My grandparents were married by Ralph Eisenberger in Newark, NJ on March 1,
1925. I would love to know in what capacity he performed the marriage. Was
he a rabbi? a civil servant? I think he was married to a woman named Frieda
and they had a son named Jack. Can anyone identify this man and what his
profession was in the 1920's?

Tamar Gold
Elizabeth, NJ

Searching: RESNICK and DOMBROW in Newark, NJ

My grandparents were married by Ralph Eisenberger in Newark, NJ on March 1,
1925. I would love to know in what capacity he performed the marriage. Was
he a rabbi? a civil servant? I think he was married to a woman named Frieda
and they had a son named Jack. Can anyone identify this man and what his
profession was in the 1920's?

Tamar Gold
Elizabeth, NJ

Searching: RESNICK and DOMBROW in Newark, NJ

If you can take a photo of 2 headstones in the Kesser Israel Cemetery,
Springfield, MA please contact me off list for the details.
I will pay costs or return the favor in Los Angeles.
Thanks in advance,

Bobby Furst
bobby1st@...

If you can take a photo of 2 headstones in the Kesser Israel Cemetery,
Springfield, MA please contact me off list for the details.
I will pay costs or return the favor in Los Angeles.
Thanks in advance,

Bobby Furst
bobby1st@...

Hi,

After successfully, and with some of my fellow genners' help, I located
the RUDERMAN side of my paternal family.

I have attempted to find the COHEN family members with no success, and I
hope that someone can offer some suggestions.

I found the many phonetic matches and soundex matches and they are so numerous
that I don't know where to begin.

My grandmother's American name was Sarah E.(I think for Esther or Eske)
COHEN. She married Morris RUDERMAN on August 3, 1903 in Manhattan, but I
have no idea if they knew each other in Kraisk, where Morris/Moishe lived.

She said immigrated through Ellis Island in 1898 with her brother Jack
(maybe Yacob?) I believe that he was born in the 1890s and she was about
15 when she came.

She had another sister, Ceclia COHEN KAHN, who married a Herman KAHN and had
a daughter Dorothy in Haven, New York (about 1906). Dorothy went on to
married a WASSERMAN and have 2 daughters, Blossom and Sylvia. Ceclia died
either during or just after childbirth and the third sister, Eleanor
immigrated to help the young care for Dorothy sometime aorund 1906-1910.
Eleanor lived in Brighton Beach and died in the 70s in a car accident. She
never married.

After several searches for the aforementioned people, I am stumped and
could use some suggestions on how to proceed.

Thanks, in advance for any information.

Liz Ruderman Miller
Arroyo Grande, CA

researching - RUDERMAN (Kraisk) COHEN Russia
HILER, BORNSTEIN, HOFNUNG (Gritse/Grojec) Poland

Hi,

After successfully, and with some of my fellow genners' help, I located
the RUDERMAN side of my paternal family.

I have attempted to find the COHEN family members with no success, and I
hope that someone can offer some suggestions.

I found the many phonetic matches and soundex matches and they are so numerous
that I don't know where to begin.

My grandmother's American name was Sarah E.(I think for Esther or Eske)
COHEN. She married Morris RUDERMAN on August 3, 1903 in Manhattan, but I
have no idea if they knew each other in Kraisk, where Morris/Moishe lived.

She said immigrated through Ellis Island in 1898 with her brother Jack
(maybe Yacob?) I believe that he was born in the 1890s and she was about
15 when she came.

She had another sister, Ceclia COHEN KAHN, who married a Herman KAHN and had
a daughter Dorothy in Haven, New York (about 1906). Dorothy went on to
married a WASSERMAN and have 2 daughters, Blossom and Sylvia. Ceclia died
either during or just after childbirth and the third sister, Eleanor
immigrated to help the young care for Dorothy sometime aorund 1906-1910.
Eleanor lived in Brighton Beach and died in the 70s in a car accident. She
never married.

After several searches for the aforementioned people, I am stumped and
could use some suggestions on how to proceed.

Thanks, in advance for any information.

Liz Ruderman Miller
Arroyo Grande, CA

researching - RUDERMAN (Kraisk) COHEN Russia
HILER, BORNSTEIN, HOFNUNG (Gritse/Grojec) Poland

Dear Genners,

A big thank you to everyone who has been kind enough to help me, by looking
for information on my Aunt Ana STEFAN.
I was really touched by all of the responses I received to my request!
This is a great group!

Warm regards to all,

Heather Highman.
Bushey
Hertfordshire
U.K.

