0 - Jewish Genealogical Society

That you might recount it to aifuture generation 7IIT7l rn V' 00n E l 1r1P 

• DOROT llll 

The Journal of the Jewish Genealogical Societyn 

Volume 11, Number 3 Spring 1990 

1990 CONFERENCES & MEETINGS 

Ninth Annual Seminar on Jewish Genealogy, 

Los Angeles, CA, June 24-29, 1990 

passenger arrival indices for New York and the 

Hamburg passenger records. This facility has 12,000 

Angeles will sponsor this year's Sum- 

Sunday, June 24 to Friday, June 

books, 65,000 rolls of microfilm, 109 microfilm readers, 

30,000 microfiche, 6 computers and 6 printer/ 

29, 1990. The seminar will be held at the Westwood 

Plaza Holiday Inn, 10740 Wilshire Boulevard, a lovely 

area on the west side of Los Angeles within walking 

distance of UCLA and the LDS Family History 

Center. 

copiers. 

Bring the family and enjoy the superb recreational 

activities that Los Angeles has to offer. If you did 

not request information previously, write to JGS-Los 

Angeles, P. 0. Box 25245, Los Angeles, CA 90025, 

An exciting program is planned to meet the needs of 

genealogists of all levels. Newcomers to genealogy 

will be offered a step-by-step tutorial along with 

or call Norma Arbit at 818/981-0590. 

escorted field trips to local research facilities. For June 6-9: National Genealogical Society, National 

the more advanced researcher, several subject tracks 

will be offered allowing for a wide choice of topics. 

There will be a number of fine genealogical films 

available for your viewing (this is Hollywood, after 

all). Sessions will be offered on getting started, 

Western U.S. Jewry, European genealogy, rabbinic 

genealogy, computers, adoptions, surname registers 

and special collections at National Archives branches. 

New York JGS members Jeff Cymbler, Marsha 

Saron Dennis, Eileen Polakoff, Miriam Weiner and 

Rabbi Malcolm Stern will be among the speakers. 

Capital Area Tenth Anniversary Conference, Arling- 

ton, VA. Speakers include JGS members Sallyann 

Sack (discussing Russian Consular records), Steven 

Siegel (Vital records access), Rabbi Malcolm Stern 

(Changing map of Europe) and Miriam Weiner 

(Jewish roots, USSR research and "The Road from 

Detective to Genealogist"). 'The 186 sessions, spread 

over four days, include programs on interviewing 

elderly relatives, military service records, the 1920 

census, passenger arrival records, 19th and 20th century 

New York research and urban research. And 

Los Angeles has an excellent collection of research the conference has numerous sessions on computers 

facilities, including the libraries of three Jewish universities 

and UCLA, the Jewish Community Library, 

and genealogy. Contact: NGS, 4527 17th St. N., 

Arlington, VA 22207-2399; 703/525-0050. 

the LDS Family History Center, and the Library of 

the Southern California Genealogy Society. Governmental 

resources include the Los Angeles County 

Hall of Records and the National Archives branch 

June 10: Orange County Jewish History. The 

Orange County (NY) Genealogical Society will offer 

will be 

Complimentary transportation 

available to key research sites. 

whihwill 

A 

be va 

syllabus, 

vi e to d yrsearch seie sla, 

which will be provided to each seminar registran 

in Los Angeles. 

a program on Jewish family history on Sunday, June 

10, from 2 to 4 PM. "Early Settlers 

will be 

of 

presented 

Jewish Faith" 

by Robert Schwartz, an assistant to 

the Orange County Historian. Evan Stolbach, presi- 

dent of the JGS of North Jersey, will discuss Jewish 

genealogical research. The program is open to the 

_ The Los Angeles LDS Family History Center is public at no charge and will be held at the Historic 

second only to Salt Lake City with ari extensive col- 1841 Court House, 101 Main Street, Goshen, NY. 

lection of Polish and other European microfilms, For further information, contact Benjamin Coleman 

the Russian Consular films and index, complete at 914/783-9010.

June 11: New York Personal Computer (NYPC) training sessions dealing with word processing, data 

Genealogy and Family History Special' Interest base record keeping, bulletin boards, desktop pub- 

Group (SIG). David Mayfield, Director of the Fami- lishing and other topics from the perspective of the 

ly History Library in Salt Lake City, will speak on genealogist; the training room/instruction area will W 

the latest release of the Personal Ancestral File include both MS-DOS (IBM compatible) and Macin- 

(PAF) genealogical software package, and on devel- tosh systems. Vendor demonstrations scheduled inopment 

of on-line access at local Family History clude the leading genealogical software. A special 

Centers to the International Genealogical Index and group of sessions is also geared toward educators 

the Family History Library Catalog. For further interested in applying family and local history to 

details on this SIG and its meetings, contact Eileen social studies classes. Contact: Rochester '90, P. 0. 

Polakoff at 212/787-4371 or David Kleiman at 914/ Box 299, Interlaken, NY 14847-0299, 607/532-4997 

242-0136. or 800/782-9687. 

June 11-16: National Institute on Genealogical Re- August 8-10: Genealogy and Family History Seminar, 

search at the National ArThives, Washington, DC. Provo; UT, sponsored by the Brigham Young Uni- 

An intensive program for experienced researchers versity History Department. A selection of 26 

(genealogists, historians, librarians, archivists) that courses are designated basic, intermediate, advanced 

takes an in-depth look at federal records of genea- or special, and cover genealogical research in Amerilogical 

value located primarily in the Washington, can, Canadian, British, Scandinavian and German 

DC area. Contact: National Institute, P. 0. Box sources as well as computer software. The Univer- 

14274, Washington, DC 20044-4274; 202/343-3592. sity will provide a certificate of completion for seminar 

participants. Contact: BYU Conferences and 

June 14-17: United Polish Genealogical Societies Workshops, 154 Harman Building, Provo, UT 84602; 

Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. Offers orientation 801/378-4851. 

sessions for beginners and advanced researchers on 

use of the Family History Library, staff to answer August 15-18: 'Windows to the Past" -- Federation 

research questions, and access to LDS staff. No of Genealogical Societies Conference, Salt Lake City, 

other specific sessions are scheduled in order to UT. Local host is the Utah Genealogical Assn. 

allow researchers to spend their time at the Family Over 130 sessions on a wide variety of topics, rang- 0 

History Library. Contact: Polish Genealogical Soci- ing from logistics of genealogical research, medical 

ety, 6640 West Archer Ave., Chicago, IL 60638. records, United States sources, genealogical computing, 

and specialized sources from both the U.S. and 

July 5-7: "Crossing the Border. 'A Conference for overseas, to such topics as "Pruning the family tree: 

Family and Community Historians," Rochester, NY, what to do with unwanted ancestors" and "Tax prepsponsored 

by the Genealogical Conference of New aration and cash flow management for the profes- 

York. Scheduled are 66 sessions, with topics includ- sional." Daniel Schlyter will conduct sessions on 

ing Central Europe, Ukraine, Poland, German immi- research in Czechoslovakia and Poland, and Patricia 

gration" and urban research, as well as New York Eames will offer a luncheon address on Soviet Arstate 

resources. In addition to regular sessions on chives. Contact: FGS/UGA, P. 0. Box 746, Salt 

computers, there will be a special series of computer Lake City, UT 84110. 

0 1990 Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. ISSN 0886-2796 Editor Alex E. Friedlander 

JGS Phone: 212/722-8456 Contributing Editor. Steven W. Siegel 

DOROT, The Journal of the Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc., is published four times a year as Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer issues. 

Subscription to DOROT is available by membership only. 

Annual membership in the JGS, Inc., is $15 per calendar year, $10 per calendar year for those residing out-of-town or $15 per calendar year 

for overseas airmail delivery. JGS, Inc., is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt corporation. Checks for membership are payable to JGS, Inc., and 

should be mailed to JGS, Inc., P.O. Box 6398, New York, NY 10128. 

2 DOROT, Spring 1990 

0

JGS NEWS 

* Genealogically Speaking may do so by writing to Glade Nelson, FGS Treasur- 

The New York Daily News on Mother's Day carried 

an article, "Mom's Lore: the roots revolution is 

sang shaking tie the fomy family tre:e," tree," written byr by JGS evtn member i 

er, 178 East 600 South, Kaysville, UT 84037, and 

mentioning your JGS membership. Forum changes 

of address should be sent to P. 0. Box 746, Salt 

Madeline Rogers, editor of special sections for the 

News. She noted, "One of the fastest growing, and 

most active organizations in the city is the Jewish 

Lake City, UT 84110. 

Genealogical Society, founded [12] years ago. Mem- Gary Mokotoff reports that the Jewish Genealogical 

bership has burgeoned from 90 attendees at the Family Finder is now available for on-line searches 

inaugural meeting to over 650 today." Madeline's on the Kingdom Productions BBS in Houston. The 

interviewees included JGS president Michael Bren- phone number is 713/630-0553. After logging on, go 

ner. to the Tafel Matching menu and select item 2. You 

can now search the Family Finder by surname, town 

Federation of Genealogical Societies Forum -name or country sitting at your home computer. 

