The JGS of Montreal,
in association with the Jewish Public Library,
presents:
Ralph Salinger

"A Project to Remember our Ancestors:
Vilkaviskis, Lithuania - Then and Now"

The meeting will be held on
Monday, June 03, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Gelber Conference Centre
5151 Cote Ste-Catherine/1 Carre Cummings

For all information on our upcoming meetings
& Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops -
call the JGS of Montreal Hotline - 24 hours a day:
514-484-0969

Please visit the JGS of Montreal website:
http://jgs-montreal.org/
and follow us in Facebook

Merle Kastner
JGS of Montreal, Programming

The JGS of Montreal,
in association with the Jewish Public Library,
presents:
Ralph Salinger

"A Project to Remember our Ancestors:
Vilkaviskis, Lithuania - Then and Now"

The meeting will be held on
Monday, June 03, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Gelber Conference Centre
5151 Cote Ste-Catherine/1 Carre Cummings

For all information on our upcoming meetings
& Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops -
call the JGS of Montreal Hotline - 24 hours a day:
514-484-0969

Please visit the JGS of Montreal website:
http://jgs-montreal.org/
and follow us in Facebook

Merle Kastner
JGS of Montreal, Programming

Hi,
Ben BELL was born March 5, 1880 in Russia. He was naturalized May 4, 1923 in
Chicago, Illinois as Boroch Belinky. The naturalization document (online)
says port of arrival July 16, 1908 **No** port name. The 1920 Chicago census
says Ben, his wife Ida J., and son were born in Russia. The other children
were born in Illinois. This Ida died in 1923 in Chicago.

In 1925 Ben married Ida B. who had children >from her previous marriage - all
born in Chicago.

The 1930 Chicago census says Robert was born in Illinois as does all other
documents. As an adult Robert applied for a birth certificate stating that
he was born in Chicago.

Question 1 - Did Ben immigrate with his wife and son? My guess yes.
Question 2 - Where can I find an immigration record for Ben, wife Ida J
and son Robert?
Question 3 - where can I find a marriage record for Ben and Ida J.? I
believe they married in Russia before coming to America. Not in Chicago.
Question 4 - where can I find birth and immigration information on Robert?
My guess he was born in late 1907 or early 1908 in Russia. Emigrated as an
infant causing the confusion where he was officially born.

Your assistance where I could look further would be greatly appreciated. I
use FamilySearch.org for my research. I have all the Chicago research and
documentation.

Thank you to everyone who can guide me further. This has been my 'brick
wall' for years.

Trudy Barch currently Florida previously Chicago

Hi,
Ben BELL was born March 5, 1880 in Russia. He was naturalized May 4, 1923 in
Chicago, Illinois as Boroch Belinky. The naturalization document (online)
says port of arrival July 16, 1908 **No** port name. The 1920 Chicago census
says Ben, his wife Ida J., and son were born in Russia. The other children
were born in Illinois. This Ida died in 1923 in Chicago.

In 1925 Ben married Ida B. who had children >from her previous marriage - all
born in Chicago.

The 1930 Chicago census says Robert was born in Illinois as does all other
documents. As an adult Robert applied for a birth certificate stating that
he was born in Chicago.

Question 1 - Did Ben immigrate with his wife and son? My guess yes.
Question 2 - Where can I find an immigration record for Ben, wife Ida J
and son Robert?
Question 3 - where can I find a marriage record for Ben and Ida J.? I
believe they married in Russia before coming to America. Not in Chicago.
Question 4 - where can I find birth and immigration information on Robert?
My guess he was born in late 1907 or early 1908 in Russia. Emigrated as an
infant causing the confusion where he was officially born.

Your assistance where I could look further would be greatly appreciated. I
use FamilySearch.org for my research. I have all the Chicago research and
documentation.

Thank you to everyone who can guide me further. This has been my 'brick
wall' for years.

Trudy Barch currently Florida previously Chicago

Hello All,
does anyone know if and where there are lists concerning:
FORCED LABOUR CAMPS
DATES
PLACES >from WHERE CONSCRIPTED
NAMES OF CONSRIPTED
DESTINATION OF WHERE LABOUR WAS DONE-

SPECIFICALLY I AM INTERESTED IN IPOLSKI SAHI, SLOVAAKIA
Anything at all where to start looking.


