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Beyond the Basics Seminar: Denver, Feb. 26
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ANNE FENDRICH <AFENDRICH@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado has invited Gary Mokotoff, a
member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and a foremost lecturer and author on Jewish and Eastern European genealogical research to present a seminar on February 26, 2006 at Denver Central Public Library, 10 W. 14th Ave Parkway, Denver, Colorado 80203. The Beyond the Basics seminar will take place between 9:15 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. with a special lunch program included. Box lunches may be ordered or you may bring your own. Full day rate for members of the JGS of Colorado is $25; half day, $15. Non-member rates are $5 additional. Do take advantage of pre-registration since there is a penalty of $10 on the date of the event. This will be our only event for the month of February. Regular meetings will resume on March 19th, 1:30 p.m at B'nai Havurah. That program is entitled Planning a Trip to the Old Country: Ancestral Shtetl Travel Panel. For further information or registration, contact Anne Fendrich, 303-759-9824 or Rita Jo Tensly, 720-560-2789 (rjtensly@comcast.net ). Submitted by: Anne Chason Fendrich President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorao AFENDRICH@msn.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Beyond the Basics Seminar: Denver, Feb. 26
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ANNE FENDRICH <AFENDRICH@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorado has invited Gary Mokotoff, a
member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and a foremost lecturer and author on Jewish and Eastern European genealogical research to present a seminar on February 26, 2006 at Denver Central Public Library, 10 W. 14th Ave Parkway, Denver, Colorado 80203. The Beyond the Basics seminar will take place between 9:15 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. with a special lunch program included. Box lunches may be ordered or you may bring your own. Full day rate for members of the JGS of Colorado is $25; half day, $15. Non-member rates are $5 additional. Do take advantage of pre-registration since there is a penalty of $10 on the date of the event. This will be our only event for the month of February. Regular meetings will resume on March 19th, 1:30 p.m at B'nai Havurah. That program is entitled Planning a Trip to the Old Country: Ancestral Shtetl Travel Panel. For further information or registration, contact Anne Fendrich, 303-759-9824 or Rita Jo Tensly, 720-560-2789 (rjtensly@comcast.net ). Submitted by: Anne Chason Fendrich President, Jewish Genealogical Society of Colorao AFENDRICH@msn.com
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JGSGW - Washington (DC) February 12 Program
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JGSGW <jgsgw_dc@...>
You interviewed the relatives.............
You have done lots of research............. You collected old family photos............ Now, what are you going to do with it all? Come to the JGSGW Meeting, Display and Workshop on Sunday, February 12, 2006 at B'nai Israel Congregation, Rockville, MD Workshop: (11 AM - 1 PM) "Get Your Act Together.... Organizing Your Research & Materials" Presented by Marlene Bishow Methods, materials and strategies for protecting and preserving your research, photos and family documents. ----- Display: (11 AM - 4 PM) "Sharing Your Story" A presentation of family history books, cookbooks, and other items, created by members of JGSGW to share their genealogy research. Anyone wishing to contribute an aitem for display should contact Rita Margolis ritamargolis@comcast.net ----- Program: (1:30 PM Schmooze 2:00 PM Presentation) Topic: "Write Your Family History Now!" Speaker: Mike Karsen We genealogists are very good at doing research and collecting many facts about our families. For any of a number of reasons, however, most of us delay publishing the results of this research. Mike Karsen shows how you can publish your findings in books that vary >from a simple 30 pages to one that contains detailed biographies and places your family in historical context. Your goal should be to organize your findings and share them with your family as soon as possible. A professional genealogy speaker and instructor, Mike Karsen is a member of the National Genealogical Society (NGS) and the Genealogical Speakers Guild. He speaks on genealogy topics locally and nationally, teaches classes in genealogy and is on the faculty of the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. Mike has presented at state, national, and international conferences. He is the author of the JewishGen website "Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland" and