Qh. K&ey anwned ;tha;t Ithe magazine'n JwAh The Sassoons, famous leaders of the Jewish In the pedigree as he gives it back to the Avignon and Arles, who later moved to Aleppo, headmkip woad be &uni.Liah w& ;the 3whh nu- community in Bombay, originally from Baghdad, Ibn Jachija family, there are chronological dif- Syria and to Egypt. The Christian French family menda;tuhe he mevuXunn. 2 have, Rhexe@xe, also claim to be heirs of the Exilarchs, but I ficulties which throw some doubt on the claim. of Levi-Mirepoix also claim a Davidic descent ;taken ;the. fibe~Ly0a editing in explanatohy have not seen their pedigree carried back before However, he goes on to give an essentially accu- and if there is any truth to the claim, they phnaeh wkich 7 &&5t WUhdp headm ~6 dee the 16th century. Apparently an Italian Sason rate pedigree of the Ibn Yahya family and then probably descend from a converted member of the bachghuunck .to place kin xe&henca. -- MHS claimed descent from Shephatiah, son of King Da- to show how they were descended from the heredi- Narbonne family. I would be very interested to vid, whom .mediaeval tradition makes the ancestor tary heads of the Sanhedrin in Tiberias, thence see a purported complete pedigree for them. The rabbinic dynasties had, in Judaism, the of Hillel and other early rabbis. Whether this through the Exilarchs back to King David. This Zuckerman, whose studies are based on rab- kind of prestige which in other cultures is at- purported Davidic Sason is an ancestor of the pedigree is either an essentially valid tradi- binic records, maintains that Makhir, of Nar- tached to royal families. However, ancient Is- later Sassoons is uncertain. Neither do I know tion or it is the most clever genealogical for- bonne, played a major political role in early rael had a real royal house, the kingly family the basis, if any, for the claim that the Sas- gery I have ever seen (and I have seen many); French history and was identical both with the established by David, son of Jesse at about 1000 soons derive from the Ibn Shoshan (Bensusan) but, in my opinion, its validity can only be deposed Babylonian Exi larch of Davidic descent, B.C.E. Throughout the Middle Ages it was widely family, of Toledo, Spain, who were accepted as granted if the Charlap claim of descent from Ibn Natronai ben Habibai (or Haninai) and with Duke believed that the Jewish "heads of the Exile" or being of Davidic descent by the llth or 12th Yabya is also granted, for this is the only Theuderic, father of Saint William (or Gellone), Exilarchs in Babylon were the lineal heirs of centuries C.E. I have not seen any connected plausible way in which the Charlap family could Duke of Toulouse. Initially, when I read these King David and that a considerable number of pedigree of this family, but am attempting to have obtained a valid pedigree. Hence I am very startling claims they seemed to me so unlikely other families shared that male line descent. find one. anxious to obtain documentary evidence relating and based on evidence that was both so compli- Scholars disagree as to the possible validity of An important Marrano family fled the Portu- to the Charlap family in Poland. cated and so weak, that I was tempted to reject such claims, but it seems clear that no pedigree guese Inquisition, settling first in Ferrara, I originally copied the Charlap pedigree them out of hand. Further research, however, so far suggested in completely accurate. I shall Italy, and later in Constantinople. On return- when I was a student at Harvard and it was mere- has convinced me that identifying Theuderic with endeavor to list those families who have made ing to Judaism they chose the family name, Nasi ly one of those dry lists of names, of interest Makhir is sound, that Theudericl s grandson Ber- such a claim (or for whom it has been made) and (Hebrew for "prince" or "leader") which came to only as connecting links. As I have learned nard was a second Makhir, and that a considera- to mention a bit of what I know about the claims. be attached to those claiming Davidic descent, - more and more about those names, the list has ble number of other members of Makhirls family The prestige of the Davidic royal family again, unauthenticated. gradually been transmuted into an important his- came with him from Babylonia and married into led Irish scholars of about the sixth century Rabbi Abraham Ibn Daud, writing in the 12th torical document, throwing new light on a con- the upper levels of the Carolingian nobility. C.E. to invent a marriage between one of their century, said that he had seen the seal-ring of siderable number of problems, including those of I do not think that Makhir was identical with legendary kings and a daughter of King Zedekiah, Hai, Gaon of Pumbedita (head of a great Babylo- the relationships between the Exilarchs in Baby- Natronai, though I suspect that he was a brother. last ruler of independent Judah. Queen Victoria nian rabbinical academy) and that the seal showed lon and the Patriarchs in Jerusalem and the con- Much of my own evidence is formally as weak and inherited the rights of the Scottish kings, who a royal lion. Sherira claimed a remote descent tinued recognition of the leadership of the Da- as complicated as Zuckerman's, but the genealog- were alleged by a curious confusion of two rul- from the Exilarchs, his line having separated by vidic family by the Jewish community in Babylon. ical evidence greatly extends his thesis. ers to be the heirs of the Irish kings. This the third century C.E. or earlier. The seal- The family of Don Jachija (corrupted into Don- I am not prepared at this time to give many doubly false claim led some "scholars" to main- ring was probably brought to Spain by some chin etc.) also claim descent from Ibn Yal?ya, details of what will probably be some very tain that Queen Victoria was the representative descendant of Hai, and one of the many Davidic but a detailed pedigree has, apparently, not controversial conclusions. However, I will of the kings of Judah. Similar claims were pre- families in Spain may descend from Sherira. been preserved. point out as an indication of the potential na- sented on behalf of the Ethiopian kings, said to Among the possibilities are the family of Among other Davidic families is that of the ture and importance of the materials that the be the heirs of a son of King Solomon and the Albalia of Merida (Ibn Daud's mother was of that Maharal of Prague, Rabbi Judah L6w ben Bezalel, Bollandistes (Catholic historians of the saints) Queen of Sheba. This unlikely tale is 'lsupport- family, so he would have had more opportunity to legendary creator of the Golem. I do not yet maintained that the same Theuderic whom Zucker- ed" by a chronologically impossible pedigree. I see their possessions), Ibn Ezra of Granada, and have any information on his ancestry. The pedi- man identifies as Makhir had a daughter, Saint have seen no scholarly study of this and do not Ibn Gaj jath and Ibn Daud of Lucena (a different gree of Rashi (given in part by Dan Rottenberg, Ida, married to a Saxon Duke, Egbert. It has know how far back the claim goes. family from that of the historian Abraham Ibn in his Finding Ouh Fathehcs, 1977, p. 11) is a usually been supposed that this Egbert was a lo- The Bagratid kings of Armenia and Georgia Daud). I know of no connected