I need some information >from a tombstone in Har Nebo cemetery in
Philadelphia. If there is anyone who is going there, I would greatly
appreciate either: 1) emailing me a digital photo of the tombstone,
or 2) relating to me all the information in Hebrew in English. I do
not require a digital photo per se, however I do need the inscribed
info in Hebrew so that if someone doesn't know Hebrew, a photo would
be great. I have the exact location of the grave within the cemetery.

If you can help me, please email me directly to
bruce.rubenstein@mac.com. In advance, thank you very much.

Bruce Rubenstein
New York City

I need some information >from a tombstone in Har Nebo cemetery in
Philadelphia. If there is anyone who is going there, I would greatly
appreciate either: 1) emailing me a digital photo of the tombstone,
or 2) relating to me all the information in Hebrew in English. I do
not require a digital photo per se, however I do need the inscribed
info in Hebrew so that if someone doesn't know Hebrew, a photo would
be great. I have the exact location of the grave within the cemetery.

If you can help me, please email me directly to
bruce.rubenstein@mac.com. In advance, thank you very much.

Bruce Rubenstein
New York City

How could these be the same name? Thanks. I think my grandfather Toyve
translated his name as Tobias or Tom. Where does David fit in here? Thanks.
Marilyn

How could these be the same name? Thanks. I think my grandfather Toyve
translated his name as Tobias or Tom. Where does David fit in here? Thanks.
Marilyn

My family derived its surname >from Oettingen in Bayern, Bavaria,
in the 1600's.

I'm looking to make contact with anyone with one of the names
ETTINGER / OETTINGER / ITINGER or known to come >from this town.

Linda Ettinger Lieberman, Scarsdale,New York, USA Linda114@optonline.net

My family derived its surname >from Oettingen in Bayern, Bavaria,
in the 1600's.

I'm looking to make contact with anyone with one of the names
ETTINGER / OETTINGER / ITINGER or known to come >from this town.

Linda Ettinger Lieberman, Scarsdale,New York, USA Linda114@optonline.net

LEON FRANKS 16 yrs. appears in the 1901 British Census Civil Parish-Wigan,
County- Lancashire England Source RG13/3552 Where born- Jew Foreign Subject
Russia.

This young man, LEON FRANKS also appears as Father on a birth certificate
for HAROLD THORNHILL FRANKS born December 1899 in Holmes Chapel Cheshire
England (and fostered out to the PICKSTOCK family in Holmes Chapel)(Mother
on birth certificate is HELEN LUCRETIA THORNHILL). Both the census and
birth certificate state LEON FRANKS' employment as Traveler furniture and
clothing.

I am searching for more information on mainly LEON FRANKS, where he was born
(as Franks is clearly not a Russian name) and when he came to England and
where he died and other children he may be the father of.

HAROLD THORNHILL FRANKS died abt February in 1958 near London in an
automobile accident. I cannot find a marriage certificate for him but assume
he was married to SUSAN DUFF FRANKS born November 20, 1893 in Manchester,
England.

If you have access to any information of these individuals it would be much
appreciated. Please contact me regarding any information you may have or
help that can be offered.

Thank you so much,
Lynette Giles Tubb
California USA
lgt4@comcast.net

LEON FRANKS 16 yrs. appears in the 1901 British Census Civil Parish-Wigan,
County- Lancashire England Source RG13/3552 Where born- Jew Foreign Subject
Russia.

This young man, LEON FRANKS also appears as Father on a birth certificate
for HAROLD THORNHILL FRANKS born December 1899 in Holmes Chapel Cheshire
England (and fostered out to the PICKSTOCK family in Holmes Chapel)(Mother
on birth certificate is HELEN LUCRETIA THORNHILL). Both the census and
birth certificate state LEON FRANKS' employment as Traveler furniture and
clothing.

I am searching for more information on mainly LEON FRANKS, where he was born
(as Franks is clearly not a Russian name) and when he came to England and
where he died and other children he may be the father of.

HAROLD THORNHILL FRANKS died abt February in 1958 near London in an
automobile accident. I cannot find a marriage certificate for him but assume
he was married to SUSAN DUFF FRANKS born November 20, 1893 in Manchester,
England.

If you have access to any information of these individuals it would be much
appreciated. Please contact me regarding any information you may have or
help that can be offered.

