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The Children of Nathana Nuty and Feige Aptowitzer
#rabbinic
Stanley and Shelda Sandler
Dear Genners:
I am searching for the names of the children of Nathana Nuta APTOWITZER and Feige (maiden name unknown) APTOWITZER. Two of their children were named Aron Isak (aka "Arnitcha") APTOWITZER and Benzion APTOWITZER. There may have been seven other siblings whose names are unknown to my generation. Nathana Nuta and Feige are my 3 x's Great-Grandparents (my ggg-grandparents). They lived in Galicia, possibly in the town of Zborow in Tarnopol Gubernia. At the time of their son Benzion's death in 1902, Nathana Nuta and Feige were deceased. Benzion Aptowitzer (spelled Abtowitzer on his death record) died in the town of Zloczow on 26 July 1902. His death record indicates he is >from the town of Zborow and is the son of deceased parents Nathana Nuty Abtowitzer (sic) and Feigi Abtowitzer (sic). He was, according to the death record, 74 years old at the time of his death. He was buried in the town of Zloczow on 28 July 1902. If the information on the death record is accurate, I would place Benzion's birth during the year of 1828. I am searching for the names of Benzion's unknown siblings (sons and daughters of Nathana Nuta and Feige) in order to add the information to my family history. I am also trying to determine whether there is any relationship between my Aptowitzer family and the renowned Rabbi Avigdor (Victor) Aptowitzer, also from Galicia. A biography about Rabbi Avigdor Aptowitzer may be found inthe book Morei Galicia; however, there is no reference to siblings. Thank you in advance. Shelda Sandler USA Researching: APTOWITZER (>from Galicia); BACHIN and SHAKNOVITZ (or alternative spellings) >from Mogilev Gubernia, Russia.
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IAJGS 2015
#scandinavia
IAJGS2015 Publicity
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
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic The Children of Nathana Nuty and Feige Aptowitzer
#rabbinic
Stanley and Shelda Sandler
Dear Genners:
I am searching for the names of the children of Nathana Nuta APTOWITZER and Feige (maiden name unknown) APTOWITZER. Two of their children were named Aron Isak (aka "Arnitcha") APTOWITZER and Benzion APTOWITZER. There may have been seven other siblings whose names are unknown to my generation. Nathana Nuta and Feige are my 3 x's Great-Grandparents (my ggg-grandparents). They lived in Galicia, possibly in the town of Zborow in Tarnopol Gubernia. At the time of their son Benzion's death in 1902, Nathana Nuta and Feige were deceased. Benzion Aptowitzer (spelled Abtowitzer on his death record) died in the town of Zloczow on 26 July 1902. His death record indicates he is >from the town of Zborow and is the son of deceased parents Nathana Nuty Abtowitzer (sic) and Feigi Abtowitzer (sic). He was, according to the death record, 74 years old at the time of his death. He was buried in the town of Zloczow on 28 July 1902. If the information on the death record is accurate, I would place Benzion's birth during the year of 1828. I am searching for the names of Benzion's unknown siblings (sons and daughters of Nathana Nuta and Feige) in order to add the information to my family history. I am also trying to determine whether there is any relationship between my Aptowitzer family and the renowned Rabbi Avigdor (Victor) Aptowitzer, also from Galicia. A biography about Rabbi Avigdor Aptowitzer may be found inthe book Morei Galicia; however, there is no reference to siblings. Thank you in advance. Shelda Sandler USA Researching: APTOWITZER (>from Galicia); BACHIN and SHAKNOVITZ (or alternative spellings) >from Mogilev Gubernia, Russia.
