After four years as Chair of Gesher Galicia, Tony Kahane is stepping
down >from this position in July 2019. The Board of Directors would
like to express our gratitude to Tony for his tireless efforts on
behalf of the organization. Under his leadership, we have increased
our membership, expanded the All Galicia Database to 630,000 records,
strengthened our internal structures, and forged many new
partnerships, including ones with Ukrainian and Polish archives,
museums, and academic institutions. Tony will continue to serve on the
Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia, leading our continually
expanding research initiatives.

Dr. Steven Turner, a board member, is assuming the position of
President effective July 18, 2019. He has been a member of Gesher
Galicia since 2013, and has served on the board since 2017. He is the
founder of the Nadworna Shtetl Research Group and an active
participant in other grassroots groups interested in genealogy and the
history of Galicia. He is also a member of the Jewish Genealogy
Society of Long Island and the Jewish Genealogical Society of New
York. Steven is involved in research on Ashkenazi DNA and administers
several Jewish DNA projects on FamilyTreeDNA. The Board of Directors
of Gesher Galicia welcomes Steven Turner to his new role.

For those planning to attend the annual IAJGS meeting in Cleveland,
Steven will be at the conference and looks forward to seeing many of
our members at Gesher Galicia events there, including at our luncheon,
where he will be the guest speaker.

Please look out for future announcements regarding research,
educational opportunities, and other outreach initiatives for the
benefit of our members and the genealogy community at large.


The Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia

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my name is mordechai shpilka.I was born in ludvipol at 31 dec.1944.
my fathers name was pinchas shpilka and my mothers name was beile
shpilka.her maid name was visel.her first husband and 3 children wers
murdered by the nazies.her first husband name was yosef feldman.
I would like to find any pictures of the stetal,pictures of people,and
any documert possible.

thanks

After four years as Chair of Gesher Galicia, Tony Kahane is stepping
down >from this position in July 2019. The Board of Directors would
like to express our gratitude to Tony for his tireless efforts on
behalf of the organization. Under his leadership, we have increased
our membership, expanded the All Galicia Database to 630,000 records,
strengthened our internal structures, and forged many new
partnerships, including ones with Ukrainian and Polish archives,
museums, and academic institutions. Tony will continue to serve on the
Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia, leading our continually
expanding research initiatives.

Dr. Steven Turner, a board member, is assuming the position of
President effective July 18, 2019. He has been a member of Gesher
Galicia since 2013, and has served on the board since 2017. He is the
founder of the Nadworna Shtetl Research Group and an active
participant in other grassroots groups interested in genealogy and the
history of Galicia. He is also a member of the Jewish Genealogy
Society of Long Island and the Jewish Genealogical Society of New
York. Steven is involved in research on Ashkenazi DNA and administers
several Jewish DNA projects on FamilyTreeDNA. The Board of Directors
of Gesher Galicia welcomes Steven Turner to his new role.

For those planning to attend the annual IAJGS meeting in Cleveland,
Steven will be at the conference and looks forward to seeing many of
our members at Gesher Galicia events there, including at our luncheon,
where he will be the guest speaker.

Please look out for future announcements regarding research,
educational opportunities, and other outreach initiatives for the
benefit of our members and the genealogy community at large.


The Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia

---
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS.
Send all inquiries to info@geshergalicia.org

my name is mordechai shpilka.I was born in ludvipol at 31 dec.1944.
my fathers name was pinchas shpilka and my mothers name was beile
shpilka.her maid name was visel.her first husband and 3 children wers
murdered by the nazies.her first husband name was yosef feldman.
I would like to find any pictures of the stetal,pictures of people,and
any documert possible.

thanks

I've posted a record in Hungarian >from 1920 for my great-uncle Chaim Samuel=
Rosenbluth for which I need a translation.=20

It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=3DVM74233

Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Thank you very much for any and all responses.