Many thanks,
Jacob Michel
NATANYA, ISRAEL

Moderator: Ipolske Siahy or Sahe is a place in Nitra region of Slovakia near
the Hungarian border. Place name in Hungarian was Ipolysag. You can probably
find more information at Yad Vashem and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, both
of which have extensive resources on-line.

Memorial Museum

Hello All,
does anyone know if and where there are lists concerning:
FORCED LABOUR CAMPS
DATES
PLACES >from WHERE CONSCRIPTED
NAMES OF CONSRIPTED
DESTINATION OF WHERE LABOUR WAS DONE-

SPECIFICALLY I AM INTERESTED IN IPOLSKI SAHI, SLOVAAKIA
Anything at all where to start looking.


Many thanks,
Jacob Michel
NATANYA, ISRAEL

Moderator: Ipolske Siahy or Sahe is a place in Nitra region of Slovakia near
the Hungarian border. Place name in Hungarian was Ipolysag. You can probably
find more information at Yad Vashem and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, both
of which have extensive resources on-line.

Memorial Museum

The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has launched its new
website funded by the European Union. It has mapped 1500 cemeteries in 5
countries: Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Slovakia and the Ukraine. See:
https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-3030/military-documents. The
open access data base include all the surveys being done in 2019-2020 may be
accessed at: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/surveys/

As each cemetery is completed and processed aerial photographs, historical
data and geographical data will be uploaded to the website. This is a work
in progress.

As previously reported, the European Union provided 800,000 Euros for the
project. The ESJF started work in 2015 by surveying and fencing Jewish
cemeteries to protect them >from destruction. With the EU grant, it has
expanded its mission using drone technology and historical research to map
the 1500 Jewish cemetery sites in the 5 aforementioned countries. TO read
more about the ESJF see: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/about-us/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has launched its new
website funded by the European Union. It has mapped 1500 cemeteries in 5
countries: Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Slovakia and the Ukraine. See:
https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-3030/military-documents. The
open access data base include all the surveys being done in 2019-2020 may be
accessed at: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/surveys/

As each cemetery is completed and processed aerial photographs, historical
data and geographical data will be uploaded to the website. This is a work
in progress.

As previously reported, the European Union provided 800,000 Euros for the
project. The ESJF started work in 2015 by surveying and fencing Jewish
cemeteries to protect them >from destruction. With the EU grant, it has
expanded its mission using drone technology and historical research to map
the 1500 Jewish cemetery sites in the 5 aforementioned countries. TO read
more about the ESJF see: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/about-us/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has launched its new
website funded by the European Union. It has mapped 1500 cemeteries in 5
countries: Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Slovakia and the Ukraine. See:
https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-3030/military-documents. The
open access data base include all the surveys being done in 2019-2020 may be
accessed at: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/surveys/

As each cemetery is completed and processed aerial photographs, historical
data and geographical data will be uploaded to the website. This is a work
in progress.

As previously reported, the European Union provided 800,000 Euros for the
project. The ESJF started work in 2015 by surveying and fencing Jewish
cemeteries to protect them >from destruction. With the EU grant, it has
expanded its mission using drone technology and historical research to map
the 1500 Jewish cemetery sites in the 5 aforementioned countries. TO read
more about the ESJF see: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/about-us/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has launched its new
website funded by the European Union. It has mapped 1500 cemeteries in 5
countries: Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Slovakia and the Ukraine. See:
https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-3030/military-documents. The
open access data base include all the surveys being done in 2019-2020 may be
accessed at: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/surveys/

As each cemetery is completed and processed aerial photographs, historical
data and geographical data will be uploaded to the website. This is a work
in progress.

