Would any JGEN'er be willing to obtain a copy of a will >from the Probate
Court in Pittsburgh for me? In exchange, I would be happy to look up a
Ship's Record or a 1900 or 1920 U.S. Census Record at the National
Archives.

Sincerely,
Dr. Howard M. Relles
Schenectady, NY

Would any JGEN'er be willing to obtain a copy of a will >from the Probate
Court in Manhattan for me? In exchange, I would be happy to look up a
Ship's Record or a 1900 or 1920 U.S. Census Record at the National
Archives.

Sincerely,
Dr. Howard M. Relles
Schenectady, NY

Would any JGEN'er be willing to obtain a copy of a will >from the Probate
Court in Newark for me? In exchange, I would be happy to look up a
Ship's Record or a 1900 or 1920 U.S. Census Record at the National
Archives.

Sincerely,
Dr. Howard M. Relles
Schenectady, NY

Would any JGEN'er be willing to obtain a copy of a will >from the Probate
Court in Pittsburgh for me? In exchange, I would be happy to look up a
Ship's Record or a 1900 or 1920 U.S. Census Record at the National
Archives.

Sincerely,
Dr. Howard M. Relles
Schenectady, NY

Would any JGEN'er be willing to obtain a copy of a will >from the Probate
Court in Manhattan for me? In exchange, I would be happy to look up a
Ship's Record or a 1900 or 1920 U.S. Census Record at the National
Archives.

Sincerely,
Dr. Howard M. Relles
Schenectady, NY

Would any JGEN'er be willing to obtain a copy of a will >from the Probate
Court in Newark for me? In exchange, I would be happy to look up a
Ship's Record or a 1900 or 1920 U.S. Census Record at the National
Archives.

Sincerely,
Dr. Howard M. Relles
Schenectady, NY

As you can see >from the signature block below, NEJMAN is one of the major
names in my family background. (NEJMAN and NAJMAN, or with I instead of J,
are all the same name.)

A common surname in Israel is Ne'eman (meaning "Faithful"). I wonder if any
(or all, for that matter) of the bearers of this name have Hebraicized one
of the above names to produce this surname, and if their families originate
in Poland, specifically in Lomza Gobernia.

I would be grateful for any information that might lead me to members of my
family that did not emigrate to the US at the end of the last century, but
who made it to Israel more recently.

-------------
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

(Remove "takeout" >from domain; replace "sheol" with "stan". Sorry)

Searching:
NEACHOWICZ, NEJMAN, ISMACH, ROKITA: Lomza Gubernia, Poland
HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: Dorohoi District, Romania
GRISARU, VATARU: Iasi, Romania

See my interactive tree (requires Java 1.1 or better):
http://www.hashkedim.com
[You can download Java 1.1.6 >from my site, if you don't have it]

As you can see >from the signature block below, NEJMAN is one of the major
names in my family background. (NEJMAN and NAJMAN, or with I instead of J,
are all the same name.)

A common surname in Israel is Ne'eman (meaning "Faithful"). I wonder if any
(or all, for that matter) of the bearers of this name have Hebraicized one
of the above names to produce this surname, and if their families originate
in Poland, specifically in Lomza Gobernia.

I would be grateful for any information that might lead me to members of my
family that did not emigrate to the US at the end of the last century, but
who made it to Israel more recently.

-------------
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

(Remove "takeout" >from domain; replace "sheol" with "stan". Sorry)

Searching:
NEACHOWICZ, NEJMAN, ISMACH, ROKITA: Lomza Gubernia, Poland
HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: Dorohoi District, Romania
GRISARU, VATARU: Iasi, Romania

See my interactive tree (requires Java 1.1 or better):
http://www.hashkedim.com
[You can download Java 1.1.6 >from my site, if you don't have it]

Dear Belarus SIG Members:

The software used by the Lyris server which brings the Belarus SIG
Discussion Group to you was recently updated. There was a small glitch
that may have resulted in your posted messages not reaching the server.
If you sent a message to the discussion group during the last two days
and have not seen it posted, please resend it. Thanks.

Dave



David M. Fox
fox@erols.com
Arnold, MD
Belarus SIG Co-Coordinator

JOIN THE BELARUS SIG
<http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/>;

Researching: Minsk: TSIVIN (SIVIN), RABINOWITZ, HURWITZ, FEIN
Mogilev & NYC: SCHENDEROFF (OV), TSIVIN, SHER, FYTELSON
Rogachev(BYL) & NYC: FYTELSON (FEITELSON), TELSON, COHEN
Popielniki, Dzurow, Banila (UKR): FUCHS, HUDES, MECHLAWICZ,

TISCHLER, LOBEL, LABALVITCH

Dear Belarus SIG Members:

The software used by the Lyris server which brings the Belarus SIG
Discussion Group to you was recently updated. There was a small glitch
that may have resulted in your posted messages not reaching the server.
If you sent a message to the discussion group during the last two days
and have not seen it posted, please resend it. Thanks.

