Hi All,

The Jewish Genealogy Surname Project is a new group on Facebook. We are
building/documenting a database consisting of: Surname, Given Name, Town born,
researcher's name, DNA information if you have tested, etc. I encourage you all to
join as well as list your Surnames/Towns in the JewishGen Family Finder....

If you would like to join us on FB:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609914609245515/

If you are not on FB but would like to join: please email me at:
ttt.surname.project@gmail.com

If you would like to look at the database which has over 2000 Surnames
so far: http://bit.ly/19dh4Ma
(MODERTAOR: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V627wzfHBJ-Ke5e7S67HbRCjTtEwfWh5HWHQBBbh9vM/edit?pli=1#gid=0 )

Thank you in advance,
Melissa Mendelsohn

Hi All,

The Jewish Genealogy Surname Project is a new group on Facebook. We are
building/documenting a database consisting of: Surname, Given Name, Town born,
researcher's name, DNA information if you have tested, etc. I encourage you all to
join as well as list your Surnames/Towns in the JewishGen Family Finder....

If you would like to join us on FB:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1609914609245515/

If you are not on FB but would like to join: please email me at:
ttt.surname.project@gmail.com

If you would like to look at the database which has over 2000 Surnames
so far: http://bit.ly/19dh4Ma
(MODERTAOR: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V627wzfHBJ-Ke5e7S67HbRCjTtEwfWh5HWHQBBbh9vM/edit?pli=1#gid=0 )

Thank you in advance,
Melissa Mendelsohn

The 35th IAJGS International Conference is just around the corner!
For a significant discount (and a chance to win great prizes in our
drawing), register now. "Early Bird Special" ends on May 6th! Visit
www.iajgs2015.org to register.

Treat yourself to the wonderful pre-Conference Shabbaton on the
Friday-Saturday, July 3-4 weekend preceding the Conference. Enjoy an
adventure in exploring the sights and sounds of Jerusalem via three
unique tour opportunities.

"Exploration Sunday" on July 5 offers you the superior options of
either visiting extraordinary research archives or taking
fascinating tours of Jerusalem and Israel.

Monday's full day of programming sets the pace for a peerless
schedule of sessions, including one that offers how-to's for those
attending their first IAJGS Conference.

SIG luncheons and other SIG meetings will be held each day,
bolstered by valuable sessions on Jewish communities throughout
the world that dot the daily schedules. BOF meetings will be
announced soon, with over 25 BOF groups planning time together
this year!

Guide to the Perplexed: Nearly every day features a valuable
"Breakfast with Experts" for the rare opportunity to sit round
the table with a genealogical wizard and personally ask
questions. The answers you'll hear can spark new directions for
your research. Experts will also be volunteering for one-on-one
"break down brick wall" meetings for those in need.

Our honored Keynote speaker Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will share his
moving plea to continue to tell the story of the Shoah, striving
to document our family's past as an inspiration for the next
generations to come.

The Convention's impressive roster of skilled, informative and
fascinating lecturers >from across the globe will present a
treasure of new ideas, new sources to research, and new tools
for advanced and novice genealogists alike. View the full program
at www.iajgs2015.org

Our closing banquet will be enhanced by the presence of Dick
Eastman, genealogy's renowned blogger.

Come join us in the matchless city of Jerusalem for the momentous,
exciting 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
Enjoy new and renewed friendships, and a rich appreciation of the
land, its resources and its people. For full Convention details:
www.iajgs2015.org.

Michael Goldstein, Chairman
chairman@iajgs2015.org
35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Jerusalem 6- 10 July 2015
www.iajgs2015.org

The 35th IAJGS International Conference is just around the corner!
For a significant discount (and a chance to win great prizes in our
drawing), register now. "Early Bird Special" ends on May 6th! Visit
www.iajgs2015.org to register.

Treat yourself to the wonderful pre-Conference Shabbaton on the
Friday-Saturday, July 3-4 weekend preceding the Conference. Enjoy an
adventure in exploring the sights and sounds of Jerusalem via three
unique tour opportunities.

"Exploration Sunday" on July 5 offers you the superior options of
either visiting extraordinary research archives or taking
fascinating tours of Jerusalem and Israel.

Monday's full day of programming sets the pace for a peerless
schedule of sessions, including one that offers how-to's for those
attending their first IAJGS Conference.