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Scandinavia SIG #Scandinavia IAJGS 2015
#scandinavia
IAJGS2015 Publicity
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
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IAJGS 2015
#dna
IAJGS2015 Publicity
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
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IAJGS 2015
#latvia
IAJGS2015 Publicity
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
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IAJGS 2015
#yizkorbooks
IAJGS2015 Publicity
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
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DNA Research #DNA IAJGS 2015
#dna
IAJGS2015 Publicity
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
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Latvia SIG #Latvia IAJGS 2015
#latvia
IAJGS2015 Publicity
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
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Yizkor Books #YizkorBooks IAJGS 2015
#yizkorbooks
IAJGS2015 Publicity
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
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IAJGS2015 Publicity
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
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(Portugal-Azores) Historic Synagogue Rededicated After Renovation--Museum and Archive on Jews of Azores
#sephardic
Jan Meisels Allen
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/ [or http://tinyurl.com/m3gvnon --Mod.] Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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IAJGS2015 Publicity
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
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Sephardic SIG #Sephardim (Portugal-Azores) Historic Synagogue Rededicated After Renovation--Museum and Archive on Jews of Azores
#sephardic
Jan Meisels Allen
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/ [or http://tinyurl.com/m3gvnon --Mod.] Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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(Lithuania) Maceva Litvak Cemetery Catalogue 2014 Annual Report
#lithuania
Jan Meisels Allen
Jewish Heritage Europe has reported that the 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-catal ogue-annual-report-on-2014-activities/ Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania (Lithuania) Maceva Litvak Cemetery Catalogue 2014 Annual Report
#lithuania
Jan Meisels Allen
Jewish Heritage Europe has reported that the 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-catal ogue-annual-report-on-2014-activities/ Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Stawiski Yizkor Book In Print
#poland
Jan Meisels Allen
Dear JRI-Poland subscribers:
JewishGen's Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project has just published the translation of the Stawiski Yizkor Book. The book includes all the photographs and illustrations. I am the translation coordinator for the Stawiski Yizkor Book. The book is 406 pages and has additional photographs not included in the original printing. The book lists for $49.95 but Amazon.com is selling the book for around $36.00. If Amazon advertises it as a "used" book, that is not true as it only came out in April 2015. Purchase the lowest price book "used" or not. As it is printed on demand they really can't run out. However, if you want to purchase a minimum of 5 books or more, JewishGen has a special price of $25 per book which includes shipping--in the US and other pricing is available outside of the US...gifts for your family, your society library, the local holocaust center etc. To take advantage of this special pricing, contact Joel Alpert, Yizkor Books In Print Coordinator, at joel.alpert@uwalumni.com For more information see: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Stawiski.html Stawiski, also known as Stavisk and Staviski, is located 53 22' North Latitude and 22 09' East Longitude. Today, Stawiski is situated within Kolno County, in Podlaskie Voivodeship, approximately 16 kilometers east of Kolno and 74 km west of the regional capital Bialystok. Stawiski is the administrative seat of Gmina Stawiski. Towns located near Stawiski are: Jedwabne 8 miles SE Kolno 10 miles WNW Radzilow 11 miles ENE Wasosz 12 miles NNE Piatnica 13 miles S Lomza 13 miles SSW Nowogrod 15 miles SW Wizna 15 miles SE Szczuczyn 15 miles NNE Zbojna 17 miles WSW Gac 20 miles SSE Rutki 22 miles SSE Trzcianne 22 miles E Czarnia 23 miles WSW Grajewo 23 miles NNE Sniadowo 24 miles SSW Zawady 26 miles SE Goniadz 26 miles ENE Zambrow 27 miles S Tykocin 29 miles ESE Kadzido 30 miles WSW Jan Meisels Allen Stawiski Yizkor Book Translation Coordinator Agoura Hills, CA USA SEARCHING: FREJER, IMJAK, WILAMOWSKY, KREPLAK,-Stawiski, Poland KLAJNMAN, MICHELBERG, SYK, SZLANG, TYKULSKIER Sochaczew, Chorzele, and Zakroczym Poland SZAPIRA, SOBOTKO, PIATKOWSKA, PERLA, ASZ, WAPNIARZ -Lomza ,Poland GUTFARB --Zambrow, Poland ASZ, Nasielsk, Poland ELION, Suwalki Lithuania REICH, WALD, ZUPNIK, Presov, Mestiszko, Szivdnik; Salgo, Sebes Kellemes, Slovakia (formerly Hungary) MEISELS, SEGALLA/SIGALL, LIEBERMAN --Brody, Ukraine
