I would like to know the where abouts of the descendants of my great
great grandmother's two children.

My gggrandmother, Gittle ABRAMOWITZ left Europe (Novarodok) as a
widow with 4 youngish children. David, Sarah, Mayer and Kalman. As
far as I know (I have heard different variations) she came to the USA
probably around 1870-80 via Liverpool to New Haven, Ct. At some point
along the way she remarried a LAZAROFF. The children retained the
ABRAMOWITZ name.

It seems that David went to Boston to seek his fortune and according
to family lore, he started working in a dept. store and eventually
rose to management (ownership?). In the 1930s my grandfather tried to
look him up but was told that he was in his Florida residence. There
is a rumor that he changed his family name.

His sister Sarah, (I don't know her married name) lived (or
vacationed) in the 1930s in Coney Island, NY. My mother met her then
when she lived in NYC. All my mother wrote about her great aunt Sarah
is that she and her husband were members of a Yiddish language
literary club ( and/or the "Bund") and that they had a grandson Tom
who seems to have been >from Boston but was vacationing in Coney Island
with his grandparents. Tom was my mother's age and it seems that the
families were afraid of a possible courtship (between my mother and
Tom) so Tom was rushed back to Boston.

As a great grandson of Mayer, I am in close contact with his
descendants as well as Kalman's. It seems that these two siblings
remained orthodox and that may be the reason for the disconnection

from David and Sarah.

In today's more "open" Jewish society I would like to reconnect with
the extended family , hoping that their descendants (if I can find
them) are open to such connections.

Happy Yom Yerushalayim and Chag Shavuot Sameach to all

Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

I would like to know the where abouts of the descendants of my great
great grandmother's two children.

My gggrandmother, Gittle ABRAMOWITZ left Europe (Novarodok) as a
widow with 4 youngish children. David, Sarah, Mayer and Kalman. As
far as I know (I have heard different variations) she came to the USA
probably around 1870-80 via Liverpool to New Haven, Ct. At some point
along the way she remarried a LAZAROFF. The children retained the
ABRAMOWITZ name.

It seems that David went to Boston to seek his fortune and according
to family lore, he started working in a dept. store and eventually
rose to management (ownership?). In the 1930s my grandfather tried to
look him up but was told that he was in his Florida residence. There
is a rumor that he changed his family name.

His sister Sarah, (I don't know her married name) lived (or
vacationed) in the 1930s in Coney Island, NY. My mother met her then
when she lived in NYC. All my mother wrote about her great aunt Sarah
is that she and her husband were members of a Yiddish language
literary club ( and/or the "Bund") and that they had a grandson Tom
who seems to have been >from Boston but was vacationing in Coney Island
with his grandparents. Tom was my mother's age and it seems that the
families were afraid of a possible courtship (between my mother and
Tom) so Tom was rushed back to Boston.

As a great grandson of Mayer, I am in close contact with his
descendants as well as Kalman's. It seems that these two siblings
remained orthodox and that may be the reason for the disconnection

from David and Sarah.

In today's more "open" Jewish society I would like to reconnect with
the extended family , hoping that their descendants (if I can find
them) are open to such connections.

Happy Yom Yerushalayim and Chag Shavuot Sameach to all

Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

I am searching for any further information about
Malmine (GOLDFLEIN) TAUBENSCHLAG, 1847-1920 and her husband whose
given name is unknown to me.

I found a photo of her tombstone in a family file, so I assume she
is a relative of the TAUBENSCHLAGs in my family, but I know nothing
else. Does either name ring a bell?

Thank you. Dan Oren, Woodbridge, Connecticut doren@aya.yale.edu

I am searching for any further information about
Malmine (GOLDFLEIN) TAUBENSCHLAG, 1847-1920 and her husband whose
given name is unknown to me.

I found a photo of her tombstone in a family file, so I assume she
is a relative of the TAUBENSCHLAGs in my family, but I know nothing
else. Does either name ring a bell?

