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Re: Locate grave in Germany after Holocaust
#germany
David Seldner
Not in the third picture. It definitely says Sender Expediteur/Absender) is Wattenstein (?) Lipot and recipient (Destinataire/Empfänger) is Leibus Farkas.
In the other pictures it is as you write. -- David Seldner, Karlsruhe, Germany seldner@...
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Online Meetings
ingrid rockberger
Dear Friends,
We are all going through very trying times. We read each day on the JewishGen Discussion Group list of Society meetings being cancelled. I notice that some of them are changing to virtual meetings and presentations. I was wondering if some of these meetings could be made available to the wider genealogy community. We all have plenty of time on our hands to work on our personal genealogy projects, and 'attending' virtual meetings of genealogy societies would be a great addition! Anyone ready to do this? Keep well and safe everyone, Ingrid Rockberger, Raanana, Israel. Co-Chair Sharon Area Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA)
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Collaboration of JRI-Poland Town Leaders in facilitating in researcher discoveries.
#poland
Dear friends:
It is heartwarming for all of us devoted to the JRI-Poland mission to witness how
the collaboration of several Town Leaders / volunteers can help a researcher
learn much more about his/her roots than would have been possible on their own.
In recent weeks, three JRI-Poland Town Leaders associated with Kielce, Chmielnik
and Kalisz helped a researcher follow the paper trail from town to town and learn
the names and details of ancestors back to the 1700s.
Last summer our Kielce Area Coordinator along with our Stopnica and Pacanow
Town Leaders were instrumental in a major discovery through the Kielce Border
Area project for Sharon Fleitman. And just today, with the involvement of our Lodz
Town Leader, that earlier discovery was enhanced with Lodz marriage records,
one as late as 1935. Sharon's response today is included below with her permission.
For some towns in Poland, such discoveries have become much easier as the
JRI-Poland critical mass of data grows, with full extracts of records from more and
more towns and additional years of data. This is described in the following article.
https://jri-poland.org/downloads/Avotaynu_2018_Fall_JRI-Poland_Cover_Stanley_Diamond_article.pdf
If you are stuck and need more help, your "go to" person is the JRI-Poland town
leader for your town https://jri-poland.org/town/index.htm
If your town/village had a small Jewish population and is not listed, the records may
be in the books of a nearby larger Jewish community. If you know its exact location
enter the Lat/Long in the Family Search "microfilm master" and then contact the
Town Leader for the town(s) closest to yours https://jri-poland.org/databases/LdsDist.htm
Good luck in your research.
Stanley Diamond
Executive Director, Jewish Records Indexing-Poland
https://jri-poland.org/index.htm
Today's email from Sharon Fleitman:
From: Sharon Fleitman <sharonrf18@...>
To: Stanley Diamond <smsdiamond@...>
Sent: Tue, Mar 17, 2020 12:10 pm
Subject: Re: Four Lodz records
Please use my experience as you see fit. Three of the Lodz scans/extracts you sent
were perfect fits for family members I discovered through JRI-Poland last summer.
While I looked at the scans you sent last night and I was very excited, it was the four
extractions you sent today that fully confirmed what I thought I saw and added to my
delight.
Szymon Ezryel and Boruch Kirszner were brothers to my husband’s great grandmother.
Szmul Dawid Zilberberg was her first cousin. In fact, I identified Szmul Dawid’s mother
through the JRI-Poland Kielce Border Town Project! There are Pages of Testimony for
Boruch (including children) submitted by his wife’s family who went to Israel).
I am hoping to find photographs of these Holocaust victims and put a face on these
family members. Yom HaShoah has taken on a much more personal connection and I
hope I can communicate this effectively to my children.
Only through your organization’s work of indexing and making these records accessible
could I have made any of these discoveries. It would have remained the general family
statement we hear too often of “we lost family during the war”. (Yes you can quote me.)
Take care and stay in good health!
Sharon
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Ludwig BING
Dear all Help please.
The above Ludwig is the most likely candidate to be my Great Grandfather - who became Louis BING when he emigrated to London, England and married Catherine CANTOR (June 1855). However all I have on him is his birth record on jewishgen as follows.
BING,=A0Ludwig 08-Jan-1831=A0 ________________________________________ M=A0 Heinrich=A0 ________________________________________ Baby=A0--=A0 Arad=A0/=A04-8=A0 ________________________________________ Arad=A0 ________________________________________ Arad=A0 Arad=A0 Sandek Isak BLAU=A0 Romanian National Archives, Arad, Synagogue Reg.1=A0
I am told he had lots of family in Hungry all of which were lost in the Holocaust.
It would be good to prove that he is Louis BING and some record of his emigration would be helpful. Alternatively, records of residence in Hungary that were interrupted before 1855 would provide some reassurance. I should also be interested in his mother’s name.