As previously reported, the European Union provided 800,000 Euros for the
project. The ESJF started work in 2015 by surveying and fencing Jewish
cemeteries to protect them >from destruction. With the EU grant, it has
expanded its mission using drone technology and historical research to map
the 1500 Jewish cemetery sites in the 5 aforementioned countries. TO read
more about the ESJF see: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/about-us/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

The JGS of Montreal,
in association with the Jewish Public Library,
presents

Ralph Salinger

"A Project to Remember our Ancestors:
Vilkaviskis, Lithuania - Then and Now"

The meeting will be held on
Monday, June 03, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Gelber Conference Centre
5151 Cote Ste-Catherine/1 Carre Cummings

For all information on our upcoming meetings
& Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops -
call the JGS of Montreal Hotline - 24 hours a day:
514-484-0969

Please visit the JGS of Montreal website:
http://jgs-montreal.org/
and follow us in Facebook

Merle Kastner
JGS of Montreal, Programming
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The JGS of Montreal,
in association with the Jewish Public Library,
presents

Ralph Salinger

"A Project to Remember our Ancestors:
Vilkaviskis, Lithuania - Then and Now"

The meeting will be held on
Monday, June 03, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Gelber Conference Centre
5151 Cote Ste-Catherine/1 Carre Cummings

For all information on our upcoming meetings
& Sunday Morning Family Tree Workshops -
call the JGS of Montreal Hotline - 24 hours a day:
514-484-0969

Please visit the JGS of Montreal website:
http://jgs-montreal.org/
and follow us in Facebook

Merle Kastner
JGS of Montreal, Programming
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MyHeritage is making their 47 million military records available for free

from May 22 to May 28 11:59 Central Time. The offer is good worldwide. Go

to: https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-3030/military-documents

There is no requirement to register nor any credit card information
requested. However, if you try to access the featured collection after the
May 28 date, or try to look at records not included in the featured
collection you will be invited to subscribe.

Note: I tried to find records on two of my relatives who served in World
War ll. Neither had any hits. When I tried the surname Goldberg, one of my
relative's names, what came up were registers not actual military records
specific to the person I am researching. If you do not get any hits for the
people you are researching, please understand it depends on what records are
included in the 47 million military records, and do not write back to me
about you're not finding your relatives' records.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

MyHeritage is making their 47 million military records available for free

from May 22 to May 28 11:59 Central Time. The offer is good worldwide. Go

to: https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-3030/military-documents

There is no requirement to register nor any credit card information
requested. However, if you try to access the featured collection after the
May 28 date, or try to look at records not included in the featured
collection you will be invited to subscribe.

Note: I tried to find records on two of my relatives who served in World
War ll. Neither had any hits. When I tried the surname Goldberg, one of my
relative's names, what came up were registers not actual military records
specific to the person I am researching. If you do not get any hits for the
people you are researching, please understand it depends on what records are
included in the 47 million military records, and do not write back to me
about you're not finding your relatives' records.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has launched its new
website funded by the European Union. It has mapped 1500 cemeteries in 5
countries: Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Slovakia and the Ukraine. See:
https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-3030/military-documents. The
open access data base include all the surveys being done in 2019-2020 may be
accessed at: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/surveys/

As each cemetery is completed and processed aerial photographs, historical
data and geographical data will be uploaded to the website. This is a work
in progress.

As previously reported, the European Union provided 800,000 Euros for the
project. The ESJF started work in 2015 by surveying and fencing Jewish
cemeteries to protect them >from destruction. With the EU grant, it has
expanded its mission using drone technology and historical research to map
the 1500 Jewish cemetery sites in the 5 aforementioned countries. TO read
more about the ESJF see: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/about-us/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

The European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative (ESJF) has launched its new
website funded by the European Union. It has mapped 1500 cemeteries in 5
countries: Greece, Lithuania, Moldova, Slovakia and the Ukraine. See:
https://www.myheritage.com/research/category-3030/military-documents. The
open access data base include all the surveys being done in 2019-2020 may be
accessed at: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/surveys/

As each cemetery is completed and processed aerial photographs, historical
data and geographical data will be uploaded to the website. This is a work
in progress.

As previously reported, the European Union provided 800,000 Euros for the
project. The ESJF started work in 2015 by surveying and fencing Jewish
cemeteries to protect them >from destruction. With the EU grant, it has
expanded its mission using drone technology and historical research to map
the 1500 Jewish cemetery sites in the 5 aforementioned countries. TO read
more about the ESJF see: https://www.esjf-surveys.org/about-us/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Dear Dieter

For working purposes let's assume:

(a) that your grandfather actually lived in Wangerin, rather than e.g. in a
neighbouring village or just passing through; and
(b) that he was himself Jewish, as distinct >from merely working for a Jewish
employer.

