Hi everyone: I received the following Social Security Application, and its
not my grandfather (darn!). I would be happy to mail it to its rightful
owner:

Louis Charles KATZ
125 B. W. 168th Street, Bronx New York
Business: Bloomingdales
age: 37
DOB: 9/15/1900
Born: NYC
father David Katz
Mother Regina Freyer
dated 11/22/1937

Kathy Keane
Hermosa Beach CA
kkfish@earthlink.net

My Uncle was a "Yank in the RAF" and served with the 106 Bomber Squadron
(Lancasters) until he was Killed in Action, during 1943.

His name was Eugene Rosner, born 1920-21

if anyone has any information on the Squadron at all, I'd appreciate it...



David Rosner
ICQ: 44826086
Searching:
REISZ, TESCHNER, KOHN, WILHELM, ZERKOWITZ - Trencin County, Hungary
ROSNER, LAUFER - Bukovina --> USA, ISR
MARCOVICI, MANDEL - Dorohoi, Romania --> USA, ISR, FRA
SHURE - Bryansk, Russia ---> USA; MALMBERG - Sweden
KAPLAN - Zagare, Lithuania ---> USA, SAF
ANTMAN - Russia; OLIAS - Poland; BLOCH, BLOCK - Lithuania

Ruth - I was able to find the passenger list >from the "boat" that my
grandfather arrived on >from Canada into Lewiston, NY. I had the date and
port >from my grandfather's naturalization papers. I suppose the boat was
more like what we think of today as a ferry. There was alot of information
provided on that passenger list. These collective passenger lists are
referred to as St Albans lists, as I believe it covers several small ports
bordering Canada in the Northeast US. Check out information on the NARA
website --->
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/immigration/immigrat.html

I understand that it is possible through the Canadian Archives to find the
passenger arrival lists of our families who arrived *into* Canada - but I
personally have not gone down that path............. yet.

Rachel Reisman in Poughkeepsie, NY

Researching: KAPELUSNIC(Janow/Ivanovo), RATNOWSKY(Janow/Ivanovo),
LEVINE(Vilna/Kovno), GORDON(Vilna/Kovno), MALARSKA(Warsaw/Odessa?),
REISMAN/RAJZMAN(Warsaw/Odessa?), ABRAHAMSON(Russia-but where?),
SIMON(Russia-but where?)

Hi everyone: I received the following Social Security Application, and its
not my grandfather (darn!). I would be happy to mail it to its rightful
owner:

Louis Charles KATZ
125 B. W. 168th Street, Bronx New York
Business: Bloomingdales
age: 37
DOB: 9/15/1900
Born: NYC
father David Katz
Mother Regina Freyer
dated 11/22/1937

Kathy Keane
Hermosa Beach CA
kkfish@earthlink.net

My Uncle was a "Yank in the RAF" and served with the 106 Bomber Squadron
(Lancasters) until he was Killed in Action, during 1943.

His name was Eugene Rosner, born 1920-21

if anyone has any information on the Squadron at all, I'd appreciate it...



David Rosner
ICQ: 44826086
Searching:
REISZ, TESCHNER, KOHN, WILHELM, ZERKOWITZ - Trencin County, Hungary
ROSNER, LAUFER - Bukovina --> USA, ISR
MARCOVICI, MANDEL - Dorohoi, Romania --> USA, ISR, FRA
SHURE - Bryansk, Russia ---> USA; MALMBERG - Sweden
KAPLAN - Zagare, Lithuania ---> USA, SAF
ANTMAN - Russia; OLIAS - Poland; BLOCH, BLOCK - Lithuania

Ruth - I was able to find the passenger list >from the "boat" that my
grandfather arrived on >from Canada into Lewiston, NY. I had the date and
port >from my grandfather's naturalization papers. I suppose the boat was
more like what we think of today as a ferry. There was alot of information
provided on that passenger list. These collective passenger lists are
referred to as St Albans lists, as I believe it covers several small ports
bordering Canada in the Northeast US. Check out information on the NARA
website --->
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/immigration/immigrat.html

I understand that it is possible through the Canadian Archives to find the
passenger arrival lists of our families who arrived *into* Canada - but I
personally have not gone down that path............. yet.