has published articles on genealogy. ====== March Meeting - Mark your calendar March 5, 2006 2:00 PM Topic: "Jews in the Polish Lands and Poland: Making Choices and Responding to Modernity." Speaker: Dr. Marci Shore One common misconception is the envisioning of "Poles" and "Jews" as if they consisted if two monolithic groups. By the turn of the century, the heterogeneity was breathtaking and a bit dizzying. It was not at all uncommon for families to be split: the parents Hasids, one child a Zionist, another child a Polish communist, one a Yiddishist, one a Hebraicist, etc. Modernity (beginning, say, with the Haskalah in Germany) was both a thrill and a trauma, opening up an often bewildering array of dramatic choices, splitting families apart, transforming identities. Marci Shore is an Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Indiana University. She specializes in east and central European cultural and intellectual history. She has taught three different undergraduate lecture courses on modern central and eastern Europe; led undergraduate seminars on Polish-Jewish relations, Jews and cosmopolitanism, and intellectuals and Marxism; and conducted graduate colloquia on modern Polish historiography; the avant-garde ; and modernity in Europe and Russia. For additional JGSGW Program information, contact: Marlene Bishow MLBishow@comcast.net For additional JGSGW Workshop information, contact Ben Fassberg BenjaminF@aol.com For additional JGSGW Membership information, contact Ric Erdheim ricerdheim@yahoo.com Website: http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsgw/ Marlene Bishow VP - Programs Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington
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Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon: February 22nd Monthly Meeting
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Ronald D. Doctor <rondoctor@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon (JGSO) invites you,your
family, and friends to our February meeting. Mining Old Newspapers for Genealogical Gems Presented by Deb Freedman Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Time: 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Place: Ahavath Achim Congregation 3225 S W Barbur Blvd. Portland, Oregon Finally - an area of genealogy research that could be easier if your ancestors were Jewish! Please join us as Tacoma storyteller/researcher Deb Freedman shares samples of a rapidly growing field, using old newspapers as primary sources. Deb brings headlines >from centuries past; including an obituary called "A Life of Misery Ended" and a divorce scandal "One New Dress in Seven Years." She'll also reveal her Letterman-style list of "Top Ten Ways to Get Your Name in the Newspaper." Throughout she’ll share tips for tracking down your own lost stories. This evening promises to be one of energy and fun. No special skills needed! In her other life, Deb Freedman has just retired >from a twenty-year career as a Youth Services Specialist for the Tacoma Public Library. That job has helped her to develop the research and genealogy skills necessary for digging into Tacoma's past. She also read books to preschool children, sifting through many titles, searching for the ones that were most appropriate. It was really not that different than reading through old newspapers - it's all about finding the best stories! This event is FREE to JGSO members. Contributions at the door of $2 door are requested >from non-members to help us defray the meeting cost. Contribution can be deducted >from new membership if you join that evening. REMINDER: It is time to renew your JGSO membership. Annual dues are $23 for individual members, $30 for family members and only $10 for students. Please bring your check to the meeting, or mail your check to JGSO, PO Box 19736, Portland, Oregon 97280. If you are not yet a JGSO member, this would be a great time to join. As a new, paid member you will receive a free copy of JGSO's Handbook, "Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy: A Handbook for Beginners, with Supplemental Information for Advanced Researchers". To be placed on JGS of Oregon's e-mail distribution list, send an e-mail message to rondoctor@earthlink.net. Once you are on the list, you will receive periodic messages concerning Jewish genealogy. Your name and e-mail address will not be distributed outside of JGS of Oregon. For more information about JGSO and its activities, visit the JGSO web site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~orjgs or call Joan Teller at 503-694-5646. The JGSO is affiliated with the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen JGSGW - Washington (DC) February 12 Program
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JGSGW <jgsgw_dc@...>
You interviewed the relatives.............
