Your help will be appreciated if you can translate a letter in Yiddish

from my grandfather to my father, written in 1918. The two-page letter

is posted at the ViewMate website - items # VM6932 and VM6933. The
ViewMate site is at http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/toview.html.

Thanks if you can help,

Bill Israel
St. Petersburg, FL

Your help will be appreciated if you can translate a letter in Yiddish

from my grandfather to my father, written in 1918. The two-page letter

is posted at the ViewMate website - items # VM6932 and VM6933. The
ViewMate site is at http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/toview.html.

Thanks if you can help,

Bill Israel
St. Petersburg, FL

Morris was frustrated when the Ellis Island on-line manifests was "missing"
If the data exists, there are other ways to get it: (I might add, the
"old fashioned way"...<g>)

1. NARA (national archives in NY and Washington)...they have the microfilm...
some of the other local branches may have them too. You can call and ask.

2. Local libraries & genealogical societies: (i've seen many at the NY public
library at 42nd st, at the NY B&G, and in the main Savannah public library)

3. Certainly the Mormon Family History Library has the microfilm
Begin with their online catalog
http://tinyurl.com/9bsjr
Select the film#. On the same web page there is a search for the nearest
library; order the film and view the manifest (if possible, print it in order
to review it later)

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)

Morris was frustrated when the Ellis Island on-line manifests was "missing"
If the data exists, there are other ways to get it: (I might add, the
"old fashioned way"...<g>)

1. NARA (national archives in NY and Washington)...they have the microfilm...
some of the other local branches may have them too. You can call and ask.

2. Local libraries & genealogical societies: (i've seen many at the NY public
library at 42nd st, at the NY B&G, and in the main Savannah public library)

3. Certainly the Mormon Family History Library has the microfilm
Begin with their online catalog
http://tinyurl.com/9bsjr
Select the film#. On the same web page there is a search for the nearest
library; order the film and view the manifest (if possible, print it in order
to review it later)

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)

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Miami, Inc is proud to present a
free Basic Computer Genealogy Workshop taught by Marcia Finkel, a computer
instructor at Miami-Dade College.

Concurrent with the Basic Computer Workshop we will also present Memorable
Genealogical Moments, an Informal Discussion for more advanced genealogists
on Sunday, October 16, 2005 at 10:00 AM at the Federation building.

Marcia Finkel will teach a hands-on workshop helping members increase their
genealogy research success on the Internet using Ancestry.com, Ellis Island
via Steve Morse's website, and JewishGen. Only nine computers will be
available. Please reserve your space with Marcia at finkelm@aol.com as soon
as possible.

A parallel informal discussion will give other members a chance to share
genealogy research experiences, help others with brick walls, browse through
our library and otherwise become better genealogically-acquainted.

All are welcome.

Greater Miami Jewish Federation
4200 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33137
Phone: 305-576-4000
* Bring picture ID *
Parking entrance at rear of building

For further information please email bar945@hotmail.com or finkelm@aol.com

Barbara Musikar
President Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Miami, Inc.
Surfside, FL
bmusikar@atlanticbb.net

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Miami, Inc is proud to present a
free Basic Computer Genealogy Workshop taught by Marcia Finkel, a computer
instructor at Miami-Dade College.

Concurrent with the Basic Computer Workshop we will also present Memorable
Genealogical Moments, an Informal Discussion for more advanced genealogists
on Sunday, October 16, 2005 at 10:00 AM at the Federation building.

Marcia Finkel will teach a hands-on workshop helping members increase their
genealogy research success on the Internet using Ancestry.com, Ellis Island
via Steve Morse's website, and JewishGen. Only nine computers will be
available. Please reserve your space with Marcia at finkelm@aol.com as soon
as possible.

A parallel informal discussion will give other members a chance to share
genealogy research experiences, help others with brick walls, browse through
our library and otherwise become better genealogically-acquainted.

All are welcome.

Greater Miami Jewish Federation
4200 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33137
Phone: 305-576-4000
* Bring picture ID *
Parking entrance at rear of building

For further information please email bar945@hotmail.com or finkelm@aol.com

Barbara Musikar
President Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Miami, Inc.
Surfside, FL
bmusikar@atlanticbb.net

I am seeking a translation of the sign pictured in a 1925 school photo.
Probably says something about it being a Workmen's Circle shul. Here
is a link to the photo:

http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6924

Thank you very much,

Barry Eisenberg
Rockville, MD USA
Seeking: EISENBERG, FREEDMAN, GLATTSTEIN/GLADSTONE,
GLASER/GLAZER/GLASLENDLER, KLIGER, MENKOWITZ, ROTHSTEIN, SAMURIN, UGER

MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.

