Fellow Litvaks,

Below is a listing of programs of interest to Litvak researchers during the
IAJGS Conference in Boston, August 4 - 9. This list includes the programs
sponsored by LitvakSIG and programs specifically Litvak in nature. The
entire list of programs may be viewed at the conference website,
www.iajgs2013.org, along with abstracts of each program. Please note this is
only a preliminary schedule and is subject to change.

LitvakSIG Day is Tuesday, August 6. Our programming block is in the
afternoon, beginning with our luncheon followed by two presentations and our
annual SIG General Meeting.

Additional SIG sponsored programs occur on Tuesday morning, Wednesday and
Thursday. Our Guest Speaker is Ruta Anulyte of MACEVA - Lithuanian Cemetery
Project. Other Litvak related programs occur on Sunday, Monday and Thursday.

Sunday, Aug 4
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM - SHARE FAIR - Of special interest to beginners and first
time conference attendees. Stop by our table to learn about us and our
translation projects. A representative >from MACEVA - Lithuanian Cemetery
Restoration and Digitization project will be joining us. The Vilna Shul will
also have a table at the fair.
1:45 - 3:00 PM - >from Vilna to Boston: An Architectural Exploration of
Jewish Lithuanian Immigration to the United States, Jessica Antoline (Vilna
Shul)

Monday, Aug 5
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM - Breakfast With The Lithuanian Expert (Fee Based) -
Howard Margol
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM - Burlington's Jewish Community: "Little Jerusalem"
1880-1940, P. Jeffrey Potash
3:30-4:45 PM - Film: "Samuel Bak, Painter of Questions," followed by a
visit to the Pucker Gallery, for a guided tour of Bak's work
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Svencionys District Research Group BOF Meeting, Rhoda
Miller
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Immigration Networks >from Vilna Gubernia to Providence,
Rhode Island: a Case Study, Meredith Hoffman

Tuesday, August 6
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM - Kupiskis - Rokiskis SIGs - BOF Meeting
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM - Panel Discussion: Jewish Cemetery Restoration and
Preservation, Ruta Anulyte
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM - LitvakSIG Luncheon (Fee Based) Speaker: Ruta Anulyte,
"Kaunas Zaliakalnis (Greenhill) Jewish Cemetery: A Case Study"
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM - Lithuanian Research - The Present and What the Future
Holds, Howard Margol
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM - MACEVA - Preservation and Digitization of Jewish
Cemeteries in Lithuania Through Support of Local Communities, Ruta Anulyte
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Litvak SIG Meeting - Annual General Meeting, conclusion
of annual election, presentation of annual financial and records translation
status reports. This meeting is open to everyone.

Wednesday, August 7
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM - Women of Lithuania, Ellen Cassedy
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - PC Computer Workshop (Fee Based) - Litvak Seek - Search
the ALD Successfully, Eden Joachim and board members
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM - Lida District BOF Meeting, Judy Baston
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Memory and Restoration: New Memorial Stones in the
Forests of Lithuania, Rose Lerer Cohen

Thursday, August 8
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM - Research Your Litvak Roots Using the LitvakSIG Website,
Eden Joachim and Judy Baston
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM - Jewish Cemetery Preservation Issues in Lithuania, Ruta
Anulyte
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM - Remembering Vilna, Ellen Cassedy

Sign up for our luncheon to share a meal with your cousins and hear Ruta
Anulyte speak. Attendance is limited and only tickets holders will be
admitted to the room.

New to LitvakSIG, Litvak research, or need a refresher on using our ALD?
Sign up for our computer workshop on Wednesday afternoon. Class size is
limited, so don't miss out by waiting too long.

Like to start your day early? Sign up for the Breakfast With the Lithuanian
Expert, Howard Margol, on Monday.

