How Jewish ancestry impacts genetics will be the topic of the Wednesday, May
15 meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland in the Miller Board
Room at Menorah Park in Beachwood, Ohio.
Two board-certified genetic counselors with the Cleveland Clinic's Center
for Personalized Genetic Healthcare will provide a general overview of
common conditions in individuals with Jewish ancestry such as Hereditary
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome due to BRCA mutations. They will also
provide helpful information for those who are considering meeting with a
genetic counselor, and what to expect >from genetic testing. The Jewish
Genealogy Society of Cleveland meets on Wednesday evenings starting at 7:30
P.M. in the Miller Board Room at Menorah Park, 27100 Cedar Road. 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 Hoicowitz
1st Vice President Programming

How Jewish ancestry impacts genetics will be the topic of the Wednesday, May
15 meeting of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland in the Miller Board
Room at Menorah Park in Beachwood, Ohio.
Two board-certified genetic counselors with the Cleveland Clinic's Center
for Personalized Genetic Healthcare will provide a general overview of
common conditions in individuals with Jewish ancestry such as Hereditary
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome due to BRCA mutations. They will also
provide helpful information for those who are considering meeting with a
genetic counselor, and what to expect >from genetic testing. The Jewish
Genealogy Society of Cleveland meets on Wednesday evenings starting at 7:30
P.M. in the Miller Board Room at Menorah Park, 27100 Cedar Road. 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 Hoicowitz
1st Vice President Programming

My 2x great-grandparents, Avraham Yosef Buchbinder (1830-1879) and Rose
Ruchel (1827-1893) died in Suceava, Romania. I have their death
records. One of their daughters, Sura Lea Buchbinder, married Mordche
Waldman - their marriage was registered in Suceava on 28 March 1892. I
have that record. They had two children whose birth records I have -
both born in Suceava - Marjasse Waldman born 21 Aug 1883 and Avraham
Josel Waldman 30 Sep 1885.

I suspect that Sura Lea and Mordche left Suceava - Sura Lea's sister,
Golde and her husband went to Bucharest and then the US (I have
information about them and their children in the US and Europe), her
sister Perl (my great-grandmother) stayed in Suceava until 1928 and then
came to the US; their sister Braine I don't believe ever lived in
Suceava, but left Europe with her husband around 1903 and went to Canada
(I have letters >from her and her death record). Braine was childless.
The sisters also had a brother, Mordecai Buchbinder who married a woman
named Sara, their son, Gershon died in Israel in 1959.

What I would like is if there are any descendants of Sura Lea Buchbinder
and Mordche Waldman or of Gershon and Sara Buchbinder who are reading
this, to please get in touch with me.

Janette Silverman
Phoenix, AZ and Salt Lake City, UT

My 2x great-grandparents, Avraham Yosef Buchbinder (1830-1879) and Rose
Ruchel (1827-1893) died in Suceava, Romania. I have their death
records. One of their daughters, Sura Lea Buchbinder, married Mordche
Waldman - their marriage was registered in Suceava on 28 March 1892. I
have that record. They had two children whose birth records I have -
both born in Suceava - Marjasse Waldman born 21 Aug 1883 and Avraham
Josel Waldman 30 Sep 1885.

I suspect that Sura Lea and Mordche left Suceava - Sura Lea's sister,
Golde and her husband went to Bucharest and then the US (I have
information about them and their children in the US and Europe), her
sister Perl (my great-grandmother) stayed in Suceava until 1928 and then
came to the US; their sister Braine I don't believe ever lived in
Suceava, but left Europe with her husband around 1903 and went to Canada
(I have letters >from her and her death record). Braine was childless.
The sisters also had a brother, Mordecai Buchbinder who married a woman
named Sara, their son, Gershon died in Israel in 1959.

What I would like is if there are any descendants of Sura Lea Buchbinder
and Mordche Waldman or of Gershon and Sara Buchbinder who are reading
this, to please get in touch with me.

Janette Silverman
Phoenix, AZ and Salt Lake City, UT

My apologies, but this is a re-send to include the city and state of my
residence (Lawrence, KS), as it accidentally got chopped off the
bottom of my prior
email message

Hello,
I spoke to Todd Knowles >from Family Search, at the NGS Family History
Conference, and he suggested that I post to this SIG
for assistance in obtaining the records I am looking for, which have
not been digitized. The records I am seeking were created
prior to World War I, in Czortkow, Austria, however, today, this town
is known as Chortkiv, and is located in Ukraine.