The electronic version, however, is not more up-to- 

As a benefit of JGS membership, you are entitled to date than the paper version. Gary will update the 

a free subscription to Forum, the quarterly newslet- BBS on a quarterly basis. The BBS is available 24 

ter of the Federation of Genealogical Societies hours a day and the search is free, aside from the 

(FGS). If you are not receiving copies of Forum, you phone call. 

PAST PROGRAMS 

Naturalization Records -- February 11, 1990 in the United States for three years before the age 

* Jeffrey Cymbler and Estelle Guzik, JGS Executive of 21 and two years after. 

Council members, were the speakers for this presen- From 1790 to 1922, a wife became naturalized when 

tation. Jeff first described the history of legislation citizenship was conferred to her husband. Since 

governing naturalization requirements and proce- 1922, a married woman had to be naturalized on her 

dures. Many laws were enacted, repealed, replaced own. A number of Acts of Congress affected nativeand 

changed with varying requirements for residency born American women married to aliens. In 1907, 

and personal qualifications. From 1790 through a wife was required to take the nationality of her 

1906 there were numerous courts of record in which husband. Although this section of the law was renaturalization 

occurred, some illegally exercising pealed in 1922, it did not restore the woman's citijurisdiction, 

zenship. From 1922 until 1936, they had to file a 

The first federal naturalization law requiring a deyeat 

srior r 

claration of intention to be filed (three years prior 

to admission as a citizen) was enacted in 1795. The 

petition for citizenship, provide character witnesses, 

take an oath of allegiance, and then receive a certifi- 

cate of naturalization! 

previous (1790) residence requirements were in- After 1862, an alien 21 years of age or older who 

creased from two to five years in the United States was honorably discharged from the United States 

and remained as one year in the state. This statute Army, Navy (with five years service) or Marine 

became the naturalization code of the 19th century. Corps only had to prove one year's residence and 

Children under the age of 21 automatically became 

citizens when their parents became naturalized. In 

did not need a previous declaration of intention to 

petition to become a citizen. In 1872, a seaman 

1804, an act permitted widows and minor children to serving three years on a merchant vessel with proof 

become citizens upon taking the oath even though of discharge was permitted naturalization after filing 

the deceased applicant died having only filed his a declaration of intention due to his lack of resideclaration 

of intention. In 1824, aliens were per- dence in a single place. The act of 1918 allowed 

mitted to apply for naturalization by filing a declara- aliens serving in the military services to file petitions 

tion at the time of their admission, if they had lived for naturalization at military camps and nearby 

courts rather than at their families' legal residences, 

without preliminary declaration of intention or proof 

DOROT, Spring 1990 3

of residence. The Nationality Act of 1940 and When looking for courts and addresses, consider 

subsequent amendments continued such provisions to when the person arrived and assume that wherever 

veterans of more recent wars. he lived would probably be the location of the court 

The declaration of intention, or first papers, was where he went to be naturalized. If the person was w 

devised as a means of admitting an alien to gain a voting citizen, go to the Board of Elections. Their 

citizenship step-by-step and to give him certain privi- records will show the court of naturalization. 

leges, including the right to file a homestead claim The Work Projects Administration (WPA),was infor 

public lands, own real estate and vote in certain volved in locating and photocopying naturalization 

states. It was also a way to verify residence; howev- records predating September 27, 1906. The project 

er, by 1900 the Bureau of Immigration had a record was completed in New York and Soundex indexed 

of every alien lawfully admitted to the United States, for all courts in New York City. The records are 

making the declarations no longer necessary to verify deposited in the National Archives in Bayonne, NJ 

residence. In 1952, the current naturalization code as part of Record Group 85. 

went into effect,making declarations of intention Marilyn Brenner 

voluntary, since current laws and regulations required 

aliens to have a declaration of employment in Researching Jewish Genealogy in France, Holland 

professional occupations. and Belgium -- March 18, 1990 

Not all alien residents were naturalized. During the The Mormon Family History Center has filmed subperiod 

from 1890 through 1930, 25% of those of stantial amounts of records in the Alsace, in other 

foreign birth were not naturalized or had filed only parts of France, all through Belgium and the Netherdeclarations 

of intention. There were millions of 

unnaturalized aliens and people who had valid but, 

unused declarations. Before 1906, the only record of 

the naturalization was kept by the court that issued 

the certificate the of o ertficte naturalization nauraizaton to o te the applicant. aplicnt, 

lands. research Our with speaker, these birth, Barbara marriage Wright, and has death done certifi- much 

cates and marriage contracts as well as the docu- 

ments years she that has support tried to them. dedicate Over at the least past one several day a 

Since 1906, duplicate loca te cort Fdera records ad goernentandall were filed with the 

local court and the Federal government, and all 

week to genealogical research, working extensively in 

the Mormon Family History Center in Plainview, 

forms the Bureau were required of Immigration to be obtained and Naturalization., exclusively from The 

theiBureaurofiImmigrationwandaNaturalization.iThe 

Long Island. She also traveled to Bordeaux to look 

for information on one of her Sephardic ancestors, 

basic naturalization law was amended twenty times Jacob Rodriguez Perreira, who died in Baltimore in 

Estelle Guzik then discussed how to obtain informa- 

1806; in addition, she investigated records in Alsace, 

Antwerp and Amsterdam. 

tion. She suggested writing directly to the Immigra- Barbara found that birth records in these.countries 

tion and Naturalization Service, but recommended ar r fnd tha birth reor intese coni 

notare 

is incorrect. Give whatever information you have 

concerning the person you are researching; ask for 

visa information and mention the consulate. When 

writing, you could say: "Under the Freedom of Inforindexed 

in two levels. For her ancestor born in 

1844, she first looked in the ten-year index, located 

the correct person and then switched over to the 

one-year index, where she found the specific date 

and the call number of the birth record. Barbara 

ad a nopy of the birth record. wrbara 

mation Act, I would like to receive a copy of all the Flemish. This record shows the names of the parinformation 

contained in the case file of my relative emsh. ths reorh the aes the par- 

(name) (write all information about this person). I and the witnesses' ages. The names of the witnesses 

am a family member conducting a family history are important since they are frequently related to the 

project for our mutual family." If a person is alive, ne ba. 

request information under the Privacy Act. The new baby. 

form for the entire file is G649. Barbara offered some tips on expediting research 

Address your request as follows: 

Immigration and Naturalization Service 

abroad. She described a "Cheat Sheet" for those 

countries where she was doing archival research. 

This sheet included translations of the names of the 

425 I Street NW - Room 5114 numbers, months, days, etc. She also suggested that 

Washington, DC 20536 if you do not know the area of the town that your 

ancestors lived in, you should look first in the Jewish 

area or ghetto. 

4 DOROT, Spring 1990

In each country, there are privacy regulations in arranged alphabetically. Barbara found circumcision 

which records are kept closed for certain periods to and marriage records of her family dating back to 

protect the privacy of the individuals. These vary 

from country to country. When Napoleon came 

the middle 1700s. The newspapers had advertising. 

notices of marriages and births and there were marthrough 

all of these countries, he required the taking riage intention notices. There were Tabulation Regof 

family names and the establishment of local rec- isters covering the entire population (rather like 

ords, starting in 1792 in France, 1796 in Belgium, census records), listing the head of the household, 

and 1811 in the Netherlands. (There were some his spouse, the children, their ages, professions, forrecords 

kept before these dates, but before the mer residences, when they left and where they went. 

French Revolution, Jews were called Etrangers; we A member of the audience mentioned another arwere 

not citizens, unable to join craft unions or own 

land, and therefore had few records in these areas. 

After Napoleon, ed we i became th reordkeepng 

ystm.)caust. citizens and were included 

in the record-keeping system.) 

chives, the Office of War Documentation for World 

War The whe address of this building of records the is 474 hThe 

Herengracht, Amsterdam. In the City Hall, just 

When names were taken, there was a naming certifi- down the street at 515 The Herengracht, are birth, 

cate which contained the name of the declarant, the death and marriage records for up to about 1900. 

names, ages and sexes of the children (if any), grand- He also 'suggested voting registration lists -as a 

children, etc. In addition to birth, marriage and source, and a book entitled Jewish Families Before 

death records, circumcision records are sometimes 1811, available in most Dutch Archives. 

available, and testaments or wills are usually recorded. 

