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Re: Immigrant ships that never made it to America
#general
itencorinne@...
Hi Bob
If ships were lost at sea between Europe and America it was usually written something about it in the newspapers in Europe and in the United States or Canada. Sometimes I found lists with the names of the people who were drowned or missing and sometimes also of the people who survived. Here is the story about the Ship Volturno, which had many Jewish passengers on board when the tragedy happened (in German language) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volturno_(Schiff,_1906) The Volturno Ship disaster with lists of names http://sites.rootsweb.com/~daamen1/volturno/index.htm Regards Corinne Iten
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Re: New book about Oscar Bloch, Swiss-Jewish architect in Stuttgart
#germany
viviansilco@...
Hi, Eva. This is a long shot, but worthwhile trying. Can you check in the book if by any chance they designed Villa Sahlmann in Furth (by Nurnberg). Thanks.
Vivian Silbermann
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Re: Translation Needed: Headstone
#translation
Malka
Good morning,
Yom Tov (name meaning good day) Lippa Passed 7 Kislev, 5697
Shalom, Malka Chosnek
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Re: ViewMate translation request: Yiddish, Russian or German?
#translation
mvayser@...
Photo #4 was taken by V. Shteinberg. There is a possibility that this is Vladimir Shteinberg, who had a photo studio in Dvinsk / Dinaburg, currently Daugavpils in Latvia. Perhaps this photo was taken before he had a studio or maybe he was on the road when the photo was taken. It doesn't have the typical border around the photo with the name of the studio listed on the bottom, unlike his numerous photos that can still be found on the Internet.
His son Yakov was a war photographer during WWI and Civil War, working for various publications. Mike Vayser
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Re: Immigrant ships that never made it to America
#general
Sam Lorber
Here is a possible reason immigrants might not have made it to America. While visiting Glasgow in 1997 I attended Rosh Hashanah services there. I was told by my host family, which had been in Scotland since the 1880s, that unscrupulous ship’s captains had dropped off immigrants telling them they were in the U.S.
-- Sam Lorber researching LORBER GOODMAN RUDMAN HAUFT
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Re: Immigrant ships that never made it to America
#general
mandy.molava@...
I too am interested in this, so look forward to any news. Wondered if my great grandfathers brothers all got to their destination - USA, or if something happened on the way - my great grandfather was the only brother to land and stay in London, England.
Mandy Molava Researching Belarus, Russia, Brest & Galacia
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Re: Seeking info on Wolfgang KLAPPHOLZ
#germany
#holocaust
Simon Srebrny
OMG, Myra, I corresponded with your mother and met her and her second husband in Berlin several (many) years ago! We are not quite related. I could explain. I shall think hard about how to find your lost cousin. Regards, Simon Srebrny srebrny@...
Simon Srebrny
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Re: Seeking info on Wolfgang KLAPPHOLZ
#germany
#holocaust
info@...
Dear Myra,
I would start to search in Magdeburg conacting the local heritage union https://www.ostnordost.de/geschichtsverein-fuer-magdeburg-und-umland.html or search for stumblestone https://www.magdeburg.de/stolpersteine If that don´t work, try a request at the city museum or the city archive Best regards Wolfgang Fritzsche, prof. genealogist, Germany (Mainz/Wiesbaden area)
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Mark A. Roseman
Anyone you locates researcher in Lviv should please email same information to me at rosemanlawoffice@.... my g grandmother Chana Axelrad Rosenman was abitn in Scgerets, small suburb close to Lviv.
-- Mark Roseman
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Witnessing Holocaust History - Event 27 January 2021
#holocaust
#events
 ELIRAB.ME
Witnessing Holocaust History
Experience survivor testimony shared through HAMEC programming to World ORT students, and hear the impact these testimony programs have on students’ understanding of the past, as the programs personalize the Holocaust so that they learn the consequences of racism, ethnic cleansing, and intolerance. The program will conclude with a performance by students of the Partisans’ Song, one of the most powerful songs of resistance and defiance ever written. Today, 80 years on, long after the demise of Hitler’s murderous regime, the Partisans’ Song is now sung worldwide to mark the Jewish spirit of resistance.”
   Eli Rabinowitz
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Re: Translation Needed: Headstone
#translation
Susan&David
Yom Tov Lipe son of Moshe died 7 Kislev 5697
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
David Rosen Boston, MA
On 1/19/2021 6:28 PM,
amitch1066@... wrote:
Hi All,
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Invitation to JGSSN Zoom meeting: "What’s New at FamilySearch" with Todd Knowles
#events
Ben Kempner
The Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada (JGSSN) invites you to a Zoom meeting at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) on Sunday, February 21: “What’s New at FamilySearch” with Todd Knowles.
To request a Zoom link, please complete this short form: Zoom Link Request
Members of JGSSN can attend for free. Non-members can either pay $5.00 on the Donate page or pay $20 for a subscription to the 2021 series of outstanding speakers (8 lectures planned). Take a look at the lineup on our Meetings page. To become a member and sign up for the 2021 series, go to the Membership page.
Session Description:
FamilySearch is one of the largest genealogical websites and grows more every day. This presentation will show some of the newest features of FamilySearch and how best to utilize them to find your Jewish ancestors.