We look forward to seeing you this summer,

Eden Joachim
President

Fellow Litvaks,

Below is a listing of programs of interest to Litvak researchers during the
IAJGS Conference in Boston, August 4 - 9. This list includes the programs
sponsored by LitvakSIG and programs specifically Litvak in nature. The
entire list of programs may be viewed at the conference website,
www.iajgs2013.org, along with abstracts of each program. Please note this is
only a preliminary schedule and is subject to change.

LitvakSIG Day is Tuesday, August 6. Our programming block is in the
afternoon, beginning with our luncheon followed by two presentations and our
annual SIG General Meeting.

Additional SIG sponsored programs occur on Tuesday morning, Wednesday and
Thursday. Our Guest Speaker is Ruta Anulyte of MACEVA - Lithuanian Cemetery
Project. Other Litvak related programs occur on Sunday, Monday and Thursday.

Sunday, Aug 4
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM - SHARE FAIR - Of special interest to beginners and first
time conference attendees. Stop by our table to learn about us and our
translation projects. A representative >from MACEVA - Lithuanian Cemetery
Restoration and Digitization project will be joining us. The Vilna Shul will
also have a table at the fair.
1:45 - 3:00 PM - >from Vilna to Boston: An Architectural Exploration of
Jewish Lithuanian Immigration to the United States, Jessica Antoline (Vilna
Shul)

Monday, Aug 5
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM - Breakfast With The Lithuanian Expert (Fee Based) -
Howard Margol
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM - Burlington's Jewish Community: "Little Jerusalem"
1880-1940, P. Jeffrey Potash
3:30-4:45 PM - Film: "Samuel Bak, Painter of Questions," followed by a
visit to the Pucker Gallery, for a guided tour of Bak's work
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Svencionys District Research Group BOF Meeting, Rhoda
Miller
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Immigration Networks >from Vilna Gubernia to Providence,
Rhode Island: a Case Study, Meredith Hoffman

Tuesday, August 6
8:15 AM - 9:30 AM - Kupiskis - Rokiskis SIGs - BOF Meeting
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM - Panel Discussion: Jewish Cemetery Restoration and
Preservation, Ruta Anulyte
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM - LitvakSIG Luncheon (Fee Based) Speaker: Ruta Anulyte,
"Kaunas Zaliakalnis (Greenhill) Jewish Cemetery: A Case Study"
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM - Lithuanian Research - The Present and What the Future
Holds, Howard Margol
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM - MACEVA - Preservation and Digitization of Jewish
Cemeteries in Lithuania Through Support of Local Communities, Ruta Anulyte
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Litvak SIG Meeting - Annual General Meeting, conclusion
of annual election, presentation of annual financial and records translation
status reports. This meeting is open to everyone.

Wednesday, August 7
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM - Women of Lithuania, Ellen Cassedy
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - PC Computer Workshop (Fee Based) - Litvak Seek - Search
the ALD Successfully, Eden Joachim and board members
3:30 PM - 4:45 PM - Lida District BOF Meeting, Judy Baston
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Memory and Restoration: New Memorial Stones in the
Forests of Lithuania, Rose Lerer Cohen

Thursday, August 8
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM - Research Your Litvak Roots Using the LitvakSIG Website,
Eden Joachim and Judy Baston
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM - Jewish Cemetery Preservation Issues in Lithuania, Ruta
Anulyte
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM - Remembering Vilna, Ellen Cassedy

Sign up for our luncheon to share a meal with your cousins and hear Ruta
Anulyte speak. Attendance is limited and only tickets holders will be
admitted to the room.

New to LitvakSIG, Litvak research, or need a refresher on using our ALD?
Sign up for our computer workshop on Wednesday afternoon. Class size is
limited, so don't miss out by waiting too long.

Like to start your day early? Sign up for the Breakfast With the Lithuanian
Expert, Howard Margol, on Monday.

We look forward to seeing you this summer,

Eden Joachim
President

Subject: MUNK family of Nitra
From: Seth
Date: 1 Jun 2013

I am researching my 3x great grandmother Theresia MUNK who was born c. 1817 in Hungary. I do not know for certain if she was born in Nitra but I suspect so.
Does anyone have any information on any other branches of the MUNK family in Nitra >from the first quarter of the 1800s or earlier?