Thank you so much,
Lynette Giles Tubb
California USA
lgt4@comcast.net

Dear Friends,

This is an up-date to a recent posting made regarding Stalag Luft 2 POW
camp.

I should like to thank once again all those who wrote with information and
ideas, these avenues were explored and after a trip to London further
information was forthcoming.

David BIDERMAN born 1923 died 1997 served with 426 Squadron of the RAF.

On the night of Dec 20/21 1943 he was shot down over Frankfurt in a
Lancaster aircraft. He was subsequently taken to Stalag Luft 3 not 2 - his
POW number was 3238 - Service no 159007.

All of the crew were POWs.

Sgt. J. Murray RAF
F/O W. Ayer RCAF
P/O S. Palmer RAF
P/O D.BIDERMAN RAF
F/Sgt. G. Hudson RAF
P/O J. Limmer RCAF.

If anyone knew David BIDERMAN, either in the Squadon or in the POW camp
please contact me.

Thanking you once again.

Patricia Wilson (Israel)

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond off list.

Dear Friends,

This is an up-date to a recent posting made regarding Stalag Luft 2 POW
camp.

I should like to thank once again all those who wrote with information and
ideas, these avenues were explored and after a trip to London further
information was forthcoming.

David BIDERMAN born 1923 died 1997 served with 426 Squadron of the RAF.

On the night of Dec 20/21 1943 he was shot down over Frankfurt in a
Lancaster aircraft. He was subsequently taken to Stalag Luft 3 not 2 - his
POW number was 3238 - Service no 159007.

All of the crew were POWs.

Sgt. J. Murray RAF
F/O W. Ayer RCAF
P/O S. Palmer RAF
P/O D.BIDERMAN RAF
F/Sgt. G. Hudson RAF
P/O J. Limmer RCAF.

If anyone knew David BIDERMAN, either in the Squadon or in the POW camp
please contact me.

Thanking you once again.

Patricia Wilson (Israel)

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond off list.

Hi Genners
I was hoping that you can help me. I am stuck at the moment in tracing my
ancestry. My g.g.Grandfather was Rabbi Philipp HEIDENHEIM. But I have found
some more HEIDENHEIMs that I cannot fit into my tree can anyone help please
as I need to know if they are related.
They are Moses HEIDENHEIM born 1 Jan 1907 died aged 82 in New Orleans
Isidore HEIDENHEIM born 28 Oct 1918 died aged 61 New Orleans
Caroline HEIDENHEIM was CERF born 4 Jul 1913 died aged 61 New Orleans
Isaac FEITEL born 10 Jan 1919 died aged 62 in New Orleans
Babette HEIDENHEIM born 2 Mar 1909 died aged 79 New Orleans
Simon HEIDENHEIM born 5 May 1934 died aged 70 New Orleans
Emanuel HEIDENHEIM born 21 Jul 1927 died aged 59 New Orleans

That's it for now, there are still a lot of queries I have to sort out.
Thanks for your help in advance

Ellie Bond-Heidenheim Eastbourne, England e-mail elliebond@talktalk.net

Hi Genners
I was hoping that you can help me. I am stuck at the moment in tracing my
ancestry. My g.g.Grandfather was Rabbi Philipp HEIDENHEIM. But I have found
some more HEIDENHEIMs that I cannot fit into my tree can anyone help please
as I need to know if they are related.
They are Moses HEIDENHEIM born 1 Jan 1907 died aged 82 in New Orleans
Isidore HEIDENHEIM born 28 Oct 1918 died aged 61 New Orleans
Caroline HEIDENHEIM was CERF born 4 Jul 1913 died aged 61 New Orleans
Isaac FEITEL born 10 Jan 1919 died aged 62 in New Orleans
Babette HEIDENHEIM born 2 Mar 1909 died aged 79 New Orleans
Simon HEIDENHEIM born 5 May 1934 died aged 70 New Orleans
Emanuel HEIDENHEIM born 21 Jul 1927 died aged 59 New Orleans

That's it for now, there are still a lot of queries I have to sort out.
Thanks for your help in advance

Ellie Bond-Heidenheim Eastbourne, England e-mail elliebond@talktalk.net

Call for papers - >from Breslau via Gdansk to Koenigsberg
Living environments and remembrance of Jews in Silesia, East and West Prussia
A seminar of the "Juden in Ostpreussen" (Jews in East Prussia) association.
Verein zur Geschichte und Kultur e.V. (Society for History and Culture),
in cooperation with the Academia Baltica. e.V. Berlin, European Academy
31 August - 2 September 2007