Barbara had. brought a will of eight pages from Other information brought up in the discussion: 

1823 for us to look at. All the beneficiaries are In the Hague, next to the railroad station, there is 

mentioned with their addresses. Also available are an organization called The Central Bureau for Genecemetery 

records and tombstones which should be alogy, which can be used for a small fee. Genealocopied 

or-photographed. gists who have done their own work file it with this 

In France there are 75 Ddpartements, each of which organization. for the use of others. 

maintains separate records. Thus it is important to The Dutch Jewish Genealogical Society has a list of 

know which Ddpartement your family came from. its members, the surnames being researched and the 

The various Ddpartements keep emigration records people looking for them. 

of their inhabitants. 

keep ecors, th 

In 

actal 

Bordeaux 

hil theindx 

the main 

an 

archives 

keeps the actual records, while the index 

miroand 

micro- 

Dutch military records are kept in the city of Haar- 

lm 

film copies of the records are in an annex. The 

Mormons have not copied a great quantity of Bor- A woman's maiden name stays with all her recorded 

deaux records. However, the actual records are documents. 

readily accessible. The annex is located away from There is an excellent book called Dictionaire du Judthe 

archives, so that you should plan your work to aisme Bordelaise. *This book has genealogies, biogrado 

what is possible in each place to avoid having to phies, professions and institutions of the 18th and 

run back and forth between the buildings. 19th centuries. There are many family charts in this 

In all three countries, the government offices close volume, but the facts must all be verified. 

at lunchtime. In the smaller towns they close for 2 Joe Fibel 

to 212 hours. In Alsace, all of the records from 

1792 to 1972 have been microfilmed. In Strasbourg, 

the Ddpartemental Archives are all microfilmed and German Research -- April 22, 1990 

the quality is good. There are two copies of the Karen Franklin, JGS Executive Council member, 

records: one in the Archives and the other in the reported on and showed slides of her November trip 

original locality. You can research in either loca- to Germany. She had been invited by her ancestral 

tion. In Belgium, there is a Royal Archives as well town of Ichenhausen, where she was awarded a medas 

Provincial Archives. You must obtain a card al by the President of the Bavarian province of 

granting you access (about a dollar for one week, or Schwaben for her research of the town. Her trip 

$3.00 for a year). was in three parts: 

In Holland, from 1811 to 1815, the records were in 1. Munich and Ichenhausen. The man who was her 

French. In Amsterdam, there are little index books guide in Ichenhausen had created a permanent 


exhibit in the restored synagogue (now used as a because the index is hard to read. If the card gives 

community center), one of a number of such exhibits a ship and arrival date, verify this in the Morton 

about Jews produced by the Bavarian Historical Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Ar- 

Society. About a third of the town's inhabitants had rivals. [Ed. note: This is not an infallible source; 

been Jewish, and they were its economic base. Ap- there are ship arrivals not listed in the Directory. 

proximately 140 victims' names are inscribed on the Conversely, there are arrivals listed in the Morton 

wall. The local historian has corresponded with a Allan Directory for which no ship lists have been 

number of refugees from Ichenhausen. Karen microfilmed and thus for which the passengers' 

showed photos of open shelves in the Lutheran names were not indexed, but for which "book lists" 

Church archives, two cubicles of which contain Jew- by the shipping companies are on microfilm. These 

ish records that have survived. The cemetery and its book lists contain information about individual paselaborate 

"chapel" have also survived, and an ances- sengers on these ships similar to that found in the 

tral house of the Rosskam family has been restored. immigration ship lists.] For names of all ships and 

2. A cousin she found through a network, whose 

father survived Hitler as a Christian in Kaiserslauttheir 

arrival dates, one can also check Lloyd's Regis- 

ter at the New York Public Library Annex. 

em. She visited his family and lit Sabbath candles For the period of Ellis Island manifests (1892-1954), 

for his children. Together they found records of look first at the pages at the end of the regular ship 

their common Kohlberg ancestor that proved this lists labeled "record of detained alien passengers" 

ancestor and his wife buried four young children and "record of aliens held for special inquiry." 

before the authorities would permit their marriage. 

3. Berlin, wherefamily 

week after the wall was opened. She marvelled at 

how elltheborer rragemets orkd; o withow 

well the border arrangements worked; no waitig 

when she crossed over and found her way to the 

These may be easier to read than the main list manuscript, 

and cross-reference the line on which your 

appears in the main list. Index cards may 

have apary f hnumersleferrngdtopagedumber 

have a variety of numbers, referring to page numbers 

in bound volumes. For arrivals after 1910, look for 

evrnaefo thtwsyusekashimy 

huge Weissensee Cemetery and located the grave of every name from the towns you seek, as this may 

a formerly unknown great uncle who had committed 

suicidery i n . uactually 

suicide in 1907. 

prove helpful if you can't find the name you are 

seeking. However, before subjecting yourself 

to the agony of searching these passenger arrival 

The questions period elicited this information: Kar- records, try these sources: 

en does not send money to Europe until it is asked 

for. Fees are reasonable. Sometimes they send the 

* Gary Zimmerman and Marion Wolfert, German 

information with a bill; others request money before Immigrants: Lists of Passengers Bound From Bremen 

sending data. Pay with a postal money order or to New York [1847-1867] 

obtain a foreign check from Deak International. • Hamburg Passenger Lists: complete set of 337 

Postscript: Passenger Lists microfilms of lists plus another 138 microfilms of 

indexes, available from the Mormon Family History 

JGS President Michael Brenner continued the meet- Library. Almost one out of three central and easting 

with a Postscript session on Passenger Lists. He ern European emigrants is found on these lists. The 

urged that before looking for passenger arrival rec- lists include information on the passenger's home 

ords, one should send $2.00 to the National Archives town that is often more specific than the country 

Trust Fund, Washington, DC 20408, to obtain a noted on the conventional ship arrival lists. There 

copy of Immigrant-and Passenger Arrivals, which lists are two basic groups of these lists: 

many available microfilms for United States ports. Direct lists, 1850-1934 - passengers who 

In 1988, the JOS helped the New York Public Library 

Genealogy Division to purchase the indexes for 

passenger arrivals at the Port of New York, 1902 to 

went directly to the United States or another overseas 

country. These are alphabetical by the first 

let tr the re olhuntil , then 

chro f b s hip depar tre. 

1943, to supplement their pre-1902 collection of lists 

and indexes. These are also available at Bayonne, 

which has films for some of the other East Coast 

and Gulf ports. Unfortunately, the New York arrivals 

have not been indexed between 1847 and 1896. 

Indirect lists, 1854-1910 - those who stopped 

en route (e.g. in England). 

Indexes to both sets begin in 1855; each covers a 

year or part of a year (more for the indirect lists) 

and contains surnames of heads of households alpha- 

Prepare yourself with the Soundex number for the betized by first letter only. In addition, there is a 

surnames you seek, and take a magnifying glass, separate microfilmed card index for 1856-1871 


prepared by LDS Church members in Hamburg, but of arrival from other sources, lest you burn out with 

it is incomplete, so each volume must be checked. the boredom of reading miles of microfilm. 

Important: Don't start looking at passenger arrival Malcolm H. Stern 

lists until you have pinpointed the year and place 

QUERIES 

Canadian Descendants Galician Sefer Torah 

The Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada is Information is sought about a Sefer Torah written 

looking for descendants of 19th-century settlers of before 1898 by Rabbi Issachar Yolles of Brzozdowce, 

Manitoba. According to The Jewish Week (Feb. 9, Lwow, Galicia. It was sold to Mr. Ben-Zion in 

1990), the society will be placing plaques honoring Brzozdowce, who brought it to New York/Philadelearly 

settlers at two sites, including the Jewish Corn- phia. Send replies to Betty Starkman, 1260 Stuyvesmunity 

Center. For information, call 204/942-4822. sant, Birmingham, MI 48010; 313/646-0332. 

Eldridge Street Synagogue HIAS Is Looking For... 

The Eldridge Street Project is looking for descendants 

of original members of the synagogue. The 

original congregation was formed by a merger of the 

Allen Street Shul and the Wizaner congregation, 

If you can provide information for any of the follow- 

ing search requests, please contact Location Service, 

HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), 200 Park 

Avenue South, New York, NY 10003; 212/674-6800. 

joined a few years later by Congregation Kness6s 

Yisroel Anshe Russiya. The 

gation was known as Kahal Adath 

Eldridge 

Jeshurun. 

Street congre- 

Family 

These abbreviations are used below: If = is/are 

l looking for; wct = who came to; wwl 

= who last 

gato wa k ly onasd mahemdahbershcluuBamily lived in. The letters or numbers following each item 

names of early Board members include Braverman, 

Fein, Feinberg, Gelles, Goldman, Hutkoff, Jarmulovsky, 

Kommel, Lunitz, Matlowsky, Rabiner, Rotenare 

the case identification code, which should be 

cited if you contact HIAS. 

berg, Weinstein and Zubrinsky. If you think you are Jasmine CHEN n6e STRAUSS born 1944 in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 

a descendant of these or other early members, call If her father Ignatz STRAUSS born 1905 in Gazma. [GLF/M] 

212/219-0888 or write to the Project at 83 Canal Alexander FUNDATOR, son of Boris & Braine n6e SHLEIFER, 

Street, New York, NY 10002. If relative Grigory RUBI n6 RUBINCHIK born Byelorussia. [88- 

3119] 

Schkoll & Heineberg families: Velbert, W. Germany Moisey & Sonya PINSON of USSR If relatives: Mendl 

The cultural affairs office of Velbert is trying to document 

the history of its former Jewish citizens and 

RASHKOVSKY son of Hersh; Dudl & Sonya SKLIREVSKY; 

families BUDNIK & BRUKMAN, all from Shpola, Russia, wct US 

1914. [GLF/P] 

is looking for members of these two families. Wolfgang 

"Mike" Schkoll was born 1936, the son of 

Jakob who died 1959 in Velbert, and emigrated to 

Ruvim NAIDUS, son of David of USSR, If relatives Abram, 

Yankel, Berl, Moishe NAIDUS, born in Bobruisk, Byelorussia. 

