Dear Stephen,
You might try the "Brooklyn Eagle". At the previous New York Jewish
Genealogy Conference, we were able to submit names for research. I
don't recall the precise years available.

The years 1841 - 1902 have been digitized and are online, at
<http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/>; You might be able to
contact the Broklyn Public Library directly, via
<http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/>;, to see if they can access
later years, which I believe they can.

Regards,
Hilary Henkin
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Stephen,
You might try the "Brooklyn Eagle". At the previous New York Jewish
Genealogy Conference, we were able to submit names for research. I
don't recall the precise years available.

The years 1841 - 1902 have been digitized and are online, at
<http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/eagle/>; You might be able to
contact the Broklyn Public Library directly, via
<http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/>;, to see if they can access
later years, which I believe they can.

Regards,
Hilary Henkin
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Cousins,

A recent request was made for an interpretation of an address in New
York City that was written on a ship manifest as the destination for a
person who had arrived at Ellis Island. The image, supplied on Viewmate,
included 5 words and a number.

Although being able to answer this particular request depends in part
on familiarity with New York City street names, I have a simple suggestion
that is applicable to all requests of this type: include more of the page,
so that the writer's handwriting can be seen. It does not result in
significant deterioration of the image quality, but can significantly
increase the chances that somebody will be able to answer the question, or
answer it with more certainty. This suggestion has been made before, but
it's time to repeat it.

Ira
Ira Leviton
New York, N.Y.

Dear Genealogists,

I've posted two c1860's Jablonka, Poland records on Viewmate, they
are VM7387 and VM7388
The direct links are

http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=7387
http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=7388

They are >from LDS microfilms. I don't completely understand these records.

7387 seems to be a copy of some kind of another record that I had

from a different Jablonka microfilm, marriage b/w Dwera Srulowicz

Sokol and Hersz Pinchas.... Burstzyn. If so, I don't understand why
there are two of them - unless this was a copy of the certificate
made for the hometown of the groom or something. Of course I'd be
interested in a translation, but at least if you can give me the lay
of the land - what is this document about - and is it a copy of a
marriage, a divorce? Thanks.

7388 seems to be in an abbreviated form of a marriage record. It too
was on a Jablonka microfilm except it seems to mention Wysokie Maz. a
few times - is this a copy of some kind too - a marriage - made for
this other town?

Thanks if you can shed light on these - please email me privately.

If the images are too small for you to read, I can provide higher
resolution images

Thanks for your help!

Wayne Frankel
Bar Harbor, ME, USA

Dear Cousins,

A recent request was made for an interpretation of an address in New
York City that was written on a ship manifest as the destination for a
person who had arrived at Ellis Island. The image, supplied on Viewmate,
included 5 words and a number.

Although being able to answer this particular request depends in part
on familiarity with New York City street names, I have a simple suggestion
that is applicable to all requests of this type: include more of the page,
so that the writer's handwriting can be seen. It does not result in
significant deterioration of the image quality, but can significantly
increase the chances that somebody will be able to answer the question, or
answer it with more certainty. This suggestion has been made before, but
it's time to repeat it.

Ira
Ira Leviton
New York, N.Y.

Dear Genealogists,

I've posted two c1860's Jablonka, Poland records on Viewmate, they
are VM7387 and VM7388
The direct links are

http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=7387
http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=7388

They are >from LDS microfilms. I don't completely understand these records.

7387 seems to be a copy of some kind of another record that I had

from a different Jablonka microfilm, marriage b/w Dwera Srulowicz

Sokol and Hersz Pinchas.... Burstzyn. If so, I don't understand why
there are two of them - unless this was a copy of the certificate
made for the hometown of the groom or something. Of course I'd be
interested in a translation, but at least if you can give me the lay
of the land - what is this document about - and is it a copy of a
marriage, a divorce? Thanks.

7388 seems to be in an abbreviated form of a marriage record. It too
was on a Jablonka microfilm except it seems to mention Wysokie Maz. a
few times - is this a copy of some kind too - a marriage - made for
this other town?

Thanks if you can shed light on these - please email me privately.

If the images are too small for you to read, I can provide higher
resolution images

Thanks for your help!

