Does anyone know if there is a website that contains Passenger Lists on
arrivals >from Ellis Island?

Thanks. (Please reply to my email).......

Does anyone know if there is a website that contains Passenger Lists on
arrivals >from Ellis Island?

Thanks. (Please reply to my email).......

The Polish Gen group has done a wonderful job in preparing a Help List
showing the Polish terms for various job descriptions. This list can be
viewed and downloaded >from the JRI-Poland Home page.

After perusing several Polish death records, I feel that a similar list,
but dealing with the causes of death, would be an immense help.

Is there already such a list? If not, is their anyone out there who
could begin transcribing the Polish words related to cause of death. I
don't think that there would be many entries ...probably less than 100
to 150.

Julian Schamroth

The Polish Gen group has done a wonderful job in preparing a Help List
showing the Polish terms for various job descriptions. This list can be
viewed and downloaded >from the JRI-Poland Home page.

After perusing several Polish death records, I feel that a similar list,
but dealing with the causes of death, would be an immense help.

Is there already such a list? If not, is their anyone out there who
could begin transcribing the Polish words related to cause of death. I
don't think that there would be many entries ...probably less than 100
to 150.

Julian Schamroth

Subject: Jews in the Austrian army
From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@admin.fhda.edu" <leeson@olive.fhda.edu>

I just read Daniel Byrne's note about finding out about his family's
experiences in the Austrian army, and while I cannot be of help to
him in his specific search, I do want to mention a book available

from the Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt. The title is

"Jews in the Armed Forces of Austria, 1788-1918."

The book costs ATS 160 including shipping.

Fwiw, I got it for a little over a week >from my local library through
Inter Library Loan. It was made available through UCLA at no charge.

//Corin Barsily Goodwin
Cupertino, CA USA

Shalom!
I am looking for a translation as to the firstname of Szapse. The origin is

from Austria and the Hebrew Name would be Yitzchak. Thank you

Mike Greenberg

Even though your ancestor's Hebrew name was Yitzchak, the name Szapse does
not correspond to Yitzhak (which is Itzik in Yiddish, Isaac in English
transliteration). Szapse sounds like a Yiddish abbreviation of the Hebrew
name"Shabbsai" (an Ashkenazic pronunciation of Shabbetai.). Perhaps your
ancestor had two names, Shabbetai Yitzchak or vice versa?

Judith Romney Wegner

Subject: Jews in the Austrian army
From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@admin.fhda.edu" <leeson@olive.fhda.edu>

I just read Daniel Byrne's note about finding out about his family's
experiences in the Austrian army, and while I cannot be of help to
him in his specific search, I do want to mention a book available

from the Austrian Jewish Museum in Eisenstadt. The title is

"Jews in the Armed Forces of Austria, 1788-1918."

The book costs ATS 160 including shipping.

Fwiw, I got it for a little over a week >from my local library through
Inter Library Loan. It was made available through UCLA at no charge.

//Corin Barsily Goodwin
Cupertino, CA USA

Shalom!
I am looking for a translation as to the firstname of Szapse. The origin is

from Austria and the Hebrew Name would be Yitzchak. Thank you

Mike Greenberg

Even though your ancestor's Hebrew name was Yitzchak, the name Szapse does
not correspond to Yitzhak (which is Itzik in Yiddish, Isaac in English
transliteration). Szapse sounds like a Yiddish abbreviation of the Hebrew
name"Shabbsai" (an Ashkenazic pronunciation of Shabbetai.). Perhaps your
ancestor had two names, Shabbetai Yitzchak or vice versa?

Judith Romney Wegner

Do we have a clear and definitive answer to the question of whether a
single woman was permitted to enter the US >from Ellis Island? Was it a
matter of law, policy or whim?Did it change over the years?

Not a whim, to the best of my knowledge. In "Crossing & Cruising" the policy
changes is described in detail. I believe it was a matter of law, i.e.
Congressional Law, that was enacted in 1890, and enhanced again and again in
1902 (?) and 1905, 1918, due to influx of immegrants >from Europe. I believe
the law was abandonded somewhere around 1918.