Dave



David M. Fox
fox@erols.com
Arnold, MD
Belarus SIG Co-Coordinator

JOIN THE BELARUS SIG
<http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/>;

Researching: Minsk: TSIVIN (SIVIN), RABINOWITZ, HURWITZ, FEIN
Mogilev & NYC: SCHENDEROFF (OV), TSIVIN, SHER, FYTELSON
Rogachev(BYL) & NYC: FYTELSON (FEITELSON), TELSON, COHEN
Popielniki, Dzurow, Banila (UKR): FUCHS, HUDES, MECHLAWICZ,

TISCHLER, LOBEL, LABALVITCH

Dear Borisov Researchers:

I received the following message which I think would be of interest to
you:

Subject: book on Borisov
Sent: 9/26/98 8:45 PM
Received: 9/26/98 9:45 PM
From: Rav Eliyahu Tavger, eliyahu@tekhelet.co.il
To: Risa Heywood, risah@ibm.net
David Fox, fox@erols.com

Dear Coordinators of Belarus SIG,

You probably already heard of Mr. Alexander Rosenbloom, a citizen of
Borisov
(who lives now in Israel). He has for the past eight years been busy
gathering information on the Jews of Borisov and has put out several
pamphlets on the subject. It can maybe be said of him that today he is
the
biggest expert on the history of the Jews of Borisov and its surroundings.

Recently, he typed into the computer a full book summarizing all of his
knowledge and wants very much to publish it (in Russian). He needs for
this
$1000 and has asked for my help in this. I want to ask you whether you
have
an idea of support for this important project and if it is worth investing
in an English translation.

Sincerely,
Eliyahu Tavger

David M. Fox
fox@erols.com
Arnold, MD
Belarus SIG Co-Coordinator

JOIN THE BELARUS SIG
<http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/>;

Researching: Minsk: TSIVIN (SIVIN), RABINOWITZ, HURWITZ, FEIN
Mogilev & NYC: SCHENDEROFF (OV), TSIVIN, SHER, FYTELSON
Rogachev(BYL) & NYC: FYTELSON (FEITELSON), TELSON, COHEN
Popielniki, Dzurow, Banila (UKR): FUCHS, HUDES, MECHLAWICZ,

TISCHLER, LOBEL, LABALVITCH

Dear Borisov Researchers:

I received the following message which I think would be of interest to
you:

Subject: book on Borisov
Sent: 9/26/98 8:45 PM
Received: 9/26/98 9:45 PM
From: Rav Eliyahu Tavger, eliyahu@tekhelet.co.il
To: Risa Heywood, risah@ibm.net
David Fox, fox@erols.com

Dear Coordinators of Belarus SIG,

You probably already heard of Mr. Alexander Rosenbloom, a citizen of
Borisov
(who lives now in Israel). He has for the past eight years been busy
gathering information on the Jews of Borisov and has put out several
pamphlets on the subject. It can maybe be said of him that today he is
the
biggest expert on the history of the Jews of Borisov and its surroundings.

Recently, he typed into the computer a full book summarizing all of his
knowledge and wants very much to publish it (in Russian). He needs for
this
$1000 and has asked for my help in this. I want to ask you whether you
have
an idea of support for this important project and if it is worth investing
in an English translation.

Sincerely,
Eliyahu Tavger

David M. Fox
fox@erols.com
Arnold, MD
Belarus SIG Co-Coordinator

JOIN THE BELARUS SIG
<http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/>;

Researching: Minsk: TSIVIN (SIVIN), RABINOWITZ, HURWITZ, FEIN
Mogilev & NYC: SCHENDEROFF (OV), TSIVIN, SHER, FYTELSON
Rogachev(BYL) & NYC: FYTELSON (FEITELSON), TELSON, COHEN
Popielniki, Dzurow, Banila (UKR): FUCHS, HUDES, MECHLAWICZ,

TISCHLER, LOBEL, LABALVITCH

I am looking for information on a shtetl named Nobel, somewhere near Pinsk
and next to a river. My family's name was AIZENBAND, but it also could
have been spelled a little differently.


Robert Bernstein
Carmichael, CA

I am looking for information on a shtetl named Nobel, somewhere near Pinsk
and next to a river. My family's name was AIZENBAND, but it also could
have been spelled a little differently.


Robert Bernstein
Carmichael, CA

please change my e-mail address to: mslbl@aol.com


thank you

please change my e-mail address to: mslbl@aol.com


thank you

While people have discussed other inheritable illnesses as a means of
tracking down genealogical information, I was wondering if anyone has used
mental illnesses.

I was talking with someone who I believe is my 3rd cousin. After much
discussion, he hesistatingly revealed that his grandfather was mentally
ill, and so his father spent a fair bit of time in foster homes growing
up.

While this was a painful piece of family history for him to bring up, it
clinched for me that we were indeed related. I could then bring up the
cousins that I knew also had or now have mental illnesses, and he could
see that this was not a personal shame of some sort, but rather something
that could be attributed to heredity.

This conversation I had though brought up more issues for me to consider.
How were mental illnesses regarded in "the Old Country"? (the Old Country
in this case being Latvia) How about suicide? Is there a way I can use
this bit of medical family history to better draw in the blanks on the
family tree?

As always, many, many thanks for your help. This newsgroup has been
incredibly helpful, over and over again.

--
Claire Petersky

I am seeking information on the family of Rabbi Shragah FEIVISH and his
daughter, Chaisheh. Chaisheh died on "25 Tevet."

Stacy Harris

I will be in N.Y.C. only for a short time next month. I estimate I will have
4-6 hrs to devote to research. I am looking for Peltasons/ Peltesons from
Hamburg and Breslau early 1800's to late 1800's.
Can anyone suggest a time efficient strategy once I get there?

Howard Pelteson

To: Any Northern California Researcher

I just visited Sutro Library in San Francisco and found that much to my
disappointment, their wonderful collection of old phonebooks has been
placed in storage. These were phonebooks >from various cities and various
years. They are no longer available at all. (SOB!) Evidently they were
placed in storage with the hope that some society or benefactor will have
them microfilmed.

Alan H. Rosen
Carmel Highlands, California