SIG luncheons and other SIG meetings will be held each day,
bolstered by valuable sessions on Jewish communities throughout
the world that dot the daily schedules. BOF meetings will be
announced soon, with over 25 BOF groups planning time together
this year!

Guide to the Perplexed: Nearly every day features a valuable
"Breakfast with Experts" for the rare opportunity to sit round
the table with a genealogical wizard and personally ask
questions. The answers you'll hear can spark new directions for
your research. Experts will also be volunteering for one-on-one
"break down brick wall" meetings for those in need.

Our honored Keynote speaker Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will share his
moving plea to continue to tell the story of the Shoah, striving
to document our family's past as an inspiration for the next
generations to come.

The Convention's impressive roster of skilled, informative and
fascinating lecturers >from across the globe will present a
treasure of new ideas, new sources to research, and new tools
for advanced and novice genealogists alike. View the full program
at www.iajgs2015.org

Our closing banquet will be enhanced by the presence of Dick
Eastman, genealogy's renowned blogger.

Come join us in the matchless city of Jerusalem for the momentous,
exciting 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
Enjoy new and renewed friendships, and a rich appreciation of the
land, its resources and its people. For full Convention details:
www.iajgs2015.org.

Michael Goldstein, Chairman
chairman@iajgs2015.org
35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Jerusalem 6- 10 July 2015
www.iajgs2015.org

Jewish Heritage Europe reported on two items that might be of interest to you:

1. Synagogue in Azores Restored and Rededicated as Jewish Museum and Archives

Shaar Hashomayum Synagogue in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal was been rededicated
on April 23 and renovated and will serve as a museum and archive devoted to Jewish
history of the Azores.

The synagogue was last used in in the 1950's. The Lisbon Jewish Community donated
the synagogue to Ponta Delgado City Hall on a 99-year concession in exchange for
guarantees that it would be restored.

Ponta Delgada, on the island of San Miguel, is the capital of the Azores.There were
once five synagogues in the city, but Shaar Hashomayum Synagogue,is the only
one that remains. It was built around 1820 and consecrated in 1836 - the oldest
synagogue in Portugal built after the Inquisition.

To read more about this in Jewish Heritage Europe see:
http://tinyurl.com/p7x3eq3
Original url:
http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2015/04/24/synagogue-in-azores-rededicated-after-restoration/%E2%80%9D?utm_source=rss&;utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=synagogue-in-azores-rededicated-after-restoration
and more background is available at:
http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2015/02/23/ponta-delgada-synagogue-azores-to-open-in-april-after-restoration/

2.Maceva Litvak Cemetery releases 2014 annual report
Maceva Litvak Cemetery catalogue annual report on 2014 activities is available.
The report notes their activities in digitizing Jewish cemeteries in Lithuania
and its plans for 2015. To read the report go to: http://tinyurl.com/kgr3a6s
Original url:
http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5e6934bd9577895e66b5ffa48&;id=1402ad8019

To read the Jewish Heritage Europe article go to: http://tinyurl.com/l8kyd5a
Original url:
http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2015/04/24/maceva-litvak-cemetery-catalogue-annual-report-on-2014-activities/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Jewish Heritage Europe reported on two items that might be of interest to you:

1. Synagogue in Azores Restored and Rededicated as Jewish Museum and Archives

Shaar Hashomayum Synagogue in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal was been rededicated
on April 23 and renovated and will serve as a museum and archive devoted to Jewish
history of the Azores.

The synagogue was last used in in the 1950's. The Lisbon Jewish Community donated
the synagogue to Ponta Delgado City Hall on a 99-year concession in exchange for
guarantees that it would be restored.

Ponta Delgada, on the island of San Miguel, is the capital of the Azores.There were
once five synagogues in the city, but Shaar Hashomayum Synagogue,is the only
one that remains. It was built around 1820 and consecrated in 1836 - the oldest
synagogue in Portugal built after the Inquisition.

