A friend on Jewishgen who has traced his Galician [Brzesko]
KOENIGSBUCH family has sent me this URL:

microformguides.gale.com/data/download/1016000R.pdf

It does work but not directly.

It is the listing of the archives of the Wiener Library, London re
Holocaust testimonies.

I noticed quite a few Vienna/Prague references in it and also
and there is a ref. to Leonhard ZIMMAK [Sweden] re Commandant Seck
translated >from the German and Mrs Ernst STECKELMACHER document too:

Eyewitness accounts of the Rabbi Dr STECKELMACHER and his wife in
Germany and France 1933-1945 - 16 pages

Photographs include: Irma and Karl NEUMANN and son Zdenko - family
photos >from Czechoslovakia

Other names which caught my eye connected to our SIG area were KULKA,
Else KAFKA and Hans KLEIN [Vienna]

There is no index and you have to trawl through the many pages using
your magnifier and "find" function!

Tragic, but potentially valuable.

Celia Male [U.K.]

Regarding to the previous message, there is a jewish family finder for Argentina at
http://www.jewishgenealogy.com.ar/relatives.html

Regards,

Andres Rodenstein.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.





__________________________________________________
Preguntá. Respondé. Descubrí.
Todo lo que querías saber, y lo que ni imaginabas,
está en Yahoo! Respuestas (Beta).
¡Probalo ya!
http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas

A friend on Jewishgen who has traced his Galician [Brzesko]
KOENIGSBUCH family has sent me this URL:

microformguides.gale.com/data/download/1016000R.pdf

It does work but not directly.

It is the listing of the archives of the Wiener Library, London re
Holocaust testimonies.

I noticed quite a few Vienna/Prague references in it and also
and there is a ref. to Leonhard ZIMMAK [Sweden] re Commandant Seck
translated >from the German and Mrs Ernst STECKELMACHER document too:

Eyewitness accounts of the Rabbi Dr STECKELMACHER and his wife in
Germany and France 1933-1945 - 16 pages

Photographs include: Irma and Karl NEUMANN and son Zdenko - family
photos >from Czechoslovakia

Other names which caught my eye connected to our SIG area were KULKA,
Else KAFKA and Hans KLEIN [Vienna]

There is no index and you have to trawl through the many pages using
your magnifier and "find" function!

Tragic, but potentially valuable.

Celia Male [U.K.]

Regarding to the previous message, there is a jewish family finder for Argentina at
http://www.jewishgenealogy.com.ar/relatives.html

Regards,

Andres Rodenstein.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.





__________________________________________________
Preguntá. Respondé. Descubrí.
Todo lo que querías saber, y lo que ni imaginabas,
está en Yahoo! Respuestas (Beta).
¡Probalo ya!
http://www.yahoo.com.ar/respuestas

Dear friends,
I visited with my son and two youngest grandchildren Prostejov and its
cemetery on the way after our roots, less than a week ago!
The names mr. Lonstein sent, some of the people i knew personally, or I knew
the
families.
Jacob and Clothilde Steckelmacher were my grandparents.
I knew some members of mister Lonsteins family
Gruenhut.
Back in stormy Israel, Maud Michal Beer.

Dear friends,
I visited with my son and two youngest grandchildren Prostejov and its
cemetery on the way after our roots, less than a week ago!
The names mr. Lonstein sent, some of the people i knew personally, or I knew
the
families.
Jacob and Clothilde Steckelmacher were my grandparents.
I knew some members of mister Lonsteins family
Gruenhut.
Back in stormy Israel, Maud Michal Beer.

Vera Finberg asked

I need assistance in determining a postal code in Buenos Aires.
The address is **** Dragones, Buenos Aires.
It is at least 15 years old. Could anyone send me
the correct code so I can send a letter?

Vera, to find the correct postal code the door number is needed, and I
understand you can not publish full addresses in the forum. With street name
and door number, you can find the postal code online:

1. Go to
http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/cpa/
and click on "Consulte su CPA" - (consult your Argentine Postal Code)
2. In "Seleccione una Provincia" (select a province) choose "Capital
Federal" for Buenos Aires City.
3. Click on "Continuar"
4. In the new screen, at "Nombre de la calle:" (street name) type
Dragones.
5. At "Altura": (Door number) type the door number.
6. Click on "Buscar CPA".