My great grandfather, Samuel Newman, was married in Czortkow to my
great grandmother Nettie Gottlieb, around 1890, and to a 2nd wife
named Nettie Gronich, around 1895, after the death of his 1st wife.
Samuel Newman and Nettie Gottlieb Newman had two children named Morris
(born April 1892), and Max (born Dec. 1893). Samuel Newman and Nettie
Gronich Newman had two children named Jacob (born Sept. 1901) and
Irving (born May 1906). Samuel Newman died in Czortkow, around 1906.
After his death, all 4 of the children eventually came to the U.S.,
including Samuel's 2nd wife, arriving at varying points in time. All
that I know about the family has been gleaned >from the Census records,
Naturalization Records, and Passenger Manifests of the 4 Newman
children, and my great grandfather's 2nd wife. Based on the
information I have, I've been able to determine the names of Samuel's
siblings, some of whom do have digitized records on JewishGen, but
somehow it seems that Samuel's records were missed. Consequently, I
believe that I know the name of both of Samuel's parents (although the
father was actually married twice). One of the siblings is named
Seinwel, which sounds similar to Samuel, but is a younger man, who was
not born until 1877.


The specific records I would like to find are as follows:

Death Records for Samuel Newman (died about 1906) and Nettie Gottlieb
Newman (died before 1895)
Marriage Record for Samuel Newman and Nettie Gottlieb (about 1890)
Marriage Record for Samuel Newman and Nettie Gronich (about 1895)
Birth record for Samuel Newman (birth date unknown, parents believed
to be Elukim David Newman and Gittel Rasha Newman)
Birth record for Nettie Gottlieb Newman (birth date unknown, parents unknown)


Claudia (Cohn) Bullock
Lawrence, Kansas

MODERATOR'S NOTE: This city is in an area covered by Gesher Galicia. They will be
better prepared to help you.

My apologies, but this is a re-send to include the city and state of my
residence (Lawrence, KS), as it accidentally got chopped off the
bottom of my prior
email message

Hello,
I spoke to Todd Knowles >from Family Search, at the NGS Family History
Conference, and he suggested that I post to this SIG
for assistance in obtaining the records I am looking for, which have
not been digitized. The records I am seeking were created
prior to World War I, in Czortkow, Austria, however, today, this town
is known as Chortkiv, and is located in Ukraine.

My great grandfather, Samuel Newman, was married in Czortkow to my
great grandmother Nettie Gottlieb, around 1890, and to a 2nd wife
named Nettie Gronich, around 1895, after the death of his 1st wife.
Samuel Newman and Nettie Gottlieb Newman had two children named Morris
(born April 1892), and Max (born Dec. 1893). Samuel Newman and Nettie
Gronich Newman had two children named Jacob (born Sept. 1901) and
Irving (born May 1906). Samuel Newman died in Czortkow, around 1906.
After his death, all 4 of the children eventually came to the U.S.,
including Samuel's 2nd wife, arriving at varying points in time. All
that I know about the family has been gleaned >from the Census records,
Naturalization Records, and Passenger Manifests of the 4 Newman
children, and my great grandfather's 2nd wife. Based on the
information I have, I've been able to determine the names of Samuel's
siblings, some of whom do have digitized records on JewishGen, but
somehow it seems that Samuel's records were missed. Consequently, I
believe that I know the name of both of Samuel's parents (although the
father was actually married twice). One of the siblings is named
Seinwel, which sounds similar to Samuel, but is a younger man, who was
not born until 1877.


The specific records I would like to find are as follows:

Death Records for Samuel Newman (died about 1906) and Nettie Gottlieb
Newman (died before 1895)
Marriage Record for Samuel Newman and Nettie Gottlieb (about 1890)
Marriage Record for Samuel Newman and Nettie Gronich (about 1895)
Birth record for Samuel Newman (birth date unknown, parents believed
to be Elukim David Newman and Gittel Rasha Newman)
Birth record for Nettie Gottlieb Newman (birth date unknown, parents unknown)


Claudia (Cohn) Bullock
Lawrence, Kansas

MODERATOR'S NOTE: This city is in an area covered by Gesher Galicia. They will be
better prepared to help you.

Dear SIG,

I am so very grateful to everyone who answered my request to locate Abel GIDES in
Israel. I had responses even before my issue of the digest arrived in my inbox.
(I am saying thank you, but if you have additional information on the GIDES
(GITTES) family >from Seta (Shat) and Jonava (Yaneve) Lithuania I will be most
appreciative).

Todah Rabah chaverim!

