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Dutch Jewish genealogy site is closing
N. Summers
I just saw this on the web and thought I’d pass it along: In the summer of 2020 Amoetat Akevoth will cease its activities. Since our search of many years for motivated and suitable candidates to continue the development and maintenance of the Dutch Jewish Genealogical Data Base (the DJGB) came to nothing, we regret that this step became inevitable. In preparation for this drastic change, everything possible will be done to preserve our databases in a secure environment, maintaining accessibility for our public, with no meaningful changes in the existing interface and lay-out: though certain inevitable limitations will be forced upon us, they will be kept to a bare minimum (as explained below). To read the rest of the article, go to: https://www.dutchjewry.org/ Nancy S. Maryland USA FINKELSTEIN, LUSMAN (Radzivilov, Ukraine); BOOKSTEIN/BUCHSTEIN (Ostrog, Poland); LEAF/LIFSHITZ (Rechitsa); ALPER/LISS
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Translation from Yiddish requested - SHOCHET, FLAXMAN #Romania,
Yohanan
Please can you help in translating from Yiddish, family related words from the back side of 2 photos taken about 1930s
See in Viewmates: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76759 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76760
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Re: What Happened To Threads
Bev Potter <basha@...>
I have to agree with you Dani.
We used to be able to follow a "conversation" - if you will. I even read the threads that didn't specifically apply to my interests - on the off chance that I might learn something. On the old system, I wasn't particularly happy with all the directives to "answer privately". After all, someone's specific answer might turn out to be the clue that I was looking for. But now.. and I know someone at Jewishgen won't be happy with me for saying this... this new system is pretty awful.
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Re: What happened to threads?
Nicole Heymans
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 09:36 AM, Dahn Cukier wrote:
I am getting replies but have no idea where or how
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Re: Once upon a time there was a moderator for this group.....
Angie Elfassi
Hi,
I agree with Naomi Barnett. In addition, I wrote some time ago regarding writing family surnames in CAPITALS, as was once the case. JewishGen, what's going on? Regards Angie Elfassi Israel "I find it curious that some posters to this group don't consider it necessary to state where they reside in the world and numerous posters don't add a signature. Surely when anyone sends a message to a friend or work colleague or a business, emails are always signed. Once upon a time there was a moderator who kept us all in line and brought these omissions to our attention. I'm not suggesting we need to go back to an overseer but common courtesy would be welcome and appreciated.
Naomi Barnett
Melbourne, Australia"
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The Zamosc Memorial Book is now On Line
Jack Berger
Folks,
I am most pleased to announce that my English translation of ‘Pinkas Zamosc,’ called ‘The Zamosc Memorial Book’ is now available on line for general view.
It can be found in my ‘vinkl,’ by going to www.zelva.org
In the upper LEFT hand corner of the home page, you will see a box labelled “Yizkor Books.” Click on it.
This will bring you to the inventory listing of my translations, and you will readily see where the icons are for those files that are online.
I completed and published the hard copy of The Zamosc Memorial Book over fifteen years ago. It is the largest of the corpus of books that I have so processed, running over 800 pages.
The Jewish history of Zamosc is replete with the splendor of the development of Eastern European Jewish culture. That splendor is not confined to matters of religious scholarship by any means. If nobody else, most readers will recognize the name of I. L. Peretz, who was born in Zamosc, and is among the brightest of stars in the constellation of Jewish literary accomplishment.
You will also learn of the enlightenment of the Count Jan Zamoyski, who after being the Chancellor of the University of Padua, opened his city to Jews, particularly Sephardic Jews fleeing the pitiless Spanish Inquisition, accepting them as legitimate citizens.
I could go on, but you should read this material yourselves. There is much to be learned.
Regards Jack
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Re: thoughts - opinions
Esther
I feel it important to list (perhaps in parenthesis) stillborns and even miscarriages. This information can be very helpful for a person's medical history. ESTHER (Herschman) Rechtschafner Kibbutz Ein-Zurim, Israel
ESTHER
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Re: Do you keep passports?