Rachel Reisman in Poughkeepsie, NY

Researching: KAPELUSNIC(Janow/Ivanovo), RATNOWSKY(Janow/Ivanovo),
LEVINE(Vilna/Kovno), GORDON(Vilna/Kovno), MALARSKA(Warsaw/Odessa?),
REISMAN/RAJZMAN(Warsaw/Odessa?), ABRAHAMSON(Russia-but where?),
SIMON(Russia-but where?)

I am pleased to announce the debut of the Kremenets, Ukraine website on
JewishGen’s ShtetLinks site. The website is a project of the Kremenets
Shtetl CO-OP which operates under the auspices of JRI-Poland. At this
time, the site contains some general information about Kremenets,
information about Kremenets records, materials donated by Kremenets
researchers, as well as updates on the progress of the Kremenets Shtetl
CO-OP. The site will be updated regularly so visit us often. You can
find the site at: http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlinks/Kremenets/

Sheree Roth
Co-coordinator Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP

While looking for members of my Korsunski / Karsunski family in the Natz.
records for NYC, I came across these two names. Both state they were from
Kiev, Russia, which is what is on my G .Uncle, Aaron Karsunski's form, even
thought he came >from Stavische. The details are as follows:
Herschel Korsunski, landed as Harry, Changed his name legally to Harry
Kars. Wife's name Rebecca.
Benjamin Korshinski, landed as Benzi. Wife's name also Rebecca.

Both born around 1860 - 70
I am trying to establish a connection with my Karsunsky family from
Stavische or Tarasche, as both first names are common to us, and the name
Korsunsky has surfaced in many forms. Even if there is no connection, I did
copy the Natz forms and have census inf. that I took down, "just in case".
If these people might be >from your family, I will gladly pass them on to
you.

Sheila Toffell
--
Searching for, in the Ukraine:
KARSUNSKY / KORSUNSKY Stavische and Tarasche
BREZHENEV / BREZHNEV Yelisavetograd (Kirovograd)
In Poland:
LAKUMSKI, Skulsk
RAFELSKI(spelling unclear) Lodz area
TOFFEL Opole Lubielski, Josefow nad Wisla

Bernie Auerbach wrote, " Few Jews ever had their births and deaths recorded
with authorities, especially in Eastern Europe" I beg to differ. This
theory would negate the millions of vital records recorded by the Mormon
Family History Library. I have personally examined perhaps a hundred
thousand vital Jewish records on both microfilm and original records in
Polish and Lithuanian Archives. With luck one can even find 18th century
records. These records were of course kept by the authorities and that is
why we can access them today.

Happy New Year,
Betty Provizer Starkman
Bloomfield Hills, MI

I am pleased to announce the debut of the Kremenets, Ukraine website on
JewishGen’s ShtetLinks site. The website is a project of the Kremenets
Shtetl CO-OP which operates under the auspices of JRI-Poland. At this
time, the site contains some general information about Kremenets,
information about Kremenets records, materials donated by Kremenets
researchers, as well as updates on the progress of the Kremenets Shtetl
CO-OP. The site will be updated regularly so visit us often. You can
find the site at: http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlinks/Kremenets/

Sheree Roth
Co-coordinator Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP

While looking for members of my Korsunski / Karsunski family in the Natz.
records for NYC, I came across these two names. Both state they were from
Kiev, Russia, which is what is on my G .Uncle, Aaron Karsunski's form, even
thought he came >from Stavische. The details are as follows:
Herschel Korsunski, landed as Harry, Changed his name legally to Harry
Kars. Wife's name Rebecca.
Benjamin Korshinski, landed as Benzi. Wife's name also Rebecca.

Both born around 1860 - 70
I am trying to establish a connection with my Karsunsky family from
Stavische or Tarasche, as both first names are common to us, and the name
Korsunsky has surfaced in many forms. Even if there is no connection, I did
copy the Natz forms and have census inf. that I took down, "just in case".
If these people might be >from your family, I will gladly pass them on to
you.

Sheila Toffell
--
Searching for, in the Ukraine:
KARSUNSKY / KORSUNSKY Stavische and Tarasche
BREZHENEV / BREZHNEV Yelisavetograd (Kirovograd)
In Poland:
LAKUMSKI, Skulsk
RAFELSKI(spelling unclear) Lodz area
TOFFEL Opole Lubielski, Josefow nad Wisla

Bernie Auerbach wrote, " Few Jews ever had their births and deaths recorded
with authorities, especially in Eastern Europe" I beg to differ. This
theory would negate the millions of vital records recorded by the Mormon
Family History Library. I have personally examined perhaps a hundred
thousand vital Jewish records on both microfilm and original records in
Polish and Lithuanian Archives. With luck one can even find 18th century
records. These records were of course kept by the authorities and that is
why we can access them today.