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JRI Poland #Poland Stawiski Yizkor Book In Print
#poland
Jan Meisels Allen
Dear JRI-Poland subscribers:
JewishGen's Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project has just published the translation of the Stawiski Yizkor Book. The book includes all the photographs and illustrations. I am the translation coordinator for the Stawiski Yizkor Book. The book is 406 pages and has additional photographs not included in the original printing. The book lists for $49.95 but Amazon.com is selling the book for around $36.00. If Amazon advertises it as a "used" book, that is not true as it only came out in April 2015. Purchase the lowest price book "used" or not. As it is printed on demand they really can't run out. However, if you want to purchase a minimum of 5 books or more, JewishGen has a special price of $25 per book which includes shipping--in the US and other pricing is available outside of the US...gifts for your family, your society library, the local holocaust center etc. To take advantage of this special pricing, contact Joel Alpert, Yizkor Books In Print Coordinator, at joel.alpert@uwalumni.com For more information see: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Stawiski.html Stawiski, also known as Stavisk and Staviski, is located 53 22' North Latitude and 22 09' East Longitude. Today, Stawiski is situated within Kolno County, in Podlaskie Voivodeship, approximately 16 kilometers east of Kolno and 74 km west of the regional capital Bialystok. Stawiski is the administrative seat of Gmina Stawiski. Towns located near Stawiski are: Jedwabne 8 miles SE Kolno 10 miles WNW Radzilow 11 miles ENE Wasosz 12 miles NNE Piatnica 13 miles S Lomza 13 miles SSW Nowogrod 15 miles SW Wizna 15 miles SE Szczuczyn 15 miles NNE Zbojna 17 miles WSW Gac 20 miles SSE Rutki 22 miles SSE Trzcianne 22 miles E Czarnia 23 miles WSW Grajewo 23 miles NNE Sniadowo 24 miles SSW Zawady 26 miles SE Goniadz 26 miles ENE Zambrow 27 miles S Tykocin 29 miles ESE Kadzido 30 miles WSW Jan Meisels Allen Stawiski Yizkor Book Translation Coordinator Agoura Hills, CA USA SEARCHING: FREJER, IMJAK, WILAMOWSKY, KREPLAK,-Stawiski, Poland KLAJNMAN, MICHELBERG, SYK, SZLANG, TYKULSKIER Sochaczew, Chorzele, and Zakroczym Poland SZAPIRA, SOBOTKO, PIATKOWSKA, PERLA, ASZ, WAPNIARZ -Lomza ,Poland GUTFARB --Zambrow, Poland ASZ, Nasielsk, Poland ELION, Suwalki Lithuania REICH, WALD, ZUPNIK, Presov, Mestiszko, Szivdnik; Salgo, Sebes Kellemes, Slovakia (formerly Hungary) MEISELS, SEGALLA/SIGALL, LIEBERMAN --Brody, Ukraine
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Re: [gersig]FROMMER - Found passenger list
#germany
Roger Lustig
Christine:
I have an ancestor named Christine! (That was in the Pfalz, and she later used Caroline.) Joseph is a bit different, having been one of the 12 tribes, and the one who went down into Egypt, etc. There are also saints named David and Jude. Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA research coordinator, GerSIG On 4/23/2015 5:45 PM, Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer wrote off list about Jewish families using non-traditional given names.
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German SIG #Germany Re: [gersig]FROMMER - Found passenger list
#germany
Roger Lustig
Christine:
I have an ancestor named Christine! (That was in the Pfalz, and she later used Caroline.) Joseph is a bit different, having been one of the 12 tribes, and the one who went down into Egypt, etc. There are also saints named David and Jude. Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA research coordinator, GerSIG On 4/23/2015 5:45 PM, Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer wrote off list about Jewish families using non-traditional given names.
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