Dear Fellow Researchers,

I have volunteered to be the Coordinator for the Przemysl Archive
Project. The holdings of the archives contain the following 19th century
birth, marriage and death record:

Town Births Marriages Deaths
Jaroslaw 180 131 38
Oleszyce 2040 101 1508
Przemysl 16104 1244 17864
Radymno 73 39

Indexing of these records will be completed under the auspices of Jewish
Records Indexing - Poland's (JRI-PL) Polish State Archive (PSA) project.
To facilitate the Przemysl Archive project Town Leaders and Co-town
leaders are needed. More information about the JRI-PL indexing project
can be found at <http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/>;.

Ilan Blech has volunteered to be the town leader for the City of
Przemysl. Volunteers are needed for the other towns. If you are
interested in these towns or in volunteering to help with the project
please contact me. <rivkalcj@aol.com>

Having the records indexed will make it easier for all of us to find
records of our ancestors.

Chag Samaach,
Roberta Cohen Jainchill
Przemysl Archive Project Coordinator

Dear Fellow Researchers,

I have volunteered to be the Coordinator for the Przemysl Archive
Project. The holdings of the archives contain the following 19th century
birth, marriage and death record:

Town Births Marriages Deaths
Jaroslaw 180 131 38
Oleszyce 2040 101 1508
Przemysl 16104 1244 17864
Radymno 73 39

Indexing of these records will be completed under the auspices of Jewish
Records Indexing - Poland's (JRI-PL) Polish State Archive (PSA) project.
To facilitate the Przemysl Archive project Town Leaders and Co-town
leaders are needed. More information about the JRI-PL indexing project
can be found at <http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/psa/>;.

Ilan Blech has volunteered to be the town leader for the City of
Przemysl. Volunteers are needed for the other towns. If you are
interested in these towns or in volunteering to help with the project
please contact me. <rivkalcj@aol.com>

Having the records indexed will make it easier for all of us to find
records of our ancestors.

Chag Samaach,
Roberta Cohen Jainchill
Przemysl Archive Project Coordinator

Thanks very much.

Do you have any of the following surnames there:

Damelin
Tuch / Tuck
Williams
Chaitkin

Thanks,

Yours,

Harold

Moderator Note:Please address any further queries
to Iris (iris-macsie@home.com ) in private. Thanks.

Thanks very much.

Do you have any of the following surnames there:

Damelin
Tuch / Tuck
Williams
Chaitkin

Thanks,

Yours,

Harold

Moderator Note:Please address any further queries
to Iris (iris-macsie@home.com ) in private. Thanks.

I have discovered that a man named Solomon Abraham/Abram BENDER might be the
brother of Abraham Fischel BENDER. They were born 12-15 years apart and
both immigrated to Bridgeport CT >from "Russia" -- I know that Abraham F.
came >from Kraziai, Lithuania, and have some evidence that Solomon A. came

from Vilna. Each had a father named Meyer, and with any luck this Meyer

BENDER or BINDER will turn out to be the same person.

When one of Solomon A.'s sons died the tombstone recorded his father's name
as Sholem Abba. So here is the question: is Abraham or Abram a different
name than Abba? Would two brothers ever have a given name in common? I am
sure there is a connection between these two men, if that matters.

Thanks, Andrea Vangor

I have discovered that a man named Solomon Abraham/Abram BENDER might be the
brother of Abraham Fischel BENDER. They were born 12-15 years apart and
both immigrated to Bridgeport CT >from "Russia" -- I know that Abraham F.
came >from Kraziai, Lithuania, and have some evidence that Solomon A. came

from Vilna. Each had a father named Meyer, and with any luck this Meyer

BENDER or BINDER will turn out to be the same person.

When one of Solomon A.'s sons died the tombstone recorded his father's name
as Sholem Abba. So here is the question: is Abraham or Abram a different
name than Abba? Would two brothers ever have a given name in common? I am
sure there is a connection between these two men, if that matters.

Thanks, Andrea Vangor

I wonder if we have access to the list of the cemetery in Lodge?
Benny Cweran

I wonder if we have access to the list of the cemetery in Lodge?
Benny Cweran

Fellow Genners:

I've seen others do this, so I figured I'd give it a try! Here is a list
of my ancestral surnames. I'd appreciate hearing >from anyone with a
possible family link.

POSNAK, LITOWSKI - Dabrowa, Bialystok, Janow, Grodno - Poland
KATZ, HOUSENBOLD - Peremyshlyany, Rohatyn - Ukraine
ROTHMAN, ROTTMAN, NEUMAN - Stropkov - Hungary
SPURLING, SPERLING - London - England; Central Poland
KOBRINSKY, COBRINSKY, COBRIN, KOBRIN - Kiev, Ukraine
SLOBODKIN - Kiev, Odessa - Ukraine

Please reply privately. Thanks!

