I am looking to learn more about the town Koloniya Galoche, Odes'Ka Oblast', Ukraine as it relates to Jewish genealogy.  Anyone know of sources?
Thanks,
Marlise Gross
Cherry Hill, NJ

Researching:
Ul'yanetskiy in Kishinev, Bessarabia and Koloniya Galoche, Ukraine
Shchedrinsky in Novodarivka, Ukraine
Zlotnick in Ekaterinaslav, Ukraine and Kamryn, Belarus

Besides Nu What’s New is there a list of Jewish Genealogy e-zines? This is for a future column for my societies newsletter Keeping up with the Genes.

Hi again, and I neglected to mention that roughly 30,000 Jews (about 10% of the population) lived in virtually every town on the map of Sicily in Taormina.

Susan J. Gordon
New York
ZBARAZ
SKALAT
CASTELMOLA Sicily

Hi,

Is it possible the town is KaschaU (and the script N is really a script
U)?
This would be present day Kosice, Slovakia.
See alternate names at:
https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-843247

Moishe Miller
Brooklyn, NY
moishe.miller@...
JGFF #3391
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Moishe Miller
Brooklyn, NY
moishe.miller@...
JGFF #3391

don't forget the new JewishGen blog.
JewishGen.org/blog.

Avraham Groll
Executive Director
JewishGen.org

VM88639

In Russian:

 

#22

Пултуск

Состоялось в городе Пултуск 11-го (24-го) октября 1905-го года в 3 часа дня.  Явился равин Пултуского религиозного округа Абрам Бегам и в присутствии свидетелей Боруха Розенблюма, торговца, 74 лет и Шии-Лейбы Гольдмахера, учителя 41-и лет, оба жители города Пултуск, и объявили, что 27 апреля (10 мая) сего года, в 12 часов ночи, был заключен религиозный брачный союз между присудствующими Шмулем-Мошком Яржембским, холостым, 19-и лет, сыном живущих Янкеля и Суры, урожденной Гузинкер, супругов Яржембских, проживающем при родителях в городе Пултуск с Хасей-Рухлей Домб, девицей, 22 лет, дочерью Давида и Фрейды, урожденной Сребро, супругов Домб, проживающей в городе Насельске с родителями.  Браку этому предшествовали троекратное оглашение опубликованные в в Пултуской синагоге 12, 19 и 26 марта сего года и в Насельской синагоге 5, 12 и 19 марта сего года, как об этом удостоверяют приложенные свидетельства.  Дозволение присутствующего лично отца жениха заявлено словестно.  Новобрачные объявили, что брачный контракт заключен не был.  По прочтении присутствующим, акт нами и равином подписан, кроме отца жениха и новобрачных - неграмотных.

 Равин Абрам Бегам

Shia-Leiba Goldmacher

Boruch Rosenblum

Civil Status Official, President of the City of Pultusk Signature

 

Translated into English:

 

# 22

Pultusk

It took place in the city of Pultusk on October 11 (24), 1905, at 3 pm. The rabbi of the Pultusk religious district, Abram Begam, appeared and in the presence of witnesses Borukh Rosenblum, a merchant, 74 years old, and Shii-Leiba Goldmakher, a 41-year-old teacher, both residents of the city of Pultusk, and announced that on April 27 (May 10) of this year, at 12 at night, a religious marriage union was concluded between Shmul-Moshko Yarzhembsky, single, 19 years old, the son of living Yankel and Sura, nee Guzinker, the Yarzhembsky spouses, living with their parents in the city of Pultusk with Khasey-Rukhla Domb, a girl, 22 years old , daughter of David and Freida, nee Srebro, spouses Domb, living in the city of Naselsk with her parents. This marriage was preceded by a three-fold announcement published in the Pultu synagogue on March 12, 19 and 26 this year and in the Naselska synagogue on March 5, 12 and 19, as evidenced by the attached certificates. The permission of the groom's father personally present is stated verbally. The newlyweds announced that the marriage contract had not been concluded. After reading by those present, the act was signed by us and the rabbi, except for the father of the groom and newlyweds - illiterate.

