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fied as being in Wolyn province, and as having and at Los Angeles and Washington University in had 1531 Jewish inhabitants before World War 11. St. Louis, have flourishing Jewish studies pro- But it doesn't say whme in Wolyn it is. And un- grams. Their university libraries provide essen- fortunately, our otherwise excellent Anchca tial support for these programs and should not be Hand- [20] does not show the town, either. overlooked as places to turn to for Jewish refer- Then I decided to check the Skonolctidz Uiej- ence sources. Virtually all public and university bcowudci Rzeczgponpofitej Po& hej (the later of libraries have the English- language Encyclopaedia the two comprehensive lists of place-names in the Juddica [4], and libraries emphasizing Judaica Polish Republic of 1918-39 that appeared under should also have sets of the YIVO 121, Yid- this title; both are included in the addenda to ishe Shpmkh [ll, 181, the YIVO-Yad Vashem Holo- the bibliography), and found a ZofjBwka--spelled caust bibliographies [6, 7, 14, 151, and Berl here with a "j"--in $uck county, near Silno. Kaganf s Hebnw Subb&p;tion lib& 1121 . The lat- Armed with this information, and a suggestion ter book was published jointly by KTAV Publishing that she check the U.S. Board on Geographic Names House (75 Varick St., New York, NY 10013) and the GuzeZtea for the Soviet Union 1251, Mrs. Maslov Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary. succeeded in pinpointing Trochenbrod, this time under the Russian transliteration of Zof 'yuvka, Herbert C. Unger (4712 Homer Ave., Suitland, at 50~55'north latitude and 25'42' east longi- MD 20023) writes: "The one book you didn't men- tude. Anyone with an exceptionally detailed map tion, HoRocaubR Cdendat ad Pofibh JWg by Rabbi should be able to locate it. Israel Schepansky, which I purchased as a result As for why ZofiBwka should be called Trochen- of the article in TOLEDOT [Spring 1978, p. 111 , brod in Yiddish--that's another story. I do not enabled me to find out that Oleshitze was in Lvov have an explanation for this odd name. One pos- gubernia." sible interpretation (suggested by YIVO's head I have added this source to the bibliography, librarian, Dina Abramowicz) is that the name is a along with the caveat to those who use it that combination of the German word fiochen (dry) and the sequence is not strictly alphabetical, and the Russian btrod (ford). that it is entirely in the Hebrew alphabet. Mrs. Maslov also asks for positive identifi- Mr. Unger also asks for information about cation of the town Targowica (also in Wolyn pro- the Institute for Commemoration of Galician Jew- vince, pre-World War I1 Poland) with the Yiddish ry, the publisher of Rabbi Meir WunderTs Meohd name "Truvitz." The one list that verifies this G&&: EncyCeopedia 06 GcdiCibM RabbA and --the Hebrew version of David Bass ' bibliography SchoRatb [17]. Volume 1 in this series may be of memorial books--was not included in mv oriei-- vurchased in the U.S. from Grunfeld's Hebrew Book nal bibliography and is therefore included here, Store, 4624 16th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11204 for icle "Eastern European 'Jewish . one for a town name that might sound like in the addenda. $25.00 postpaid. Rabbi Wunder's address is 13 Some Problems and Suggestions'' ap- my family's birthplace of Trochenbrod or Panim Meiroth St., P.O.B. 15042, Jerusalem, Is- e Winter 1978-79 issue of TOLEDOT, I Sofiyevka (north of Lutsk) Trochenbrod-- . David B. Samson (9221 Pine Rd., Philadelphia, rael. d a number of letters worth sharing Yiddish transliteration--has eluded me. PA 19115) writes : "I read with interest your ar- Some of these letters ask ques- As far as I know, it was a small townlet . If any readers have information about addi- equire clarification on my part, with one long street running right thru ticle on 'Jewish Geographyf in the Winter issue of TOLEDOT. I was very impressed with your bib- tional geographic reference sources, I would ap- ask for information about particular the middle of the Radziwill Forest. Ra liography but I have one question: Where can I preciate hearing about them. Please write to me Some requests required searching from surrounding towns always came there at YIVO, 1048 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10028. t of reference sources. Several for Shabban and the Holidays as there wer get the books listed in the bibliography?" , s have, in addition, brought to my four bhul2 in the town. I would love no- Indeed, a bibliography is not of much use hical reference works that de- thing better than to be able to pinpoint where the resources are not available. However, BIBLIOGRAPHY-ADDENDA cluded in a bibliography. of geo- the exact location of Trochenbrod! I am a bibliographical optimist, and I believe ces, and which I inadvertently that in most large cities in North America the JEWISH SOURCES bibliography. So I have incor- The case of Trochenbrod illustrate sources listed in the bibliography will be avail- 1281 Abramzon, Sz. Geogtradge dun Pay&; fiud dun hayntihn Pay.& [Geography of Poland; study of eful tools into a list of addenda more clearly than any I can think of, t able in a combination of public, Judaica, and y, and welcome suggestions for variations between Jewish and offici university libraries. contemporary Poland] (Warsaw: Kultur-Lige, 1926). Contains 200 geo- further sources names. Trochenbrod is ide The general geographical sources (gazetteers A Yiddish geography textbook. Freya Blitstein Maslov (5819 W. Keeney, Mor- in Berl Kagan's Hehm SubbChip;tion and maps) listed in the second half of the bibli- graphic names in a Yiddish supplement, paired n Grove, IL 60053) sums up the experiences of [12] in my original bibliography), w ography are perhaps more readily available than with their Polish place-name equivalents. e geographical researcher in a letter that that in the Latin-alphabet index it the Jewish sources. Most central public librar- eserves quotation at length : its Polish name of Zofi6wk ies and university libraries have separate map [29] Bass, David. "Reshimat sifrei-zikaron she- I cannot begin to tell you how I felt indication of its location is given, divisions, and in these special divisions are yats'u le-or ba-shanim 1943-1972,'' in Yccd Vanhem, after reading your article in TOLEDOT. You only thanks to Mrs. Maslov's hint tha found many gazetteers and detailed atlases. hove& meh,k& be-)3cutilhayoR ha-bhoah ve-ha-g'vu- ave put into words the feelings and frus- Zuck that I was initially able to Most of the Jewish sources should be on hand &ah, no. 9 (1973), pp. 223-265. Includes the tions I have had for over four years any information about it at all. in more specialized collections, such as the Jew- names of roughly 400 European Jewish communities, I, too, have been a "victim" of oral For in the Shwnik Geogtradiczn ish Division of the New York Public Library, in Hebrew, with official forms in parentheses. The towns are listed alphabetically under the mission with varying accents. Because a dozen Zof ibwkas are list YIVO, Gratz College and Dropsie University in Philadelphia, Spertus College in Chicago, Hebrew countries to which they belonged between the two is, I have become somewhat of a "map yet another typical problem Union College in Cincinnati, Los Angeles and New World Wars. The largest number of communities will photocopy any old map I can the case of many towns beari York, and others. Also, a number of universities, listed is for Poland. An English-language ver- ds on--just so I can check each Blackbook the Yad Vashem [I], such as the University of California at Berkeley sion of this bibliography was published simulta- [38] U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Gaz&een NmE: The U. S. Board on Geographic Names Gaz- neously under the title "Bibliographical list of [33] Weinreich, Max. ttintohy 06 the Yiddin h SuppRemenZ: Ewrape and U.S.S.R. (Washington: &em are distributed by the Defense Mapping memorial books published in the years 1943-1972," Language (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1971). Contains corrections to the various gaz- Agency, Hydrographic/Topographic Center, Scien- in Yad Vahm S:tudia an ,the Euhopean 3UhCa- forthcoming). The Yiddish version, which appeared etteers issued by the U.S. Board on Geographic tific Data Dept., Geographic Names Data Base &xh;trrophe and RahZance, no. 9 (1973), pp. 273- in four volumes in 1973, contains an extensive Names. Div., Washington, DC 20315. 