The Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County
(JGSCV) will meet "Monday", April 8, 2019 >from 7:00-9:00 PM at Temple Adat
Elohim 2420 E Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, California. This will be our
annual Sephardic program. Please note this is a different day of the week
than we usually meet and we will return to Sunday meetings in May

Program:

Branching Out >from Sepharad - Solving a Converso Mystery
Sarina Roffe, author of Branching Out >from Sepharad, outlines the history of
Jews in Spain, the 1492 expulsion, their history in Syria, and their
immigration to the Americas. She will discuss the ancestry and significance
of the Kassin rabbinic dynasty, which dates to the 12th century, and the
50-year leadership of Chief Rabbi Jacob S. Kassin, who led the Syrian Jewish
community in Brooklyn. At the same time, she solves a Converso mystery.
Rabbi Kassin's ancestors arrived in Aleppo in 1540. Sarina solves the
mystery of the time gap >from 1492 to 1540.

Speaker
Sarina Roffe is a professional genealogist, editor of DOROT, and founder of
the Sephardic Heritage Project. She is responsible for the translation and
databasing of marriage and brit milah records on JewishGen. While on the
Board of Governors of JewishGen, she acquired several databases of Sephardic
records, including cemetery records >from Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, and
Argentina. She serves on the IAJGS Board of Directors and presents often at
IAJGS conferences and has completed over a dozen genealogies. She is
Co-chair of the Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative, the first
organization to document Brooklyn's Jewish past.

Schmoozing Corner
Our schmoozing corner with senior and founding member Hal Bookbinder will
begin at 6:30PM

Traveling Library
The traveling library with our A and C books, which includes our Sephardic
collection. A list of which books are included are listed on our website
http://www.jgscv.org/ under library and traveling.

For more information about JGSCV including directions to Temple Adat Elohim,
please see our website: www.jgscv.org

There is no charge to attend the meeting. Anyone may join JGSCV. Annual
dues are $25 for an individual and $30 for a family.

The Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County is
dedicated to sharing genealogical information, techniques and research tools
with anyone interested in Jewish genealogy and family history.

Jan Meisels Allen
President, JGSCV

The Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County
(JGSCV) will meet "Monday", April 8, 2019 >from 7:00-9:00 PM at Temple Adat
Elohim 2420 E Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, California. This will be our
annual Sephardic program. Please note this is a different day of the week
than we usually meet and we will return to Sunday meetings in May

Program:

Branching Out >from Sepharad - Solving a Converso Mystery
Sarina Roffe, author of Branching Out >from Sepharad, outlines the history of
Jews in Spain, the 1492 expulsion, their history in Syria, and their
immigration to the Americas. She will discuss the ancestry and significance
of the Kassin rabbinic dynasty, which dates to the 12th century, and the
50-year leadership of Chief Rabbi Jacob S. Kassin, who led the Syrian Jewish
community in Brooklyn. At the same time, she solves a Converso mystery.
Rabbi Kassin's ancestors arrived in Aleppo in 1540. Sarina solves the
mystery of the time gap >from 1492 to 1540.

Speaker
Sarina Roffe is a professional genealogist, editor of DOROT, and founder of
the Sephardic Heritage Project. She is responsible for the translation and
databasing of marriage and brit milah records on JewishGen. While on the
Board of Governors of JewishGen, she acquired several databases of Sephardic
records, including cemetery records >from Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, and
Argentina. She serves on the IAJGS Board of Directors and presents often at
IAJGS conferences and has completed over a dozen genealogies. She is
Co-chair of the Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative, the first
organization to document Brooklyn's Jewish past.

Schmoozing Corner
Our schmoozing corner with senior and founding member Hal Bookbinder will
begin at 6:30PM

Traveling Library
The traveling library with our A and C books, which includes our Sephardic
collection. A list of which books are included are listed on our website
http://www.jgscv.org/ under library and traveling.

For more information about JGSCV including directions to Temple Adat Elohim,
please see our website: www.jgscv.org

There is no charge to attend the meeting. Anyone may join JGSCV. Annual
dues are $25 for an individual and $30 for a family.

The Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County is
dedicated to sharing genealogical information, techniques and research tools
with anyone interested in Jewish genealogy and family history.