[795462] 

Indiana in 1955; as of 1966 he was living in Anderson, 

Indiana, had three daughters and worked as an 

Sofiya GALITSKAYA nde SHOR, daughter of Pinkhus, If her 

brother Froim SHOR, born 1910-12 in Berdichev, Russia, wct US 

1924. [81-1308] 

optician or optical technician. Ellen Hildegard Lev GOLDBERG born 1918 in Minsk If cousin Ralph 

Heineberg, born 1913, her brothers Helmut Walter KRASLAVSKY, son of Chenna. His brother is Zalt. [88-3163] 

born 1916 and Martin born 1920, and their mother 

Therese (nde Neuhoff), the widow of Paul, emigrated 

to the United States in the 1930s. Martin visited 

Velbert in 1945. Contact Wilifried Schmidt, City 

Timofey SHUB born 1936 in Minsk, son of Morduh & Ginda ne 

SHAPIRO, If his uncle Morris SHAPIRO, born 1923 in Minsk, 

son of Tzade and Mara. His son is Bernard. [88-4374] 

Khone GIMZHANSKI of USSR, son of Aaron, If GIMZHANSKI 

Administrator, Town of Velbert, Postfach 100920, 

D5620 West Germany; telephone 0 20 51 313-455; 

fax 313 599. 

family from Oshmyani, formerly Poland. [GLF/F] 

Misha ANTOKOLSKY of Grodno If ANTOKOLSKY family, born 

in Kalinkovichi, Byelorussia. [GLF/A] 

Haym GRINBAUM of Israel If sister Helena DERZAWICKA n~e 

GRINBAUM, born 1919 in Warsaw, Poland. [GLF/G] 


Dr. Croci H. ZIGU born 1942 in Romania If relative Faina Clare PARKER (HOCHHAUSER) of England If relatives Lili 

CHAIAT nde STERN, daughter of Alex & Fira. Her husband is and Gyorgy SPITZER of Yugoslavia, children of Sandor 

Baruch. [GLF/W] .. SPITZER. [GLF/P] 

Semyon SPEKTOR born in Uman, USSR if relative Am Adolf PAROL of Poland If friend Mendel GRINBLAT, son of 

MELMAN. [81-1882] Abram and Etta, w/ Israel. [GLF/P] 

Ludmilla IGELNIK, daughter of Benyum & Et GERSHVIN, If *Riva KHARMACH of USSR f cousins Aron and Yegouda (Yeher 

relative Shaya DERBAREMDIKER, born in Polonye, huda) KRUPAT, born in NY sons of Milton and Riva. [GLF/K 

Ukraine. His sister is Chana. [87-1122]. Georgi BINKOW of USSR If his father Aron BINKOW, born 

Oleg NOSKOV If his father Boris FAIROVICH, born 1915 in 1890 son of Izmail, husband of Zinaida BYKOVA. [GLF/B] 

Kiev, Russia. [76-1220] Marya FREYDMAN ne BARENBAUM of USSR If cousin Hona 

Ann LEVIN, daughter of Gregory, If her relatives Ginda & (Chona) DOLGER, born 1915 in NY, wil Chicago, IL. [GLFIF] 

Zalman GOROHOV, born in Glusk, Byelorussia. His wife is 

Beilke. [76-1890] 

Dora BRAIS born 1928 in USSR, daughter of Boris and Basya, 

Zinaida ZAYTSEVA 

If cousin Jack RAVIN of NY, son of Chaim, brother of Harry. 

If family of Moishe GOLD, born in Pinsk, UdyKETN neBR NE ofSRIfrltvChsa 

USSR. [88-1429] 

Lidiya KESTINA ne BRENNER of USSR If relative Chasya- 

Brukha EBERMAN ne BRENNER, daughter of Peisah, wil 

Boris FINOGENOV, son of Yakov & Esfir FABRICHKOVSKI, NYC. [GLF/K] 

If his relative Boris FABRICHKOVSKI, born in Dnepropetrovsk, Abram KLEBANOV of USSR, son of Solomon, If cousin Abbot 

Ukraine. His sister is Bertha. [87-1439] VOLFRON, born 1904 in USSR, wil NYC. [GLF/K] 

Tamara KHINKIS ne MORDKOVA, born 1938 in Berdichev, 

USSR If cousins Avrum & Ethel OLSHAN, born in Russia. [79- 

5487] 

Efrim Davidovich AFREMOV of USSR, son of David, If cousin 

Oertsl Eijevich AFREMOV wil NYC [GLF/A] 

Brukha ALEXANDROVSKAYA ne BASENKIS, daughter of" losif SHTOFMAKHER of USSR If relative Motl 

Leib & Basya, If her uncle Hersh KOYFMAN, son of Ester ROTIENBERG, born in USSR, wil Brooklyn. [89-1650] 

BASENKIS. He arrived US 1920s. [89-9289] Elena KORALENKO of China If relative Morris THASS, born 

Faina RUMSHISKI ne INGEL If relative Velvel BUCHMAN, 1913 in Russia, wil Shanghai, China. [GLF/K] 

born in Mozir, Byelorussia, wet US 1914. [GLF/G] Raisa SHAIKOVSKAYA nde MANGEIM of USSR If cousin 

Khaya NE5YTERMAN nde VAYMAN If relative Lev David MANLEIM, son of Mulya and Helen. [GLF/S] 

WASSERMAN, son of Moisey, born 1908 in Novograd-Volynsk, 

USSR. [88-916] 

Valentin GAVRIL born 1947, son of Luka and Sophia, If his 

great-uncle Meyer CONCE of Romania, born 1900, and descen- 

Ester KAMENETSKY ne KHUSID If uncle Joseph KHUSID wet dants. [89-1402) 

US 1925. His daughter is Ester. [89-1126] Garry CHOCKY, son of Edwin and Meyer, born 12/15/53 in 

Leya RAKHMILEVICH ne EPSHTAIN If relative Boris 

FRIDMAN, born 1914 in Gomel, Byelorussia. His sister is Feiga 

NYC, If his half-brother Gerry (or Bernard) CHOCKY, son of 

Edwin SHOCKY, born 1941 in Shanghai, China. [GLF/C] 

SHULMAN. [80-4928] Valentine LEGER born 1949 in Ukraine, son of Ichil, If. his cou- 

Yacov ROSENBOIM of USSR If relatives Suher, Haim & Moishe sin Chanum LEGER, about 53 years old, born in US, son of Ben 

ROISEN, children of Leibush & Chaya, wct US 1916-18.[GLF/R] and Feya. [88-4541] 

Mordehai KREITZER born 1914 in Stanislawow, Poland If rela- Rosa ROGOVAYA of USSR If cousin losif SHVARTZMAN, 

tive Morris STEIN, born in Bukovina, Romania. [GLF/K] born 1904-05 in Russia, son of David, father of Robert. [GLF/R] 

Moishe GRINBOIM born 1919 in Gorodok, Russia If uncle Louis ARONOVICH, now David MARKS, of England If his two 

Naftula SCOTINIANSKY, born in Gorodok. [79-8021] brothers, Monty and Wolfie MARKS. [GLF/M] 

-Jane KARLINSKY born 1951 in Moscow If relative Yankel Lidia ZALICHNSKAYA of USSR If cousin Arnold SROUG 

SOSNOVKSY, wife Riva WERNOVSKY. [79-5913] (SRUG/CHRUG), born 1916 in US, son of Yeshua and Semen. 