pedigrees for any transparent forgery, as Rottenberg points out on cal duke in Frisia; however, I have found evi- (in Southern Russia) also claimed a Davidic de- of these families. Perhaps the best-known of the previous page. This does not affect the dence (far short of adequate proof but person- scent, which is certainly untrue for the Arme- the Sephardic fami lies claiming descent from claim that Rashi (Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, the ally compelling) that he was Egbert, Duke of nian kings. The Georgian kings have a full ped- King David is the Abrabanel (Abarbanel, Abrava- great llth century commentator) was of Davidic Wessex, founder of the English monarchy, then in igree back to King David, going through close nel) family of Seville, whose pedigree is known descent. However, it is worth pointing out that exile at the court of Charlemagne. I think that relatives of Jesus of Nazareth. This is a for- continuously from about 1320. Some of these Rashi's maternal uncle, R. Simeon the Great b. Saint Ida Wah a daughter of Theuderic, that un- gery, probably of eleventh century date, and families may derive from refugees from the pre- Isaac b. Abun, of Mainz, was alleged to be of like her brother, "Saint William," she was pro- modern scholars, notably Prince Cyri 1 Toumanoff, Charlemagne royal Jewish family of Narbonne in , Davidic origin and it is possible that a valid bably a good Christian, and that she was a grand- think that the Georgian Bagratids descend in the southern France (see below). maternal line has been transformed into a pater- mother of Alfred, the Great. The conclusion male line from the Armenian Bagratids . Nonethe- The most impressive of these Sephardic fam- nal descent. Another probably Davidic family of that Alfred's great-grandfather was a Jewish less, I think an argument can be made that they ilies is that of Ibn Yahya (Jachija, Iacchia, Mainz was that of the famous tenth century Ger- prince from Babylon may be treated merely as a do derive from the Jewish Babylonian Exilarchs. and various other spellings), whose history is man rabbi, Gershom ben Judah. The names in his genealogical curiosity but to me it is more sig- A clearer claim and one which many scholars virtually a capsule version of the history of family strongly indicate that he was descended nificant, both as an indication of one of the would regard as innately more probable is that the Jews in Spain and Portugal. Treasurers for from the Jewish kings of Narbonne. Let me tell many ways in which we are all related and for of the Jewish Dayyan family of Aleppo, Syria, various kings of Portugal and Spain, authors of their story. its possible explanatory power in relating the the only existing family, as far as I know, who Biblical commentaries, poets, mathematicians, The family of Makhir, King of Narbonne, has tradition of Jewish learning to one of the most are descended with little doubt from most of the astrologers, and physicians, almost every gener- recently been treated at length by Rabbi Arthur notable periods of English learning. mediaeval Exilarchs. There are also plausible ation produced individuals of outstanding capa- Zuckerman (A J&h Phincedom in Feudal Fhance, Perhaps someday, I, or someone else delving pedigrees of Jewish Karaite princes, several bilities. The pedigree is unbroken from the 768-900, Columbia University Press, 1972) but in into the lore of the ages, will uncover the coming down to the 17th century and one to the llth to the 16th centuries, when members of the an historical rather than genealogical fashion. missing link that can connect one of these fami- 19th century, in Cairo, Egypt. I do not know family were to be found in Amsterdam, Italy and Before discussing his ideas, it is worth men- lies to the ancient kings of Judah whose progen- whether there are any existing Karaites who can Constantinople. It is from this family that tioning that at least three Jewish families de- itor was King David. support their claim to a Davidic origin with a Rabbi Eliezer Zwi Hirsch Charlap, of Poland, scend from the Narbonne family, those of De Nar- continuous pedigree, but it is not unlikely. claimed to descend. bonne, of Bondia de Surgsres, and of Nathan of ff TVVEN RESOURCES : Tff RE€ EXAMPLES THE JEWISH FAMILY FTWER Dan Rot tenberg The editors of Taledot invite its readers 78-9 Shelley GORDON, 2928 Denmead, Lakewood, CA 90712 Most of us are aware of the standard insti- munityls records with them. Included are four to make inquiries about their research to the --- Looking for any GORDONs; surnames KAPINSKY and SIMON tutions to turn to for genealogical information: generations of mohd books, beginning with their hundreds of Jewish genealogists who read our from Vilna/Minsk. Also RATNERs from Kamen and surnames KATLIN/DANOWITZ from Mosheslaff(?) . Any information on the National Archives, the New York Public Li- great-great -grandfather in 1816 and ending with j ournal . town of Kamen. brary, the Mormon genealogical library, the Leo their father in 1938; these contain records of For $5.00, we will print a 25-word an- Baeck Institute, the American Jewish Archives, every Jewish boy born in Niederstetten during nouncement containing the surnames, towns, or 78-10 Mrs. Dorothy DELLAR KOHANSKI, 10 Ball Ave., Pas- the American Jewish Historical Society, YIVO, those years, as well as many from other towns other information that you might wish to in- saic, NJ 07055 --- Looking for information on LAZDIYAI (one circumcision took a Stern ancestor as far clude in your inquiry. Your name and address TZADICK (Lithuania) 17th/lSth Cent. Descendants from and so on. But since genealogy is a very per- towns: Budvitch and Vilkavisk, Lithuania. DELLAR fami- sonal pursuit, and since Jewish genealogy is as Paris). Theodore has these books in his home are included free of charge. ly, Odessa, Russia. still in its infancy, some of the most useful (180 South Main St., Sharon, MA 02067; phone For announcements of more than 25 w&ds, information can be found not in public institu- (617) 784-8431), along with three rooms of mate- an additional 204 per word should be added. 78-11 Rabbi Charles LIPPMAN, 40 S. Cole Ave., Spring tions, but in the dens and attics of people's rial which include the official birth registra- Send your check along with the wording of your Valley, NY 10977 --- Looking for the following families/ homes. inquiry to: ToRedot, 808 West End Avenue, localities: LIPPMAN, LINDENBAUM, BORNSTEIN/Wolbrum; tions for the Jews of the town. Bruno has re- LIPPW/Slomniki; GUMBINSKY/Swalki; GASZEREWSKY/Gumbin; In my travels I have often come across pri- cords of the Niederstetten synagogue and numer- Suite 1006, New York, NY 10025. KROHN (CROHN, KRON)/Vishtinetz: LOPATNIKOV ILAPAT>/Revel.,. vate citizens who have squirreled away goldmines ous other records, including inscriptions from ***** Diinaburg, Janishki, Riga; LEVITAS/D~~~~~(~artu); KUCHAR; of records from specific areas. Others have more than 300 wimpeh (Torah wrappings) which he SKY/Lodz . relatively few records but have reams of infor- and his father laboriously copied before leaving mation in their heads. The best known example Germany. These 10hp&, made to commemorate the 78-12 William M. LIPSCHUTZ, 17 Bobrich Dr. #48, Roch- of such a private resource is Rabbi Malcolm birth of a child, tell the date of