Hi Dennis,

if you mean Rostov-on-Don, then you're lucky-there are 3 volumes, compiled
on the basis of the first All-Russia census of 1897. They contain family
lists of Jews living in Rostov. Most of these lists indicate when and >from
where the family moved to Rostov. If you send me more details on the person
you are looking for - I'll try to find his family in these books (I have
copies).

Stanislav Gorbulev
Mainz, Germany
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Subject: Governmental sources in Rostov=0A=
From: Dennis Private <dennisgelpe@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 10:36:44 +0200

My grandfather and GGF came >from Vilna. Using the resources provided
by LitvakSIG via JewishGen, I have been able to trace my lineage as
far back as my GGGF. Thanks!

Recently though, I have been in contact with people who I believe are
related, same family name [passport family name of one family
member,in Cyrillic, is the same as on my GF's internal passport], same
origins, yet live/have lived in Rostov since sometime around WW2.
Sadly, there is no one alive, in that branch of the family who knows
anything about their family other than the name of an ancestor who
lived somewhere >from 187- to 1916 (?), and are not sure whether he was
the first relative to arrive in Rostov. Thus we have not been able to
ascertain a common ancestor, the name is unusual enough.

My question is whether anyone knows if there are governmental
immigration or residential sources in Rostov that could indicate
origins of residents or names with dates.

Dennis Gelpe

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Hi Helen,

Thank you for your response to my inquiry.  The book you mention sounds interesting.  Do you know if there is an English translation?  If the book contains a list of all on the transport it would be of great interest to me.  The woman I am trying to see about being in that group is, Rosa Heilpern (nee Licthenfeld).  I don't know if they just list names, or where they were from, etc., but here is some more information, if needed. I know that names are also often spelled differently. She departed from Vienna, was born in Bratislava, 17 Jan 1909, and was married to Hans Heilpern. I would appreciate your looking to see if she was on the list.

Sincerely,

Leah Heilpern Snider, USA

--
Diane Jacobs

Hi Janet, please check the Kehilalinks site for Tiraspol. https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/tiraspol/PEO_InTheEra.asp

Hello from Paris

 

I am searching the descendants of a man whose first name was Derder and nickname Dudek. He was from Tarnow and after the war, he emigrated to USA in 1947 with a ship from Stockholm. My mother Rywa Schwarz was a friend of him and kept these pictures. Some of the pictures were taken in Poland and some were sent from New York ca 1948-1951.

Thanks for your help.

Mireille Podchlebnik

https://ingeveb.org/blog/announcing-intensive-workshop-on-reading-handwritten-yiddish

10 January 2020

This is my first post and I hope someone will be able to assist me. I’m working on my husband’s family tree and history and need to find out more about some of his family who emigrated from Leeds, England to New York.

Samuel Gross and his wife, Jessie nee Sloman, were married on 19 January 1859 in Leeds and left almost immediately for America. They lived in Brooklyn where their four children were born viz. Hyman (1861); Rebecca (1865); Solemon Richard (1871) and Reuben (9 Feb 1875).

Hyman married Lillian (born April 1867 in Pennsylvania) and they had two sons; Walter E (11 June1890-March 1964) and Howard J (12 July1897). Walter married Anne Strasser (May 1899, New York) and they had two sons; Stanley (1923) and Harold (1925).

I think Rebecca married Abraham Goldsmith but I’m not sure of this.

Solomon Richard married Etta but I don’t know any more about this couple.

I know nothing more about Reuben.

If anyone can help further I’d be most appreciative.

Beulah Gross (in Australia)

On my Maternal GM death certificate from 1937 her parents are listed as Joseph Berkow and Julia Spitz, from Nagytarna Hungary.   Her tombstone indicates her father was Moshe Dov not Joseph.  The information about her parents was provided by her son Morris who is dead.  Could this have been a clerical error on part of funeral home.  She was Rose Friedman Stein, had a brother David Friedman.  Any ideas?

VOICES from the BIALYSTOK GHETTO by Michael Nevins

For more than 70 years a diary that was written in Bialystok during World War II was virtually unnoticed and about to be discarded with trash when someone looked inside and discerned its historic value. It was written between 1939 and 1943 by young David Spiro (in Polish Dawid Szpiro) who probably died during his city’s ghetto uprising against the Nazis. The diary described life in the city during Russian and then German governance from the perspective of an ordinary young man - certainly not a charismatic leader. As David explained, “If someone reads my diary in the future, will they be able to believe something like that? Surely not, they will say poppycock and lies, but this is the truth, disgusting and terrible; for me it’s a reality.” With permission from the current owners, much of David Spiro’s poignant first-hand account is reproduced here along with memoirs written by other Bialystokers who lived and mostly died during those terrible times.

Michael Nevins is a retired physician and medical historian who has been studying his family's roots in Dabrowa Bialostocka for many years. In 1982, he published a memorial (Yizkor) book about his family's ancestral shtetl. This new book was prompted by reading the Dawid Szpiro diary. 

I highly recommend this new publication. It is readily available from most online book sellers in paper and e-book formats.