Happy New Year,
Betty Provizer Starkman
Bloomfield Hills, MI

Hi,

My late great grandfather, Louis Joel Markowitz was one of the founding
members of the Berea Shul in Johannesburg.

Does anyone have any information to share about this Shul? Any photos,
articles, information or anecdotes of it’s early days and members?

Thank you,
Lisa Bortz
Sydney, Australia
bortzid@idx.com.au

Hi,

My late great grandfather, Louis Joel Markowitz was one of the founding
members of the Berea Shul in Johannesburg.

Does anyone have any information to share about this Shul? Any photos,
articles, information or anecdotes of it’s early days and members?

Thank you,
Lisa Bortz
Sydney, Australia
bortzid@idx.com.au

I am sorry, by mistake I sent the message with the heading
"To Denmark SIG" ... I cut & pasted and forgot to change the heading.

It was meant for you.

As you know I moderate three lists ...

Best regards

--
Elsebeth Paikin, Copenhagen, Denmark,
e-mail: elsebeth@paikin.dk
--

I am sorry, by mistake I sent the message with the heading
"To Denmark SIG" ... I cut & pasted and forgot to change the heading.

It was meant for you.

As you know I moderate three lists ...

Best regards

--
Elsebeth Paikin, Copenhagen, Denmark,
e-mail: elsebeth@paikin.dk
--

To Denmark SIG:

Yizkor Book Update, December 2000 and Year 2000

As we enter 2001, it is the time to reflect on the accomplishments of the
Yizkor Book Project for the year, and they are considerable, because of all
the people who translated and donated material to us and because of the
dedicated volunteers on the html group under John Berman.

We now have 255 entries and there were updates to 122 books during the
year. They are available at
http://www.JewishGen.org/yizkor/translations.html. One of our notable
achievements was announced last week--the Necrology Index at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/yizkor/. This project was implemented
by Ernie Fine, project manager, and his talented volunteers; Michael
Tobias, the JewishGen database guru; Warren Blatt, who coordinated the
myriad of technical details to get the index online; and John Berman, who
worked on the yizkor book database. Another remarkable achievement,
although invisible, is the tune up that Michael Tobias has done on the
yizkor book database. Complex projects such as the necrology index are
always a team effort and we are indeed fortunate to have talented people
working on these projects.

New Entries for December 2000

-Galician Jewish Celebrities (check under Regions)
-Borislav, Ukraine
-Gorodek Jagiellonski, Ukraine
-Kobylnik, Belarus
-Wysockie-Mazowieckie, Poland

-Zareby Koscielne, Poland

Updates for December 2000

-Gorodets, Belarus
-Oswiecim, Poland
-Pochayev, Ukraine
-Pushelat, Lithuania
-Rokiskis, Lithuania
-Rozniatow, Ukraine
-Stawiski, Poland
-Tarnobrzeg, Poland

The list of yizkor book fundraising projects keeps growing. Please
consider a tax-deductible contribution to one or more of these projects at
http://www.JewishGen.org/JewishGen-erosity/YizkorTrans.html

Bolekhov, Ukraine
Brzeziny, Poland
Buchach, Ukraine
Chelm, Poland
Czyzew, Poland
Dokshitsy, Belarus
Drogichin, Belarus
Gargzdai, Lithuania
Goniadz, Poland
Gorodenka, Ukraine
Gorodok, Ukraine
Grodno, Belarus
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Kremenets, Ukraine
Krynki, Poland
Lancut, Poland
Maramures Region
Moravia
Przemysl, Poland
Pulawy, Poland
Rozhnyatov, Ukraine
Rzeszow, Poland
Slutsk, Belarus
Sochaczew, Poland
Stawiski, Poland
Telekhany, Belarus
Wolbrom, Poland
Yedintsy, Moldova
Zgierz, Poland

We now are looking forward to another busy year. Our queue is long but we
are always accepting new translations. Please be sure to check our web
site at http://www.JewishGen.org/yizkor/translations.html for new and
updated entries.