You have done lots of research............. You collected old family photos............ Now, what are you going to do with it all? Come to the JGSGW Meeting, Display and Workshop on Sunday, February 12, 2006 at B'nai Israel Congregation, Rockville, MD Workshop: (11 AM - 1 PM) "Get Your Act Together.... Organizing Your Research & Materials" Presented by Marlene Bishow Methods, materials and strategies for protecting and preserving your research, photos and family documents. ----- Display: (11 AM - 4 PM) "Sharing Your Story" A presentation of family history books, cookbooks, and other items, created by members of JGSGW to share their genealogy research. Anyone wishing to contribute an aitem for display should contact Rita Margolis ritamargolis@comcast.net ----- Program: (1:30 PM Schmooze 2:00 PM Presentation) Topic: "Write Your Family History Now!" Speaker: Mike Karsen We genealogists are very good at doing research and collecting many facts about our families. For any of a number of reasons, however, most of us delay publishing the results of this research. Mike Karsen shows how you can publish your findings in books that vary >from a simple 30 pages to one that contains detailed biographies and places your family in historical context. Your goal should be to organize your findings and share them with your family as soon as possible. A professional genealogy speaker and instructor, Mike Karsen is a member of the National Genealogical Society (NGS) and the Genealogical Speakers Guild. He speaks on genealogy topics locally and nationally, teaches classes in genealogy and is on the faculty of the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. Mike has presented at state, national, and international conferences. He is the author of the JewishGen website "Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland" and has published articles on genealogy. ====== March Meeting - Mark your calendar March 5, 2006 2:00 PM Topic: "Jews in the Polish Lands and Poland: Making Choices and Responding to Modernity." Speaker: Dr. Marci Shore One common misconception is the envisioning of "Poles" and "Jews" as if they consisted if two monolithic groups. By the turn of the century, the heterogeneity was breathtaking and a bit dizzying. It was not at all uncommon for families to be split: the parents Hasids, one child a Zionist, another child a Polish communist, one a Yiddishist, one a Hebraicist, etc. Modernity (beginning, say, with the Haskalah in Germany) was both a thrill and a trauma, opening up an often bewildering array of dramatic choices, splitting families apart, transforming identities. Marci Shore is an Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Indiana University. She specializes in east and central European cultural and intellectual history. She has taught three different undergraduate lecture courses on modern central and eastern Europe; led undergraduate seminars on Polish-Jewish relations, Jews and cosmopolitanism, and intellectuals and Marxism; and conducted graduate colloquia on modern Polish historiography; the avant-garde ; and modernity in Europe and Russia. For additional JGSGW Program information, contact: Marlene Bishow MLBishow@comcast.net For additional JGSGW Workshop information, contact Ben Fassberg BenjaminF@aol.com For additional JGSGW Membership information, contact Ric Erdheim ricerdheim@yahoo.com Website: http://www.jewishgen.org/jgsgw/ Marlene Bishow VP - Programs Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon: February 22nd Monthly Meeting
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Ronald D. Doctor <rondoctor@...>
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon (JGSO) invites you,your
family, and friends to our February meeting. Mining Old Newspapers for Genealogical Gems Presented by Deb Freedman Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Time: 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Place: Ahavath Achim Congregation 3225 S W Barbur Blvd. Portland, Oregon Finally - an area of genealogy research that could be easier if your ancestors were Jewish! Please join us as Tacoma storyteller/researcher Deb Freedman shares samples of a rapidly growing field, using old newspapers as primary sources. Deb brings headlines >from centuries past; including an obituary called "A Life of Misery Ended" and a divorce scandal "One New Dress in Seven Years." She'll also reveal her Letterman-style list of "Top Ten Ways to Get Your Name in the Newspaper." Throughout she’ll share tips for tracking down your own lost stories. This evening promises to be one of energy and fun. No special skills needed! In her other life, Deb Freedman has just retired >from a twenty-year career as a Youth Services Specialist for the Tacoma Public Library. That job has helped her to develop the research and genealogy skills necessary for digging into Tacoma's past. She also read books to preschool children, sifting through many titles, searching for the ones that were most appropriate. It was really not that different than reading through old newspapers - it's all about finding the best stories! This event is FREE to JGSO members. Contributions at the door of $2 door are requested >from non-members to help us defray the meeting cost. Contribution can be deducted >from new membership if you join that evening. REMINDER: It is time to renew your JGSO membership. Annual dues are $23 for individual members, $30 for family members and only $10 for students. Please bring your check to the meeting, or mail your check to JGSO, PO Box 19736, Portland, Oregon 97280. If you are not yet a JGSO member, this would be a great time to join. As a new, paid member you will receive a free copy of JGSO's Handbook, "Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy: A Handbook for Beginners, with Supplemental Information for Advanced Researchers". To be placed on JGS of Oregon's e-mail distribution list, send an e-mail message to rondoctor@earthlink.net. Once you are on the list, you will receive periodic messages concerning Jewish genealogy. Your name and e-mail address will not be distributed outside of JGS of Oregon. For more information about JGSO and its activities, visit the JGSO web site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~orjgs or call Joan Teller at 503-694-5646. The JGSO is affiliated with the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.
