Hi Norman and Jean,

I couldn't find your town name, so I looked at the 1910 map of Zemplen and
found a Sztercocz (this was the closest match). The 1869 census of Zemplen
county is now available on LDS microfilm (for this town, film no. 0719794).
If you don't find a better lead, you might try looking at it.

I did find one reference to an actual Sirkov on the internet. This is a
link to a person who is researching ancestors >from there. However, he says
it is in Bohemia, while Zemplen county would be Slovakia.

Beth Long
dnblong@cts.com

INQUIRY:

Hello

Do you know someone born in Munkacs, Hungary (now Mukachevo) still alive at
an age 100 or older?

If so, please contact me privately at dbaer@hoflink.com

Thank you.

Dennis

Hi Norman and Jean,

I couldn't find your town name, so I looked at the 1910 map of Zemplen and
found a Sztercocz (this was the closest match). The 1869 census of Zemplen
county is now available on LDS microfilm (for this town, film no. 0719794).
If you don't find a better lead, you might try looking at it.

I did find one reference to an actual Sirkov on the internet. This is a
link to a person who is researching ancestors >from there. However, he says
it is in Bohemia, while Zemplen county would be Slovakia.

Beth Long
dnblong@cts.com

INQUIRY:

Hello

Do you know someone born in Munkacs, Hungary (now Mukachevo) still alive at
an age 100 or older?

If so, please contact me privately at dbaer@hoflink.com

Thank you.

Dennis

Shmuel Rubens

I have answered you to your private e.mail address.

Anne LAPEDUS BREST. ( Ex Dublin, Ireland). Sandton, South Africa..
RESEARCHING: LAPEDUS, Vieksniai, Lithuania. LAPIDUS (all spellings) all
countries, MARCUS, Ackmene, Lithuania, KLAPMAN, Ackmene, Lithuania, KARLIN
Zagera, Lithuania, BREST, Bauska, Latvia. , MIRRELSON , Kourland, Latvia.
ORKIN Zagera, Lithuania. ORKIN Joniskis (Yaneshik) Lithuania. KAHN
Vieksniai , Lithuania. SHILLMAN, Odessa, Russia. NOVGOROD, Yaneshik
(Joniskis), Lithuania.

Shmuel Rubens

I have answered you to your private e.mail address.

Anne LAPEDUS BREST. ( Ex Dublin, Ireland). Sandton, South Africa..
RESEARCHING: LAPEDUS, Vieksniai, Lithuania. LAPIDUS (all spellings) all
countries, MARCUS, Ackmene, Lithuania, KLAPMAN, Ackmene, Lithuania, KARLIN
Zagera, Lithuania, BREST, Bauska, Latvia. , MIRRELSON , Kourland, Latvia.
ORKIN Zagera, Lithuania. ORKIN Joniskis (Yaneshik) Lithuania. KAHN
Vieksniai , Lithuania. SHILLMAN, Odessa, Russia. NOVGOROD, Yaneshik
(Joniskis), Lithuania.

My cousin Eva nee Rosenstrauch is marraied to Michael Cahn who is a
pharmacist and has a Chemist store in Jo'berg. I dont know very much about
his paraents but I could find out if this is the same Cahn. Michael would
be about 60 now.
Louise Goldschmidt

My cousin Eva nee Rosenstrauch is marraied to Michael Cahn who is a
pharmacist and has a Chemist store in Jo'berg. I dont know very much about
his paraents but I could find out if this is the same Cahn. Michael would
be about 60 now.
Louise Goldschmidt

I don't know about a list of names of those buried in Phila. Jewish
cemeteries, but at this address you can at least get the addresses
of the cemeteries and go >from there.
That's how I did it.

http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/

Steve Pickholtz
Tabernacle, NJ

I don't know about a list of names of those buried in Phila. Jewish
cemeteries, but at this address you can at least get the addresses
of the cemeteries and go >from there.
That's how I did it.

http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/

Steve Pickholtz
Tabernacle, NJ

Dan Kazez wrote:

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Dan Kazez wrote:

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JewishGen.

1. Sign on to AOL and launch a Web browser other than the built-in AOL
browser, such as Netscape or Internet Explorer. (This will not work with
AOL's own browser.) Go to the AOL website, www.aol.com, and sign in with
your screen name and password. Click on Mail. You will then be able to
submit messages using AOL's "AOL Anywhere" service, which still uses the
plain text format.

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the Usenet newsgroup soc.genealogy.jewish, which on AOL generally carries the
same content as the JewishGen Discussion Group e-mail list. To do this, go
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My original reply to Leonard Robbins's post was inexplicably truncated
between my sending it and its arrival at JewishGen, probably causing anyone
who read it to scratch their heads and wonder what in the world I was trying
to say. Out of respect to these poor confused few, here is the reply as I
originally sent it. Basile Ginger's subsequent correction is noted with thanks,
and may reflect the sale of extra copies printed beyond the number subscribed
for in advance. The copy I saw did indicate that it was printed by advance
subscription.

--
Leonard Robbins asked,

I have been unable to locate a copy of the English Translation
of Stammbuch der Frankfurter Juden by Alexander Dietz which was published
about 1988

This is not surprising, as the translation was published in a limited edition
of no more than a couple of hundred copies, by advance subscription only.
Major institutions such as the Leo Baeck Institute were among the
subscribers, but because of the nature of the book I doubt that any would be
willing to allow it out on interlibrary loan. Most of the subscribers were
surviving Jews >from Frankfurt or members of major Frankfurt Jewish families.

But the unavailability of this book is not quite the tragedy it might have
been. I was able to borrow the copy of a neighbor who is a survivor from
Frankfurt and compare it to the original, obtained by interlibrary loan.
Many minor errors crept in in the translation and publication process,
inevitably. While these would be of little consequence in the narrative
sections, they render the genealogical sections of limited value. In fact,
even the original is of limited value, as Dietz, who was not Jewish, could
not read the Hebrew documents on which the genealogical sections are based,
and made many errors as a result of the cumbersome assisted translation
process he had to use.

The one feature of the English translation that adds to its utility is that
unlike the German original it has an index. But since the index is to the
doubly flawed volume itself, that is a mixed blessing. A set of family tree
charts is mentioned as part of the English translation, but either they were
not actually produced or only a few copies were made, as the lady >from whom I
borrowed the book had never seen them.

Please note that I do not now have access to this book.

Dick Plotz
Providence RI USA

My original reply to Leonard Robbins's post was inexplicably truncated
between my sending it and its arrival at JewishGen, probably causing anyone
who read it to scratch their heads and wonder what in the world I was trying
to say. Out of respect to these poor confused few, here is the reply as I
originally sent it. Basile Ginger's subsequent correction is noted with thanks,
and may reflect the sale of extra copies printed beyond the number subscribed
for in advance. The copy I saw did indicate that it was printed by advance
subscription.

--
Leonard Robbins asked,

I have been unable to locate a copy of the English Translation
of Stammbuch der Frankfurter Juden by Alexander Dietz which was published
about 1988

This is not surprising, as the translation was published in a limited edition
of no more than a couple of hundred copies, by advance subscription only.
Major institutions such as the Leo Baeck Institute were among the
subscribers, but because of the nature of the book I doubt that any would be
willing to allow it out on interlibrary loan. Most of the subscribers were
surviving Jews >from Frankfurt or members of major Frankfurt Jewish families.

But the unavailability of this book is not quite the tragedy it might have
been. I was able to borrow the copy of a neighbor who is a survivor from
Frankfurt and compare it to the original, obtained by interlibrary loan.
Many minor errors crept in in the translation and publication process,
inevitably. While these would be of little consequence in the narrative
sections, they render the genealogical sections of limited value. In fact,
even the original is of limited value, as Dietz, who was not Jewish, could
not read the Hebrew documents on which the genealogical sections are based,
and made many errors as a result of the cumbersome assisted translation
process he had to use.

The one feature of the English translation that adds to its utility is that
unlike the German original it has an index. But since the index is to the
doubly flawed volume itself, that is a mixed blessing. A set of family tree
charts is mentioned as part of the English translation, but either they were
not actually produced or only a few copies were made, as the lady >from whom I
borrowed the book had never seen them.

Please note that I do not now have access to this book.

Dick Plotz
Providence RI USA

Dick,

Sorry to contradict you: our Society bought it in 1999, without any
advance subscription (it was expensive).

It can be useful not only for members of Frankfurt Jewish families.

Dick Plotz wrote:

This is not surprising, as the translation was published in a limited
edition of no more than a couple of hundred copies, by advance
subscription only.

Basile Ginger, Paris
Cercle de Genealogie Juive
http://www.genealoj.org

Dick,

Sorry to contradict you: our Society bought it in 1999, without any
advance subscription (it was expensive).

It can be useful not only for members of Frankfurt Jewish families.

Dick Plotz wrote:

This is not surprising, as the translation was published in a limited
edition of no more than a couple of hundred copies, by advance
subscription only.

Basile Ginger, Paris
Cercle de Genealogie Juive
http://www.genealoj.org

Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Springs

Our January meeting will be on our regular date, the fourth Sunday of the
month, January 28th, at 2:00 p.m. in the board room of the Jewish
Federation, 255 North El Cielo, Suite 420, Palm Springs, and will feature
Ted Margulis, who has built a website featuring Jewish Genealogy. Join Ted
as he discusses his web site and how it is valuable for you. The focus
for February will be Wooden Synagogues. A film on these ancient treasures
will be screened at the February meeting. New Members and guests are
always welcome. For more information E-mail Gay Lynne Kegan at
Glynne@aol.com.

Gay Lynne Kegan
President, JGS Palm Springs

Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Springs

Our January meeting will be on our regular date, the fourth Sunday of the
month, January 28th, at 2:00 p.m. in the board room of the Jewish
Federation, 255 North El Cielo, Suite 420, Palm Springs, and will feature
Ted Margulis, who has built a website featuring Jewish Genealogy. Join Ted
as he discusses his web site and how it is valuable for you. The focus
for February will be Wooden Synagogues. A film on these ancient treasures
will be screened at the February meeting. New Members and guests are
always welcome. For more information E-mail Gay Lynne Kegan at
Glynne@aol.com.

Gay Lynne Kegan
President, JGS Palm Springs

Dear Karol,
I would hazard a guess that the name is YEHUDA. Leib is Yiddish for "lion",
the symbol of the tribe of Judah (Yehuda). Additonally, Yehuda Aryeh or
Yehuda Leib were and still are common name combinations.
-Moishe Miller
NYC
moishe@langsam.com

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Dear Karol,
I would hazard a guess that the name is YEHUDA. Leib is Yiddish for "lion",
the symbol of the tribe of Judah (Yehuda). Additonally, Yehuda Aryeh or
Yehuda Leib were and still are common name combinations.
-Moishe Miller
NYC
moishe@langsam.com

[MODERATOR NOTE: Thread closed. Thank you for all the answers]