The information I have can be found in Wikitree (Bing =96 208).
Can anybody help please or point me in the right direction.
I’m sorry to say that my only language is English.
Best wishes
John Byng Crawley UK
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Re: Locate grave in Germany after Holocaust
#germany
solkeys@thejnet.com
That is sure that Lebus Farkas is the sender
On 03/17/20 11:31 AM, Renee Steinig wrote:
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Upcoming free access to the Archives of St. Petersburg, Russia
Joel Ratner
The Archives of St. Petersburg, Russia will be closed starting March 23, 2020 per the notice below. From that time until April 5, remote access to scanned images will be without charge. If you are looking for a metrical register from either the Choral Synagogue (TsGIA Fond 422 Opis 3) or the Kronstadt Synagogue (TsGIA Fond 1129 Opis 1), scanned images will be available for no charge. This information was gleaned from the Facebook page of the SPB Archives. The URLs are as follows: From March 23, 2020, reading rooms of the archives of St. Petersburg are closed for 2 weeks: ✏ TsGA SPb (St. Antonova-Ovseenko, 1) The decision to close was made on the basis of a resolution of the Government of St. Petersburg dated 03.13.2020 “On measures to counteract the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in St. Petersburg” and recommendations of the Rosarchive. Until the end of this week, we advise you, if possible, to refrain from visiting reading rooms. In a pandemic, it is very important to reduce the number of social contacts of each person as soon as possible. Starting March 18, ordering of cases will be impossible. Moreover, already ordered cases will be waiting for you in the reading rooms after quarantine. ❗ BONUS:
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Family name and town
#lithuania
Marilyn Weinman
Hello everyone ! Hope this finds all safe and well during this stressful time. I have a letter that was found in my mom’s possessions after she passed a number of years ago, but I now have the time to start my research. My maternal grandfather was born in Konigsberg as Max ( maybe Maximillian ) Aronovsky on either October 1,1876 ( this was date on his Declaration of Intention paper)or on July 15,1877 which it states on his on his WW 11 Draft Registration Card ! Why the two different dates I’ll never understand. He changed his last name to Arnold when he entered the US in Niagara Falls on June 12,1907 with my Grandmother Ida, after emigrating from Montreal. The the letter from my mom’s cousin states that HER grandfather's first name was Dovid,and he had a “business” that he inherited that use to take groceries in large horse drawn carts from Korno ( Kaunas,Lithuania) to Konigsberg.
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Re: Locate grave in Germany after Holocaust
#germany
Renee Steinig
My apologies. You're right. We've been under c-virus "house arrest" for only a few days and already my brain isn't working. Yes, on the form, Lipot is the sender and Leibus the recipient. On the other hand, the message that Solomon posted was written by Leibus. So perhaps the form was used when Lipot replied to that message. In any case, it does seem that Leibus was at the DP camp Feldafing and perhaps was buried at its cemetery. Renee Joanne Grosman <joannegrosman@...> wrote:
Hello,
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Re: Locate grave in Germany after Holocaust
#germany
joannegrosman joannegrosman
Hello,
I believe it was the other way around. Lipot Watten sender and Leibus Farkas recipient. regards, Joanne Grosman researching Grosman, Bocian, Garbarski, Altman, Kremsdorf
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Steve Morse
Ellen Beller
Colorado JGS has postponed the Steve Morse lecture on March 29th with a tenative date of November 22nd 2020
We apologize for any inconvenience this might have casued anyone. Refunds are in the process of being reimbursed. We are looking at our April 19th speaker, DNA expert Greg Liverman as being a webinar program. Details to follow. Stay safe everyone!
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Re: Locate grave in Germany after Holocaust
#germany
David Seldner
It seems Renee is right. The text is a bit confusing. It seems that one note was written to (not from) Leibus in Feldafing and the other notes are from Leibus stating that he is free.
I am sorry for causing confusion :-(. David -- David Seldner, Karlsruhe, Germany seldner@...
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(Portugal) Portuguese Parliament Approved Law Officially Commemorating Inquisition of Jews
#announcements
#sephardic
Jan Meisels Allen
The Portuguese Parliament has approved a law to officially commemorate the Inquisition of the Jews to be March 31 of each year. The March 31 date was selected as the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Inquisition as that was the date in 1821 that the Inquisition in Portugal was officially disbanded. The expulsion of Jews from Portugal was in 1497 with subsequent massacres of the Jews from the Inquisition which began in 1536. The Inquisition operated in Portugal from 1546, during the reign of King João III, until March 31, 1821.
To read more see:
Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Re: St. Louis, MO help
#usa
Marilen Pitler
Trudy, the address for Chesed Shel Emet Cemetery in University City is: 7550 Olive Blvd, St. Louis, MO 6313.