 

 Rabbi Abram Begum

Shia-leiba goldmacher

Boruch rosenblum

Civil Status Official, President of the City of Pultusk Signature

Translated by Michael Ryabinky
Boynton Beach, FL

VM88638

In Russian:

#22

Пултуск

Состоялось в городе Пултуск 23-го апреля 1903-го года в 3 часа дня.  Явился равин Пултуского религиозного округа Абрам Бегам и в присутствии свидетелей Боруха Розенблюма, торговца, 72 лет и Шии-Лейбы Гольдмахера, учителя 39-и лет, оба жители города Пултуск, и объявили, что 19 февраля (4 марта) сего года, в 11 часов ночи, был заключен религиозный брачный союз между присудствующими Гершем-Бениямином Домб, холостым, 19-и лет, сыном живущих Сруля и Ханы-Бейли, урожденной Висня, супругов Домб, проживающем при родителях в городе Пултуск с Нaхой-Брейной Дрозд, девицей, 20 лет, дочерью умершего Абрама-Ицка и живущей Фейги, урожденной Рузга, супругов Дрозд, проживающей в городе Пултуск с матерью.  Браку этому предшествовали троекратное оглашение опубликованные в в Пултуской синагоге 18, 25 января и 1 февраля сего года, как об этом удостоверяют приложенные свидетельства.  Новобрачные объявили, что брачный контракт заключен не был.  По прочтении присутствующим, акт нами и равином подписан, кроме отца и матери новобрачных - неграмотных . 

 Равин Абрам Бегам

Shia-Leiba Goldmacher

Boruch Rosenblum

Civil Status Official, President of the City of Pultusk Signature

 

Translated into English:

 

# 22

 

Pultusk

 

It took place in the town of Pultusk on April 23, 1903 at 3 pm. The rabbi of the Pultusk religious district Abram Begam appeared and in the presence of witnesses Borukh Rosenblum, a merchant, 72 years old, and Shya-Leiba Goldmakher, a teacher of 39 years old, both residents of the city of Pultusk, and announced that on February 19 (March 4) of this year, at 11 at night, a religious marriage alliance was concluded between the present Gersh-Beniamin Domb, single, 19 years old, the son of living Srul and Khana-Bailya, nee Visnya, the Domb spouses, living with their parents in the city of Pultusk with Nakha-Braina Drozd, a girl, 20 years old, the daughter of the deceased Abram-Itska and living Feiga, nee Ruzga, the Drozd spouses, living in the city of Pultusk with her mother. This marriage was preceded by a three-fold announcement published in the Pultusk synagogue on January 18, 25 and February 1 this year, as evidenced by the attached certificates. The newlyweds announced that the marriage contract had not been concluded. Upon reading by those present, the act was signed by us and the rabbi, except for the father and mother of the newlyweds - illiterate.

 

 Rabbi Abram Begum

 

Shya-leiba Goldmacher

 

Boruch Rosenblum

 

Civil Status Official, President of the City of Pultusk Signature
Translated by Michael Ryabinky
Boynton Beach, FL

Family History Today: What’s New on Yad Vashem’s Shoah Names Database?
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VM88637

In Russian:

