Dear Fellow Researchers:

I would be very grateful if someone would take a look at the following
1866 birth record >from Szczebrzeszyn, Poland. It is in Polish.
The JRI-Poland index indicates this should be the birth of Faywel son
of Moshe & Frieda GEWIRCMAN.

I would like to know the details in the record especially names and
places (as well as exact dates), but I would also like to obtain the
other details in the record.
Any help is appreciated.

The ViewMate file is VM6803, found at the following URL:
http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6803

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

Tamar Amit, Israel.

Dear Fellow Researchers:

I would be very grateful if someone would take a look at the following
1866 birth record >from Szczebrzeszyn, Poland. It is in Polish.
The JRI-Poland index indicates this should be the birth of Faywel son
of Moshe & Frieda GEWIRCMAN.

I would like to know the details in the record especially names and
places (as well as exact dates), but I would also like to obtain the
other details in the record.
Any help is appreciated.

The ViewMate file is VM6803, found at the following URL:
http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6803

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

Tamar Amit, Israel.

I'm pleased to announce that there are now over 280,000 records in the
All Hungary Database due to publication of updates to the 1869 Census
and the Holocaust Memorial databases. Thanks to Marelynn Zipser, we now
have over 46,000 records in the 1869 Census database. There are now
over 17,000 names in the Holocaust Memorial database, including the
addition of names >from Baja, Dragelpalank, Mezocsat, Nagykanizsa and
Ungvar. Thanks to Ava Gorkin for her transcription work and to the
donors of images of the memorials.

Carol Robinson
H-SIG Research Coordinator
caroljr@alamedanet.net
Alameda, CA USA

I'm pleased to announce that there are now over 280,000 records in the
All Hungary Database due to publication of updates to the 1869 Census
and the Holocaust Memorial databases. Thanks to Marelynn Zipser, we now
have over 46,000 records in the 1869 Census database. There are now
over 17,000 names in the Holocaust Memorial database, including the
addition of names >from Baja, Dragelpalank, Mezocsat, Nagykanizsa and
Ungvar. Thanks to Ava Gorkin for her transcription work and to the
donors of images of the memorials.

Carol Robinson
H-SIG Research Coordinator
caroljr@alamedanet.net
Alameda, CA USA

Hi,

I have an uncle that married in Barsana (Barczanfalva)
Romania in 1884. The records record his place of birth as
Viguel de Sus or Felso Viso.

Does anybody have any idea where this is and what it is
called today?

Thanks!
Moishe Miller
moishe@langsam.com
Brooklyn, NY

Moderator: Felsovisso was in Maramaros megye and is now Viseu de sus, Romania, southeast of Sighetu Marmatei.

Hi,

I have an uncle that married in Barsana (Barczanfalva)
Romania in 1884. The records record his place of birth as
Viguel de Sus or Felso Viso.

Does anybody have any idea where this is and what it is
called today?

Thanks!
Moishe Miller
moishe@langsam.com
Brooklyn, NY

Moderator: Felsovisso was in Maramaros megye and is now Viseu de sus, Romania, southeast of Sighetu Marmatei.

Vivian,
Most of my Lefkovits/Lefkovics family come >from that area (Zemplen County)

from the towns of Olaszliszka and >from Hajdusamson(Hajdu County). Do you have

any that you can trace back to these two towns and possibly also the town of
Bodrogkeresztur (Keresztur)?
George Losonci
glosonc@aol.com

Vivian,
Most of my Lefkovits/Lefkovics family come >from that area (Zemplen County)

from the towns of Olaszliszka and >from Hajdusamson(Hajdu County). Do you have

any that you can trace back to these two towns and possibly also the town of
Bodrogkeresztur (Keresztur)?
George Losonci
glosonc@aol.com

Milton,
I saw your posting to the YT and V digest and thought I could help you,
albeit not in response to your question.
Over the past year and a half, I have photographed and partially translated
over 70,000 gravestone inscriptions >from thirty cemeteries in the NY/NJ
metro area. Among these 70,000, I have found some Botwinicks:
Makow Mazowiecki WA49 BOTWINCK Gertrude
Jedwabne BI01 BOTWINICK Samuel 21 Mar 1944 80 Zalman Mordechai
ben Zevulun 6335
Krasnosielc BD26 BOTWINICK Herman 14 Jul 1947 56 Chaim ben
Yitzchak Isaac 13694
Krasnosielc BD26 BOTWINICK Lena 10 Jan 1939 44 Lea bat Moshe
13670
Makow Mazowiecki WA49 BOTWINICK Ida
Makow Mazowiecki WA49 BOTWINICK Meyer