To read more about this in Jewish Heritage Europe see:
http://tinyurl.com/p7x3eq3
Original url:
http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2015/04/24/synagogue-in-azores-rededicated-after-restoration/%E2%80%9D?utm_source=rss&;utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=synagogue-in-azores-rededicated-after-restoration
and more background is available at:
http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2015/02/23/ponta-delgada-synagogue-azores-to-open-in-april-after-restoration/

2.Maceva Litvak Cemetery releases 2014 annual report
Maceva Litvak Cemetery catalogue annual report on 2014 activities is available.
The report notes their activities in digitizing Jewish cemeteries in Lithuania
and its plans for 2015. To read the report go to: http://tinyurl.com/kgr3a6s
Original url:
http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5e6934bd9577895e66b5ffa48&;id=1402ad8019

To read the Jewish Heritage Europe article go to: http://tinyurl.com/l8kyd5a
Original url:
http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2015/04/24/maceva-litvak-cemetery-catalogue-annual-report-on-2014-activities/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

While reading a 1906 Vilna Voterslist (in Russian), the phrase under the authority of
[ transliterated as: po upolnomochiyu zheny] his wife was used. What does the term
mean?? Ex." Isserlin Girsh Mordukhovich, under the authority of his wife, Chaya
Eliyashevny

Marilyn Robinson
Florida

While reading a 1906 Vilna Voterslist (in Russian), the phrase under the authority of
[ transliterated as: po upolnomochiyu zheny] his wife was used. What does the term
mean?? Ex." Isserlin Girsh Mordukhovich, under the authority of his wife, Chaya
Eliyashevny

Marilyn Robinson
Florida

The 35th IAJGS International Conference is just around the corner!
For a significant discount (and a chance to win great prizes in our
drawing), register now. "Early Bird Special" ends on May 6th! Visit
www.iajgs2015.org to register.

Treat yourself to the wonderful pre-Conference Shabbaton on the
Friday-Saturday, July 3-4 weekend preceding the Conference. Enjoy an
adventure in exploring the sights and sounds of Jerusalem via three
unique tour opportunities.

"Exploration Sunday" on July 5 offers you the superior options of
either visiting extraordinary research archives or taking
fascinating tours of Jerusalem and Israel.

Monday's full day of programming sets the pace for a peerless
schedule of sessions, including one that offers how-to's for those
attending their first IAJGS Conference.

SIG luncheons and other SIG meetings will be held each day,
bolstered by valuable sessions on Jewish communities throughout
the world that dot the daily schedules. BOF meetings will be
announced soon, with over 25 BOF groups planning time together
this year!

Guide to the Perplexed: Nearly every day features a valuable
"Breakfast with Experts" for the rare opportunity to sit round
the table with a genealogical wizard and personally ask
questions. The answers you'll hear can spark new directions for
your research. Experts will also be volunteering for one-on-one
"break down brick wall" meetings for those in need.

Our honored Keynote speaker Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will share his
moving plea to continue to tell the story of the Shoah, striving
to document our family's past as an inspiration for the next
generations to come.

The Convention's impressive roster of skilled, informative and
fascinating lecturers >from across the globe will present a
treasure of new ideas, new sources to research, and new tools
for advanced and novice genealogists alike. View the full program
at www.iajgs2015.org

Our closing banquet will be enhanced by the presence of Dick
Eastman, genealogy's renowned blogger.

Come join us in the matchless city of Jerusalem for the momentous,
exciting 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
Enjoy new and renewed friendships, and a rich appreciation of the
land, its resources and its people. For full Convention details:
www.iajgs2015.org.

Michael Goldstein, Chairman
chairman@iajgs2015.org
35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Jerusalem 6- 10 July 2015
www.iajgs2015.org

The 35th IAJGS International Conference is just around the corner!
For a significant discount (and a chance to win great prizes in our
drawing), register now. "Early Bird Special" ends on May 6th! Visit
www.iajgs2015.org to register.

Treat yourself to the wonderful pre-Conference Shabbaton on the
Friday-Saturday, July 3-4 weekend preceding the Conference. Enjoy an
adventure in exploring the sights and sounds of Jerusalem via three
unique tour opportunities.

"Exploration Sunday" on July 5 offers you the superior options of
either visiting extraordinary research archives or taking
fascinating tours of Jerusalem and Israel.

Monday's full day of programming sets the pace for a peerless
schedule of sessions, including one that offers how-to's for those
attending their first IAJGS Conference.

SIG luncheons and other SIG meetings will be held each day,
bolstered by valuable sessions on Jewish communities throughout
the world that dot the daily schedules. BOF meetings will be
announced soon, with over 25 BOF groups planning time together
this year!