Wayne Frankel
Bar Harbor, ME, USA

Batya asked

My great grandfather was called Laibel and in English was known as
Louis. His Hebrew name was Yehuda Lev. On the 1912 passenger
manifest of his arrival to the U.S. his name is written Leib and his
nearest relative back home is a brother, Judel.

In recent discussions here the name Judel was associated with the
Hebrew name Yehuda. Are Yehuda Lev and Yehuda so distinctly
different that two brothers would be named this way?

No, they are not distinctly different. Though these two names are
often bestowed together, Yehudah (Judah) (or its Yiddish diminutive
Judel) is a name all by itself. One would not give the same name
Judah to two of one's living children -- with or without the second
name "Lev."

The Yiddishized name Juda -Lev has an interesting history. The
Yiddish name Lev or Leib (and its diminutive, Leibel) means "lion"
-- >from the German word Loewe). The reason why the names Yehudah
Lev or Juda Leib are so often found together is because of an
expression found in Genesis 49:9 (which haopens by serendipity to be
very topical, as it was part of last Shabbat's Torah reading in
synagogues the world over).

The complete Hebrew expression in Gen. 49:9 is <gur aryeh Yehudah>,
traditionally translated "Judah is a lion's whelp" (and meaning
word-for-word "the cub of/a lion/ is Judah") But the two words
<aryeh Yehudah> (in context: "Judah is a lion") were often selected
as a boy's name in later traditional Jewish culture. Actually the
names were usually reversed, the child being named Yehudah Aryeh
-- or, in Yiddish-speaking milieux, Juda-Lev or Yuda-Leib. Juda
Lev was the name of my husband's father, and we gave the Hebrew
version Yehudah Aryeh to one of our children in his memory.

Postscript: Interestingly, the phrase <aryeh Yehudah> standing alone
can also mean "the Lion of Judah" and this title was adopted by the
emperors of Ethiopia -- the last one being Haile Selassie, whom some
of us are old enough to remember! The Ethiopian emperors had a
tradition of being descended >from a liaison between King Solomon and
the Queen of Sheba (based on the famous biblical story in 2 Kings 10).

Judith Romney Wegner

Batya asked

My great grandfather was called Laibel and in English was known as
Louis. His Hebrew name was Yehuda Lev. On the 1912 passenger
manifest of his arrival to the U.S. his name is written Leib and his
nearest relative back home is a brother, Judel.

In recent discussions here the name Judel was associated with the
Hebrew name Yehuda. Are Yehuda Lev and Yehuda so distinctly
different that two brothers would be named this way?

No, they are not distinctly different. Though these two names are
often bestowed together, Yehudah (Judah) (or its Yiddish diminutive
Judel) is a name all by itself. One would not give the same name
Judah to two of one's living children -- with or without the second
name "Lev."

The Yiddishized name Juda -Lev has an interesting history. The
Yiddish name Lev or Leib (and its diminutive, Leibel) means "lion"
-- >from the German word Loewe). The reason why the names Yehudah
Lev or Juda Leib are so often found together is because of an
expression found in Genesis 49:9 (which haopens by serendipity to be
very topical, as it was part of last Shabbat's Torah reading in
synagogues the world over).

The complete Hebrew expression in Gen. 49:9 is <gur aryeh Yehudah>,
traditionally translated "Judah is a lion's whelp" (and meaning
word-for-word "the cub of/a lion/ is Judah") But the two words
<aryeh Yehudah> (in context: "Judah is a lion") were often selected
as a boy's name in later traditional Jewish culture. Actually the
names were usually reversed, the child being named Yehudah Aryeh
-- or, in Yiddish-speaking milieux, Juda-Lev or Yuda-Leib. Juda
Lev was the name of my husband's father, and we gave the Hebrew
version Yehudah Aryeh to one of our children in his memory.

Postscript: Interestingly, the phrase <aryeh Yehudah> standing alone
can also mean "the Lion of Judah" and this title was adopted by the
emperors of Ethiopia -- the last one being Haile Selassie, whom some
of us are old enough to remember! The Ethiopian emperors had a
tradition of being descended >from a liaison between King Solomon and
the Queen of Sheba (based on the famous biblical story in 2 Kings 10).

