I received a note >from the head of the Oshmiany society in Israel; The
annual Memorial Meeting "Azkara" For the massacred Jews of Oshmiany
during the holocaust will take place in Tel- Aviv, "Beit Vilna", Sderot Yehudit
30 on the 27th of July 2006 at 6 in the evening. All Those interested
are invited to
attend.
Eilat Gordin Levitan
Los Angeles
www.eilatgordinlevitan.com
MODERATOR NOTE: Please capitalize only surnames.

I received a note >from the head of the Oshmiany society in Israel; The
annual Memorial Meeting "Azkara" For the massacred Jews of Oshmiany
during the holocaust will take place in Tel- Aviv, "Beit Vilna", Sderot Yehudit
30 on the 27th of July 2006 at 6 in the evening. All Those interested
are invited to
attend.
Eilat Gordin Levitan
Los Angeles
www.eilatgordinlevitan.com
MODERATOR NOTE: Please capitalize only surnames.

I received a request >from a local resident, Bernd RAUCH, of Romrod in Hesse
(see www.romrod.de ) interested in establishing contact with Jews who may
have a historical tie to that community.

Some local individuals of Romrod wish to renovate a former synagogue and create a
culture center (see http://www.romrod.de/Kultur/SynagogeII.php)
and are seeking historical data related to the once Jewish residents.

For more information, please contact Herr Rauch
at bernd.rausch.romrod@t-online.de

Werner L. Frank Calabasas, CA USA <wlfrank@pacbell.net>

I received a request >from a local resident, Bernd RAUCH, of Romrod in Hesse
(see www.romrod.de ) interested in establishing contact with Jews who may
have a historical tie to that community.

Some local individuals of Romrod wish to renovate a former synagogue and create a
culture center (see http://www.romrod.de/Kultur/SynagogeII.php)
and are seeking historical data related to the once Jewish residents.

For more information, please contact Herr Rauch
at bernd.rausch.romrod@t-online.de

Werner L. Frank Calabasas, CA USA <wlfrank@pacbell.net>

For thouse of you in the Chicago area or who will be visiting by
mid-October, there is a temporary exhibit there called "The Auschwitz Album".
On the day American forces liberated her concentration camp, a young
prisoner named Lili found a photo album in one of the SS barracks. These images
are now on display through October 15 at The Field Museum in Chicago. This
exhibition was created by Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes
Remembrance Authority in Israel. The Field Museum presentation is made possible
by the American Society for Yad Vashem.

For more information the link is:
_http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/aus_tempexhib.htm_ (http://www.fieldmus=
eum.org/exhibits/aus_tempexhib.htm)

Best Regards, Connie Fisher Newhan (#1272) Corona, California

For thouse of you in the Chicago area or who will be visiting by
mid-October, there is a temporary exhibit there called "The Auschwitz Album".
On the day American forces liberated her concentration camp, a young
prisoner named Lili found a photo album in one of the SS barracks. These images
are now on display through October 15 at The Field Museum in Chicago. This
exhibition was created by Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes
Remembrance Authority in Israel. The Field Museum presentation is made possible
by the American Society for Yad Vashem.

For more information the link is:
_http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/aus_tempexhib.htm_ (http://www.fieldmus=
eum.org/exhibits/aus_tempexhib.htm)

Best Regards, Connie Fisher Newhan (#1272) Corona, California

Attention: All those with research interests in the area of Posen, Prussia.

A Posen,Prussia BOF has been scheduled for the NY2006 conference on
Wednesday, August 16 >from 9:30-10:45 A.M. The purpose of the meeting is
networking; sharing of research interests and rersources; an opportunity to
share successes, problems, etc.. We need to establish future goals,
communication vehicles and strategies, and develop an organizational
structure. This Posen,Prussia BOF group will NOT be limited to any regional
Posen section, but will include all of Posen, Prussia.