321. The disadvantage-of the English list is discussion of the linguistic factors determining that specifically Jewish place-names are not Yiddish pronunciati on of European place-names. given. Instead places are entered under their The index to the English edition will include official names. Thus, in the Hebrew version the Yiddish forms (in transliteration) and official entry for Targowica is "Truvits (Targowica) ,I1 forms of roughly 500 place-names, though the whereas in the English version it appears simply forms are not always linked Mlitkin the index. GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES A7 as "Targowica. The two forms are 1inked in the text, however. THE JEWISH THEOLOGICAL SEMTNARY 1301 Dobros zycki , Lucj an, and Barbara Kirshen- blatt-Gimblett. Image My Eye4 : A Photo- GENERAL SOURCES Bedune Judith E. Endelman gmpkic HAtohy ud JeLuinh Lide in Poland, 7864- [34] Glowny Urzgd Statystyczny Rzeczypospolitej 7939 (New York: Schocken Books, in cooperation Pols kiej SkonouLdz UiejncowoXci Rzeczypanpofi- . As one of the major Jewish libraries in the in the establishment of the Archives in 1976. with YIVO, 1977). Table 1, "Toponymy and popula- tej Pal~~ej[Index of places in the Polish Re- world, the Library of the Jewish Theological Sem- Prior to 1976 there was no Archives, as such, and tion of settlements where photographs in this public] (Warszawa: 1923-26). 16 vols. Each inary of America receives many inquiries from all manuscript records were stored in the depart- volume were taken, l1 (pp. 257-259) includes rough- Polish province is assigned a separate volume. genealogists. Frequently, however, a lack of ment of Rare Books and Manuscripts, where they ly 100 Polish towns in Roman-alphabet transcrip- The name of a place is given under its county familiarity with the character and somewhat idio- remained largely uncatalogued and inaccessible. tions of their Yiddish names, together with the (pautia;t), together with its classification (city, syncratic arrangement of the Seminary Library's In theory, the Archives today houses personal official Polish spellings, respective provinces, village, estate, etc.), and two sets of popula- collections frustrates the genealogist's search. papers and communal and organizational records, and pre-World War I1 general and Jewish popula- tion figures: one according to religious ident,i- This article is intended to provide a brief in- while the Rare Book collection contains manu- tions. A typical entry: Kuzmir (Yiddish name), fication, the other according to nationality. troduction to genealogical resources in the Jew- scripts and rare books of a literary character. Kazimierz nad Wisbg (Polish name), Lublin (pro- Jews are classed both under the first classifica- ish Theological Seminary Library. In fact, there is a certain amount of overlap tion, as those professing the Mosaic faith, and vince), 3,407 (total population), 1,382 (Jewish The Seminary Library contains a wide variety between the two departments. population) , 40.6% Jews. under the second, simply as "Jews." Often there of materials--in its book and periodical collec- The bulk of the material in the Rare Book is a wide discrepancy between the two figures tion, in its archives, and in its rare book and Room is of a literary-religious character and of luah y'me ha-zikmon Re-kekiRaZ YhhaeL be- given, both of which are based on the 1921 Polish [31] manuscript collection--of potential value to gen- no particular interest to genealogists : leaves census. tedLLtnat ha-gohh [Calendar of the days of remem- ealogists. In the book collection genealogists from the Cairo Genizah, medieval codices, incu- brance of Jewish communities in the diaspora] There is also an alphabetical list of all will find hundreds of histories of local Jewish nabula, kabbalistic texts, illuminated haggadot, Polish localities, published under the same title (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 5721 [1960-611). Lists, communities throughout the world, including such prayer books, etc. But one will also find there in the mid-1930s (Przemygl-Warszawa: Ksigznica alphabetically by country, place-names in their difficult to obtain titles as Julius Nodel1s The a number of items of interest to genealogists. Naukowa, n.d.). This list gives (in Polish) : official forms, followed by their Hebrew or Yid- Tic% BeLween (1959), a history of Congregation There is a collection of nearly three hundred place-name, type of locale, municipality (gmina) , dish equivalents, the districts or provinces in Beth Israel of Portland, Oregon; Samuel Stein- ke;tubot (Jewish marriage contracts). Most of county (poukd), province (wojwudztwa) , the which the towns were situated, and the date and herz 's Juden in Phq (1927) ; and Arie Men- them are from Italy and the Levant (North Africa, nearest railroad station, other lines of communi- Vie method of the communities1 extermination. The czerls Phzemydl Mmoniae Book (1964). Egypt, Persia, and Syria), but there are some cation, lower and higher regional courts. Both Hebrew/Yiddish forms are often merely transliter- Similarly, the periodical collection includes from America, Great Britain, and Europe. The ations of the official forms (e.g. Mszczonow- lists are useful for the purpose of locating great majority date from the 17th to the 19th places within the boundaries of Poland as it local Jewish newspapers from Jewish communities, Mshtshonov) . large and small, in Europe, America, North Africa, centuries, but there are a few from the 20th cen- existed between 1918 and 1939. The advantage of and the Near East. These can be invaluable for tury. Each keLubah is numbered and catalogued [32] Schepansky, Israel. "Lush ha-shoah she1 the first list lies in its detail, especially by place of marriage. There is also a collection with regard to the inclusion of population fig- genealogical work since they frequently contain yahadut Polin" [Holocaust dalendar of Polish Jew- birth, marriage, and death notices and, in some of approximately one hundred genealogical charts ures for Jews. The advantage of the second ry], in Oh HHarnimch, vol. 23 (April-July 1974), list cases, full obituaries. The newspaper collection (uncatalogued) of European and American families, is that it consists of one unified alphabetical pp. [217]-303. (An offprint of this article is includes such rare titles as the dllnhad of including the Rothschilds, the Caro rabbinic dy- sequence, and not sixteen volumes. Ami available for $3.50 from Rabbi Schepansky, 2220 Strasburg (19th century), Pavm Aha of Calcutta nasty, the Oppenheimer family of Frankfurt, the Avenue L, Brooklyn, NY 11210.) A Hebrew-alphabet (1918), E.5h.u of Vienna (1919-20), and the Kmkaueh Phillips family of London and America, and the listing of thousands of Polish Jewish communities, [35] Riaem g eogmphh ch-ntdtin;tin chw Lexikon Yabya family of Spain. In addition, there are (Leipzig: Otto Wigand). Various eds., pre-World Jiictinche Zehkng (19th and 20th centuries). The with later population estimates than are contained value of this collection will soon be enhanced many communal record books from Europe; for exam- War I. A useful general gazetteer, in German. in the Yad Vashem Bhckbuok [l] (which are based through the cataloguing and microfilming of the ple, Metz (17th century), Mantua (17th and 18th Especially good coverage for towns in the German on the 1921 Polish census). The names are listed newspapers, a project supported by the National centuries), Friedberg (1563-1680), and Bamberg and Aus tro-Hungarian Empires. only in nough alphabetical order according to Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). (1757-1825). A certain number of family papers their Yiddish forms. Provinces are also given, A grant from the NEH was also instrumental are also in the Rare Book Room, such as the pa- 1361 U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Gaz&eeh: along with Hebrew-alphabet references to their pers (18th and 19th centuries) of the Cohen-Ettin- Polish forms (e.g. Amshinov-Mshtshonov, in trans- CzechonLavakia (Washington: 1955). Contains Judi;th E. ~dehanA hckivd Adminin;trratoh d ger family of London and Baltimore and of the literation). Also included are the dates and 36,000 entries. the Jdnh Thealogicd Smina/ry od Ameh,ica in Lopes Suasso family of Holland. methods of the liquidation of the various commu- New Yohk and phevio~Ryn ehved a Abnocia;te Li- The holdings of the Archives are of much 1371 U.S. Board on Geographic Names. [GazeA- nities and the extermination of their Jewish pop- buna;t ,the Ameltican 3eutin h Hin;tanical Saci- more immediate interest to Jewish genealogists. l ulations. The not strictly alphabetical sequence tern:] PoLand (Washington: 1955). 