Best Regards,
Susan Goldsmith

Dear SIG,

I am so very grateful to everyone who answered my request to locate Abel GIDES in
Israel. I had responses even before my issue of the digest arrived in my inbox.
(I am saying thank you, but if you have additional information on the GIDES
(GITTES) family >from Seta (Shat) and Jonava (Yaneve) Lithuania I will be most
appreciative).

Todah Rabah chaverim!

Best Regards,
Susan Goldsmith

Hi,

I have been researching Rudolf Kranz (1907-1980) >from Czernowitz who
seems to have had no descendants. I have turned my search now towards
his sisters Roberta Kranz (b. 1909) and Karoline Kranz (b. 1906) both
born in Czernowitz. Their parents names were Salem Kranz (born 27.12.
1869) and Sabine Engler (born 21. 06. 1878) .

Karoline married Jakob Roll and Roberta married Ivan Suchowersky.

Salem's fathers name was David, I think, and Sabine's was Ignaz who
was a waiter/business owner . One lead led me to possible relatives in
Canada.

I would appreciate any in formation on these members of the family.( I
discovered recently that I am a close relative of Rudolf's.)

Best,

Ilana Grallert

Hi,

I have been researching Rudolf Kranz (1907-1980) >from Czernowitz who
seems to have had no descendants. I have turned my search now towards
his sisters Roberta Kranz (b. 1909) and Karoline Kranz (b. 1906) both
born in Czernowitz. Their parents names were Salem Kranz (born 27.12.
1869) and Sabine Engler (born 21. 06. 1878) .

Karoline married Jakob Roll and Roberta married Ivan Suchowersky.

Salem's fathers name was David, I think, and Sabine's was Ignaz who
was a waiter/business owner . One lead led me to possible relatives in
Canada.

I would appreciate any in formation on these members of the family.( I
discovered recently that I am a close relative of Rudolf's.)

Best,

Ilana Grallert

At the National Genealogical Society's annual conference in St. Charles,
Missouri, Miriam Weiner was honored with the President's Citation. The award
was presented during the banquet on May 10, 2019. Miriam was recognized for
her work in discovering and publishing Eastern European Jewish and civil
records. To read the NGS press release and scroll down to President's
Citation see: https://tinyurl.com/y64ry8xr
Original url:
https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/Press-Releases/PR-2019-FINAL-Banquet-Awards.pdf

Congratulations to Miriam!

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

At the National Genealogical Society's annual conference in St. Charles,
Missouri, Miriam Weiner was honored with the President's Citation. The award
was presented during the banquet on May 10, 2019. Miriam was recognized for
her work in discovering and publishing Eastern European Jewish and civil
records. To read the NGS press release and scroll down to President's
Citation see: https://tinyurl.com/y64ry8xr
Original url:
https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/Press-Releases/PR-2019-FINAL-Banquet-Awards.pdf

Congratulations to Miriam!

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

hi,

I am researching family that moved to scotland around 1902.

solomon cohen abt 1871 older brother samuel abt 1859
bessie cohen (possible maiden names lens, sravitski lenzewitski) abt 1875
maybe dinah cohen abt 1895 daughter
maybe hanah cohen abt 1896 daughter
issac cohen 1900 son his naturalization papers show Derechin and
also heard that they're >from Grodno gubernia. so this fits.

there is a family thought (unverified) that the family changed their
name to cohen when moving to scotland. So would look at births,
marriages and deaths >from 1855 to 1920 and try to match up times.
maybe first names.

from what i have looked so far, did not see anyone with last name

cohen in the area.

what is the best site to find family information. the 1897 census
could be very helpful, but i could not figure out how to access the
information online.

appreciate any advice on how to proceed.

best,

arnold

hi,

I am researching family that moved to scotland around 1902.

solomon cohen abt 1871 older brother samuel abt 1859
bessie cohen (possible maiden names lens, sravitski lenzewitski) abt 1875
maybe dinah cohen abt 1895 daughter
maybe hanah cohen abt 1896 daughter
issac cohen 1900 son his naturalization papers show Derechin and
also heard that they're >from Grodno gubernia. so this fits.

there is a family thought (unverified) that the family changed their
name to cohen when moving to scotland. So would look at births,
marriages and deaths >from 1855 to 1920 and try to match up times.
maybe first names.

from what i have looked so far, did not see anyone with last name

cohen in the area.

what is the best site to find family information. the 1897 census
could be very helpful, but i could not figure out how to access the
information online.

appreciate any advice on how to proceed.

best,

arnold

JewishGen.org is pleased to announce the completion of its most recent
update to the JewishGen Holocaust Database. The database can be accessed
directly at https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/ The database now
includes more than 2.75 million records >from approximately 200 component
databases.