Mark Halpern
Avid Bialystok researcher and volunteer for Bialystok genealogical projects

Hello,
GERNSHEIM families are >from Worms. there is alot to read in Google under
GERNSHEIM, unfortunatly I can't translate the German text into English.
Kind regards,

Hansmartin Unger, St. Gallen, Switzerland hansmartin.unger@sunrise.ch

David Lewin, London david@lewinsdlondon.org.uk wrote:
I am researching a KAHN family, originally >from Heilbronn, Germany
Hedwig Luise KAHN born 18 Jan 1907 married on 2 June 1943 a Johannes
Emmanuel Theophil GERNSHEIM in Munich. While the rest of her
siblings were all murdered by the Nazis, Hedwig and her husband
survived and in 1955 there was still a trace of them in Freiburg, Germany.
Data Protection laws have so far prevented me >from getting any
further information
GERNSHEIM is an old Jewish family name in Worms and Mainz,
Germany. The Nazis murdered many.
Try as I might I find no one with that surname today. Google brings
only the town of that name whence presumably the Jewish name was
taken originally when they adopted family names. Did the Nazis
succeed in eradicating this family?
Can anyone here elaborate on these findings and teach me further please?

VOICES >from the BIALYSTOK GHETTO by Michael Nevins

For more than 70 years a diary that was written in Bialystok during
World War II was virtually unnoticed and about to be discarded with
trash when someone looked inside and discerned its historic value. It
was written between 1939 and 1943 by young David Spiro (in Polish Dawid
Szpiro) who probably died during his city's ghetto uprising against the
Nazis. The diary described life in the city during Russian and then
German governance >from the perspective of an ordinary young man -
certainly not a charismatic leader. As David explained, "If someone
reads my diary in the future, will they be able to believe something
like that? Surely not, they will say poppycock and lies, but this is the
truth, disgusting and terrible; for me it's a reality." With permission

from the current owners, much of David Spiro's poignant first-hand

account is reproduced here along with memoirs written by other
Bialystokers who lived and mostly died during those terrible times.

Michael Nevins is a retired physician and medical historian who has been
studying his family's roots in Dabrowa Bialostocka for many years. In
1982, he published a memorial (Yizkor) book about his family's ancestral
shtetl. This new book was prompted by reading the Dawid Szpiro diary.

I highly recommend this new publication. It is readily available >from
most online book sellers in paper and e-book formats.

Mark Halpern
Avid Bialystok researcher and volunteer for Bialystok genealogical
projects

Dear Researchers:

I have identified two records relating to my great great grandparents,
living in Brzeziny or Glowno, Poland, in the 19th century.
I request a complete translation of two extracted texts posted on Viewmate,
at the following addresses:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76555 (Russian)
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM76599 (Polish)
I am hoping these records will include information on where they and their
parents lived.

Please kindly respond using the online ViewMate form.
I am truly grateful for your time and effort.
Thank you so much,
Robin Biellik
London, UK

My grandfather and GGF came >from Vilna. Using the resources provided
by LitvakSIG via JewishGen, I have been able to trace my lineage as
far back as my GGGF. Thanks!

Recently though, I have been in contact with people who I believe are
related, same family name [passport family name of one family
member,in Cyrillic, is the same as on my GF's internal passport], same
origins, yet live/have lived in Rostov since sometime around WW2.
Sadly, there is no one alive, in that branch of the family who knows
anything about their family other than the name of an ancestor who
lived somewhere >from 187- to 1916 (?), and are not sure whether he was
the first relative to arrive in Rostov. Thus we have not been able to
ascertain a common ancestor, the name is unusual enough.

My question is whether anyone knows if there are governmental
immigration or residential sources in Rostov that could indicate
origins of residents or names with dates.

Dennis Gelpe

Check the 1911 UK Census/

Is this them?

Name:	Albeteman Marks
Age in 1911:	32
Estimated birth year:	abt 1879
Relation to Head:	Head
Gender:	Male
Birth Place:	Russia
Civil Parish:	St James, Westminster
Search Photos:	Search for 'St James, Westminster' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
County/Island:	London
Country:	England
Street address:	75 Berwick Street, Oxford St W
Marital status:	Married
Occupation:	TAILOR
Registration district:	Westminster
Registration District Number:	6
Sub-registration district:	St James and St Anne
ED, institution, or vessel:	1
Piece:	495
Household Members:	Name Age Albeteman Marks 32 Millie Marks 32 Harry Marks 11 Rachel Marks 9 Eva Marks 7 Polley Marks 5 Angel Marks 3

I would like to take this opportunity to Heartily thank all who are involved with making the Yizkor project the incredible contribution it has been and continues to be. I feel confident it has changed lives, gratified readers, and made an effect on history. I have read and continue to read Yizkor books (in English translation) and excerpts and constantly learn from them. I am regularly amazed at our ancestors, particularly their insights and endurance, and find them a miraculous role model—even when their behavior is not divine. Thank you so much to the Yizkor Book project coordinators, managers, translators and other volunteers for their endless hours of tremendous work in the past, present, and future.

Joan A. Baronberg
SUCHOSTAW, STRUSOV, SLOBODKA bei STRUSOV (currently Ukraine)
Mester, Weisser, Friedman