The remembrance of the Jews in Silesia, East and West Prussia both
in the large communities and in small places and of their suppression and
destruction by the National Socialist regime seemed to be virtually lost
during the Cold War. In Poland, Lithuania and the Kaliningrad area, on
the other hand, the Jewish history of the formerly German provinces was seen
as a part of the German tradition. This explains why the descendants of the
Jewish inhabitants of Silesia, East and West Prussia, who today live
scattered over the whole world, can find only little new literature on
this topic when they are searching for the traces of their forefathers. [snip]

[For more details on the subject matter of this meeting please request
same via private email - address below. MODERATOR]

We would like to ask all interested contemporary witnesses, project
leaders and academics of various disciplines within the area of Jewish history
who would like to take part in this conference with a talk to send a thesis
proposal paper or a project sketch (1 page) and a CV (1/2 page) in
German/English/Hebrew/Polish/Lithuanian/Russian by 15. January 2007
to the following address:

info@judeninostpreussen.de
www.judeninostpreussen.de (with pages in English too)

Dr. Ruth Leiserowitz ruth@leiserowitz.de

Call for papers - >from Breslau via Gdansk to Koenigsberg
Living environments and remembrance of Jews in Silesia, East and West Prussia
A seminar of the "Juden in Ostpreussen" (Jews in East Prussia) association.
Verein zur Geschichte und Kultur e.V. (Society for History and Culture),
in cooperation with the Academia Baltica. e.V. Berlin, European Academy
31 August - 2 September 2007

The remembrance of the Jews in Silesia, East and West Prussia both
in the large communities and in small places and of their suppression and
destruction by the National Socialist regime seemed to be virtually lost
during the Cold War. In Poland, Lithuania and the Kaliningrad area, on
the other hand, the Jewish history of the formerly German provinces was seen
as a part of the German tradition. This explains why the descendants of the
Jewish inhabitants of Silesia, East and West Prussia, who today live
scattered over the whole world, can find only little new literature on
this topic when they are searching for the traces of their forefathers. [snip]

[For more details on the subject matter of this meeting please request
same via private email - address below. MODERATOR]

We would like to ask all interested contemporary witnesses, project
leaders and academics of various disciplines within the area of Jewish history
who would like to take part in this conference with a talk to send a thesis
proposal paper or a project sketch (1 page) and a CV (1/2 page) in
German/English/Hebrew/Polish/Lithuanian/Russian by 15. January 2007
to the following address:

info@judeninostpreussen.de
www.judeninostpreussen.de (with pages in English too)

Dr. Ruth Leiserowitz ruth@leiserowitz.de

A great debt of gratitude to Mark Jacobson, Renee Steinig, and
Gesher Galicia Research Coordinator, Pamela Weisberger for
announcing and detailing the availability of 33 rolls of microfilm
at the LDS Family History Library covering Jewish records filmed at
the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine branch in Lviv.
This very valuable collection covers records for some 60 Galician
towns, most of which are now located in Ukraine, and span years >from
1789 to 1942 (in some towns).

These records are complementary (not duplicative) of the records
for eastern Galician towns found at the AGAD Archive in Warsaw.
JRI-Poland has already indexed many of the Jewish vital records in
the AGAD collection.

We are very pleased to announce a new JRI-Poland Area Shtetl CO-OP
project to index this valuable collection of LDS microfilms. All
Shtetl CO-OP projects come under the leadership of JRI-Poland's
Associate Director and Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator, Hadassah Lipsius.
Hadassah now oversees more than 200 individual town Shtetl CO-OP
projects. This group of projects (towns with vital records filmed
at the Archive in Lviv, Ukraine) will be coordinated by Mark Halpern,
Shtetl CO-OP Area Coordinator for the East Galicia area. This is a
natural extension of Mark's work as AGAD Archive Coordinator. This
indexing project will be undertaken in cooperation with Gesher Galicia.

The Shtetl CO-OP concept is an outgrowth of the experiences of many
researchers, who found that extracting information only on their
families >from LDS films was a duplication of effort. Shtetl CO-OPs
emphasize the value of cooperative research and sharing amongst
groups of volunteers with a common interest in an ancestral town.