Philip L. Ross
San Francisco, California

I've posted a record in Hungarian >from 1920 for my great-uncle Chaim Samuel=
Rosenbluth for which I need a translation.=20

It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=3DVM74233

Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Thank you very much for any and all responses.

Philip L. Ross
San Francisco, California

After four years as Chair of Gesher Galicia, Tony Kahane is stepping
down >from this position in July 2019. The Board of Directors would
like to express our gratitude to Tony for his tireless efforts on
behalf of the organization. Under his leadership, we have increased
our membership, expanded the All Galicia Database to 630,000 records,
strengthened our internal structures, and forged many new
partnerships, including ones with Ukrainian and Polish archives,
museums, and academic institutions. Tony will continue to serve on the
Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia, leading our continually
expanding research initiatives.

Dr. Steven Turner, a board member, is assuming the position of
President effective July 18, 2019. He has been a member of Gesher
Galicia since 2013, and has served on the board since 2017. He is the
founder of the Nadworna Shtetl Research Group and an active
participant in other grassroots groups interested in genealogy and the
history of Galicia. He is also a member of the Jewish Genealogy
Society of Long Island and the Jewish Genealogical Society of New
York. Steven is involved in research on Ashkenazi DNA and administers
several Jewish DNA projects on FamilyTreeDNA. The Board of Directors
of Gesher Galicia welcomes Steven Turner to his new role.

For those planning to attend the annual IAJGS meeting in Cleveland,
Steven will be at the conference and looks forward to seeing many of
our members at Gesher Galicia events there, including at our luncheon,
where he will be the guest speaker.

Please look out for future announcements regarding research,
educational opportunities, and other outreach initiatives for the
benefit of our members and the genealogy community at large.

The Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia
---
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS.
Send all inquiries to info@geshergalicia.org

After four years as Chair of Gesher Galicia, Tony Kahane is stepping
down >from this position in July 2019. The Board of Directors would
like to express our gratitude to Tony for his tireless efforts on
behalf of the organization. Under his leadership, we have increased
our membership, expanded the All Galicia Database to 630,000 records,
strengthened our internal structures, and forged many new
partnerships, including ones with Ukrainian and Polish archives,
museums, and academic institutions. Tony will continue to serve on the
Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia, leading our continually
expanding research initiatives.

Dr. Steven Turner, a board member, is assuming the position of
President effective July 18, 2019. He has been a member of Gesher
Galicia since 2013, and has served on the board since 2017. He is the
founder of the Nadworna Shtetl Research Group and an active
participant in other grassroots groups interested in genealogy and the
history of Galicia. He is also a member of the Jewish Genealogy
Society of Long Island and the Jewish Genealogical Society of New
York. Steven is involved in research on Ashkenazi DNA and administers
several Jewish DNA projects on FamilyTreeDNA. The Board of Directors
of Gesher Galicia welcomes Steven Turner to his new role.

For those planning to attend the annual IAJGS meeting in Cleveland,
Steven will be at the conference and looks forward to seeing many of
our members at Gesher Galicia events there, including at our luncheon,
where he will be the guest speaker.

Please look out for future announcements regarding research,
educational opportunities, and other outreach initiatives for the
benefit of our members and the genealogy community at large.

The Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia
---
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS.
Send all inquiries to info@geshergalicia.org

After four years as Chair of Gesher Galicia, Tony Kahane is stepping
down >from this position in July 2019. The Board of Directors would
like to express our gratitude to Tony for his tireless efforts on
behalf of the organization. Under his leadership, we have increased
our membership, expanded the All Galicia Database to 630,000 records,
strengthened our internal structures, and forged many new
partnerships, including ones with Ukrainian and Polish archives,
museums, and academic institutions. Tony will continue to serve on the
Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia, leading our continually
expanding research initiatives.