One of our first orders of business will be to construct a comprehensive
database of all those with interests in the area of Posen, Prussia. Past
efforts have had only limited success. In the interest of efficiency and
economy I am suggesting the following:

I would like for everyone who has research interests in this geographical
area to send me the following information *** in the body of the message** before
the Conference date,if possible.

1. I am/am not planning to attend the NY2006 Conference.
2. Your name.
3. E-mail address
4. Snail mail address
5. Tel.no.
6. Surnames being searched.
7. Town/s or Province in Posen,Prussia

I have a volunteer to make an Excel spreadsheet of this data, which hopefully
will then be ready to distribute to the attendees at the BOF. In any event, we
will already have a head start and can add new additions as they come in.

Please note, you do not have to be present at the NY Conference to have
your data on this database. But it will be very helpful to get a ballpark
idea of how many will be at the BOF so we can prepare enough copies, and
arrange for enough seating space.

Any additional ideas /suggestions are welcome. We would like to make this
BOF as successful as possible. I am also looking for someone to volunteer as
recording secretary at the session- any offers?

Barbara Siegel bsiegel@netvision.net.il Jerusalem/Chicago
Searching: HERTZBERG,Tukums,Latvia/Posen,Prussia

Attention: All those with research interests in the area of Posen, Prussia.

A Posen,Prussia BOF has been scheduled for the NY2006 conference on
Wednesday, August 16 >from 9:30-10:45 A.M. The purpose of the meeting is
networking; sharing of research interests and rersources; an opportunity to
share successes, problems, etc.. We need to establish future goals,
communication vehicles and strategies, and develop an organizational
structure. This Posen,Prussia BOF group will NOT be limited to any regional
Posen section, but will include all of Posen, Prussia.

One of our first orders of business will be to construct a comprehensive
database of all those with interests in the area of Posen, Prussia. Past
efforts have had only limited success. In the interest of efficiency and
economy I am suggesting the following:

I would like for everyone who has research interests in this geographical
area to send me the following information *** in the body of the message** before
the Conference date,if possible.

1. I am/am not planning to attend the NY2006 Conference.
2. Your name.
3. E-mail address
4. Snail mail address
5. Tel.no.
6. Surnames being searched.
7. Town/s or Province in Posen,Prussia

I have a volunteer to make an Excel spreadsheet of this data, which hopefully
will then be ready to distribute to the attendees at the BOF. In any event, we
will already have a head start and can add new additions as they come in.

Please note, you do not have to be present at the NY Conference to have
your data on this database. But it will be very helpful to get a ballpark
idea of how many will be at the BOF so we can prepare enough copies, and
arrange for enough seating space.

Any additional ideas /suggestions are welcome. We would like to make this
BOF as successful as possible. I am also looking for someone to volunteer as
recording secretary at the session- any offers?

Barbara Siegel bsiegel@netvision.net.il Jerusalem/Chicago
Searching: HERTZBERG,Tukums,Latvia/Posen,Prussia

I was curious to see if anyone has had success in matching up distant
cousins with different surnames, but the same direct paternal ancestor
(i.e., same father's father's father, etc.).

Usually, someone such as this would have the same surname (or at least be
born with it) but I am speaking of the time period just when surnames were
only in rare use, but records were already being registered (such as in
Kingdom of Poland in early 19th century).

I will illustrate by example:

My 4th great grandfather is Jankel BLUMENZON, son of Aryeh and Blima, born
in late 18th century, and died in 1885. Through patronymic records (early
19th century records that usually refer to people just by name of father
and not a surname) I was able to find Jankel's marriage record, and that he
was originally >from a completely different town. Jankel was the first to
have the BLUMENZON surname (probably in honor of his mother or something
like that). So, what I am looking for is perhaps another sibling of Jankel
that obviously has the same patronymic information. Then through some hard
work and patience, eventually find this siblings family with the new
adopted surname.