the child's 78-1 Barbara SHAPIRO ALEXANDER, 179 E. Lake Shore Dr., ester, NY 14610 --- LIPSCHITZ/Windau (Courland)/Latvia. Information sought on LIPSCHITZ families descended from Stern, who has become a one-man clearing house birth and the name of the father. Bruno has ' Chicago, IL 60611 --- Looking for SHAPIROs; also sur- for information about early American Jewish fam- written a history of the Jews of Niederstetten names LEIFER, LAPP, GORDON, ZURIER, SAND, and FALKOV Jekuthiel "KAUFMANN LIPSCHITZ, first Jew to settle in from Vilna area, including Moletai and Pabrade. Have Windau, about 1795. ilies even though genealogy remains merely his and Hohenlohe as part of his memoir, Meine Ju- much information to share. hobby, not his vocation. gende.hinnaungen [Reminiscences of My Youth] 78-13 Sanford MASOVITZ, 13240 Ave. F, Lot 71, Chicago, Here are three lesser-known examples of (Stuttgart, 1968). His address is 2 South Pine- 78-2 Heidi AUERBACH, 401 W. Channel Rd., Santa Monica, IL 60633 --- Looking for information on the Russian such private resources : hurst Ave., New York, NY 10033; telephone is CA 90402 --- Looking for any surnames or information on Ukrainian Towns of Shepetovka, and Semenovka, also in- -- Rabbi Abraham Grussgott of Brooklyn has (212) 928-8469. DUCHOWNY (DWOVNE) from Uman or Krivoye-Ozera, KURLATT formation on the STEINBERG family of Shepetovka, and several rooms full of books, photographs, re- from Belaya-Tserkov area or Ovidiopol, SPIEGELW from ZEITLIN family of Semenovka. -- Professor Dov Sadan of the Hebrew Uni- Ackerman; ARLUCK, HARMONIC (HAMARNIK/GAMARNIK) and vint- cords and other memorabilia dealing with the versity of 2erusalem is a well-known scholar in ners Phillip and Chaya AUERBACH all from Pereyeslav 78-14 Nikki ROTH NAUMAN, 46 Cottage Ave., Lancaster, Jews of BARDEJOV, Czechoslovakia. The town was his own right (you will find him listed in the area; Ezra-Achim Lodge of I.O.B.A., N.Y.C. ca. 1950. PA 17602 --- Looking for ROTSTEINS from Wariampol, Lith- known as Bartfa (also Bartfeldt), Hungary, prior EncycLopaedia Judaica) . For our purposes, uania. Information on Mariampol. Information on Jude to World War I. Grussgottls collection includes though, he is best known as a veritable walking 78-3 Arye BARKAI, 1777 Grand Concourse, 11N, Bronx, NY (Zehudah Isaac) ROTSTEIN, first wife Hinde Reizel , photos of hundreds of Jewish gravestones from encyclopedia on Jewish families from GALICIA, 10453 --- Looking for FASS, RINGELHEIM or GRABER family father-in-law Rabbi Tsvi HIRSCH. from Rzeszow, Galicia; ABRAMOVICH, BENYOMIN from Goldin- Bardejov and nearby towns; he also has the only the eastern province of the old Austro-Hungarian gen or Riga (Latvia) ; FINKELSTEIN, LEIBOVICI (LEIBOWITZ) 78-15 Sallyann SACK, Ph.D., 7604 Edenwood Ct., Bethes- known copy of a list of the Jews of Bardejov empire which is today divided between Poland and from Vaslvi-Berlad region of Moldavia (Romania) . da, MD 20034 --- Looking for SHULKINs, SCHULKINs origin- prepared by the Nazis in March 1942 prior to de- the Soviet Union. Sadan was born in Brody, Ga- ally from Polotsk, Vitebsk. Also BASKIN in Boston and porting the town's Jews to concentration camps. licia (now U.S.S.R.) in 1902, and has excellent 78-4 Ralph G. BENNETT, M.D., 27171 Calaroga Ave., Hay- Carl BASKIN somewhere in Florida. Information on STEIN- This list includes, among other things, ages and recall regarding Jewish families in the area ward, CA 94545 --- Looking for Jewish families from Su- SNIDER from Lodz, originally DUBNER. birthplaces of each person listed. Grussgott, from that date onward. He does not speak Eng- rinam, particularly GOMPERTS, LEVIE, SAMSON and deVRIES families. Also Russian families of (A)GRANOF(SKY), MAT- 78-16 Marlene SILVERMAN, Apt. 200, 3616 Connecticut himself a native of Bardejov, has written a his- lish, but his wife does. A letter written to LIN, AVRUTIN, BEREST(ETSKY), NOSHPITZ, CONCONOGE and Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008 --- Seeking descendants of tory of the Jews of Bardejov in three languages him in English will be answered with a reply in KARPI LOFF. the following families from Swalki area: BARDIN, (English, Hebrew and Yiddish) and is presently Yiddish. His address: Bialik 3, Beth Ha Kerem, KARASSINSKI, NOWOWIESKI, and WINNITZKA. Also, the fol- trying to raise money for its publication. He Jerusalem, Israel. 78-5 Shaul CEDER, 1481 Egmont Pl., Far Rockaway, NY lowing families from Minsk: FERDINAND, RAPPAPORT and welcomes inquiries. Address: 1505 East 49 St., 11691 --- Looking for surnames CEDERBAUM from Piotrkow/ ADELE (or ADLIVANDICK) . Lodz; RUBINSZTEJN, GRYNBERG, LIPSZYC, ZIENDKOWICZ (RZET- Brooklyn, NY 11234. Phone: (212) 241-0600. Dan RoLteizbehg d ine dzoh ud Finding Our KOWICZ), FAIWEL, KOSLOW from Piotrkow; HERC, WAGMAN from 78-17 Marlene SILVERSTEIN, 154 Leslie Dr., Monroeville, -- Bruno Stern of New York and his brother Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy, Lodz; DASHEFF (DASHEFSKY) from Chigrin; MEDA (MARDER) PA 15146 --- Seeking information on SILBERSTEIN family, Theodore Stern of Sharon, Mass., are descended pub.!hhed by Random ffcrwe. from Gostynin; KERSTEIN (KURSZTEJN) from Plock. ancestors of Moshe-Gabbe of Vishogrod, Poland and from six generations of mohelim (ritual circum- DEUTSCHER/NUSSBAUM/KATZ families of Rzniatow and Zaravna, cisers) in NIEDERSTETTEN, a town in Wuerttem- Editor's note: Readers who know of other 78-6 Mrs. Charlotte CURLIN, Rt. 1, Box 1236, Colfax, Galicia. berg, Bavaria, Germany. When they came to Amer- CA 95713 --- Looking for information on the descendants similar "hidden resourcestt for Jewish genealo- of Isaac ALTMAN and Theresa SEIDENBERG from the town of 78-18 B. WEINSTEIN, 4410 54th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA ica in the 1930s their family had lived in the gists are invited to share them with us on these Miloslaw, Poland. Also information on Peter KIRSHEN 98105 --- COLOMENSKY, COLOMINSKY, KOLOMINSKY from Bar same house in Niederstetten for more than 200 pages. from Romania. and Litin in the Ukraine. Family may have begun in years, and they brought many of the Jewish com- Kolomea. Also WEINSTEIN from Bendeny. Information on 78-7 Liane FREEDMAN, 1333 Webster St. #205, Alameda, these towns desired. CA 94501 --- Looking for any FRIEDMANs, SLOMOWITZs, TAR- LOWS, BANDELs, GARONZIKs from Latvia and/or Lithuania. 