Guide to the Perplexed: Nearly every day features a valuable
"Breakfast with Experts" for the rare opportunity to sit round
the table with a genealogical wizard and personally ask
questions. The answers you'll hear can spark new directions for
your research. Experts will also be volunteering for one-on-one
"break down brick wall" meetings for those in need.

Our honored Keynote speaker Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will share his
moving plea to continue to tell the story of the Shoah, striving
to document our family's past as an inspiration for the next
generations to come.

The Convention's impressive roster of skilled, informative and
fascinating lecturers >from across the globe will present a
treasure of new ideas, new sources to research, and new tools
for advanced and novice genealogists alike. View the full program
at www.iajgs2015.org

Our closing banquet will be enhanced by the presence of Dick
Eastman, genealogy's renowned blogger.

Come join us in the matchless city of Jerusalem for the momentous,
exciting 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
Enjoy new and renewed friendships, and a rich appreciation of the
land, its resources and its people. For full Convention details:
www.iajgs2015.org.

Michael Goldstein, Chairman
chairman@iajgs2015.org
35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Jerusalem 6- 10 July 2015
www.iajgs2015.org

The 35th IAJGS International Conference is just around the corner!
For a significant discount (and a chance to win great prizes in our
drawing), register now. "Early Bird Special" ends on May 6th! Visit
www.iajgs2015.org to register.

Treat yourself to the wonderful pre-Conference Shabbaton on the
Friday-Saturday, July 3-4 weekend preceding the Conference. Enjoy an
adventure in exploring the sights and sounds of Jerusalem via three
unique tour opportunities.

"Exploration Sunday" on July 5 offers you the superior options of
either visiting extraordinary research archives or taking
fascinating tours of Jerusalem and Israel.

Monday's full day of programming sets the pace for a peerless
schedule of sessions, including one that offers how-to's for those
attending their first IAJGS Conference.

SIG luncheons and other SIG meetings will be held each day,
bolstered by valuable sessions on Jewish communities throughout
the world that dot the daily schedules. BOF meetings will be
announced soon, with over 25 BOF groups planning time together
this year!

Guide to the Perplexed: Nearly every day features a valuable
"Breakfast with Experts" for the rare opportunity to sit round
the table with a genealogical wizard and personally ask
questions. The answers you'll hear can spark new directions for
your research. Experts will also be volunteering for one-on-one
"break down brick wall" meetings for those in need.

Our honored Keynote speaker Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will share his
moving plea to continue to tell the story of the Shoah, striving
to document our family's past as an inspiration for the next
generations to come.

The Convention's impressive roster of skilled, informative and
fascinating lecturers >from across the globe will present a
treasure of new ideas, new sources to research, and new tools
for advanced and novice genealogists alike. View the full program
at www.iajgs2015.org

Our closing banquet will be enhanced by the presence of Dick
Eastman, genealogy's renowned blogger.

Come join us in the matchless city of Jerusalem for the momentous,
exciting 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
Enjoy new and renewed friendships, and a rich appreciation of the
land, its resources and its people. For full Convention details:
www.iajgs2015.org.

Michael Goldstein, Chairman
chairman@iajgs2015.org
35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Jerusalem 6- 10 July 2015
www.iajgs2015.org

The 35th IAJGS International Conference is just around the corner!
For a significant discount (and a chance to win great prizes in our
drawing), register now. "Early Bird Special" ends on May 6th! Visit
www.iajgs2015.org to register.

Treat yourself to the wonderful pre-Conference Shabbaton on the
Friday-Saturday, July 3-4 weekend preceding the Conference. Enjoy an
adventure in exploring the sights and sounds of Jerusalem via three
unique tour opportunities.

"Exploration Sunday" on July 5 offers you the superior options of
either visiting extraordinary research archives or taking
fascinating tours of Jerusalem and Israel.

Monday's full day of programming sets the pace for a peerless
schedule of sessions, including one that offers how-to's for those
attending their first IAJGS Conference.

SIG luncheons and other SIG meetings will be held each day,
bolstered by valuable sessions on Jewish communities throughout
the world that dot the daily schedules. BOF meetings will be
announced soon, with over 25 BOF groups planning time together
this year!

Guide to the Perplexed: Nearly every day features a valuable
"Breakfast with Experts" for the rare opportunity to sit round
the table with a genealogical wizard and personally ask
questions. The answers you'll hear can spark new directions for
your research. Experts will also be volunteering for one-on-one
"break down brick wall" meetings for those in need.