I am seeking a translation of the sign pictured in a 1925 school photo.
Probably says something about it being a Workmen's Circle shul. Here
is a link to the photo:

http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=6924

Thank you very much,

Barry Eisenberg
Rockville, MD USA
Seeking: EISENBERG, FREEDMAN, GLATTSTEIN/GLADSTONE,
GLASER/GLAZER/GLASLENDLER, KLIGER, MENKOWITZ, ROTHSTEIN, SAMURIN, UGER

MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.

Are there online ship records for port of entry Boston MA?

Rabbi Ed Goldstein, Woodmere, NY

PRICE,MILLER, FOKCEN,SLOSBERG, SCHLOSSBERG, BERLY, GOLDSTEIN,
GOOTES,NESSON

Are there online ship records for port of entry Boston MA?

Rabbi Ed Goldstein, Woodmere, NY

PRICE,MILLER, FOKCEN,SLOSBERG, SCHLOSSBERG, BERLY, GOLDSTEIN,
GOOTES,NESSON

In a message dated 10/10/2005 05:55:44 GMT Standard Time,
phylliskramer1@att.net writes:

Matt asked why the cemeteries don't make their data public. I belive
there's a reason....and it's a financial one. In business there needs
to be a financial reason to fund a project; otherwise you will soon go
out of business. The archives are opening up all over the world...why?
altruism? i dont think so. The archives have discovered a way to make
themselves self-sufficient, by charging for access to the documents.

There are plenty of archives, usually public ones, which are open free,
in full or in part, to the public. To take a few examples - the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission, Canadian National Archives, National Archives of
Australia, The London Gazette. These are available on the Internet. Some of
these and others can be visited personally where sight of the archives is free.

Harold Pollins
Oxford, England

In a message dated 10/10/2005 05:55:44 GMT Standard Time,
phylliskramer1@att.net writes:

Matt asked why the cemeteries don't make their data public. I belive
there's a reason....and it's a financial one. In business there needs
to be a financial reason to fund a project; otherwise you will soon go
out of business. The archives are opening up all over the world...why?
altruism? i dont think so. The archives have discovered a way to make
themselves self-sufficient, by charging for access to the documents.

There are plenty of archives, usually public ones, which are open free,
in full or in part, to the public. To take a few examples - the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission, Canadian National Archives, National Archives of
Australia, The London Gazette. These are available on the Internet. Some of
these and others can be visited personally where sight of the archives is free.

Harold Pollins
Oxford, England

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:44:14 UTC, N.Landau@btopenworld.com (Franky)
opined:

"Stan Goodman" <SPAM_FOILER@hashkedim.com> wrote

It's true enough; not idle propaganda. While Denmark and Holland somehow
achieved a not entirely deserved reputation for saving their Jews, the
performance of Bulgaria and Albania was far more praiseworthy, although it
didn't produce the same PR resonance. Both of these countries have reason for
pride on this account.
Some Jews >from other countries even found refuge in Albania.

1 Holland -
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1795316,00.html
shows that 75% of the Dutch Jewish pre-War population were killed.

This is about what I understood, yet Holland had quite a reputation
for saving its Jews; PR is a wonderful thing.

I did not know the statistic below about Denmark; thank you. Quite a
contrast. Albania, by the way, is said to have lost no Jews at all,
because of popular resistance to German efforts at departation.

2 Denmark -
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/denmark.html says that
Denmark was the only country to actively resist the Nazi attempt to deport
its Jews. It says that of the 8,000 pre-War Danish Jews that only 50 Jews of
500 who were deported to Theriesenstadt didn't survive - this was because of
pressure >from Danish officials expressing concern for the wellbeing of their
Danish Jewish compatriots.

The figures for each country >from Lucy Davidowicz's "The War Against The
Jews" are reproduced on this website
http://www.adl.org/holocaust/response.asp

--
Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel

Searching:
NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, SURALSKI: >from Lomza Gubernia
ISMACH: >from Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina
HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: >from Dorohoi District, Romania
GRISARU, VATARU: >from 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.

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:44:14 UTC, N.Landau@btopenworld.com (Franky)
opined:

"Stan Goodman" <SPAM_FOILER@hashkedim.com> wrote

It's true enough; not idle propaganda. While Denmark and Holland somehow
achieved a not entirely deserved reputation for saving their Jews, the
performance of Bulgaria and Albania was far more praiseworthy, although it
didn't produce the same PR resonance. Both of these countries have reason for
pride on this account.
Some Jews >from other countries even found refuge in Albania.

1 Holland -
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1795316,00.html
shows that 75% of the Dutch Jewish pre-War population were killed.

This is about what I understood, yet Holland had quite a reputation
for saving its Jews; PR is a wonderful thing.

