JGS Pittsburgh will meet on Monday, October 21, 2002.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Holocaust Center, JCC Robinson Building, 5738 Darlington Rd.

Program:
Preserving Your Family Papers and Photographs: It Can Be Done!

Susan Melnick, Archivist for the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz
History Center will speak and demonstrate various materials used
for preservation of documents, etc. The mission of the Archives
is to collect, preserve and make accessible the documents and
photographs relating to the history of Jews in this region.

Prior to her appointment as Archivist for the Rauh Jewish Archives,
Susan was the preservation services manager at PALINET, a library
network and director of an NEH grant providing preservation
education to librarians in the tri-state region. She has also
worked on a Library of Congress project for the preservation of
paper-based materials.

Susan will also update us on the upcoming Rauh Jewish Archives
annual meeting program on Genealogy. Dr. Sally Ann Sack, former
president of the IAJGS and renowned Jewish genealogist, will be
the speaker of the day. JGS of Pittsburgh will be among several
other genealogical groups represented at the program.

Sunday, October 27 - 2-4 p.m.
Rauh Jewish Archives
Heinz History Center - 12th & Smallman (Parking across the street).

Julian Falk - President
Marilyn Newman - Program Chair

JGS Pittsburgh will meet on Monday, October 21, 2002.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Holocaust Center, JCC Robinson Building, 5738 Darlington Rd.

Program:
Preserving Your Family Papers and Photographs: It Can Be Done!

Susan Melnick, Archivist for the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz
History Center will speak and demonstrate various materials used
for preservation of documents, etc. The mission of the Archives
is to collect, preserve and make accessible the documents and
photographs relating to the history of Jews in this region.

Prior to her appointment as Archivist for the Rauh Jewish Archives,
Susan was the preservation services manager at PALINET, a library
network and director of an NEH grant providing preservation
education to librarians in the tri-state region. She has also
worked on a Library of Congress project for the preservation of
paper-based materials.

Susan will also update us on the upcoming Rauh Jewish Archives
annual meeting program on Genealogy. Dr. Sally Ann Sack, former
president of the IAJGS and renowned Jewish genealogist, will be
the speaker of the day. JGS of Pittsburgh will be among several
other genealogical groups represented at the program.

Sunday, October 27 - 2-4 p.m.
Rauh Jewish Archives
Heinz History Center - 12th & Smallman (Parking across the street).

Julian Falk - President
Marilyn Newman - Program Chair

I am sure Lievland is known by another name in the States. Please tell me
what it is?

Dan Nussbaum
Fall River, Massachusetts

Searching for
NUSSBAUM, KATZENSTEIN-Raboldshausen, Bad Hersfeld and Rhina Germany
TEPLITZKY, BENDERSKY, KASZKIET, KASHKET, GREENBERG-Uman, Ukraine
ROSENTHAL, S(C)HENK(EL)MAN-Zinkov, Ukraine
BILD, KASHLEVSKY-anywhere

I am sure Lievland is known by another name in the States. Please tell me
what it is?

Dan Nussbaum
Fall River, Massachusetts

Searching for
NUSSBAUM, KATZENSTEIN-Raboldshausen, Bad Hersfeld and Rhina Germany
TEPLITZKY, BENDERSKY, KASZKIET, KASHKET, GREENBERG-Uman, Ukraine
ROSENTHAL, S(C)HENK(EL)MAN-Zinkov, Ukraine
BILD, KASHLEVSKY-anywhere

On the back of a photograph affixed to a stiff paper backing is a purple ink
stamp in Russian. I think it is the stamp of the photographer and I would
like a translation of what it says. I think the larger part says "G.L.
ATLAS". Can anyone confirm this and read the smaller part above? Does this
photographer sound familiar to anyone? The picture would have been taken in
the area of Grodno, probably Dabrowa Bialostocka, in the early 1900s.

You can view a scan of this item here:
http://www.geocities.com/ahslot/goldbergisaacleah_200dpi_back.jpg

Thanks,
Aaron Slotnik
Chicago, IL USA

WOROSHILSKY - Bialystok area, Poland
GOLDBERG - Dabrowa Bialostocka, Poland
ZLOTNIK - Warsaw area, Poland
BLUMENTHAL, SCHAPIRA - Gusyatin, Gorodenka, Ukraine
BLUM, KATZ, MARTON - Salaj and Maramures Counties, Romania

On the back of a photograph affixed to a stiff paper backing is a purple ink
stamp in Russian. I think it is the stamp of the photographer and I would
like a translation of what it says. I think the larger part says "G.L.
ATLAS". Can anyone confirm this and read the smaller part above? Does this
photographer sound familiar to anyone? The picture would have been taken in
the area of Grodno, probably Dabrowa Bialostocka, in the early 1900s.