#13

Пултуск

Состоялось в городе Пултуск 4-го марта 1907-го года в 1 часа дня.  Явился равин Пултуского религиозного округа Абрам Бегам и в присутствии свидетелей Боруха Розенблюма, торговца, 76 лет и Шии-Лейбы Гольдмахера, учителя 43-и лет, оба жители города Пултуск, и объявили, что 19 февраля сего года, в 12 часов ночи, был заключен религиозный брачный союз между присудствующими Лейзером-Йосеком Брумштейном, холостым, 26-и лет, торговцем, сыном живущих Хаима и Гинды, урожденной Керш, супругов Брумштейн, проживающем при родителях в деревне Бобин Плонявы, Маковского религиозного округа, с Песей-Юрон Домб, девицей, 22 лет, дочерью живущих Либера и Ханы-Леи, урожденной Якубович, супругов Домб, проживающей в городе Пултуск с родителями.  Браку этому предшествовали троекратное оглашение опубликованные в Маковской синагоге 27 января, 3 и 7 февраля 1907 года и в Пултуской синагоге 3, 10 и 17 февраля 1907 года, как об этом удостоверяют приложенные свидетельства.  Новобрачные объявили, что брачный контракт заключен не был.  По прочтении присутствующим, акт нами и равином подписан, кроме неграмотных новобрачных. 

 Равин Абрам Бегам

Shia-Leiba Goldmacher

Boruch Rosenblum

Civil Status Official, President of the City of Pultusk Signature

Translated into English:

#13

 

Pultusk

 

It took place in the city of Pultusk on March 4, 1907, at 1 pm. The rabbi of the Pultusk religious district, Abram Begam, appeared and in the presence of witnesses Borukh Rosenblum, a merchant, 76 years old, and Shii-Leiba Goldmakher, a teacher of 43 years old, both residents of the city of Pultusk, and announced that on February 19 of this year, at 12 o'clock at night, was a religious marriage alliance was concluded between the members of Leizer-Yosek Brumshtein, single, 26 years old, a merchant, the son of living Haim and Ginda, nee Kersh, the Brumstein spouses, living with their parents in the village of Bobin Plonyava, Makovsky religious district, with Pesea-Yuron Domb, a dumsel, 22 years old, the daughter of living Libera and Hana-Leya, nee Yakubovich, the Domb spouses, who lives in Pultusk with her parents. This marriage was preceded by a three-fold announcement published in the Makovskaya synagogue on January 27, February 3 and 7, 1907 and in the Pultusk synagogue on February 3, 10 and 17, 1907, as evidenced by the attached certificates. The newlyweds announced that the marriage contract had not been concluded. Upon reading by those present, the act was signed by us and the rabbi, except for illiterate newlyweds.

 

 Rabbi Abram Begum

Shia-leiba Goldmacher

Boruch Rosenblum

Civil Status Official, President of the City of Pultusk Signature
Translated by Michael Ryabinky
Boynton Beach, FL

They are not necessarily homeless.  I have been searching a Alex/Alexander Weber.  He is in the 1910 census twice!  He is one of the "Seward Street Strollers" and is also listed with his wife Mary living on 52 Sherrif Street.  I have tried over the years to find any reference to the Strollers to no avail.  He clearly wasn't homeless but he had no occupation and he died a year later so perhaps he have just "hung out" with others in the Park.  

Myrna Hewitt

VM88636

In Russian:

#73

Пултуск

Состоялось в городе Пултуск 18-го ноября 1907 года в 10 часов утра.  Явились лично торговец Борух Розенблюм, 76 года и учитель Шия-Лейба Гольдмахер 43 лет, жители города Пултуск и объявили, что 16 ноября, в 6 часов вечера, умер житель города Пултуска, Мотек Домб, рабочий, 66 лет, сын Хаскеля и Суры, оставив после себя жену Виту-Эльку, урожденную Виделец.  По настоящему удостоверяю о кончине Мотки Домба.  Акт сей объявляющим прочитан и ими и нами подписан.

Шия-Лейба Гольдмахер

Борух Розенблюм

Чиновник гражданского состояния, президент города Пултуска        Подпись

 

Translated into English:

# 73

Pultusk

It took place in the city of Pultusk on November 18, 1907 at 10 am. The merchant Borukh Rosenblum, 76 years old, and the teacher Shia-Leiba Goldmacher, 43 years old, residents of the city of Pultusk, personally appeared and announced that on November 16, at 6 pm, a resident of the city of Pultusk, Motek Domb, a worker, 66 years old, the son of Haskel and Sura, had died. leaving behind his wife Vita-Elka, née Videlets. I truly certify the death of Motka Domb. This act was read by the announcers and signed by them and by us.