Judith Romney Wegner

Yes, I am talking about resucing hidded children during the war are among
other undertakings Morris/Moshe Swerdolff and his late wife accomplished.
Yonasan Shapiro

Shalom:

I received a packet of school records >from Kaunas. They are written in
Lithuanian and I am seeking a translation. The documents are posted on View
Mate as VM7390, 91, 92, 93, 94. I would be grateful if anyone could send me
a translation at ravbenzi@cox.net.

Thank you.

Rabbi Ben-Zion Saydman
Lake Forest, CA

MAYPER, MELTSNER, MARCUS, WERNER, CHIPKIN, ROMM, BACH, AUG, SIEGEL, KANTER,
NEWMAN, RODOFF, SATINSKY, KAGAN, SALWEN, ZILBERKVEIT, BEKERIS, PEARLSHTEIN,
AVRAMSON, NEVIAZHSKY, RAPHAEL, BLOCH, NUROCK, WOLPERT, WEINSTOCK
Rumsiskes, Nowy Dwor, Raseiniai, Silale, Kirovograd, New York, Philadelphia,
Atlantic City

MODERATOR NOTE: The viewing section is at
http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/index.asp .
You can find these files using the VM numbers given above.

Yes, I am talking about resucing hidded children during the war are among
other undertakings Morris/Moshe Swerdolff and his late wife accomplished.
Yonasan Shapiro

Shalom:

I received a packet of school records >from Kaunas. They are written in
Lithuanian and I am seeking a translation. The documents are posted on View
Mate as VM7390, 91, 92, 93, 94. I would be grateful if anyone could send me
a translation at ravbenzi@cox.net.

Thank you.

Rabbi Ben-Zion Saydman
Lake Forest, CA

MAYPER, MELTSNER, MARCUS, WERNER, CHIPKIN, ROMM, BACH, AUG, SIEGEL, KANTER,
NEWMAN, RODOFF, SATINSKY, KAGAN, SALWEN, ZILBERKVEIT, BEKERIS, PEARLSHTEIN,
AVRAMSON, NEVIAZHSKY, RAPHAEL, BLOCH, NUROCK, WOLPERT, WEINSTOCK
Rumsiskes, Nowy Dwor, Raseiniai, Silale, Kirovograd, New York, Philadelphia,
Atlantic City

MODERATOR NOTE: The viewing section is at
http://data.jewishgen.org/ViewMate/ALL/index.asp .
You can find these files using the VM numbers given above.

Dear Genners,

In response to Steven Cohen's inquiry regarding his request for naturalization
information on his great aunt, I would urge him to file the appeal. When I
applied for my maternal grandfather's first papers/declaration of intent, I
received the same type of response >from INS. I did appeal and eventually,
probably almost a year later, I received copies of his papers. They were
helpful because I learned where he was born >from those papers.

However --- it is now 2 1/2 years since I requested my paternal grandfather's
papers!! In both cases I had copies of the naturalization papers so I had a
file number. In the case of my paternal grandfather, I had a letter stating
that my request was going to be put on the "simple" track since it was
straightforward and I had sent all the necessary information. Then nothing
happened.
I wrote to the person who had written to me and heard nothing. Finally, out
of desperation, I contacted my Representative and after six months and another
letter to him, I heard >from his office. They re-filed and sent a letter over
his signature. I am still waiting, with no communication >from INS or whoever is
now in charge of the information. Perhaps they're too busy chasing terrorists
to deal with our requests.

So, good luck, Steve!

Mimi Simon
Teaneck, NJ

WEISS - Ordarma, Hungary (now Storozhnitsa, UKR); Western Pennsylvania
KLEIN - Keked, Hungary; Western Pennsylvania
ROTH - Olaszliska, Hungary; Western Pennsylvania
GOLDBERGER - Hungary; Fort Wayne, IN
PRINZ/ETTINGER - Abaujvar, Hungary; NYC, NY
BLASS - Hungary; Ohio

Dear Genners,

In response to Steven Cohen's inquiry regarding his request for naturalization
information on his great aunt, I would urge him to file the appeal. When I
applied for my maternal grandfather's first papers/declaration of intent, I
received the same type of response >from INS. I did appeal and eventually,
probably almost a year later, I received copies of his papers. They were
helpful because I learned where he was born >from those papers.