Galician researchers with an interest in any of these towns (see
list below) or those interested in coordinating the indexing of the
records for their town should contact either Mark Halpern at
willie46@comcast.net or Hadassah Lipsius at kesher@lipsiusgroup.com.
JRI-Poland will be contacting the LDS Family History Library to
facilitate the indexing of these records.

Belyy Kamen, Berezhany, Bolekhov, Borshchev, Brody, Budanov,
Bukachevtsy, Chervonograd (Krystynopol), Chortkov, Drogobych,
Glinyany, Gorodenka, Gorodok, Grimaylov, Gusyatin, Ivano Frankovsk
(Stanislawow), Kamenka Bugskaya, Kolomyya, Kosov, Kozielniki, Kozlov,
Kudrintsy, Lubycza Krolewska (Poland), Lviv, Melnitsa, Mikulintsy,
Mostiska, Nadvornaya, Narayev, Navariya, Nesterov (Zhovkha), Novyy
Vitkov, Olesko, Okopy, Ozernyany (Ozerna), Ozeryany, Podgaytsy,
Podvolochisk, Probezhnaya, Radekhov, Rozdol, Rudki, Rzeszow (Poland) ?,
Sambor, Skalat, Sokal, Staryy Sambor, Stryy, Strusov, Sukhostav,
Tartakov, Ternopol, Tuchin ? (not Galicia), Turka, Wielkie Oczy
(Poland), Velikye Mosty, Verkhneye Krivche, Vinniki, Yagelnitsa,
Zbarazh, Zborov, Zimna Woda, Znesenye, Zolochev

Mark Halpern
Shtetl CO-OP Area Coordinator, Eastern Galicia
Hadassah Lipsius
Associate Director and Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator

Gesher Galicia is very excited about Mark Halpern's announcement of
the new JRI-Poland Area Shtetl CO-OP project to index the valuable
collection of LDS microfilms of Jewish records >from the L'viv archive.

For those of you who have viewed the entire list of these microfilms
on the FHL website and compared it to the inventory as detailed on
Miriam Weiner's website and on the Gesher Galicia website (composed
by Alex Dunai, entitled: Jewish Records in the Lviv Archive) you
should know that three record books, which should have been at these
archives, are currently missing or unavailable, and, therefore,
unfilmed. These are:

Kaminka Strumilova - Marriages - 1789-1861
L’viv - Marriages - 1835-1842
Khystynopol - Marraiges - 1933

"Missing" means that they could not be found during the LDS
microfilming process. It is possible that these are gone forever
(possibly stolen in light of the discovery of thefts at the archive
last year) or simply mis-filed or misplaced, and may eventually yet
be located. If anything more is learned about these particular books,
information will be posted on the list.

In the meantime, please consider volunteering for this important
indexing project by contacting Mark Halpern at willie46@comcast.net
or Hadassah Lipsius at kesher@lipsiusgroup.com.

Pamela Weisberger
Research Coordinator, Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@hotmail.com

A great debt of gratitude to Mark Jacobson, Renee Steinig, and
Gesher Galicia Research Coordinator, Pamela Weisberger for
announcing and detailing the availability of 33 rolls of microfilm
at the LDS Family History Library covering Jewish records filmed at
the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine branch in Lviv.
This very valuable collection covers records for some 60 Galician
towns, most of which are now located in Ukraine, and span years >from
1789 to 1942 (in some towns).

These records are complementary (not duplicative) of the records
for eastern Galician towns found at the AGAD Archive in Warsaw.
JRI-Poland has already indexed many of the Jewish vital records in
the AGAD collection.

We are very pleased to announce a new JRI-Poland Area Shtetl CO-OP
project to index this valuable collection of LDS microfilms. All
Shtetl CO-OP projects come under the leadership of JRI-Poland's
Associate Director and Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator, Hadassah Lipsius.
Hadassah now oversees more than 200 individual town Shtetl CO-OP
projects. This group of projects (towns with vital records filmed
at the Archive in Lviv, Ukraine) will be coordinated by Mark Halpern,
Shtetl CO-OP Area Coordinator for the East Galicia area. This is a
natural extension of Mark's work as AGAD Archive Coordinator. This
indexing project will be undertaken in cooperation with Gesher Galicia.

The Shtetl CO-OP concept is an outgrowth of the experiences of many
researchers, who found that extracting information only on their
families >from LDS films was a duplication of effort. Shtetl CO-OPs
emphasize the value of cooperative research and sharing amongst
groups of volunteers with a common interest in an ancestral town.