Ed Posnak
Orlando, FL
ed@posnak.com

Fellow Genners:

I've seen others do this, so I figured I'd give it a try! Here is a list
of my ancestral surnames. I'd appreciate hearing >from anyone with a
possible family link.

POSNAK, LITOWSKI - Dabrowa, Bialystok, Janow, Grodno - Poland
KATZ, HOUSENBOLD - Peremyshlyany, Rohatyn - Ukraine
ROTHMAN, ROTTMAN, NEUMAN - Stropkov - Hungary
SPURLING, SPERLING - London - England; Central Poland
KOBRINSKY, COBRINSKY, COBRIN, KOBRIN - Kiev, Ukraine
SLOBODKIN - Kiev, Odessa - Ukraine

Please reply privately. Thanks!

Ed Posnak
Orlando, FL
ed@posnak.com

snillop@tesco.net wrote:

I was recently greatly excited to view, on the Internet, a sketch map of
the shtetl where my maternal family came from. My interest was
especially aroused when I saw that it identifi

A difficulty I had was in deciding which of the buildings was the one I
wanted. The 26 buildings were numbered and the flour mill was 24.
Unfortunately two numbers - 21 and 24 - looked very similar and I could
not decide which was which.

I see what you mean and can not tell which one on the sketch is #24. I
also do not read Hebrew, but logically speaking would it not be more
likely to be the building by the river with water power, eg #13 ?

Ian Singer
See my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~iansinger

snillop@tesco.net wrote:

I was recently greatly excited to view, on the Internet, a sketch map of
the shtetl where my maternal family came from. My interest was
especially aroused when I saw that it identifi

A difficulty I had was in deciding which of the buildings was the one I
wanted. The 26 buildings were numbered and the flour mill was 24.
Unfortunately two numbers - 21 and 24 - looked very similar and I could
not decide which was which.

I see what you mean and can not tell which one on the sketch is #24. I
also do not read Hebrew, but logically speaking would it not be more
likely to be the building by the river with water power, eg #13 ?

Ian Singer
See my homepage at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~iansinger

I would greatly appreciate help with translation of a Hebrew document
that I inherited >from my grandfather. I have no idea who it's >from or
what it says. The document may be viewed at:

www.posnak.com/hebrew.htm

Please respond to me directly.

Thanks!

Ed Posnak
Orlando, FL
ed@posnak.com

I would greatly appreciate help with translation of a Hebrew document
that I inherited >from my grandfather. I have no idea who it's >from or
what it says. The document may be viewed at:

www.posnak.com/hebrew.htm

Please respond to me directly.

Thanks!

Ed Posnak
Orlando, FL
ed@posnak.com

With the Help of Hahsem

Chanukah, Shmittah Year, 5761

Dear Colleagues,

I am happy to inform you that we have successfully founded an E- Group
dedicated solely to the study of Hebrew Manuscripts and Classical
Printed Books.

The purpose of this group is to bring together scholars and lay >from all
parts of the globe to discuss as well as inform others about anything
having to do with Hebrew Manuscripts or Classical Printed Books.

We believe that collective knowledge is very powerful, and we hope all
those involved in these fields will indeed take part in helping others.

As of this notice, we already have 133 members, among them some of the
most well known in this field of research.

We invite you also to join and participate.

To subscribe all you must do is send an empty e-mail to:

hebrewmss-subscribe@egroups.com

While this group is dedicated to research, we DO encourage advertisements
and business news that the group's members would be interested in.

Sincerely,

Rabbi Yehoshua Scult, Jerusalem

PS If you are not interested in being notified about Jewish/Hebrew
Computer issues simply reply to this message with "remove" in the subject
field. You do not have to curse or lose your temper, just reply as
instructed. If you are already a member of our group we apologize for the
redundant notifications. This should stop in the future.

With the Help of Hahsem

Chanukah, Shmittah Year, 5761

Dear Colleagues,

I am happy to inform you that we have successfully founded an E- Group
dedicated solely to the study of Hebrew Manuscripts and Classical
Printed Books.

The purpose of this group is to bring together scholars and lay >from all
parts of the globe to discuss as well as inform others about anything
having to do with Hebrew Manuscripts or Classical Printed Books.

We believe that collective knowledge is very powerful, and we hope all
those involved in these fields will indeed take part in helping others.

As of this notice, we already have 133 members, among them some of the
most well known in this field of research.

We invite you also to join and participate.

To subscribe all you must do is send an empty e-mail to:

hebrewmss-subscribe@egroups.com

While this group is dedicated to research, we DO encourage advertisements
and business news that the group's members would be interested in.

Sincerely,

Rabbi Yehoshua Scult, Jerusalem

PS If you are not interested in being notified about Jewish/Hebrew
Computer issues simply reply to this message with "remove" in the subject
field. You do not have to curse or lose your temper, just reply as
instructed. If you are already a member of our group we apologize for the
redundant notifications. This should stop in the future.