The first column indicates the name of the town that is associated with the
particular landsmanshaftn/synagogue plot. The second column is my code for
the cemetery and society name. Also included, when available, is the date of
death, age at death, Hebrew name of the deceased and father. Where were your
Botwinicks from?
Some of these I have full information for and others still remain to be
translated fully.
I hope this information aids you in your research.
You will also find my new web site of interest. It is a virtual (internet
only) museum of Jewish family history, and includes various exhibitions,
links and important information about our ancestors who are buried in NY/NJ
cemeteries. Most all can be accessed through the Site Map link. The URL is:
www.museumoffamilyhistory.com
I am also asking researchers like yourself for old family photos >from E.
Europe that I could use in various exhibitions on my web site. Also, I will
be creating a Yiddish/American Theatre "wing" to my museum, so if you have
anything, text/photos etc, that you think might pertain to Jewish
contribution to E. European/American culture, please let me know.
Otherwise, I hope that the info above is useful to you.
By the way, even though I grew up on Long Island, I did go to and graduate

from Temple University. I lived in Ambler for four years and had a

split-schedule the last two where I commuted half the time into Philly. I
graduated in 1974.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
YTANDV Digest for Sunday, September 04, 2005.

My relative supposedly wrote for the stage.
Are there any writer specific sources out there?
I have exhausted the actors and general materials.
Milton E. Botwinick

Milton,
I saw your posting to the YT and V digest and thought I could help you,
albeit not in response to your question.
Over the past year and a half, I have photographed and partially translated
over 70,000 gravestone inscriptions >from thirty cemeteries in the NY/NJ
metro area. Among these 70,000, I have found some Botwinicks:
Makow Mazowiecki WA49 BOTWINCK Gertrude
Jedwabne BI01 BOTWINICK Samuel 21 Mar 1944 80 Zalman Mordechai
ben Zevulun 6335
Krasnosielc BD26 BOTWINICK Herman 14 Jul 1947 56 Chaim ben
Yitzchak Isaac 13694
Krasnosielc BD26 BOTWINICK Lena 10 Jan 1939 44 Lea bat Moshe
13670
Makow Mazowiecki WA49 BOTWINICK Ida
Makow Mazowiecki WA49 BOTWINICK Meyer

The first column indicates the name of the town that is associated with the
particular landsmanshaftn/synagogue plot. The second column is my code for
the cemetery and society name. Also included, when available, is the date of
death, age at death, Hebrew name of the deceased and father. Where were your
Botwinicks from?
Some of these I have full information for and others still remain to be
translated fully.
I hope this information aids you in your research.
You will also find my new web site of interest. It is a virtual (internet
only) museum of Jewish family history, and includes various exhibitions,
links and important information about our ancestors who are buried in NY/NJ
cemeteries. Most all can be accessed through the Site Map link. The URL is:
www.museumoffamilyhistory.com
I am also asking researchers like yourself for old family photos >from E.
Europe that I could use in various exhibitions on my web site. Also, I will
be creating a Yiddish/American Theatre "wing" to my museum, so if you have
anything, text/photos etc, that you think might pertain to Jewish
contribution to E. European/American culture, please let me know.
Otherwise, I hope that the info above is useful to you.
By the way, even though I grew up on Long Island, I did go to and graduate

from Temple University. I lived in Ambler for four years and had a

split-schedule the last two where I commuted half the time into Philly. I
graduated in 1974.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
YTANDV Digest for Sunday, September 04, 2005.

My relative supposedly wrote for the stage.
Are there any writer specific sources out there?
I have exhausted the actors and general materials.
Milton E. Botwinick

My father remembers his father telling him possibly in the 1930s
that his uncle was the Chief Rabbi of Utrecht or Rotterdam but my
dad didn't know his name. >from the net I see that the Chief Rabbi
was Justus TAL. Does anyone know about his lineage, where his family
was >from originally or where I can research further? The only family
names I know >from that side are NATHAN, NATHANBERG, TOBIAS, and
MACHTUS. The families I know about were liivng in Latvia in the mid
1850s through 1911 and possibly Lithuania before that.