With that caveat, and while I don't have specific answers for you, I think
we can considerably narrow down the field.

In Zur Erinnerung und zum Gedenken: die einstigen juedischen Gemeinden
Pommerns, written and published privately by Gerhard Salinger 2006,
there is a specific section on the Jews of Wangerin at pages 844 to 847.

To quote: "Im Jahre 1907 bestand der Vorstand aus Hermann GOTTSCHALK,
Philipp PHILIPPSOHN und M. DOBRIN. 1911 wird nur noch eine Seelenzahl
von 25 genannt, davon waren 10 Steuerzahler. Der damalige letzte
Lehrer FRANZUS unterrichtete bloss noch drei Kinder." Also: "Bis 1933
wohnten noch die folgenden juedischen Familien in Wangerin:
Georg MANNHEIM, Kohlen- und Getreidegeschaeft, Langestr. 18;
Philipp PHILIPPSOHN, Rentier, Langestr. 16; Ruben WALTER,
Textilgeschaeft, Langestr. 20; Willi WORECZEK, Textilgeschaeft,
Langestr. 74."

In the circumstances your grandfather's surname would most likely have been
one of the seven mentioned above. If you can trace living descendants of
any of those families, you may be able to achieve more through DNA matching.


Good luck,
Peter Lobbenberg, London, England

Dieter Schimmelpfennig wrote:

My grandmother Elfriede Ida Mathilde WUTZKE was born in 1893 as the
daughter of an evangelical-lutheran family in Wangerin, Kreis ( County )
Regenwalde, Pomerania / today Wegorzyno, Poland. In 1912 she worked for
the family of a Jewish salesman ( names unknown ) in Wangerin and became
pregnant. My father Harry Otto WUTZKE was born in 1913 not as usual in
those days at home or in the nearest hospital, but in a special hospital
in Stettin, the capital of Pomerania.

In 1920 she married Erich SCHIMMELPFENNIG, a bookprinter in the city of
Schivelbein / today Swidwin, Poland. He did not adopt my father but
Erich SCHIMMELPFENNIG suddenly was the owner of a house and a shop in
the mains treet of Schivelbein. It was said "they bought Harry Otto a
father". In those days that was not unusual.

My father studied in Stettin. Than he went to Elbing / today Elblag,
Poland to learn to work as a teacher. In 1933 he should work as a
teacher for the first time. But now, because of the Nazis, he had to
confirm that he was "of german blood". So Erich SCHIMMELPFENNIG declared
in 1933, that he is "the real father" of Harry Otto and his son is "of
german blood". That is not really possible, because Erich S. was 15
years old, when my father was born.

Some years later my father had to become a soldier. When he came back in
1948 >from a Russian POW-Camp, the family was expelled >from Pomerania and
his mother and some other members of the family had died. Erich S. was
married again.

During the next years my father tried to find out the name of his real
father. He knew that his father was Jewish. The persons who knew
something about his father are either dead or not willing to talk about it.

I tried several years to find something about my grandfather without any
success. Last year I made 3 DNA-Testings ( myheritage, ancestry and
familytreedna ) and found out that I have between 20 % and 25 % (
differences between the providers ) ashkenazy DNA.

That is the point where I am. I have no idea what to do next.

Dear Dieter

For working purposes let's assume:

(a) that your grandfather actually lived in Wangerin, rather than e.g. in a
neighbouring village or just passing through; and
(b) that he was himself Jewish, as distinct >from merely working for a Jewish
employer.

With that caveat, and while I don't have specific answers for you, I think
we can considerably narrow down the field.

In Zur Erinnerung und zum Gedenken: die einstigen juedischen Gemeinden
Pommerns, written and published privately by Gerhard Salinger 2006,
there is a specific section on the Jews of Wangerin at pages 844 to 847.

To quote: "Im Jahre 1907 bestand der Vorstand aus Hermann GOTTSCHALK,
Philipp PHILIPPSOHN und M. DOBRIN. 1911 wird nur noch eine Seelenzahl
von 25 genannt, davon waren 10 Steuerzahler. Der damalige letzte
Lehrer FRANZUS unterrichtete bloss noch drei Kinder." Also: "Bis 1933
wohnten noch die folgenden juedischen Familien in Wangerin:
Georg MANNHEIM, Kohlen- und Getreidegeschaeft, Langestr. 18;
Philipp PHILIPPSOHN, Rentier, Langestr. 16; Ruben WALTER,
Textilgeschaeft, Langestr. 20; Willi WORECZEK, Textilgeschaeft,
Langestr. 74."

In the circumstances your grandfather's surname would most likely have been
one of the seven mentioned above. If you can trace living descendants of
any of those families, you may be able to achieve more through DNA matching.


Good luck,
Peter Lobbenberg, London, England

Dieter Schimmelpfennig wrote:

My grandmother Elfriede Ida Mathilde WUTZKE was born in 1893 as the
daughter of an evangelical-lutheran family in Wangerin, Kreis ( County )
Regenwalde, Pomerania / today Wegorzyno, Poland. In 1912 she worked for
the family of a Jewish salesman ( names unknown ) in Wangerin and became
pregnant. My father Harry Otto WUTZKE was born in 1913 not as usual in
those days at home or in the nearest hospital, but in a special hospital
in Stettin, the capital of Pomerania.

In 1920 she married Erich SCHIMMELPFENNIG, a bookprinter in the city of
Schivelbein / today Swidwin, Poland. He did not adopt my father but
Erich SCHIMMELPFENNIG suddenly was the owner of a house and a shop in
the mains treet of Schivelbein. It was said "they bought Harry Otto a
father". In those days that was not unusual.

My father studied in Stettin. Than he went to Elbing / today Elblag,
Poland to learn to work as a teacher. In 1933 he should work as a
teacher for the first time. But now, because of the Nazis, he had to
confirm that he was "of german blood". So Erich SCHIMMELPFENNIG declared
in 1933, that he is "the real father" of Harry Otto and his son is "of
german blood". That is not really possible, because Erich S. was 15
years old, when my father was born.

Some years later my father had to become a soldier. When he came back in
1948 >from a Russian POW-Camp, the family was expelled >from Pomerania and
his mother and some other members of the family had died. Erich S. was
married again.

During the next years my father tried to find out the name of his real
father. He knew that his father was Jewish. The persons who knew
something about his father are either dead or not willing to talk about it.

I tried several years to find something about my grandfather without any
success. Last year I made 3 DNA-Testings ( myheritage, ancestry and
familytreedna ) and found out that I have between 20 % and 25 % (
differences between the providers ) ashkenazy DNA.

That is the point where I am. I have no idea what to do next.

So, I just unlocked another half level of finding names going back by
finding my great-grandfather's death certificate which had his
father's name on it - Jonas Steinberger. This sort of jives with an
older reference I had (non-official) that his name was Yonah.

I know my great-grandfather was born in 1877, to give a point of
reference. Unfortunately, I don't really know much more about this
branch of the tree. Thus, I've been trying to find any records and
connections going back up this line.

However, I'm unsure of where I can go to search any records of
Austria-Hungary to try to learn more. I'm used to searching Polish
records and using JRI-Poland, but the relevant link on the SIGs page
doesn't seem to have that functionality.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

-Dovie Gelerinter

So, I just unlocked another half level of finding names going back by
finding my great-grandfather's death certificate which had his
father's name on it - Jonas Steinberger. This sort of jives with an
older reference I had (non-official) that his name was Yonah.

I know my great-grandfather was born in 1877, to give a point of
reference. Unfortunately, I don't really know much more about this
branch of the tree. Thus, I've been trying to find any records and
connections going back up this line.

However, I'm unsure of where I can go to search any records of
Austria-Hungary to try to learn more. I'm used to searching Polish
records and using JRI-Poland, but the relevant link on the SIGs page
doesn't seem to have that functionality.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

-Dovie Gelerinter