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Yiddish Translation - Need help with
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Josef Herz <josef@...>
I am asking for help in translating a letter written in 1941 that is in
Yiddish and extracting information off a marriage certificate. The letter can be found at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate Go to the "To View" page - it is item - VM001 and VM002. If you are able to help with the translation - -please contact me via e-mail. Thank you in advance for your help. Josef Herz Renton, WA
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: I'm seeking identity of historic structure (ViewMate Demo]
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Udi Cain
I'm seeking the identity of an historic structure in a photo. Please viewDear Bernard et al. The historic structure is "Migdal David", a part of the walls of the Old city of Jerusalem. The Walls were build by the Turkish sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, between 1538 - 1542 A.D. The tower is located near the Jaffa entrance, and it's actually a Muslim minaret. The words are Jerusalem Tashs"a (the Hebrew year that is the parallel of 2000-2001). Best regards >from El Kuds. Udi Cain.
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Re: Female name: Gisha
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Stan Goodman <stan@...>
For what it's worth, "Gissela" is how the beautiful French name
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Giselle is rendered in Yiddish. A similar distortion is "Shprinza" for Esperanza, and there are others. On Fri, 3 Nov 2000 01:59:36, judith27@aol.com (Judith S. Langer-Surnamer Caplan) opined: Helene Bergman <HeleneBergman@netscape.net> recently asked about the name "Gisha." Perhaps the name being alluded to is a variant of Gissa which was my late mother's Hebrew/Jewish name. The name Gisse is listed on page 65 of Rabbi Gorr's book, _Jewish Personal Names_, with meaning, and probable etymological origin, along with variations on the theme such as Gissela and Gizze. Up, Roots! Judi Langer-Surnamer Caplan, Long Beach, NY
Just came across the name "Gisha" as a Hebrew name. Although I'm --
Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Searching: NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, ROKITA: >from Lomza Gubernia ISMACH: >from Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: >from Dorohoi District, Romania GRISARU, VATARU: >from Iasi, Romania See my interactive family tree (requires Java 1.1.6 or better): http://www.hashkedim.com PLEASE NOTE: Messages to the "From:" or "Reply to:" address of this posting will be not reach me. Please remove the "NOSPAM". Messages containing HTML-formatted text will be deleted automatically, unread; if you want to write to me, send plain text only.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Yiddish Translation - Need help with
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Josef Herz <josef@...>
I am asking for help in translating a letter written in 1941 that is in
Yiddish and extracting information off a marriage certificate. The letter can be found at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate Go to the "To View" page - it is item - VM001 and VM002. If you are able to help with the translation - -please contact me via e-mail. Thank you in advance for your help. Josef Herz Renton, WA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen : I'm seeking identity of historic structure (ViewMate Demo]
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Udi Cain
I'm seeking the identity of an historic structure in a photo. Please viewDear Bernard et al. The historic structure is "Migdal David", a part of the walls of the Old city of Jerusalem. The Walls were build by the Turkish sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent, between 1538 - 1542 A.D. The tower is located near the Jaffa entrance, and it's actually a Muslim minaret. The words are Jerusalem Tashs"a (the Hebrew year that is the parallel of 2000-2001). Best regards >from El Kuds. Udi Cain.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Female name: Gisha
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Stan Goodman <stan@...>
For what it's worth, "Gissela" is how the beautiful French name
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Giselle is rendered in Yiddish. A similar distortion is "Shprinza" for Esperanza, and there are others. On Fri, 3 Nov 2000 01:59:36, judith27@aol.com (Judith S. Langer-Surnamer Caplan) opined: Helene Bergman <HeleneBergman@netscape.net> recently asked about the name "Gisha." Perhaps the name being alluded to is a variant of Gissa which was my late mother's Hebrew/Jewish name. The name Gisse is listed on page 65 of Rabbi Gorr's book, _Jewish Personal Names_, with meaning, and probable etymological origin, along with variations on the theme such as Gissela and Gizze. Up, Roots! Judi Langer-Surnamer Caplan, Long Beach, NY
Just came across the name "Gisha" as a Hebrew name. Although I'm --
Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel Searching: NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, ROKITA: >from Lomza Gubernia ISMACH: >from Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: >from Dorohoi District, Romania GRISARU, VATARU: >from Iasi, Romania See my interactive family tree (requires Java 1.1.6 or better): http://www.hashkedim.com PLEASE NOTE: Messages to the "From:" or "Reply to:" address of this posting will be not reach me. Please remove the "NOSPAM". Messages containing HTML-formatted text will be deleted automatically, unread; if you want to write to me, send plain text only.