I admit this is probably only doable with a database this is searchable by
many parameters, not just first or last name.
Just wondering if someone has had success. It could have some implications
for DNA genealogy in particular.

Steve Bloom
Farmville, VA

I was curious to see if anyone has had success in matching up distant
cousins with different surnames, but the same direct paternal ancestor
(i.e., same father's father's father, etc.).

Usually, someone such as this would have the same surname (or at least be
born with it) but I am speaking of the time period just when surnames were
only in rare use, but records were already being registered (such as in
Kingdom of Poland in early 19th century).

I will illustrate by example:

My 4th great grandfather is Jankel BLUMENZON, son of Aryeh and Blima, born
in late 18th century, and died in 1885. Through patronymic records (early
19th century records that usually refer to people just by name of father
and not a surname) I was able to find Jankel's marriage record, and that he
was originally >from a completely different town. Jankel was the first to
have the BLUMENZON surname (probably in honor of his mother or something
like that). So, what I am looking for is perhaps another sibling of Jankel
that obviously has the same patronymic information. Then through some hard
work and patience, eventually find this siblings family with the new
adopted surname.

I admit this is probably only doable with a database this is searchable by
many parameters, not just first or last name.
Just wondering if someone has had success. It could have some implications
for DNA genealogy in particular.

Steve Bloom
Farmville, VA

He was a member of this mailing list using the
address callydude@yahoo.com Last message posted by him to this
list was 2 years ago. If anyone knows him personally, please ask him
to get in touch with me or the lostNfound desk at
lostNfound@lyris.jewishgen.org

thanks, Carol

Carol W. Skydell, Vice President JewishGen Special Projects

He was a member of this mailing list using the
address callydude@yahoo.com Last message posted by him to this
list was 2 years ago. If anyone knows him personally, please ask him
to get in touch with me or the lostNfound desk at
lostNfound@lyris.jewishgen.org

thanks, Carol

Carol W. Skydell, Vice President JewishGen Special Projects

I have posted viewmate #7992 & #7993
I would like a translation German to English

http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/hold/8030.jpg

This is the front side of the postcard-Can anyone identify the rank of the
German Uniform?
http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/hold/7992.jpg

Please respond directly to me at hcalist@yahoo.com

Herb Adler, Orlando, FL <herbad@adelphia.net>

I have posted viewmate #7992 & #7993
I would like a translation German to English

http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/hold/8030.jpg

This is the front side of the postcard-Can anyone identify the rank of the
German Uniform?
http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/hold/7992.jpg

Please respond directly to me at hcalist@yahoo.com

Herb Adler, Orlando, FL <herbad@adelphia.net>

For thouse of you in the Chicago area or who will be visiting by
mid-October, there is a temporary exhibit there called The Auschwitz Album
On the day American forces liberated her concentration camp, a young
prisoner named Lili found a photo album in one of the SS barracks. These
images are now on display through October 15 at The Field Museum in Chicago.

This exhibition was created by Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs' and
Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Israel. The Field Museum presentation is
made possible by the American Society for Yad Vashem.

For more information the link is:
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/aus_tempexhib.htm

Best Regards,
Connie Fisher Newhan (#1272)
Corona, California
FISHER/FISCHER/FISZER, FISZEL (Warszawa& Bedzin, Poland),S(Z)PRINGER,
HERSZLIKOWICZ, HAMBURGER (Bedzin, Lagiza, Zarki, Poland), GERSTEN
(Obertyn,Galacia) BARSKA/BARSKY/BARSKIY(Odessa), GOLDBERG (Sokolka?),
FELDMAN(Veliuona,Kaunas), CAHN (Koln), FRIEDSAM (Bodendorf, Coln? Germany,
Pittsburgh, PA), NEWHAN/NEUHAN/NEUHAHN (Hesse Cassel, Meimbressen, Germany,
Baltimore, MD),BOHORODCZANER (Potok Zloty, Ukraine), LEVINE, BLUM, ROTH,
ROCKOVITZ, ABRAMS, RABINOWITZ

For thouse of you in the Chicago area or who will be visiting by
mid-October, there is a temporary exhibit there called The Auschwitz Album
On the day American forces liberated her concentration camp, a young
prisoner named Lili found a photo album in one of the SS barracks. These
images are now on display through October 15 at The Field Museum in Chicago.