Phone: (314) 721-4658
Address in Chesterfield is: 650 White Rd, Chesterfield, MO 63017 Phone: (314) 469-1891
Hope this helps, Marilen St. Louis, MO
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Re: St. Louis, MO help
#usa
There are two locations for Chesed Shel Emeth. The old one in University City (on Olive St Rd), and a newer one out in Chesterfield.
Most of the old cemetery has been photographed. The executive director is Anita Feigenbaum and she is responsive via email.. but keep in mind with current conditions most offices are closed or limited. The website has addresses and additional information https://chesedshelemeth.org/ Renée K. Carl Washington DC St Louis surnames: CARL, LERNER, BRAND, SANOFSKY, POLINSKY, KETCHER
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Re: NYPL opens up some databases for remote use for library card holders
Lin Mor
You need to do the application in person and you get the card immediately at a NYPL lending library. Perhaps the in-person requirement has changed, but you do need to be a New York State resident for a non-temporary card. There is an expiration date after 3 years. Barbara Sloan, To renew, I followed the directions given on the website - I scanned the card and my driver's license and sent it to the place stated. Did that over a year ago, so I do not remember all except that it was quite easy. As a SC resident, not sure, but you can call them and discuss!
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Re: St. Louis, MO help
#usa
Michael Hoffman
Hi Trudy,
I would advise you that you should contact the St Louis Genealogical Society, they have all the information about the Jewish Community and all the Jewish Cemeteries in St Louis on their website, www.stlgs.org A good contact is their Publications Director Ilene Kanfer Murrey. Best regards, Michael Hoffman Borehamwood, HERTS UK
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USHMM: New Data Bases
Lande
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) has added digitized
documents to the following collections in the Holocaust Survivors and Victims
(HSV) database. You can search/request and immediately receive digital
copies of the original documents in your email.
Concentration Camp Transfers Auschwitz to Sachsenhausen, November 27, 1944
(ID: 20578) (https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?Sourceid=20578)
First of two electronic indices of the emigration case files of the
Australia Jewish Welfare and Relief Society (ID: 28347) (https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?Sourceid=28347)
Second of two electronic indices of the emigration case files of the
Australia Jewish Welfare and Relief Society (ID: 28390) (https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?Sourceid=28390)
Sachsenhausen property forms and strength reports (ID: 20779) (https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?Sourceid=20779)
Lublin, Poland: Stettin (Szczecin) Jewish Deportation into the Lublin Area
(ID: 20875) (https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/source_view.php?Sourceid=20875
Peter Lande
Washington, D.C.
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Re: Locate grave in Germany after Holocaust
#germany
Renee Steinig
As I read the form, the sender (expediteur in French, Absender in German) was Leibus Farkas, address Feldafing, and the recipient (destinataire in French, Empfanger in German) was Lipot Watten... (?) in Munkacs (Mukacevo). Perhaps Solomon can clarify, based on what he knows about this communication. Renee
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 8:50 AM David Seldner <seldner@...> wrote: Renee,
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ViewMate translation request-German
Elizabeth Scofield
I am reposting this request, in the hope that someone will be kind enough to translate the German text from Badatelna:
Please respond using the online ViewMate form. Thank you. Liz Scofield
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Re: #germany Kindertransport Relatives / Saxony / Chemnitz
#germany
#holocaust
Gasimoda
Hello Jan Michel!
Are you aware of the fact that Kinderstransporte even reached Sweden? There
is a book written in German about a girl that came to Sweden.
The title is “Mein Liebes Ilsekind. Mit dem Kindertransport nach Schweden –
Briefe an eine gerettete Tochter”. And “Herausgegeben von Elisabeth
Cosanne-Schulte-Huxel im Auftrg des Jüdischen Museums Westfalen.
Wishing you success!
Daniel in Stockholm, Sweden
From: michel@...
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 8:27 AM
To: main@...
Subject: [JewishGen.org] Kindertransport Relatives / Saxony /
Chemnitz Shalom, dear readers!
We are two teachers and a class (grade 5-7) from the Montessori School
Chemnitz, Germany. At the moment we are up to start a long term research
project, funded by the state of Saxony.
We are looking forward to focus on the topic: Kindertransporte. Especially
the ones that brought kids out of the town Chemnitz or the state of Saxony
(Dresden, Leipzig, ...) to England in 1938 / 1939.
Our top interest ist to find relatives of the kids who were saved to find
out about their live, familys and their journey.
If you got any information concerning this topoic we would be very glad to
hear from you! All our results will be published and presented in an appropriate
manner.
For further information, questions or contact, write to:
michel@...
Thanks so much for your help!
Jan Michel
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