-Yigal Rechtman
+ Yigal Rechtman email: RECHTMAN@aol.com +
+ www.RECHTMAN.com Mirror site:members.aol.com/rechtman
+ Research: RECHTMAN, Suwalk; Augustow;
+ WYBRANCZYK, Lomza; FOGLEMAN, Riga; MILLER,
+ Mazstrow-Maz., Poland; SHER or MARCUS, Kwarsk, Lithuania

Do we have a clear and definitive answer to the question of whether a
single woman was permitted to enter the US >from Ellis Island? Was it a
matter of law, policy or whim?Did it change over the years?

Not a whim, to the best of my knowledge. In "Crossing & Cruising" the policy
changes is described in detail. I believe it was a matter of law, i.e.
Congressional Law, that was enacted in 1890, and enhanced again and again in
1902 (?) and 1905, 1918, due to influx of immegrants >from Europe. I believe
the law was abandonded somewhere around 1918.

-Yigal Rechtman
+ Yigal Rechtman email: RECHTMAN@aol.com +
+ www.RECHTMAN.com Mirror site:members.aol.com/rechtman
+ Research: RECHTMAN, Suwalk; Augustow;
+ WYBRANCZYK, Lomza; FOGLEMAN, Riga; MILLER,
+ Mazstrow-Maz., Poland; SHER or MARCUS, Kwarsk, Lithuania

Dear People,

Early this morning, after I finished scrolling down today's Jewishgen's
message compilation, I went back to bed to read the NY Times. In an article
about the problems immigrants faced when confronted by secret evidence which
they know nothing about and cannot question or refute, the name Louis M.
Bograd appeared. Mr. Bograd is the head of the Prison Project of the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Perhaps Bograd is a contraction of the name
Tina Gam is researching.

If I were Ms. Gam I would do a people search not only on Jewishgen, but
also on Yahoo, and try to find Mark Bogorad, or his mother. I would also note
how many Bogorads and Bograds there are and, if there were not very many,
write to them. Probably she can find Mr. Louis Bograd as well to ask about
his surame and relatives.

Naomi Fatouros
NFatouros@aol.com
98/08/15

BELKOWSKY of Tel-Aviv, Odessa, Kiev, Moscow, Berdichev; LEVY, WEIL, WILLARD
of Mulhouse, Altkirch, Seppois le Bas, Alsace; FELDMAN of "Chelsetz?" (
Kulczyce or Kulchitse or Kulcici?), near L'viv; MEEROVNA of Berdichev(?);
RAPPAPORT or RAPOPORT of Jaffa, Palestine, Podvolochisk and Ternopil; SAS, of
Podwolochisk; ROTHSTEIN, LIBERMAN >from Kiev and Moscow; ZUSMAN or SUSSMAN of
Tel-Aviv and Odessa.

Dear People,

Early this morning, after I finished scrolling down today's Jewishgen's
message compilation, I went back to bed to read the NY Times. In an article
about the problems immigrants faced when confronted by secret evidence which
they know nothing about and cannot question or refute, the name Louis M.
Bograd appeared. Mr. Bograd is the head of the Prison Project of the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Perhaps Bograd is a contraction of the name
Tina Gam is researching.

If I were Ms. Gam I would do a people search not only on Jewishgen, but
also on Yahoo, and try to find Mark Bogorad, or his mother. I would also note
how many Bogorads and Bograds there are and, if there were not very many,
write to them. Probably she can find Mr. Louis Bograd as well to ask about
his surame and relatives.

