As coordinator of the website
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Colonies_of_Ukraine
I am interested in all families that settled in the Colonies. The more
people that list their family names and stories (and photos of their
ancestors) on the individual Colony pages, the more likely it is that others
will make connections.

I also would like to hear >from people who have searched the Latvian archives
and found their families on the list of people who left Courland for
Kherson.

Nancy Holden

As coordinator of the website
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Colonies_of_Ukraine
I am interested in all families that settled in the Colonies. The more
people that list their family names and stories (and photos of their
ancestors) on the individual Colony pages, the more likely it is that others
will make connections.

I also would like to hear >from people who have searched the Latvian archives
and found their families on the list of people who left Courland for
Kherson.

Nancy Holden

I am trying to trace the descendants of Gersch & Czerne
ANAPOLSKY >from Ekaterinoslav who arrived in New York
on the 'Estonia' out of Libau on January 12 1909 with their
younger children: Sara (14), Velvel (10), Breina (8)
and Marianne (5).Their passage was paid for by an older daughter
(unnamed) living at 873 Cross Street, Philadelphia, PA.
I am especially trying to link them to Nikolai & Alexandra
ANAPOLSKY, a married couple both born around 1905 and
living in Ekaterinoslav, whose descendants still live in Russia.
All suggestions gratefully received - TIA!

Ric Cooper
Gosport, UK
ADLER & FINKELSTEIN >from Ternopil
ANAPOLSKY >from Dnepropetrovsk
BORENSTEIN , MATELEVITCH & GODZINSKI >from Warszawa
LEZTER & SALENDER >from Rzeszow
MILLET >from Dabrowa Tarnowska
YAROSHEVSKY & SHAPOCHNICOW >from Odessa

I am trying to trace the descendants of Gersch & Czerne
ANAPOLSKY >from Ekaterinoslav who arrived in New York
on the 'Estonia' out of Libau on January 12 1909 with their
younger children: Sara (14), Velvel (10), Breina (8)
and Marianne (5).Their passage was paid for by an older daughter
(unnamed) living at 873 Cross Street, Philadelphia, PA.
I am especially trying to link them to Nikolai & Alexandra
ANAPOLSKY, a married couple both born around 1905 and
living in Ekaterinoslav, whose descendants still live in Russia.
All suggestions gratefully received - TIA!

Ric Cooper
Gosport, UK
ADLER & FINKELSTEIN >from Ternopil
ANAPOLSKY >from Dnepropetrovsk
BORENSTEIN , MATELEVITCH & GODZINSKI >from Warszawa
LEZTER & SALENDER >from Rzeszow
MILLET >from Dabrowa Tarnowska
YAROSHEVSKY & SHAPOCHNICOW >from Odessa

I've added translations >from 2 chapters (Radzilow and Wizna) in Pinkas
Hakehilot, Polin [Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Poland].

http://www.radzilow.com/pinkas.htm
http://www.wizna.com/pinkas.htm

Both towns are in northeastern Poland, in the former Lomza gubernia,
between Lomza and Szczuczyn.

I took the detailed population statistics in the Radzilow chapter,
along with similar statistics found in 3 other sources, and combined
them into one comprehensive table. It makes for an interesting
analysis of population trends in this small town >from 1564 to 1921
(number of houses, total population, percentage of Jews).

http://www.radzilow.com (middle of page)


Jose Gutstein
E-Mail: Gutstein@bellsouth.net
Radzilow web page: http://www.radzilow.com
Wizna web page: http://www.wizna.com

I've added translations >from 2 chapters (Radzilow and Wizna) in Pinkas
Hakehilot, Polin [Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities, Poland].

http://www.radzilow.com/pinkas.htm
http://www.wizna.com/pinkas.htm

Both towns are in northeastern Poland, in the former Lomza gubernia,
between Lomza and Szczuczyn.

I took the detailed population statistics in the Radzilow chapter,
along with similar statistics found in 3 other sources, and combined
them into one comprehensive table. It makes for an interesting
analysis of population trends in this small town >from 1564 to 1921
(number of houses, total population, percentage of Jews).

http://www.radzilow.com (middle of page)


Jose Gutstein
E-Mail: Gutstein@bellsouth.net
Radzilow web page: http://www.radzilow.com
Wizna web page: http://www.wizna.com

In Holocaust-era records for the town of Czestochowa, I find these
three words as a person's profession:

"Rzezak i kantor"

Several native Polish speakers were unable to translate these into
English. Can anyone help with this?

Dan

P.S. In case you are curious, this document includes records for 395
persons. These persons are listed under various categories:

Register of workers of "Jewish Committee District" (with family)
Residents of a house for orphans
Registry of members of management
Registry of workers
Registry of student/children above 14 years old
Persons employed in workshops and co-ops
Registry of sick people
Registry of children up to age 14 years

Here are the surnames included in these records:

http://www.kazez.com/~dan/1025.CzestoKC.html

........................................................
Daniel Kazez <dkazez@wittenberg.edu>
Professor of Music / Wittenberg University / Springfield, Ohio USA
Poland: TALMAN, ENGLANDER, JURKIEWICZ, STRAUSBERG, KIFER, CZAPNIK, BRODA,
SZEWCZYK, LEWKOWICZ, SZPALTYN, OFMAN, ZYLBERBERG, KRZEPICKI, LUKS,
MOSZKOWICZ, STROZ, SZWIMER, GUTMAN, PESACH
http://www.kazez.com/~dan/talman/
http://www.kazez.com/~dan/englander/
--

Regarding the book on Dachau that Daniel Kazez mentioned in his 25
October posting, perhaps it is worthwhile mentioning again that
JewishGen has been computerizing 122,000 Dachau concentration camp
records, 37,000 of which are already online in the Holocaust Database
at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/. Scroll down to the
end of the list and click on to the highlighted file name, which will
take you to the introduction to the Dachau material or do a search by
surname in all the component databases in the Holocaust Database at
the URL mentioned above.

Our volunteers have already entered about 89,000 names. The next
update to the Holocaust Database will add many thousands of names to
those already online. Granted these records contain non-Jews as well
as Jews; however, Jews are always characterized as Jude, as the
Introduction and the Glossary of terms to this file indicate.

Joyce Field
JewishGen VP, Research

In Holocaust-era records for the town of Czestochowa, I find these
three words as a person's profession:

"Rzezak i kantor"

Several native Polish speakers were unable to translate these into
English. Can anyone help with this?

Dan

P.S. In case you are curious, this document includes records for 395
persons. These persons are listed under various categories:

Register of workers of "Jewish Committee District" (with family)
Residents of a house for orphans
Registry of members of management
Registry of workers
Registry of student/children above 14 years old
Persons employed in workshops and co-ops
Registry of sick people
Registry of children up to age 14 years

Here are the surnames included in these records:

http://www.kazez.com/~dan/1025.CzestoKC.html

........................................................
Daniel Kazez <dkazez@wittenberg.edu>
Professor of Music / Wittenberg University / Springfield, Ohio USA
Poland: TALMAN, ENGLANDER, JURKIEWICZ, STRAUSBERG, KIFER, CZAPNIK, BRODA,
SZEWCZYK, LEWKOWICZ, SZPALTYN, OFMAN, ZYLBERBERG, KRZEPICKI, LUKS,
MOSZKOWICZ, STROZ, SZWIMER, GUTMAN, PESACH
http://www.kazez.com/~dan/talman/
http://www.kazez.com/~dan/englander/
--

Regarding the book on Dachau that Daniel Kazez mentioned in his 25
October posting, perhaps it is worthwhile mentioning again that
JewishGen has been computerizing 122,000 Dachau concentration camp
records, 37,000 of which are already online in the Holocaust Database
at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/. Scroll down to the
end of the list and click on to the highlighted file name, which will
take you to the introduction to the Dachau material or do a search by
surname in all the component databases in the Holocaust Database at
the URL mentioned above.

Our volunteers have already entered about 89,000 names. The next
update to the Holocaust Database will add many thousands of names to
those already online. Granted these records contain non-Jews as well
as Jews; however, Jews are always characterized as Jude, as the
Introduction and the Glossary of terms to this file indicate.

Joyce Field
JewishGen VP, Research

This the first time I am posting a messing to this group. I am
researching the MITTELMANN family. My great-grandmother was Emma
MITTELMANN possibly >from Jadul Mures Turda what is now Romania. I know
where Turda is but I'm not exactly sure where Jadul or Jedul are. This
is information I received >from the Ellis Island site. Her Husband Max
STEINBERG was possibly >from Cluj. Excuse my general message, but I'm
just starting on this particularly hard part of my family. Any help
with the locations would be greatly appreciated. Vanessa Grasso New
Jersey

MITTELMANN, MITTLEMAN , OR MITTELMAN CLUJ AREA
STEINBERG POSS CLUJ
SOMLO TVRDOSIN SLOVAKIA
DEUTCH BUDAPEST

MODERATOR NOTE: Private replies. In future messages please capitalize
only surnames. Please be sure to enter your family names and towns
in the JewishGen Family Finder (www.jewishgen.org/jgff) and to search
for others who are searching the same names/towns.