There is a book on the geneology of the Munk family >from Nitra
(Nyitra) (Nuetra), which takes the Munk family back to 1560 in
Frankfurt, Germany, written in Hungarian and Hebrew:
Author: Munkácsi, Bernát
Title: A nyitrai, nagyváradi és budapesti Munk-család valamint a
nyitrai, nagytapolcsan'yi, balassagyarmati, nagykanizsai, szentesi és
budapesti Felsenburg-család genealógiája;
Budapest : 1939.

It can be obtained through Inter-Library Loan >from Hebrew Union
College, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488,
Interlibrary Loan: (513) 487-3281

There is a Terez Munk in that book, but she married a Deutsch. There
are also Spitzer's in the book, but not the one you named.

I have a similar Munk ancestor >from Nyitra situation as yours. Ewa
(Eva) MÜNK, b. 1 November 1819 in Nyitra, married to Abraham
Landesman, b. 21 August 1815 in Nyitra. If anybody has any
information on Ewa and the Landesmans, I'd appreciate hearing about
it.

Regards,
Maria Tauber

Moderator: Please respond off-list unless message is of general interest.

Subject: MUNK family of Nitra
From: Seth
Date: 1 Jun 2013

I am researching my 3x great grandmother Theresia MUNK who was born c. 1817 in Hungary. I do not know for certain if she was born in Nitra but I suspect so.
Does anyone have any information on any other branches of the MUNK family in Nitra >from the first quarter of the 1800s or earlier?

There is a book on the geneology of the Munk family >from Nitra
(Nyitra) (Nuetra), which takes the Munk family back to 1560 in
Frankfurt, Germany, written in Hungarian and Hebrew:
Author: Munkácsi, Bernát
Title: A nyitrai, nagyváradi és budapesti Munk-család valamint a
nyitrai, nagytapolcsan'yi, balassagyarmati, nagykanizsai, szentesi és
budapesti Felsenburg-család genealógiája;
Budapest : 1939.

It can be obtained through Inter-Library Loan >from Hebrew Union
College, 3101 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220-2488,
Interlibrary Loan: (513) 487-3281

There is a Terez Munk in that book, but she married a Deutsch. There
are also Spitzer's in the book, but not the one you named.

I have a similar Munk ancestor >from Nyitra situation as yours. Ewa
(Eva) MÜNK, b. 1 November 1819 in Nyitra, married to Abraham
Landesman, b. 21 August 1815 in Nyitra. If anybody has any
information on Ewa and the Landesmans, I'd appreciate hearing about
it.

Regards,
Maria Tauber

Moderator: Please respond off-list unless message is of general interest.

(Colin Greenwood) wrote:

[...] My grandfather was born
in London in the 1880's and his name was John Aarons. I have not been
able to find any references to him at all. He was a shoe manufacturer,
as I believe his father was. He migrated to Australia at some stage,
early 1900's and changed his surname to Amos. [...]

Look for him in censuses and identify his father.

(ancestry.com and www.findmypast.co.uk have censuses - both charge.
In the UK, many public libraries have subscriptions to one or other.)

The 1901 census will have him as a young adult, and you may be able to
distinguish him >from others of the same name by his occupation, and
thus find his birth family.

If his father is there, look for the birth of his father in
www.freebmd.org.uk (FreeBMD). If you have identified the given name
of his mother, look for a possible marriage in FreeBMD, and then for
her birth, once you know her surname.

For some information, it may be necessary to order and pay for birth
and marriage certificates - FreeBMD has links.