[GLF/ZI 

Roman KASIANSKI of USSR If relatives Tulia, Sheidl, Etia & 

Khuna KASIANSKI, born in Zhmerinka, Podolskaya Gub., Russia. Liubov LIFSHITZ of USSR If descendants of cousin Mikhail 

[GLF/K] LEVIN,oborn 1900 in Russia, son of Leyba. [L/EUR/84,941] 

Michail SHURMAN If children of Isaak SHURMAN, born near Kara TZVILING If relative LizaLea Itzkovna KHALIF nee 

Odessa, wct US 1913-16. [GLF/L] GLIZBERG of USSR, born 1909, mother of John, sister of Boris, 

losif, Moti. [GLF/T] 

David ROCHBLATT born 1953 in Israel If great-aunt Fenny 

KLEBANOV ne ROCHBLATr, born in Russia, daughter of Joseph PILMENSTEIN born 1931 in'USSR If cousin Mary 

Shlomo. [GLF/R] (Maria) NEWMAN/NEUMAN, daughter of Mac and Claire, of 

NYC [88-2891] 

Yossif SOGOLOVSKY of USSR, son of Gidal, If cousins Michael 

SOGOLOVSKY, his brothers Solomon, Gidal, Inah (Henry) Isaak Yur- BILYK of USSR If descendants of his aunts and uncles (Mr) 

and Basya, and sisters Maria and MIrra. [GLF/F] Chaya KOYFMAN born 1906, (Mr) Froim KOYFMAN born 

1897, (Mrs) Bela KOYFMAN born 1890 and (Mr) Malka 

Bruce LEVINSON (MEYERSON), son of Martin and Sylvia, If KOYFMAN born 1908, all of USSR. [GLF/B] 

his aunt Betty n&e DAVIS born 1923, daughter of Ina BALIN. Sarah DVORKIS of (Avremoul) KAGAN, 

[GLFiL] borh 1907 Ki or SRIf brother Avram mArm 

born 1907 in Russia, or his children. [GLD/D] 


NOTES FROM ALL OVER 

HIAS Oral History Project New York Public Library News 

The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) has The Research Libraries are now making available a 

commenced a project to record on audio tape and -range of information sources on CD-ROM (Compact 

then transcribe first person historic accounts of peo- Disk - Read Only Memory), a technology which 

ple, places and events in the past. According to The allows references to be searched quickly and effi- 

HIAS Reporter (Spring 1989), an initial series of ciently via computer. The compact disk, which is 

fifteen interviews, each two hours in length, was similar to CDs used for audio recordings, is capable 

approved last year, to serve as the nucleus of a per- of storing vast amounts of information. Using a 

manent Oral History Archive. The material will personal computer, it is possible to search the coneventually 

be made available to researchers, histori- tents of the disk for information - either references 

ans and writers, to articles or actual text - in far less time than it 

would take to do the same search in conventional 

Jewish Sound Recordings printed sources. 

A significant collection of Hebrew and Yiddish 78- Many of the CD-ROM sources available for searchrpm 

disc recordings was recently donated to the ing in The Research Libraries are derived from 

Library of Congress. The discs are outstanding ex- printed sources that may be familiar to researchers. 

amples of Jewish ethnic recordings: sentimental These include Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, 

songs, comedy monologues, comic songs and sacred Biography Index and Dissertation Abstracts. Other 

selections. They were collected by Max Tager, who sources, such as the General Periodicals Index and 

hosted a Yiddish-language radio program in Hart- Newspaper Abstracts, have no printed equivalent and 

ford, CT, from the mid-1930s to 1955. The Tager are available only on CD-ROM.. CD-ROM sources 

Collection joins many other important collections of are found in several areas of the Library, including 

ethnic radio broadcasts and 78-rpm discs held by the the Main Reading Room, Science and Technology 

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting Research Center, Economic and Public Affairs Diviand 

Recorded Sound Division and the Archive of sion, Map Division and Current Periodicals Division. 

Folk Culture. The Library's newly modernized Jewish Division will 

YIVO will preserve Yiddish radio broadcasts that 

have not been heard for a half-century, thanks to a 

$22,000 grant from the New York State Program for 

the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research 

Materials. These programs, originally heard 

in New York on stations WEVD, WHN, WBBC and 

WMCA, were recorded live on vinyl, acetate and 

be the recipient later this year of a. donation of 

2,000 oral histories, both taped and transcribed, 

collected over the past 20 years as part of the Amer- 

ican Jewish Committee Oral History Library. The 

interviews include biographical memoirs of promi- 

nent American Jews, and special collections of memoirs 

arranged according to theme. The collection 

glass discs for studio use., The 452 disc sides that 

will be preserved were saved by New York television 

personality Joe Franklin and donated to YIVO in 

1988. Hen ry Sapoznik,. the director of YIVO's Max 

and Frieda Weinstein Archive of Sound Recordings, 

remarked in the Spring 1990 issue of YIVO News: 

"This is by far the single largest collection of American 

Jewish radio programming available anywhere, 

including the Library of Congress." 

contains interviews from communities throughout the 

United States, although much of the material centers 

on New York. 

The U.S. History, Local History and Genealo Divi- 

sio will bcsed on Thsdays n Junea,. y in 

sion will be closed on Thursdays in June, July and 

August. Thursday hours resume in September. 

During the summer, the Division will be open Mon- 

day, 

and 

Wednesday, Friday 

on 

and 

Tuesday 

Saturday from 10 to 6, 

from 10 to 9. 

National Archives News 

As of April 15, the National Archives in Washington 

Cats in Queens 

converted to a new telephone system which changed 

all numbers in the main National ArchiVes Building 

Not the feline variety, but a CD-ROM catalog sys- 

tem called "The Quick Cat" installed at all 61 branon 

Pennsylvania Avenue. Note that the new number 

for reference services is 202/501-5400 and the new 

number for general information is 202/501-5500. 

ches of the Queens Borough Public Library last Fall. 

The system replaces all of the microfilm catalogs in 

use since 1983. According to the Fall 1989 issue of 

The number for genealogy workshops, 202/724-0457, Library Matters, all the information on the Library's 

remains the same. six million volumes will be stored on two 5-inch 


compact disks and easily available through a com- the manuscripts of Yiddish authors, were discovered 

bination of on-screen instructions, audio messages, in the Central State Archives in Vilna, according to 

sound effects and graphics. YIVO Executive Director Samuel Norich. In March 

1989, YIVO staff found approximately 40,000 pages 

of YIVO archival material at the Lithuanian Book 

Sephardic Life Programs at Jewish Museum Chamber in Vilna. 

The Jewish Museum in New York is presenting "In 

the Court of the Sultan: Sephardi Jews of the Otto- Suwalk-Lomza Special Interest Group 

man Empire" from April 1 through July 1990. 

Based on extensive field work with families of Turk- Marlene Silverman of Washington, DC is establishish 

origin conducted by the Israel Museum in Jerusa- ing a special interest group for people researching 

lem, this exhibition extends from the mid-19th cen- families from 19th century Suwalki gubernia (northtury 

to the 1920s. It focuses on the major Jewish east corner of Poland and part of Lithuania) and the 4 

communities of the Empire--Istanbul, Izmir, Salonica northeast section of 19th century Lomza gubernia. 

and Rhodes--and includes objects from smaller and An initial membership of about 100 is projected, 

more peripheral communities in the Balkans and based on early responses, and plans are for quarterly 

Palestine. publications of about 50 pages each, with 20 pages 

reserved for "networking" and the balance consisting 

Lists of Russian Emigrants at YIVO 

The Y. Borenstein - L. Eisenberg Collection on 

mainly of documentary material not disseminated 

elsewhere or culled from existing sources (such as 

extracts from pre-1826 Polish records). The quarter- 

Migration in the YIVO Archives (also known as the lies will also highlight new resources and research 

Alliance Israelite Universelle collection) contains a 

hidden treasure lode of information on Russian emidevelopments, 

share experiences of members in ob- 

taining information from various archives, provide 

gration from the Ukraine, primarily in the 1880s. 

Thousands of names of Jews departing from Brody, 

historical items and some genealogical charts. A 

great deal of initial enthusiasm has been expressed 

Hamburg and elsewhere and originating from towns and much material already collected. An annual 

such as Odessa, Tiraspol, Elizabethgrad, Kiev, Zyto- membership fee of $22.00 to cover publication, mailmir 

in 1881 and 1882 are found in folders 44 

through 48, while folder 49 contains lists of emiing 

etc. has been set, with a one-time "trial" mem- 

bership of $5.50 for the first report as an option. 

grants traveling via the National Steamship Co. of Contact Marlene at 3701 Connecticut Ave. NW, Apt. 

Antwerp and coming from Radzwillow, Odessa, Kiev, 228, Washington, DC 20008. 

Rowno, Elizabethgrad and vicinity in 1881. Folder 

75 contains extensive lists of emigrants from Russia 

and Rumania in the 1890s, most without showing 

Nebraska Genealogical Resource 

place of origin; however, a list of about 1200 names The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society has been 

in the back of this folder gives place of birth and 

includes Jews from Hungary and Galicia as well as 

accumulating a large collection of material, much of 

which is of interest to people looking for family 

a few from Warsaw, Vilna and other locations, members who lived in Nebraska. Naturalization 

Other folders in this collection include lists of Rus- papers, photographs, Yahrzeit books, family trees 

sian Jews arriving in Algeria, Cairo, Constantinople, and other genealogical documents were contributed 

Marseilles and other cities; a list of 315 emigrants to 

New York and elsewhere leaving Koenigsberg from 

in the past year for families such as Fine, Holzman, 

Livingston, Pill, Polsky, Sherman, Yosselson and 

December, 1869 to March, 1870; and a list of 46 others. Contact the Society at 333 South 132nd 

immigrants to Kiev and Galveston in 1911. Street, Omaha, NE 68154; 402/334-8200 ext. 277. 