Dr. Steven Turner, a board member, is assuming the position of
President effective July 18, 2019. He has been a member of Gesher
Galicia since 2013, and has served on the board since 2017. He is the
founder of the Nadworna Shtetl Research Group and an active
participant in other grassroots groups interested in genealogy and the
history of Galicia. He is also a member of the Jewish Genealogy
Society of Long Island and the Jewish Genealogical Society of New
York. Steven is involved in research on Ashkenazi DNA and administers
several Jewish DNA projects on FamilyTreeDNA. The Board of Directors
of Gesher Galicia welcomes Steven Turner to his new role.

For those planning to attend the annual IAJGS meeting in Cleveland,
Steven will be at the conference and looks forward to seeing many of
our members at Gesher Galicia events there, including at our luncheon,
where he will be the guest speaker.

Please look out for future announcements regarding research,
educational opportunities, and other outreach initiatives for the
benefit of our members and the genealogy community at large.


The Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia

---
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS.
Send all inquiries to info@geshergalicia.org
---

After four years as Chair of Gesher Galicia, Tony Kahane is stepping
down >from this position in July 2019. The Board of Directors would
like to express our gratitude to Tony for his tireless efforts on
behalf of the organization. Under his leadership, we have increased
our membership, expanded the All Galicia Database to 630,000 records,
strengthened our internal structures, and forged many new
partnerships, including ones with Ukrainian and Polish archives,
museums, and academic institutions. Tony will continue to serve on the
Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia, leading our continually
expanding research initiatives.

Dr. Steven Turner, a board member, is assuming the position of
President effective July 18, 2019. He has been a member of Gesher
Galicia since 2013, and has served on the board since 2017. He is the
founder of the Nadworna Shtetl Research Group and an active
participant in other grassroots groups interested in genealogy and the
history of Galicia. He is also a member of the Jewish Genealogy
Society of Long Island and the Jewish Genealogical Society of New
York. Steven is involved in research on Ashkenazi DNA and administers
several Jewish DNA projects on FamilyTreeDNA. The Board of Directors
of Gesher Galicia welcomes Steven Turner to his new role.

For those planning to attend the annual IAJGS meeting in Cleveland,
Steven will be at the conference and looks forward to seeing many of
our members at Gesher Galicia events there, including at our luncheon,
where he will be the guest speaker.

Please look out for future announcements regarding research,
educational opportunities, and other outreach initiatives for the
benefit of our members and the genealogy community at large.


The Board of Directors of Gesher Galicia

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I wonder if anybody might be able to help solve a family mystery. My
father told me that when he was a kid, he noticed that his grandmother
Minnie Rubin had numbers tattooed on her arm, like a holocaust
survivor. The strange thing is that she was nowhere near Europe during
that time.

Minnie was the daughter of Max Teitelbaum (Mordechai Yosef, son of
Tzvi) and Sule Berzansky (Sulia, daughter of Menachem Mendel and Sarah).
Minnie was born in 1901 and came to the US (via port of Quebec, entering
the US in Vermont) with her mother Sule and brother Mendel in 1907 to
join her father Max, who had immigrated earlier (1904?), by an as-yet
undiscovered-by-me route. They came >from Odessa, Russia. The story I've
heard is that Max left to avoid the draft, but I haven't verified that
in any way.
In any case, Minnie lived the rest of her life in the US and was not in
Europe during the Holocaust.

Can anybody provide a clue? Has anybody heard of little girls in Russia
being stamped with numbers on their arm?

Secondarily, the Teitelbaum's (and Berzansky's) are among the last
remaining lines I haven't been able to trace back into Europe. Does
anybody have any relevant info or ideas?

I've heard of men changing their names to avoid the Russian draft. How
would one determine if such a thing had happened? And if so, how would
you trace them back to their real name?

Yaakov Saxon
Queens, NY
Researching NIEROB,TEITELBAUM,BERZANSKY,ALPEROWICZ,KLUPT,AMITIN,
SLAHEVSKI,SLONIM,DINOWICZ

I wonder if anybody might be able to help solve a family mystery. My
father told me that when he was a kid, he noticed that his grandmother
Minnie Rubin had numbers tattooed on her arm, like a holocaust
survivor. The strange thing is that she was nowhere near Europe during
that time.