Naomi Fatouros
NFatouros@aol.com
98/08/15

BELKOWSKY of Tel-Aviv, Odessa, Kiev, Moscow, Berdichev; LEVY, WEIL, WILLARD
of Mulhouse, Altkirch, Seppois le Bas, Alsace; FELDMAN of "Chelsetz?" (
Kulczyce or Kulchitse or Kulcici?), near L'viv; MEEROVNA of Berdichev(?);
RAPPAPORT or RAPOPORT of Jaffa, Palestine, Podvolochisk and Ternopil; SAS, of
Podwolochisk; ROTHSTEIN, LIBERMAN >from Kiev and Moscow; ZUSMAN or SUSSMAN of
Tel-Aviv and Odessa.

I posted this a few days ago but have not seen it appear.

Wish to contact descendents of Leo and Lillie Levy who owned Levy's
Department Store in Memphis, Tenn.

In 1926, when they were probably in their 40s or early 50s, the Levys
traveled to Germany with Emil and Julia Lipmanson of Philadelphis, old
friends. I have pictures >from that trip, and one letter >from Lillie Levy
that was written a few years later. The Levy descendents may be
interested in having these materials.

J. Lipmanson

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please reply privately.

I posted this a few days ago but have not seen it appear.

Wish to contact descendents of Leo and Lillie Levy who owned Levy's
Department Store in Memphis, Tenn.

In 1926, when they were probably in their 40s or early 50s, the Levys
traveled to Germany with Emil and Julia Lipmanson of Philadelphis, old
friends. I have pictures >from that trip, and one letter >from Lillie Levy
that was written a few years later. The Levy descendents may be
interested in having these materials.

J. Lipmanson

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please reply privately.

Regarding Michael Bernet's interesting posting on Meir/Meyer/Mayer, I'd
like, if I may, to add a few comments.

The Hebrew language is blessed with a fairly large number of names
derived, in one way or another, >from the concept of light. The Hebrew word
for light is Or (wrtten, in Hebrew, as aleph vav raysh).

The name Me'ir, literally means "illuminator", "he illuminates", "he is
illuminating", or "he who illuminates", depending on context and position
in a sentence. Hebrew, unfortunately, like other Semitic languages,
frequently uses the same part of speech where English would use a verb, a
noun, a participle, a gerund or whatever, in different situations. This
form of the name started becoming common during the Talmudic period, and
has been so till present times.

Another form of the same name is Ya'ir which is literally same name in the
future tense, and literally means, "He will illuminate". This form was more
common in Biblical times, appearing, for example, in the Pentateuch (one of
Aaron's sons) and the Book of Judges (Ya'ir the Gileadite). This form of
the name has once more become fairly common in recent times in Israel. In
fact, my son's name is Ya'ir. I also gave him, as an additional name, that
of my late father, without realizing at the time that his name was a common
Hebrew phrase, (Yair Yisrael - "He will be the Light of Israel").

There are other common names derived >from "OR", such as Ori (My light), Uri
(Light up!), Ora/Aura (female version), and many others. One will find
that, in certain communities, one of these names is often given to a child
born during or around Channuka, because of the festival's association with
light.

I hope that this was of interest to some of your esteemed readers.

All the best,
Chaim Charutz - Petach Tikva

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Let's not stray too far away >from genealogy, please.
Now that we've all seen the light about these names, let's end this one.

Regarding Michael Bernet's interesting posting on Meir/Meyer/Mayer, I'd
like, if I may, to add a few comments.

The Hebrew language is blessed with a fairly large number of names
derived, in one way or another, >from the concept of light. The Hebrew word
for light is Or (wrtten, in Hebrew, as aleph vav raysh).

The name Me'ir, literally means "illuminator", "he illuminates", "he is
illuminating", or "he who illuminates", depending on context and position
in a sentence. Hebrew, unfortunately, like other Semitic languages,
frequently uses the same part of speech where English would use a verb, a
noun, a participle, a gerund or whatever, in different situations. This
form of the name started becoming common during the Talmudic period, and
has been so till present times.