Thank you,
Louise Hajdenberg
New York

My father remembers his father telling him possibly in the 1930s
that his uncle was the Chief Rabbi of Utrecht or Rotterdam but my
dad didn't know his name. >from the net I see that the Chief Rabbi
was Justus TAL. Does anyone know about his lineage, where his family
was >from originally or where I can research further? The only family
names I know >from that side are NATHAN, NATHANBERG, TOBIAS, and
MACHTUS. The families I know about were liivng in Latvia in the mid
1850s through 1911 and possibly Lithuania before that.

Thank you,
Louise Hajdenberg
New York

Hello Everyone,

I'm looking for family information about a possible relative who used the
stage name Billy FOSTER.
He performed as a stage comic. When performing in Pittsburgh he always
stayed with the Jacob KRAMER family, and was thought to be related to either the
KRAMER or BASMAN family.
Unfortunately this sketchy information is all I have.

Thanks,
Joel

Hello Everyone,

I'm looking for family information about a possible relative who used the
stage name Billy FOSTER.
He performed as a stage comic. When performing in Pittsburgh he always
stayed with the Jacob KRAMER family, and was thought to be related to either the
KRAMER or BASMAN family.
Unfortunately this sketchy information is all I have.

Thanks,
Joel

Dear Genners,

As you know, the 26th Annual IAJGS Conference on Jewish
Genealogy will be held at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel
in New York City.
This major event is scheduled for August 13-18, 2006.

Since the cost of a formal luncheon may be prohibitive to many,
we have been provided with different choices. We need your input to help us decide which of them to select.

Note: All meals provided at the conference in NYC will be glatt kosher

A. Luncheon at Hotel--$60/person (hot entrée, dessert, beverage)
B. Box Lunch provided at Hotel-$30/person (sandwich, dessert,
beverage)
C. Luncheon at outside restaurant--arrangements by SIG
D. Pastries, sliced fruit and coffee in hotel (lunchtime)
$22/person

Please e-mail your choice to
FREYAB@AOL.COM

Freya Blitstein Maslov
UkraineSIG Co-Coordinator

Dear Genners,

As you know, the 26th Annual IAJGS Conference on Jewish
Genealogy will be held at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel
in New York City.
This major event is scheduled for August 13-18, 2006.

Since the cost of a formal luncheon may be prohibitive to many,
we have been provided with different choices. We need your input to help us decide which of them to select.

Note: All meals provided at the conference in NYC will be glatt kosher

A. Luncheon at Hotel--$60/person (hot entrée, dessert, beverage)
B. Box Lunch provided at Hotel-$30/person (sandwich, dessert,
beverage)
C. Luncheon at outside restaurant--arrangements by SIG
D. Pastries, sliced fruit and coffee in hotel (lunchtime)
$22/person

Please e-mail your choice to
FREYAB@AOL.COM

Freya Blitstein Maslov
UkraineSIG Co-Coordinator

Judith Lipmanson noted: " Some of the information on the Declaration
appeared to be erroneous -- probably deliberately on the part of my
grandfather . (He fudged about his age and his date of arrival -- two
habits he kept throughout his life.) I'm keeping in mind that this
information could be accurate and later information erroneous"

Just a note -- Many folks born in Eastern Europe during the late 1800s
did not know their birthdates. Unlike today, there was no requirement to
use it, and many came here with only a vague understanding of their exact
date of birth. My grandfather thought he was 2 years younger until he sent
for his Polish birth record; the new birthdate proved him not a minor at
the time his father naturalized. I have his letter to INS, apologizing for
voting for 40 years even though he was a non-citizen.

Then judith asked: "Was it a matter of weeks, months, or years between the
initial petition and final Petition? Was the entire process controlled
by the petitioner or by the Government at that time?"

The naturalization rules began in 1795, and the forms/questions were
determined by the various courts. Naturalization was standardized by
Federal Govt. in September of 1906. There were 3 papers: Declaration
of Intention (filed at least 2 years after arrival, also known as
“first papers” or "pa" on the census), the final Petition (filed at
least 5 years after arrival) and Certificate of Naturalization (which
has little genealogical information, but has the numbers which can lead
you to the DI and the Petition).. These filings also provided citizenship
to wives and minor children, but remember women did not have the right to
vote so there was no great motive for a women to become a citizen.