YIVO: Vilna Conference Delayed; Archives Found New Address for British Vital Records 

The international conference and Jewish cultural Several sources have reported that orders for Birth 

festival originally planned for this August in Vilnius, and Death records being sent to St. Catherine's 

Lithuania, and described in the previous issue of House in London should now be sent to General 

Dorot, has been deferred until next year due to the Register Office, Postal Applications Section, Smedly 

uncertainties of the present political environment in Hydro, Trafalgar Road, Birkdale South, PR8 2HH, 

Lithuania. Meanwhile, in January, 16,000 folders of England. Fees are now 12 British pounds (6 of 

Jewish archival material containing records from which are returned if the record cannot be found). 0 

Lithuanian yeshivas, schools and credit unions, and 


Sending Money to Britain Holocaust Records in Poland 

Although most banks charge a large processing fee In the April 20, 1990 issue of The Jewish Week (New 

to send funds to Britain, Ruesch International, a York), JGS Executive Council member Miriam 

Swiss bank in Washington, will send you a check in Weiner describes the extensive records available at 

pounds sterling for $2 per U.S. check regardless of Auschwitz and Majdanek. At the Auschwitz musethe 

amount. Call their toll-free number to tell them um, there are files with an estimated 1.5 million-plus 

how many pounds you want to send and to whom. index cards, each representing documents in the 

They'll advise you the cost in dollars which you then Auschwitz archives. Miriam found cards referring to 

send plus $2 fee. Ruesch may be reached at 1140 family members of fellow JGS Executive Council 

19th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036; 800/424-2923. member Gary Mokotoff; the documents mailed about 

three months later contained detailed biographical 

Alsace Tidbits 

information on these people. The Auschwitz archive 

personnel will search their records and send copies 

An auction of Hebraica and Judaica on Sunday, June of any documents found without charge, upon re- 

24, at Swann Galleries in New York, will include a ceipt of a completed inquiry form. Write to Panst- 

Record Book of the Women's Burial Society of Al- wowe Muzeum, 32-603 Oswiecim, Poland. 

sace for the year 1824. An illustrated catalogue for At Majdanek, records document more than 300,000 

this auction may be obtained for $15 from Swann, people who perished there. Included are a file of 

104 E. 25 St., New York, NY 10010. 100,000 cards found after the war in a clothing 

"Rural Synagogues in the Lower Alsace: Problems storeroom, which list names, place and date of birth, 

and Lessons in the Preservation of a Memory" was nationality and occupation, and date of death, aldiscussed 

by Professor Gilbert Weil in February though some are incomplete. Copies of documents 

before a meeting of the International Survey of JeW- are provided to family members who request them. 

ish Monuments (ISJM) in New York. Professor Write to Krystyna Madalowa, Panstwowega Muzeum 

Weil is a practicing architect who teaches at the at Majdanek, Droga Mexcennikow Majdanka 67, 20- 

University of Aix-Marseilles, France. A member of 325 Lublin, Poland. 

the community of Bouxwiller, he has succeeded in 

restoring that town's synagogue to serve both as a Holocaust Photo Archive 

local Jewish museum and a sanctuary. For informa- The Simon Wiesenthal Center is developing a comtion 

about ISJM, write to Univ. of Illinois, Art & teiSimonrWisenthalpCtris developn ahoin- 

Design, 408 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820. puterized archive of photographs of those who perished 

in or survived the Holocaust. The photos and 

accompanying questionnaires will become part of the 

Holocaust Survivor Data Center's new Beit Hashoab - Museum of Tolerance. 

The first volume of the National Registry of Jewish Further information on this project is available from 

Holocaust Survivors has been issued by the American Adaire Klein, Coordinator of Library and Archival 

Gathering/Federation of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. Services, Simon Wiesenthal Center, 9760 West Pico 

This limited-edition publication includes 28,000 of Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035; 213/553-9036. 

the already collected 65,000 names of survivors living The Very First American Jewish Family? 

in the United States and Canada. In order to ensure 

privacy, the book does not include the addresses Reporting on an article in Southern Exposure magaof 

the survivors. It does cite their names, both be- zine, the February 1989 issue of Technology Review 

fore and after the Holocaust; any Aryan aliases they reports that a small tombstone found in a Tennessee 

may have used during the war; maiden names; birth- Indian burial ground in 1889, long thought to be a 

places; and residences during the war, whether in Cherokee artifact, was identified in 1971 by Semitic 

concentration camps or ghettos. It is expected cop- language expert Cyrus Gordon to have an inscription 

ies of the book will be distributed later this year to in ancient Hebrew that reads "a comet for the Jews." 

major public libraries, Jewish community centers, The relic has now been dated with accelerator mass 

museums, universities and Holocaust remembrance spectrometry and shown to be 12 to 19 centuries 

institutions. It will not be marketed commercially. old. J. Huston McCulloch of the Institute for the 

Study of American Cultures in Columbus, Georgia 

theorizes that Jews fleeing a naval defeat, perhaps 

during the war with Rome between 66 and 70, set 

out across the Atlantic and carried the tablet to this 

continent. 


ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE USSR 

Oriental Research Partners, a publisher of Russian- be required to renew your visa after 30 days. You 

language materials, is engaged in a joint venture to have two major options: One is to rent a room in 

provide inexpensive but decent lodging in the Soviet a flat (your own room; shared bath, breakfast provid- 

Union. In conjunction with a Moscow travel firm, ed) for $50 a day, $70 for two people. Or you can 

they are offering accommodations in private flats in rent a complete flat for you or your family at a 

Moscow and other Soviet cities. ORP's April an- charge of $100 per day. 

nouncement states: "ORP will help you in this early stage of rental and 

"We are associated with an American living in Mos- will advise on all visa requirements and travel opcow 

who works for Perestroika Travel, a Soviet firm tions. Upon deciding when you wish to travel to 

associated with Sputnik. This firm has numerous Moscow, Perestroika Travel will send you an invitaflats 

available for rent. Almost all are in Moscow tion which you will then attach to your visa applicaalthough 

there are plans for Leningrad and Tash- tion and send to Washington or San Francisco for 

kent. The apartments have all been vetted. They your Soviet visa. You should also make your own 

are clean and near transport and are almost all with- flight plans, although we can help you here as well 

in the inner belt of Moscow. All you do is inform with suggestions. ORP's compensation is a small 

us of when you are arriving and we will assure you commission paid by Perestroika Travel. 

of the flat: the exact address, telephone number and "Our contact in Moscow is Lisa Christie. She is 

owner's name. When you arrive at the airport, you very helpful, speaks Russian and is a growing fund 

should take a taxi to the address. Alternatively, of knowledge about the city and events." 

Perestroika Travel will meet/greet you on your arrival 

and take you to your flat although there is a For more information, contact Oriental Research 

small hard-currency charge of $25 for this service. Partners, P. 0. Box 158, Newtonville, MA 02160- 

"You may stay as long as you wish though you may 0158; 617/964-2818. 

GERMAN AND POLISH RESEARCH SOURCES 

Edward Salier reports in the Winter 1989 issue of house numbers in the 1911 and 1917 directories. 

Roots-Key (JGS-Los Angeles) on his successful corre- The films are cataloged under "Poland-Directories", 

spondence with the Staatsarchiv in Hamburg, West Deutsches Reichs-Adressbuch fier Industrie, Geverbe 

Germany. He wrote in English, stating he was re- und Handel and comprise 51 rolls. The film numsearching 

the history of his Jewish ancestors, and bers by years are: 

providing names and dates which he had available. 1898: 476602 through 476606 

In reply, the archive forwarded information and doc- 1905: 476607 through 476612 

uments, including birth, marriage and death records 1911: 476612 through 476618 

between 1813 and 1857. The records included infor- 1915/17: 476618 through 476621 

mation on parents' names and place of birth, as well 1926: 476621 through 476625 

as a file card which turned out to refer to an 1805 and 478338 through 478341 

marriage record. This information came from the 1933: 477985 through 478802 

registers of the Jewish Community of Hamburg, 1935/38: 478342 through 468345 

which date back to 1769 and are kept by the State 1939: 476626 and 477211 

Archive. The address of the Staatsarchiv is ABC The Family History Library also has films of Ger- 

Strasse 19, 2000 Hamburg, West Germany. man telephone directories from 1937 to 1942 that 

Michael Brenner, JGS President, discovered that the cover parts of Poland and Austria. 