2 vols. Con- ety in W&am, Man. She doengaga .in 6nee- They include the personal papers of communal complicates the search process, and this list can tains 51,500 entries for "Poland, Polish-admin- hcege.nedogicaR and kintonicd hauhch and leaders and scholars, such as Solomon Schechter, istered parts of eastern Germany, and Danzig." be used only by those who know Hebrew and/or Yid- covLttLibu;ted ;to the Swnmrn 7978 indue ad TOLEWT Cyrus Adler, Israel Friedlaender, Israel Rosen- dish. The advantage lies in its inclusiveness A supplement to this work was ,issued in 1958. wi;th heh cvuticRe an "J~hGenealogy WLthout berg, Moritz Steinschneider, Zadoc Kahn, and the and detail. '3aaLnh' Sowrccu : Ovie Ramchrn'n Expehience. " Adler family of London. There are also Jewish communal records especially from 18th and 19th tions of Librarian and Professor of Jewish His- century ~erman~,~and records of Jewish institu- tory for fifty years, until his death in 1953. be inherited or passed on, and so when Professor area to get started on their research. The Li- tions, such as Congregations Adath Jeshurun and There is an apocryphal story told of Marx Marx died, he took, in a sense, some of the keys brary's collection of over 250,000 volumes is one Beth Israel of Philadelphia and the Consistoire that when Schechter offered him the post of Li- to the Library with him. Fortunately, however, of the finest Judaica collections in the world. Central des Israglites, the institutional unit brarian, he replied that if he were to take the Marx did leave a written record of many of his Virtually all the basic works on Jews in every which governed French Jewry throughout most of position, he could either be a collector or a purchases. Beginning in 1917, he described his country in which they have settled can be found the 19th century. cataloguer, but not both, to which Schechter re- more important acquisitions in the annual reports in the Library, as well as books on Jewish liter- While the materials in the Archives, as in plied, "Be a colle~tor!~~And for fifty years which he wrote for the Seminary ReghinteA.. These ature, religious observance, rabbinics, talmud, the other departments within the Library, range Marx was an insatiable collector, acquiring rare reports, which are still prepared annually, pro- philosophy, and so forth. The genealogist will widely, the strengths of the collection are in books, manuscripts, communal records, personal vide a bibliographic record of and introduction also find many helpful reference tools, several well-defined areas: the history of Con- papers, and ceremonial objects from all over the to selected manuscripts, rare books, and other Jewish biographical dictionaries, books servative Judaism in America, the history of the world, in addition to all the standard works in unusual items and are one of the best sources of to convert Hebrew dates to civil dates, and his- American Jewish community in the 20th century, Judaica as they appeared. When Marx arrived at information on the holdings of the Seminary. The torical atlases which show the borders of coun- records of Jewish communities and families in the Seminary, the Library contained 5000 volumes current Librarian, Menahem Schmelzer, recently tries at different periods. Europe (primarily France and Germany) and North and three manuscripts. i\t his death, the Library edited these reports and published them, along One can not conclude a discussion of the Africa, the development of modern Jewish scholar- contained 165,000 volumes and over 9000 manu- with an indispensable inde~.~This book is an Jewish Theological Seminary Library without men- ship in Germany and its transference to the scripts, making it the largest collection of Ju- invaluable aid to genealogical research at the tion of the tragic fire which broke out in the United States, and the development of Yiddish daica in the world. The collection of Jewish Seminary. In the reports one will find descrip- Library's stack area in April, 1966. This firs literature in America. ceremonial objects that he acquired eventually tions of such items as a list of burials in Wiirz- destroyed 70,000 volumes of books and periodicals, The large collection of French communal re- became the nucleus of the Jewish Museum collec- burg-Heidingsfeld, 1793-1828; documents of the and water and smoke damaged an additional 120,000. cords contains many 19th century censuses and tax tion, the first such museum in America. Frankfurt community, including engagement and After the fire the Library converted to the Li- lists, particularly for Alsace, Paris, and Mar- Marx was a passionate bibliophile; he loved wedding contracts and deeds for the sale of seats brary of Congress classification system and most seille. These detailed lists provide information to explore the dusty back rooms of used book- . in the synagogue; a naturalization document from of the books that were saved have now been recat- on occupation, place and date of birth, address, stores and to study booksellers catalogues for Posen, 1835; and so forth (all of these itens, alogued and are listed in the "new catalogue." and length of residence. The remaining communal treasures. Marx was fortunate in that he was incidentally, were purchased by Marx in 1921). The "old catalogue" records the Library 's holdings records from Germany, Poland, Austria, and Italy collecting Judaica at a time when there was While this book is enormously helpful as a before 1966. Many of the destroyed books were are a miscellaneous collection of records from relatively little competition and prices were guide to the rare book and manuscript holdings of irreplaceable and are a permanent loss to the tiny communities as well as large cities. low. The destruction and chaos of two world the Library, one can not always be assured that Library. Fortunately, however, the wing of the One of the difficulties in using the wealth wars, the rapid expansion of Judaic studies in the material described has been catalogued and Library building where the manuscripts, archives, of material at the Seminary is that each of these American universities, and the growing number of - its location within the Librarq recorded. AS an incunabula, and rare books were housed, was not three departments has a separate catalogue and private Judaica collectors have now driven prices example of this problem, the grandson of a German affected by the fire. staff, each of which must be consulted in order to the point that most institutions can no longer Jewish refugee recently wrote the Library regard- Like all libraries with specialized collec- to be sure that one has exhausted the Library's buy rare Judaica with any regularity. ing family documents which his grandfather had tions, the Seminary Library receives many requests resources on a particular subject. In addition, One example of the kind of material Marx was donated to the Library after World War 11. He for information by mail. Those who are unable to much of the Library's material, especially in able to purchase with relative ease is evidenced even had a letter of acknowledgement from the come in person and wish to write the Library areas of interest to the genealogist, still re- by a hand-written list of communal records from Seminary to his grandfather. The documents, some should keep in mind several considerations. The mains uncatalogued. 59 German/Polish Jewish communities which the Li- of which dated back to the 18th century, were Seminary Library does not have the staff to do Both the diversity of the Library's holdings brary purchased from the Berlin bookdealer, Louis needed in connection with a lawsuit concerning research for inquiring correspondents. The staff and the backlog of unprocessed and uncatalogued Lam, in 19~4.