About Todd Knowles:
W. Todd Knowles is an accredited Genealogist who specializes in English and Jewish research. For the past 20 years he has been a member of the staff at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, where he currently serves as a Deputy Chief Genealogical Officer. He is past President of the Utah Jewish Genealogy Society (UJGS).
Ben Kempner Vice President, JGSSN
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Translation Needed: Headstone
#translation
amitch1066@...
Hi All,
I'm hoping for an additional translation of the attached headstone. Thank you very much! -- Amy Mitchell
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Translation Needed: Marriage Record
#records
#translation
amitch1066@...
Hi All,
Would anyone be able to translate the attached document? The whole record would be nice, but specifically the "Uwaga" column. Additionally, the parents of the groom, Josef Schaff, are listed with a different surname. The parents are Solomon and Feige Reize Kaltwasser. Is there some reason why the groom is listed with a different surname from his parents? Adoption? etc. The bride is mostly definitely from a long Kaltwasser line, so that furthers the mystery. Thanks in advance! -- Amy Mitchell
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Re: Genealogy Research on LIEBERMAN British Family Member Originally from Belarus
#unitedkingdom
#belarus
Sherri Bobish
Jason, U.K. vital records can be searched at: https://www.freebmd.org.uk/search The Poor Jews Temporary Shelter Database can be searched at: http://www.jewishroots.uct.ac.za/Shelter.aspx Immigrants could stay there before moving on to their final destinations in The U.K., Africa, America and elsewhere. You can do a soundex search on the surname. The 1911 England & Wales Census can be searched at: https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1921547 JewishGen's All United Kingdom Database can be searched at: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/ Hope this helps, Sherri Bobish
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ZOOM Event: Jewish Ethnicity & DNA: History Migration, Genetics
#announcements
#dna
Leah Kushner
The Santa Cruz Jewish Genealogy Society is proud to announce
Jewish Ethnicity & DNA: History, Migration, Genetics. Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 2pm Pacific Time RSVP: https://scjgsociety.bpt.me with Schelly Talalay Dardashti is a journalist, genealogist, and founder of the award- winning “Tracing the Tribe - Jewish Genealogy on Facebook” (37,000+ members/101-countries). She is the US Genealogy Advisor for MyHeritage. Maria Apodaca’s family has been in New Mexico since arriving with the Juan Onate expedition in 1598. She shares her personal story and the Sephardic saga. For more information: SCJGSociety@...
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New book about Oscar Bloch, Swiss-Jewish architect in Stuttgart
#germany
Eva Lawrence
My Swiss cousin has just sent me the book she inspired and initiated, about the work of her Swiss-Jewish grandfather, the architect, Oscar Bloch (1881-1837). Bloch & Guggenheim, Ein Jüdisches Architurbüro on Stuttgart. The partnership was based in Stuttgart and mainly designed houses for the Jewish comunity there. The author, Dietrich W Schmidt is an architectural historian, and has meticulously catalogued and described every building and design produced by the firm, whether realised or rejected.
There are photos and plans in every case, as well as informed comments of the transition of Bloch's style from traditional to avant-garde. Reading the book is to see the history of Jewish life in Stuttgart, with the restrictions that professionals gradually had to work under, something that my cousin summarises very movingly in her foreword. Eva Lawrence St Albans, UK.
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Anna Bikont Contact
#holocaust
#poland
aaran1286@...
Shalom friends,
I am researching my family from Jedwabne, Poland. They were murdered in the 1941 massacre in Jedwabne. As you may know, there is a definitive book on the massacre in the Holocaust, there: THE CRIME AND THE SILENCE by Anna Bikont. I have purchased a copy of this book. My family is mentioned more than once. I would like to contact Anna Bikont to find out what other records she may have of my family. However, I could not find her email or any details online. I was wondering if anyone here might know how her email address or other contact details. It will be very helpful for my research. Thank you. With very best wishes, Yoav Aran London MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately
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Winitsky/Vinitsky/Chudler from Detroit, Mich.
Steve Pickoltz
Here is an update on my Detroit search.
Besides Winitsky/Vinitsky let me now add Chudler.
The Chudler family consisted of a Lew and Ann who's son married a Lorraine Vinitsky in 1952. At this wedding, there may have been cousins named Rofsky, also there, one by the name Henrietta.
I also have two 1934 addresses for the Venitsky familys, that I got off old envelopes. One is 2640 Pregree Ave, the other is for 330 Owens Ave, both in Detroit. It was hard to read the street names for both.
Maybe with this new info, someone may recognize these famlies.
Steve Pickholtz
New Jersey
searching--- Winitsky, Ostroff, Pickholtz and Klein/Kline MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately with family information.
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Re: Russian immigration to the US late 1980s where to look?
#russia
Aaron Slotnik
Hi David,
There is a good chance that Jewish Soviet immigrants at that time received assistance from HIAS. As such, I suggest searching here (https://www.ajhs.org/hias-search) to see if there is a record. Depending on how closely related you are, HIAS may be able to provide additional information. If they naturalized, there is a chance you may be able to find a reference to their files on FamilySearch or Ancestry; however, given how recent it is, you may need to submit an index search request to the USCIS genealogy program. Hopefully this helps and good luck in your search! Regards, Aaron Slotnik Chicago, IL
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