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.

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.

Has somebody any information about Nouta Mendelevitch, born 11.20.1886 and his wife
Esther Schnapp, born 5.20.1887, both in Kishinev.
Jacques Klein
ID#35201

Has somebody any information about Nouta Mendelevitch, born 11.20.1886 and his wife
Esther Schnapp, born 5.20.1887, both in Kishinev.
Jacques Klein
ID#35201

Is there any way to find more information of where a mother and son were really
born The 1911 census of England and wales says that they were born in Jerusalem
(Turkey), family lore has it that the mother was born in Acco or Hafia and the son
born in Zichron Ya-akov. Are there documents i might be able to find that might
have more information on them to tell where they where born. She was born in
1886 and he 1901 there names were Rachel POGODA and Samuel. Where might I be able
to look for such information. Thanks everyone for any help in this matter

Moshe Schaeffer
Jerusalem

Searching for:
BERMAN _BUCHMAK -COVITZ -St Louis Missouri HIRSCHOWITZ - Friedrichstadt, Riga, New
York KADISCH - Riga KAUFF - Wolcysk, Russia KIRSCHNER - Poland, New York
KIRZNER- Poland LITVAK - LEVINE - ROSESTEIN - Russia SCHAEFFER - New York
SHEVAKH- Peski SHMERKOVITZ -SHUVAL - Kovno WORK - Yanoff, Galicia, Austria ,
New York WAG - Yanoff, Galicia, Austria WEISS- New York

Is there any way to find more information of where a mother and son were really
born The 1911 census of England and wales says that they were born in Jerusalem
(Turkey), family lore has it that the mother was born in Acco or Hafia and the son
born in Zichron Ya-akov. Are there documents i might be able to find that might
have more information on them to tell where they where born. She was born in
1886 and he 1901 there names were Rachel POGODA and Samuel. Where might I be able
to look for such information. Thanks everyone for any help in this matter

Moshe Schaeffer
Jerusalem

Searching for:
BERMAN _BUCHMAK -COVITZ -St Louis Missouri HIRSCHOWITZ - Friedrichstadt, Riga, New
York KADISCH - Riga KAUFF - Wolcysk, Russia KIRSCHNER - Poland, New York
KIRZNER- Poland LITVAK - LEVINE - ROSESTEIN - Russia SCHAEFFER - New York
SHEVAKH- Peski SHMERKOVITZ -SHUVAL - Kovno WORK - Yanoff, Galicia, Austria ,
New York WAG - Yanoff, Galicia, Austria WEISS- New York

Mila Rechcicgl has a new article on Czech Intellectual Immigrants in the
US >from Nazism.

See http://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/rechcigl.htm

Randy Schoenberg
Los Angeles, CA

Mila Rechcicgl has a new article on Czech Intellectual Immigrants in the
US >from Nazism.

See http://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/rechcigl.htm

Randy Schoenberg
Los Angeles, CA

Ancestry Australia has made their over 12 million individual military
records >from their ANZAC databases available for free access through Sunday
26 April 2015 AEST (There is a 14 hour difference between Sydney and the ET
zone and 17 hours between Sydney and PT-to check your time go to
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html).
Included in the free access weekend are select WWI United Kingdom military
records. To access the free WWI ANZAC Day records go to:
http://www.ancestry.com.au/cs/au/world-war-1

ANZAC Day is the solemn day of remembrance of those Australian and New Zealand Army
Corps soldiers who fought and died at Gallipoli in 1915. It is also a day of
remembrance for all soldiers who have fought and died for their country.
It is celebrated on 25 April each year, regardless of on which day it falls.

You will be required to register with name and email address and a password will be
sent to you or you can use a previous password that you created with former free
access offers. When you get a "hit" you will see "view free access" next to the
record. Click on the view and access the record. This does not require
providing your credit card information.

Be aware that a window opens to say review and save your free record and
suggests you "sign up to save this record". If you click on this box, you
will be directed to Ancestry's 14-day free trial which requires your credit
card information and you are responsible to advise them at the end of the
14-days to not continue the trial or your credit card will be charged.

Ancestry Canada is offering free access to all Canadian Military Records
through 26 April 2015 Midnight ET. To access these records go to:
http://www.ancestry.ca/cs/ca/world-war-1

As above, you will be required to register with name and email address and have a
password sent to you or reuse a password >from a previous free offer. This offer
does not require any credit card information. If you click on the "green"
start free trial on the upper right side you will be directed to the 14-day free
access which requires credit card information which you are required to advise
by the 14th day if you do not want to be charged for a regular subscription.

If you try to search any of the non-free access collections for either
Australia or Canada Ancestry sites, you will be directed to the 14-day free trial.

I have no affiliation with Ancestry.com or any of its country-websites and
am posting this solely for the information of the reader.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Ancestry Australia has made their over 12 million individual military
records >from their ANZAC databases available for free access through Sunday
26 April 2015 AEST (There is a 14 hour difference between Sydney and the ET
zone and 17 hours between Sydney and PT-to check your time go to
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html).
Included in the free access weekend are select WWI United Kingdom military
records. To access the free WWI ANZAC Day records go to:
http://www.ancestry.com.au/cs/au/world-war-1

ANZAC Day is the solemn day of remembrance of those Australian and New Zealand Army
Corps soldiers who fought and died at Gallipoli in 1915. It is also a day of
remembrance for all soldiers who have fought and died for their country.
It is celebrated on 25 April each year, regardless of on which day it falls.

You will be required to register with name and email address and a password will be
sent to you or you can use a previous password that you created with former free
access offers. When you get a "hit" you will see "view free access" next to the
record. Click on the view and access the record. This does not require
providing your credit card information.

Be aware that a window opens to say review and save your free record and
suggests you "sign up to save this record". If you click on this box, you
will be directed to Ancestry's 14-day free trial which requires your credit
card information and you are responsible to advise them at the end of the
14-days to not continue the trial or your credit card will be charged.

Ancestry Canada is offering free access to all Canadian Military Records
through 26 April 2015 Midnight ET. To access these records go to:
http://www.ancestry.ca/cs/ca/world-war-1

As above, you will be required to register with name and email address and have a
password sent to you or reuse a password >from a previous free offer. This offer
does not require any credit card information. If you click on the "green"
start free trial on the upper right side you will be directed to the 14-day free
access which requires credit card information which you are required to advise
by the 14th day if you do not want to be charged for a regular subscription.

If you try to search any of the non-free access collections for either
Australia or Canada Ancestry sites, you will be directed to the 14-day free trial.

I have no affiliation with Ancestry.com or any of its country-websites and
am posting this solely for the information of the reader.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

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