You can view a scan of this item here:
http://www.geocities.com/ahslot/goldbergisaacleah_200dpi_back.jpg

Thanks,
Aaron Slotnik
Chicago, IL USA

WOROSHILSKY - Bialystok area, Poland
GOLDBERG - Dabrowa Bialostocka, Poland
ZLOTNIK - Warsaw area, Poland
BLUMENTHAL, SCHAPIRA - Gusyatin, Gorodenka, Ukraine
BLUM, KATZ, MARTON - Salaj and Maramures Counties, Romania

I am now researching these NYC landsmanshaften.
If you have any information for me on these Belarus
based NYC organizations I would appreciate hearing

from you for help and to avoid duplication of effort.

Jerry Seligsohn
NYC SELIGSOHN and ELKIN of Mogilev/Dnepr

Does anyone know how to find information on an old synagogue in manhattan? i
found the marriage records of my ggparents. the shul was CONGREGATION
CHEVRA ARON DAVID ALISHE LUPTZ. alishe is probably anshei. the rabbi was
REV.HYMAN LEVINE and the date was 10-25-1900. If the shul is still
there -obviously under a different name, how do i find it?
lynn
baltimore
RESEARCHING: STRULL,STRUHL,STREWL, STRUL

I am now researching these NYC landsmanshaften.
If you have any information for me on these Belarus
based NYC organizations I would appreciate hearing

from you for help and to avoid duplication of effort.

Jerry Seligsohn
NYC SELIGSOHN and ELKIN of Mogilev/Dnepr

Does anyone know how to find information on an old synagogue in manhattan? i
found the marriage records of my ggparents. the shul was CONGREGATION
CHEVRA ARON DAVID ALISHE LUPTZ. alishe is probably anshei. the rabbi was
REV.HYMAN LEVINE and the date was 10-25-1900. If the shul is still
there -obviously under a different name, how do i find it?
lynn
baltimore
RESEARCHING: STRULL,STRUHL,STREWL, STRUL

Here is a precis/paraphrase of the recent announcement of the
Lauder Wurzburg center and of the future Hoenlein Jewish genealogy
center.
The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, after negotiations with the Jewish
community in WFCrzburg will enlarge the new Lauder "Chorev
Center" in Wurzburg. The foundation has been active in WBg for
3 years with regular lectures and courses for youths and young adults

from the Former Soviet U. The new Lauder Chorev Center, to be finished

in late 04, will offer classrooms and overnight accomodations for
course particiapnts.
The Ephraim Gustav Hoenlein Genealogy Project is the only one of
its kind in Germany, to provide Jews of German ancestry, >from all
over the world the oportunity for research into their ancestry.
The Lauder Foundation will procure research grants and has committed
itself to retaining a paid archivist. The Hoenlein family originated in
Bavaria (Ermreuth, to be exact--MB) and emigrated to the USA.
The son of Ephraim HF6nlein, Malcolm is executive vice-president of
the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Information on the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation is at:

<www.rslfoundation.org>

Michael Bernet, New York, mBernet@aol.com

Here is a precis/paraphrase of the recent announcement of the
Lauder Wurzburg center and of the future Hoenlein Jewish genealogy
center.
The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, after negotiations with the Jewish
community in WFCrzburg will enlarge the new Lauder "Chorev
Center" in Wurzburg. The foundation has been active in WBg for
3 years with regular lectures and courses for youths and young adults

from the Former Soviet U. The new Lauder Chorev Center, to be finished

in late 04, will offer classrooms and overnight accomodations for
course particiapnts.
The Ephraim Gustav Hoenlein Genealogy Project is the only one of
its kind in Germany, to provide Jews of German ancestry, >from all
over the world the oportunity for research into their ancestry.
The Lauder Foundation will procure research grants and has committed
itself to retaining a paid archivist. The Hoenlein family originated in
Bavaria (Ermreuth, to be exact--MB) and emigrated to the USA.
The son of Ephraim HF6nlein, Malcolm is executive vice-president of
the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
Information on the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation is at:

<www.rslfoundation.org>

Michael Bernet, New York, mBernet@aol.com

There is a rather good book, I do not recall the author's name, called The Shores
of Refuge. It covers Jewish immigration to the US and details a lot of the
pogroms that occured in Odessa and other parts of Russia as well. I was able to
get a copy >from my local library (a huge surprise!) so most libraries should have
it. It may not answer you very specific questions, but if you are looking to get
a very good idea of what life was like this is a good read.