Another form of the same name is Ya'ir which is literally same name in the
future tense, and literally means, "He will illuminate". This form was more
common in Biblical times, appearing, for example, in the Pentateuch (one of
Aaron's sons) and the Book of Judges (Ya'ir the Gileadite). This form of
the name has once more become fairly common in recent times in Israel. In
fact, my son's name is Ya'ir. I also gave him, as an additional name, that
of my late father, without realizing at the time that his name was a common
Hebrew phrase, (Yair Yisrael - "He will be the Light of Israel").

There are other common names derived >from "OR", such as Ori (My light), Uri
(Light up!), Ora/Aura (female version), and many others. One will find
that, in certain communities, one of these names is often given to a child
born during or around Channuka, because of the festival's association with
light.

I hope that this was of interest to some of your esteemed readers.

All the best,
Chaim Charutz - Petach Tikva

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Let's not stray too far away >from genealogy, please.
Now that we've all seen the light about these names, let's end this one.

Norman Feldman wrote:

Anyone have any suggestions on accessing marriage records in Rotterdam from
the last 6months of 1904? I'd appreciate your help.

It is not very difficult as all birth, death and marriage records are kept both
in the city's archive and in the provincial archive. All are publicly available
and can be accessed at no charge. Copies can be made, for which usually about 1
guilder ($0.50) is charged.
I live too far away to be able to help you.
You could write them and ask for help. My experience in other Dutch archives is
that they will help you.

RIJKSARCHIEF IN ZUID-HOLLAND (province)
Pr. Willem Alexanderhof 20
Postbox 90520
2509 LM 's Gravenhage
+31-70-3315400
GEMEENTELIJKE ARCHIEFDIENST ROTTERDAM (city)
Robert Fruinstraat 52
Postbox 25082
3001 HB Rotterdam
+31-10-4775166

If that does not work, you could ask somebody in the Rotterdam area through the
Jewish Genealogical Society's website.
http://www.nljewgen.org/

Good luck
Rob van Geuns
Best, the Netherlands
--------------------------------

Norman Feldman wrote:

Anyone have any suggestions on accessing marriage records in Rotterdam from
the last 6months of 1904? I'd appreciate your help.

It is not very difficult as all birth, death and marriage records are kept both
in the city's archive and in the provincial archive. All are publicly available
and can be accessed at no charge. Copies can be made, for which usually about 1
guilder ($0.50) is charged.
I live too far away to be able to help you.
You could write them and ask for help. My experience in other Dutch archives is
that they will help you.

RIJKSARCHIEF IN ZUID-HOLLAND (province)
Pr. Willem Alexanderhof 20
Postbox 90520
2509 LM 's Gravenhage
+31-70-3315400
GEMEENTELIJKE ARCHIEFDIENST ROTTERDAM (city)
Robert Fruinstraat 52
Postbox 25082
3001 HB Rotterdam
+31-10-4775166

If that does not work, you could ask somebody in the Rotterdam area through the
Jewish Genealogical Society's website.
http://www.nljewgen.org/

Good luck
Rob van Geuns
Best, the Netherlands
--------------------------------

My grandparents (mother's side) were born in Chmielnik as well. A little
later (1911), but I am sure they knew each other...it was a small shtetl
nothing more. There names were Abraham Mydlarz and
Bella Wajnberg. Maybe you have some pictures of the town. There is a
Chmielnik Society in Toronto Canada as far as I know. And one is Israel.
Furthermore there is a book out about the Chmelnik Society.
The original is written in jiddish...but I am sure you can find a
translation of it somewhere in Canada.
Good luck!! And keep me updated!
Melanie


David Price schrieb in Nachricht ...

My grandparents (mother's side) were born in Chmielnik as well. A little
later (1911), but I am sure they knew each other...it was a small shtetl
nothing more. There names were Abraham Mydlarz and
Bella Wajnberg. Maybe you have some pictures of the town. There is a
Chmielnik Society in Toronto Canada as far as I know. And one is Israel.
Furthermore there is a book out about the Chmelnik Society.
The original is written in jiddish...but I am sure you can find a
translation of it somewhere in Canada.
Good luck!! And keep me updated!
Melanie


David Price schrieb in Nachricht ...