Joyce Field
Yizkor Book Project Manager
jfield@jewishgen.org

To Denmark SIG:

Yizkor Book Update, December 2000 and Year 2000

As we enter 2001, it is the time to reflect on the accomplishments of the
Yizkor Book Project for the year, and they are considerable, because of all
the people who translated and donated material to us and because of the
dedicated volunteers on the html group under John Berman.

We now have 255 entries and there were updates to 122 books during the
year. They are available at
http://www.JewishGen.org/yizkor/translations.html. One of our notable
achievements was announced last week--the Necrology Index at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/yizkor/. This project was implemented
by Ernie Fine, project manager, and his talented volunteers; Michael
Tobias, the JewishGen database guru; Warren Blatt, who coordinated the
myriad of technical details to get the index online; and John Berman, who
worked on the yizkor book database. Another remarkable achievement,
although invisible, is the tune up that Michael Tobias has done on the
yizkor book database. Complex projects such as the necrology index are
always a team effort and we are indeed fortunate to have talented people
working on these projects.

New Entries for December 2000

-Galician Jewish Celebrities (check under Regions)
-Borislav, Ukraine
-Gorodek Jagiellonski, Ukraine
-Kobylnik, Belarus
-Wysockie-Mazowieckie, Poland

-Zareby Koscielne, Poland

Updates for December 2000

-Gorodets, Belarus
-Oswiecim, Poland
-Pochayev, Ukraine
-Pushelat, Lithuania
-Rokiskis, Lithuania
-Rozniatow, Ukraine
-Stawiski, Poland
-Tarnobrzeg, Poland

The list of yizkor book fundraising projects keeps growing. Please
consider a tax-deductible contribution to one or more of these projects at
http://www.JewishGen.org/JewishGen-erosity/YizkorTrans.html

Bolekhov, Ukraine
Brzeziny, Poland
Buchach, Ukraine
Chelm, Poland
Czyzew, Poland
Dokshitsy, Belarus
Drogichin, Belarus
Gargzdai, Lithuania
Goniadz, Poland
Gorodenka, Ukraine
Gorodok, Ukraine
Grodno, Belarus
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Kremenets, Ukraine
Krynki, Poland
Lancut, Poland
Maramures Region
Moravia
Przemysl, Poland
Pulawy, Poland
Rozhnyatov, Ukraine
Rzeszow, Poland
Slutsk, Belarus
Sochaczew, Poland
Stawiski, Poland
Telekhany, Belarus
Wolbrom, Poland
Yedintsy, Moldova
Zgierz, Poland

We now are looking forward to another busy year. Our queue is long but we
are always accepting new translations. Please be sure to check our web
site at http://www.JewishGen.org/yizkor/translations.html for new and
updated entries.

Joyce Field
Yizkor Book Project Manager
jfield@jewishgen.org

With more great help >from Toronto, I have learned that a member
of my family (Israel ENGLANDER) was buried in Toronto, Ontario,
at Roselawn Cemetery. Most interesting, I have learned that he
was a member of:

Workman's Circle--Arbeiter Ring, #318

Perhaps this is the detail that I need that will allow me to
find this missing branch of my ENGLANDER family?

Does anyone have any knowledge of Arbeiter Ring, #318? Perhaps
old directories >from Toronto or elsewhere? I'd love to have
any help at all with this!

Daniel Kazez

P.S. Israel ENGLANDER's father was Solomon; his mother was
Mary/Miriam; and his two brothers were Samuel and Joseph.
They lived in Chicago until about 1905, and then went to Ontario.

Daniel Kazez <dkazez@mail.wittenberg.edu>
Springfield, Ohio USA
Poland: TALMAN, ENGLANDER, JURKIEWICZ, STRAUSBERG, KIFER, CZAPNIK
Ukraine: OBERMAN-HOBERMAN-GUBERMAN, LISS, SOBLE-SOBEL, STEIN, AXMAN
Turkey: KAZEZ-KAZES, FRESKO-FRESCO, ALHADEF-ELHADEF
http://userpages.wittenberg.edu/dkazez/fam/ent/fam.html

Hello list,

What's the origin of the *given name* Hodes (or Hodesh)? Is it Hebrew?
Thanks
Tom
--

Tom Venetianer <mailto:tom.vene@uol.com.br>
Sao Paulo - Brazil