for Bauernfreund, Bornfreund, and Bornfriend of Tarnow, Poland, and Zborov, Slovakia
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Re: Info on Jewish refugees in Central Asia during the War
#ukraine
Laurence Broun
I found a book about a refugee from my grandparents shtetl of Mizocz who fled to Tashkent during the war. You can Google the book ... Flight to Tashkent: The Desperate Journey of Holocaust Survivors Yosef Mednik and Feiga Geldi Mednik.
This individual also served in the Polish forces in the Red Army. During the time he was in the military, his wife served on an agricultural commune. Also, I have a cousin whose family spent time in Tashkent after fleeing Latvia. I've been to Tashkent myself for business and the weather is fine ... sure beats Siberia. I have the impression it was one of the better places to end up for Jews fleeing Eastern Europe. -- Larry (Itzik Leib) Broun Washington, DC | USA e-mail: Laurencebroun@...
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