Linda Altman - Raleigh, NC


Linda Altman - Raleigh, NC
researching:
ALTMAN, >from Russia to NY City. TYRNAUER >from Hungary.
BERGMAN >from Warsaw & Sokolow-Podlaski, Poland to the
UK, Israel and US.
CYBULA/CYBULKA/CYBULKO/CYBULKSI, Ostrow Maz.,
Siedlce,& Zambrow, Poland to UK, and US.
GOLDFINGIER, Sokolow-Podlaski, Poland. SINGER, Austria.
KRIEDBERG/KREIDBERG/KZAIBURG/KRITBERG/KRITZBERG >from
Russia to US.
LIEBERMAN, Austria and Romania to US.

There is a rather good book, I do not recall the author's name, called The Shores
of Refuge. It covers Jewish immigration to the US and details a lot of the
pogroms that occured in Odessa and other parts of Russia as well. I was able to
get a copy >from my local library (a huge surprise!) so most libraries should have
it. It may not answer you very specific questions, but if you are looking to get
a very good idea of what life was like this is a good read.

Linda Altman - Raleigh, NC


Linda Altman - Raleigh, NC
researching:
ALTMAN, >from Russia to NY City. TYRNAUER >from Hungary.
BERGMAN >from Warsaw & Sokolow-Podlaski, Poland to the
UK, Israel and US.
CYBULA/CYBULKA/CYBULKO/CYBULKSI, Ostrow Maz.,
Siedlce,& Zambrow, Poland to UK, and US.
GOLDFINGIER, Sokolow-Podlaski, Poland. SINGER, Austria.
KRIEDBERG/KREIDBERG/KZAIBURG/KRITBERG/KRITZBERG >from
Russia to US.
LIEBERMAN, Austria and Romania to US.

Does anyone know of a pogram in Kiev city in 1898 approximately? My
G.Grandfather Moishe WEIL of Blessed Memory told other relatives that he
witnessed a pogrom in "downtown" Kiev when he was six years old. He said he
escaped by hiding in a doorway. His date of birth is 9 September 1892. I
don't know off-hand what the Hebrew year was.

Thank you,
Valerie Bergin
Rock Hill, SC

WEIL, SOBEL, TUGENTAFT/TUGENDHAFT, ZEITLIN, STRASSFELD/STRASFELD, CHUDNER

Does anyone know of a pogram in Kiev city in 1898 approximately? My
G.Grandfather Moishe WEIL of Blessed Memory told other relatives that he
witnessed a pogrom in "downtown" Kiev when he was six years old. He said he
escaped by hiding in a doorway. His date of birth is 9 September 1892. I
don't know off-hand what the Hebrew year was.

Thank you,
Valerie Bergin
Rock Hill, SC

WEIL, SOBEL, TUGENTAFT/TUGENDHAFT, ZEITLIN, STRASSFELD/STRASFELD, CHUDNER

I'm trying to locate a list and map of the Uyezds that used to exist
in Ukraine and their modern day counterparts, the Rayons, along with
the Guberniyas and Oblasts to which they belong. I've tried a Google
search, but have come up with too many false hits. Do any of you know
where such a list or lists exist?

Ron Doctor
rondoctor@earthlink.net
Portland, Oregon

I'm trying to locate a list and map of the Uyezds that used to exist
in Ukraine and their modern day counterparts, the Rayons, along with
the Guberniyas and Oblasts to which they belong. I've tried a Google
search, but have come up with too many false hits. Do any of you know
where such a list or lists exist?

Ron Doctor
rondoctor@earthlink.net
Portland, Oregon

In a message dated 10/15/02 ,Betina Sor betasor@cvtci.com.ar writes:

<< Dears all:


I have two questions for my investigation. Perhaps somebody can help me:
I need to know if there were "pogroms" in the city of Odesa between the
years 1899 and 1908/9. (it dates approximate of my grandfather's escape
JANKL MEIER SCHOR).I need to know if in Odessa a Jewish neighborhood
existed between 1899 and 1908/9. If it is this way, I need to know if the
street PREOBRAZHENSKAYA was part of that neighborhood. >>

Descriptions of pogroms that occurred in Odessa in 1821, 1859, 1871, 1881,
and 1905 can be found at:

http://www.moria.farlep.net/vjodessa/en/pogroms.html

The one in which Ms. Sor is interested was not confined primarily in the
Moldavanka district where many poor Jews lived. This one was city-wide,
and it started in the city's center, so it most likely included
Preobrazhenskaya Street, which was one of Odessa's major streets.And yes,
the Moldavanka district still existed in 1905.