78-19 Paul B. WOLFE, Newport, VT 05855 --- Looking for JEW IS^^. GENEALOGY WORKSHOP IN BOSTON Any information on town of Riga. any WISANSKYs; Descendants of Jacob Boruch WYZANSKI from The editors of ToLedoX, Arthur Kurzweil and May 7, will be open to the public and will take Bakalarova and/or Holynka, Poland, and Elias WISANSKI of Steven W. Siegel, and contributing editor, Rabbi place on the campus of Brandeis University in 78-8 Don GOLDBERG, 2119 Kirkwood Ave., Merrick, NY Kovno, Russia. Malcolm H. Stern, will participate in a r~orkshop Waltham, a suburb of Boston. For the exact 11566 --- Looking for SOLOMONs or SALOMONs from Budapest, on Jewish genealogy to be held during the 1978 time and location of the genealogy workshop, Munkacs, or Kismen. Information on descendants or an- contact the Historical Society at 2 Thornton Rd., cestors of David Moshe SALOMON or SOLOMON, possible Beth Annual Meeting of the American Jewish Historical Din Rabbi, and son Shlomo Zalman, same. Society. The program, on Sunday afternoon, Waltham, FIA 02154. TO L €D O T UPDATES NAMES : QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Benzion C.. Kaganoff Beginning wi&z Xhh dbue 06 Toledot, Rabbi tered through Baden, the Palatinate, upper Bavar- CENSUS Benzion C. Kaganodd A wwniting a colwnn on Jw- ia, middle Franconia, East and West Prussia, Ah nama. Rabbi Kaganodd A fie aLLthon ad A Posen, Silesia, Saxony, Wiirttemberg, Bohemia, Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History and Moravia. Translation by David Kranzler But there was no reason for your The Summer 1977 issue of Totedot contained (heviwed in Toledot, F& 1977) and behveh a6 ancestor to select a family name of geographic information about the availability of the 1900 trabbi ud Conghega;t.ian Ezm lahael in Chicago. The Ffl 1977 hinnue 06 Toledot coddined -a origin, since he already had the perfectly good Federal census records for genealogical research We invae OWL headem ;to nend in ;th& German place-name of Speyer as his family name. : innhunt attkide en;tikeed " AppnobaALon~ A J&h ("The Question and Answer Column," p. 15). Sev- qua;tionb on Rhe bubjecf ud JMh nama. Pleae I have a strong feeling that the name Ros- 16) Wab Souhce" (p. , dongdide wkich phiYLted a eral clarifying points must be made regarding indude whatevm in~omlunationyou know abed ;the enberg in your family was dao?lhnXe a haskamah oh apphobaALon. one 06 the name of your an- 06 those records, on which all access restrictions geog~~ap12ic&ohigin 06 Xhe ~dymhohe name d cestor's German superior in the Landgraviate of OWL heada, David KhanzLm, ha phepaned a were Ridted on 6 D.ecember 1977. being ~ubWedhuh comment. Hesse-Cassel. The non-Jewish name was probably &an6La;tion 06 that patrkicdan haskamah, wkich The National Archives is noX handling mail in the form of van Ronenbmg to indicate a place LA pdnted bdow dong uti;th kin explanatoq he- requests for searches in the 1900 census or in of origin in one of the German states. This abou;t the ntyle Language ed in haska- any Federal census, 1790 to 1880. GSA Form 7029 m& 06 w name was bestowed upon your ancestor in appre- mot (apphubba;tionAl. (Order for Copies of Census Records) has been QUESTTON: I have been able to trace my father's ciation of some special service rendered him Dh. David KhanzLm .in an kintonian and discontinued. by side of my family for five generations. as crownsyndic. It designated him as a member Research in the 1900 census schedules must They aehven a~ &Led 06 ;the. Social Science Libmy at all came from a very small town in Hesse-Cassel. of the von Rosenberg staff. Queen6 bohough CommwLi;ty College, Baybide, NY be done in person either at the National Archives The family name was originally Speier or Speyer. A word of caution should be added. A 7 1364. Building in Washington, DC, or at the regional There is an unconfirmed story that our present ***** Federal Archives and Records Centers, which are crownsyndic was a government official or civil name Rosenberg was bestowed upon one of my an- magistrate. The title could refer to the exalt- located'in the following cities: Waltham, MA cestors in the 18th century in recognition of ed office of Finance Minister of the Landgraf, The flowery, oriental- like language and (Boston); Bayonne, NJ (New York); Philadelphia, his professional work as crownsyndic. Can YOU but this grandiloquent title was also used by imagery of the salutation in this hahamah is PA; East Point, GA (Atlanta); Chicago, IL; Kan- give-me any information on the origin of the still common usage within rabbinic circles. To sas City, MO; Fort Worth, TX; Denver, CO; san lower ranking civil servants employed in the name Rosenberg and the circumstances under which somewhat less than regal jobs of postal inspec- the initiate, there are fine distinctions be- Bruno, CA (San Francisco); Laguna Niguel, CA it was given? tor, livestock manager, and all around repair tween the flattering terms of one "merely" good (Los Angeles); and Seattle, WA. The trained eye The lifting of restrictions on access is W&m Ronenbmg man. and one great or outstanding. 1076 E. 233 St. can even discern a disparaging or sarcastic tone now permitting the National Archives to sell Bhonx, NY 10466 behind some [not this] approbations. Both the microfilm prints of the 1900 census schedules and the accompanying Soundex indexes. A de- author of this one, the Hassidic Rebbe of Sanz, ANSWER: Since your family name was formerly and the subject of his complimentary remarks scriptive brochure regarding the sale of micro- Introducing . . . The book Speyer, it can be quite definitely established The exciting new magazine were well-known in the "Jewish" world. film copies may be obtained by writing to: that your forefathers originally came from Spey- 1900 Census, National Archives and Records is a classic work, titled Tiv Gia%n V'Keduhin er, a German city on the left bank of the Rhine of history and genealogy (On Rhe Natwre 06 Vkvohce adB&~;thd) . Service (GSA), Washington, DC 20408. with a Jewish community going back to the year The 1900 census is extremely useful for ge- Family Heritage is the new bimonthly periodical 1070. that shows you how to trace all your roots - [Note: All Hebrew abbreviations are spelled nealogical research because of the detailed an- Your ancestors may have left Speyer volun- swers which were required. Some of the informa- out and translated in brackets .] tarily at some time in the past, but there is through genealogy, folklore, oral history, mate- tion contained in these schedules is avail- not more reason to assume that they were probably rial culture, and local history. We're bringing able in earlier censuses (1790 through 1880; The Truly Exalted Master, Outstanding among banished, together with their fellow Jews, in together experts from all these fields to give you 1890 was destroyed in a fire). We strongly his Generation [Leader of the Diaspora] ; Holy, the expulsions of 1349, 1405, or 1435. At any articles that are authoritative, easy to follow and encourage the use of the 1900 census records in Saintly. and Devout Light, [Seer of his flock] , rate, their departure from Speyer was no later of lasting value. [Glory of his Generation]. your own research. than the year 1689 when the city was destroyed In the inaugural issue you'll Renowned for his holiness, Our Master and by the French and the Jewish population scattered Teacher, Rabbi CHAIM HALBERSTAM [May his Rock find "Hidden Stories in to other German communities. A number of Jews Your Photographs;" James and Redeemer Protect him], [May his light shine settled in Hesse-Cassel, among them your family. brightly], [Head of the Rabbinic Court] [of the D. Walker's tips on "How Nor is it surprising that your ancestor al- to Use the National Ar- Holy Congregation] SANZ, [May the Al-mighty Pro- ready had a family name (Speyer) in the 17th chives; " "Finding Your tect Her]. century. The Jews of Hesse-Cassel were unique German Ancestors," by Dr. in having adopted family names long before they Robert E. Ward; "The parted this life; and [the above-mentioned] sons I have received this book from the two bro- were compelled to do so by law. Family Carriage;" "The arose, encouraged to please their father, the thers, the great scholar, [Our Master and Leader, It is more difficult