~The items listed and acquired in- reparation claims. At first a search for the can usually tell the correspondent what its hold- materials are a direct result of the Library's cluded records from such communities in Posen material failed to uncover the items and the ings are on a specific topic, geographic place, rather unique history. The history of the devel- (Poznafi) as Lissa (Leszno), Rogasen (Rogoino), grandson and his attorney were extremely disap- or family name, but can not usually do much more opment of the Seminary collections is primarily Reisen (Rydzyna) , Samter (Szamotulv) , Borek (Bor- pointed by this. Fortunately, the material was than that. Manuscript material can often be pho- the story of one man's prodigious efforts to ek Wielkopolski), Krotoschin (Krotoszyn), Obornik at last located, uncatalogued, in a dark corner tocopied for a fee for the researcher, and books gather the finest collection of Judaica in the (Oborniki) , and Ostrowo (0str6w or Ostr6w Wl kp .) , of the Rare Book Room. can be requested through inter-library loan. Be- world. In 1902 a group of leading American Jews primarily from the 18th and 19th centuries. The This story highlights an important fact about cause of the three major divisions of the Library, invited Solomon Schechter , then Reader in Rabbin- entire shipment, which weighed eighteen kilos, the Seminary Library and its genealogical collec- the correspondent is usually not going to get an ics at Cambridge University. known for his schol- was purchased by Marx for $293! This is but one tions; that is, the Seminary has been receiving exhaustive search of all three collections by arly recovery of the Cairo Genizah and one of the example of dozens of such purchases which he made. family papers for decades, but until recently mail. Correqpondents should try to be as brief foremost Jewish scholars of his generation, to The rare books, manuscripts, and documents much of this material remained uncatalogued and and as speciflc in their requests as possible, assume the presidency of the newly reorganized collected by Marx were not systematically cata- almost inaccessible. It is only within the past stating key naiies , places (towns, provinces) , Jewish Theological Seminary. As president of the logued by him and his staff, and for Marx this few years that the staff has been able to begin dates, and summarizing their work to date. Seminary, Schechter gathered a distinguished was not necessary. His encyclopaedic knowledge systematically cataloguing this material. Tempo- However, there is no substitute for a per- group of scholars for his faculty, including and his photographic memory enabled him to remem- rary catalogue cards are now prepared upon receipt sonal visit to the Seminary Library. By coming Louis Ginzberg, Israel Friedlaender , Israel Da- ber and locate all of the Library's 9000 manu- of all new acquisitions so as to avoid building in person one can experience the pleasure of see- vidson, and Alexander Marx, who was appointed scripts, incunabula, and other rarities without up the backlog of the past. Just within the past ing the old records with their aging paper and Librarian and Professor of Jewish History in 1903. the aid of a catalogue. For example, in 1950 two years, for example, Mr. Oscar Igersheim of stylized handwriting, and of possibly even dis- Marx held a doctorate from the university in Marx wrote to his assistant, Anna Kleban, from New York City donated his family papers from Ger- covering the name of one's great-grandfather Koenigsberg and had also studied in Berlin at his summer retreat: "You know that we photostated many for the years 1827-1869, Mrs. Clara Altstok anong a list of donors to rebuild a synagogue. Hildesheimerls Rabbinerseminar and the Veitel- for Sassoon parts of the Naples incunabulum of of Brooklyn gave family documents from late 19th Visitors to the Seminary Library should be- Heine-Ephraimsche Lehranstalt . At the latter in- the Mishna with Maimonides' commentary. You know century Russia, and Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Stroock gin their research in the Library's public cata- stitution, he earned a reputation as the favorite it is the volume in black binding at the hottom- of New York City donated two books containing the logue room by browsing through the subject and pupil of the illustrious bibliographer Moritz shelf of the incunabula with the numerous manu- genealogy of the Stroock and Iglauer families. author-title catalogues. After having exhausted Steinschneider, one of the founders of modern script notes on the margin.114 In addition to the specialized collections the Library 's printed resources, they might want Jewish scholarship. Marx was to hold the posi- Unfortunately, a photographic memory can not of the Seminary, the seminary Library is an ex- to inquire about the Libr~ry'sarchival and manu- cellent place for genealogists in the New York script material. The staff at the circulation Tfi€ JEWISH FAMILY FINDER The editors of TOLEDOT invite its readers GALLAND (Lena, d. of Solomon) lived NYC 1900s. STILLER, to make inquiries about their research to the Sophie m. SPATZ, Barney. STILLER, Paul m. ?, three hundreds of Jewish genealogists who read our sons/one daughter-Bella. All FUTORANs located so far j ournal . related. For $5.00, we will print your 25-word an- 79-6 Cantor Don GOLDBERG, 2119 Kirkwood Ave., Merrick, nouncement containing the surnames, towns, or NY 11566 --- Looking for information on Julia FRIEDLAND, other information that you might wish to include 49 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers, NY. In 1907, she sponsored in your inquiry. Your name and address are Molf GOLDBERG(ER)'s immigration. Possible sisters listed free of charge. For announcements of Leopoldina LINZER and Charlotte SCHAEFER. more than 25 words, an additional 206 per word 79-7 Cantor Don GOLDBERG, 2119 Kirkwood Ave., Merrick, should be added. NY 11566 --- Seeking information on Adolf GOLDBERG(ER), To avoid inaccuracies, please type or print Szerencs, Hungary. Arrived NY in 1907. Married Adele your announcement. Indicate surnames in capital SCHAEFER: 1913. Children, Ruthie and Murray. Father- letters, as we do in the listings, in order to Moshe, Mother-Jennie KOHN. distinguish them from place names . 79-8 Cantor Don GOLDBERG, 2119 Kirkwood Ave., Merrick, Send 'Our check with the wording of NY, 11566 --- Seeking information on Karl SCHAFFER, born your query to: TOLEDOT, 808 West End Avenue, 1854 in Budapest. First wife Rosa HECHT died 1890s. Suite 1006, New York, NY 10025. Remarried, Charlotte. Arrived NY 1900-1 with daughter ***** Adele. 79-9 Cantor Don GOLDBERG, 2119 Kirkwood Ave., Merrick, 79-36 Barbara SHAPIRO ALEXANDER, 179 E. Lake Shore Dr., NY 11566 --- Looking for Stephen SARKANY, born in Hun- Chicago, IL 60611 --- Seeking descendants of: Channa gary. Father Adee, nephew of Karl SCHAEFER. Married Shayna (Jennie) and Abe FISHER; Basha and Isadore LAN- and divorced Esther FELD. Would be in 60's or 70's. DOW; Sarah BASS; Yudis and Dave RAPHAEL; and Sarah and Dave WISHNOVER. 79-43 Cantor Don GOLDBERG, 2119 Kirkwood Ave., Merrick, NY 11566 --- Seekine- information on Elva SOLOMON of 79-37 Mrs. Richard M. ARNOLD, 1600 Meaucaire Dr., St. Kismen and Benerekowitz, Hungary. 6'7" with red hair Killed in Munkacs, 1944, when he couldn't jump over a Louis, MO 63122 --- Seekine., information Abraham ARNOLD-- born Ibenhausen, Wurttemberg, Germany 1800. Married pit. Maria (Mary) ABRAMS 1826 ~hiladel~hia.Died 1872 Bal- timore. Lived southeastern Pennsylvania. Probably 79-44 Cantor Don GOLDBERG, 2119 Kirkwood Ave., Merrick, son of Aaron. NY 11566 --- Seeking information on Blume SOLOMON bat Elya. brried Kismener after war. Moved to Benereko-
VA 22302 --- Seeking survivors and*past history from ZINBERG (SINBERG, CINBERG, TZEENBERG, etc .) family: 79-45 Cantor Don GOLDBERG, 2119 Kirkwood Ave., Merrick, ukraine and poland (~~~i~,Teofepole, szjetzy, Zhitomar, NY 11566 --- Seeking information on Shlomo KITCHEVER of Nikoleyev) and Leningrad; SHU~ANfamily: ~~~i~, chern- Kitchever , Hungary, cousin to ~hlomoZalman SOLOMON.