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research questions
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Brdbrain7@...
Please forgive question that has been answered recently, and one that has
nothing to do with JEWISH genealogy. I couldn't answers in the archives. A friend wanted to know the cheapest way to send money to Poland to get records. My friend is of Polish Catholic background. His father's birthplace is now in Lithuania (It is a little town between Kovno/Kaunas and Vilnius/Vilna.). Where does he write to get records? How does he find someone to do research for him in Poland or Lithuania (wherever the records are located)? Thank you for your help- Robin B. Seidenberg brdbrain7@aol.com
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Immigrant Ships
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RoMaSi@...
Leslie,
I use the internet search engine: google.com Putting in the subject "Steamship Bulgaria" without the quotation marks, I found the following site which gives a description of your ship: http://www.cimorelli.com/EmigrationShips/digest/may_1999/may_01_1999_V2_405.tx t This is apparently an archive of a newsgroup that discusses ships. If you scroll down to almost the bottom of the page, you will see a description of the "Bulgaria". There is also a website that gives descriptions of many immigrant ships but does not list your ship. It is located at: http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/ships.htm You may also want to consult a book entitled "Ships of our Ancestors" by Michael J. Anuta, copyright 1983. This book contains hundreds of pictures of both steam and sailing ships which brought emigrants to the new world. Although it is not complete, in terms of picturing every ship that ever carried a passenger, it does have a picture of your ship the S.S. Bulgaria. Good luck in your research. Robert Silverstein Aurora, Colorado RoMaSi@aol.com Researching: BROCKMAN, FLAMENDORF/FLOMENDORF, FRIEDLANDER, HOFFNUNG, JALOSHINSKY, KAUFMAN, MERVES, NUSBAUM, PRSYSTANCSYK, SILVERSTEIN, ZDALEKA/ZDALEKIER/ZDYXALSKI
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JRI Poland #Poland research questions
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Brdbrain7@...
Please forgive question that has been answered recently, and one that has
nothing to do with JEWISH genealogy. I couldn't answers in the archives. A friend wanted to know the cheapest way to send money to Poland to get records. My friend is of Polish Catholic background. His father's birthplace is now in Lithuania (It is a little town between Kovno/Kaunas and Vilnius/Vilna.). Where does he write to get records? How does he find someone to do research for him in Poland or Lithuania (wherever the records are located)? Thank you for your help- Robin B. Seidenberg brdbrain7@aol.com
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JRI Poland #Poland Immigrant Ships
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RoMaSi@...
Leslie,
I use the internet search engine: google.com Putting in the subject "Steamship Bulgaria" without the quotation marks, I found the following site which gives a description of your ship: http://www.cimorelli.com/EmigrationShips/digest/may_1999/may_01_1999_V2_405.tx t This is apparently an archive of a newsgroup that discusses ships. If you scroll down to almost the bottom of the page, you will see a description of the "Bulgaria". There is also a website that gives descriptions of many immigrant ships but does not list your ship. It is located at: http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/amalfi/13/ships.htm You may also want to consult a book entitled "Ships of our Ancestors" by Michael J. Anuta, copyright 1983. This book contains hundreds of pictures of both steam and sailing ships which brought emigrants to the new world. Although it is not complete, in terms of picturing every ship that ever carried a passenger, it does have a picture of your ship the S.S. Bulgaria. Good luck in your research. Robert Silverstein Aurora, Colorado RoMaSi@aol.com Researching: BROCKMAN, FLAMENDORF/FLOMENDORF, FRIEDLANDER, HOFFNUNG, JALOSHINSKY, KAUFMAN, MERVES, NUSBAUM, PRSYSTANCSYK, SILVERSTEIN, ZDALEKA/ZDALEKIER/ZDYXALSKI
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Re female name Neche
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Renee Steinig <rsteinig@...>
According to Shmuel Gorr's _Jewish Personal Names_, Nekha and Nekhe
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are variants of the Hebrew name Nehamah. (These are his spellings. The first "h" in Nehamah has a dot under it, indicating a throaty "ch.") Gorr says the name means "comfort" or "rest >from anguish" and relates to the male names Nahum, Nehemyah, and Nahman. (More dots under those h's!) Hope this helps! Renee (aka Rivk, Rivke, Rivkele) Renee Steinig RSteinig@suffolk.lib.ny.us ============================================= Renee Stevens <brstevens@erols.com> wrote...