LDS Family History Library has a series of micro- Carol Davidson Baird reports in the Winter 1990 

films of business directories of the Imperial German newsletter of the San Diego JGS on her visit last 

Empire, including parts of Austria and Poland. The summer with her mother to her mother's birthplace 

directories span the years 1898 through 1939; of Oppeln, Upper Silesia, Germany, now called Opthrough 

1911 they include the Prussian provinces ole, Slaskie, Poland, a town located between Wrocwhich 

reverted to Poland after 1921. The directories law (formerly Breslau) and Krakow. A local resident 

are arranged by German state, and within each state led them to the cemetery, now maintained once a 3 

alphabetically by city and town. Many of the entries year on All Saint's Day (November 1st) by the 

are of Jewish business people, and they include townspeople. They found many readable stones, and 


their guide offered to try to find a list of the burials, more than a day or two there, with the police de- 

After their return, her parents wrote letters to their partment. The information in these records typical!y 

guide and included a five dollar bill, while Carol includes name, date of birth or age, place of birth, 

sent a Christmas card thanking her again for her occupation or status, former residence, and physical 

help. This January, they received a large envelope description. There are two main groups of these 

with a letter in German and Polish and 24 photo- records. One is applications for passports to Amergraphed 

pages from a 200-page album on the history ica and other locations for both citizens and nonof 

Opole found in the city museum. The pages residents of Hamburg, from 1852 to 1929. These are 

contain a diagram of the cemetery with a legend indexed at the back of each volume until 1897, and 

describing the sections, and 22 pages of names or then in one cumulative index for 1897 to 1929. This 

comments on each of the 778 tombstones. Most group of records is listed in the catalog under "Gerentries 

gave the name (sometimes including the He- many, Hamburg - Emigration and Immigration." 

brew and/or maiden name) and date of death. The The second group is registers of non-citizen workers 

burials ranged from 1821 to 1940. Carol will check from 1834 to 1890. Many of these workers regisfor 

a particular name, or for $5.00 will copy the tered in the year they arrived, and then each time 

complete set. Write her at 255 South Rios Avenue, they moved. These registers are all indexed, some 

Solana Beach, CA 92075. individually by year, others cumulatively. The micro- 

The LDS Family History Library has 941 microfilms film numbers for this group of records are listed in 

that list individuals who were not citizens of Ham- the catalog under "Germany, Hamburg, Hamburg - 

burg but were required to register, if they spent Occupations. 

LDS FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY NEWS 

The LDS (Mormon) Family History Center in New genealogical and local history periodicals published 

York is now open on Saturdays from 1 to 5:30 PM, by the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, 

in addition to Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fri- Indiana. It indexes 1700 English and French langday 

from 1 to 8 PM. Microfilm orders are being uage genealogical periodicals with entries for subject 

received in as little as ten days to two weeks after access to about 500,000 articles, and includes separthe 

order is placed in many cases; potential research- ate indexes to articles on families and localities. It 

ers should prepare to allot their time accordingly. does not, however, index names within articles, quer- 

The center, as reported in the Summer 1989 issue of ies, book reviews, family trees or charts; and does 

Dorot, is located on the second floor of 2 Lincoln not include family surname magazines or newsletters. 

Square, 125 Columbus Avenue (northeast corner of PERSI has a retrospective index covering articles in 

65th Street); the phone number is 212/873-1690. about 200 of the most popular genealogical periodi- 

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has 

now cataloged and made available nearly all of the 

vital records from New York City that can also be 

cals from 1847 through 1985, and annual indexes for 

1986 to date. 

Major microfilming projects in 1989 involving milfound 

at the Municipal Archives on Chambers lions of new pages of documents from each country 

Street. These can, of course, be ordered for use at were completed in Britain, Spain, the Netherlands, 

any branch Family History Center. Each group of France and both Germanys, among other places. In 

records comprises a large number of films, so it is addition, over 800,000 pages were filmed in Poland 

important to limit the range of dates/years being and 400,000 in South Africa. 

searched before ordering. The index collections Those of our readers new to the Family History 

include the bride and groom card indexes that were Library as a genealogical source who plan to use the 

kept in the City Clerk's offices. Marriage records Los Angeles Family History Center during the conand 

indexes are still 

LDS 

being 

vinuJunesorrorderrfilms 

acquired and processed. 

LDS volunteers are currently indexing Manhattan 

and Brooklyn birth records through 1885 and marference 

in June, or order films here 

herexingNewnYotk, 

in New York, 

should keep in mind that the vast scope of the col- 

lections requires advance preparation to profit from 

riage records through 1895 for inclusion in future this "ultimate" source without much squandering of 

editions of the International Genealogical Index, time (and microfilm fees!). It is important to first 

A microfiche edition of a new research tool, the learn all you can about your family from living rela- 

PERiodical Source Index (known as PERSI), is being tives, cemeteries and local records, family documents 

distributed to all Family History Centers. PERSI is and the like; organize, record and chart this informaa 

comprehensive place, subject and surname index to tion to both be able to easily reference it and identi- 


fy where information is missing; learn about record to research everyone with your family name from a 

formats and record keeping; and most important of given town or area, or even all the Jewish families 

all, identify the places and dates accurately that de- from your ancestral towns - some of us have done it 

fine your ancestors. - but you must be prepared to have infinite time, 

The Family History Library has copies of original patience and perseverance. 

documents, most dating from between roughly 1500 Note too that original documents are usually written 

and 1910, on over 1.6 million microfilms. Whether in the language of the country where they were creyou 

are using census records, looking up vital rec- ated, and often using older cursive styles of writing 

ords from Poland or Britain or this country, or look- and language idioms from the 19th or 18th century 

ing in the Hamburg Passenger Lists and Police regis- that may not be found in modern dictionaries. It is 

ters (see articles earlier in this issue), you must be not necessary to know the language, but it is importable 

to link the information you have with your ant to know key terms, numbers and so on, and 

ancestors who lived during the time period you are several good guides are available to that end. Even 

researching and identify the places they lived, when armed with such linguistic aids, remember that many 

they lived there and their approximate ages. Most of the records are handwritten, in chronological 

record collections both at the Family History Library rather than alphabetical order, and not always inas 

well as at any other archive are organized by dexed, so allow plenty of time at the library to 

place and/or chronologically. Of course it is possible search these records carefully. 

THANK YOU 

The JGS wishes to acknowledge with gratitude the following people who have contributed above their basic 

membership for 1990, thus joining in the following categories- 

Patrons ($100 or more): Linda Cantor Arthur Golfiick David Joel Priever 

Wendy & Allen M. Epstein Sandra Q. Cohen Katherine & George Harris Steven Rauch 

Martin G. -Isserlis Martin Cohn Louise Hipsh Sandra Robbins 

Gwynn Russler *Jeffrey Cymbler Susannah R. Juni Morton Jessup Rose 

Margaret DeMent David Kleiman Aaron Rosenberg, 

Supporting ($50 or more): Marsha Saron Dennis Jean Korn Dan Rottenberg 

David V. Habif, Jr. Jerome Dowling Mrs. Calvin Kramer -Sara Fine Rubenstein 

Claus W. Hirsch Diane Dreyfus Gladys & Sol Krongelb Caroline Ruda 

Benson M. Lazarus Joan Durham" Ann Lowen Doug Seidman 

Henry Soloway Marcia Eisenberg Judith Mahler Steven W. Siegel 

Samuel Elpern Paul & Gertrude Meistrich Senta Simon 

Sustaining ($25 or more): Lillian, Faffer Gary Mokotoff Renee Steinig 

Mark Adams Naomi Bard Feller Arthur Mostel Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern 

Jordan Auslander Rosalind Frey Gertrude Singer Ogushwitz Lewis Tischler 

Zachary Baker Alex E. Friedlander Benjamin Okner Ted Weinstein 

Stanley Batkin Robert Friedman Gary Papush Vivian Zelvin 

Warren Blatt Elaine Gluck Albert Phiebig Jane Zweifler 

Bernice Brandmark Ira & Malka Goldberg Eileen Polakoff 

Michael Brenner Raymond Goldberg Nancy Polevoy 

NEW BOOKS, MAPS ETC. 

An illustrated guide to Jewish history and places of Kerry M. Olitzky, editor. We Are Leaving Mother 

interest in Yugoslavia has been published by the Russia: Chapters in the Russian-Jewish Experience. 

Yugoslav National Tourist Office and JAT (Yugoslav American Jewish Archives, 1990. 75 pp., paperback. 

National Airlines). The publication focuses on Bel- $9.95. A collection of lectures presented at the New 

grade, Zagreb and Sarajevo, -the.country's three larg- York School of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Instiest 

Jewish communities. There is also information tute of Religion during the 1988-89 academic year. 

on Dubrovnik, Split, Skopje and other localities. The lectures evaluate the state of Russian Jewry and 

Copies are available, free of charge, from the Yugo- its travels to America, past, present and future. Of 

slav National Tourist Office, 630 Fifth Ave., New special interest to family historians are Pamela S. 

York, NY 10111; 212/459-0130. Nadell's "En Route to the Promised Land," which 

discusses preparations for the journey to the New 

World and the journey itself, and Hannah Kliger's 


essay on landsmanshaftn in the United States and is privately owned with no government affiliation, 

Israel. Order from the publisher at 3101 Clifton and stocks more than 1400 titles on espionage. 

Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45220. Titles such as How to Find Anyone Anywhere and 

The following expands on the previous references to How to Create a New Identity are among the items 

this book in the two past issues of Dorot: 

found here. 

Mikhail Beiser. The Jews of St Petersburg Excur- A catalog of CLA Maps and Publications Released to 

sions Through a Noble Past. Jewish Publication Soci- the Public is available free from the Central Intelliety, 

1989. 328 pp. $25.00 plus $3.00 shipping. gence Agency, Public Affairs Office, Washington, DC 

Edited, with an introduction and maps by Martin 20505. As reported in the newsletter of the JGS of 

Gilbert. Nearly everything you could want to know 

about the Jews of St. Petersburg is contained in this 

Long Island, offerings include directories of Soviet 

bloc officials, maps of Central and Eastern Europe 

most unusual volume by the editor of the illegal and the Soviet Union, and a street atlas of Moscow. 