The problem has always been that naturalization could be done in any
court... local, state, federal...and the documents and indexes are in
multiple archives. So the research is complicated.
--
Happy Hunting!
Phyllis Kramer, Wilton, Conn & Palm Beach, Fla
PhyllisKramer1@att.net, researching (mostly Galicia):
STECHER, TRACHMAN,>from Zmigrod, Dukla, Krosno
KRAMER, BEIM, WISNER >from Jasienica
SCHEINER, KANDEL, SCHIMMEL >from Strzyzow, Dubiecko
LINDNER, EICHEL >from Rohatyn (also Iasi, Romania)

Judith Lipmanson noted: " Some of the information on the Declaration
appeared to be erroneous -- probably deliberately on the part of my
grandfather . (He fudged about his age and his date of arrival -- two
habits he kept throughout his life.) I'm keeping in mind that this
information could be accurate and later information erroneous"

Just a note -- Many folks born in Eastern Europe during the late 1800s
did not know their birthdates. Unlike today, there was no requirement to
use it, and many came here with only a vague understanding of their exact
date of birth. My grandfather thought he was 2 years younger until he sent
for his Polish birth record; the new birthdate proved him not a minor at
the time his father naturalized. I have his letter to INS, apologizing for
voting for 40 years even though he was a non-citizen.

Then judith asked: "Was it a matter of weeks, months, or years between the
initial petition and final Petition? Was the entire process controlled
by the petitioner or by the Government at that time?"

The naturalization rules began in 1795, and the forms/questions were
determined by the various courts. Naturalization was standardized by
Federal Govt. in September of 1906. There were 3 papers: Declaration
of Intention (filed at least 2 years after arrival, also known as
“first papers” or "pa" on the census), the final Petition (filed at
least 5 years after arrival) and Certificate of Naturalization (which
has little genealogical information, but has the numbers which can lead
you to the DI and the Petition).. These filings also provided citizenship
to wives and minor children, but remember women did not have the right to
vote so there was no great motive for a women to become a citizen.

The problem has always been that naturalization could be done in any
court... local, state, federal...and the documents and indexes are in
multiple archives. So the research is complicated.
--
Happy Hunting!
Phyllis Kramer, Wilton, Conn & Palm Beach, Fla
PhyllisKramer1@att.net, researching (mostly Galicia):
STECHER, TRACHMAN,>from Zmigrod, Dukla, Krosno
KRAMER, BEIM, WISNER >from Jasienica
SCHEINER, KANDEL, SCHIMMEL >from Strzyzow, Dubiecko
LINDNER, EICHEL >from Rohatyn (also Iasi, Romania)

In my husband's family, the older generation of husbands and wives are
buried in the same plot, opposite each other and separated by a path.
I guess they wanted to replicate their synagogue life.

Helene Kenvin
Researching: WIESENTHAL (Skala Podolska); SCHWARTZ, WEISS, BALAJTI (Miskolc);
COHEN, WAXMAN, EINBINDER (Kalarash); COHEN (19th century Gnesen, NYC, and
Richmond VA); JACOBS (19th century NYC, Richmond VA and Albany NY), ROTHOLZ
(19th century Kansas City KS); WEISMAN (Trembovla); KHENVIN (Kiev, Kremenchug);
WALTMAN (Chotin, Zvaniec); GOODMAN (Chotin); ZEITSEV (Sofievka).

In my husband's family, the older generation of husbands and wives are
buried in the same plot, opposite each other and separated by a path.
I guess they wanted to replicate their synagogue life.

Helene Kenvin
Researching: WIESENTHAL (Skala Podolska); SCHWARTZ, WEISS, BALAJTI (Miskolc);
COHEN, WAXMAN, EINBINDER (Kalarash); COHEN (19th century Gnesen, NYC, and
Richmond VA); JACOBS (19th century NYC, Richmond VA and Albany NY), ROTHOLZ
(19th century Kansas City KS); WEISMAN (Trembovla); KHENVIN (Kiev, Kremenchug);
WALTMAN (Chotin, Zvaniec); GOODMAN (Chotin); ZEITSEV (Sofievka).