Our honored Keynote speaker Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will share his
moving plea to continue to tell the story of the Shoah, striving
to document our family's past as an inspiration for the next
generations to come.

The Convention's impressive roster of skilled, informative and
fascinating lecturers >from across the globe will present a
treasure of new ideas, new sources to research, and new tools
for advanced and novice genealogists alike. View the full program
at www.iajgs2015.org

Our closing banquet will be enhanced by the presence of Dick
Eastman, genealogy's renowned blogger.

Come join us in the matchless city of Jerusalem for the momentous,
exciting 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
Enjoy new and renewed friendships, and a rich appreciation of the
land, its resources and its people. For full Convention details:
www.iajgs2015.org.

Michael Goldstein, Chairman
chairman@iajgs2015.org
35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Jerusalem 6- 10 July 2015
www.iajgs2015.org

If those were the names of those people at birth, then it's extremely
unlikely that they were born Jewish. Note that these are mostly names of
first-line Christian saints, names that were not popular among Jews.
(Across the river in the Palatinate/Pfalz, Nicolaus and Catharina might
have received their given names >from the official French list of
acceptable given names, but this was not the practice in Baden.)

Converts would very likely have chosen a new surname as well. FROMMER
did exist among German Jews, but only in the eastern regions of Prussia
now in Poland. There are hundreds of FROMMERs and thousands of FROMMs in
today's Germany (see telephone directories, for instance); which is to
say that it was not in any sense a distinctively Jewish name.

Conversions *to* Judaism were quite rare, though they did happen. You
might consult the archives in Baden-Wuerttemberg to see whether they
have records of such events.

Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ research coordinator, GerSIG

On 4/23/2015 9:20 AM, Naomi Elizabeth Kasprzak nkasprzak777@yahoo.com wrote:

I have the passenger list I was looking for with the FROMMER family to
the US >from Europe. Thank you for those who gave helpful information!
I am a beginner to all this research.
I am still trying to find out about their lives in Germany and whether
or not they were Jewish or converted to Judaism at any point as
"German-Jew" was the oral history given to me. They were >from the
Baden region, possibly Baden-Baden, but not positive. The family
members names were:
FROMMER, Nicolaus 1795, Catharina abt 1805, Johann abt 1835, Charl abt 1840

Herrman abt 1848, Franzis abt 1826 Maria abt 1836

If those were the names of those people at birth, then it's extremely
unlikely that they were born Jewish. Note that these are mostly names of
first-line Christian saints, names that were not popular among Jews.
(Across the river in the Palatinate/Pfalz, Nicolaus and Catharina might
have received their given names >from the official French list of
acceptable given names, but this was not the practice in Baden.)

Converts would very likely have chosen a new surname as well. FROMMER
did exist among German Jews, but only in the eastern regions of Prussia
now in Poland. There are hundreds of FROMMERs and thousands of FROMMs in
today's Germany (see telephone directories, for instance); which is to
say that it was not in any sense a distinctively Jewish name.

Conversions *to* Judaism were quite rare, though they did happen. You
might consult the archives in Baden-Wuerttemberg to see whether they
have records of such events.

Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ research coordinator, GerSIG

On 4/23/2015 9:20 AM, Naomi Elizabeth Kasprzak nkasprzak777@yahoo.com wrote:

I have the passenger list I was looking for with the FROMMER family to
the US >from Europe. Thank you for those who gave helpful information!
I am a beginner to all this research.
I am still trying to find out about their lives in Germany and whether
or not they were Jewish or converted to Judaism at any point as
"German-Jew" was the oral history given to me. They were >from the
Baden region, possibly Baden-Baden, but not positive. The family
members names were:
FROMMER, Nicolaus 1795, Catharina abt 1805, Johann abt 1835, Charl abt 1840

Herrman abt 1848, Franzis abt 1826 Maria abt 1836

The 35th IAJGS International Conference is just around the corner!
For a significant discount (and a chance to win great prizes in our
drawing), register now. "Early Bird Special" ends on May 6th! Visit
www.iajgs2015.org to register.

Treat yourself to the wonderful pre-Conference Shabbaton on the
Friday-Saturday, July 3-4 weekend preceding the Conference. Enjoy an
adventure in exploring the sights and sounds of Jerusalem via three
unique tour opportunities.

"Exploration Sunday" on July 5 offers you the superior options of
either visiting extraordinary research archives or taking fascinating
tours of Jerusalem and Israel.