This the first time I am posting a messing to this group. I am
researching the MITTELMANN family. My great-grandmother was Emma
MITTELMANN possibly >from Jadul Mures Turda what is now Romania. I know
where Turda is but I'm not exactly sure where Jadul or Jedul are. This
is information I received >from the Ellis Island site. Her Husband Max
STEINBERG was possibly >from Cluj. Excuse my general message, but I'm
just starting on this particularly hard part of my family. Any help
with the locations would be greatly appreciated. Vanessa Grasso New
Jersey

MITTELMANN, MITTLEMAN , OR MITTELMAN CLUJ AREA
STEINBERG POSS CLUJ
SOMLO TVRDOSIN SLOVAKIA
DEUTCH BUDAPEST

MODERATOR NOTE: Private replies. In future messages please capitalize
only surnames. Please be sure to enter your family names and towns
in the JewishGen Family Finder (www.jewishgen.org/jgff) and to search
for others who are searching the same names/towns.

At 01:59 PM 26/10/2002, Aage Skjelborg wrote:

Could someone please inform me where to find the town of (former) TUKUN,
LATVIA?
...snip...

--------------------
(MODERATOR NOTE:
English is the language of all JewishGen mailing lists, however
as only a few words is in Norwegian in the below message -- and
I believe a special greeting to Aage in Norway, I'll let it pass
as an exception and add the English translation between in
brackets []).
--------------------

Hei [Hi] Aage,

har du sett [have you seen]

http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/riga/riga_archive_holdingslatest.htm#ct

her er det ihvertfall mye du kan velge blant...
[anyway there is much to choose between...]

med vennlig hilsen
[kind regards

Micha Reisel, Hod Hasharon, Israel

At 01:59 PM 26/10/2002, Aage Skjelborg wrote:

Could someone please inform me where to find the town of (former) TUKUN,
LATVIA?
...snip...

--------------------
(MODERATOR NOTE:
English is the language of all JewishGen mailing lists, however
as only a few words is in Norwegian in the below message -- and
I believe a special greeting to Aage in Norway, I'll let it pass
as an exception and add the English translation between in
brackets []).
--------------------

Hei [Hi] Aage,

har du sett [have you seen]

http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/riga/riga_archive_holdingslatest.htm#ct

her er det ihvertfall mye du kan velge blant...
[anyway there is much to choose between...]

med vennlig hilsen
[kind regards

Micha Reisel, Hod Hasharon, Israel

Hello to everyone!

Could someone please inform me where to find the town of (former) TUKUN,
LATVIA?

My source is dating >from 1906 (Jewish emigration til USA: Lena and Carl
Milbert (born 1886)) but the location of the town Tukun is the most
important thing of all to get celared up, if possible.

Thank you.

Best wishes

Aage Skjelborg
Norway
-----------------------
MODERATOR NOTE:
It is presumably Tukkum/Tukums 57.6
kilometers W of Riga at 56"57' 23"09'
When you make a search in
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker
remember to use the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex
-----------------------
-----------------------

Hello to everyone!

Could someone please inform me where to find the town of (former) TUKUN,
LATVIA?

My source is dating >from 1906 (Jewish emigration til USA: Lena and Carl
Milbert (born 1886)) but the location of the town Tukun is the most
important thing of all to get celared up, if possible.

Thank you.