Jewish Almanac of Leningrad. Part One, "Excursions A variety of reprints of original 18th- and 19th-centhrough 

the past," comprises six detailed walking 

tours of this city's rich Jewish history, illustrated by 

tury antique maps useful to genealogical researchers 

are offered by Jonathan Sheppard Books. These 

nine street maps and numerous photos. Part Two, are ffered b y 24", blard whitee 

"Personalities," includes biographies of three St. Petersburg 

residents, ersbrg SmonDubnw, Simon esient, Dubnow, Yechiel echel Ravrebbe avrbbe maps ductions are on typically high-quality 18" by 24, parchment-like black and white paper, repro- 

thus may not include the same level of detail 

and 

as 

and Marc Chagall, and short biographical sketches of smaller scale maps (see below). Maps in the Shep- 

124 Jewish personalities mentioned in Part One. 

Part Three, "Publications and Institutions," includes 

Periodicals, Collections and Encyclopedias; Book 

Publishers, Depositories and Shops; Societies and 

Organizations; ,Religious Institutions; Educational 

Establishments; 

Ca uos; duatnd Lfrom 

Museums, Theaters, Clubs1829 

raries; Jewish Restaurants, Dining Rooms and Shops; 

Works by Jewish Artists in the Russian Museum 

sar ca le maps o the heppard 

catalog include 1845 maps of the Rhine valley 

and of the Baltic States (showing the region from 

Danzig and Moscow to Crakow and Kiev), 1875 

maps of the Austrian Empire and the Balkans, maps 

the 1840s of Northeast Germany and Prussia, 

and 1832 maps of the Duchyof Holstein (in- 

cluding Hamburg) and the Kingdom of Hannover, 

and maps from the 1790s of Hesse Darmstadt and 

(Russky Muzey); Bibliography; Gazetteer of Street the Electorate of Bavaria. Various United States 

Names. St.,maps Order from the publisher at 1930 Chestnut the Electate of states and o localities aia. aro are also Unit available. ates 

Most maps are $5.50, plus a $2.00 shipping charge 

The National Archives Microfilm Rental program, for orders totalling less than $10.00. Contact Jonaadministered 

through a contract with Professional than Sheppard Books, P. 0. Box 2020, ESP Station, 

Mail and Distribution Services, Inc., permits micro- Albany, NY 12220. 

films of census records to be ordered directly by 

individuals, or through more than 6000 local libraries 

across the country. The cost ranges from $3.00 

per 

per 

arolsfo 

roll for 

the 

the 

firtcoutry. 

first four 

reollsto 

rolls, to 

$2ngesf.00 

$2.00 pextensive 

per roll for 

Topographic maps from middle Europe are available 

from Genealogy Unlimited, Inc. These include an 

trict] maps series for areas of 1871 now German in East Empire Germany Kreis and [DisPoorders of 10 or more rolls (a shipping fee of $3.00 

is waived for orders of 4 br more rolls). Most orland 

trc at mapsae a map scale ow of 1:100,000, in E ase based on an topopo- graphic surveys of the 1890s and revised in the 1930s 

ders are filled on the day of receipt, and can be kept to reflect changes in the transportation systems. A 

for 30 days, with extensions possible. An optional related series of even more detailed maps on a scale 

start-up kit includes the catalogs listing the films for of even mre detail m s on le 

the 1790-1890, 1900 and 1910 censuses, two free of 1:25,000 shows detail 16 times greater than the 

rentals, and other benefits. Advance rental orders larger scale series - there are 30 of the finer scale 

for the 1920 census will be accepted starting Septem- maps for each of the larger units. Also available is 

ber 

the 

1, 

National 

1991 for 

Archives 

shipping 

releases 

in March 

the 

of 1992 

1920 

(assuming 

census as 

promised at that time). Write to National Archives 

a 

to 

265-map 

1937 covering 

series of 

part 

1:200,000 

of Poland, 

scale maps 

Czechoslovakia, 

from 1910 

Galicia and the Ukraine, western USSR, Austria, 

Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia. Map 

Census Microfilm Rental Program, P. 0. Box 30, 

Annapolis Junction, MD 20701; 301/604-3699. 

grids are necessary to identify which maps to order, 

and can be obtained by sending a SASE; individual 

A new bookstore of possible interest to genealogists maps cost from $6.00 to $10.00, depending on the 

(as well as spies and role-playing game enthusiasts) series, plus $2.50 shipping. Order from Genealogy 

is the National Intelligence Book Center, Commerce Unlimited, Inc., 789 South Buffalo Grove Road, 

Building, 1700 K Street NW, 6th floor, Washington, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-3607; 800/666-4363. 

DC. The store, open 10-6 Monday through Friday, 


Volume 10 of Germans to America: Lists of Passen- in the 1890s. The period 1856-1865 is expected to 

gers Arriving at U.S. Ports will be available in June be completed by 1991.- Individual volumes sell for 

1990. This volume includes arrivals from January to $75 each. Order from Scholarly Resources, Inc., 104 

April 1856. Previous volumes covered the years Greenhill Ave., Wilmington, DE 19805-1897; 

1850 to 1855. The editors, Ira A. Glazier and P. 800/772-8937. More details on this publication may 

William Filby, will continue the series into arrivals be found in a review in the Fall 1988 Dorot. 

JGS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS 

Laurie Coplin Grosse Pointe, MI Carl A. Meyer Juneau, AK 

Jon G. Eidelson Santa Barbara, CA Robert Cusick Noble Philadelphia, PA 

Jennifer L. Falk New York, NY Jennifer Panagiotopoulos Bronx, NY 

Gladys Fields New York, NY Daniel L. Peletz Santa Rosa, CA 

Mel Friedman Tatamy, PA Mark Pollak Baltimore, MD 

David Goldman Brooklyn, NY Yigal Rechtman Brooklyn, NY 

Jeffrey M. Goldman Paramus, NJ Karen Trager Rossel Dallas, TX 

Dr; George M. Goodwin Providence, RI Bobbi Saden Los Angeles, CA 

Arthur Gordon Jamaica, NY Michael P. Schoenfeld Dix Hills, NY 

David V. Habif, Jr. Tenafly, NJ Scott D. Seligman Hong Kong 

Lynda Handman-Miserocchi Austin, TX Mildred Hecht Siegel Poughkeepsie, NY 

Diane Kammerman Valley Cottage, NY Eli Simon Q. Tivon, Israel 

Jacob & Harriet Kaplan Forest Hills, NY Morris Spector Hamden, CT 

Robert M. Kern Yonkers, NY Sheppard Wahnon New York, NY 

Barbara D. Khait Somerset, NJ Dr. Herman J. Weinreb New York, NY 

Blanche Langer Bayside, NY Lewis I. Wolf Brooklyn, NY 

Dr. Leslie Malkin San Jose, CA Carol Zwick New York, NY 

BOOK UPDATE 

More than 2500 copies of Genealogical Resources in The Spring 1990 issue of the Genealogical Society of 

the New York Metropolitan Area have been sold since 

Spring 1989. Now in its second printing, the much- 

New Jersey Newsletter includes a review which says, in 

part: "This is an extensive guide to using genealogipraised 

work, edited by Estelle M. Guzik, continues cal research facilities in and around New York 

to garner compliments from librarians and reviewers. City....The publisher is to be applauded for produc- 

Genealogical Resources has been selected by a committee 

of librarians at The New York Public Library 

as "one of the outstanding reference books of the 

past year." The committee selected some 25 to 30 

titles which it considered to be the most valuable 

additions to the collections of The Branch Libraries. 

In late April, the committee presented the selected 

titles at a Library-wide program for adult/reference 

librarians and did a book-talk about each volume. 

Choice, a publication of the Association of College 

ing this guide; it will be of great value especially to 

genealogists from outside this area who are planning 

research trips to the New York vicinity. Unfortun- 

ately, the scope of the volume is not as wide as the 

title suggests. For example, no mention is made of 

Special Collections and Archives at Rutgers University, 

which holds one of the strongest New Jersey 

genealogy and local history book collections in the 

state, invaluable manuscript resources, and the collections 

of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey." 

And American Reference Books Annual 1990 conand 

Research Libraries, reported on Genealogical 

Resources in its March 1990 issue. The reviewer, R. 

F. Benthuysen of Monmouth College (NJ), said, 

"Those planning to undertake genealogical research 

in the New York metropolitan area will find this a 

cluded its review of Genealogical Resources with 

ly-ed ireloia urce ant 

"This attractively-produced directory is a unique and 

outstanding reference source for both amateur and 

potsing rfeneou 

professional genealogists. 

otm u 

useful guide...Recommended for all libraries supporting 

genealogical research, even those outside the 

You still haven't purchased a copy? Just send us a 

check for $24.95 plus $3.50 for shipping (New York 

New York metropolitan area." State residents add appropriate sales tax). Mail to 

JGS, P. 0. Box 6398, New York, NY 10128.

0 - Jewish Genealogical Society

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?