Galician researchers with an interest in any of these towns (see
list below) or those interested in coordinating the indexing of the
records for their town should contact either Mark Halpern at
willie46@comcast.net or Hadassah Lipsius at kesher@lipsiusgroup.com.
JRI-Poland will be contacting the LDS Family History Library to
facilitate the indexing of these records.

Belyy Kamen, Berezhany, Bolekhov, Borshchev, Brody, Budanov,
Bukachevtsy, Chervonograd (Krystynopol), Chortkov, Drogobych,
Glinyany, Gorodenka, Gorodok, Grimaylov, Gusyatin, Ivano Frankovsk
(Stanislawow), Kamenka Bugskaya, Kolomyya, Kosov, Kozielniki, Kozlov,
Kudrintsy, Lubycza Krolewska (Poland), Lviv, Melnitsa, Mikulintsy,
Mostiska, Nadvornaya, Narayev, Navariya, Nesterov (Zhovkha), Novyy
Vitkov, Olesko, Okopy, Ozernyany (Ozerna), Ozeryany, Podgaytsy,
Podvolochisk, Probezhnaya, Radekhov, Rozdol, Rudki, Rzeszow (Poland) ?,
Sambor, Skalat, Sokal, Staryy Sambor, Stryy, Strusov, Sukhostav,
Tartakov, Ternopol, Tuchin ? (not Galicia), Turka, Wielkie Oczy
(Poland), Velikye Mosty, Verkhneye Krivche, Vinniki, Yagelnitsa,
Zbarazh, Zborov, Zimna Woda, Znesenye, Zolochev

Mark Halpern
Shtetl CO-OP Area Coordinator, Eastern Galicia
Hadassah Lipsius
Associate Director and Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator

Gesher Galicia is very excited about Mark Halpern's announcement of
the new JRI-Poland Area Shtetl CO-OP project to index the valuable
collection of LDS microfilms of Jewish records >from the L'viv archive.

For those of you who have viewed the entire list of these microfilms
on the FHL website and compared it to the inventory as detailed on
Miriam Weiner's website and on the Gesher Galicia website (composed
by Alex Dunai, entitled: Jewish Records in the Lviv Archive) you
should know that three record books, which should have been at these
archives, are currently missing or unavailable, and, therefore,
unfilmed. These are:

Kaminka Strumilova - Marriages - 1789-1861
L’viv - Marriages - 1835-1842
Khystynopol - Marraiges - 1933

"Missing" means that they could not be found during the LDS
microfilming process. It is possible that these are gone forever
(possibly stolen in light of the discovery of thefts at the archive
last year) or simply mis-filed or misplaced, and may eventually yet
be located. If anything more is learned about these particular books,
information will be posted on the list.

In the meantime, please consider volunteering for this important
indexing project by contacting Mark Halpern at willie46@comcast.net
or Hadassah Lipsius at kesher@lipsiusgroup.com.

Pamela Weisberger
Research Coordinator, Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@hotmail.com

Dear GERSIGers,
once again I was able to update my website with a few more name adoption
lists. You will find:

Mainz 1808 www.a-h-b.de/AHB/Listen/Mainz.htm

Obermoschel 1808 www.a-h-b.de/AHB/Listen/Obermoschel.htm

Niederursel including Obererlenbach www.a-h-b.de/AHB/Listen/Niederursel.htm

and Igersheim 1824 under www.a-h-b.de/AHB/Listen/Igersheim.htm

More lists can be found under www.A-H-B.de/AHB/links_e.htm

Thanks to Hanna Goldmann who sent the lists.

Wolfgang Fritzsche, prof. genealogist, Germany near Mainz and Wiesbaden

Dear GERSIGers,
once again I was able to update my website with a few more name adoption
lists. You will find:

Mainz 1808 www.a-h-b.de/AHB/Listen/Mainz.htm

Obermoschel 1808 www.a-h-b.de/AHB/Listen/Obermoschel.htm

Niederursel including Obererlenbach www.a-h-b.de/AHB/Listen/Niederursel.htm

and Igersheim 1824 under www.a-h-b.de/AHB/Listen/Igersheim.htm

More lists can be found under www.A-H-B.de/AHB/links_e.htm

Thanks to Hanna Goldmann who sent the lists.

Wolfgang Fritzsche, prof. genealogist, Germany near Mainz and Wiesbaden