All component databases (individual data sets) have a project introduction.
The introduction gives you further information about the historical
background of the data, location of the original source document, fields
used in the database, translation aides when applicable and acknowledgments
to those that helped with data entry, validation and online preparation of
the data set.

A listing of each of the component databases can be found by scrolling down
the main search page. All data can be searched in one database-wide search

from the Holocaust Database home page.

The database continues to grow, thanks in large part to partnerships with
other organizations and receiving interesting original research by JewishGen
users and academicians. We believe JewishGen is an ideal location for the
preservation and "publishing" of these pieces.

Selected new additions include:

Czudec, Poland - Residents Lists, Birth and Death Records: An index
of 1,215 Jewish residents >from 1940-1942, and 14 birth and death records.
Rzeszow, Poland - Registration, ID Cards, and Marriage Certificates:
101 Registration and ID cards >from 1919-1942, and 134 Marriage records from
1939-1942
Nowy Sacz, Poland - Forced Labor and Punishment Book Listings: An
index of 1,345 Jews forced to report for work in the Stadtische Werkstatten
(Municipal Workshops) in 1942, and an index of 1,883 Jews who received
punishments for various alleged offenses between January 1940 and September
1942.
Mielec, Poland - Jewish Residents: 2,320 inhabitants of Mielec,
Poland, dated August 15, 1940.
Lublin, Poland - Seized Property Cards: 5,081 records of confiscated
Jewish property in the Lublin area.
Szeged, Hungary - Deportations and Survivors: Survivors of the three
transports that liquidated the town and those that survived after the war.
More than 7,000 records.
Medzilaborce, Slovakia - Census List: Names of family members taken

from the folder named 'Verzeichniss der Juden in Medzilaborce' found at

Jewish Community office in Kosice.
Bekescsaba, Hungary - Victims: Holocaust victims >from two different
death registers 1941 - 1945.
Gross Rosen Camp Transport Records: Transport list of Jews
transported to Gross Rosen >from south Belgium and northern France.
Nisko, Poland - Transport Lists: Jews >from Czechoslovakia and
Austria, sent >from Vienna in October 1939 to a rural marshy area near Nisko,
where they were to establish a camp.
Reichsvereinigung - Update. The collection now includes more than
23,000 records of German Jews >from cards where the family name begins with
the letters A-R.
Kovno Cemetery File - Update. Updated and corrected listings from
the Viliampole Chevra Kadisha register for those who died in the Kovno
Ghetto between 18 August 1941 and 31 December 1943
Hachshara in Havelberg - 124 members of this Zionist youth
organization in Havelberg, Saxony-Anhalt.
German Mischlingen in Nazi Germany: Sitzensdorf: 203 mixed-race
forced laborers at Sitzendorf concentration camp in Thuringia.
Wallenberg Passport Records - Update: Updated file containing 5,642
Hungarian Jews who received a protective document >from the Swedish embassy.
Parschnitz Forced Labor Transport: 910 female prisoners at
Parschnitz forced-labor camp, October 1944.
Leova Mayoral Election List: 1,929 citizens of Leova, Moldova
registered to vote in the 1937 election for mayor.

To see descriptions of all the new and pre-existing component databases,
please visit: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/

We would also like to extend our thanks to all of the volunteers who have
assisted in making this data available to you. Their names are listed in
the individual project introductions.

If you are interested in assisting data entry or have a database at you
think would be appropriate for the JewishGen Holocaust Database, please
contact me directly at NAltman@JewishGen.org

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JewishGen Holocaust Database - Coordinator
May 2019

JewishGen.org is pleased to announce the completion of its most recent
update to the JewishGen Holocaust Database. The database can be accessed
directly at https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/ The database now
includes more than 2.75 million records >from approximately 200 component
databases.

All component databases (individual data sets) have a project introduction.
The introduction gives you further information about the historical
background of the data, location of the original source document, fields
used in the database, translation aides when applicable and acknowledgments
to those that helped with data entry, validation and online preparation of
the data set.

A listing of each of the component databases can be found by scrolling down
the main search page. All data can be searched in one database-wide search

from the Holocaust Database home page.

The database continues to grow, thanks in large part to partnerships with
other organizations and receiving interesting original research by JewishGen
users and academicians. We believe JewishGen is an ideal location for the
preservation and "publishing" of these pieces.