Best wishes

Aage Skjelborg
Norway
-----------------------
MODERATOR NOTE:
It is presumably Tukkum/Tukums 57.6
kilometers W of Riga at 56"57' 23"09'
When you make a search in
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker
remember to use the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex
-----------------------
-----------------------

Do you know a lady called Marjorie who would now be 79 years old?
Her maiden name was LEVY. She was born in London in May 1923 approx.
Marjorie had two younger brothers, David LEVY and Morris LEVY.
I think David was killed in an aeroplane accident, in around 1960/70.
David's wife ran off and his children went to live with his brother Morris.
I think Morris died just a couple of years ago; he was living in East
London.
The parents of Marjorie, David and Morris LEVY were Jacob and Selina LEVY.
If you think you may know Marjorie - or any of the above details ring
true...
Please do not hesitate to email me!
Thank you, in advance.
Daniel Gleek (London)
DanielGee@btopenworld.com or click on reply

Also searching for surnames:
COKISCAS and FEREMINSKY >from Poland.
KUPCHIK and ISOWITZSKY >from Novo Odessa, Ukraine.
GLICK or GLEEK >from Riga to South Africa and Palestine.
TWERIA or TWEERIE >from Gorzhd.
LIDRAL or LEDDA >from Warsaw, Poland.

Do you know a lady called Marjorie who would now be 79 years old?
Her maiden name was LEVY. She was born in London in May 1923 approx.
Marjorie had two younger brothers, David LEVY and Morris LEVY.
I think David was killed in an aeroplane accident, in around 1960/70.
David's wife ran off and his children went to live with his brother Morris.
I think Morris died just a couple of years ago; he was living in East
London.
The parents of Marjorie, David and Morris LEVY were Jacob and Selina LEVY.
If you think you may know Marjorie - or any of the above details ring
true...
Please do not hesitate to email me!
Thank you, in advance.
Daniel Gleek (London)
DanielGee@btopenworld.com or click on reply

Also searching for surnames:
COKISCAS and FEREMINSKY >from Poland.
KUPCHIK and ISOWITZSKY >from Novo Odessa, Ukraine.
GLICK or GLEEK >from Riga to South Africa and Palestine.
TWERIA or TWEERIE >from Gorzhd.
LIDRAL or LEDDA >from Warsaw, Poland.

Hi,

I'm new to the Ukraine group but have spent the last two years digging into
JRI-Poland databases, etc. I can only hope I'll be half as successful in
this part of Russia.

I have just this past week found my great-grandfather's naturalization which
says that he was >from Slavuta in Volhynia. Here is what I know:

My great-grandfather was Solomon KIRZNER (I'm guessing at the spelling
since this is how my mother tells me it sounded, they used the name
KITCHENER while stopping over in Leeds, and they changed the name to SIDMAN
in the US-taking the name of his best friend Sam SIDMAN, also >from Slavuta).
His wife was Minnie BAYLIN. His mother was Sophie BAYLIN.

His best friend Sam SIDMAN's wife was Sarah BAYLIN and Sam's mother was
Celia BAYLIN. So the BAYLIN are pretty well entwined with KIRZNER and
SIDMAN.

Has anyone had success getting records >from the Slavuta region?
Any suggestions on how to proceed?

Thanks,

Marty Meyers
researching:
BORDOWITZ >from Przasnysz/Mlawa/Ciechanow/Makow/Pultusk
ZYLBERMAN/SILVERMAN >from Przasnysz/Chorzele LANDSMAN/FINBERG/PEANEN >from
Vilna MEYEROWITZ/POROSHKIN >from Bolshaya Berestovitsa (Belarus)
KIRSHNER/SIDMAN/BAILIN >from Slavuta/Volhynia/Ukraine
ZELMANOVICH >from Poland (Przasnysz area?)
ROZENSZTEIN >from Poland (Przasnysz area?)

I do not dispute that many Jewish names in Germany were based on place-names
with which the person was associated but in my own family I have found some
hard-to explain family names. My ggf, Leib Speier (which is already a place
name, though the Speiers came >from HOF), wrote in the "Family Book" in 1872
that he took the mane HOLSTEIN, though the family; lived near Kassel and had
no apparent connection with the province of Holstein.
Leib Speier-Holstein also traces his ancestry to the PLAUT Family of
Neuenbrunslar, which again is not near Schleswig-Holstein.
Another mystery regarding the "taking" of additional names are the various
descendants of Josef Plaut who added names such as Dannenberg, Stern and
Koenig to the Plaut name.
Often the original name (Plaut, Speier) was dropped and only the newer name
retained by future generations.

Irwin Schiffres,
Rochester,, NY
Searching HOLSTEIN or SPEIER-HOLSTEIN (Neuenbrunslar, Gensungen), SPEIER
or SPEYER (Hof or Hoof), KAHN (Alsace, Belgium), SCHIFFRES/SHIFRES/SZYFRES
(Grodno), HALPERN/GALPERN (Grodno)