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Przemysl yizkor book
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Joyce Field
We are very pleased that Lukasz Biedka has taken over as the project
coordinator of the Przemysl yizkor book and we look forward to more translated material being added in the near future. Lukacz can be reached at lkb@poczta.onet.pl. The parts of the book which have already been translated can be read at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/przemysl/przemysl.html. Joyce Field JewishGen VP, Data Acquisition jfield@jewishgen.org
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Przemysl yizkor book
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Joyce Field
We are very pleased that Lukasz Biedka has taken over as the project
coordinator of the Przemysl yizkor book and we look forward to more translated material being added in the near future. Lukacz can be reached at lkb@poczta.onet.pl. The parts of the book which have already been translated can be read at http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/przemysl/przemysl.html. Joyce Field JewishGen VP, Data Acquisition jfield@jewishgen.org
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Mielec pre- Holocaust Jewish Identity Documents
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Susana Leistner Bloch
Some time ago I received an e-mail >from someone about the Mielec
Identity Documents I mentioned in the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group update published in the May 2005 issue of the "Galitzianer" I remember opening the e-mail but somehow it seems to have disappeared >from my e-mail program. I have searched all the 400+ mailboxes and cannot find trace of this e-mail. I am hoping the person who wrote and receives the "Galitzianer" also reads this mailing list. If you do, please accept my apologies and contact me again. Susana Leistner Bloch, Coordinator Kolbuszowa Region Research Group
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Mielec pre- Holocaust Jewish Identity Documents
#galicia
Susana Leistner Bloch
Some time ago I received an e-mail >from someone about the Mielec
Identity Documents I mentioned in the Kolbuszowa Region Research Group update published in the May 2005 issue of the "Galitzianer" I remember opening the e-mail but somehow it seems to have disappeared >from my e-mail program. I have searched all the 400+ mailboxes and cannot find trace of this e-mail. I am hoping the person who wrote and receives the "Galitzianer" also reads this mailing list. If you do, please accept my apologies and contact me again. Susana Leistner Bloch, Coordinator Kolbuszowa Region Research Group
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JRI-Poland and AGAD-Warsaw are they exactly the same ?
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Jacqueline Pollak <jacqueline.pollak@...>
Dear Genners,
I appreciate a lot JRI-Poland but I ascertain there are a lot of omissions in. I have a lot of great-uncles or great-aunts and cousins who were born in Stanislawow (Ivano-Frankovsk) before 1900 and who don't appear in the lists of JRI-Poland. Would the Archives of AGAD in Warsaw be more complete ? Would I get >from Agad-Warsaw, writing them in Polish,the birth certificates of the people missing in JRI-Poland ? And does any body now why the records of JRI-Poland (and maybe too the ones of Agad) are that incomplete ? Thank you in advance for any information Jacqueline Pollak Brussels
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia JRI-Poland and AGAD-Warsaw are they exactly the same ?
#galicia
Jacqueline Pollak <jacqueline.pollak@...>
Dear Genners,
I appreciate a lot JRI-Poland but I ascertain there are a lot of omissions in. I have a lot of great-uncles or great-aunts and cousins who were born in Stanislawow (Ivano-Frankovsk) before 1900 and who don't appear in the lists of JRI-Poland. Would the Archives of AGAD in Warsaw be more complete ? Would I get >from Agad-Warsaw, writing them in Polish,the birth certificates of the people missing in JRI-Poland ? And does any body now why the records of JRI-Poland (and maybe too the ones of Agad) are that incomplete ? Thank you in advance for any information Jacqueline Pollak Brussels
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Suwalki researcher sought
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Clapsaddle <clapsaddle@...>
Can anyone recommend a researcher to me who lives near the Suwalki
Archives and has experience with its records? Please reply privately. Many thanks, Carol Clapsaddle
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JRI Poland #Poland Suwalki researcher sought
#poland
Clapsaddle <clapsaddle@...>
Can anyone recommend a researcher to me who lives near the Suwalki
Archives and has experience with its records? Please reply privately. Many thanks, Carol Clapsaddle
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Data entry help needed for Books of Residents project
#poland
JRI-Poland is seeking volunteers to do data entry >from digital images of a
small series of Books of Residents. The work can be done >from the comfort of your home. We will send you the digital images on CD Please contact me privately if you have any interest in this work. Stanley Diamond Executive Director, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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JRI Poland #Poland Data entry help needed for Books of Residents project
#poland
JRI-Poland is seeking volunteers to do data entry >from digital images of a
small series of Books of Residents. The work can be done >from the comfort of your home. We will send you the digital images on CD Please contact me privately if you have any interest in this work. Stanley Diamond Executive Director, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
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Re: Grandfather's surname: "ISZVOZCHIK?"