Dear Genners,

A big thank you to everyone who has been kind enough to help me, by looking
for information on my Aunt Ana STEFAN.
I was really touched by all of the responses I received to my request!
This is a great group!

Warm regards to all,

Heather Highman.
Bushey
Hertfordshire
U.K.

Hello Genners and Warm Wishes >from Israel:

A quick question for any of you.  

Thank G-d, my family tree has been growing.  I have added 2nd cousins whom
I never knew of until somewhat recently who were very pleased that I
initiated contact with.  I found them on Facebook, which has (for me anyway)
been a very useful tool in my research. 

Now, the question I have is this:  the cousins I contacted and established
a cordial relationship with are brothers who are in their 60s and 70s.  They
have children, grandchildren and a nephew who I would like to contact, yet
some are younger that I am (I'm 44 and some are in their late teens/early
20s).  I know that this may be a silly question, yet do any of you have
advice for initiating contact with them? I don't want to come off like a
"nudnick" or a some sort of creep.  During the era of the world wide web,
there are many weirdos out there and I'm not sure how my cousins would take
to a total stranger initiating contact with their immediate family members.   

I've been working on my family history and family tree for a good long time
now and I just don't want it to blow up in my face.
Please share your thoughts. Looking forward to hearing >from you.

Kind regards,

Rashi Rosenzweig
Ra'anana, Israel

Hello Genners and Warm Wishes >from Israel:

A quick question for any of you.  

Thank G-d, my family tree has been growing.  I have added 2nd cousins whom
I never knew of until somewhat recently who were very pleased that I
initiated contact with.  I found them on Facebook, which has (for me anyway)
been a very useful tool in my research. 

Now, the question I have is this:  the cousins I contacted and established
a cordial relationship with are brothers who are in their 60s and 70s.  They
have children, grandchildren and a nephew who I would like to contact, yet
some are younger that I am (I'm 44 and some are in their late teens/early
20s).  I know that this may be a silly question, yet do any of you have
advice for initiating contact with them? I don't want to come off like a
"nudnick" or a some sort of creep.  During the era of the world wide web,
there are many weirdos out there and I'm not sure how my cousins would take
to a total stranger initiating contact with their immediate family members.   

I've been working on my family history and family tree for a good long time
now and I just don't want it to blow up in my face.
Please share your thoughts. Looking forward to hearing >from you.

Kind regards,

Rashi Rosenzweig
Ra'anana, Israel

Sally, do you have any references on the naming practice you describe
below? Where it was prevalent - anything? The reason I ask is that the
we have little information about my great-grandparents' first names -
however their first child (a daughter) was named Naomi - her mother's
mother may have been Naomi (not certain) and we have no info about her
father's mother; their first son appears to have been named after his
father's father. Are you confused yet?
Avraham ben Yaakov and Chena bat Avram (but I question bat Avram)'s
children are:
1. daughter Naomi
2. son Jack
and two more sons, Harry and George. (What names might "Harry" and
"George" derive from?)

Martha Forsyth
Newton, MA

Sally Bruckheimer wrote:

Sally, do you have any references on the naming practice you describe
below? Where it was prevalent - anything? The reason I ask is that the
we have little information about my great-grandparents' first names -
however their first child (a daughter) was named Naomi - her mother's
mother may have been Naomi (not certain) and we have no info about her
father's mother; their first son appears to have been named after his
father's father. Are you confused yet?
Avraham ben Yaakov and Chena bat Avram (but I question bat Avram)'s
children are:
1. daughter Naomi
2. son Jack
and two more sons, Harry and George. (What names might "Harry" and
"George" derive from?)

Martha Forsyth
Newton, MA

Sally Bruckheimer wrote:

www.findagrave.com is your friend - get a page up on the site (it's free)
and post a request for a photo.

Martha Forsyth (who has done so!)
Newton, MA

Maury Kitces <family@...> wrote

www.findagrave.com is your friend - get a page up on the site (it's free)
and post a request for a photo.

Martha Forsyth (who has done so!)
Newton, MA

Maury Kitces <family@...> wrote

I'm hoping to learn more info on Mathias EPSTEIN, who died in the mid 19th
Century in Puklice (near Jihlava) Moravia. Unfortunately, the only photo I
had of his tombstone was taken in poor conditions and the headstone itself
is badly deteriorated. Any information I can get will be of benefit and
will be much appreciated.

The photo is on ViewMate here ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=21652

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

Thanks so much for your help!