Shia-Leiba Goldmacher

Boruch Rosenblum

Civil Status Official, President of the City of Pultusk Signature
Translated by Michael Ryabinky
Boynton Beach, FL

Hi,
One of the town Kosice in Slovakia variations name is Kaschau.

Košice, Kassa, Kaschau

seat of a first-order administrative division

48°43' N 21°15' E

G

Slovakia

193.8 miles ENE of Bratislava 48°09' N 17°07' E

Alexander Sharon
JGFF coordinator

On a US World War I document for a not-so-close relative, it says that he was born in "Kaschan, Hungary." The rest of the family came from various towns in what is today northwestern Romania. I would consider the target region to be bounded by a triangle of large places Oradea, Cluj, and Tasnad. I believe this relative also came from this region. I've searched the JG Town Finder and Gazetteer with various search strategies with nothing even remotely close.

The only reference to the town that I can find by googling, other than someone else also claiming to come from Kaschan, is a reference to the "Kaschan-Oberbergar Bahn" supposedly part of a rail network in Austria-Hungary.

Any suggestions? TIA.

Steve Stein
Highland Park, NJ USA

A French relative is researching his DRAY family who came from Morocco. He has been told the circumcision registers for the Moroccan towns or villages of Tetouan and Oujda are in London. Can anyone please help with this? 

many thanks
Christine Lawes

There are two good sources to Jewish genealogy blogs.

The first is a list I created a few years ago. It is at my blog The Extra Yad at https://extrayad.blogspot.com/
The direct link to the list of Jewish geneabloggers is at https://extrayad.blogspot.com/p/jewish.html

I intend to update this list before the end of the calendar year. If any Jewish genealogy bloggers are not on my list, please contact me at extrayad@... and provide a link to the blog home page.

Another good source for all genealogy blogs is at https://geneabloggers.com/members/
Enter Jewish in the search box to find those who include topics of interest to Jewish researchers. This morning there were 59 bloggers listed who cover Jewish topics.

Emily Garber
extrayad@...
https://extrayad.blogspot.com

Hello

If you mean the birth and marriage certificates of the civil records office, you should look at the Standesamt Würzburg or the Stadtarchiv Würzburg.

By the way there is a database project of the University of Würzburg about Jews in Lower Franconia:
https://www.historisches-unterfranken.uni-wuerzburg.de/juf/Datenbank/
https://www.historisches-unterfranken.uni-wuerzburg.de/juf/Datenbank/juf.php?global=reset

Regards

Corinne Iten
Switzerland

Att:  Jan Meisels Allen

I just spoke with the folks at my library (Alamance County, North Carolina).  They do have the library edition of Ancestry.com but it is their understanding that it can only be reached from within the library.  Is there someone, someplace they can contact so that they can offer this service to the community to use at home?

Thank you,
Linda Cahill

Thanks to all the respondents. The main suggestions aside from Koson, Ukraine include Kosice, Slovakia (a.k.a. Kassa) and Kasov, Slovakia. However, in the 1930 census, this person indicates that he was born in Romania (and his parents in Hungary), which is why I suggested limiting the search to the Crisana/Transylvania region. By 1930, the places suggested were firmly in Czechoslovakia, not Romania, so I doubt these are correct. For those who were curious and feel this information might be key, his surname was FRIEDMAN.

Steve Stein

Cindy,

I do not recognize them.  However, I discovered 2 Max's in my family who were brothers.  Neither came to the US, but each of their families in the US called them Max.  One was Moshe (my gggf), the other was Mordechai.  I have discovered that people who came to the US not only anglicized their own names, but also the names of their ancestors.

Robert Hanna
NYC

Good Afternoon Michelle,

 

You may see our business blog where we write articles concerning Jewish genealogy and history:

 

https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog

 

Kind regards,

Michael Waas
Co-Founder, Hollander-Waas Jewish Heritage Services