I have found a World War I Registration Card for Samuel Hodes.I am having trouble
making out the birthplace. Can anyone suggest the town this would be?

It is on ViewMate at the following address:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM72859

I would appreciate your help.

Sheldon Dan
sheldan1955@bellsouth.net

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I have found a World War I Registration Card for Samuel Hodes.I am having trouble
making out the birthplace. Can anyone suggest the town this would be?

It is on ViewMate at the following address:

http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM72859

I would appreciate your help.

Sheldon Dan
sheldan1955@bellsouth.net

MODERATOR NOTE: lease respond privately or on the viewmate response

Avotaynu, in conjunction with the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy, has
just published a four-volume work of the family trees developed by the late Paul
Jacobi (1911-1997). It represents more than a half century of work by Jacobi in
documenting the lineages of leading Ashkenazi families.

Running to 2,300 pages in all, and containing countless family trees --
many rabbinic -- going back many centuries, this work is a cornucopia of
genealogical knowledge and data of relevance to all family historians and scholars
working on Ashkenazi Jewry. There are tens of thousands of names.

Jacobi held that a core-group of some 80 elite families dominated Ashkenazi Jewry

from its beginnings. To test his theory, he investigated more than 450 families to

varying levels of detail, using the considerable resources available to him in
Jerusalem. Of these, he took more than 100 studies to completion. None of his
research, however, was published during his lifetime. On his death, his manuscripts
were placed in the National Library of Israel. Two decades later, this invaluable
genealogical compendium, Jacobi's life-work, is being published for the first time.

Visit the website at http://avotaynu.com/books/Jacobi-Papers.html to see if any of
your family names are included in the book. There is a link to the surname index
as well as a table of contents for all four volumes.

Gary Mokotoff

Avotaynu, in conjunction with the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy, has
just published a four-volume work of the family trees developed by the late Paul
Jacobi (1911-1997). It represents more than a half century of work by Jacobi in
documenting the lineages of leading Ashkenazi families.

Running to 2,300 pages in all, and containing countless family trees --
many rabbinic -- going back many centuries, this work is a cornucopia of
genealogical knowledge and data of relevance to all family historians and scholars
working on Ashkenazi Jewry. There are tens of thousands of names.

Jacobi held that a core-group of some 80 elite families dominated Ashkenazi Jewry

from its beginnings. To test his theory, he investigated more than 450 families to

varying levels of detail, using the considerable resources available to him in
Jerusalem. Of these, he took more than 100 studies to completion. None of his
research, however, was published during his lifetime. On his death, his manuscripts
were placed in the National Library of Israel. Two decades later, this invaluable
genealogical compendium, Jacobi's life-work, is being published for the first time.

Visit the website at http://avotaynu.com/books/Jacobi-Papers.html to see if any of
your family names are included in the book. There is a link to the surname index
as well as a table of contents for all four volumes.

Gary Mokotoff

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will be
conducting a webinar on Thursday, April 18 1:00PM Eastern Time on
Immigration and Naturalization Records and the Titanic Disaster. The USCIS
is the successor agency to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

Go to: https://www.uscis.gov/HGWebinars Click on Guide to I&N History and
scroll down to the list to the April 18 date. Click on the date and a new
window opens. This will provide more information about the program and how
to attend. =A0 When you click on "attend session" you will be redirected to an
Adobe Connect page. The webinar will not be recorded therefore the only
opportunity to participate is to tune in live.

If you have not participated in one of the USCIS webinars before and not
used Adobe Connect=A0 I recommend following the directions listed under Adobe
Connect at the above url. Do these before the webinar so you are ready to go
at the correct time. Please do not call the phone number on the screen.

If you are having trouble accessing a meeting, event or seminar, please
contact the event organizer for assistance. For security and privacy reasons
Adobe is unable to assist customers in gaining access to private meetings,
events or seminars. Only the meeting organizer or administrator of the web
conferencing account can register users or grant access to Adobe Connect
meetings.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will be
conducting a webinar on Thursday, April 18 1:00PM Eastern Time on
Immigration and Naturalization Records and the Titanic Disaster. The USCIS
is the successor agency to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).

Go to: https://www.uscis.gov/HGWebinars Click on Guide to I&N History and
scroll down to the list to the April 18 date. Click on the date and a new
window opens. This will provide more information about the program and how
to attend. =A0 When you click on "attend session" you will be redirected to an
Adobe Connect page. The webinar will not be recorded therefore the only
opportunity to participate is to tune in live.