Brad Fanta
Bogota, Colombia

I'm hoping to learn more info on Mathias EPSTEIN, who died in the mid 19th
Century in Puklice (near Jihlava) Moravia. Unfortunately, the only photo I
had of his tombstone was taken in poor conditions and the headstone itself
is badly deteriorated. Any information I can get will be of benefit and
will be much appreciated.

The photo is on ViewMate here ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=21652

Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

Thanks so much for your help!

Brad Fanta
Bogota, Colombia

Would there be any rabbinical records for the town of KORETZ for the
period 1850-1905?

Bob Kraft
TEMES, LESBERG,APPELL,HOCKMAN, LASHINOVSKI in Ukraine

In a message dated 2/12/2012 5:48:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
msnodrog@... writes:

I am trying to locate a Death Certificate for my Great Aunt who died in
1925 in either the Bronx or Queens in NY. The only information I have is

from her headstone and the cemetery name.

I already helped the person who placed this question resolve her search
quickly and easily but the responses to the list warrant a further reply.

If you read the original question the person has the location and date >from
the gave so she is looking for the place of death and the certificate
number. Also because of the date it is in the range of public records in NY
State. After 1948 deaths are still private in NYC. (However the NY Public
Library does have a hard copy of the death index books in Manhattan so if
you have a unique name and idea of the year it is easy to find the
certificate number and then you can mail away to the Department of Health or
if you are energetic go there yourself. However sealed records require proof of
close relationship to get the record >from the Department of Health.)

For this questioner, it is a simply search if you look at the index
online. Go to www.stephenmorse.org who has the link into the online index
and do a search. It should come up immediately with the year of death
(1925) already known.

Then there are two options depending on speed and cost. If you want a
certified copy of the certificate (and want to spend the extra money) you can
either go in person to the NY City Municipal Archives or mail away to them
(or hire someone like me) to make you a copy. That's the expensive option
but it is certified with a raised seal and many people feel these are the
best available copies.

Alternately you can go via the Family History Centers of the LDS and order
a certificate >from them. Again you can mail order and it is a fraction of
the cost. It's not certified with the raised seal and the copy quality
may not be as good but it is about a quarter of the cost and should be just
fine for research purposes.

One other thing that might be worth trying is accessing the NY Times online
digital copy. Many libraries depending where you are in the USA offer
this for free. It is a database called ProQuest. There might be a paid obit
and again because the questioner knows the date it should be an easy
search. (This person did not live in Brooklyn but note the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
is also digital and available online for free.)

Simple and fast solution to this question.

Allan Jordan

In a message dated 2/12/2012 5:48:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
msnodrog@... writes:

I am trying to locate a Death Certificate for my Great Aunt who died in
1925 in either the Bronx or Queens in NY. The only information I have is

from her headstone and the cemetery name.

I already helped the person who placed this question resolve her search
quickly and easily but the responses to the list warrant a further reply.

If you read the original question the person has the location and date >from
the gave so she is looking for the place of death and the certificate
number. Also because of the date it is in the range of public records in NY
State. After 1948 deaths are still private in NYC. (However the NY Public
Library does have a hard copy of the death index books in Manhattan so if
you have a unique name and idea of the year it is easy to find the
certificate number and then you can mail away to the Department of Health or
if you are energetic go there yourself. However sealed records require proof of
close relationship to get the record >from the Department of Health.)

For this questioner, it is a simply search if you look at the index
online. Go to www.stephenmorse.org who has the link into the online index
and do a search. It should come up immediately with the year of death
(1925) already known.

Then there are two options depending on speed and cost. If you want a
certified copy of the certificate (and want to spend the extra money) you can
either go in person to the NY City Municipal Archives or mail away to them
(or hire someone like me) to make you a copy. That's the expensive option
but it is certified with a raised seal and many people feel these are the
best available copies.

Alternately you can go via the Family History Centers of the LDS and order
a certificate >from them. Again you can mail order and it is a fraction of
the cost. It's not certified with the raised seal and the copy quality
may not be as good but it is about a quarter of the cost and should be just
fine for research purposes.

One other thing that might be worth trying is accessing the NY Times online
digital copy. Many libraries depending where you are in the USA offer
this for free. It is a database called ProQuest. There might be a paid obit
and again because the questioner knows the date it should be an easy
search. (This person did not live in Brooklyn but note the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
is also digital and available online for free.)

Simple and fast solution to this question.

Allan Jordan

Would there be any rabbinical records for the town of KORETZ for the
period 1850-1905?

Bob Kraft
TEMES, LESBERG,APPELL,HOCKMAN, LASHINOVSKI in Ukraine