Jan Meisels Allen
President, JGSCV

I would appreciate receiving contact and/or information about Mr. S.
Schaffer who owned a dairy store at 1477 Myrtle Ave. in Brooklyn in
1917 and even as late as directly after WWII. He was my great uncle.
Born in Nezhin, Ukraine.
Sincerely,
Deanna Mandel Levinsky

I would appreciate receiving contact and/or information about Mr. S.
Schaffer who owned a dairy store at 1477 Myrtle Ave. in Brooklyn in
1917 and even as late as directly after WWII. He was my great uncle.
Born in Nezhin, Ukraine.
Sincerely,
Deanna Mandel Levinsky

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

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

Are there records of burials in the cemetery in Dorna?

Paul Guth

Are there records of burials in the cemetery in Dorna?

Paul Guth

Good evening,
My name is Carin Miller and a few months ago I wrote that I was researching
my parents' families. Some time has gone by so I thought I'd
try again with the hope that I would find a group of new readers.

My mother's maiden name was Joyce Ros(z)enberg and her family came

from Piotrkow. My greatgrandfather was named Abram(Abraham). He was born

in 1868 and came through Ellis Island in 1905. My Grandfather David was born
around 1894 and came through Ellis Island in 1906. My great grandmother,
Esther, came in 1907 came with their 5 other children. Their English names
were Sam, Frank, Howard, Rose and Pauline.
They were tailors and dress contractors.

My father's family, the Schupaks, were >from the Warsaw area. My great
grandfather was named Charles and the family came through Ellis Island in
the early 1900s. Charles had 3 sons, Harry, Philip and David, and a daughter
named Rose. My grandfather was Harry and he was married to Kate Younker. The
family were carpenters in Poland and owned a lumberyard, Blue Bell Lumber, in
Washington Heights.

Red or reddish hair was a trait that seemed to pop up in the family.
If anyone who hasn't already responded has any information please
contact me. I would love to hear >from you. Thank you and
Shalom
Carin Schupak Miller

Good evening,
My name is Carin Miller and a few months ago I wrote that I was researching
my parents' families. Some time has gone by so I thought I'd
try again with the hope that I would find a group of new readers.

My mother's maiden name was Joyce Ros(z)enberg and her family came

from Piotrkow. My greatgrandfather was named Abram(Abraham). He was born

in 1868 and came through Ellis Island in 1905. My Grandfather David was born
around 1894 and came through Ellis Island in 1906. My great grandmother,
Esther, came in 1907 came with their 5 other children. Their English names
were Sam, Frank, Howard, Rose and Pauline.
They were tailors and dress contractors.

My father's family, the Schupaks, were >from the Warsaw area. My great
grandfather was named Charles and the family came through Ellis Island in
the early 1900s. Charles had 3 sons, Harry, Philip and David, and a daughter
named Rose. My grandfather was Harry and he was married to Kate Younker. The
family were carpenters in Poland and owned a lumberyard, Blue Bell Lumber, in
Washington Heights.

Red or reddish hair was a trait that seemed to pop up in the family.
If anyone who hasn't already responded has any information please
contact me. I would love to hear >from you. Thank you and
Shalom
Carin Schupak Miller

Hello,

I am a member of Jewish Gen and have been researching our ancestors
and saving old documents and photos for over 40 years. I am in the
midst of trying to put together a Family History Book of our family
and ancestors, and am looking for recommendations as how to be cost
effective in publishing this book.

I am a senior citizen (81) living on social security. As of now, my
goal is to print limited numbers and distribute it only to children
and relatives since I cannot afford to pay the price of having it
published professionally.

My research information is compiled on Brothers Keeper and some is on
Family Tree Maker. Since all of our ancestors were born and lived in
Germany until the 1930s, I have traveled there three times and have
been able to obtain copies of many old documents, as well as photographs
saved by our parents and grandparents.

I would appreciate any suggestions for proven methods of reasonably
priced self-publishing, which would enable me to include selected
photos, documents, maps, as well as Ancestral and Descendant charts.

Ellen Lukas Kahn, Homewood, IL USA ellnkahn@att.net

Hello,

I am a member of Jewish Gen and have been researching our ancestors
and saving old documents and photos for over 40 years. I am in the
midst of trying to put together a Family History Book of our family
and ancestors, and am looking for recommendations as how to be cost
effective in publishing this book.