Sniderlh
Hi Linda,
Just recently, I, had the good fortune to find a passport for two family members. YES, keep, or scan (the whole thing) and keep them. I feel they can really help "flesh out" the life of that ancestor, and anything more than names & dates is a bonus, in my book. In my case, the passport has also been helpful in cracking open a brick wall in my research. I can only hope to find more passports. Leah Heilpern Snider
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Re: Do you keep passports?
jbonline1111@...
My father's first cousin gave me a copy of their grandfather's passport, which included the names of three of his children traveling with him. This was very helpful in searching passenger manifests. I wish I had the original, even if only for the sake of history.
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Re: thoughts - opinions
Beth Long
I find trying to keep track of women's miscarriages intrusive. There would be no record of a miscarriage, other than a medical one, which is private. Or did you mean to say stillbirth (which is a different thing and does have a record).
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Viewmate Translation Request - Polish Marriage Record
#galicia
Yaron Wolfsthal
Dear Group,
I've posted two related texts clips >from the 1876 Marriage Record of Moses Wolfsthal (links below). The first clip is the description of the groom, and the second is the comment section. I would appreciate help in transcribing them. https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76736 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76737 Thank you! Yaron Wolfsthal yaron.wolfsthal@gmail.com
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Re: Book JEWISH-FOREIGNERS IN THE SOUTH OF UKRAINE
#bessarabia
#ukraine
Inna Vayner <admin@...>
Norm, please get in touch with Yulia about the payment. The book can be purchased by subscription only, so she'll need to have the payment for it.
Thanks. Inna.
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Re: Book JEWISH-FOREIGNERS IN THE SOUTH OF UKRAINE
#bessarabia
#ukraine
Inna Vayner <admin@...>
Beverley, I was referring to NY, NJ, and CT or PA. Sorry for the confusion.
Inna.
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Re: Once upon a time there was a moderator for this group.....
Davida Handler
I agree - and what has happened to the SIG Digests? Davida Noyek Handler Henderson, Nevada, USA
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Re: UPDATE Surprising DNA results from Ancestry
Bob Silverstein
Thank you for sharing. Best wishes on connecting to your new family when you do so.
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Re: DNA ethnicity
Ellen
Not to alarm you, but if your grandparents were arrested, they could have been exiled to Siberia, sentenced to a labor camp, or even executed.
An uncle told me years ago that my grandfather's brother was arrested around that time, and it was assumed he was deported to Siberia. But I later found my great-uncle's name on a website listing "victims of Stalin," indicating that he was executed (shot) in 1937. I've since learned the complete story from his granddaughter. There are many books about Stalin's purges during this time. The "Great Purge" occurred in the late 1930s, but there were thousands of other executions carried out under Stalin until his death in 1953. -- Researching WEISSMAN/VAYSMAN (Ostropol, Ukraine); MOROZ and ESTRIN (Shklov, Belarus); LESSER/LESZEROVITZ, MAIMAN, and BARNETT/BEINHART/BERNHART (Lithuania/Latvia); and ROSENSWEIG/ROSENZWEIG, KIRSCHEN, and SCHWARTZ (Botosani, Romania)
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Re: Do you keep passports?
Isabel Cymerman
You can always donate important historical papers to a Jewish repository. Maybe, start with the Center for Jewish History.
Isabel Cymerman
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What happened to threads?
Dahn Cukier
I am getting replies but have no idea where or how
to find the original post or the thread. Is there a setting for getting the complete thread? One way to cut down on having too many posts would have everyone reply to the original poster and that person would forward or combine answers, and reply to the list. This would mean in short, that every poster becomes a moderator of their threads. Dani
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GOLDSCHLAEGER FROM RADAUTZI
#romania
Ella Welther
Does someone have a family tree including GOLDSCHLAEGER >from Radautzi?
Hannelore C France
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Once upon a time there was a moderator for this group.....
I find it curious that some posters to this group don't consider it necessary to state where they reside in the world and numerous posters don't add a signature. Surely when anyone sends a message to a friend or work colleague or a business, emails are always signed. Once upon a time there was a moderator who kept us all in line and brought these omissions to our attention. I'm not suggesting we need to go back to an overseer but common courtesy would be welcome and appreciated. Naomi Barnett Melbourne, Australia
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