Monday's full day of programming sets the pace for a peerless
schedule of sessions, including one that offers how-to's for those
attending their first IAJGS Conference.

SIG luncheons and other SIG meetings will be held each day,
bolstered by valuable sessions on Jewish communities throughout
the world that dot the daily schedules. BOF meetings will be
announced soon, with over 25 BOF groups planning time together
this year!

Guide to the Perplexed: Nearly every day features a valuable
"Breakfast with Experts" for the rare opportunity to sit round the
table with a genealogical wizard and personally ask questions. The
answers you'll hear can spark new directions for your research.
Experts will also be volunteering for one-on-one "break down brick
wall" meetings for those in need.

Our honored Keynote speaker Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will share his
moving plea to continue to tell the story of the Shoah, striving to
document our family's past as an inspiration for the next
generations to come.

The Convention's impressive roster of skilled, informative and
fascinating lecturers >from across the globe will present a treasure
of new ideas, new sources to research, and new tools for advanced
and novice genealogists alike. View the full program at
www.iajgs2015.org

Our closing banquet will be enhanced by the presence of Dick
Eastman, genealogy's renowned blogger.

Come join us in the matchless city of Jerusalem for the momentous,
exciting 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
Enjoy new and renewed friendships, and a rich appreciation of the
land, its resources and its people. For full Convention details:
www.iajgs2015.org.

Michael Goldstein, Chairman
chairman@iajgs2015.org
35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Jerusalem 6- 10 July 2015
www.iajgs2015.org

The 35th IAJGS International Conference is just around the corner!
For a significant discount (and a chance to win great prizes in our
drawing), register now. "Early Bird Special" ends on May 6th! Visit
www.iajgs2015.org to register.

Treat yourself to the wonderful pre-Conference Shabbaton on the
Friday-Saturday, July 3-4 weekend preceding the Conference. Enjoy an
adventure in exploring the sights and sounds of Jerusalem via three
unique tour opportunities.

"Exploration Sunday" on July 5 offers you the superior options of
either visiting extraordinary research archives or taking fascinating
tours of Jerusalem and Israel.

Monday's full day of programming sets the pace for a peerless
schedule of sessions, including one that offers how-to's for those
attending their first IAJGS Conference.

SIG luncheons and other SIG meetings will be held each day,
bolstered by valuable sessions on Jewish communities throughout
the world that dot the daily schedules. BOF meetings will be
announced soon, with over 25 BOF groups planning time together
this year!

Guide to the Perplexed: Nearly every day features a valuable
"Breakfast with Experts" for the rare opportunity to sit round the
table with a genealogical wizard and personally ask questions. The
answers you'll hear can spark new directions for your research.
Experts will also be volunteering for one-on-one "break down brick
wall" meetings for those in need.

Our honored Keynote speaker Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will share his
moving plea to continue to tell the story of the Shoah, striving to
document our family's past as an inspiration for the next
generations to come.

The Convention's impressive roster of skilled, informative and
fascinating lecturers >from across the globe will present a treasure
of new ideas, new sources to research, and new tools for advanced
and novice genealogists alike. View the full program at
www.iajgs2015.org

Our closing banquet will be enhanced by the presence of Dick
Eastman, genealogy's renowned blogger.

Come join us in the matchless city of Jerusalem for the momentous,
exciting 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
Enjoy new and renewed friendships, and a rich appreciation of the
land, its resources and its people. For full Convention details:
www.iajgs2015.org.

Michael Goldstein, Chairman
chairman@iajgs2015.org
35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Jerusalem 6- 10 July 2015
www.iajgs2015.org

In reference to the topic of Polish Jews in Uzbekistan, there is a
database in the JewishGen Holocaust Database,
<http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/0136_uzbek.html>,
called "Jewish Refugees in Tashkent," based on materials >from USHMM.
This database contains information about 152,000 Jewish refugees

from the Soviet Union who were evacuated to Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

and then went to different localities in Uzbekistan in 1941-1942.

Joyce Field
West Lafayette, IN

In reference to the topic of Polish Jews in Uzbekistan, there is a
database in the JewishGen Holocaust Database,
<http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/0136_uzbek.html>,
called "Jewish Refugees in Tashkent," based on materials >from USHMM.
This database contains information about 152,000 Jewish refugees

from the Soviet Union who were evacuated to Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

and then went to different localities in Uzbekistan in 1941-1942.