to trace the origin of Historian in Each of Us," Righteous [May his memory be blessed], so that Rabbi] MENASHE [May his light shine], and the the name Rosenberg. Among Eastern European Jews by David Weitzman; and his teaching be made public, to publish a pre- more. great scholar, [Our Master and Leader, Rabbi] the family name Rosenberg was selected either cious work which I agreed and give my full sup- EPHRAIM [May his light shine], sons of the late, because of its beautiful meaning (hill of roses) port towards the publication of the aforemen- Righteous, Pious, The Rabbi, [Luminary of the or to honor a family matriarch called Rose, tioned precious work. It is a meritorious act Diaspora], Holy Light Saintly and Devout [Our Rosa, or Rayzel. German-speaking Jews sometimes (or to come to their assistance. And Master and Leader, Rabbi] CHAIM YOSEF [May his Ui;tzvdz) selected the name Rosenberg because of its mean- Subscriptions, $8. per year, two years only $14. those who help them will be blessed with every- memory be remembered among those in the world to ing too. But more often the name indicates a Dept. J, P.O. Box thing -good. These are the words of the one who come], who was [Head of the Rabbinic Court of place of origin: there are dozens of hamlets, speaks in honor of the Torah and students. the] [Holy Congregation of] Stropkov, who de- its villages, and towns by the name Rosenberg scat-
9 Mormon Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City) which are located in present-day Hungary, though and request the reel by the microfilm reel num- a few communities which are now in Czechoslova- ber. The current cost to the user is 754 per kia, Romania, Yugoslavia, and Austria--but were reel to cover postage and handling. The branch part of Hungary in the past--are also included. then sends the order to Salt Lake City, and (For the many communities which Hungary "lost'' ff UNGARTAN JEdlllSff RECORDS AT within a few weeks, the reel arrives. Branch to other nations in the 20th century, it is as- THE GENEALOGlCAL SOCZETY Of UTAH libraries have microfilm readers in order for sumed that the records of those places are now you to examine the material on the premises. in those countries.) To locate the Mormon branch library closest In addition to vital records from towns, to you, send a letter to the Genealogical Depart- this list includes several censuses of Jews . ment, 50 East North Temple Street, Salt Lake taken in Hungary at various times. The reader City, Utah 84150, or check the phone book under should also note that there are some parts of "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints." the Mormon Hungarian collection which, while not It is important to note that for the next a part of this list, might be of great use. With this issue of Toledot, a series of few issues we are presenting information on Mor- These would include the 1828 Census (Land and articles on the Jewish holdings of the Mormon structures for the genealogist. The vault, lo- mon material which is uniquely Jewish. That is, Property), the 1869 Census for Zempl6n County Church's genealogical collection begins. The cated inside a granite mountain 20 miles outside we are reporting on Jewish records in various (where a great number of Jews lived), and Muster present article concerns itself with the Hun- Salt Lake City, is capable of housing six million locations throughout the world. However, this Rolls for late 19th and early 20th centuries Presently the Mormons have garian Jewish portion of that collection. The reels of microfilm. dueh not mean that other parts of the Mormon containing birth information. close to one million 100-foot reels of microfilm, The Mormon micro- next several issues of Toledot will present sim- collection are useless to your research. Quite film collection also includes a variety of maps i lar information about the Mormon Church 's Ger- and their collection is growing at the rate of the contrary! and gazetteers which can be quite useful to the man Jewish, Polish Jewish, and American Jewish 50,000 reels a year. The reason for the vault Many possibilities exist for the Mormon researcher. collections. Various other holdings will also being located inside a granite mountain is for collection to be of help to your research. The continued on page 74 be covered in subsequent issues. In total, the safety and security purposes. While the entire Jewish records are just one part of the Mormon Mormon collection of Jewish genealogical data collection is available for examination in the holdings. It is possible that for a particular is a vast quantity of valuable material. Mormon Genealogical Library, the vault contains town in your family history the Jews were re- Explana-tLon od ,i.Uw;Drakion on nexA atro pageh Essentially, we are publishing a cmog of a copy of the whole collection, housed in mois- corded in the secular records of that town. The the Mormon Jewish collection. A detailed dis- ture and temperature controlled conditions, safe Mormons might have microfilm copies of those Shown are sample pages from a birth regis- cussion of the reasons the Mormons have this from fire, flooding, and other disasters. It is secular records. Again, we are only listing ter [Sziilete's kijnyv], 1877, of the Jewish commu- material can be found in "To Our Readers" begin- said that an atomic blast at the foot of the Jewish records at the present time. For example, nity of djpest, Budapest, Hungary. These are ning on page 2 of this issue. mountain will not destroy the contents of the in this issue of Toledot we are listing the Jew- typical of the vital records kept in Hungary, There are two major purposes in publishing vault. ish records from Hungary. which are available in the Hungarian Jewish mi- this catalog of blormon holdings. First, we are At the present time, the Mormons have re- crofilm collection described in this article. interested in letting our readers know about presentatives throughout the world microfilming THE HUNGARIAN JEWISH COLLECTION This illustration is provided through the cour- this deeply valuable collection. As you examine records. In Europe alone, the Mormons have re- tesy of Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, Genealogical Society the next few issues of Toledot, you will become search and acquisitions projects in Poland, Hun- The following is a complete catalog of the of Utah, Salt Lake City. convinced that Jewish records were, indeed, kept gary, West Germany, Austria, and elsewhere, and Hungarian Jewish holdings of the Mormon Genea- The following information appears in this in Western and Eastern Europe for at least the research projects in the USSR, Czechoslovakia, logical Library. Certain aspects of this col- birth register: last 150 years. You will also see that many of Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and East Germany. lection should be noted for better understanding Page number [Lap sz&a] those records have survived and are available Negotiations continue to go on in these latter of the material. Entry number [Foly6sz&] for examination and study. nations, and it is hoped that permission will be The collection is essentially a listing of Newborn's name [Az fijsziiltitt neve] Secondly, we are publishing this catalog in granted in the near future for other microfilm- birth, marriage, and death records kept by