If you can find the names of ancestors that appeared in the 1851
census, check http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/1851/introduction.htm

If you can find someone in a census, track them through other
censuses, in case other information is there (e.g. an uncle happens to
be visiting.)

soc.genealogy.britain should be approached for help with any of the
above

Cecilia Nyleve

(Colin Greenwood) wrote:

[...] My grandfather was born
in London in the 1880's and his name was John Aarons. I have not been
able to find any references to him at all. He was a shoe manufacturer,
as I believe his father was. He migrated to Australia at some stage,
early 1900's and changed his surname to Amos. [...]

Look for him in censuses and identify his father.

(ancestry.com and www.findmypast.co.uk have censuses - both charge.
In the UK, many public libraries have subscriptions to one or other.)

The 1901 census will have him as a young adult, and you may be able to
distinguish him >from others of the same name by his occupation, and
thus find his birth family.

If his father is there, look for the birth of his father in
www.freebmd.org.uk (FreeBMD). If you have identified the given name
of his mother, look for a possible marriage in FreeBMD, and then for
her birth, once you know her surname.

For some information, it may be necessary to order and pay for birth
and marriage certificates - FreeBMD has links.

If you can find the names of ancestors that appeared in the 1851
census, check http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/1851/introduction.htm

If you can find someone in a census, track them through other
censuses, in case other information is there (e.g. an uncle happens to
be visiting.)

soc.genealogy.britain should be approached for help with any of the
above

Cecilia Nyleve

I had an uncle living in Lyndhurst ,N J . I am wondering what if Jews

from a particular area went there. This uncle was found in the 1920

census. What were the names of the Synagogues in the area? Where
would one be buried.

Do not know the relevance yet -his brother was in passaic and that
brother sister in law in Paterson.

The uncle's kid movd to Jersey city.

This family was Gordon >from Salakas,Lithuania . I am trying to located
the uncle's grave. And to see if there might be a gabbai list to see
if there is any mention he was Levite.

Yisroel

I had an uncle living in Lyndhurst ,N J . I am wondering what if Jews

from a particular area went there. This uncle was found in the 1920

census. What were the names of the Synagogues in the area? Where
would one be buried.

Do not know the relevance yet -his brother was in passaic and that
brother sister in law in Paterson.

The uncle's kid movd to Jersey city.

This family was Gordon >from Salakas,Lithuania . I am trying to located
the uncle's grave. And to see if there might be a gabbai list to see
if there is any mention he was Levite.

Yisroel

Trying to research the following:
SCHLAIFER, SCHLEIFER, SHLAIFER, SCHLAFER (spelling varies), Morris
(Moritz)- b July 1889 Odessa, Russia, d 1971 Portland, OR
arrived US- Oct 1910- occupation tailor

Married 15 June 1930 Portland, OR
BERNSTEIN, Becky b 1894 Russia, d July 1994 Portland, OR
They had no children. I am specifically looking for photos and/or siblings,
other family connections. I have their census records & cemetery records.
They lived in same town for 60 years.
thanks,
Patti

Trying to research the following:
SCHLAIFER, SCHLEIFER, SHLAIFER, SCHLAFER (spelling varies), Morris
(Moritz)- b July 1889 Odessa, Russia, d 1971 Portland, OR
arrived US- Oct 1910- occupation tailor

Married 15 June 1930 Portland, OR
BERNSTEIN, Becky b 1894 Russia, d July 1994 Portland, OR
They had no children. I am specifically looking for photos and/or siblings,
other family connections. I have their census records & cemetery records.
They lived in same town for 60 years.
thanks,
Patti

My great-grandfather's middle name on his daughter's headstone is
"N yud yud D L". His daughter's married name was NADEL, so I thought
maybe there was a connection. When searching Lithuanian records I found
a birth record for my great-uncle, on this record the middle name was
Michel.

Is there an explanation for this, other than a mistake?

Many thanks,
Rena McDonald
Birmingham, AL USA

Searching: NADEL, Austria Poland; SHTEIMAN, NovoAlexandrovsk
Lithuania;
ETIN, Belarus and Riga Latvia

My great-grandfather's middle name on his daughter's headstone is
"N yud yud D L". His daughter's married name was NADEL, so I thought
maybe there was a connection. When searching Lithuanian records I found
a birth record for my great-uncle, on this record the middle name was
Michel.