If you have not participated in one of the USCIS webinars before and not
used Adobe Connect=A0 I recommend following the directions listed under Adobe
Connect at the above url. Do these before the webinar so you are ready to go
at the correct time. Please do not call the phone number on the screen.

If you are having trouble accessing a meeting, event or seminar, please
contact the event organizer for assistance. For security and privacy reasons
Adobe is unable to assist customers in gaining access to private meetings,
events or seminars. Only the meeting organizer or administrator of the web
conferencing account can register users or grant access to Adobe Connect
meetings.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Many thanks to all the people who offered responses and hints to my
query about locating the medical school for Emanuel HARRIS, the Long
Island College Hospital Medical School. In additioin, the various
responders came up with many other leads to Emanuel, his wives, and a
daughter. The links have helped me and another cousin of mine who is
also searching this field to broaden our research; for all that, we
are truly grateful!

John Anderson,
Orlando, FL

Many thanks to all the people who offered responses and hints to my
query about locating the medical school for Emanuel HARRIS, the Long
Island College Hospital Medical School. In additioin, the various
responders came up with many other leads to Emanuel, his wives, and a
daughter. The links have helped me and another cousin of mine who is
also searching this field to broaden our research; for all that, we
are truly grateful!

John Anderson,
Orlando, FL

A search on the National Archives of Australia https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/ for
the surname CHOROSUCH showed the existence of 3 files of that name.
One referred to Nison, another to Yael, both arriving in Melbourne, Australia on
10 Jan 1952. The third referred to a Roza, whose surname was also known as CORRY.

Perhaps your research should also include the surname CORRY, in case the entire
family changed to that name. That research could include accessing the Victoria
registry in Melbourne at
https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

Regards

David Laufer
Sydney

A search on the National Archives of Australia https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/ for
the surname CHOROSUCH showed the existence of 3 files of that name.
One referred to Nison, another to Yael, both arriving in Melbourne, Australia on
10 Jan 1952. The third referred to a Roza, whose surname was also known as CORRY.

Perhaps your research should also include the surname CORRY, in case the entire
family changed to that name. That research could include accessing the Victoria
registry in Melbourne at
https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

Regards

David Laufer
Sydney

Gesher Galicia's journal, the "Galitzianer," invites members and
non-members of Gesher Galicia to submit articles with a clear
connection to Austrian Galicia (1772-1918) or to the interwar period
and the Holocaust in the territory of former Galicia.

In addition to articles on this general topic, the journal is seeking
submissions in the following specific categories:

** Secrets Beyond the Records: Examples include unusual archival
records >from Galicia, surprising details about your family found in
various records, and sources that have reshaped your understanding
of your own family history.

** Education: Examples include the impact of education on changing
the path of your own family in Galicia, the intergenerational tensions
over education for women, and stories about Galician public schools
or the schools established by Jewish philanthropist Baron de Hirsch.

** Galician Profiles: Articles in this category could include
biographical profiles of Jewish writers, musicians, artists,
mathematicians, and political figures who were active in Galicia.

** Other Topics: The Jewish press in Galicia (the language and target
audience), literature published in Galicia in Yiddish or Hebrew,
Galician food.

Prior to submitting an article, please contact me at
submissions@geshergalicia.org with a brief description of your
proposal. Please note that all accepted articles undergo editorial
review and revisions to make sure they conform to the style and
standards of the journal.

For other information about the "Galitzianer," including general
instructions for authors, please consult our website at
https://www.geshergalicia.org/the-galitzianer/.

Thank you,

Jodi G. Benjamin
Editor, The Galitzianer
Gesher Galicia

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Gesher Galicia's journal, the "Galitzianer," invites members and
non-members of Gesher Galicia to submit articles with a clear
connection to Austrian Galicia (1772-1918) or to the interwar period
and the Holocaust in the territory of former Galicia.

In addition to articles on this general topic, the journal is seeking
submissions in the following specific categories:

** Secrets Beyond the Records: Examples include unusual archival
records >from Galicia, surprising details about your family found in
various records, and sources that have reshaped your understanding
of your own family history.

** Education: Examples include the impact of education on changing
the path of your own family in Galicia, the intergenerational tensions
over education for women, and stories about Galician public schools
or the schools established by Jewish philanthropist Baron de Hirsch.

** Galician Profiles: Articles in this category could include
biographical profiles of Jewish writers, musicians, artists,
mathematicians, and political figures who were active in Galicia.

** Other Topics: The Jewish press in Galicia (the language and target
audience), literature published in Galicia in Yiddish or Hebrew,
Galician food.