local Birthdate [A sziilet6s kelte]: order to help Jewish researchers locate material ing projects to begin. Jewish communities in Hungary through 1895 (at year [6v], month [h6], day [nap] within the Mormon collection. This material, With the microfilm located in Salt Lake which time vital record keeping in Hungary was Sex [Nem]: male [fgrfi], female [nfl under their current cataloging, would be diffi- City, how can a researcher obtain access to these centralized--though certain Jewish communities "Status" [Tulajdonsgg] : cult for the average researcher to find. In records without having to make a trip to Utah? might have continued to keep some records). legitimate [tbrv6nyes] , illegitimate [tbr- fact, the editors of Toledot have even made the The Mormon Genealogical Library has branch li- This collection of vital records was microfilmed v6nytelenl staff of the Mormon Genealogical Library aware braries throughout the U. S. and the world, which by the Mormons in 1965 at the Hungarian National Newborn' s parents [Az fij sziilbtt sziilei] : of Jewish material which they themselves did not are operated by local units of the Mormon Church. Archives in Budapest. These records had been father's first and family name know they had. In addition, the Jewish material Each of the branch libraries has a microfilm transferred from the local communities to the [az atya do"- 6s csal6di neve] in Salt Lake City is scattered throughout their copy of the geographical portion of the card Archives for permanent preservation. At the mother's first and family name catalog. We have combed their holdings and have catalog in Salt Lake City. In some branches, time the records were moved, it was not possible [az anya el6- 6s csdBdi neve] brought that material together. Since the Mor- the index is not complete, however. Some "rare- to locate the Jewish registers for every Hunga- Place of birth [A sziil6k lak&sa] mons are continuing to microfilm records around ly used" reels relating to certain foreign coun- rian community. Hence the list does not include Midwife's name [A bgba neve] the world, we intend to let you, our readers, tries are not a part of the standard package the name of every town in Hungary where Jews For boys [Fiukna] : know of any additional Jewish material that they sent to the branches. Nonetheless, each branch lived. circumcision date [a kbriilmet6lGs napja] acquire. library can send to Salt Lake City for you, and Also keep in mind that many small towns and circumciser's name [A k6riilmet618 neve] A little background is in order. The Church obtain the "missing" microfilm index reels that villages did not keep their own vital records For girls [Legnyokn6.l] : of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, known also you would like to examine. but instead were under the jurisdiction of a naming date [Az elnevez6s napja] as the Mormon Church, or LDS, maintains the Usually you would search the index yourself. neighboring larger community. The names of these Godfather's or witness's name [A koma vagy tan& largest genealogical library of primary records We've saved you the trouble with our list which smaller places are not listed here, but the vital nevei] in the world. With their headquarters in Salt follows. If you see a reel of microfilm listed records of their Jewish residents are frequently Note [Jegyzet] : For male children the father's Lake City, Utah, the Mormons have a library and in Toledok th.at you would like to examine, you found in the registers of the larger neighbors. birthplace [~iu~~ermekeknglaz atya a record vault, both of which are impressive would need to go to a branch library (or to the The towns listed here are primarily those sziilete'shelye]
11 B M D Egyek HB B M D 1873-1885 642,809 Hah6t Za B M D 1871-1895 642,946 1878-1895 Losonc * B 1850-1895 642,842 Encsencs ss B M D 1871-1885 642,902 Ha j dub agos HB B M D 1877-1885 642,757 ~apuvdr GS B M D 1879-1895 11 B 1850-1885 642,843 Enying Fe B M D 1845-1895 642,941 Hajdub6sziim6ny HB B M D 1861-1895 642,757 ~ardd So B 1881-1885 " - Orthodox D 1884-1885 642,843 Eperjes * Census 1848 719,823 Hajdudorog HB B M D 1851-1895 642,809 Karcag keriilet Sz B Ivl D 1856-1895 11 B M D 1850-1865 642,843 * now PreSov, Vfchodoslovensk~kraj, Czechosl. Haj duhadh6z HB B M D 1856-1895 642,809 ~ecskem6t BK B M D 1832-1895 " now LuEenec, St?edoslovenskf kraj, Czechasl. Ercsi Fe B M D 1882-1895 642,796 Hajdungnds . HB B M D 1851-1895 642,810 K6kcse ss B M D 1886-1895 Lovasberkny Fe B M D 1764-1895 642,797 ~rda6nye BAZ B M D 1840-1895 642,952 Haj dus &son HB B M D 1845-1895 642,811 Kemecse SS B M D 1875-1895 M6d BAZ B M D 1827-1895 642,952 ~rd6/telek He B M D 1876-1885 642,816 Hajduszobosz16 HB B M D 1826-1895 642,812 ~erekegyhdza BK B 1863-1885 M6go c s Ba B M D 1851-1886 642,733 Erk He B D 1876-1885 642,816 Ha j dus zov6t HB B M D 1853-1895 642,813 Keszthely Ve B M D 1852-1895 11 B D 1857-1885 642,733 II B M D 1876-1895 642,757 grpatak SS B M D 1870-1885 642,902 Kisb kr KO B M D 1868-1895 II B M D 1833-1895 642,734 Eszt6r HB B M D 1877-1895 642,756 Hatvan He B M D 1850-1895 642,821 ~iskgr6s BK 3 1866-1885 Mam ss B M D 1852-1884 642,907 11 Es z tergom KO B 1828-1895 642,791 ~kdervgr GS B M 3 1858-1885 642,806 M 1811-1895 Magyargencs ~e B M D 1893-1895 642,935 11 M 1835-1872 642,791 Hegyk6zszentime * 3 ?.1 D 1869-1877 642,757 I1 D 1851-1885 Magyarhomorog HB B M D 1877-1885 642,758 It M 1872-1895 642,792 * now in Crisana, Rumania " - Orthodox B 1821-1885 Mak6 Cs B M D 1833-1895 642,780 It 11 11 B M D 1842-1895 D 1833-1895 642,792 Hejgcsaba BAZ See Miskolc-Hejocsaba Mdndok ss B M D 1850-1885 642,907 11 " - Orthodox B M D 1872-1875 642,792 Hcncida HB 3 M D 1877-1895 642,757 Kiskunfklegyhdza BK B M D 1851-1895 B 1886-1895 642,907 I1 It 11 M D 1886-1895 642,908 B M D 1880-1895 642,793 Hidas Ba B ?4 D 1875-1884 642,731 Kiskunhalas BK B M D 1851-1895 Fadd TO B M D 1850-1886 642,927 Hidas 6s Pkcs- Ba Census 1850 642,731 Kiskunmajsa BK B M D 1850-1895 11 B M D 1850-1895 642,908 Farmos Pe B D 1878-1895 642,852 vgradi kerset Kisl6ta SS B M D 1876-1885 Marcali So B 1774-1895 642,887 Fehgrgyarmat Ss B M D 1851-1895 642,919 Hodds z SS B K D 1876-1885 642,919 Kismar j a KB B M D 1877-1886 11 M 1807-1895 642,887 ~elsamindszent Ba See Mindszent ~6dmezgv6sBrhel~Cs 3 M 1844-1895 642,782 Kismarton * Circum 183-1897 11 D 1851-1895 642,888 11 Fgnyeslitke SS B M D 1874-1895 642,902 D 1844-1876 442,782 * now Eisenstadt, M D 1833-1895 II B M D 1845-1895 642,888 I1 F6ldes HB B M D 1863-1895 642,809 D 1877-1895 642,783 Burgenland, Austria Mdtks zalka SS B M D 1863-1895 642,920 11 Fiilek B M D 1856-1895 642,842 B 1846-1895 642,783 Kistelek Cs B M D 1859-1880 Mezonber6ny ~k B M D 1874-1895 642,747 * 11 * now Fil'ako~ro , StEedoslovenskf kraj , Czecho M 1849-1895 642,783 KisGjsza1ds Sz B M D 1851-1895 Mezo"cs6t BAZ B M D 1851-1895 642,767 I . 11 lurta HB B M D 1877-1895 642,756 D 1850-1895 642,783 keriilet Me z Sgy6n ~6 B M D 1878-1885 642,758 Fiizesabony He B M D 1876-1886 642,816 ~6kksz To B ST D 1842-1895 642,928 KisvkdaII ss B M D 1851-1885 ~ezskeresztes BAZ B M D 1851-1895 642,767 Fiizesgy armat Bk B M D 1879-1885 642,746 ~8g~6szkeriilet To B M D- 1851-1894 642,928 B M 1886-1895 Mezo"k6vesd BAZ B M D 1851-1895 642,768 I1 11 ~6borj dn HB B M D 1877-1895 642,756 B ?