Dara Pearlman wrote:

Does anyone know the given name "Tanchen", also written "Tanchel" and
"Tanchem"?  This person was born
in Latvia circa 1852.  I'm guessing that it is a nickname for "Natan,"
but I don't know for sure.

On Fri, 02 Apr 1999 12:19:42 +0300  I wrote (in this very SIG) on the
subject of Tanchum (first name):
"A short search under the name Tanchum in the JewishGen Discussion Group
archives would have found 13 entries in the last 4 years (one of them my
own). these are some of the old answers:

".... the word (is) Hebrew and related to Nachem (to comfort/console.
Na(c)hum is the name of a Biblical prophet and his book. Common variants
are Menachem, Nachman, Nechama. Tenachem means "console yourself" (some
say "may you be consoled"). Tanchum was the name of a number of sages
whose opinion is cited in the Jerusalem Talmud (Yerushalmi). It is also
the name associated with various collections of Midrashim (exegeses)
especially with those known as Yelamdenu; the author is said to have
been Tanhum, but that is just a tradition.." Michael Bernet, New York
Tanchum=Male (the only famous Tanchum I know is Tanchum Cohen Mints, an
Israeli Basketball player back in the 60's) Shimon Barak, Israel

"The Yiddish nickname Tane (also Tanl) is a nickname for the Hebrew name
Tanchum" Michoel Ronn

"Tane is one of the Yiddish hypocoristic forms of the Hebrew masculine
given name Tankhum (Tanchum), which means "consolation" (Talmud, Moed
Katan 25). Leonard Kamenetsky

Dr Shimon Barak
ISRAEL

Dara Pearlman wrote:

Does anyone know the given name "Tanchen", also written "Tanchel" and
"Tanchem"?  This person was born
in Latvia circa 1852.  I'm guessing that it is a nickname for "Natan,"
but I don't know for sure.

On Fri, 02 Apr 1999 12:19:42 +0300  I wrote (in this very SIG) on the
subject of Tanchum (first name):
"A short search under the name Tanchum in the JewishGen Discussion Group
archives would have found 13 entries in the last 4 years (one of them my
own). these are some of the old answers:

".... the word (is) Hebrew and related to Nachem (to comfort/console.
Na(c)hum is the name of a Biblical prophet and his book. Common variants
are Menachem, Nachman, Nechama. Tenachem means "console yourself" (some
say "may you be consoled"). Tanchum was the name of a number of sages
whose opinion is cited in the Jerusalem Talmud (Yerushalmi). It is also
the name associated with various collections of Midrashim (exegeses)
especially with those known as Yelamdenu; the author is said to have
been Tanhum, but that is just a tradition.." Michael Bernet, New York
Tanchum=Male (the only famous Tanchum I know is Tanchum Cohen Mints, an
Israeli Basketball player back in the 60's) Shimon Barak, Israel

"The Yiddish nickname Tane (also Tanl) is a nickname for the Hebrew name
Tanchum" Michoel Ronn

"Tane is one of the Yiddish hypocoristic forms of the Hebrew masculine
given name Tankhum (Tanchum), which means "consolation" (Talmud, Moed
Katan 25). Leonard Kamenetsky

Dr Shimon Barak
ISRAEL

Fellow Genners:

I have recently uncovered evidence that 4 female cousins of mine were
orphaned around 1900 or 1901 in New York City. They stayed with relatives
until three of them were taken away by the local authorities, presumably
to be given up for adoption.

I have their names and months/years of birth - two of them were born in
NYC. Does anyone know how I could possibly find out what happened to
them? Which agencies deal with this sort of thing?

The names are Sarah POSNAK, Bessie POSNAK, and Mary POSNAK. Their parents
were Roze and Yehudi (Julius) POSNAK. The sister who did *not* get taken
away was Pauline (Pearl) POSNAK, who died about 10 years ago. Any
help/advice would be appreciated.

Ed Posnak
Orlando, FL
ed@posnak.com

Fellow Genners:

I have recently uncovered evidence that 4 female cousins of mine were
orphaned around 1900 or 1901 in New York City. They stayed with relatives
until three of them were taken away by the local authorities, presumably
to be given up for adoption.

I have their names and months/years of birth - two of them were born in
NYC. Does anyone know how I could possibly find out what happened to
them? Which agencies deal with this sort of thing?

The names are Sarah POSNAK, Bessie POSNAK, and Mary POSNAK. Their parents
were Roze and Yehudi (Julius) POSNAK. The sister who did *not* get taken
away was Pauline (Pearl) POSNAK, who died about 10 years ago. Any
help/advice would be appreciated.

Ed Posnak
Orlando, FL
ed@posnak.com