This exhibition was created by Yad Vashem, The Holocaust Martyrs' and
Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Israel. The Field Museum presentation is
made possible by the American Society for Yad Vashem.

For more information the link is:
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibits/aus_tempexhib.htm

Best Regards,
Connie Fisher Newhan (#1272)
Corona, California
FISHER/FISCHER/FISZER, FISZEL (Warszawa& Bedzin, Poland),S(Z)PRINGER,
HERSZLIKOWICZ, HAMBURGER (Bedzin, Lagiza, Zarki, Poland), GERSTEN
(Obertyn,Galacia) BARSKA/BARSKY/BARSKIY(Odessa), GOLDBERG (Sokolka?),
FELDMAN(Veliuona,Kaunas), CAHN (Koln), FRIEDSAM (Bodendorf, Coln? Germany,
Pittsburgh, PA), NEWHAN/NEUHAN/NEUHAHN (Hesse Cassel, Meimbressen, Germany,
Baltimore, MD),BOHORODCZANER (Potok Zloty, Ukraine), LEVINE, BLUM, ROTH,
ROCKOVITZ, ABRAMS, RABINOWITZ

Dear Fellow Researchers:

I would be very grateful if someone would take a look at the following
registration:

1853 death record >from Izbica Lubelski of GIWERTZMAN Lejzer.
The ViewMate file is VM7908, found at the following URL:
http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=7908

I would like to know the details in the record especially names and
places (as well as exact dates). Any help will be appreciated.

I can provide a higher resolution images if helpful.
Kindly reply to me privately at tamar.amit@gmail.com .

Thank you,

Tamar Amit, Israel.

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.

Dear Fellow Researchers:

I would be very grateful if someone would take a look at the following
registration:

1853 death record >from Izbica Lubelski of GIWERTZMAN Lejzer.
The ViewMate file is VM7908, found at the following URL:
http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=7908

I would like to know the details in the record especially names and
places (as well as exact dates). Any help will be appreciated.

I can provide a higher resolution images if helpful.
Kindly reply to me privately at tamar.amit@gmail.com .

Thank you,

Tamar Amit, Israel.

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately.

Since "o with a slash" came through as "=F3" I am repeating the
message without using any diacritics.

For military records for those who served in the Polish Army, contact:

Centralne Archiwum Wojskowe, (Central Military Archive),
ul. Czerwonych Beretow bl. 124,
00-910 Warszawa-Rembertow.
Tel. 48/22/681-32-02,
Fax 681-46-37.
<www.caw.wp.mil.pl/>

It would be best if you get someone to write the letter for you in
Polish. Be sure to explain your relationship to the person about whom
you are inquiring.

Fay Bussgang
Lexington, MA

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Fay's message is a good reminder that all messages
to this list should be sent without any accented characters or
diacritical marks.

Since "o with a slash" came through as "=F3" I am repeating the
message without using any diacritics.

For military records for those who served in the Polish Army, contact:

Centralne Archiwum Wojskowe, (Central Military Archive),
ul. Czerwonych Beretow bl. 124,
00-910 Warszawa-Rembertow.
Tel. 48/22/681-32-02,
Fax 681-46-37.
<www.caw.wp.mil.pl/>

It would be best if you get someone to write the letter for you in
Polish. Be sure to explain your relationship to the person about whom
you are inquiring.

Fay Bussgang
Lexington, MA

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Fay's message is a good reminder that all messages
to this list should be sent without any accented characters or
diacritical marks.