*: D 1842-1883 642,929 D 1886-1895 Me 251adhy SS B M D 1858-1885 642,908 11 B Galgagyijrk Pe B M D 1848-1895 642,852 Hos s z6pQlyi HB 3 !I 3 1877-1885 642,757 1851-1895 Mez8peterd HB B M D 1877-1884 642,759 Gar a BK B 1857-1882 642,731 Iv&d$rda 6s B& Ba B M D 1851-1895 642,732 I1 M 1851-1895 I4ezSs zilas Fe See Szilasbalhas 11 M 1860-1879 642,731 I zs 6k BK B N 3 1843-1895 642,854 I D 1852-1895 Mezstib Sz B M D 1850-1895 642,832 It *-. D 1861-1885 642,731 J6nosh6za Va B ~4D 1850-1895 642,933 :usvar s 6ny SS See VarsBny Mihayf a Ve B ?I D 1866-1895 642,948 GQva SS B M D 1854-1895 642,902 Jdrmi ss i3 M D 1806-1885 642,919 ~6%&nyaikeriilet Pe See Budapest Mikepkrcs HB B M D 1886 642,759 Gemzse SS B M D JBSZ keriilet Sz 3 1877-1885 642,830 K6ka Pe B M D 1877-1895 Mindszent Ba B M D 1851-1880 642,733 1852-1882 642,902 I1 Ges zt B6 B M D M 1862-1885 642,831 Kokad HB B M D 1877-1885 Minds zent cs B M D 1851-1895 642,784 1878-1885 642,756 11 Ges zterkd SS B M D 1852-1895 642,902 D 1854-1885 642,831 Komddi HB B M D 1877-1885 Miskolc BAZ B-Ind 1838-1881 642,769 Gige SO B M D 1862-1885 642,883 JBS zapgti Sz B M D 1878-1889 642,827 Komor6 ss B M D 1881-1895 11 B M D 1879-1886 642,770 Gijaijlld Pe B M D Jdszberkny Sz B 1851-1895 642,827 Konydr HB B M D 1879-1885 11 B 1882-1895 642,770 1851-1895 642,853 It ~SdtillSkeriilet Pe B M D 1838-1885 642,854 M D 1851-1895 642,828 K6ps c6ny * B M D 1835-1895 I1 M 1871-1875 642,770 G6nc BAZ B M D 1850-1882 642,728 J6szber6ny keraet Sz B 1851-1895 642,829 * now Kittsee, Burgenland, Austria 11 M 1882-1888 642,770 11 Gyoma Bk B M D 1862-1895 642,746 B M D 1851-1895 642,830 KSrmend Va B 1851-1895 I1 M 1889-1895 642,771 11 GySmSre GS B M D 1841-1895 642,803 J$szszentandr6s Sz B 1886-1888 642,831 B M D 1841-1895 I1 D 1871-1895 642,771 ~~6mr6' Pe B D 1871-1880 642,854 J6ke SS B M D 1886-1891 642,902 KSr6sladhy B6 B M D 1879-1895 11 B 1836-1883 642,772 Gy6n Pe B M D 1859-1872 642,854 J6zsa HB B M D 1886 642,757 Kijrdsnagyharsany Bk B M D 1877-1885 11 B 1884-1895 642,773 GyBngy6s He B 1846-1876 642,816 Kab a HB B M D 1835-1895 642,757 K6rbss zaka HB B M D 1877-1885 11 M 1851-1895 642,774 11 11 B 1876-1895 642,817 B M D 1876-1895 642,813 KSrGsszeg6pati HB B M D 1877-1895 11 D 1851-1882 642,775 1' M 1846-1895 642,817 Kabold * Circum 1833-1895 700,788 ~8szeg Va B M D 1851-1895 11 D 1883-1895 642,776 11 D 1846-1895 642,818 * now Kobersdorf, M D 1833-1895 700,788 K6tegy6n Bk B M D 1879-1885 11 Census 1848 719,823 " - Orthodox M D 1881-1895 642,818 Burgenland, Austria ~8vd~66i-s Ve B M D 1847-1895 Miskolc-~i6sgy8r BAZ See ~i6sgyor I1 I1 B 1846-1863 642,818 KadarkGt So B M D 1851-1885 6h2,883 Kunhegyes keriilet Sz B M D 1851-1895 Miskolc-~ej8csabaBAZ B M D 1851-1895 642,766 D 1851-1863 642,818 Kaj ds z6 Fe B M D 1813-1895 642,796 Kunmadar as Sz B M D 1855-1895 Mohdcs Ba B M D 1851-1895 642,735 B M D 1.864-1878 642,819 KBll6s emj kn SS B M D 1870-1895 642,902 Kunszentmkton Sz B 1850-1879 Monor Pe B M D 1835-1895 642,861 B M D 1879-1895 642,820 Kalocsa BK B M D 1850-1895 642,855 keriilet I1 B M D 1837-1895 642,862 I1 Census 1848 719,823 B M D 1850-1895 642,856 Kunszentmikl6s BK B M D 1855-1895 Monostorp6lyi HB B M D 1889-1895 642,759 Ba B M D 1848-1895 642,883 K&torj&osi SS M 1876-1885 642,919 Lajtakdta * B M D 1835-1895 M6r Fe B M D 1841-1895 642,798 TO B M D - 1831-1895 642,927 Kapolcs Ve B M D 1867-1895 642,947 * now Gattendorf, Burgenland, Austria Mosonmagyar6v6r GS B M 1835-1895 601,568 GS B M D 1846-1895 642,804 Kgpoln6snykk Fe 13 M D 1777-1895 642,797 Lakompak + Circum 1833-1895 Muras zombat * B M D 1835-1895 642,935 Census 1848 719,823 ~a~osrnkr8 So B M D 1861-1884 642,883 * now Lackenbach, M D 183-1895 * now Murska Sobota, Slovenija, Yugoslavia zonyfa GS B M D 1853-1885 442,847 Kaposvdr So B 1771-1895 642,884 Burgenland, Austria ~Qdudvar HB B M D 1850-1895 642,813 grass 11 ~ygrszentmdrton GS B M D 1850-1895 642,847 M 1851-1895 642,884 Laskod SS B M D 1886-1895 ~agyat6d So B M 1851-1895 642,888 11 Gygrs ziget GS B M D 1840-1895 642,805 D 1851-1885 642,884 Lengyelt6ti So B M I) 1846-1895 It D 1851-1877 642,888 11 Gyula ~k B M D 1863-1895 642,747 D 1886-1895 642,885 Lepsbny Fe B 1863-1885 11 D 1860-1895 642,889 11 II B M D GyulahBza SS B M D 1852-1895 642,902 B M D 1844-1877 642,885 L8rinci He B M D 1850-1895 1861-1895 642,889 TOLEDOTIWINTER 3977-78 Nagyb a j om So B M D 1870-1895 642,889 Patahaza GS B M D 1839-1844 * now Deutschkreutz, Burgenland, Austria D 1851-1895 11 B M D 1856-1895 642,890 Pdtroha ss B M D 1852-1895 Soroksdr11 Pe M D 1850-1895 642,869 B M D 1842-1895 Nagybaracska BK See Baracska 6s Cs6tdja Pgcel Pe B M D 1859-1884 Census ? 642,869 Szilasbalhds B M D 1854-1885 It Nagydobos ss B M D 1859-1885 642,920 P6cs Ba B M 1851-1895 Siimeg Ve B M D 1876-1895 642,950 B M D 1841-1895 Nagyecsed SS B M D 1856-1885 642,920 11 D 1851-1895 ~zabadszdllds BK B M D 1858-1895 642,870 Szilsbrk6ny . B M D 1881-1895 ~agyk6ll6 SS B M D 1844-1895 642,909 11 B 1860-1895 Szabolcsb6ka SS B D 1876-1885 642,916 Szir6k B M D 1850-1895 Nagykani zsa Za B M D 1835-1895 642,949 I1 M D 1860-1895 Szabolcsveresmart SS B M D 1886-1895 642,916 S zolnok B M D 1833-1895* ~agykdta Pe B M D 1851-1895 642,862 I1 Census 1848 Szakolca * Census 1848 719,823 Szolnok keriilet B M D 1850-1895 II B M D 1859-1895 642,863 Pe'cs keriilet Ba B M D 1851-1885 * now Skalica, ~dpadoslovenskfkraj , Czechosl. Szombathely B M D 1850-1895 ~agykgr6s Pe B M D 1834-1895 642,864 11 B M D 1864-1888 Szaldrd * B M D 1852-1895 642,761 " - Orthodox B M D 1850-1895 ~agylkta HB B M D 1875-1895 642,759 Pe'csvdrad kerxet Ba B M D 1851-1895 * now Saard, Crisana, Rumania S ziigy B M D 1850-1895 Nagymdrton Circum 1833-1895 700,813 11 Census 1850 Szalonta B M D 1854-1895 642,761 Tab B 1847-1895 * * 11 * now Mattersburg, M D 1833-1895 700,813 Penc Pe B M D 1862-1880 * now Salonta, Crisana, Rumania M D 1850-1895 Burgenland, Austria Pesti keriilet Pe See Budapest S zarvas Bk B 1850-1870 642,748 11 B M D 1845-1895 11 Nagyoros zi ~6 B M D 1850-1895 642,843 PGteri Pe B M D 1877-1880 I1 B M D 1886-1895 642,748 Census 1819-1852 11 ~agyrdb k HB B M D 1875-1895 642,759 Pe'tervdsdra He B M D 1851-1895 I1 M 1852-1882 642,748 B M D 1851-1885 Nagysimonyi Va B M D 1851-1895 642,936 Petnehdza SS B M D 1852-1895 11 D 1851-1870 642,748 Tab keriilet so B M D 1870-1885 Nagys zombat * census 1848 719,823 Pilis Pe B D 1877-1880 " - Orthodox B 1872-1885 642,748 Tdllya BAZ B M D 1827-1895 * now Trnava, Zdpadoslovenskf kraj, Czechoslo. Pilisv6rGsvdr Pe B M D 1819-1895 11 11 M 1873-1885 642,748 ~6pi6bicske Pe B M D 1863-1895 Nagyte'tkny Pe B 1760-1895 642,865 Pincehely To B M D 1851-1895 11 B M D 1871-1895 642,749 Tdpi6sbg Pe B M D 1860-1895 It M 1820-1895 642,865 Piricse SS B M D 1877-1885 Szkcse'nySzeged ~o'Cs B M D 1850-1885 642,844 Tdpi6siily Pe B M D 1877-1886 11 D 1851-1895 642,865 Pocsaj HB B M D 1852-1895 1844-1885 642,785 TdPi6szecs$ Pe B M D 1855-1895 11 B M D 1850-1895 642,866 Polgdr HB B M D 1853-1895 I1 M D 1852-1885 642,786 Tdpibs zele Pe B M D 1837-1895 ~agyvarsdny SS See Varshy 11 B M D 1854-1895 It B M 1886-1895 642,786 Tdpi6szentm6rton Pe BD 1881-1895 Nagyvdzsony Ve B M D 1842-1895 642,941 Pomdz Pe B M D 1851-1895 11 B-Ind 1850-1895 642,786 Tapolca Ve B M D 1828-1895 Nemess zal6k Ve B M D 1875-1888 642,936 Poros ~16 He B M D 1850-1895 " - Orthodox B 1871-1985 642,786 Tarcal BAZ B M D 1827-1895 N6metGjvk * B M D 1841-1895 700,702 Piispdkladhy HB B M D 1854-1895 11 11 D 18-74-1885 642,786 Tas s BK B M D 1833-1895 * now Giissing, Burgenland, Austria Pus ztakov6csi So B 1867-1877 11 B 1870-1895 642,787 Tat a KO B M D 1868-1895 ~yfr6br6ny HB B 1867-1884 642,759 . ~dcalmds Fe B M D 1877-1885 11 M 184L-le95 642,787 Tkglds HB B M D 1857-1895 It D Nyiracsdd HB B M D 1863-1895 642,910 Rdckeve Pe B M D 1862-1895 184)--1877 642,787 ' Temesvdr ?