Joyce Field
West Lafayette, IN

The 35th IAJGS International Conference is just around the corner!
For a significant discount (and a chance to win great prizes in our
drawing), register now. "Early Bird Special" ends on May 6th! Visit
www.iajgs2015.org to register.

Treat yourself to the wonderful pre-Conference Shabbaton on the
Friday-Saturday, July 3-4 weekend preceding the Conference. Enjoy an
adventure in exploring the sights and sounds of Jerusalem via three
unique tour opportunities.

"Exploration Sunday" on July 5 offers you the superior options of
either visiting extraordinary research archives or taking
fascinating tours of Jerusalem and Israel.

Monday's full day of programming sets the pace for a peerless
schedule of sessions, including one that offers how-to's for those
attending their first IAJGS Conference.

SIG luncheons and other SIG meetings will be held each day,
bolstered by valuable sessions on Jewish communities throughout
the world that dot the daily schedules. BOF meetings will be
announced soon, with over 25 BOF groups planning time together
this year!

Guide to the Perplexed: Nearly every day features a valuable
"Breakfast with Experts" for the rare opportunity to sit round
the table with a genealogical wizard and personally ask
questions. The answers you'll hear can spark new directions for
your research. Experts will also be volunteering for one-on-one
"break down brick wall" meetings for those in need.

Our honored Keynote speaker Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will share his
moving plea to continue to tell the story of the Shoah, striving
to document our family's past as an inspiration for the next
generations to come.

The Convention's impressive roster of skilled, informative and
fascinating lecturers >from across the globe will present a
treasure of new ideas, new sources to research, and new tools
for advanced and novice genealogists alike. View the full program
at www.iajgs2015.org

Our closing banquet will be enhanced by the presence of Dick
Eastman, genealogy's renowned blogger.

Come join us in the matchless city of Jerusalem for the momentous,
exciting 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
Enjoy new and renewed friendships, and a rich appreciation of the
land, its resources and its people. For full Convention details:
www.iajgs2015.org.

Michael Goldstein, Chairman
chairman@iajgs2015.org
35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Jerusalem 6- 10 July 2015
www.iajgs2015.org

The 35th IAJGS International Conference is just around the corner!
For a significant discount (and a chance to win great prizes in our
drawing), register now. "Early Bird Special" ends on May 6th! Visit
www.iajgs2015.org to register.

Treat yourself to the wonderful pre-Conference Shabbaton on the
Friday-Saturday, July 3-4 weekend preceding the Conference. Enjoy an
adventure in exploring the sights and sounds of Jerusalem via three
unique tour opportunities.

"Exploration Sunday" on July 5 offers you the superior options of
either visiting extraordinary research archives or taking
fascinating tours of Jerusalem and Israel.

Monday's full day of programming sets the pace for a peerless
schedule of sessions, including one that offers how-to's for those
attending their first IAJGS Conference.

SIG luncheons and other SIG meetings will be held each day,
bolstered by valuable sessions on Jewish communities throughout
the world that dot the daily schedules. BOF meetings will be
announced soon, with over 25 BOF groups planning time together
this year!

Guide to the Perplexed: Nearly every day features a valuable
"Breakfast with Experts" for the rare opportunity to sit round
the table with a genealogical wizard and personally ask
questions. The answers you'll hear can spark new directions for
your research. Experts will also be volunteering for one-on-one
"break down brick wall" meetings for those in need.

Our honored Keynote speaker Rabbi Israel Meir Lau will share his
moving plea to continue to tell the story of the Shoah, striving
to document our family's past as an inspiration for the next
generations to come.

The Convention's impressive roster of skilled, informative and
fascinating lecturers >from across the globe will present a
treasure of new ideas, new sources to research, and new tools
for advanced and novice genealogists alike. View the full program
at www.iajgs2015.org

Our closing banquet will be enhanced by the presence of Dick
Eastman, genealogy's renowned blogger.

Come join us in the matchless city of Jerusalem for the momentous,
exciting 35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
Enjoy new and renewed friendships, and a rich appreciation of the
land, its resources and its people. For full Convention details:
www.iajgs2015.org.

Michael Goldstein, Chairman
chairman@iajgs2015.org
35th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Jerusalem 6- 10 July 2015
www.iajgs2015.org