Is there an explanation for this, other than a mistake?

Many thanks,
Rena McDonald
Birmingham, AL USA

Searching: NADEL, Austria Poland; SHTEIMAN, NovoAlexandrovsk
Lithuania;
ETIN, Belarus and Riga Latvia

Thanks to all who responded to my story and request for help. Many of you
had similar stories, but one of the respondents had proof. He found an
entry in a 1916 casualty list for my grandfather, showing his army unit, and
the name of his POW camp in Far Eastern Siberia. The story is true - and
verified. Wonderful!

Mike Schwartz

Thanks to all who responded to my story and request for help. Many of you
had similar stories, but one of the respondents had proof. He found an
entry in a 1916 casualty list for my grandfather, showing his army unit, and
the name of his POW camp in Far Eastern Siberia. The story is true - and
verified. Wonderful!

Mike Schwartz

Interesting history in a English magazine , Mar-2012, written by Giles
Macdonogh
http://standpointmag.co.uk/features-march-12-in-search-of-viennas-vanished-jewish-elite-giles-macdonogh-rinstrasse-zwieback-family

Many Jewish families are named.
Regards,
Ed Zwieback
Long Beach, California
Zwieback Family Name;http://ezwieback.com/ZFN-p/index.htm

Dear fellow researchers

My Great Grandfather Leopold Gottlieb (1846-1930) was born and lived in
Unter Reditz (now Dolni Redice, Holice, Czech Republic), and lived and
died in Grulich (now Kraliky, Czeck Republic). These towns were in Bohemia,
close to the border with Moravia.

I understand that in 1893 Leopold Gottlieb obtained the right of domicile,
and that this was a great blessing for the family.

Here is an extract >from a letter that refers to this right of domicile. The
letter was written by his son in German language, in 1954:

" ... Wenn ich noch berichte, dass Vater im Mahre 1893, nachdem er das Haus
gekauft und umgebaut hatte, in Grulich das Heimatsrecht und damit die
Zustandigkeit in Grulich erworben hat, so habe ich alles berichtet, was ich
weiss.

Dieses Heimatsrecht in Grulich war eine grosse Wohltat for uns alle: stell
Dir nur nor, dass wir alle moglichen Dokumente in UnterReditz hatten
anfordern mussen, von welchem Cechischen Nest nicht einmal Vater wusste, wo
es liegt ..."

Does anyone know what this right of domicile was?

This is my first post to a genealogy discussion list. I have checked the
Jewish Encyclopedia online without success; also the archives of the
Austria-Czech list, where I found a similar question but no answers.

Julia Trainor
Canberra, Australia

Interesting history in a English magazine , Mar-2012, written by Giles
Macdonogh
http://standpointmag.co.uk/features-march-12-in-search-of-viennas-vanished-jewish-elite-giles-macdonogh-rinstrasse-zwieback-family

Many Jewish families are named.
Regards,
Ed Zwieback
Long Beach, California
Zwieback Family Name;http://ezwieback.com/ZFN-p/index.htm

Dear fellow researchers

My Great Grandfather Leopold Gottlieb (1846-1930) was born and lived in
Unter Reditz (now Dolni Redice, Holice, Czech Republic), and lived and
died in Grulich (now Kraliky, Czeck Republic). These towns were in Bohemia,
close to the border with Moravia.

I understand that in 1893 Leopold Gottlieb obtained the right of domicile,
and that this was a great blessing for the family.

Here is an extract >from a letter that refers to this right of domicile. The
letter was written by his son in German language, in 1954:

" ... Wenn ich noch berichte, dass Vater im Mahre 1893, nachdem er das Haus
gekauft und umgebaut hatte, in Grulich das Heimatsrecht und damit die
Zustandigkeit in Grulich erworben hat, so habe ich alles berichtet, was ich
weiss.

