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or here

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researching - GREENBERG, SHAPIRO (kohanim), ROSENTHAL - Vaslui, Romania
WIDAWSKY, SZER - Klobuck and Praszka, Czestochowa, Kielce, Poland
HYMAN - Myegina, Piotrkow, Poland
ISRAELOWITZ - Piotrkow, Poland
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Harold Hershel Zvi Greenberg
Eilat, Israel
harold.greenberg@utoronto.ca

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At 4:56 PM -0400 8/7/06, Bubby wrote:

The wedding took place in the "Sandys Row Synagogue" (that first
word may be wrong; it's hard to read)

The Sandys Row Synagogue is quite famous and flourishing in the 19th
century , so my guess is that you have read it correctly.

I recently found out that Harris is the common name given
to many people who carried the Hebrew name Mordechai.

Please tell us how you found that out -- it is news to me! I have
zillions of Mordechais in my family, including one of my sons, but
none of them is a "Harris." They are all Marks -- except for a
cousin named Martin. (Mark is in fact a standard English soundalike
for Mordechai) .

Harris is a much used English sound-alike , but not normally for
Mordechai. It is the standard sound-alike for the Yiddish name
Hirsch/Hersh/ Herschel (which means stag and indicates that the
ancestral Hebrew name was almost certainly Zvi (pronounced Tsvee)
-- which is Hebrew for a stag.

Now if the Mordechais in your family had a double barreled name
Mordechai-Tsvi, or Mordechai-Hersh, I could understand them being
called Harris -- but that would represent the name Zvi or the
Hersh and not the name Mordechai..

Judith Romney Wegner

JewishGen has advised me that the previous URL which I gave for this
site is not acceptable to some internet providers. The site can be
reached here-

http://tinyurl.com/ppech

or here

http://in.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ijs_shapurkar/my_photos
--
researching - GREENBERG, SHAPIRO (kohanim), ROSENTHAL - Vaslui, Romania
WIDAWSKY, SZER - Klobuck and Praszka, Czestochowa, Kielce, Poland
HYMAN - Myegina, Piotrkow, Poland
ISRAELOWITZ - Piotrkow, Poland
===
Harold Hershel Zvi Greenberg
Eilat, Israel
harold.greenberg@utoronto.ca

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At 4:56 PM -0400 8/7/06, Bubby wrote:

The wedding took place in the "Sandys Row Synagogue" (that first
word may be wrong; it's hard to read)

The Sandys Row Synagogue is quite famous and flourishing in the 19th
century , so my guess is that you have read it correctly.

I recently found out that Harris is the common name given
to many people who carried the Hebrew name Mordechai.

Please tell us how you found that out -- it is news to me! I have
zillions of Mordechais in my family, including one of my sons, but
none of them is a "Harris." They are all Marks -- except for a
cousin named Martin. (Mark is in fact a standard English soundalike
for Mordechai) .

Harris is a much used English sound-alike , but not normally for
Mordechai. It is the standard sound-alike for the Yiddish name
Hirsch/Hersh/ Herschel (which means stag and indicates that the
ancestral Hebrew name was almost certainly Zvi (pronounced Tsvee)
-- which is Hebrew for a stag.

Now if the Mordechais in your family had a double barreled name
Mordechai-Tsvi, or Mordechai-Hersh, I could understand them being
called Harris -- but that would represent the name Zvi or the
Hersh and not the name Mordechai..

Judith Romney Wegner

I need a one name look-up at the Brooklyn Probate Court, on someone who died
40 years ago. I called the court today and I was told that they don't do
telephone inquiries, and a search via a written request costs $90! I can
return the favor in New Haven or other Connecticut town. Please respond
privately. Thank you.

Monica Talmor
Hamden, CT

I need a one name look-up at the Brooklyn Probate Court, on someone who died
40 years ago. I called the court today and I was told that they don't do
telephone inquiries, and a search via a written request costs $90! I can
return the favor in New Haven or other Connecticut town. Please respond
privately. Thank you.

Monica Talmor
Hamden, CT

Has anyone successfully received records >from the website Hamburg
emigration - Links to Your Roots? Did you feel it was worth it?

I ask because I noticed that the date of emigration is absent, which is one
of the most important pieces of information to help one choose which names
might be their relative.

Also,I wanted to order some records, but I noticed that the webpage that
takes the credit card information is not secure.

Any experiences or thoughts to share before I go ahead with this (if I do)?

Fraida Cohen
New York

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Has anyone successfully received records >from the website Hamburg
emigration - Links to Your Roots? Did you feel it was worth it?

I ask because I noticed that the date of emigration is absent, which is one
of the most important pieces of information to help one choose which names
might be their relative.

Also,I wanted to order some records, but I noticed that the webpage that
takes the credit card information is not secure.

Any experiences or thoughts to share before I go ahead with this (if I do)?

Fraida Cohen
New York

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Hello,
I am researching the ROTHFELS family of Bebra and Ronshausen, Hessen Germany.

Meier ROTHFELS had 9 children, born betwen 1885 and 1903. Two sons were
killed in WWI, 6 children were killed in the holocaust. It is Max
ROTHFELS, born 1903, I have no info about, except that he was perhaps
married with Gerda NEUHAUS, no further info. Best regards

Volker Biehl City ????? Germany <rehaugen@gmx.de>

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of the sender's residence.

Hello,
I am researching the ROTHFELS family of Bebra and Ronshausen, Hessen Germany.

Meier ROTHFELS had 9 children, born betwen 1885 and 1903. Two sons were
killed in WWI, 6 children were killed in the holocaust. It is Max
ROTHFELS, born 1903, I have no info about, except that he was perhaps
married with Gerda NEUHAUS, no further info. Best regards

Volker Biehl City ????? Germany <rehaugen@gmx.de>

All messages should be signed with the full name plus city and state or nation
of the sender's residence.

Thanks to all who suggested how to find the cemeteryin New Brunswick, NJ. I
had tried all the traditional ways of looking it up including the IAJGS
cemetery project site but to no avail. That is why I sent out my email to
the list. The cemetery was found through the extraordinary help of someone
who worked at a nearby cemetery, and we were able to visit it this weekend.
For anyone who might be interested the cemetery is Poile Zedak--it has a
Workman's Circle section, a Sephardic section, and a Poile Zedak (historic
synagogue in New Brunswick, NJ) section.

Rochelle Gershenow
Potomac, MD

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effort, JewishGen would welcome information on the burials there for the JOWBR.

Thanks to all who suggested how to find the cemeteryin New Brunswick, NJ. I
had tried all the traditional ways of looking it up including the IAJGS
cemetery project site but to no avail. That is why I sent out my email to
the list. The cemetery was found through the extraordinary help of someone
who worked at a nearby cemetery, and we were able to visit it this weekend.
For anyone who might be interested the cemetery is Poile Zedak--it has a
Workman's Circle section, a Sephardic section, and a Poile Zedak (historic
synagogue in New Brunswick, NJ) section.

Rochelle Gershenow
Potomac, MD

MODERATOR NOTE: Now that you have found the cemetery, please report it for
inclusion in the IAJGS cemetery database. Of course, if you can muster the
effort, JewishGen would welcome information on the burials there for the JOWBR.

Hi all
An answer to recent enquires I have been making about a person on my
family tree provided me with a (5-digit) German telephone number from
the mid-1920s .

How can I find out more details? (For example, in which town the number
was used (if not more).) Regards,

Richard Dahl Rehovot, Israel <wadiuwant@gmail.com>

Hi all
An answer to recent enquires I have been making about a person on my
family tree provided me with a (5-digit) German telephone number from
the mid-1920s .

How can I find out more details? (For example, in which town the number
was used (if not more).) Regards,

Richard Dahl Rehovot, Israel <wadiuwant@gmail.com>

Please note. On Tuesday, August 15 at 4:45 P.M. Roger Lustig will talk on:
"Vital Records in Prussian Poland: Getting the Whole Picture".
Roger reports that the archives in Poznan, among others, has
vital records and much more beyond what is available via the LDS library.

He will discusss the current state of research into what's actually there.

This talk should be of interest to many of us researchers in the Posen area.

Barbara Siegel bsiegel@netvision.net.il Jerusalem/Chicago
Coordinator: Posen, Prussia BOF scheduled for Wed. Aug. 16, 9:30-10:45 A.M.

Please note. On Tuesday, August 15 at 4:45 P.M. Roger Lustig will talk on:
"Vital Records in Prussian Poland: Getting the Whole Picture".
Roger reports that the archives in Poznan, among others, has
vital records and much more beyond what is available via the LDS library.

He will discusss the current state of research into what's actually there.

This talk should be of interest to many of us researchers in the Posen area.

Barbara Siegel bsiegel@netvision.net.il Jerusalem/Chicago
Coordinator: Posen, Prussia BOF scheduled for Wed. Aug. 16, 9:30-10:45 A.M.

Today, I received the death certificate, Hannah HOLRIE, who died at the age
of 63, in 1896. The address of Hannah and her widower, Harris HOLRIE, at
the time was 37 Yalford Street, Mile End.

I also received the marriage certificates of two of their daughters:

In 1889, Anna HOLRIE, age 21, spinster, tailoress, married Lewis ABRAHAMS,
age 23, bachelor, master tailor. His father's name was Joseph ABRAHAMS, also
a tailor. The wedding took place in the "Sandys Row Synagogue" (that first
word may be wrong; it's hard to read) and was witnessed by (can't read the
first name) STERN and Aaron BROOKS. (In the 1890 and 1900 censuses, Lewis
and Anna are listed with the surname of BRAHAM)

In 1890, John POULTON or POULTOW, a bachelor marine engineer aged 25 and son
of Alfred POULTON or POULTOW, who was a shipwright, married Minnie HOLRIE, a
25 year old spinster. This couple was married in the Register Office.

It is interesting to me that both brides and grooms shared the same
residence at the time of Marriage, My guess is that the reason for this is
that they had a religious marriage that was later registered in the General
Register Office when they were already living together.

Another curiosity, since I am unfamiliar with British naming customs. Is
POULTON or POULTOW a Jewish surname in Britain? I can ask the same about my
relative's name, because I have absolutely no idea where the name HOLRIE
came >from as well. I recently found out that Harris is the common name given
to many people who carried the Hebrew name Mordechai.

Comments and opinions are welcome!
To reply privately, please remove all numbers >from my email address if they
are present.
Fraida Cohen
New York

Today, I received the death certificate, Hannah HOLRIE, who died at the age
of 63, in 1896. The address of Hannah and her widower, Harris HOLRIE, at
the time was 37 Yalford Street, Mile End.

I also received the marriage certificates of two of their daughters:

In 1889, Anna HOLRIE, age 21, spinster, tailoress, married Lewis ABRAHAMS,
age 23, bachelor, master tailor. His father's name was Joseph ABRAHAMS, also
a tailor. The wedding took place in the "Sandys Row Synagogue" (that first
word may be wrong; it's hard to read) and was witnessed by (can't read the
first name) STERN and Aaron BROOKS. (In the 1890 and 1900 censuses, Lewis
and Anna are listed with the surname of BRAHAM)

In 1890, John POULTON or POULTOW, a bachelor marine engineer aged 25 and son
of Alfred POULTON or POULTOW, who was a shipwright, married Minnie HOLRIE, a
25 year old spinster. This couple was married in the Register Office.

It is interesting to me that both brides and grooms shared the same
residence at the time of Marriage, My guess is that the reason for this is
that they had a religious marriage that was later registered in the General
Register Office when they were already living together.

Another curiosity, since I am unfamiliar with British naming customs. Is
POULTON or POULTOW a Jewish surname in Britain? I can ask the same about my
relative's name, because I have absolutely no idea where the name HOLRIE
came >from as well. I recently found out that Harris is the common name given
to many people who carried the Hebrew name Mordechai.

Comments and opinions are welcome!
To reply privately, please remove all numbers >from my email address if they
are present.
Fraida Cohen
New York

Welcome Mendoza's parents are Raphael and Charlotte Solomons

Gerry Winerman

Researching Mendoza, Hart families

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Welcome Mendoza's parents are Raphael and Charlotte Solomons

Gerry Winerman

Researching Mendoza, Hart families

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