I did not know the statistic below about Denmark; thank you. Quite a
contrast. Albania, by the way, is said to have lost no Jews at all,
because of popular resistance to German efforts at departation.

2 Denmark -
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/denmark.html says that
Denmark was the only country to actively resist the Nazi attempt to deport
its Jews. It says that of the 8,000 pre-War Danish Jews that only 50 Jews of
500 who were deported to Theriesenstadt didn't survive - this was because of
pressure >from Danish officials expressing concern for the wellbeing of their
Danish Jewish compatriots.

The figures for each country >from Lucy Davidowicz's "The War Against The
Jews" are reproduced on this website
http://www.adl.org/holocaust/response.asp

--
Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel

Searching:
NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, SURALSKI: >from Lomza Gubernia
ISMACH: >from Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina
HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: >from Dorohoi District, Romania
GRISARU, VATARU: >from 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.

I am searching for a rabbi and his family >from Manchester, England (or some
say London) whose mother's maiden name was GAISINSKY / HAISINSKY and whose
maternal grandfather was Rabbi Yitzhak Avraham Gaisinsky >from Stavishche,
Ukraine. The younger rabbi settled in Manchester as a youngster in the early
1920's (or possibly earlier) and although I am uncertain of his name there is
a significant chance that it could be one of the following surnames: TANICKI,
CZARNE, FISHEL or SPEKTOR. The Manchester rabbi may have been born in a town
outside of Stavishche, as his mother and aunts probably married into other
rabbinical families >from nearby shtetls. I am researching the grandfather of
the Manchester rabbi and I am assisting a friend who is related to him who would
like to discover more about this lost wing in his family which settled in
England.

If anyone can help please respond privately.
Many thanks
Lisa Brahin Weinblatt
New Jersey, USA
Redball62@aol.com

I am searching for a rabbi and his family >from Manchester, England (or some
say London) whose mother's maiden name was GAISINSKY / HAISINSKY and whose
maternal grandfather was Rabbi Yitzhak Avraham Gaisinsky >from Stavishche,
Ukraine. The younger rabbi settled in Manchester as a youngster in the early
1920's (or possibly earlier) and although I am uncertain of his name there is
a significant chance that it could be one of the following surnames: TANICKI,
CZARNE, FISHEL or SPEKTOR. The Manchester rabbi may have been born in a town
outside of Stavishche, as his mother and aunts probably married into other
rabbinical families >from nearby shtetls. I am researching the grandfather of
the Manchester rabbi and I am assisting a friend who is related to him who would
like to discover more about this lost wing in his family which settled in
England.

If anyone can help please respond privately.
Many thanks
Lisa Brahin Weinblatt
New Jersey, USA
Redball62@aol.com

I have old photos of my grandfather. Many include friends >from college
years (1920s). No one in the family has any idea who they are. I have no
need to preserve them, but I don't want to discard them either.
Suggestions?

Robert A. Dodell
RADodell@worldnet.att.net

I have old photos of my grandfather. Many include friends >from college
years (1920s). No one in the family has any idea who they are. I have no
need to preserve them, but I don't want to discard them either.
Suggestions?

Robert A. Dodell
RADodell@worldnet.att.net

Hello everyone,

I would have to agree with Frank. I just came back >from Belarus and I had an
amazing experience visiting the shtetls my family came from. Just walking
the streets of the shtetls takes you to a different world and understand the
region, the way of life, the living conditions all takes you back a century
and helps you understand why your ancesters left. I highly recommend the
trip and will be sending out a description of my experiences after the
holidays. I would also suggest that you get in touch with Yuri Dorn, the
director of the Religious Communities of Belarus, based in Minsk, who can
help you with your trip. My amazing trip could not have been possible
without him. When I send out my full description, everyone will understand.

All the best,
Yehuda “J.R.” Rothstein
MODERATOR NOTE: The online newsletter is the place for these articles. Please
contact Fran Bock (franbock@optonline.net)for details.

Hello everyone,

I would have to agree with Frank. I just came back >from Belarus and I had an
amazing experience visiting the shtetls my family came from. Just walking
the streets of the shtetls takes you to a different world and understand the
region, the way of life, the living conditions all takes you back a century
and helps you understand why your ancesters left. I highly recommend the
trip and will be sending out a description of my experiences after the
holidays. I would also suggest that you get in touch with Yuri Dorn, the
director of the Religious Communities of Belarus, based in Minsk, who can
help you with your trip. My amazing trip could not have been possible
without him. When I send out my full description, everyone will understand.

All the best,
Yehuda “J.R.” Rothstein
MODERATOR NOTE: The online newsletter is the place for these articles. Please
contact Fran Bock (franbock@optonline.net)for details.