+ Census 1848 Nyiradony HB B M D 1871-1885 642,759 Rajka GS B M D 1835-1895 It D 1878-1895 642,788 * cow Timigoara, Timis , Rumani a ~yirbdtor SS B M D 1845-1890 642,911 Regoce * B :"ID 1853-1885 " - Orthodox B 1871-1885 642,788 ~kpe HB B M D 1877-1885 II B M D 1851-1895 642,912 * now Ridica, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia 11 I1 M 1871-1885 642,788 ~6t GS B M D 1841-1895 Nycrbogdt ss B PI D 1851-1885 642,913 Re'tkGzberencs ss B M D 1886-1895 11 I1 D 1874-1885 642,788 Tetktlen HB B M D 1886-1895 Nyirderzs SS M 18-76-1885 642,920 Rohonc * B M D 1834-1895 Szeghalom Bk B M D 1888,1895 642,749 Tinnye Pe B M D 1769-1885 Nyfregyhdza ss B M D 1866-1895 642,913 * now Rechnitz, Burgenland, Austria Szgkelyhid * B M D 1831-1895 642,762 Tiszabercel SS B M D 1854-1895 Nyfrgelse SS B M D 1850-1885 642,913 Saj6kazinc BAZ B M D 1867-1895 * now S&ueni, Crisana, Rumania ~iszabezde'd SS B M D 1876-1895 Nyfribrony ss B M D 1852-1880 642,913 Sajbszentpe'ter BAZ B M D 1851-1895 Sz6kesfehe'rvdr Fe B M D 1884-1895 642,800 Tiszab8 keriilet Sz B M D 1850-1895 Nyfrkar6s z ss B M D 1876-1886 642,913 Salg6tarjdn ~6 B M D 1874-1895 " - Orthodox B M D 1845-1872 642,800 Tiszacsege HB B M D 1873-1885 Nyfrlugos SS B M D 1870-1885 642,913 Sdp HB B M D 1877-1886 II B 1844-18s 642,800 Tis zadada SS B 1886-189 5 FJjrirmada ss B M D 1851-1895 642,914 sdrhd HB B M D 1877-1885 11 M 1843-1895 642,800 Tiszaf6ldvdr Sz B M D 1856-1895 Byirmeggye s ss B M D 1853-1895 642,921 SGbogdrd Fe B M D 1843-1895 11 D 1843-1883 642,800 keriilet Ky
that "the door would be open" for the deceased cooperation with the Mormons. ?is issue of individual ("in heaven1') to choose or to reject TobedoX now in your hands is obvious evidence of baptism. But since either possibility is simply that fact. Starting with this issue, and run- not recognized, the Ifdesecration of the dead" ning for the next several issues, we will be argument has not been raised much, nor does it publishing, ultimately, a complete catalog of seem to be the major objection raised by Jews the Jewish holdings of the Mormon genealogical who are against the Mormon activities. library. In this issue, we are devoting our- A far more serious consideration, and an selves to the Mormon collection of Hungarian objection raised most frequently from our van- Jewish records. In future issues we will do the tage point, is the question of how the Mormons ' same for their Polish Jewish records, German genealogical activity is related to their mis- Jewish records, American ~ewishrecords, and sionary work. others as well. It is clear that the Mormons are a mission- We would like to take each of the three ob- ary group. They freely admit this, and their jections raised above and comment on them. To rapidly growing numbers attest to their effec- summarize, they are : tiveness. The question, from a genealogical 1. Non-Jewish organizations should not have standpoint and of concern to Jews, is whether data on Jews. Lists of Jews are potentially more contact between Mormons and Jews on genea- dangerous, as in Nazi Germany. logical matters will also increase the amount 2. The Mormon use of records for in which Mormons will convert--or try to convert their own irreligiousii purposes is ob j ection- --Jews. able, religiously, to Jews. The "possible conversion" scenario goes 3. Increased contact with Mormons means in- something like this: As the Jewish data in the creased possibilities of conversion. Mormon genealogical library grows, the use of We do not hold the view that non-Jewish in- such material by Jews will increase. With stitutions with genealogical data on Jews pose a greater use of Mormon material (and with it more threat to Jewish security. We admit that the contact by Jews with Mormon branch libraries idea of a future "Nuremberg Law" (1935 Nazi around the country), the possibility of conver- anti-Jewish statute) is a frightening one, and sion increases, since each time a Jew enters a there is no question that a fine line exists be- Mormon branch library he or she must pass dis- tween using genealogical data for positive, Jew- plays and piles of pamphlets, and even some ish identity purposes and negative purposes. zealous Mormons wishing to increase the ranks of The same family trees which provide us with a their church. sense of Jewish identification and strength can Objections have been raised by members of conceivably be used to identify us as Jews under the Jewish community against Jewish cooperation a Fascist regime! We cannot say that this kind with the Mormons on all of the above points. of possibility is remote. We know our history However, there is no clear distinction that we better than that. But we cannot proceed to hide can make as far as who raises the objections. our identities or act out of fear because such a We know Orthodox Jews who have used the Mormon possibility exists. In our view, if we live our library without hesitation, and non-religious lives based on fear, then our sense of self will Jews who object to Jewish-Mormon cooperation. be dwarfed. We, the editors of Tobedolt, would We know of Jewish archivists who are anxious to proudly offer our own family trees to anyone, cooperate with the Mormons, and others who ob- celebrating our Jewishness . We would have no ject strenuously. We also know some Jewish ar- objection to the Mormon church having copies of chivists' who, while they are hesitant about co- birth, death, and marriage records of our ances- operating, would do so if "everyone else did." tors1 towns, if this meant access by Jews to Again, this is a registration of an objection this material. based on intangible, emotional grounds. Simply It is here that we must add that the mater- put, many Jewish archivists are not accustomed ial collected by the Mormons is available to to this kind of Jewish/non-Jewish cooperation everyone free of charge in Salt Lake City, or in and are therefore afraid of the unknown--or what one of their many branch libraries around the others might think. country. To the second objection which we have list- Where do the editors of Toledot stand on ed, again we must simply state that we do not this issue? Before we state our position, we recognize the legitimacy of the Mormon "proxy must say that we hope we have been fair in pre- baptism" ritual, and are therefore not threat- senting the objections raised.by some. At the ened by it. Our "Manhattan telephone book" anal- same time, we would like to invite readers of ogy, stated above, best describes our view on all points of view to share their own perspec- that issue. tives on the question. We promise to publish a We are most concerned with the third objec- balanced cross-section of the responses which we tion. We are aware that, as we provide more receive. publicity to Jews about the Mormon records, an It should become quite clear to our readers increasing number of Jews will make contact with that we, the editors of Toledolt, are in favor of the Mormons, and therefore an increased possi-