Minnie was the daughter of Max Teitelbaum (Mordechai Yosef, son of
Tzvi) and Sule Berzansky (Sulia, daughter of Menachem Mendel and Sarah).
Minnie was born in 1901 and came to the US (via port of Quebec, entering
the US in Vermont) with her mother Sule and brother Mendel in 1907 to
join her father Max, who had immigrated earlier (1904?), by an as-yet
undiscovered-by-me route. They came >from Odessa, Russia. The story I've
heard is that Max left to avoid the draft, but I haven't verified that
in any way.
In any case, Minnie lived the rest of her life in the US and was not in
Europe during the Holocaust.

Can anybody provide a clue? Has anybody heard of little girls in Russia
being stamped with numbers on their arm?

Secondarily, the Teitelbaum's (and Berzansky's) are among the last
remaining lines I haven't been able to trace back into Europe. Does
anybody have any relevant info or ideas?

I've heard of men changing their names to avoid the Russian draft. How
would one determine if such a thing had happened? And if so, how would
you trace them back to their real name?

Yaakov Saxon
Queens, NY
Researching NIEROB,TEITELBAUM,BERZANSKY,ALPEROWICZ,KLUPT,AMITIN,
SLAHEVSKI,SLONIM,DINOWICZ

My great aunt survived Theresienstadt and I have a poem to my aunt's
birthday written by Margot Heymann nee Kling knowing that she was
going to be transported to Auschwitz that day:
translation:
Even though I can not be with you I still want to share the joy. I
would have liked so much to be among you - not only because of the
cake of course.
Because Kaetchen has birthday, she is so good, so sweet, so kind,
always in good shape., that is why I can wish her all the best and
wish her that she does not have to live through pain ,I wish her all
the best for this and many more birthdays.

It is written as a poem and in a way you wrote birthday cards at the
time- as if life was totally normal. For example she talks of a
cake/Torte- something totally far away.

Among my aunt's letters is also a document concerning Kamil KLATSCHER

If you are related to either Margot HEYMANN nee RING born 11. 06. 1908
Transport I/105, no. 14035 (11. 01. 1944, Berlin -> Terezin) Transport
Eo, no. 310 (06. 10. 1944, Terezin -> Auschwitz) Murdered

or

Kamil KLATSCHER

Born 31. 01. 1878.
Murdered 10. 08. 1943 Terezin.

Please respond privately and I can forward you the document.

George FOGELSON
Redondo Beach, CA
fogelson@berkeley.edu

My great aunt survived Theresienstadt and I have a poem to my aunt's
birthday written by Margot Heymann nee Kling knowing that she was
going to be transported to Auschwitz that day:
translation:
Even though I can not be with you I still want to share the joy. I
would have liked so much to be among you - not only because of the
cake of course.
Because Kaetchen has birthday, she is so good, so sweet, so kind,
always in good shape., that is why I can wish her all the best and
wish her that she does not have to live through pain ,I wish her all
the best for this and many more birthdays.

It is written as a poem and in a way you wrote birthday cards at the
time- as if life was totally normal. For example she talks of a
cake/Torte- something totally far away.

Among my aunt's letters is also a document concerning Kamil KLATSCHER

If you are related to either Margot HEYMANN nee RING born 11. 06. 1908
Transport I/105, no. 14035 (11. 01. 1944, Berlin -> Terezin) Transport
Eo, no. 310 (06. 10. 1944, Terezin -> Auschwitz) Murdered

or

Kamil KLATSCHER

Born 31. 01. 1878.
Murdered 10. 08. 1943 Terezin.

Please respond privately and I can forward you the document.

George FOGELSON
Redondo Beach, CA
fogelson@berkeley.edu

I would appreciate any assistance translating a 2-page document that I
am hoping will provide clues to the fate of my ancestor. I have been
told it appears to be written by someone who learned to speak Greek
phonetically but not to write it properly. Latin letters were used.
The pages are on Viewmate at the following addresses:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM74194

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM74195

Some of the writing has faded over time and is not legible, but much
of the text is still clear. Even just learning the gist of the
message will be invaluable.