Thank you. Dan Oren, Woodbridge, Connecticut doren@aya.yale.edu

My maternal GGGM Gittel (Agathe) BLASS born BOTTWIN-MELLER was a midwife
in Vienna. It's written on her gravestone, and on her death
registration, in the Vienna Address Book - and on some of her
grandchildren's birth registrations and announcements.

Who paid the midwives? Was it purely personal? Were they functionaries
of congregation - and if they were, would I find them the list of people
paid by the congregation?

Thank you

Odeda Zlotnick
Searching:
KULIKOWER, BLASS, BOTTWIN-MELLER in Lemberg and Vienna;
LEISEROWITZ, ZIGLER COSULEANU in Iassi and Cosula;
MENDELOWITSCH (MENDELWICZ) >from Tomaszow Mazowietsky;
ZLOTNICK >from Lapich (Lapich) Belarus, FEIGIN in Minsk, Belarus,

My maternal GGGM Gittel (Agathe) BLASS born BOTTWIN-MELLER was a midwife
in Vienna. It's written on her gravestone, and on her death
registration, in the Vienna Address Book - and on some of her
grandchildren's birth registrations and announcements.

Who paid the midwives? Was it purely personal? Were they functionaries
of congregation - and if they were, would I find them the list of people
paid by the congregation?

Thank you

Odeda Zlotnick
Searching:
KULIKOWER, BLASS, BOTTWIN-MELLER in Lemberg and Vienna;
LEISEROWITZ, ZIGLER COSULEANU in Iassi and Cosula;
MENDELOWITSCH (MENDELWICZ) >from Tomaszow Mazowietsky;
ZLOTNICK >from Lapich (Lapich) Belarus, FEIGIN in Minsk, Belarus,

I recently received information >from a contact that my paternal grandmother
(Sime Bruche HELFER - also known as Sime Bruche ZINKER/ZINKOWER and Bertha
WILDER) may have had a sister named Sarah ZINKER who was married to Samuel
Gruber in Manchester, England, and I am trying to find out more information
about these two individuals and their family, as well as any more
information that might be available about her siblings. The parents of both
Sime Bruche HELFER (b. 1880) and Sarah ZINKER (b. abt. 1873) were Judith
HELFER and Aron ZINKOWER/ZINKER - all >from Brody, Poland (now Ukraine).

I should note that my grandmother emigrated >from Brody, Poland with her
husband (Salomon Wolf WILDER) and children to Vienna, Austria in 1914. From
there she was deported and killed by the Nazis in 1942. I previously posted
a family picture on JewishGen's Viewmate, without any results.

I have been researching this family for quite some time, and until now have
not been able to find any possible information regarding my paternal
grandmother's siblings. My ultimate goal is to locate any living relatives
of my paternal grandmother.

If anyone has more information regarding Sarah ZINKER or other possible
siblings of my grandmother, please contact me privately.

Joyce Eastman
Orange City, FL USA

Gesher Galicia is pleased to announce the addition of new sets of
Jewish vital records on the All Galicia Database (AGD) - a database
that is free and available to all. See:
http://search.geshergalicia.org

Olesko
- Jewish births, 1852-1876. Central State Historical Archives of
Ukraine in Lviv (TsDIAL), Fond 701/1/258. (513 records)
This completes all the Jewish vital records for Olesko held in
Ukrainian state archives.

- Jewish birth index book, 1924-1937. Przemysl State Archive, Fond
154, Sygn. Olesko-01. (156 records)


Stanislawow (Ivano-Frankivsk)
- Jewish Marriages, 1928-1930. State Archive of Ivano-Frankivsk
Oblast, Ukraine (DAIFO), Fond 63/2/82-84. (727 records)
We will continue, over the next few months, to index the marriage
records >from Stanislawow for 1932-1935, as well as birth records from
1926-1930.


Tarnopol (Ternopil)
- Jewish deaths, 1877. Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in
Lviv (TsDIAL), Fond 701/1/335. (350 records)

- Jewish marriages, Sep-Dec 1939. Central State Historical Archives of
Ukraine in Lviv (TsDIAL), Fond 701/1/355. (54 records)
We will continue, over the next few months, to index the marriage
records >from Tarnopol for the earlier part of 1939, as well the
marriage records for 1859-1876, 1923, and 1931-1938.


Zborow (Zboriv)
- Jewish deaths, 1819-1846, and Dec 1875-1876. Central State
Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv (TsDIAL), Fond 701/1/70, 74.
(760 records)
This completes all the Jewish vital records for Zborow held in
Ukrainian state archives. We will, though, be making some revisions
next month to the earlier set of Zborow birth records (1838-1864, Fond
701/1/69), after obtaining a clearer set of page images than the one
used originally for the indexing.


We have also recently uploaded a new set of landowner records to the
All Galicia Database.
-Borki Male (Mali Birky). Landowners 1828, 1878. Central State
Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv (TsDIAL), Fond 186/1/7412. (281
records)
Gesher Galicia thanks Marcia Feinberg for her work on these records.

In addition, three sets of indexes of landowner records, prepared over
three years ago but mislaid at the time, have resurfaced, and we have
now uploaded these records to the database:
- Bolszowce (Bilshivtsi) Landowners, 1846. TsDIAL, Fond 186/1/61.
(1,737 records)
- Jagielnica (Yahilnytsya) Landowners, 1827 (alphabetical). TsDIAL,
Fond 186/1/8895. (316 records)
- Ropczyce Landowners, 1849. Przemysl State Archive, Fond 126, operat
(file) 4. (408 records)


Vital records and censuses coming to the All Galicia Database soon:
- Bolechow - D 1811-1846, 1860-1876
- Budzanow - B, D 1825-1866
- Jezierna - B 1886-1893, 1898-1922
- Tarnopol - index book of 1880 Jewish census


For further information, please contact <info@geshergalicia.org>.
Please do NOT reply to this email.


Tony Kahane
Chair & Research Coordinator, Gesher Galicia
www.geshergalicia.org


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PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS.
Send all inquiries to info@geshergalicia.org

I recently received information >from a contact that my paternal grandmother
(Sime Bruche HELFER - also known as Sime Bruche ZINKER/ZINKOWER and Bertha
WILDER) may have had a sister named Sarah ZINKER who was married to Samuel
Gruber in Manchester, England, and I am trying to find out more information
about these two individuals and their family, as well as any more
information that might be available about her siblings. The parents of both
Sime Bruche HELFER (b. 1880) and Sarah ZINKER (b. abt. 1873) were Judith
HELFER and Aron ZINKOWER/ZINKER - all >from Brody, Poland (now Ukraine).

I should note that my grandmother emigrated >from Brody, Poland with her
husband (Salomon Wolf WILDER) and children to Vienna, Austria in 1914. From
there she was deported and killed by the Nazis in 1942. I previously posted
a family picture on JewishGen's Viewmate, without any results.

I have been researching this family for quite some time, and until now have
not been able to find any possible information regarding my paternal
grandmother's siblings. My ultimate goal is to locate any living relatives
of my paternal grandmother.

If anyone has more information regarding Sarah ZINKER or other possible
siblings of my grandmother, please contact me privately.

Joyce Eastman
Orange City, FL USA

Gesher Galicia is pleased to announce the addition of new sets of
Jewish vital records on the All Galicia Database (AGD) - a database
that is free and available to all. See:
http://search.geshergalicia.org

Olesko
- Jewish births, 1852-1876. Central State Historical Archives of
Ukraine in Lviv (TsDIAL), Fond 701/1/258. (513 records)
This completes all the Jewish vital records for Olesko held in
Ukrainian state archives.

- Jewish birth index book, 1924-1937. Przemysl State Archive, Fond
154, Sygn. Olesko-01. (156 records)


Stanislawow (Ivano-Frankivsk)
- Jewish Marriages, 1928-1930. State Archive of Ivano-Frankivsk
Oblast, Ukraine (DAIFO), Fond 63/2/82-84. (727 records)
We will continue, over the next few months, to index the marriage
records >from Stanislawow for 1932-1935, as well as birth records from
1926-1930.


Tarnopol (Ternopil)
- Jewish deaths, 1877. Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in
Lviv (TsDIAL), Fond 701/1/335. (350 records)

- Jewish marriages, Sep-Dec 1939. Central State Historical Archives of
Ukraine in Lviv (TsDIAL), Fond 701/1/355. (54 records)
We will continue, over the next few months, to index the marriage
records >from Tarnopol for the earlier part of 1939, as well the
marriage records for 1859-1876, 1923, and 1931-1938.


Zborow (Zboriv)
- Jewish deaths, 1819-1846, and Dec 1875-1876. Central State
Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv (TsDIAL), Fond 701/1/70, 74.
(760 records)
This completes all the Jewish vital records for Zborow held in
Ukrainian state archives. We will, though, be making some revisions
next month to the earlier set of Zborow birth records (1838-1864, Fond
701/1/69), after obtaining a clearer set of page images than the one
used originally for the indexing.


We have also recently uploaded a new set of landowner records to the
All Galicia Database.
-Borki Male (Mali Birky). Landowners 1828, 1878. Central State
Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv (TsDIAL), Fond 186/1/7412. (281
records)
Gesher Galicia thanks Marcia Feinberg for her work on these records.

In addition, three sets of indexes of landowner records, prepared over
three years ago but mislaid at the time, have resurfaced, and we have
now uploaded these records to the database:
- Bolszowce (Bilshivtsi) Landowners, 1846. TsDIAL, Fond 186/1/61.
(1,737 records)
- Jagielnica (Yahilnytsya) Landowners, 1827 (alphabetical). TsDIAL,
Fond 186/1/8895. (316 records)
- Ropczyce Landowners, 1849. Przemysl State Archive, Fond 126, operat
(file) 4. (408 records)


Vital records and censuses coming to the All Galicia Database soon:
- Bolechow - D 1811-1846, 1860-1876
- Budzanow - B, D 1825-1866
- Jezierna - B 1886-1893, 1898-1922
- Tarnopol - index book of 1880 Jewish census


For further information, please contact <info@geshergalicia.org>.
Please do NOT reply to this email.


Tony Kahane
Chair & Research Coordinator, Gesher Galicia
www.geshergalicia.org


---
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS.
Send all inquiries to info@geshergalicia.org

'The Danube Exodus' is a 60 minutes long film by Hungarian film maker
Peter Forgacs. It tells the story pf several hundred Slovak Jewish
refugees sailing down the Danube, >from Bratislava to the Black Sea on
a couple of river boats, July 1st to August 31, 1939 . The film is
partly based on 8mm films taken by the captain of 'Queen Elizabeth',
one of those boats.
My grandmother and three of her children (an aunt and two uncles of
mine) sailed on the 'Czar Dushan', the second of those boats. My aunt,
21 years old at the time, described the whole trip in a personal
diary, a copy of which I have (in Hungarian, translated by me into
Hebrew).
I would like very much to view this film, but could not find a usable
copy. Can anybody help ?
Moshe Vered, Israel
Researching WURMFELD family >from the village of Csicso (in
Hungarian)/Cicov (in Slovakian)

Moderator: Go to http://www.forgacspeter.hu/english/films/The+Danube+Exodus/14
for contact information about filmmarker Peter Forgacs and the film.

'The Danube Exodus' is a 60 minutes long film by Hungarian film maker
Peter Forgacs. It tells the story pf several hundred Slovak Jewish
refugees sailing down the Danube, >from Bratislava to the Black Sea on
a couple of river boats, July 1st to August 31, 1939 . The film is
partly based on 8mm films taken by the captain of 'Queen Elizabeth',
one of those boats.
My grandmother and three of her children (an aunt and two uncles of
mine) sailed on the 'Czar Dushan', the second of those boats. My aunt,
21 years old at the time, described the whole trip in a personal
diary, a copy of which I have (in Hungarian, translated by me into
Hebrew).
I would like very much to view this film, but could not find a usable
copy. Can anybody help ?
Moshe Vered, Israel
Researching WURMFELD family >from the village of Csicso (in
Hungarian)/Cicov (in Slovakian)

Moderator: Go to http://www.forgacspeter.hu/english/films/The+Danube+Exodus/14
for contact information about filmmarker Peter Forgacs and the film.