orrov; KOMANSKY family: zhitomar: FIRESTONE- (FIERSHTANE?)- man.Son DavidDied ambushedAuschwitz? and killed on way home. very rich family: Kupin. ~lso*19th cent. 'or earlier info. on ' France, 1896. From the records of the Marseille Seminary Archives. FIDLER, LEDIGER, CAPLAN families from Lithuania (Pakroy, Linkava, Paneveys, Kovna Gubernia) or Kourland. Data, 79-46 Cantor Don GOLDBERG, 2119 Kirkwood Ave., Merrick, past or present, on these communities welcome. NY 11566 --- Seeking information on Hannah SOLOMON, desk will be helpful in directing researchers to ing to Archives, Library of the Jewish Theological cousin of Shlomo Zalman and Elya (above). Came to the Archives and Rare Book Room and in answering Seminary, 3080 Broadway, New York , NY 10027. 79-39 Arye BARKAI, 1777 Grand Concourse #11N, Bronx, Pittsburgh, 1946?. May have married, and still be in any other questions. 2~ichaelMoses Zarchin, Jws in the Phovince NY 10453 --- Seeking: Descendants of William FOSS, born Pittsburgh. The Jewish Theological Seminary is located 06 Pahen: SRudieb in the Comrnund RecuhdA 06 Xhe Galicia, settled Chicago. Descendants of David/Sura at 3080 Broadway (at 122nd Street), New York, NY EighZeenth and NineLeenth C~ntwLie.~(Philadelphia: KORN, born Galicia, settled Massachusetts (?). Descend- 79-47 Anita ZELVIN GOLDWASSER, 4710 Applewood Dr., San ants of Tauba/Itcha PASTERNAK, children: Hersh, Sziwia. Jose, CA 95129 --- Seeking information (people, places). 10027. The phone number is (212) 749-8000. The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, From Poland : SAFRAN (Zambrow , Lomza) . ROSENHOLTZ, KAL- hours of the Seminary Library during the school 1939). The basis of this study was a collection 79-40 Roberta BERKOWITZ, 9259 N. Kedvale, Skokie, IL NITZKY (Augustow). Also SINGER, MIMON, YISMACH. From year are Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Friday of forty-two manuscripts in the Jewish Theological 60076 --- 1.ooking for daughters and family of Sidney Russia: ZELVIN. Finland: BESPRESSVANNI, VANNI. Vilna 9 a.m. -Seminary closing time, and Sunday 9:30 a.m. Seminary Library dealing with fourteen Jewish com- RUBANOWICH and Leah HORODESKY from Priluki/Nezhin, area : KIABANSKY. -5:30 p.m. During the summer and vacation peri- munities in Posen. This material is now part of Ukraine. Also Nezhin names in letter of 1909: MALKIN, the holdings of the Archives. BERLIN, EISENBERG, SHARFSTEIN, Pesha ASTRIN, Guta 79-48 Aaron D. HOWARD, 41 Shallmar Blvd., Toronto, ods, the Library's hours are Monday-Friday 9 a.m. - Ont., Canada M6C 2K1 --- Looking for relatives of Yitz- 5 p.m. The hours of the Rare Book Room are Mon- 3~ouisLamm, List of Communal Records, no. chok GUREVITCH and Shoshka (nee OGUS) from Vevia, Vilna day-Thursday 9 a.m. -5 p.m., Friday 9 a.m .-Seminary 8683, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Library of the and Bialystok. Also, Daniel Mortcha EPSTIEN, from closing time. The hours of the Archives are Tues- Jewish Theological Seminary. 79-41 Louis RILOWITZ, 617 S. Olive St. #1010, Los An- Brest-Litovsk, and Esther Dvayra (nee SMOLER) from day, Wednesday, Thursday 9 a.m. -5 p.m. Research- 4hna Kleban file, Alexander Marx papers, geles, CA 90014 --- Seeking BILOWITZ (Kovno), OCHS Vevia, Vilna. ers who wish to use the resources of the Archives Archives, Library of the Jewish Theological Sem- (Vilna) , TEPPER (Lutsk) and LEVIN (Minsk) . 79-49 Bonnie ISENBERG, 2607 Linden, Norman, OK 73069 or Rare Book Room are encouraged to write or inary. --- Seeking information about relatives and Jewish com- 5~lexanderMarx 79-42 Patricia FUTORAN, 161 Jamaica St., Tiburon, CA phone in advance of their visit. , B.ib&aghaphicd S;tLldieA and 94920 --- Seeks information FUTORANSKY (Solomon) , &nity of Rzhishchev, Russia south of Kiev. Also LEVIN, Nateh an heBoahs and Manunchip;tn in Xhe Libhmy BUNDORSKY (BUNDERSKY) families, Kiev area USSR, immi- BRAVERMAN, POLISKY from same. PADZENSKY, SMOLENSKY, NOTES 06 the Jewish TheaRogiccLe Semimy 06 Amehica grated NY 1884. RESEFSKY (REZEWSKI), Korostyshev USSR. LANDMAN of Vilna, Poland. lPh~..&LminukyLinfikwj 06 ffa.t%ingn of the Sem- (New York: Jewish Theological Seminary and Ktav, BUNCHUK (BUNCHAK), bkeyevka/Zhitomir (Ukraine). inary Archives is available at no charge by writ- 1977). STILLER, Berlin, immigrated NY 1881. Abe and Lena b TO LEDOTISP RING 7 9 7 9 TOLEVOT/S PRING 1 979 79-50 Carole LERNER, 32 Kimbark Blvd., Toronto, Ont., Brody, Sterwitz, Trembowla, Zborow, Riga, Libau, Dwinsk, Canada M5N 2x7 --- Searching families of LERNER, ROSEN- Ponevyezh, Vitebsk, Zbarazh, Venice, Mantua, Padua, UNUSUAL POSTERS ,I LAB LE FROM YZ VO BERG, LEVENSON (LIVATICK), SAKINOFSKY, SOEDWELOW (SEVED- Genoa, Ferrara. Information sought/exchanged. WELOW), KRUPKIN (CROUKOPEN, KRUPKAN) , BERMAN (BERKO- WITZ). All emigrated from Russia 1890-1900 to Boston 79-60 Terrence H. SEWN, 97 Commercial Ave., New area. Brunswick, NJ 08901 --- Need information on these fam- ilies and locales: WRFMAN of Moscow area, and SKVIRSKY 79-51 Susan LOVINS, 1047 E. Beverly Way, Bountiful, UT (SQUIRSKY) of Taraschcha near Kiev, both arrived NYC 84101 --- Seeking information and descendants of Idel. circa 1890-1895. Mordecai (1803-1877) and Pesia (1810-1894) LOVINS (LOVINSKY) and Abraham (1819-1893) and Eva GOLDSTEIN of 79-61 Ida COHEN SELAVAN, 5528 Raleigh St., Pittsburgh, Tarascha Guberniia, Kiev, Ukraine. PA 15217 --- Descendants maternal grandfather, Cantor Levi ben Eliezer Menahem SPECTOR, author Minhpd ffako- 79-52 Freya BLITSTEIN MASLOV, 5819 W. Keeney, Morton keh, Stavishte. My parents, Esther Malke, Zvi Moshe Grove, IL 60053 --- Tracing family tree of BLITSTEIN/ KITAIGORODSKY, Lukashifke, Kiev. Families WOLADARSKY, BLITZSTEIN family. Looking for descendants of David, TITIEVSKY, DAYAN, WEXLER. Abraham, Chyam, and Moishe BLITSTEIN, born in mid-to- late 1700s and lived in Volynia district of Ukraine. 79-62 Stanford STARK, D.D.S., 4213 Mockingbird, Toledo, Also searching for all BLITSTEINs from Trochenhrod OH 43623 --- Looking for anyone named LEWINTER, LEVIN- (Sofiyevka) , Truvitz (Targowicza) , Soroki , Vinnitsa, TER, LeWINTER from Seretec, Zalosce, or Tarnopol in Berdichev, Kolki, Kivertsy, Rozhishche, Bazaliya, Vol- southeast Galicia. Also DUBOWY (DUBOYS in English). ochisk, Kupjel , Mlinov, Mizoch, Lutsk, Rovno, Kiev, Zhitomer, Boramel (Boromla), Odessa, Notic. Also 79-63 Bruce A. WEXLER, 166 Daniel Dr., Lakewood, NJ searching for two females (maiden name BIJTSTEIN: mar- 08701 --- Seeking relatives of Louis, Freda, Rose WECHS- ried names unknown): Giesse (born 1815) with children LER, children of Pinhas from Tarnopol, Galicia. Also named Goldie, Yonkel, and Rivka; Sluva (born 1817) with Aaron DORF of Galicia. Nuchm KREMENITZ of Chernowitz children named Chyam, Yonkel, Channah, Esther, and (Chernovtsy), Bukovina. Yitzrahok MARCUS, son of Akiva, Rochel. Would appreciate hearing from all BLITSTEINs. and Emulka, daughter of Moshe Nissen STERNLIEB, both Have nine generations traced on David BLITSTEIN. Will of Jassy, Romania. most enthusiastically share. 79-64 Mrs. Warren R. WISE, 1990 20th Ave., San Fran- 79-53 Steve A. MORDECAI, 35871 Adobe Dr. , Fremont, CA cisco, CA 94116 --- Seeking information on BLMENTHAL, 94536 --- Looking for MORDECAI from Jamaica, having im- HESS, PRAEGER, RINTEL, SALOMON families of Hamburg. migrated from England. Descendants of Benjamin and Descendants of Salomon SALOMONSEN of Copenhagen. BER- Martha MURCHISON MORDECAI and their children Solomon, MAN, SEIDENBERG, LANDIS, LIFSHITZ, SOROKER of Bessa- Manasseh, and Montroville(?). rabia. Jews of Zerkow, Posen 1700s, early 1800s. Daughters, including adopted daughter, of Levi Yitzhak 79-54 Michael NEVINS, M.D., 808 Arcadia Pl., River of Berdichev. Vale, NJ 07675 --- Seeking information on Jewish com- munities of Dubrowa (near Grodno) , Felshtin, and Malin. 79-65 George R. ZANG, 1942 Lilac Dr., Westbury, NY Also NEVIADEMSKY (Dubrowa), KUVIN (Koslow), BRAWER 11590 --- Seeking information on any PARMET or PARMETT (Felsht in), NUDENBERG (Naputchna) families . from Russia, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Spain, Por- tugal, Canada, United States, or any country. 79-55 Sharan NEWMAN, 160 Fallbrook, Newbury Park, CA 91320 --- Seeking Aaron NEWMAN, wife Bertha GOLDSCHMIDT; Samuel ROTHSCHILD, wife Amelia STRAUSS: all Darmstadt- Hesse; NYC by 1855. Selig LISSMAN/LESSMAN, wife Esther The Leopold-Zurier-Shapiro Family Gathering ROTHENBURG: Poland 1840-80. Judah ARNOLDI, wife Johanna will be held on October 12-14, 1979 at Gross- DRUCKER: Stettin 1850's. Also ARBEIT, FENNER, FIELD/ inger's Hotel in New York. All descendants FELD: Dwernik, Litovische, Chortkov; Ukrainian Galicia. or cousins of Maishe Lap and Zelda Zurier Lap 79-56 Joan DRACHMAN PLAM, 10805 Stevens Rd., Philadel- or Chaim and Sora Riva Shapiro from Pabradsk phia, PA 19116 --- Seeking information on DRACHMAN and and Moletai, Lithuania, are invited. Contact CHARNEBRUDDAH f ami lies from Mlawa and Dobrynin (Dobr zyn Barbara Shapiro Alexander, 179 East Lake nad Wisla), Poland, specifically Jacob and Miriam Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60611. (CHARNE BRUDDAH) DRACHMAN , Hersch DRACHMAN , antecedents 1 and lateral relatives.