Selected new additions include:

Czudec, Poland - Residents Lists, Birth and Death Records: An index
of 1,215 Jewish residents >from 1940-1942, and 14 birth and death records.
Rzeszow, Poland - Registration, ID Cards, and Marriage Certificates:
101 Registration and ID cards >from 1919-1942, and 134 Marriage records from
1939-1942
Nowy Sacz, Poland - Forced Labor and Punishment Book Listings: An
index of 1,345 Jews forced to report for work in the Stadtische Werkstatten
(Municipal Workshops) in 1942, and an index of 1,883 Jews who received
punishments for various alleged offenses between January 1940 and September
1942.
Mielec, Poland - Jewish Residents: 2,320 inhabitants of Mielec,
Poland, dated August 15, 1940.
Lublin, Poland - Seized Property Cards: 5,081 records of confiscated
Jewish property in the Lublin area.
Szeged, Hungary - Deportations and Survivors: Survivors of the three
transports that liquidated the town and those that survived after the war.
More than 7,000 records.
Medzilaborce, Slovakia - Census List: Names of family members taken

from the folder named 'Verzeichniss der Juden in Medzilaborce' found at

Jewish Community office in Kosice.
Bekescsaba, Hungary - Victims: Holocaust victims >from two different
death registers 1941 - 1945.
Gross Rosen Camp Transport Records: Transport list of Jews
transported to Gross Rosen >from south Belgium and northern France.
Nisko, Poland - Transport Lists: Jews >from Czechoslovakia and
Austria, sent >from Vienna in October 1939 to a rural marshy area near Nisko,
where they were to establish a camp.
Reichsvereinigung - Update. The collection now includes more than
23,000 records of German Jews >from cards where the family name begins with
the letters A-R.
Kovno Cemetery File - Update. Updated and corrected listings from
the Viliampole Chevra Kadisha register for those who died in the Kovno
Ghetto between 18 August 1941 and 31 December 1943
Hachshara in Havelberg - 124 members of this Zionist youth
organization in Havelberg, Saxony-Anhalt.
German Mischlingen in Nazi Germany: Sitzensdorf: 203 mixed-race
forced laborers at Sitzendorf concentration camp in Thuringia.
Wallenberg Passport Records - Update: Updated file containing 5,642
Hungarian Jews who received a protective document >from the Swedish embassy.
Parschnitz Forced Labor Transport: 910 female prisoners at
Parschnitz forced-labor camp, October 1944.
Leova Mayoral Election List: 1,929 citizens of Leova, Moldova
registered to vote in the 1937 election for mayor.

To see descriptions of all the new and pre-existing component databases,
please visit: https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/

We would also like to extend our thanks to all of the volunteers who have
assisted in making this data available to you. Their names are listed in
the individual project introductions.

If you are interested in assisting data entry or have a database at you
think would be appropriate for the JewishGen Holocaust Database, please
contact me directly at NAltman@JewishGen.org

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JewishGen Holocaust Database - Coordinator
May 2019

Dear SIG,

I am so very grateful to everyone who answered my request to
locate Abel GIDES in Israel. I had responses even before my
issue of the digest arrived in my inbox. (I am saying thank you,
but if you have additional information on the GIDES (GITTES)
family >from Seta (Shat) and Jonava (Yaneve) Lithuania I will be
most appreciative).

Todah Rabah chaverim!

Best Regards,
Susan Goldsmith

Dear SIG,

I am so very grateful to everyone who answered my request to
locate Abel GIDES in Israel. I had responses even before my
issue of the digest arrived in my inbox. (I am saying thank you,
but if you have additional information on the GIDES (GITTES)
family >from Seta (Shat) and Jonava (Yaneve) Lithuania I will be
most appreciative).

Todah Rabah chaverim!

Best Regards,
Susan Goldsmith

I would appreciate help with the following translations >from Russian:
https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=73140
akt 55 can be found online on
https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/58/186/0/1/67/skan/full/j3s1cv4hTKfEL6LltedSYQ

https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=73135
akt 235, can be found online
https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/72/200/0/-/98/skan/full/N4twuAdmEyABPZzbt2T6FQ

Thank you,
Daniella Alyagon

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond directly or using the ViewMate response form

I would appreciate help with the following translations >from Russian:
https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=73140
akt 55 can be found online on
https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/58/186/0/1/67/skan/full/j3s1cv4hTKfEL6LltedSYQ

https://www.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/viewmateview.asp?key=73135
akt 235, can be found online
https://szukajwarchiwach.pl/72/200/0/-/98/skan/full/N4twuAdmEyABPZzbt2T6FQ

Thank you,
Daniella Alyagon

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond directly or using the ViewMate response form