If you make a mistake with the street name or the door number, or if you
selected the wrong location for that address, you will get a message reading
"Disculpe, puede que el nombre de la calle esté mal escrito o la altura sea
incorrecta o la calle pertenezca a una localidad vecina...." mentioning
these possibilities and then asking you to check the data and try again.

A door number is 3 or 4 digits long. Very exceptional cases for a
record-long avenue have 5 digits. Be sure not to include extra numbers after
the door number. They may be the floor or apartment number...

Best wishes,

Carlos Glikson
Buenos Aires

Vera Finberg asked

I need assistance in determining a postal code in Buenos Aires.
The address is **** Dragones, Buenos Aires.
It is at least 15 years old. Could anyone send me
the correct code so I can send a letter?

Vera, to find the correct postal code the door number is needed, and I
understand you can not publish full addresses in the forum. With street name
and door number, you can find the postal code online:

1. Go to
http://www.correoargentino.com.ar/cpa/
and click on "Consulte su CPA" - (consult your Argentine Postal Code)
2. In "Seleccione una Provincia" (select a province) choose "Capital
Federal" for Buenos Aires City.
3. Click on "Continuar"
4. In the new screen, at "Nombre de la calle:" (street name) type
Dragones.
5. At "Altura": (Door number) type the door number.
6. Click on "Buscar CPA".

If you make a mistake with the street name or the door number, or if you
selected the wrong location for that address, you will get a message reading
"Disculpe, puede que el nombre de la calle esté mal escrito o la altura sea
incorrecta o la calle pertenezca a una localidad vecina...." mentioning
these possibilities and then asking you to check the data and try again.

A door number is 3 or 4 digits long. Very exceptional cases for a
record-long avenue have 5 digits. Be sure not to include extra numbers after
the door number. They may be the floor or apartment number...

Best wishes,

Carlos Glikson
Buenos Aires

Because the resignation earlier today of LitvakSIG President Davida
Noyek Handler changes the candidates in the LitvakSIG election, and
because some questions have been raised about the procedures of this
election, the majority of the members of the LitvakSIG Board have voted
to declare the election currently taking place null and void, and to
re-schedule the election for the LitvakSIG meeting at the IAJGS
Conference, Monday, August 14 at 4:45 p.m.

This will be a completely new election, conducted under the provisions
of the original LitvakSIG by-laws. It will be a completely open ballot,
a tabula rasa, and no candidates (including current Board members) will
automatically be on the new ballot.

Nominations will be accepted on the floor of the meeting and by e-mail
to Election Chair Eden Joachim at <esjoachim@optonline.net> before the
meeting. Before the meeting, members may nominate themselves or other
members who agree in writing (email or otherwise) to serve.

As required by the original bylaws, members at the meeting will vote
for members of the LitvakSIG Board, and the Board will choose its officers
at the Board meeting.

All dues-paying members in good standing who are present at the meeting
may vote in this election. All candidates must be members of LitvakSIG.
Those who have not yet had the opportunity to join LitvakSIG may do so
at the beginning of the meeting.

Any further details of this election will be posted by the Election
Chair in the next few days. Please direct any questions about the
election to Eden Joachim at <esjoachim@optonline.net>

To see the original LitvakSIG bylaws, go to
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~sigspop
and enter the word bylaws, searching LitvakSIG and displaying messages
in forwards order. The messages of August 5 and 6, 1998 contain the
original bylaws and additional language posted the next day.

Judy Baston, for the LitvakSIG Board

Because the resignation earlier today of LitvakSIG President Davida
Noyek Handler changes the candidates in the LitvakSIG election, and
because some questions have been raised about the procedures of this
election, the majority of the members of the LitvakSIG Board have voted
to declare the election currently taking place null and void, and to
re-schedule the election for the LitvakSIG meeting at the IAJGS
Conference, Monday, August 14 at 4:45 p.m.

This will be a completely new election, conducted under the provisions
of the original LitvakSIG by-laws. It will be a completely open ballot,
a tabula rasa, and no candidates (including current Board members) will
automatically be on the new ballot.