For those of you in the Boston area, Judy Baston will be giving two
different and special presentations that you won't want to miss on Sunday,
June 11, 2017. First, at 10AM, Judy will present her Vilna Ghetto Library
Program at the Vilna Shul/Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, 18 Phillips
St, Boston. This library in the Vilna ghetto provided a much-needed
sanctuary >from the horrors of the ghetto. For more information, go to
http://www.vilnashul.org/events/event/JudyBaston2017

Then at 1:30 pm, Judy will appear at the Jewish Genealogical Society of
Greater Boston at 1:30 pm at Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton. She will
speak about the latest in Lithuanian research. For more information, go to
http://jgsgb.org/event/judy-baston-researching-lithuanian-roots/

Judy Baston has served in leadership positions in LitvakSIG and JRI-Poland
for more than 15 years. She has moderated multiple discussion groups and
coordinates several district research groups. She is the 2015 recipient of
the IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award.

Both events are co-sponsored by the JGSGB and the Vilna Shul.

Marilyn Lipton Okonow, Needham, Massachusetts Board Member, Vilna
Shul/Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, Outreach Coordinator, JGSGB

Researching OKONOWSKI, Virbalis, Lithuania PREDMIETSKI, Orla, Krynki,
Bialystok, Poland DIENSTFREUND, Jaroslaw, Poland LIVSHITZ, Polotsk, Belarus

For those of you in the Boston area, Judy Baston will be giving two
different and special presentations that you won't want to miss on Sunday,
June 11, 2017. First, at 10AM, Judy will present her Vilna Ghetto Library
Program at the Vilna Shul/Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, 18 Phillips
St, Boston. This library in the Vilna ghetto provided a much-needed
sanctuary >from the horrors of the ghetto. For more information, go to
http://www.vilnashul.org/events/event/JudyBaston2017

Then at 1:30 pm, Judy will appear at the Jewish Genealogical Society of
Greater Boston at 1:30 pm at Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton. She will
speak about the latest in Lithuanian research. For more information, go to
http://jgsgb.org/event/judy-baston-researching-lithuanian-roots/

Judy Baston has served in leadership positions in LitvakSIG and JRI-Poland
for more than 15 years. She has moderated multiple discussion groups and
coordinates several district research groups. She is the 2015 recipient of
the IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award.

Both events are co-sponsored by the JGSGB and the Vilna Shul.

Marilyn Lipton Okonow, Needham, Massachusetts Board Member, Vilna
Shul/Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, Outreach Coordinator, JGSGB

Researching OKONOWSKI, Virbalis, Lithuania PREDMIETSKI, Orla, Krynki,
Bialystok, Poland DIENSTFREUND, Jaroslaw, Poland LIVSHITZ, Polotsk, Belarus

The Yiddish Book Center has the 3 volume set by Leyzer Ran entitled
"Jerusalem of Lithuania" (Yerusholayim de-Lita : ilustrirt un dokumentirt)
available for online reading and download. These books can also be printed
on demand. This set is the first developed as a pictorial history of the
Jewish communwity of Vilna. See the following links:

http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yiddish-books/spb-nybc314075/
leyzer-ran-yerusholayim-de-lita-ilustrirt-un-dokumentirt

http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yiddish-books/spb-nybc314391/
leyzer-ran-yerusholayim-de-lita-ilustrirt-un-dokumentirt-volume-2-vol-2

http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yiddish-books/spb-nybc314392/
leyzer-ran-yerusholayim-de-lita-ilustrirt-un-dokumentirt-volume-3-vol-3

Be advised that Vol. 1 and 2 are very large files - over 2 and 3GB in size.

Enjoy!