Thanks so much if you can offer any help.

Please respond using the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Sincerely,
Rena S. Wohl

Boston, MA
USA

I would appreciate any assistance translating a 2-page document that I
am hoping will provide clues to the fate of my ancestor. I have been
told it appears to be written by someone who learned to speak Greek
phonetically but not to write it properly. Latin letters were used.
The pages are on Viewmate at the following addresses:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM74194

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM74195

Some of the writing has faded over time and is not legible, but much
of the text is still clear. Even just learning the gist of the
message will be invaluable.

Thanks so much if you can offer any help.

Please respond using the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Sincerely,
Rena S. Wohl

Boston, MA
USA

I have posted this in the past with some results, and now, hoping to
reach a new audience, post again.

Meier Weissberg (Vaysberg or Vaisberg), b 24 Oct 1856 in Bohorodczany,
died 17 Sep 1930 in Stanislawow. He was a noted Judaic scholar and
professor in a high school in Stanislawow.
Anna (nee Chane Sara Gold), died 14 Apr 1936. She was Meier's wife.
Their children were:
-Jozef Karol Weissberg (later changed his name to Bialogorski) born
1887. Lived in L'viv
-Frydryka Weissberg Aleksandrowicz born 1892 in Stanislawow. Her
children were Lidja, b1915; Irena, and Norbert (twins), b 1917, born in Vienna.
-Klara Weissberg Lachs, born in Stnaislawow 1893; lived in Krakow.
-Wilhelm Weissberg, born 1897 Stanislawow.

Norbert Aleksandrowicz was the only member of the family to survive
and lived out his life in Poland, after being re-settled there. He
never married and died of natural causes at age 90 in Klodzko, Poland.

I continue to search for information about this family. Meir
Weissberg is my great-great Uncle, on my father's mother's side. My
father's mother was a Weissberg.

Norbert Aleksandrowicz is my second cousin, once removed.

Thank you,

Michael Diamant
Koloa, Hawaii
Research Weissberg, Aleksandrowicz

I have posted this in the past with some results, and now, hoping to
reach a new audience, post again.

Meier Weissberg (Vaysberg or Vaisberg), b 24 Oct 1856 in Bohorodczany,
died 17 Sep 1930 in Stanislawow. He was a noted Judaic scholar and
professor in a high school in Stanislawow.
Anna (nee Chane Sara Gold), died 14 Apr 1936. She was Meier's wife.
Their children were:
-Jozef Karol Weissberg (later changed his name to Bialogorski) born
1887. Lived in L'viv
-Frydryka Weissberg Aleksandrowicz born 1892 in Stanislawow. Her
children were Lidja, b1915; Irena, and Norbert (twins), b 1917, born in Vienna.
-Klara Weissberg Lachs, born in Stnaislawow 1893; lived in Krakow.
-Wilhelm Weissberg, born 1897 Stanislawow.

Norbert Aleksandrowicz was the only member of the family to survive
and lived out his life in Poland, after being re-settled there. He
never married and died of natural causes at age 90 in Klodzko, Poland.

I continue to search for information about this family. Meir
Weissberg is my great-great Uncle, on my father's mother's side. My
father's mother was a Weissberg.

Norbert Aleksandrowicz is my second cousin, once removed.

Thank you,

Michael Diamant
Koloa, Hawaii
Research Weissberg, Aleksandrowicz

Trying to make contact with the family and parents of Moscow's Chief
Rabbi, Rav Pinchas Goldschmidt, son of Schlome Goldschmidt of Zurich.

Neil Rosenstein

MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.

Trying to make contact with the family and parents of Moscow's Chief
Rabbi, Rav Pinchas Goldschmidt, son of Schlome Goldschmidt of Zurich.

Neil Rosenstein

MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.