However --- it is now 2 1/2 years since I requested my paternal grandfather's
papers!! In both cases I had copies of the naturalization papers so I had a
file number. In the case of my paternal grandfather, I had a letter stating
that my request was going to be put on the "simple" track since it was
straightforward and I had sent all the necessary information. Then nothing
happened.
I wrote to the person who had written to me and heard nothing. Finally, out
of desperation, I contacted my Representative and after six months and another
letter to him, I heard >from his office. They re-filed and sent a letter over
his signature. I am still waiting, with no communication >from INS or whoever is
now in charge of the information. Perhaps they're too busy chasing terrorists
to deal with our requests.

So, good luck, Steve!

Mimi Simon
Teaneck, NJ

WEISS - Ordarma, Hungary (now Storozhnitsa, UKR); Western Pennsylvania
KLEIN - Keked, Hungary; Western Pennsylvania
ROTH - Olaszliska, Hungary; Western Pennsylvania
GOLDBERGER - Hungary; Fort Wayne, IN
PRINZ/ETTINGER - Abaujvar, Hungary; NYC, NY
BLASS - Hungary; Ohio

Since it is clear that (J)Yudel is a diminutive of Yehuda, two things
occur to me.
1. That filling out a form, he may have gotten frustrated and figured
it would be funny to put a variation of his own name as his nearest
relative back home (actually, that is an interesting literary device)
2. He may have not understood what was requested and perhaps he thought
they were asking what he was called at home....

Rona Michelson
Modi'in, Israel

Batya Olsen wrote:

I am searching for a Julia K. LERNER who emigrated in the last 20 years

Since it is clear that (J)Yudel is a diminutive of Yehuda, two things
occur to me.
1. That filling out a form, he may have gotten frustrated and figured
it would be funny to put a variation of his own name as his nearest
relative back home (actually, that is an interesting literary device)
2. He may have not understood what was requested and perhaps he thought
they were asking what he was called at home....

Rona Michelson
Modi'in, Israel

Batya Olsen wrote:

I am searching for a Julia K. LERNER who emigrated in the last 20 years

This is further to topic of published death notices in the early 20th century.

I would like to draw your attention to the Canadian Jewish
Congress National Archives Keneder Adler Obituaries Project database (Stages
I and II) produced in Dec. 2004, with funding >from the Ottawa Jewish
Genealogical Society. This resource contains all the information found in
every obituary run by the Keneder Adler (Jewish Daily Eagle) of Montreal,
Canada, >from November 19, 1908 - Dec. 31 1931. As obituaries rarely appeared
before 1917, the majority of the information pertains to this date or later.
The information was translated >from the original Yiddish by Eiran Harris and
has been electronically indexed.
The index currently contains information on 2838 death and unveiling
notices. Potential categories of information covered in these notices
include: the obituary date, date of death or unveiling, name, maiden name
and age, spouse's name, number of children, siblings, or other relatives
(sometimes with their names) place of death and last residence, parents'
names, cemetery and shiva information, memberships and affiliations of the
deceased, and additional notes.

The Keneder Adler database is posted online at http://www.jgso.org/ (the
Ottawa Jewish Genealogical Society), but I believe this search engine is
currently experiencing some problems. Information can also be looked up at
the Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives in Montreal, either in person,
over the phone (514-931-7531 ext. 2), or by email to archivist Janice Rosen
at archives@cjc.ca

Stanley Diamond

Stephen Denker asked:

<< Does anyone know what newspaper carried obituaries for Yiddish speaking
working class Jews who lived in Brownsville Brooklyn in June 1916?

My g-grandfather died >from asphyxiation by illuminating gas in a suicide
according to his death certificate. Coroner's inquest records for Brooklyn
at that time have been lost. I am also wondering if there were police
inquiries published in newspapers. >>

Although there may have been a death notice in a Yiddish newspaper, it
is just possible because of the nature of the suicide, there might have
actually been a little news squib in either a Brooklyn newspaper (perhaps
the Brooklyn Eagle) or even a paper such as the New York Times.

My great-granduncle committed suicide in 1921 by jumping off a subway
platform in the Bronx. The New York Times carried three paragraphs
about the suicide (no name included), and the Bronx Home News carried
a very detailed article, including the name of the policeman who took
him to Morrisania Hospital.

Perhaps the public nature of my great-granduncle's suicide is what warranted
the news coverage, but since you know the date, it's still worth checking in
the non-Yiddish papers.

Judy Baston,
San Francisco, CA