Those of you who are interested in Odessa's history should read:

Patricia Herlihy, "Odessa: A History: 1794-1914" Harvard University Press,
1986. A fuller description of the 1905 pogrom than that given on the
above website can be found on pages 304-308.

Steven J. Zipperstein, "A Cultural History, 1794-1881," Stanford
University Press, 1986

Also, the essay "Remapping Odessa" should be read in Steven J. Zipperstein,
"Imagining Russia Jewry: Memory History, Identity," University of Wisconsin
Press, 1999.

Incidentally, the name of the city is often spelled with only one "s." so
people who like to do websearches should try both spellings (Odessa, and
Odesa).

Also my websearch for "Preobrazhenskaya Street, Odessa" turned up a site
at:

http://www.artukraine.com/photoart/photstudio2.htm

which shows three charming "cabinet" postcard photographs of a pair of
young girls, a father with his daughters, and a young couple in "exotic"
costume,with the names of the photographers and their addresses displayed
on the photographs' reverse side.

Another website showed various "penny" postcard views of Odessa is at:

http://www.us-genealogy.com/ukraine/kpcs-odessa.html


Naomi Fatouros (nee FELDMAN)
Bloomington, Indiana
NFatouros@aol.com
Researching: BELKOWSKY and BIELKOWSKY, Odessa and Berdichev;ROTHSTEIN,
Kremenchug; FELDMAN, Pinsk; SCHUTZ, RETTIG, WAHL, Shcherets; LEVY, Mulhouse;
SAS or SASS,Podwolochisk; RAPOPORT, Tarnopol, Korostyshev; BEHAM, Salok and
Kharkov; WOLPIANSKY, Ostryna.

In a message dated 10/15/02 ,Betina Sor betasor@cvtci.com.ar writes:

<< Dears all:


I have two questions for my investigation. Perhaps somebody can help me:
I need to know if there were "pogroms" in the city of Odesa between the
years 1899 and 1908/9. (it dates approximate of my grandfather's escape
JANKL MEIER SCHOR).I need to know if in Odessa a Jewish neighborhood
existed between 1899 and 1908/9. If it is this way, I need to know if the
street PREOBRAZHENSKAYA was part of that neighborhood. >>

Descriptions of pogroms that occurred in Odessa in 1821, 1859, 1871, 1881,
and 1905 can be found at:

http://www.moria.farlep.net/vjodessa/en/pogroms.html

The one in which Ms. Sor is interested was not confined primarily in the
Moldavanka district where many poor Jews lived. This one was city-wide,
and it started in the city's center, so it most likely included
Preobrazhenskaya Street, which was one of Odessa's major streets.And yes,
the Moldavanka district still existed in 1905.

Those of you who are interested in Odessa's history should read:

Patricia Herlihy, "Odessa: A History: 1794-1914" Harvard University Press,
1986. A fuller description of the 1905 pogrom than that given on the
above website can be found on pages 304-308.

Steven J. Zipperstein, "A Cultural History, 1794-1881," Stanford
University Press, 1986

Also, the essay "Remapping Odessa" should be read in Steven J. Zipperstein,
"Imagining Russia Jewry: Memory History, Identity," University of Wisconsin
Press, 1999.

Incidentally, the name of the city is often spelled with only one "s." so
people who like to do websearches should try both spellings (Odessa, and
Odesa).

Also my websearch for "Preobrazhenskaya Street, Odessa" turned up a site
at:

http://www.artukraine.com/photoart/photstudio2.htm

which shows three charming "cabinet" postcard photographs of a pair of
young girls, a father with his daughters, and a young couple in "exotic"
costume,with the names of the photographers and their addresses displayed
on the photographs' reverse side.

Another website showed various "penny" postcard views of Odessa is at:

http://www.us-genealogy.com/ukraine/kpcs-odessa.html


Naomi Fatouros (nee FELDMAN)
Bloomington, Indiana
NFatouros@aol.com
Researching: BELKOWSKY and BIELKOWSKY, Odessa and Berdichev;ROTHSTEIN,
Kremenchug; FELDMAN, Pinsk; SCHUTZ, RETTIG, WAHL, Shcherets; LEVY, Mulhouse;
SAS or SASS,Podwolochisk; RAPOPORT, Tarnopol, Korostyshev; BEHAM, Salok and
Kharkov; WOLPIANSKY, Ostryna.