Nominations will be accepted on the floor of the meeting and by e-mail
to Election Chair Eden Joachim at <esjoachim@optonline.net> before the
meeting. Before the meeting, members may nominate themselves or other
members who agree in writing (email or otherwise) to serve.

As required by the original bylaws, members at the meeting will vote
for members of the LitvakSIG Board, and the Board will choose its officers
at the Board meeting.

All dues-paying members in good standing who are present at the meeting
may vote in this election. All candidates must be members of LitvakSIG.
Those who have not yet had the opportunity to join LitvakSIG may do so
at the beginning of the meeting.

Any further details of this election will be posted by the Election
Chair in the next few days. Please direct any questions about the
election to Eden Joachim at <esjoachim@optonline.net>

To see the original LitvakSIG bylaws, go to
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~sigspop
and enter the word bylaws, searching LitvakSIG and displaying messages
in forwards order. The messages of August 5 and 6, 1998 contain the
original bylaws and additional language posted the next day.

Judy Baston, for the LitvakSIG Board

The next update to the JRI-Poland database will include extracts of
Jewish entries >from the Civil Registrations for the former West Prussian
towns of Tuchel and Zempelburg (today Tuchola and Sepolno Krajenskie).
Tuchola is located at 53o35', 17o51' and Sepolno Krajenskie is located at
53o27', 17o31'. The two towns are South West of Gdansk and North of
Bydgoszcz.

These entries were prepared by the JRI-Poland Shtetl CO-OP program under
the leadership of the Monica Leonards, Z"L. In the spirit of cooperative
research that is the hallmark of the JRI-Poland project, Monica, before
her untimely passing, worked quietly and diligently to prepare the entries
for these two Prussian towns. When she knew that her illness was terminal,
Monica made sure to complete the extractions and submitted the completed
files for addition to our database. Monica expressed to me that she
did not want to waste all the work that she put into to creating the
extracts.

Monica was selfless in her desire to share her work with other
researchers without fanfare and glory.

Monica's work is one example of projects undertaken by JRI-Poland
< www.jri-poland.org > since 1998 to index both the Jewish records and
the mixed Prussian civil records (Standesamt) LDS microfilm collection
of the LDS. JRI-Poland also has indexed records of Prussian towns not
microfilmed by the LDS found at the PSA Branch archives located in Poznan,
Torun, Olsztyn and Bydgoszcz.

May Monica Leonards' family be proud of her efforts and may her
selflessness be an example to all of us.

Please consider indexing the records for your towns. Templates and
sample indices will be provided by Roger Lustig, the JRI-Poland Area Shtetl
CO-OP coordinator for the Prussian Region. Roger will be pleased to provide
the necessary guidance for your data entry. For more information, please
contact Roger at: prussia_mix@jri-poland.org

Polish State Archives Project
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The later civil records, ca 1885/1889 to 1905 were not filmed by the LDS
and will be indexed at various branches of the Polish State Archives as
part of the PSA project. Information about the surviving records for your
town(s) can be found in the Polish State Archive PRADZIAD database at:
http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.eng.php

A full list of mixed civil records (Standesamt) may be downloaded if you
go to
www.jri-poland.org/psa/psagdansk.htm and click on the link


Hadassah Lipsius
JRI-Poland
Associate Director

The next update to the JRI-Poland database will include extracts of
Jewish entries >from the Civil Registrations for the former West Prussian
towns of Tuchel and Zempelburg (today Tuchola and Sepolno Krajenskie).
Tuchola is located at 53o35', 17o51' and Sepolno Krajenskie is located at
53o27', 17o31'. The two towns are South West of Gdansk and North of
Bydgoszcz.

These entries were prepared by the JRI-Poland Shtetl CO-OP program under
the leadership of the Monica Leonards, Z"L. In the spirit of cooperative
research that is the hallmark of the JRI-Poland project, Monica, before
her untimely passing, worked quietly and diligently to prepare the entries
for these two Prussian towns. When she knew that her illness was terminal,
Monica made sure to complete the extractions and submitted the completed
files for addition to our database. Monica expressed to me that she
did not want to waste all the work that she put into to creating the
extracts.

Monica was selfless in her desire to share her work with other
researchers without fanfare and glory.

Monica's work is one example of projects undertaken by JRI-Poland
< www.jri-poland.org > since 1998 to index both the Jewish records and
the mixed Prussian civil records (Standesamt) LDS microfilm collection
of the LDS. JRI-Poland also has indexed records of Prussian towns not
microfilmed by the LDS found at the PSA Branch archives located in Poznan,
Torun, Olsztyn and Bydgoszcz.

May Monica Leonards' family be proud of her efforts and may her
selflessness be an example to all of us.

Please consider indexing the records for your towns. Templates and
sample indices will be provided by Roger Lustig, the JRI-Poland Area Shtetl
CO-OP coordinator for the Prussian Region. Roger will be pleased to provide
the necessary guidance for your data entry. For more information, please
contact Roger at: prussia_mix@jri-poland.org

Polish State Archives Project
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The later civil records, ca 1885/1889 to 1905 were not filmed by the LDS
and will be indexed at various branches of the Polish State Archives as
part of the PSA project. Information about the surviving records for your
town(s) can be found in the Polish State Archive PRADZIAD database at:
http://baza.archiwa.gov.pl/sezam/pradziad.eng.php

A full list of mixed civil records (Standesamt) may be downloaded if you
go to
www.jri-poland.org/psa/psagdansk.htm and click on the link


Hadassah Lipsius
JRI-Poland
Associate Director

Dear LitvakSIG Members and Digest Readers:

Most of you know that I co-founded LitvakSIG, Inc., in 1997. Our
initial meeting was held at the IAJGS Conference in Paris. This move
grew >from the beginnings of the NW Lithuanian SIG, founded by Ed Cohler
in Jerusalem in 1994. We incorporated as a 501(c)(3) and, since then,
we have all seen LitvakSIG grow - >from a small group of people
interested in acquiring and translating documents to learn more about
our Lithuanian ancestors - to a huge organization producing the largest
number of searchable translated Lithuanian-Jewish records on the
internet, an internet discussion group, and an Online Journal. I am
very proud of the progress we have made, and especially of the team who
have made this possible. Over the past nine years, they have become my
colleagues and close friends.

Nine years, however, is a long time to head up any organization - even
one as close to my heart as LitvakSIG. Although I look forward to
working on some special new projects and intend to remain active, I have
notified the board that because of health issues, I will be resigning as
President.

I look forward to LitvakSIG's continued growth.

Davida Noyek Handler

MODERATOR'S NOTE -- LitvakSIG extends to Davida our deepest thanks for
her nine years of love and commitment to LikvakSIG.

Dear LitvakSIG Members and Digest Readers:

Most of you know that I co-founded LitvakSIG, Inc., in 1997. Our
initial meeting was held at the IAJGS Conference in Paris. This move
grew >from the beginnings of the NW Lithuanian SIG, founded by Ed Cohler
in Jerusalem in 1994. We incorporated as a 501(c)(3) and, since then,
we have all seen LitvakSIG grow - >from a small group of people
interested in acquiring and translating documents to learn more about
our Lithuanian ancestors - to a huge organization producing the largest
number of searchable translated Lithuanian-Jewish records on the
internet, an internet discussion group, and an Online Journal. I am
very proud of the progress we have made, and especially of the team who
have made this possible. Over the past nine years, they have become my
colleagues and close friends.

Nine years, however, is a long time to head up any organization - even
one as close to my heart as LitvakSIG. Although I look forward to
working on some special new projects and intend to remain active, I have
notified the board that because of health issues, I will be resigning as
President.

I look forward to LitvakSIG's continued growth.

Davida Noyek Handler

MODERATOR'S NOTE -- LitvakSIG extends to Davida our deepest thanks for
her nine years of love and commitment to LikvakSIG.

I am seeking descendants of Jacob and Dora SCHALL, as well as Louis and
Gussie SCHALL.

Names on the family tree of Jacob and Dora SCHALL are: Henry, Rose, Isidor,
Sol (Saul), George (Joseph), Bessie and Frieda.

Names on the family tree of Louis and Gussie SCHALL are: Max, Abraham,
David, Sarah, Nathan and Nettie.