I am a senior citizen (81) living on social security. As of now, my
goal is to print limited numbers and distribute it only to children
and relatives since I cannot afford to pay the price of having it
published professionally.

My research information is compiled on Brothers Keeper and some is on
Family Tree Maker. Since all of our ancestors were born and lived in
Germany until the 1930s, I have traveled there three times and have
been able to obtain copies of many old documents, as well as photographs
saved by our parents and grandparents.

I would appreciate any suggestions for proven methods of reasonably
priced self-publishing, which would enable me to include selected
photos, documents, maps, as well as Ancestral and Descendant charts.

Ellen Lukas Kahn, Homewood, IL USA ellnkahn@att.net

Hi all,

Radovan Sremac asked about the original Hungarian Jewish census from
1848, and the moderator replied "Radovan may not be aware that the
Hungarian State Archives in Budapest keep many, but by no means all,
records >from the 1848 Conscriptio Judaeorum" and that some other
records have been found elsewhere.
However, the Jewish Gen website claims the records >from Poszony Megye
(Bratislava District) are in the "Hungarian National Archives Film
43504," BUT the Hungarian National Archives denies they have them.
Does anyone know where they are & how to get at them?
Thanks again.
David Dubin,
Teaneck, NJ

Hi all,

Radovan Sremac asked about the original Hungarian Jewish census from
1848, and the moderator replied "Radovan may not be aware that the
Hungarian State Archives in Budapest keep many, but by no means all,
records >from the 1848 Conscriptio Judaeorum" and that some other
records have been found elsewhere.
However, the Jewish Gen website claims the records >from Poszony Megye
(Bratislava District) are in the "Hungarian National Archives Film
43504," BUT the Hungarian National Archives denies they have them.
Does anyone know where they are & how to get at them?
Thanks again.
David Dubin,
Teaneck, NJ

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

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

Tracing European Ancestral Roots Topic for Jewish Genealogy Society of
Cleveland April Meeting
Several members of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland will share
their journeys to ancestral villages in Europe as part of a panel discussion
at the Wednesday, April 3 meeting of the JGSC in the Miller Board Room at
Menorah Park, Beachwood. Helen and Paul Wolf, Muriel Weber, Anne Lukas and
Henny Lukas Fierman will reveal twists and turns in the road that led them
to some amazing discoveries--not to mention a few surprises while they were
visiting Eastern Europe in conjunction with last year's International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) conference held in
Warsaw, Poland. All five individuals have gone to great lengths to trace
their families' ancestral roots and identify unknown, missing and lost
relatives over many years, if not decades. Meetings of the Jewish Genealogy
Society of Cleveland return to Wednesday evenings starting at 7:30 P.M. at
Menorah Park, 27100 Cedar Road, beginning in April. Board members are
available at the Help Desk >from 7:00 P.M. to assist with individual research
questions. Guests are welcome. RSVP to Programming@ClevelandJGS.org.

Stewart A. Hoicowitz
VP Programming
Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland

Tracing European Ancestral Roots Topic for Jewish Genealogy Society of
Cleveland April Meeting
Several members of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland will share
their journeys to ancestral villages in Europe as part of a panel discussion
at the Wednesday, April 3 meeting of the JGSC in the Miller Board Room at
Menorah Park, Beachwood. Helen and Paul Wolf, Muriel Weber, Anne Lukas and
Henny Lukas Fierman will reveal twists and turns in the road that led them
to some amazing discoveries--not to mention a few surprises while they were
visiting Eastern Europe in conjunction with last year's International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) conference held in
Warsaw, Poland. All five individuals have gone to great lengths to trace
their families' ancestral roots and identify unknown, missing and lost
relatives over many years, if not decades. Meetings of the Jewish Genealogy
Society of Cleveland return to Wednesday evenings starting at 7:30 P.M. at
Menorah Park, 27100 Cedar Road, beginning in April. Board members are
available at the Help Desk >from 7:00 P.M. to assist with individual research
questions. Guests are welcome. RSVP to Programming@ClevelandJGS.org.

Stewart A. Hoicowitz
VP Programming
Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland

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

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