79-57 Sheldon J. PLAM, 10805 Stevens Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19116 --- Seeking information on PLAM family from Radziwillow, Volhynia, Russo-Poland and Odessa, Russia; ZUKE from Radziwillow and Lekhivitz, Volhynia; ISMACK (ISMACH) from D1movka (near Lemberg), Galicia; PEPPER- MAN from Kiev area-Ukraine.
79-58 Maurice RICHTER, 4849 Connecticut Ave. NW, Apt. 223, Washington, DC 20008 --- Seeking descendants of UIEWENTHAL from Schneidemuhl, Marcus and Flora MICHAELIS of Los Angeles, William and Annie KOHN of Milwaukee (born 1840s), Emanuel CAHANA (born Iowa 1857), Samuel a,a05 aa, i, $' CAHANA (born Iowa 1862). CPUC ~wdom on- ow bcdkO ++ m4 mo 4 cdo Fl vr_d 0 0 79-59 Michael SCHALIT, 451 Bell Ave., Livermore, CA 94550 -- - SCHALIT , SHALIT , SHALET, SHALETTE , SHALLIT, SHALYT, SALIT, SZALIT, SCIALLITO from Zlodczew, Olesko, GEUMM-JEWISH GENEALOGI CAL RESEARCH : JEWISH GENET1 C DISEASES AROUND THE SELECTED RESOURCES AT THE LEO BAECK INSTITUTE, NEW YORK
Sybil Milton As part of its continuing effort to educate NEW YORK - The New York City Municipal Archives the public, the National Foundation for Jewish has moved to new quarters. The public search GENERAL CONS IDERATI ONS accurate. This was occasionally deliberate, a Genetic Diseases, Inc. (NFJGD) distributes an. room is at 52 Chambers St., Room 316, New York, There are no infallible recipes for the ama- way of evading military conscription, residence informative pamphlet describing seven diseases NY 10007 (in the old court house across the teur or veteran genealogical researcher in pursuit restrictions, discriminatory fees, professional affecting Ashkenazi Jews. The NFJGD also circu- street from the Hall of Records/Surrogatets Court of German-Jewish roots. German-Jewish genealogi- restrictions by craft guilds, and onerous taxa- lates to organizations "The Tragic Legacy," a building). Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., cal research involves a number of unusual obsta- tion. Theie was also a large number of migrant 15-minute color audiovisual filmstrip discussing Monday to Friday. The Archives has installed cles. The geographical amalgam called Imperial Jews among the largely rural Jewish population these various genetic disorders. For a free three new microfilm readers for use by patrons Germany (1871-1918) contained places like Strass- at the beginning of the 19th century, who were copy of the pamphlet and for information on the searching through the filmed birth and death filmstrip and on the activities of the NFJGD. burg, Breslau, and Kgnigsberg, now located in probably included sporadically in official re- records. All mail requests for pre-1898 birth (The process of Jewish urbanization oc- write to-609 Fifth Ave., Suite 1200, New ~ork, France, Poland, and Russia. The German Empire cords. and death records are to be sent to this new consolidated over 300 sovereign states which ex- curred during the second half of the century.) NY 10017. addres s . Two newly published books on Jewish genetic isted independently prior to 1803. This geo- Because of restrictions on the growth of diseases are now available. Gendc D&e.~~en graphical fragmentation resulted in archival de- Jewish population, younger sons of a large fami- NEW YORK - The Jewish Genealogical Society met centralization; public records repeatedly changed ly were forbidden to marry in Bavaria under the hang khhwutzi Jem, edited by Richard M. Good- on June 17 for a workshop on "Charting Your Fam- FmiLLantengendze (legal infringements on new1 y- man, M.D. and Arno G. Motulsky, M.D., is the their citizenship with boundary changes, trans- ily Tree" led by Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern. The granted citizenship for Jewish residents) between first published volume of the proceedings from fers during war-time and military occupations, first edition of the Society's directory of mem- and t e creation of new states. 1813 and 1861. Thus, clandestine (unregistered) the First International Symposium on Genetic Dis- bers' research interests has been distributed .to marriages and births may have occurred. Circum- eases Among Ashkenazi Jews, sponsored by the kq,archives located in Alsace were ceded members, who now number more than one hundred. to Germany in 1871, and were again returned to cision registers recorded only male births; fe- NFJGD in December 1977. It begins with a dis- male children were systematically included in cussion of the historical origins (migrations, France in 1918 under the Treaty of Versailles. NOWOK - The Jewish Genealogical Club of Tide- Historical archives were transferred en mmne birth registers only by the end of the 18th cen- interbreeding, proselytism) of the Ashkenazi Jew- water is collecting genealogies and family trees tury. Errors often entered the vital statistical ish community, and a consideration of the Yiddish from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy to the suc- from and of Jews in the Tidewater, Virginia area, registers by accident. Copyists made mistakes language as it bears on the genetics and anthro- cessor states of 1918 : Hungary, Czechoslovakia, especially Suffolk, Portsmouth, Berkley, Virginia Poland, Yugoslavia, and ~0mania.l World War I1 in transcribing earlier Jewish communal records pologic problems relating to the study of genet- Beach, Norfolk, Hampton, and Newport News. Ad- and the Holocaust led to the further destruction for the Stat- during the 19th century. ics. The volume proceeds to consider a number of dress : Irwin M. Berent, President, 560 Roland Many surviving Jewish registers carry the specific conditions, including Gaucherls, Nie- and dispersal of documentary sources. Cemeteries Dr., Norfolk, VA 23509. and synagogues were irrevocably destroyed; public swastika stamp of the Reichnn.t&e Qiirr Sippendah- mann-Pick, Dystonia, Dysautonomia, Tay-Sachs, and private archives in occupied European coun- nchung (National Office for Racial Ancestry). Bloom's Syndrome, Mucolipidosis IV, among others. OMAHA - The Federation of Genealogical Societies, tries were looted and transferred to Germany, and An ironic by-product of the Nazi pseudo-science These articles are written at a technical level, in cooperation with the Nebraska Genealogical of racial biology was the need to preserve Jewish but can be readily understood by the educated subsequent to the Allied victory in 1945, they Society, is holding a symposium, "The Grganiza- were returned to their places of origin or to vital registers. Nazi racial laws required all lay person. It will have great appeal to those tion and Management of the Genealogical Society," successor institutions in Israel, Canada, the citizens to trace their genealogy back to the interested in Jewish history, anthropologists, 9-11 August 1979, in (knaha, Nebraska. For infor- United States, and elsewhere. third paternal and maternal great -grandparents. as well as those trained in the fields of genet- mation write to P.O. Box 31097, Omaha, NE 68131. The idiosyncracies of German geography and This lineage was written up in the Ahnenpubn ics and human populations. 470 pages, $36.00, political history are also reflected in the pat- (ancestral passport). The Nazi requirement that Raven Press, 1140 Avenue of the Americas, New PffILAVELPffZA The newly organized Philadelphia - terns of German-Jewish family history. The French all Jews add the names ZntraeR and Sah~to all York, NY 10036. Jewish Genealogical Society will hold its first Revolution and the Napoleonic era created the vital .records, in many instances led to the pre- Gendc Dhohdm Among the Jwdh People, meeting in September. The program will include first steps towards Jewish civic emancipation and servation of old Jewish vital registers. Fur- by Richard M. Goodman, M.D., the first compre- is a speaker plus an opportunity for individuals to equal status. Civil registration for all births, thermore, the Reichnn.t&e diitt SippendokbchuMg hensive reference work on the clinical genetics discuss common research problems. For further deaths, and marriages was introduced in the microfilmed many Jewish birth, death, and marriage of the Jewish people. More than 100 disorders information contact the Society, c/o Philadelphia French-occupied west bank of the Rhine, and in records in 1944. These documents are available occurring in the world's Jewish communities, Jewish Archives Center, 625 Walnut St., Philadel- many states, Jews adopted German surnames. Jew- today at the Pehbonenn&n&CULckiv (Personal Re- phia, PA 19106. grouped into diseases that affect Sephardi, Ori- ish community records, kept intermittently since cords Archives) in Briihl (near Cologne), West ental, and Ashkenazi Jews, are described in de- the 17th century, became more systematic as the Germany. tail. The book includes chapters on the histor- administrative organization of the modern German ical development of Jewish communities, the ge- state evolved during the 19th century. However, THE fEO BAECK INSTZTUTE netic heterogeneity of the Jewish people, and only in January 1876 was national civil registra- Various types of Jewish genealogical records genetic disorders described in the Bible and tion (of all births, deaths, and marriages irre- are available in the Archives and Library of the Talmud. Up-to-date information on prenatal di- "TOLEDOT: The Journal of Jewish Genealogy Leo Baeck Institute (LBI) in New York. The LBT agnosis and screening, genetic counseling, pre- . .. is so chock-full of information that one ters were kept at the (municipal civil was founded in 1955 by the Council of Jews from vention, and new therapeutic approaches are also can't just put it down. Every Jewish library registry), usually city halls .3 Germany "for the purpose of collecting material included. This book is sn excellent reference with pretentions to a collection in genealogy and s"ponsoring research about the life and history for health professionals, concerned with similar should have it." of the Jewish community in Germany and other Ger- problems in other ethnic groups, as well as for knocidtian ad J&h Libhahien Sibyl Wanin Ckied Atrckivdint at Xhe Leu ?heck man-speaking countries, from the Emancipation to anthropologists, sociologists, and others study- B&&, SyYting 1979 1nbLiti;tu;te in Nw Yahk. Hm annotaA:ed ;thunnl.mZan the Nazi persecution. The Archives and Library ing ethnic traits and their origins. 560 pages, and 6acbimiXe edition 06 The Stroop Report, abaLLt of the LBI comprise one of the largest documentary $32.50 ($26.00 until Aug. 31, 1979), The Johns ;the den;DuLc.tian 06 .the Wahnau, ghe,tta, ,i.b being collections in this field, containing over 2,000 Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD 21218. pubRinhed in Novembe,t 1979 by Punkheon. linear feet of archives, a specialized library of records add information about family relation- Archives contains several deportation lists, as TOLEDOT, Summer 19771. A full set of this organ- ships and individual identities. Tombstone in- follows. ization's periodical, 1924-1938, is available in scriptions exist in both manuscript and photo- the LBI, Library. graphic form. The quantity of information on Baden: 11 Gestapo lists: Jews still resident in The Berthold Rosenthal and Jacob Jacobson Collec- these records varies widely, depending on the Baden on 1 Feb. 1941, including full Jews and tions referred to earlier in this article are accuracy of the local scribe, and the degree of those living in mixed marriages, 840 names from obviously rich in vital statistical and histori- destruction caused by World Wars I and 11. 12 or more towns; Jews who moved to the East, cal data for the genealogist. It is important to remember that rights of Easter 1942, 78 names; Jews who moved to the domicile were not always synonymous with burial East, Summer 1942, 45 names; Jews who "emigrated" CONCLUSIONSWritten genealogical inquiries may be sent privileges. Thus , no Jew could be buried in from Baden to Theresienstadt, 22 Aug. 1942, 139 Breslau until 1671. Jews from Breslau were bur- names, and addenda, 90 names; Jews deported from to the Leo Baeck Institute, 129 East 73rd Street, ied in Krotoschin, Ziilz, and other outlying com- Baden-Baden, Freiburg , Heidelberg, Mannheim, etc. New York, NY 10021. The LBI is open Monday to munities; the death certificates are therefore on 22 Aug. 1942; Jews expelled from Baden on 1 Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and during the filed with these towns rather than with Breslau March 1943. [AR 2037/No. 1-11.] academic yeas until 8 p.m. on Monday evenings. records. The following communities and years Koblenz: 4 Gestapo lists, 1942, of Jews deported To be fully and adequately processed, the are represented by death records in the LBI from Koblenz and the region, especially Bendorf- inquiry must contain reasonably precise family Archives. Sayn (printed by the Jewish community, ca. 1947- and geographical information, as well as some in- 1948). [AR 7085/No. 1.1 dication of a price limit on relevant photocopies Allersheim near Wiirzburg , list of deceased, 1799- Konstanz: names, dates of birth, and last resi- when such material is available. 1903, typed in German. [JJC 1II:l.l dence of the Jews of Konstanz, deported to Gurs There is a great deal of luck involved in Altstrelitz, cemetery register, ca. 1740-1923. (Vichy France) in 1940 (photocopies of Nazi any genealogical research. However, without cer- [JJC III:2.] documents). [AR 2165/No. 2 .] tain minimum amounts of information, a search of Arnswalde, miscellaneous tombstone inscriptions Pfalz: 2 Gestapo lists, undated, 220 names; also records would be futile. A detailed location of and documents, earliest ca. 1780, mostly from a list for transports from Rheinpfalz, undated, family origin is exceedingly important. A recent 19th century. [JJC III:3.] 11 names. [AR 2039/No. 1-3.1 inquiry to the LBI concerned a family from Fisch- Berlin, death registers, 1751-1813, 1818-1829, Regensbyrg : deportees who arrived in Theresien- bach (literally, fishing brook). In this in- 1830-1837, 1847-1855. [JJC I :5-6, I:34, I :44.] stadt, 24 Sept. 1942, 117 names. [AR 1425/No. 61 stance, detail did not help, since there are 28 Berlin, inscriptions from grave monuments in the Wiirzburg: transport 11/26 of Jews who arrived in different villages called Fischbach, several in old Jewish cemetery Grosse Hamburgerstrasse 26, Theresienstadt, 24 Sept. 1942, 610 names. Bavaria, one in Silesia, etc. Details, such as by L. Landshuth, 2767 entries, mainly in Hebrew, [AR 3788/No. 1. ] the administrative district of this village, can 13 volumes. [JJC I :20-32.1 always help to solve a problem, since with the Bretten/Baden, Memotrbuch, 1725-1884. [AR 2799/ Several other lists of Jews deported to Gurs administrative or court district, it would have NO. 6-9.1 and Theresienstadt are located in the LBI Archives been possible to find out which village was the Diisseldorf, Memotrbuch, 1714. [JJC III:13.] in the Bernhard Kolb, Karl D. Darmstaedter , and "real" Fischbach . Dyhernfurth, Chevha KadCsha records, 1782 -1807. Max Plaut Collections. Excerpt from deportation list of Baden Jews sent Despite the complexities of research into [JJC III:14.] to Theresienstadt, 22 August 1942. The list German-Jewish genealogy, the interested person Frankfurt am Main, death register, 1805-1808. has an excellent chance of partial success. It [JJC III:17.] OTHER COLLECT11)NS WITH REGIONAL MATERIALS may be possible to discover the world of an 18th Gnesen, record book (Pinhanl of the Chevka Ba&i The following collections at the LBI Ar- eportation, AR 2037/No. 4.) century Jewish jlncestor and to trace his peri- ffhakim Ubihwr ~ho~im(b;rial society and so- chives also contain material of particular in- ginations to the present. ciety for visiting the sick), including list of terest to the genealogical researcher. deaths, 1841-1892. rJJC III:22.1 papers of Congregation Shaare Zedek of Astoria ~ai~erloch,photographs of ~ewish-tombstones. Michael Berolzheimer Collection: includes over (New York City), 1942. NOTES l~harlesKecskemeti A/zckivd Claimh (Paris : [JJC VIII:57.] 50 family trees for the families Mznnlein Ber- Karl D. Darmstaedter Collection: unusually rich , Hannover, Memonbuch. [JJC I11 :29. ] olzheim, Berolzheimer, Offenbacher, Rindskopf, in materials about Jews from Mannheim and their UNESCO, 1977) : Ernst Posner , "Effects of Changes Harburg , Mmotrbuch. [JJC I1 I :30. ] Gosdorfer, Besels , Wertheimer, Brilin, and Simon fate in Nazi Germany. The documentation about of Sovereignty on Archives," in hckivu and the KEnigsberg (today Kaliningrad, USSR), requests Wolf Oppenheim (Oppenheimer). The papers in- Mannheim, Baden, and Worms includes photocopies Publ'ic IvLtc?hc?4t (Washington, D. C. , 19671, pp. for birth, marriage, and death certificates , clude copies of Jewish community registries from and photographs of cemeteries in Prag and Neck- 168-181; and E. Posner, "Public Records under 1847. [JJC III:39.] 18th and 19th century Bavaria, copies of the arbischofsheim. Military Occupation," in A/zckiv&6 and the. Public Krotoschin, Chevha Ka&ha and death records, Fiirth Tenhmentenbuch (register of wills, es- Vierfelder Family Collection: includes a six- 1vLt~X&5t, pp. 182-197. 1785. [JJC III:4la.] tates, and death dates of selected members of generation history of the Vierfelder family from 2~anielJ. Cohen, "Jewish Records from Ger- Potsdam, Jewish tombs tone inscriptions, 1746- the community--translated by Rabbi Max Freuden- Buchau. The collection also includes 52 photo- many in the Jewish Historical General Archives in 1836, typed list. [JJC I:54.] thal), a Sc~zg~~te(tax list for rights of graphs of the Jewish community in Buchau and Jerusalem," in Leo Baeck 1nb;titute Yea Book 1 (1956), pp. 331-345; and Bernhard Brilling "Jew- residence of protected Jews) from Fiirth for copious newspapers and historical clippings , PEPORTAT1 ON LISTS 1716-1718, and other valuable genealogical notes. about Buchau . ish Records in German Archives: Results of a Sci- For those families trying to trace missing Max Markreich Collection: includes extensive Rudolf Simonis Collection: contains several hun- entific Journey, 1955-1956,'' in Leo Baeck 1nbfi- and murdered individuals affected by the ~hird typed manuscripts about the Jewish communities dred family trees, family histories, and related meYeatr Book 1 (1956), pp. 346-359. [The Jew- Reich and the Holocaust, the two best resource in Aurich, Ostfriesland , and Bremen. Markreich correspondence for Berlin, northern Germany, and ish Historical General Archives is now known as centers are Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and the In- was head of the Jewish community in Bremen and Sweden. There is also a copiously illustrated the Central Archives for the History of the Jew- ternational Tracing Service in Arolsen, West emigrated to the United States by way of Trini- Simonis family tree. ish People.] Germany. There have also been numerous memorial dad. His collection contains material as di- Arthur Czellitzer Collection: includes personal 3~ocentpublications on German-Jewish com- publications in West Germany; many of the volumes verse. as : original documents on the Jewish com- and family papers as well as information on the munal history include massive reference works on contain lists of deported and killed Jewish resi- munity of Leer, 1748-1749; the Aurich MaheRbuch; genealogical society he created, the Genelhchadt specific regions such as : Baruch Zwi Ophir in dents of individual towns and regions. The LBI items on Jewish life in Trinidad, 1939-1940; and &ii/z Jiidinche FmiLLendom chung [discussed in collaboration with Schlomo Schmiedt and Chasi a : Turtel -Aberzhanska, Pinkah ffaheki.eeot Gmany - 51n addition to unpublished finding aids MAGNUM OPUS FIRST AMERICAN Bavda (Jerusalem, 1972) ; Paul Arnsberg , Vie available at the LBI, detailed information on its Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern's FhbX Amdcan Jew- jtlclhche Gemeinden in ffehhen, 2 vols. (Frankfurt holdings is also found in a number of sources: Ah Fam~2.Le.b:600 Genedugi~7654-1977 is an es- am Main, 1971); and Bernhard Brilling, jki- Leo Baeck Institute, 1nvevLtotry /-&ink 06 kckivclk? sential reference book on those families of Jew- i~chen Gmdnden Ui;tt&ckeenim (Stuttgart , ColYeckioa, Brochures I and I1 (1971 and 19761, ish origin that settled in America prior to 1840. Berlin, Kijln, Mainz, 1972). A comprehensive re- LBI Libtz&f~yavid Atrckiveh New, no. 1-- (Feb. The 419-page work updates, corrects, and enlarges view of these communal history publications is 1975--), and LB1 Nw, no. 1-- (1960--) ; Max Dr. Stern's 1960 compilation, Amdcaa 06 J~hh found in a three-part article by E. G. Lowenthal, Kreutzberger, in collaboration with Irmgard Foerg Z)~cent. This mammoth, new collection, which in- "In the Shadow of Doom: Post-War Publications on (eds.) , Leu Baech Ta;titut, New Yotrh, GbRioXheh cludes an index of 40,000 names, provides quick Jewish Communal History in Germany," in Leo Baech und kckiv. Kaag, v01. I (Tiibingen, 1970); and access to such biographical data as places and In&tLtU;te Yeah Boubn X1 (1966), pp. 306-335, XV U.S. Library of Congress, Ndtiond Union Catalog dates of birth, marriage, and death, dates of ar- (1970), pp. 223-242, and XX111 (1978), pp. 283- 06 MdnUhCh-i)9X C~lY~cki~a,VO~. 1-- (1959--). rival in America, significant occupations, natu- 308. Further data on German-Jewish record-keep- The publication of a detailed catalog of the LBI ralization, military service, and Revolutionary ing practices are found in "Registration of Archives is now in preparation. War ancestors recognized by patriotic societies. Births, Deaths and Marriages in European Jewish 6~urtherinformation about deportations and A Fellow and currently President of the Amer- Communities, in Palestine and Israel," in kchi- the Holocaust may be gleaned from published works ican Society of Genealogists, Rabbi Stern has long vum, vol. 9 (1959), reproduced in part in Leslie such as : Hans -Joachim Fliedner , Vie Judenvmjolg - been recognized as the dean of American Jewish G . Pine, The Genedoght'h Encyclopedia. ung in MCLnnheh, 7933-7945, 2 vols. (Stuttgart, genealogists. Since 1977 he has been a contribut- 4~ersonenstandsarchivBriihl , D-504 Briihl , Berlin, Kijln, Mainz, 1971), and JGrg Schadt , VUL- ing editor to TOLEDOT. The American Jewish Ar- Schloss Nordf liigel , West Germany. This archive Bulgung und Widantand untm dm Na;tionah ozial- chives and the American Jewish Historical Society is particularly strong on the Rheinland provinces &mu in Baden. Vie Lqebehickte daGaRapo und jointly published- this uniaue book in 1978. It and the administrative district of Diisseldorf. deh Genm&kaa&a KodAhuhe, 7 933-7 940, is available for $75 from ~TAVPublishing House, It includes church and religious registers, as (Stuttgart, Berlin, KEln, Mainz, 1976). Other A sample chart from the book illustrating the 75 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. well as civil registers, for many individual volumes include lists of Jewish residents, their genealogy of the Sulzberger family--of NW Yuhh towns in this region. The Bundesarchiv (West fate, and sometimes even earlier historical data Theh fame. German National Archives) in Kobl en z contains about tbe Jewish residents, e.g.: Arno Herzig, microfilmed Jewish vital statistical records from Vie judinche Gemdnde 1ne/LRohn (Iserlohn, 1970), numerous towns today located in East Germany, contains a list of 1834 Jewish residents of Iser- Poland, and Russia. Further information may be lohn, the community members who paid taxes for a I obtained from the Bundesarchiv, D-54 Koblenz, Am rabbinical salary in 1852, name and address list JOOA -- Wijllerschof 12, Postfach 320, West Germany. The of the Jewish community and their professions in best address directory to German-language archives 1866, and a list of Jewish residents deported to SOPHIA JYL.10.1855 21~row~~ SULZB[RG~R"- ZIP, AH is kchive im dUchnptrackigen Raum, Uinehva concentration camps, slave-labor camps, and
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