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Jules Levin
I am told that his original name was "something like Iszvozchik"Sorry, no info re family, but Izvozchik is a profession best translated as "teamster" or "coachman" in English. Izvozchiki and their wagons or coaches were hired; i.e. they weren't the permanent coachmen of the gentry. This was actually a Jewish profession, as discussed by Arthur Koestler in The Thirteenth Tribe (I don't believe his theory, by the way). In a way it is surprising that there are not more Jewish Izvozchiks. [The zch combo is pronounced shch as in fresh cheese, unless you are from St. Petersburg.]Jules Levin Los Angeles
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Grandfather's surname: "ISZVOZCHIK?"
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Jules Levin
I am told that his original name was "something like Iszvozchik"Sorry, no info re family, but Izvozchik is a profession best translated as "teamster" or "coachman" in English. Izvozchiki and their wagons or coaches were hired; i.e. they weren't the permanent coachmen of the gentry. This was actually a Jewish profession, as discussed by Arthur Koestler in The Thirteenth Tribe (I don't believe his theory, by the way). In a way it is surprising that there are not more Jewish Izvozchiks. [The zch combo is pronounced shch as in fresh cheese, unless you are from St. Petersburg.]Jules Levin Los Angeles
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Re: Occupations - English translation from Latin
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Stan Goodman <SPAM_FOILER@...>
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 22:52:01 UTC, tulse04-news@yahoo.co.uk (Nick)
opined: I don't promise good translations. Some of these occur only once on the"Pedlar" would be kinder. educillator server of wine"Epocillator!!! More beer here!" equisios pylorus lesser horse attendantBut not as a laborer or artisan. He has a _factory_ of some sort. galantariusClothier granatarus a keeper or steward of a granaryGrain merchant granalaru grainkeeper?Maybe a synonym for the above. informatory informer?This root really means "to shape". If we are allowed to guess, perhaps he is an artisan of some sort that shapes his material; maybe a turner. opifex/opifices (artisan or laborer?) literally one who builds onI think you can leave out the foundations. The root is "opus" -- just means work. quaestor (treasurer or paymaster)Or perhaps tax collector? Just a guess. schachterius presumably slaughtererYes, specifically a Jewish slaughterer -- >from Hebrew "Shokhet. Believe it or not, I found it in a German pocket dictionary. It's amusing to see it dressed up in Latin drag. -- Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Searching: NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, SURALSKI: Lomza Gubernia ISMACH: Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: Dorohoi District, Romania GRISARU, VATARU: Iasi, Dorohoi, and Mileanca, Romania See my interactive family tree (requires Java 1.1.6 or better). the URL is: http://www.hashkedim.com For reasons connected with anti-spam/junk security, the return address is not valid. To communicate with me, please visit my website (see the URL above -- no Java required for this purpose) and fill in the email form there.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Occupations - English translation from Latin
#general
Stan Goodman <SPAM_FOILER@...>
On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 22:52:01 UTC, tulse04-news@yahoo.co.uk (Nick)
opined: I don't promise good translations. Some of these occur only once on the"Pedlar" would be kinder. educillator server of wine"Epocillator!!! More beer here!" equisios pylorus lesser horse attendantBut not as a laborer or artisan. He has a _factory_ of some sort. galantariusClothier granatarus a keeper or steward of a granaryGrain merchant granalaru grainkeeper?Maybe a synonym for the above. informatory informer?This root really means "to shape". If we are allowed to guess, perhaps he is an artisan of some sort that shapes his material; maybe a turner. opifex/opifices (artisan or laborer?) literally one who builds onI think you can leave out the foundations. The root is "opus" -- just means work. quaestor (treasurer or paymaster)Or perhaps tax collector? Just a guess. schachterius presumably slaughtererYes, specifically a Jewish slaughterer -- >from Hebrew "Shokhet. Believe it or not, I found it in a German pocket dictionary. It's amusing to see it dressed up in Latin drag. -- Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Searching: NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, SURALSKI: Lomza Gubernia ISMACH: Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: Dorohoi District, Romania GRISARU, VATARU: Iasi, Dorohoi, and Mileanca, Romania See my interactive family tree (requires Java 1.1.6 or better). the URL is: http://www.hashkedim.com For reasons connected with anti-spam/junk security, the return address is not valid. To communicate with me, please visit my website (see the URL above -- no Java required for this purpose) and fill in the email form there.
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