Contact me please if you have any of these people as members on your family
tree. Please reply to the newsgroup. To reply privately, remove all numbers

from my email address.

Fraida Cohen
New York

I am seeking descendants of Jacob and Dora SCHALL, as well as Louis and
Gussie SCHALL.

Names on the family tree of Jacob and Dora SCHALL are: Henry, Rose, Isidor,
Sol (Saul), George (Joseph), Bessie and Frieda.

Names on the family tree of Louis and Gussie SCHALL are: Max, Abraham,
David, Sarah, Nathan and Nettie.

Contact me please if you have any of these people as members on your family
tree. Please reply to the newsgroup. To reply privately, remove all numbers

from my email address.

Fraida Cohen
New York

Dear All,

I am seeking information about the Jewish Community
which once existed in Slatina, Olt County Romania.
This is in the area known as "Oltenia", and in the
1800's was part of "Romania Mare", before Transilvania
was officially a part of Romania. Slatina is between
Craiova and Bucharest. Despite much searching I
cannot find a trace of the Jews >from Slatina or Olt
County.

My grandfather Jacques Frankel was born there in 1886.
He had a brother Roland born in 1881. The parents
were named Isaac and Rosa Frankel. There may have
been other siblings as well. Their address was
"Bucharest Street."

Roland became a naturalized British citizen in 1909
and changed his name to Franklin. Jacques also lived
there apparently but later immigrated to American and
was also known as Franklin. In between Romania and
their immigrations the family was in Cairo for a
period of time, and probably also in Palestine. I
have no clue what happened to the other family
members, including the parents.

All information clues and suggestions gratefully
accepted.

Thanks

Gayle Sherburne
Timisoara Romania

Dear All,

I am seeking information about the Jewish Community
which once existed in Slatina, Olt County Romania.
This is in the area known as "Oltenia", and in the
1800's was part of "Romania Mare", before Transilvania
was officially a part of Romania. Slatina is between
Craiova and Bucharest. Despite much searching I
cannot find a trace of the Jews >from Slatina or Olt
County.

My grandfather Jacques Frankel was born there in 1886.
He had a brother Roland born in 1881. The parents
were named Isaac and Rosa Frankel. There may have
been other siblings as well. Their address was
"Bucharest Street."

Roland became a naturalized British citizen in 1909
and changed his name to Franklin. Jacques also lived
there apparently but later immigrated to American and
was also known as Franklin. In between Romania and
their immigrations the family was in Cairo for a
period of time, and probably also in Palestine. I
have no clue what happened to the other family
members, including the parents.

All information clues and suggestions gratefully
accepted.

Thanks

Gayle Sherburne
Timisoara Romania

Mark Halpern just notified the Bialystok SIG List of your new online
cemetery information. Slide # 5 reads: "Ohel memorializes famous Rabbi
Halperin >from Bialystok...Nearby stood ohel of famous Rabbi Shmuel
'Mohilover.'"

We are a group of descendants of R' Shmuel Mohilever & his sister,
Yocheved. We are working on connecting our family trees and would
really appreciate any details you might have on any surrounding
Mohilever-Moholiver-Mogilever-Mohlewer family graves. Associated
families are Shapiro & Jaffe-Yoffe. We are also trying to determine
whether the family were Cohanim or Leviim.

Thank you for your help!

"Edna Hoover"
JGFF Researcher # 66736
Brooklyn NY
ednahoover@hotmail.com

Mark Halpern just notified the Bialystok SIG List of your new online
cemetery information. Slide # 5 reads: "Ohel memorializes famous Rabbi
Halperin >from Bialystok...Nearby stood ohel of famous Rabbi Shmuel
'Mohilover.'"

We are a group of descendants of R' Shmuel Mohilever & his sister,
Yocheved. We are working on connecting our family trees and would
really appreciate any details you might have on any surrounding
Mohilever-Moholiver-Mogilever-Mohlewer family graves. Associated
families are Shapiro & Jaffe-Yoffe. We are also trying to determine
whether the family were Cohanim or Leviim.

Thank you for your help!

"Edna Hoover"
JGFF Researcher # 66736
Brooklyn NY
ednahoover@hotmail.com