My maternal grandmother was named Nesia (at least that is my phonetical
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Re female name Neche
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Renee Steinig <rsteinig@...>
According to Shmuel Gorr's _Jewish Personal Names_, Nekha and Nekhe
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are variants of the Hebrew name Nehamah. (These are his spellings. The first "h" in Nehamah has a dot under it, indicating a throaty "ch.") Gorr says the name means "comfort" or "rest >from anguish" and relates to the male names Nahum, Nehemyah, and Nahman. (More dots under those h's!) Hope this helps! Renee (aka Rivk, Rivke, Rivkele) Renee Steinig RSteinig@suffolk.lib.ny.us ============================================= Renee Stevens <brstevens@erols.com> wrote...
My maternal grandmother was named Nesia (at least that is my phonetical
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Re: Photographing NY Tombstones
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mleonards@...
Before you hire a photographer, you should contact the cemeteries to
see if they will provide you with photos. For example, Mt. Zion cemetery in Queens charges US $5 for a Polaroid. Both of the gravestones I requested turned out completely legible. Monica Leonards
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Re: Metrical records?
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Doug Cohen <DMCohen@...>
"Metrical records" in Eastern Europe = "Vital Records" in US.
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"Kirsten Gradel" <kmgradel@dadlnet.dk> wrote in message news:200011022242.eA2MgBt18694@hertz.uni2.dk...
Probably a silly question, but I have now several times seen the
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Photographing NY Tombstones
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mleonards@...
Before you hire a photographer, you should contact the cemeteries to
see if they will provide you with photos. For example, Mt. Zion cemetery in Queens charges US $5 for a Polaroid. Both of the gravestones I requested turned out completely legible. Monica Leonards
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Metrical records?
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Doug Cohen <DMCohen@...>
"Metrical records" in Eastern Europe = "Vital Records" in US.
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"Kirsten Gradel" <kmgradel@dadlnet.dk> wrote in message news:200011022242.eA2MgBt18694@hertz.uni2.dk...
Probably a silly question, but I have now several times seen the
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Re: Toronto, Ontario--Synagogue
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David Joseph Colman <dybk@...>
Daniel Kazez wrote:
I am looking for information on the "University Avenue Synagogue"The "University Avenue Synagogue" would have been a nickname for Goel Tzedek, a grand structure built on what is now a major arterial Avenue in Toronto. I think it was torn down sometime in the 1950's. The congregation merged with another one (I don't know its name) and became the suburban Beth Tzedek - a very large conservative stream congregation which continues to operate. David Colman Toronto, Canada
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BRODY family- Baltimore, Wildwood
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Toby Brief
I am looking for descendants of Jack Brody who arrived in Baltimore
Maryland >from the area around Lutsk, Volyn in 1913. Descendants vacationed in Wildwood, New Jersey with the family of Max Schaffer in the 1940's. Max and Jack were travelling companions on the way from Volyn. Thanks Toby Brief, Campton, New Hampshire tbrief@hotmail.com Olyka: HORWITZ, FINKLESTEIN, MATHLESS, ERGA, GINGBURG, GORBATY Horchiv (Gorokhov): AUERBACH (AVERBUCH), REICHER, RABINOWITZ Rozhishche: AUERBACH, GOLDWEBER Torcin: BRONSTEIN, WEISBERG Volodymyr, Zaslav: BRIEF, BURACK
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Oozda
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Judy Burger <judyb@...>
Has anyone ever heard of a shtetl named Oozda? My father, Haskell
Kivowitz (changed to Charles Kivow) told me that he came >from there. Any info will be appreciated.....JB
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Re: Female name: Gisha
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Prof. G. L. Esterson <jerry@...>
On 2 Nov 2000, Lanie Bergman of Oceanside LI NY posted as follows:
>Just came across the name "Gisha" as a Hebrew name. Although I'm skeptical >about these equivalences, her English name was Hilda. I don't know her >country of origin, but I have the additional clue that her son's middle >name is Gersh rather than Hersh, but I haven't heard of Hisha as a name >either. Anyone out there with a clue? The Yiddish name Gisha was indeed used for females in Lithuania. Some of the other Yiddish names linked to this one are: Gisa, Gise, Gisha, Gishe, Gisia, Giza, Gize and some diminutives are: Gisl, Gisala, Gisale The main differences between the first group of these names is their pronunciation. The name was also used in Ukraine. Shabbat shalom, Prof. G. L. Esterson, Ra'anana, Israel <jerry@vms.huji.ac.il>
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