Joel Ratner

The Yiddish Book Center has the 3 volume set by Leyzer Ran entitled
"Jerusalem of Lithuania" (Yerusholayim de-Lita : ilustrirt un dokumentirt)
available for online reading and download. These books can also be printed
on demand. This set is the first developed as a pictorial history of the
Jewish communwity of Vilna. See the following links:

http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yiddish-books/spb-nybc314075/
leyzer-ran-yerusholayim-de-lita-ilustrirt-un-dokumentirt

http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yiddish-books/spb-nybc314391/
leyzer-ran-yerusholayim-de-lita-ilustrirt-un-dokumentirt-volume-2-vol-2

http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/yiddish-books/spb-nybc314392/
leyzer-ran-yerusholayim-de-lita-ilustrirt-un-dokumentirt-volume-3-vol-3

Be advised that Vol. 1 and 2 are very large files - over 2 and 3GB in size.

Enjoy!


Joel Ratner

For those of you in the Boston area, Judy Baston will be giving two
different and special presentations that you won't want to miss on Sunday,
June 11, 2017. First, at 10AM, Judy will present her Vilna Ghetto Library
Program at the Vilna Shul/Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, 18 Phillips
St, Boston. This library in the Vilna ghetto provided a much-needed
sanctuary >from the horrors of the ghetto. For more information, go to
http://www.vilnashul.org/events/event/JudyBaston2017

Then at 1:30 pm, Judy will appear at the Jewish Genealogical Society of
Greater Boston at 1:30 pm at Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton. She will
speak about the latest in Lithuanian research. For more information, go to
http://jgsgb.org/event/judy-baston-researching-lithuanian-roots/

Judy Baston has served in leadership positions in LitvakSIG and JRI-Poland
for more than 15 years. She has moderated multiple discussion groups and
coordinates several district research groups. She is the 2015 recipient of
the IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award.

Both events are co-sponsored by the JGSGB and the Vilna Shul.

Marilyn Lipton Okonow, Needham, Massachusetts Board Member, Vilna
Shul/Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, Outreach Coordinator, JGSGB
Researching OKONOWSKI, Virbalis, Lithuania PREDMIETSKI, Orla, Krynki,
Bialystok, Poland DIENSTFREUND, Jaroslaw, Poland LIVSHITZ, Polotsk, Belarus

For those of you in the Boston area, Judy Baston will be giving two
different and special presentations that you won't want to miss on Sunday,
June 11, 2017. First, at 10AM, Judy will present her Vilna Ghetto Library
Program at the Vilna Shul/Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, 18 Phillips
St, Boston. This library in the Vilna ghetto provided a much-needed
sanctuary >from the horrors of the ghetto. For more information, go to
http://www.vilnashul.org/events/event/JudyBaston2017

Then at 1:30 pm, Judy will appear at the Jewish Genealogical Society of
Greater Boston at 1:30 pm at Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St, Newton. She will
speak about the latest in Lithuanian research. For more information, go to
http://jgsgb.org/event/judy-baston-researching-lithuanian-roots/

Judy Baston has served in leadership positions in LitvakSIG and JRI-Poland
for more than 15 years. She has moderated multiple discussion groups and
coordinates several district research groups. She is the 2015 recipient of
the IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award.

Both events are co-sponsored by the JGSGB and the Vilna Shul.

Marilyn Lipton Okonow, Needham, Massachusetts Board Member, Vilna
Shul/Boston's Center for Jewish Culture, Outreach Coordinator, JGSGB
Researching OKONOWSKI, Virbalis, Lithuania PREDMIETSKI, Orla, Krynki,
Bialystok, Poland DIENSTFREUND, Jaroslaw, Poland LIVSHITZ, Polotsk, Belarus

A lawyer friend of mine in Jerusalem believes he may be related to the
recently appointed Ambassador to Israel, David FRIEDMAN. I only know
that his father was Rabbi Morris FRIEDMAN of North Woodmere. Does
anyone on this forum know the family roots of the above so I can
relate them to my friend.

TIA

Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

MODERATOR NOTE: Private responses only, please.

A lawyer friend of mine in Jerusalem believes he may be related to the
recently appointed Ambassador to Israel, David FRIEDMAN. I only know
that his father was Rabbi Morris FRIEDMAN of North Woodmere. Does
anyone on this forum know the family roots of the above so I can
relate them to my friend.

TIA

Yoni Ben-Ari, Jerusalem

MODERATOR NOTE: Private responses only, please.