Prior to submitting an article, please contact me at
submissions@geshergalicia.org with a brief description of your
proposal. Please note that all accepted articles undergo editorial
review and revisions to make sure they conform to the style and
standards of the journal.

For other information about the "Galitzianer," including general
instructions for authors, please consult our website at
https://www.geshergalicia.org/the-galitzianer/.

Thank you,

Jodi G. Benjamin
Editor, The Galitzianer
Gesher Galicia

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Send all inquiries to submissions@geshergalicia.org
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Research Dedications: Week of April 8, 2019 by Anonymous, "In memory of
Samantha Josephson. May God comfort her mourners among the mourners of
Tzion v'Yerushalayim."
To dedicate a day of research, please visit:
https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/PayPal.asp

Best regards,
Anne Vaccari
Associate
JewishGen.org

Research Dedications: Week of April 8, 2019 by Anonymous, "In memory of
Samantha Josephson. May God comfort her mourners among the mourners of
Tzion v'Yerushalayim."
To dedicate a day of research, please visit:
https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/PayPal.asp

Best regards,
Anne Vaccari
Associate
JewishGen.org

Dear GerSIG Members

I've posted a vital record in German for which I would like a full
transcription. It is on ViewMate at the following address
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM72800

Category: Translation - German, Family Surname: KRAKO, Country:
Germany, Town: Koeln, Date of Image: 1889

The document is the death certificate >from Koeln Germany for Elias
KRAKO who was my 3rd Great Uncle and who was 58 years old when he
died. The certificate is dated 7 January 1889. I am interested in
transcribing the whole document, I understand German. I already know
that he and his family are listed in Familienbuch Euregio and there is
a story about him in Guenther Erkens Juden in Moenchengladbach Vol 2
on Page 217. The reference for the image is T 1889 01 0059 Stadt Koeln
KRAKO Elias Nr 57. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer me.

Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Thank you very much. Jeanette

Jeanette R Rosenberg OBE, London UK jeanette.r.rosenberg@googlemail.com

Researching: KRACKO, KRACO and KRAKO, Hochneukirch, Juechen, Neuss,
Mulheim am Rhein and Koln, NRW, KRAKAU and KRAKAUER, Furth, Bavaria.

Dear GerSIG Members

I've posted a vital record in German for which I would like a full
transcription. It is on ViewMate at the following address
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM72800

Category: Translation - German, Family Surname: KRAKO, Country:
Germany, Town: Koeln, Date of Image: 1889

The document is the death certificate >from Koeln Germany for Elias
KRAKO who was my 3rd Great Uncle and who was 58 years old when he
died. The certificate is dated 7 January 1889. I am interested in
transcribing the whole document, I understand German. I already know
that he and his family are listed in Familienbuch Euregio and there is
a story about him in Guenther Erkens Juden in Moenchengladbach Vol 2
on Page 217. The reference for the image is T 1889 01 0059 Stadt Koeln
KRAKO Elias Nr 57. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer me.

Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Thank you very much. Jeanette

Jeanette R Rosenberg OBE, London UK jeanette.r.rosenberg@googlemail.com

Researching: KRACKO, KRACO and KRAKO, Hochneukirch, Juechen, Neuss,
Mulheim am Rhein and Koln, NRW, KRAKAU and KRAKAUER, Furth, Bavaria.

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It's on ViewMate at the following address http://jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM72801

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

Thank you very much.

Alice Riley
researching POLLACK, FRIEDLAENDER (Upper Silesia), GOLDENRING, GLUCKSOHN (Warsaw)

I've posted a vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. It's on ViewMate at the following address http://jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM72801

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

Thank you very much.

Alice Riley
researching POLLACK, FRIEDLAENDER (Upper Silesia), GOLDENRING, GLUCKSOHN (Warsaw)

Dear JewishGen Community,

Please click the following link for an exciting update regarding the
next phase of JewishGen's development and improvement, along with a
series of personnel shifts and restructuring that has resulted from
our recent strategic reviews.
https://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/updates.html

Avraham Groll
Director
JewishGen.org

Research Dedications: Week of April 1, 2019 by Laureen Ribons
Waterman, "In honor of my beloved parents Bernard (Rybstajn) and
Rachel (Sczcygielska) Ribons who were both Holocaust survivors.
Regardless of their fate and the death of their families, they
endured, lived life, and were ever loving parents. Forever grateful
for the life lessons and keeping the Jewish faith alive. Today, April
3, would have been their 64th wedding anniversary."

To dedicate a day of research, please visit:

https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/PayPal.asp

Anne Vaccari, Associate
JewishGen, Inc.