Dieses Heimatsrecht in Grulich war eine grosse Wohltat for uns alle: stell
Dir nur nor, dass wir alle moglichen Dokumente in UnterReditz hatten
anfordern mussen, von welchem Cechischen Nest nicht einmal Vater wusste, wo
es liegt ..."

Does anyone know what this right of domicile was?

This is my first post to a genealogy discussion list. I have checked the
Jewish Encyclopedia online without success; also the archives of the
Austria-Czech list, where I found a similar question but no answers.

Julia Trainor
Canberra, Australia

IAJGS learned this morning that a 'trailer bill' SB 71 will be voted on the
floors of both chambers today or tomorrow "without a hearing" includes
provisions that amend the California Public Records Act and those would
make compliance by a local agency for request for records "voluntary".
The California Senate decided not to hold hearings yesterday! A trailer bill
was originally intended to accompany the budget bill. The last-minute
release of the policy bills needed to implement the spending plan, has become
something of a tradition at the California State Capitol, but the public is not
given enough time to evaluate the sometimes voluminous provisions. This
bill has many provisions I am bringing to your attention the provision that
affects public records, which includes vital records, birth, marriage,
divorce, annulment, and death records.

This is the link to the bill -see pages 3 ( paragraph (3) , 17 (lines
2-40)
-18 (lines 1-24). Go to:

tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/k83jb7s

Original url:

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_71_bill_20130612_amended_asm_v98.pdf

There is nothing in the bill that requires the local agency that decides
not to comply with a request for a record to give reasons or appeal their
decision, nor even to get back to the person who is making the request
that they are not going to comply with the request.

To find out what you can do, you need to go to the IAJGS Public Records
Access alert. If you have not yet subscribed this is how you can do that
and access today's announcement by going to the archives,again you must be
subscribed.

You must be a registered subscriber to access the archives. To register
go to:
http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts
and follow the instructions to enter your email address, full name and
JGS/JHS/SIG/ JewishGen affiliation. You will receive an email response that
you have to reply to or the subscription will not be finalized. If you
want full details of the postings please go to the Records Access Alert and
access the archives;
http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts/

Jan Meisels Allen
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

IAJGS learned this morning that a 'trailer bill' SB 71 will be voted on the
floors of both chambers today or tomorrow "without a hearing" includes
provisions that amend the California Public Records Act and those would
make compliance by a local agency for request for records "voluntary".
The California Senate decided not to hold hearings yesterday! A trailer bill
was originally intended to accompany the budget bill. The last-minute
release of the policy bills needed to implement the spending plan, has become
something of a tradition at the California State Capitol, but the public is not
given enough time to evaluate the sometimes voluminous provisions. This
bill has many provisions I am bringing to your attention the provision that
affects public records, which includes vital records, birth, marriage,
divorce, annulment, and death records.

This is the link to the bill -see pages 3 ( paragraph (3) , 17 (lines
2-40)
-18 (lines 1-24). Go to:

tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/k83jb7s

Original url:

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_71_bill_20130612_amended_asm_v98.pdf

There is nothing in the bill that requires the local agency that decides
not to comply with a request for a record to give reasons or appeal their
decision, nor even to get back to the person who is making the request
that they are not going to comply with the request.

To find out what you can do, you need to go to the IAJGS Public Records
Access alert. If you have not yet subscribed this is how you can do that
and access today's announcement by going to the archives,again you must be
subscribed.

You must be a registered subscriber to access the archives. To register
go to:
http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts
and follow the instructions to enter your email address, full name and
JGS/JHS/SIG/ JewishGen affiliation. You will receive an email response that
you have to reply to or the subscription will not be finalized. If you
want full details of the postings please go to the Records Access Alert and
access the archives;
http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts/

Jan Meisels Allen
IAJGS Vice President
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee