TOLEDOT II the jou~nal og jeruish genealogy

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TO OUR READERS A READER WRITES JEWISH GENEALOGY WITHOUT "JEWISH" SOURCES JuM E. Enddmcuz 3 JEWISH GENEALOGY COURSE WORLD WAR I SELECTIVE SERVICE RECORDS NEW SOURCE FOR LATVTAN AND ESTHONIAN JEWS THE JEWISH FAMILY FINDER LANDSMANSHAFTN AND THE JEWISH GENEALOGIST Zacharty M. Bahm 10 POST-I900 CENSUS RECORDS ILLL1STRATION: BIRTH REGISTER, BISCHOFSHEIM, GERMANY GERMAN JEWISH RECORDS AT THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH JEWISH NAMES : 2UESTIONS AND ANSWERS Benzion C. Kaganodd 26

II VOLUME 2, NUMBER 1 SUMMER 1978 TOLEDOT: THE JOURNAL OF JEWISH GENEALOGY ToRedot is the Hebrew word for "genealogy" comes in the night, dressed as my ancestor: "Nu. of the Jews, if for a few moments I lose my Jew- or "g'enerations ." So what have you done already, Miss Big Shot? ish guilt and feelings of marginality (or should 808 West End Avenue, Suite 1006 ToRedot disclaims responsibility for errors Better you should tell your friends about me .I1) I say my Am&can-Jewish feelings of guilt and New York, NY 10025 of fact or opinion made by contributors but does In an incredibly short time I have traced marginality), then whom have I hurt? strive for maximum accuracy. my "rabbinical" line back to about 1750. It hap- Finally, the whole tone of the editorial is Arthur Kurzweil Steven W. Siege1 Interested persons are invited to submit pens that there are many more references, biog- flatly patronizing and authoritative. Your sub- Edi;totr Edi;toh articles to be considered for publication in raphies, and records for rabbis than for - say scribers are not the junior high school students Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern Lisa Kurzweil Toledot. Manuscripts will not be returned shoemakers. And while I am equally curious about whom you lectured recently, and even in their Conthibdng Edi;toh Ah.t Duignq unless a stamped selF2addressed envelope is my shoemaker ancestors, and feel no disrespect case, I do not think you do young people a serv- included. toward them, I have less luck arousing much ice with such messages. The world will not come Subscriptions: $8.00 for one year (four issues) Contributors of articles accepted for genealogical interest in their descendants. In to an end if a Jew indulges occasionally in spon- or $14.00 for two years (eight issues) in publication will receive ten free copies of contrast, I have received much information and taneous and immediate feelings of pride in his the U.S.. and Canada and by surface mail the issue in which the article appears. cooperation from relatives whom I have located ancestry, or any other inner experience which overseas. $15.00 per year for foreign on the rabbinical line. I suspect this is be- comes naturally through genealogical discovery. air mail delivery. ToLedot is indexed in C~~lteM;tContena2/Social E cause they had a vague feeling passed on to them To equate these spontaneous feelings with ill- Behaviohae Sciencu , Social Sciencu Citdon that there was something special in their past, will toward others, indeed to mention them in @ Toledot Press 1978 ISSN 0146-9568 Index, and Genealogical Pehlodicd Annuat Index. even if the exact historical connections and the same breath as the Nazi horror, is not only proofs are no longer known. In contrast to the ridiculous, but quite unfair. skilled tradesmen, who often rose quickly in this Mdene Sfiveman BACK ISSUES OF TOLEDOT ARE IF YOU MOVE - please send us your new address. country through industry, members of this family 36 16 Connec2Lcu-t Awe. NW We are not responsible for non-receipt of an issue tended to see themselves as taking a few steps Wc&ington, VC 20008 AVAILABLE AT $2.50 APIECE. if we have an incorrect mailing address on file. down by coming here. (One family matriarch around the turn of this century complained often, EDITOR'S REPLY: "In Europe we were like kings," referring not to Ms. Silverman missed the point. If she wealth, but to community status.) would carefully reread our remarks, she would 70 OUR It is the challenge that finding these his- see that we did not equate excessive pride in We would like to begin by congratulating In addition, we have brought you book re- torical connections presents, and the reinforce- illustrious ancestry with the Nazi "interest" both you and ourselves on our first year's anni- views, new and valuable sources for research, a ment provided by the active interest of others, in Jewish genealogy. The two are quite differ- versary as a publication. ToRedot continues to regular feature on Jewish names by the field's which lead me to concentrate on this particular ent, but are nevertheless still similar in one grow in readership and (we hope) in quality. leading expert, and much more. Also of note is family, not one-upsmanship. First, it offers the way: both abuse Jewish genealogy. In other Response to our publication has been excellent "The Jewish Family Finder." We have heard of quickest way, genealogically speaking, to plunge words, we stand by our observation that far too and it is heartwarming to know that we are con- its effectiveness from several readers and its deeply into Jewish history. But perhaps more many times are we approached by those who boast tributing to successful Jewish genealogical re- popularity can be seen simply by the increasing important, those of our ancestors who were active about their famous ancestors. As the Talmud search for many people. Thanks for your con- number of 'requests in each issue. in religious life and community affairs invaria- says, "God prefers your deeds to your ancestors1 tinued support! Many of our articles and notes have come bly mirror to a greater extent than others the virtues.abuse. Obviously the Rabbis also noted this As we look back on our first year, we note from you, our readers, and we would like to en- essence of Jewish life in their times. The at- with pleasure that we have brought to you a large courage you to continue to be in touch with us tempt to know them and their world offers greater One last thing: Ms. Silverman writes of variety of material of potential use to you as in the form of letters to the editors, items of possibilities for understanding the Jewish spirit "the intellectual superiority" of the .Jews and family historians. Of special note is our cata- interest, and articles for publication. than would the study of everyday life of more even underlines it with a "(Yes!) .I1 We abhor log of the Jewish material at the Mormon Genea- We continue to develop exciting ideas for ordinary folk (among whom I include the vast ma- this comment, find it racist, and must conclude logical Library. This issue continues that cata- future issues and we look forward, as we hope jority bf my own ancestors). If in the process that anyone who makes such a comment could cer- log with the German Jewish records in their you do, to a long relationship based on our of these discoveries I happen to identify tempo- tainly not be included in the remark. collection . common interests. rarily with the intellectual superiority (Yes!)

A REAVE 3EWTSf-l GENEALOGY WITH OU7 "3EWTSff1' SOURCES : ONE RESEARCHER 'S EXPER1ENCE Those of us who have found a few rabbis in (after the way the Nazis used it) is "excessive our past can thank the editors of ToRedot for re- pride" in illustrious ancestors. If I find that Judith E. Endelman minding us that Jews should not indulge in spon- I am descended from the Baal Shem Tov, the edi- taneous and uncomplicated feelings of pride. tors caution, my first reaction should not be In December 1976, the decomposed body of pected that he left an estate worth approximate- For the past several months I have been pride, but rather a question. (What else would Earle Nevig*, age eighty-six, was found at his ly one million dollars. reading about the world of the Polish rabbis, a Jew do first but ask a question?) And that is, home in Queens, New York City, amidst piles of The deceased was a member of a German-Jew- largely on the stimulus of a legend in one line "Do I live up to his good name?" newspapers, magazines, and assorted rubbish. A ish family that came to America in the 1840s. of my family about descent from the Vilna Gaon. How grim. I never stopped to ask myself, loner and recluse, Nevig had lain dead for sev- Solomon Nevig, Earle Nevig's great-grandfather, While this may indeed turn out to be false, I "But do I duawe the Vilna Gaon?" The editorial eral weeks before his body was discovered. and Solomon's sons, Samuel and Raphael, had left have learned a lot in the process and have expe- goes on to make connections between feelings of Neighbors familiar with the bizarre living hab- Bavaria along with thousands of other Jews from rienced a more genuinely motivated interest in pride in rabbinical lineage and all sorts of de- its of this octogenarian would never have sus- southern Germany. Like so many German Jews who Jewish history than that which others had pre- plorable things, including snobbery and preju- came during the migratton of that decade, they viously tried to instill in me. dice, if not outright ill-will toward others not *All family names used in this article are pseu- initially made their living as peddlers, settling . But now I feel so guilty. I had no idea I similarly descended. The spector is raised of a donyms. The use of pseudonyms was necessary be- for a few years in Tennessee before moving per- was abusing Jewish genealogy. According to the fully grown adult ego being taken over by the cause the disposition of the estate of Earle manently to the northeast. The names of Samuel editorial [Spring 19781, the second worst abuse identity of the departed great-one. (The dybuk "Nevig" has yet to be determined by the courts. and Raphael Nevik appear in the 1850 Federal I I the members of the family. There were six chil- the Federal census of 1900. Most of Earle Ne- census for Tipton County, Tennessee, their occu- who were in America before 1840, while the Nevig ,l dren in all -- Charles H., Leonidas H., Helen F., vig's first cousins were found to be dead. Leona pations being given as "merchant" and "pedlar," family arrived shortly after 1840. However, one Joseph H., Sigmund H., and Isaac H. Morris, a daughter of Charles Nevig, was a first respectively. Samuel Nevig's wife, Fannie Haas, member of the family, Helen Frances Nevig, and i At this point, the subsequent fame of one cousin whose name appeared in Philadelphia tele- was also from Bavaria. Their two oldest chil- her three children are in Stern's books because 1 of the Nevig brothers -- Joseph H. -- provided phone books through 1974. With the help of a dren, Charles and Leonidas, were born in Tipton of her marriage into a Jewish family that was in an invaluable boost for my research. I checked colleague of the attorney with whom I was work- County in 1851 and 1853. Sometime between 1853 America by 1840. the Nw Yahk Thu ObLt~ani~Index, 1858-19688 ing, we discovered that she had died in a Phila- and 1857, the family moved to Philadelphia, as While the Nevig's pre-Civil War residence to see if obituaries of any of the Nevigs had delphia nursing home in December 1977. As she their next child, Helen Frances, was born there in Philadelphia would qualify them as an old appeared in the Then. This volume lists 350,000- died after Earle Nevig did, her two children be- in 1857, as were three more sons. Philadelphia Jewish family, they do not merit I individuals whose obituaries appeared in the came heirs to Earle Nevigts estate. Earle Nevig was the only child of Leonidas any mention in Edwin Wolf 2d and Maxwell White- Tima (paid death notices are not included) . There remained one substantial gap in the Nevig and his first wife, Emma Da Costa, the man, The Hbtahy ad ,the 3m 06 PUad&pkia The alphabetical listing of names gives the date, Nevig family genealogy. Not one of Joseph Ne- daughter of Elias Gates Da Costa, a member of an dhom Colonid TLma ;ta the Age 06 Jacb on. page, and column of the original obituary. vig's obituaries made any mention of his younger old Philadelphia Sephardic family . Leonidas , or They do slightly better in Henry S. Morais, The Joseph H. Nevig, who had spent his adult brother Sigmund, who was eight years old in Lee (as he was known) Nevig, moved to Puerto Jim 06 ~kiead&~kia,~which notes, in passing, I 1870, according to the Federal census of that years in New York City and died at his home in Rico around 1900. There he represented American "Some of the best known Hebrew families have Brooklyn in 1925, was a well-known man about year. In the next Federal census, that of 1880, packing and milling concerns and, in addition, worshipped at Mickve'h Israel, among them . . . Da town and a close friend of Mayor James J. Walker. his age was given as seventeen, his address as invested heavily in Puerto Rican real estate. Cost a . . . Nevi g . . . . I Before bookmaking was declared illegal, Nevig that of his parents, and his occupation as After his first wife died, Lee Nevig married her Although I might have attempted to use the was one of the largest bookmakers in New York "clerk in a shirt store." In searching through sister, Louise Da Costa. They had no children. Mikveh Israel archives which are at the syna- City. In addition, he promoted prizefights, the Philadelphia city directories, I found a When Lee Nevig died in 1939, at age eighty-six, gogue in philadelphiaJ5 I chose instead to use handled election bets for Tammany Mall specula- rather obscure entry in the 1903 edition for his only child, Earle, became a very wealthy man. material which was available to me in New York tors, invested in Coney Island and Brighton 'S. H. Nevig, mgr. £manager], 503 Mariner and At the time of his father's death, Earle had City (and which would be available in other , Beach real estate, and owned a lobster business Merchant Bldg., h. [home] N. Y ." As this might already established himself in New York City. cities as well) -- that is, city directories, and a part interest in three taxicab companies. be the Sigmund H. Nevig that I was tracing, and He had married and had one child, a daughter. telephone books, newspapers, and census records. Between the Tima obituary and the obituary as I had no other leads to follow, I decided to Both his wife and daughter, whom he had designa- I first attempted to find the names of Le- that I located in the 3~AhExponent, I was examine the city directories for New York City ted as his sole heirs in his will, had prede- onidas Nevig's brothers and sisters -- Earle able to fill in much of the Nevig genealogy and for Brooklyn. ceased him, but he had never changed his will to Nevig's aunts and uncles. I had the dates of since the names of surviving relatives of Joseph A listing for Sigmund H. Nevig, "salesman" reflect this fact. Thus, when Earle Nevig died, Leonidas Nevig's two marriages -- 3 Feb. 1888 Nevig were given by both newspapers. Both obit- appeared in the Brooklyn directory in 1890 and his will was invalid. In addition, his daughter and 12 July 1901 -- and as both took place in uaries contained factual errors. The Tha gave 1900, and for Sigmund H. Nevig, "detective" in had left no heirs. According to the inheritance Philadelphia I turned to the Philadelphia 3~- I Joseph Nevig's birthplace as New York -- it was the New York City (Manhattan and Bronx) directory laws of the State of New York, if there were any bh ~x~onedfor the marriage announcements Philadelphia. His son's name was given as in 190314 and 190415 with a Manhattan business first cousins of Earle Nevig living at the time which I hoped would give the names of Leonidas Grover, rather than Glover. His widow's name address and a Brooklyn home address. In each of his death, they (or their children should Nevig's parents and siblings, as marriage an- was not given and the only other survivor men- instance, he had a different Brooklyn home ad- they subsequently die) would be the heirs to nouncements of the period often did. Unfortu- tioned was an unnamed brother who was described dress. his estate. If there were no first cousins liv- nately, all I found on the marriage of Leonidas as the proprietor of Nevigls Hotel in Philadel- After 1904/5, his name no longer appeared ing at the time of his death, the estate would Nevig and Emma Da Costa was a brief note that, phia (this was Charles Nevig, who was actually in either directory. Acting on the suspicion go to the State. "Owing to a recent death in the family of Mr. that he had died, I decided to check the annual I dead at the time). The attorney for the estate was unable to Nevig, the wedding was very quiet, only the The major errors in the 3&h Exponent volumes of deaths reported in New York City, locate a relative or friend who could identify nearest relatives being present." The notice of obituary were errors of omission. The son was published by the Department of ~ealth.~In the all of the first cousins of Earle Nevig, al- Leonidas Nevig ' s second marriage was also brief, again named as Grover, not Glover (only the 1908 volume of deaths, Sigmund Nevig was listed AS I though the attorney did collect some data on the with the only names given being those of the Brooklyn Z)* Eagle obituary listed this unusual as having died in Brooklyn on 4 Nov. 1908. family. Moreover, not only did the attorney re- bride and groom and Rev. Leon H. Elmaleh who name correctly) . Joseph's widow, Sadie, was was interested in knowing if he had any surviv- quire the names of the first cousins, he also performed the ceremony. named as were his surviving sib,lings -- Lee of ing children, I looked for his death notice or had to locate documentary evidence about possi- The next source I chose to use was the city Puerto Rico and Mrs. Helen Gruenbaum of New York. obituary in the New York -Tima and Brooklyn ble heirs and their relation to the deceased directory for Philadelphia. Commercially pro- In Philadelphia, the Exponent mentioned Fannie PuA&/ Eagle, in the hope that it would list his that would be acceptable in Surrogate's Court duced city directories were published for many survivors. The death notice in the Tha listed 1 Nevig, the widow of his brother Isaac, and Mor- (as probate court is known in New York State). American (and foreign) cities from the late ales C. Nevig, the son of his late brother no survivors. The obituary in the Vdy Eagle The attorney for the estate hired me to de- eighteenth century through the mid-twentieth cen- Charles. This list of surviving relatives was described Sigmund Nevig as "the brother of Joseph velop, in essence, a genealogy of the Nevig fam- tury (in some cities they are still produced) . far from complete, but the information it did Nevig, the well-known bookmaker and sporting ily and to provide documentary evidence to sup- These directories were usually annual volumes man." It also mentioned that Sigmund Nevig had I provide was accurate. Although these obituaries port it. Because this particular case touches containing an alphabetical listing of the heads provided. me with much information, additional been a member of the vaudeville team of Nevig on so many of the problems that one encounters of households as well as other employed members supporting documentation was required, as news- and Ward and was survived by a "widow, Julia and in constructing the genealogy of an American of a family, with each individual's occupation, paper obituaries are not accepted by Surrogate's a daughter .I1 Jewish family, I am going to describe how I went business address, and home address listed. Women Court as evidence. Because Sigmund Nevig's obituary mentioned about solving the case in the hope that this may were rarely listed unless they were in business I next took the names from the obituaries that he had been in vaudevi 1le , I called the help others in their work. or were widows. and traced them in city directories and telephone Theatre Collection of New York Public Library's In the 1877 edition of the Philadelphia books. Glover Nevig, Joseph Nevig's son, is Library of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center Although this family came to America several city directory, I found that Leonidas, his older listed in the current Manhattan telephone book, to see if they had any further information. The decades before the great migrations from Eastern brother Charles, and their father Samuel were in and will be an heir to his first cousin, Earle's, Theatre Collection has a card catalogue which Europe, they arrived too late for inclusion in business together as Samuel Nevig and Sons, estate. Another researcher working for the at- indexes obituaries and other biographical infor- Malcolm H. Stern, hdcantl 06 Jwbh Pencent shirt manufacturers. All three had the same torney traced some of the names to the Philadel- mation found in theatre and entertainment peri- and FAt he.h.ican 3win h Familieh : 60 0 Genedo- home address. I then found the listings for phia probate court records. odicals. Their catalogue contained a reference giu 7654- 1977. Stern's compendiums of American that address in the 1870 and 1880 Federal cen- Additional names of relatives were found in to an obituary for Sigmund Nevig in the NW Yokk Jewish genealogies include only those families suses and thereby obtained the names of all of TOLEDOTISUMMER 19 7 8 5 Dh~aticUirrhoh of 14 Nov. 1908. This brief would have been born in 1889 or 1890. I was now obituary mentioned as survivors "his widow, one faced with the task of discovering Fannie Nevig's Lander. 16 The record revealed that Nathan and microfilmed by Research Publications, Inc. of New Haven, Conn. and are available in New York City in the microfilm " married name and locating her, if she was still Fannie Lander's one daughter, Beatrice, age ten, daughter and a brother, Joseph Nevig. This room of the New York Public Library Research Division. obituary helped to corroborate the fact that alive, or finding the record of her death. as well as Fanniels mother, Julia Nevig, were City directories after 1881 are available in their origi- Sigmund Nevig appeared to have only one surviv- Anxious to gather further documentation on living together in 1925. nal format at the Annex of the New York Public Library at ing child. However, I still did not know her this elusive family, I now attempted to gather It appeared that the Lander family had moved 521 W. 43 St. name or her age. two pieces of evidence which I thought would be out of New York City. The question was, where '~ew York, 1970. Probate files, which contain a11 the papers quite simple to obtain -- the record of this had they moved? I began to search suburban area 'The published indexes of births, marriages, and relating to the estate of a deceased individual, family in the Federal census of 1900 and Fannie telephone books, beginning in the 1950s. In the deaths in New York City may be consulted at the New York Public Library Genealogy Division, the New York Genealog- are usually an important source of information Nevigls birth certificate. In both instances I telephone books for Westchester County (the sub- ical and Biographical Society, and the New York City Mu- about the surviving children of a deceased par- failed. urban area just north of the Bronx, the family's ' nicipal Archives. However, none of these institutions ent. If the individual left a will, it will be The Federal census for 1900 is available last known address), there was an entry for a has a complete set of the published indexes, which were in the probate file, as will the names and ad- on microfilm and has a state-by-state index of Nathan Lander in Mount Vernon. This same listing issued beginning in 1888. The Municipal Archives (23 dresses of all of the heirs. If the deceased names. l2 The names Sigmund, Richard, or Julia appeared in the most current telephone book. Park Row, NYC) has both published and unpublished birth left no will, letters of administration will be Nevig did not appear in the index for New York With a certain amount of nervousness and and death indexes, as well as the actual birth and death I records, for the 1800s through 1897. Birth and death filed in the probate court, usually by the clos- State. The family was somehow overlooked or excitement, I dialed the number. explained to records since 1898 are with the NYC Department of Health est surviving relative, indicating that he or omitted when the census was taken for that year. Mrs. Lander, who answered the telephone, the (125 Worth St., NYC). Marriage records are entirely with she is taking responsibility for the distribution Similarly, I checked the indexes to births from purpose of my call and asked if she would tell the City Clerk's office in each borough of NYC. of the estate according to the inheritance laws 1888 to 1892 for all New York City boroughs and me her first name, and then her parents' names. 1°1n New York City, each borough is itself a sepa- of the state. found no birth certificate for Fannie Nevig.13 TO all of my questions, she gave the appropriate rate county with its own Surrogate's Court. The borough Sigmund Nevig's name did not appear in the At this point, I returned once again to the responses, and I knew I had located Fannie Nevig of Brooklyn is Kings County and its Surrogate's Court is located in the New Supreme Court Building at 2 Johnson Surrogate's Court index in Kings County (Brook- New York City annual volumes of reported deaths. Lander. She told me that both she and her daugh- St. Surrogate's Court in New York County (Manhattan) is lyn), nor did I find letters of administration I reasoned that the widow, Julia Nevig, eventu- ter Beatrice were widows. She was eighty-seven located in the Hall of Records at 31 Chambers St. for him in the annual volumes which I searched ally moved in with her only child. If I could years old. She listened to me with some disbe- Indexes are open to the public, and the probate files may in the event that his name had been missed by find the record of Julia's death, that might lief as I told her that she was one of four heirs be examined upon request. the indexer. A similar search in New York County lead me to Fannie. In the 1930 volume of deaths, to a large estate. After all, how many people llThe office of the Kings County Clerk is in the New I found a listing for the death of Julia Nevig Supreme Court Building. Some New York State census re- (Manhattan) Surrogate's Court also turned up no suddenly discover that they have inherited a. cords are also available in duplicate at the New York information.1° Apparently, no will or letters in the Bronx. I immediately ordered the death large sum of money from the estate of a first State Archives in Albany. of administration were filed with the Surrogate's certificate and went to the Bronx County Surro- cousin whom they never knew? 12The 1900 census may be examined at the National Court at the time of Sigmund's death. gate's Court to search for a will or letters of Archives in Washington, DC and at the regional archives Having been unable to discover the name of administration that would give Fannie Nevig's There is a certain irony to the solution of branches located at the Federal Archives and Records Cen- Sigmund Nevig 's daughter through probate records, married name and address at the time of her this genealogical case in that such a simple, ters. The archives branch closest to New York City is at the Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, NJ. I then turned to the New York State census re- mother's death. 14 As was the case when Sigmund obvious source as the telephone book eventually 13see14The noteSurrogate's 9 above. Court is in the County Court House cords. The State census for each county is kept died, the family apparently filed nothing with located Fannie Nevig Lander. Were Fannie Lander in the respective County Clerk's office. In the Surrogate's Court at the time of Julia's already dead, or had she chosen to have an un- at 851 Grand Concourse. order to have a search performed, one must have death. listed telephone number, it is unlikely that she 15~ack-datedtelephone books for New York City and a name and a street address. There is no index Not finding a probate file for Julia Nevig, could have been found without resorting to pub- its suburban counties are available on microfilm at the I now turned to New York City newspapers to lo- lished notices in newspapers, court-ordered New York Public Library Research Division. as there is for the Federal census of 1900.11 16~vailableat the Bronx County Clerk's office in There were two State censuses that I could cate a death notice that would name Julia Nevigts searches of closed records, or other sources. the County Court House. The 1925 census was.the last utilize -- 1892 and 1905 -- as I had Brooklyn surviving relatives. Both the New York Tim&5 As city directories have slowly ceased publica- state census in New York. See also note 11. addresses for Sigmund Nevig from the 1890, and the Bronx Home Nwh carried death notices of tion, the value of the telephone book for this 1903/4, and 1904/5 city directories (the next Julia Nevig. The Tha listed her survivors as type of search has increased. JudLth E. Endelman h AhchLkivd Achini~;Dra;tohaX State census was in 1915 and Sigmund Nevig had her daughter, Fannie Lander, and her sister and An additional conclusion one can draw is the JwAh Theologicd Seminany 06 Amdca Ln died in 1908). For the 1905 census, I gave the brother, Hattie Harris and Julius Hanf. The the relative unimportance of specifically Jewish Nw Yohh and pheviowly ~avedan kaociaXe Li- clerk the address I had from the 1904/5 city Home NU gave Julia Nevig's address as 2701 Con- communal records in much of American Jewish bhdan a;t Rhe hehican J&h Hhhnicd Soci- directory. The clerk informed me that the family course in the Bronx, and mentioned her daughter nineteenth and twentieth century genealogical ctg in Waetham, MUM. She doengaga in 6nee- living at that address was Nevig, but the first as Fannie Landen. research. Except for the use of the Philadelphia lance genealogical and kintohicat ha each. name of the head of household was not Sigmund, I now had a possible address and a married J&h Exponent, no Jewish sources were utilized. Addhan: 3080 Bxoadway, Nw Yohh, NY 10027. but Richard. "Richard" Nevig was forty years name for Fannie Nevig, so I turned once again to This genealogy was produced almost entirely from old (Sigmund Nevig would have been forty-two, the city directories and telephone books for the information gathered from public records and city but census records are not always very accurate Bronx. The directories and telephone books newspapers. I think that many American Jewish in giving ages); his wife was Julia and he had listed a Nathan Lander at 2701 Grand Boulevard genealogies could be constructed in the same one daughter who was fifteen. However, the clerk (the Grand Concourse, as it is now known, was manner. refused to tell me the daughter's name, which he then called the Grand Concourse, Concourse, or JEWISH GENEALOGY COURSE knew was the information that I was seeking, be- Grand Boulevard). Piecing this all together, I NOTES cause of the discrepancy in the father's first concluded that Fannie Nevig was married to Nathan l~incinnati, 1960; reprinted New York, 1971. A practical course on research in Jewish name. It seemed obvious to me that "Richard" Lander and lived at 2701 Grand Concourse in the 2~altham,Mass. , 1978. family history and genealogy will be offered in Nevig was indeed Sigmund Nevig and that "Richard" ' Bronx. IPhiladelphia, 1957; reprinted Philadelphia, 1975. New York City in the Fall at the 92nd Street YM- was either a stage-name or a census-taker's However, by the mid-1940s, the Landers were 4~hiladelphia,1894. YWHA. The instructor will be Steven W. Siegel, error. no longer listed in the Bronx telephone book.15 s~ikvehIsrael records of births, circumcisioss , and co-editor of Toledot: The Jouhnd 06 J~hh I now tried to find the names of the Landers' deaths, 1776-1909, are also available in photostat form The clerk did finally locate Sigmund Nevig at the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, Ohio. for me in the 1892 census. Sigmund's daughter, children (although they could not be heirs, they 6~vailableon microfilm in New York City at the Jew- GenealogThe ynine-session . course will be held on who was then two years old, was named Fannie. could lead me to their mother). I acquired the ish Theological Seminary of America Library and at the Tuesday evenings from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. The It appeared that she was the only child and 1925 New York State census record for Nathan Jewish Division of the New York Public Library. first class will meet on Sept. 26, and the course 7~itydirectories for many American cities have been will continue after the Jewish holidays from Oct. 31 to Dec. 19. Tuition is $45 per student. piling the information, and the Holocaust and THE JEWISH FAMILY FINDER Each week instruction will focus on a dif- Jewish genealogy. ferent aspect of genealogy, enabling students to Registration for this course may be arranged The editors of TaRedat invite its readers ish BRAVOS. Also information on relatives of Abraham conduct extensive research into their own family by mail or in person through the Education Dept . to make inauirie, about their research to the BERNSTEIN, died 1939 at Cleveland, Ohio, father of Anna Topics to be covered include getting of the 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave., New histories. hundreds oi Jewish genealogists who read our BERNSTEIN BRAVO and Herman BERNSTEIN; was survived by a started, resources and research techniques, com- York, NY 10028; telephone (212) 427-6000. brother (possibly Barnett BERNSTEIN) in New-York. j ournal . For $5.00, we will print your 25-word an- 78-48 Harry V. FERSTER, P.O. Box 2156, Ft. MacArthur, nouncement containing the surnames, towns, or CA 90731 --- Seeking information of following surnames WORLD WAR 1 SELECT1VE SERVICE RECORDS other information that you might wish to include and communities. FERSTER and GROSSMAN of Graz and/or in your inquiry. Your name and address are Karaschmirza, Austro-Hungary. Lived New York 1901, then A common genealogical problem is the lack Denver and Omaha, Nebraska. SPINAT of Roumanian origins. of precise information on an individual's date listed free of charge. For announcements of more than 25 words, an additional 20$ per word and place of birth, especially for immigrants.> should be added. 78-49 Joseph T. FETSCH, P.O. Box 254, St. James, NY One likely source of birth data for mda bohn : To avoid inaccuracies, please type or print 11780 --- Seeking LORBEERBAUM, LORBERBAUM, LEVERBAUM. bmeen lb73 and 1900 is the collection of Descendants of Jacob of Lissa. WAHL, KRAMER, family of your announcement. Indicate surnames in capital World War I Selective Service records, which David LORBEERBAUM (d. 1944), all of Safed, Palestine. is letters, as we do in the listings, in order to on file at the Federal Archives and Records Information on Safed, especially Jewish settlement distinguish them from lace names. before 1900. Center in Atlanta, Georgia. send your check Gong with the wording of The more than 24 million draft registra- your inquiry to: TaRedat, 808 West End Avenue, 78-50 Gary GELBER, 163-45 17 Ave., Whitestone, NY 11357 tion cards, dating from four registrations in Suite 1006, New York, NY 10025. --- Looking for: SCHORR, MINTZER, KERBER, WILK, KAPLAN, 1917 and 1918, are arranged by state and county, ZUCKERMAN; GELBER from Kolbuszowa, Kolokov, Kolerone; and within each county by local draft board. PLISKY from Ciechanowiec (Tcheckanovtsa) ; LUBAR (LUBIN) from Milejchice; SCHWARTZ from Bzezany; THALER from The registration cards for each board are then Dunajuw (pronounced Duneith) . filed alphabetically by the surname of the 78-42 Richard ALPERIN, 842 Lombard St., Philadelphia, registrant. PA 19147 --- Looking for ancestors & descendants of 78-51 Kenneth JURIS, 952 Northumberland Dr., Schenec- For major cities there were often dozens of Jossel STOCLER (STOCKLER) b . 1800 Ukrainian Galicia, tady, NY 12309 --- Seeking information on family local boards. (In New York City, there were 66 arrived Focsani, Romania as soldier after 1830, achieved name JURZDYZANSKI from Ejsyszki, Poland area. in Brooklyn and 82 in Manhattan.) Because the citizenship, built two synagogues, d. 1893. Also sur- it is names: NADLER (NODLER) Ukraine; SCHNITER (SCHNITZER) 78-52 Gertrude SINGER OGUSHWITZ, 19 Storrs Heights Rd., records are arranged by local board, Adjud, Romania & Austria; SCHNEYER Tarnow ? Polish Gali- Storrs, CT 06268 --- SPIELER, SINGER, COHN, Braila, imperative that the registrant's home address cia. Second branch being developed: Elya Gideon HALPERN Romania; SINGER, Arad, Hungary. Also SANDERS, NEWMAN, in 1917-1918 be known before a search is made. b. 1847/56 Lida, Beylorussia; Nusin BEHRMAN b. 1820 COHEN, SIMON, JACOBS, ROSENGLANS, FEINBERG, ALMAND, of The information which can be found on the Lida, Vilna, Lithuania; Mailich DRUCKER b. 1830 Uman, Warsaw, Vrotalavok, Lebaia, later Leeds or London. Also .. Berditchef, Ukraine, wife: Gitle. Third branch: Zelev FUCHS of Leordeni and ~orosmez$. Also OGUSHEWITZ/ card is as follows : name, home address, age in ~y,.r. .-C-..-.; N- r P.~. -..--.. -==--.------.-.---.---- 1 Wolf HGN b. 1816 Bragin ? Moglief, Beylorussia. Also AGUSHEWITZ, PLOFSKY, KAUFMAN, Slonim. years, date of birth, citizenship status, race, ---- and employer's name and address. Many cards ' spelled: HAHN, HOHN, HAN, HON, HONN. Mordecai STEINBERG \ ,erbH la-kt~h."J..b"..".-L*ddth.tU..,...- b. 1830 Dubno, Volyn, Ukraine, wife: Rifka NITZEN; 78-53 Philip PARMET, 4 Rutgers Rd., Farmingville, NY also include ~laceof birth, occupation, and/or - Zalman SCHLUGLEIT b. 1860 Mestechko, Zhitomir, Ukraine, 11738 --- Seeking information on following families: name and addkss of nearest relative. Some wife: Eta Dvora or Chana. WOLKOWITZ from Chernovtsy or from Kolomea, LIPSITZ from cards alternatively include dependents, marital (s-- *, d) Minsk, EVENSTEIN from Paris, BERECK from Paris. X"6Y \ status, previous military service, and/or fa- , 78-43 Lewis BARATZ, 2140 Knapp St., Brooklyn, NY 11229 --- I am searching for the BARATZ family, Southern 78-54 Arthur RATHHAUS, 70 Via Del Pinar, Monterey, CA ther's birthplace. [See accompanying illustra- Ukraine, and RAWICZ, RAWITZ, RAVITZ, etc. family from 93940 --- Information about family Markus RATHHAUS and tion for a sample registration card.] Poland. Rosalie n6e M~~Nzof Tarnov. One of his sons, my father, To have a search done in these records, ob- Samuel was born 1871 in Tarnov, raised in Vienna and died tain an order form from the Archives Branch, 78-44 Alvin Leonard BARD, 8741 Meadow Heights Rd., Ran- in an army hospital in Krakow 1918. Federal Archives and Records Center, 1557 St. dallstown, MD 21133 --- Looking for Haskell BARISH Joseph Ave., East Point, GA 30344. Fill in as NEW SOURCE FOR (spelling uncertain) from Boston; also BARISH (spelling 78-55 Arthur REIMER, Fawn Ridge Rd., P.O.B. 121, War- uncertain) from Philadelphia, Boston, or Providence; also rensburg, NY 12885 ---Searching for REIMERs, WOKESIN/ much information on the form as possible. (The LATVT AN AND ESTHONIAN JEW BARDICHEWSKY (BERDICZEWSKI) from Polonnoye, Ukraine; also WOKERSIN, BALLSCHMIETER from Greifswald area Germany. Archives Branch has maps which will enable them SUSTER (SHUSTER) from Pasvalys, Lithuania; also Alex REIMER, SENDZEK, WINTER, VOGEL, JARACHKY from Herrnstadt- (Elyeh Velvel) SUSTER who died in Capetown, 1908-1911. to correctly identify the local board based on The Association of Latvian and Esthonian Silesia. REIMER, GRABSDORF, FUHRMANN from Berlin. .) Return the completed Desperate for 1888 period or before for WELT-Rumania, the registrant 's address Jews in Israel is accepting genealogical inquir- form without payment. If the Archives Branch 78-45 Charles B. BERNSTEIN, 5457 S. Hyde Park Blvd., SCUTCH-Hungary, GOLDBERGER-Russia. Need U.S. and Euro- ies. In 1975 the Association built an educa- Chicago, IL 60615 --- Looking for: descendants of Israel pean connections. locates the desired record, you will be notified Moses RABINOWITZ, chief shohet of Kovno, b. ca. 1842 and asked to submit $2 for each draft card to be tional center at Shefayim, Israel as a memorial to those who perished in the Holocaust. It is Keidan, Kovno Guberniya; information re family of Rabbi 78-56 Martha ROTENBERG-GALLAGHER, 1365 N. Calaveras St., photocopied. Yechiel Idel LIEBSHITZ of ViIna, 1863-ca. 1937, children here that the Associationfs offices are located Fresno, CA 93728 --- Seeking information for towns/fami- The draft registration cards are being Reuven (b. ca. 1884, at Slobodka Yeshiva 1904), Mayer lies: BERNHEIMER from Ichenhausen, Bavaria; LOEB from microfilmed at the present time, and it is ex- as well as its archive devoted to the history of Zalman, Zvi Hirsch, Yehoshua Leib, Gittel (Mrs. Zalman Philipsburg, Baden. DIAN or LIPSHUTZ from Solobkovtsy; pected that at some point in ithe d&Uhe, copies Latvian and Esthonian Jewry. A number of rare ZUCKERMAN) , Leah (Mrs. Niss an GORDON) . ROTENBERG from Zinkov, both south of Khmellnit.+kiy, Kiev. books, newspapers, and periodicals have been may be available for research at the other Ar- 78-46 Milton BOTWINICK, RR #2, Box 312A, Absecon, NJ 78-38 Brock SHAMBERG, P.O. Box 10-295, AnchoragA. AK chives Branches of the National Archives. This collected and the Association is also interested in obtaining and preserving genealogical materi- 08201 --- BOTWINICK, DAVImW, BELFER, MILLER (fm Boslov), 99502 --- Looking for the following families: SHAMBERG, collection of World War I Selective Service re- STERN (fm Courland), STROEKMIESHEL, SWERDELEKOVSKY, SHANBERG, KURKIN, SAKOLSKY (SAKOL) , WORSHILSKY (WOROSHIL- cords also comprises other materials besides the al. Please send your inquiries to William M. PARADISEGARTEN. Interested info about Walk, Latvia and SKY) (WORSHIL), CEMNIK (TZMNIK) all from the Grodno pro- registration cards, including files on individu- Lipschutz, 17 Bobrich Dr., No. 48, Rochester, NY Boslov, Ukraine. Trade researching Phila. for NYC. vince, town of Yaluvka (Jalowka) . Desperately need als who failed to report to their local boards, 14610, who is the U.S. representative of the info on the town as well. Association of Latvian and Esthonian Jews in 78-47 Kenneth A. BRAVO, 1592 S. Belvoir Blvd., South on alien registrants who sought exemption from Euclid, OH 44121 --- Looking for information on any Jew- the draft, &d on registrants living abroad. Israel. b 78-57 Jay SIEGELAUB, 327 W. 22 St., New York, NY 10011 STRAUS, born around 1825 in Bavaria, married Bertha MORN- --- Looking for surnames ROGAN, SCHWARTZ, GRICK from INGSTAR, practiced dentistry in NYC (Brooklyn) in 1855- organization), and the left-wing International nowadays even the largest ones, the fifty or so Panevezys, Lithu~nia;MELNICK, SEGAL from Kovno, Lithu- 1875 period. Died prob in 1870's. Children: Louis, Workers' Order existed alongside the independent organizations with more than 300 members, meet ania; BORTNICK, PQTZANT, WOLF from Balta, Russia; Hattie, William. Benjamin GOLDSMITH, born 1840 in Po- landsmanshaftn. Oftentimes, single European only once a month. The smaller groups meet far ZIEGELLAUB, WEISLER from Kolomea, Galicia. land, to US in 1857, married lst, Nettie HOWE, 2nd, Eliza communities were represented by several landsman- less often, suspending their activities alto- COHEN, children: Nina STRAUS, Irving. Lived in Saratoga Springs, NY 1863-1923. shaftn in one city or even one neighborhood, re- gether during the summer and winter months, when 78-58 Caryl SIMON, 30 Lester. Pl., Larchmont, NY 10538 flecting the intense ideological divisions that --- Looking for information on following families/local- their members disperse to vacation areas. What ities: SZUMINSKY (SZYMANSKY, SIMONSKY)/Nowy-Dwor; GOLD- 78-62 Joseph I. TARICA, 8 W. 70 St., New York, NY 10023 existed in the immigrant Jewish communities. is more, fewer and fewer members attend the less STEIN (ZLO'ITE-KAMEN)/Nowy-Dwor, Zakroczym; BLACKMAN --- Searching for TARICA from Rhodes and Izmir. Also Meetings were held weekly at such familiar and less frequent meetings. (BMCHMAN)/Plonsk; KIRSCHBAUM/Nowy-Dwor vicinity; FISHMAN desire to communicate with other families from Rhodes or addresses in Manhattan as 853 Broadway (Academy The decline in the overall number of lands- /Olevsk, Volhynia; SANDLER (TSENTLER)/Slavuta; KORBIN anyone with knowledge of the TARICA family. Hall) , the Educational A1 liance, and the Work- manshaftn has been even more marked in cities (GORIN)/Korets. 78-63 Kathleen K. WISEMAN, 3501 34 St. NW, Washington, men's Circle building. These were not merely outside of New York. In Chicago the number of 78-59 James Pendleton SOUTHARD, P.O. Box 22, Hayward, DC 20008 --- Looking for STUDNITZKA (Rosa, Felix and business affairs, but frequently included enter- such groups declined from 600 to 60 between 1948 CA 94557 --- Looking for information on Hungarian Jewish Franci) or any with that name from Kaladai, Bohemia in tainment, dancing, and refreshments as we1 1. and 1961, a period of only thirteen years. families WERTHEIM, WERTHEIMER, SCHWARTZ, FACKETETE , 1800's. Also KLAUS and GONCER from Ostrov, Russia. Also The weekly meetings gave members an opportunity The demise of many landsmanshaftn has ALMOSLINO, LOEVINGER, KUN and KOLIN of Budapest, Gyo"r, SPRINGER and FRIEDENRICH (FREUDENRICH, FREIDENRICH) from to relax and enjoy themselves in the presence of caused to surface what Yiddish journalists such Enying, Veszprkm, KecskemCs, SzkkesfehkrvLr. Bavaria, Baltimofe. GLICK or GLUCK (Sam, Adolph, Fanny) their landslayt (people who come from the same' as Shimon Baker (no relation to this writer) of from Strupkov, Hungary. Also Ospringen, Germany or town or region), who shared their nostalgia for the Jwhh call the "Money Prob- 78-60 Phoebe RI'IT STEVENS, 77-23 RFD #1, Ijamsville,, Strupkov, Hungary in 1850's. Pdy Forr~ahd MD 21754 --- Searching for RI'IT, SCHIFF, LEVITT, YOSELOF the "old home," and enabled them to express their lem." He estimates that the surviving landsman- from Panevezys (Ponevesch), Lithuania; also MOSSOVITZ 78-64 Elinor YAVELOW YUTER, 407 Cedar Dr. W., Briarcliff solidarity in concrete, material ways with their shaftn possess real property (notably cemetery (OFECHEWITZ, MOSKOWITZ, MOFSOWITZ), LOWENSOHN from Riga, Manor, NY 10510 --- Looking for descendants of Rabbi Leo- townsmen who had remained in Europe. plots) and bank accounts amounting to a total Latvia; also GOLDMAN from Warsaw (settled Baltimore). pold LOEW of Hungary and surnames YAVELOW, ENELOW, GENE- Landsmanshaftn were -- and are -- by defini- value of some $30 million. When a landsmanshaft LOW, ABELOW, ROSENTHAL, ROSKOV, SERASKY and ZERSDEL from tion organizations of first generation immigrants, faces dissolution, two alternatives face the re- Vilna and Meretch, Lithuania. Also SCHIFF, KLEIN, and 78-61 Benjamin G. STRAUS, 2205 Hyde La., Bowie, MD 20716 and such groups kept alive their attachment to maining members (often numbering no more than --- Seeking birthplaces of two great grandfathers: Jacob ROTHCHILD from Eperjes, Hungary. their birthplaces in ways that second and third two or three people): 1) donation of the money generation Jews could not. Landsmanshaftn raised in the treasury to charities such as the United millions of dollars for relief efforts on behalf Jewish Appeal and Israel Bonds, or 2) distribu- of Jews in their hometowns, which were severely tion of these funds among the remaining members. LANVSMANSHAFTN AND THE JEWISH GENEALOGIST affected by war, revolution, famine, pogrom, and So in recent months a campaign has been Zachary M. Baker economic depression unti 1 the Holocaust brought waged in the Yiddish press, urging those lands- total destruction to them. Much of this relief manshaftn on the verge of disbanding to donate One of the paradoxes and one of the cliches tion of houses of study and prayer, and places of money was funneled to landslayt through the their funds to Jewish charities and to the State of Jewish genealogy is that though Jewish history assembly for immigrants from particular towns or American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. of Israel, rather than distribute them among the spans several millenia, many individual Jews to- regions. In larger cities there still exist con- After World War 11, American landsmanshaftn remaining members. The latter course, these day find it all but impossible to document their gregations based on the geographic origins of aided survivors of the destroyed cities and articles argue, means that money collected over own lineage over more than three or four genera- their founders of 75 or 100 years ago. But when shtetlekh (small towns), at first by sending decades, from hundreds of members, ends up in tions. So, in addition to availing ourselves of the massive waves of immigration ensued, after supplies of clothing, food, and medicine to them the pockets of the retiring president and secre- the genealogical sources regularly consulted by 1880, the newly arrived Jews created geographi- in the displaced persons (DP) camps. Later, tary of a defunct landsmanshaft. When no re- family historians (e. g. governmental records, cally based, secular institutions for the pur- money was raised to support their emigration sponsible officer is able to make a decision as tombstones, county histories, etc.), we are com- poses of mutual aid and communal entertainment. from the DP camps to Israel and Diaspora coun- to the disposition of the funds of a defunct pelled to rely on other, less conventional re- The benefits provided by these groups included tries. In the 1950s and up to the present day, landsmanshaft, the money and property revert to sources. "sick benefits; interest-free loans; and burial some 400 yizkor books (community memorial vol- the state in which the landsmanshaft is located, For example, landsmanshaft organizations rights and aid to families during the period of umes) have been published, largely through the constituting, in effect, an involuntary "chari- (defined by the En yctopaedia Judaica as "immi- mourning." [Enydopaedia Judaica] These were efforts of landsmanshaftn in Israel and the Unit- table contribution" to that state. grant benevolent organizations formed and named the landsmanshaftn. ed States. The Israeli landsmanshaftn are -- to after the members' birthplace or East European Thousands of European Jewish communities a greater extent than the well-established Amer- What does the current plight of the lands- residence, for mutual aid, hometown aid, and were represented among the more than two million ican societies -- essentially Holocaust surviv- manshaftn mean for the genealogist? First and social purposes") are often suggested as poten- Jews who immigrated between 1881 and 1924 (when ors groups. foremost it means that, with fewer and fewer Eu- tially useful sources of information about one's large-scale immigration was effectively curtailed Precisely because the landsmanshaftn came ropean Jewish communities being represented by forebears and relatives, or about the locality by Act of Congress). As a result, landsmanshaftn into existence through the exertions of an immi- landsmanshaftn, it will obviously become harder from which they came. The existence of such proliferated to the point that at their peak, grant generation seeking to keep alive the memory to get in touch with people born in those com- societies is well-known; what is less frequently some 3,000 are estimated to have existed in New of its origins, their ultimate fate has been tied munities. Secondly, those landsmanshaftn which discussed in genealogical forums is their history York City alone. Nor were landsmanshaftn by any to the fate of that generation. Virtually no new still exist and which are likely to continue to and purpose, originally and as the societies means a purely New York (or even American) phe- members have been added to the rolls of the exist for some time usually represent the largest evolved. It is my intention here briefly to nomenon. As late as 1948, 600 landsmanshaftn, landsmanshaftn since the 1950s brought the last communities. And there is, I believe, an inverse sketch the history, purposes, and current func- with 40,000 members, were active in Chicago, to small influx of Eastern European Jews, Holocaust relationship between the size of the community tions of landsmanshaftn, as well as some of the take just one American city where landsmanshaftn survivors, to these shores and into the lands- and the amount and value of genealogical informa- critical pr6blems which face them, in order to ' flourished. And landsmanshaftn were and still manshaftn. Today, the very youngest members of tion that can be obtained from those who came place kudsmanshaftn into proper perspective for are also active in South America, France, Israel, these dwindling organizations are in their mid- from those localities. the genealogist who is contemplating approaching and elsewhere. fifties. In other words, the lone, elderly survivqr them. In addition, by the 1930s, landsmanshaft Consequently, the number of landsmanshaftn of a small shtetl is far more likely to remembler When large numbers of Eastern European Jews branches of such national Jewish fraternal orders has declined precipitously. Estimates of lands- a particular family there, than are dozens of first arrived in the United States after the as the Workmen's Circle, the Jewish National manshaftn existing today in New York vary widely younger members of a landsmanshaft representiqg Civil War, their synagogues served the dual func- Workers ' Alliance ( "Farband," a Labor Zionist -- from 400 to 1,200 -- but whereas even the a larger community (such as Vilna, Warsaw, Kienr, smaller landsmanshaftn used to meet once a week, etc.). A corollary point to be made is that the 10 TOLEDOTISUMMER 7 978 ages of those who are recalling the past have a esting and valuable details to add about life in , lot to do with the value of information that the the old country. Nevertheless, the landsmanshaft genealogist is likely to receive. Thus, if one's should be viewed as only one among many poten- , family emigrated before World War I, even an eld- .ti&y useful sources for the genealogist. erly landsmanshaft member (someone likely not to RECORDS have been born until the 1890s and who may have SOURCES FOR FURTH ER READ1 NG ON LANDSMANSH AFTN: left the town as a teenager) may have little or Milton Doroshkin. Yiddinh in Arndca: So- Although the opening of the 1900 Federal beneficiary with legal evidence of this rela- nothing to relate about that specific family. cid and CuR;twraR Foundatiovln . Rutherford, NJ: census has enabled many researchers to explore tionship, or the executor of the estate, and Of course, both he and younger members .may well Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Press, 1969. "Lands- that previously inaccessible source, many people must be accompanied by a? copy of the death cer- remember oRha relatives who did not emigrate. manshaften and Fraternal- Organization ," p. 136- whose families immigrated to the U.S. adta 7900 tificate. In those instances when the death It should also be pointed out that for over 169, and appendices, p. 219-242. are in need of later census data. The New York certificate is unavailable, the PCSB can accept fifty years after the Russian Revolution an in- Irving Howe. waned 06 OaFdhm. New State censuses of 1905, 1915, and 1925 are ex- ' another document which shows name and date of significant number of Soviet Jews were allowed York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich , 1976. "The tremely useful in such cases. Iowa, Kansas, New death, such as an obituary notice, cemetery re- to emigrate. This includes those Soviet Jews who Inner World of the Landbmavlnha6t," p. 183-190. Jersey, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Wiscon- cord, picture of the tombstone, etc. survived the horrors of the Holocaust period. "Landsmannschaften ,If in Encqdopaedia Ju- sin also conducted state censuses after 1900. The "Application for Search of Census Re- (However, Polish Jews who spent the war years as daica. Jerusalem: 1971. Vol. 10, col. 1414-15. [See Toledot, Winter 1977-78, p. 8 regarding the cords" [Form BC-6001 explains the requirements refugees in the U.S.S.R. were allowed to leave Moses Rischin. The Phomined my: NW 1900 census, and "Jewish Genealogy Without 'Jew- for release of personal data from the census after the war ended, and many of these ended up Yohh'n JWA1 870- 19 74. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. ish' Sources" in this issue for information on records, the information needed to search these in Israel and the United States.) This has Press, 1962. P. 104-105. the New York State censuses.] records, and the current $8.50 search fee. Two meant that the survival rate of landsmanshaftn U. S. Works Progress Administration, New The Federal censuses of 1910 through 1970, census years are searched for information about representing the hundreds of Jewish communities York City. Die Yiddinhe Landbmannha6ltn dun NW while not open to public search, are neverthe- one person for one search fee. For genealogy in White Russia and the Ukraine has been much Yokk. New York: I. L. Peretz Yiddish Writers1 less available through the Personal Census Serv- purposes, the requested information can also be smaller than that of Polish landsmanshaftn, Union, 1938. In Yiddish, with table of contents ice Branch (PCSB) of the U.S. Bureau of the Cen- furnished in the form of a full schedule for an which were somewhat revitalized by the influx of and directory of organizations in English. sus. Although the PCSB does not perform genea- additional payment of $2.00 for one individual Holocaust survivors after the war. A landsman- logical research, they will search for the record in each census year. shaft for a Russian town is, in general, more Zachcuy M. Baha h ccunneM;tey annhtant fibdun of an individual when requested to do so, provid- The full schedule furnished is the complete likely to disband before a landsmanshaft for a at Rhe YIVO 1vln;titu;te doh Jwdh Raeahch. h ing they receive the authority to release the one-line entry of personal data recorded for the comparably-sized Polish town (Poland here being one 06 kin haponhibd5tia at YIVO, he handea informatipn. individual on the census date; that is, in addi- defined by its pre-World War I1 boundaries). genedogq-fielded contra pondence and in-pm on The information the PCSB furnishes from the tion to the name, relationship to the head of How can one establish contact with a partic- hedmence yuu;tiovln. He Rhaca kin dace& @om census records are the personal data recorded for household, age, place of birth, and citizenship ular landsmanshaft, or find out if one exists? a Long fine 06 Lithuanian bahm . the individual on the specific census data, in- data, the complete one-line entry may also show One source for this information is the YIVO In- cluding the name, relationship to the head of the place of birth of parents, sex,' race, marital stitute for Jewish Research (1048 Fifth Ave., New EDITOR'S NOTE : household, age, place of birth, and, if foreign- status, education, and occupation information, York, NY 10028, attention: Roz Schwartz). How- We have been advised by the following two born, citizenship data. The names of parents or depending upon the questions asked by the enu- ever, YIVO's files, though growing, are far from organizations that they will attempt to respond other head of household with whom the individual merator on the particular census date. complete. For obvious reasons relating to the to w%i.Lten inquiries -- one town per letter -- resided will be shown; however, the names of The records maintained by the PCSB do not !'Money Problem" of the landsmanshaftn, the United from individuals who want to locate the lands- other persons residing in the household are not reflect names of parents of persons unless the Jewish Appeal and Israel Bond organizations are manshaft (n) for a particular community. listed unless the PCSB receives the authority information on the individual shows that they reputed to have the most extensive files on In contacting these agencies, it is recom- to do so for each person. were listed in the same household on the partic- landsmanshaftn. To what extent these fundraising mended that you indicate that you are working on The personal information contained in the ular census date. The enumerators did not ask organizations are willing to share their infor- your family history and need the information for 1910 and later censuses on file with the PCSB is for names of parents of persons unless they were mation with a general public seeking its "roots" that purpose. We suggest that you include a confidential and may be released only when cer- actually residing together at the time the cen- is far from clear. [See editor's note below.] stamped self-addressed envelope with your query. tain conditions are met. The PCSB must receive sus was taken. Bearing all this in mind, establishing con- Cound 06 Oxganizatiovln, United Jwhh the written request of the person to whom it An information leaflet describing the tact with a landsmanshaft can be a very rewarding Apped-Fedadon Joint Campaign, 220 W. 58 St., pertains, if living. For a deceased person, the PCSB's services [Form BC-6281 and copies of Form experience for the well-prepared genealogist. NW Yo&, NY 10019 application must be signed by a blood relative BC-600 may be obtained by writing to the Bureau Through its members one can become acquainted FmXand- 0trgavLiza;tiond Divhion, State 06 of the immediate family (parent, child, grand- of the Census, Personal Census Service Branch, with individuals who mqhave known members of Inhad Bondb, 2 15 Pahh Ave. SoLc;th, Nw Yohh, NY child, brother, or sister), surviving spouse, Pittsburg, KS 66762. one's family and who will doubtless have inter- 70003

Ex$andtion 06 iflu;th&on on next ;buo paga BOOKSHELF Shown are sample pages from the birth register of the Jewish community [Synagogen Gemeinde] of Bischofsheim, district [Kreis] of Hanau, in Hessen, Germany. Anthony Joseph. "Anglo-Jewish Genealogy," Birmingham branch of the Jewish Historical Soci- This birth record (25 December 1854), which is typical AJA [Anglo-Jewish Association] Review, Autumn ety of England. of the vital records kept by the local Jewish communities 1977, p. 18-20. Brief discussion of Jewish in 19th century Germany, is part of the microfilm collection immigration to England and of secular and Jewish Malcolm H. Stern. "South Carolina Jewish of Jewish records at the Mormon Genealogical Library. genealogical sources for Anglo-Jewish family Marriage Settlements, 1785-1839," Na;tiond Gen- The illustration was provided through the courtesy of history. The author is a leading expert on edogicd S~h2h.j 2~!uaht&q, June 1978, p. 106- Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake Anglo-Jewish genealogy and president of the 111. City.

the records are indexed without such an indica- Abterode He Recs-3 1808-1809 800,125 tion in the list.) The following additional II 11 1810-1811 800,126 abbreviations are used in column 3: I! If 1808-1812 800,127 GEUMAN JEWISH RECORDS AT Ahaus No Recs-5 1827 1,044,959 Recs - 1 Records about Jews. THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH Recs-2 Representatives and administrative employees Allendorf He B M D 1822-1875 870,522 of the Jewish community. a. d. Lumda (~iessen) Recs-3 Jewish records for this locality are included Altenst adt He B M D 1824-1870 870,523 In this issue of Taledot, we are continuing Some of the communities in this list became on a series of microfilm reels of the civil regis- Altlandsberg Fr B 1847-1874 1,184,462 ters. If reel numbers are omitted, consult the Altmark (Kr. Recs-12 ? 1,184,377 our series of articles on the Jewish holdings of Polish territory following World War I. The re- Mormon Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City. the Mormon Church's genealogical collection.' maining communities became part of West Germany, Recs-4 Naturalization of foreigners including Jews. ~tuhm), now Stary Targ, ~dafisk,Poland The first in this series, on Hungarian Jewish East Germany, Poland, or the USSR after World Recs-5 Jewish records for this locality are included Annaberg-Bucholz Ch D 1900-1936 1,184,462 records, appeared in the Winter 1977-78 issue, War 11. The original German place names are on a series of microfilm reels of Roman Catholic Apolda Er See Eisenach and the second article, on Polish Jewish records, used in the list, with the equivalent Polish or records. Argenau * BMD 1815-1847 719,220 Recs-6 Family Book of the Jewish community, includ- was in the Spring 1978 issue. This article deals Russian place name and province following the * now Gniewkowo ( ~nowrocdaw) , Bydgos zcz , Pol. ing names and birthdates. Arheilgen He B M D 1823-1872 870,524 with the German Jewish portion of the collection. respective entry ("now . . . , . . . , Poland") . Recs-7 Cemetery records 1830-1930 and Chronicle * Subsequent issues of Toledot will have material 1889-1901. * now part of Darmstadt about the Mormon Church's American Jewish, Recs-8 Family burial plots. Arnswalde * Br B D 1779-1812 1,184,377 French Jewish, and other Jewish collections. Recs-9 Naturalized Jews 1814, unidentified index, * now Choszczno, Szczecin, Poland and deaths 19th century. II B M D 1847-1853 544,649 In the Winter issue, we explained in detail This list is arranged alphabetically by Recs-10 Jewish school records. why we are publgshing these catalogs of Mormon name of German community (column 1). Place Aschenhausen Su B M D 1739-1919 1,184,462 Recs-11 Military duty. Recs-12 1713-1880 1,184,463 holdings and the procedures for making use of names in parentheses which occasionally follow Recs-12 Cemetery records. I1 M 1904-1927 1,184,463 the microfilmed materials. In that same issue, an entry indicate a larger neighboring community Recs-13 Voting lists. 11 we also discussed at length the reasons why the or district. "Kr." [Kreis] and "Bez." [Bezirk] Recs-14 Lists of incoming/outgoing Jews. See also Eisenach Recs-15 Register of naturalized Jews and of heads of Aschersleben H1 3 M 1809-1815 1,184,463 Mormons are involved in genealogy and our under- are German terms for "district ." families. Assenheim He B M D 1856-1873 870,527 standing of how their interest in Jewish records The second column is a code for the name of Recs-16 List of Jews. Augsburg Recs-1 1298-1802 * 580,429 relates to Jewish researchers. the present-day or former German province in Bn Recs-17 Circumcisions. 11 II 1550-1756 580,430 Although we are presenting information on which the community is or was located. For Recs-18 Conversions. 11 11 1556-1802 580,431 Mormon material which is uniquely Jewish, the towns now in West Germany (BRD) or East Germany Recs-19 List of Jews paying duties. 11 11 Recs-20 Family records of Jews. 1555-1731 580,432 Jewish records are just one part of the Mormon (DDR), the current province is noted. For towns II 11 Recs-21 Alphabetical card index of Jews baptized 1732-1743 580~43: holdings. We encourage you to explore on your now in Poland or the USSR, the former German into the Roman Catholic Church. 11 11 1743-1745 580,434 own the secular records which have been micro- province is usually listed. The following codes Recs-22 Baptisms of Jews in the Evangelical Lutheran 11 11 1745-1802 580,435 filmed for those communities of particular are used: Church. 11 I1 1570-1701 580,436 interest to your research. Bd Baden-Wiirttemberg (BRD) Recs-23 Divorces. 11 II 1702-1722 580,437 Recs-24 Name changes of Jewish families. Be Berlin (BRD/DDR) 11 II 1733-1750 580,438 Recs-25 Probate records, including Jews. Bn Bayern (BRD) 11 Recs-26 Guardianship records. 11 1751-1760 580,439 Br Brandenburg (pre-war) Recs-27 Women's synagogue seats. 11 11 1761-1772 580,440 Ch Karl-Marx-Stadt [Chemnitz] (DDR) Recs-28 Persons leaving the Jewish communities. The following is a complete catalog of the II II 1773-1804 580,441 German Jewish holdings of the Mormon Genealogical Dr Dresden (DDR) Column 4 is the span of years corresponding It It 1805-1817 580,442 Library in Salt Lake City. Certain aspects of Er Erfurt (DDR) 11 to the records in the previous column. It must . 11 1534-1813 580,443 Fr Frankfurt a.d. Oder (DDR) this collection must be noted for better under- be noted, however, that the records may not be Bad Diirkheim Rh B M D 1808-1810 587,607 He Hessen (BRD) standing of the material. complete for the entire span indicated, as there I1 B 1869-1871 587,616 H1 Halle (DDR) The collection is primarily composed of are often breaks in the records. Bad Gundersheim Ni Recs-20 1775-1852 949,296 Hm Hamburg (BRD) birth, marriage, and death records of Jews in The last column refers to the microfilm Bad Siilze Ro B D 1815-1904 068,936 Ma Magdeburg (DDR) German communities in the 1800s. There are also reel number used by the Mormon Genealogical It Ne Neubrandenburg (DDR) B D 1815-1904 1,185,018 included other types of genealogical records Library to identify that particular set of re- Ni Niedersachsen (BRD) Ballenstedt H1 B M D 1828-1871 1,184,463 pertaining to Jews and some material for this This number used in ordering film ? No Nordrhein-Westfalen (BRD) cords. is Bamberg Bn Recs-21 536,187 century. This collection of records was micro- A particular reel sometimes Baranowitz * B M D 1812-1870 879,596 Ns Niedersehlesien (pre-war ) from Salt Lake City. filmed by the Mormons in various archives in 11 B M D 1810-1874 879.597 Ob Oberschlesien (pre-war) contains records for more than one community, Germany and in Poland. 11 B M D 1810-1870 879,598 0s Ostpreussen (pre-war) although quite frequently the records for a The list does not include the name of every particular town occupy more than one reel. * now Baranowice (~~bnik), Katowice , Poland Some Pm Pommern (pre-war) town in Germany where Jews once lived. The information reproduced in the following Barchfeld Su B D 1849-1874 809,959 ~t potsdam (DDR) Jewish records may still be in the local commu- list is adapted from the card catalog of the Bartenstein * 0s D 1852-1938 1,184,377 Rh Rheinland-Pfalz (BRD) nities or were transferred to the Central Mormon Genealogical Library. The editors of * now Bartoszyce, Olsztyn, Poland Archives for the History of the Jewish People in RO ROS~OC~(DDR) Toledot can assume no responsibility for the Battenberg He B M D 1823-1846 809,965 Jerusalem. In either case, the Mormons have not Sc Schwerin (DDR) accuracy of the information contained therein, 11 B M D 1847-1854 809,966 Other Jewish 11 yet microfilmed the records. S1 Schlesien (pre-war) beyond our effort to correctly reproduce the B M D 1862-1874 809,967 records were lost or destroyed over the years. su slikrl (DDR) data. We would greatly appreciate receiving Bauerbach Su B M D 1738-1939 1,184,463 And many small towns and villages did not We Westpreussen (pre-war) corrections to the list for inclusion in subse- Beerfelden He B M D 1810-1875 068,870 keep their own vital records but instead were The third column refers to the type of quent updates. The editors of Taledot would Beienheim He B M. D 1826-1873 870,524 under the jurisdiction of a neighboring larger records available on microfilm for that place. like to thank Dr. Jeffrey Kahn of the Mormon Belgard Persante * B M D 1870-1872 1,184,377 The names of these smaller places lIBtl rlM1l and "D" indicate, respectively, birth, community. , Church's Genealogical Department for his II B M D 1853-1929 1,184,378 may not be in this list, but the vital records marriage and death records. "-Ind" following generous assistance and cooperation in compiling * now Bidogard, Koszalin, Poland of their Jewish inhabitants may sometimes be tlBI1, llMlt or IIDll refers to an index for that this list. Bellmuth He See Ortenberg found in the registers of the larger towns. particular group of records. (However, many of 16 TO LEVUTIS UMME R 7 9 7 S 11 D 1914-1927 1,184,395 11 B 1861-1864 742,683 Berent * We B M 1847-1865 11 B M D 1827-1875 1,184,465 I1 D 1914-1927 1,184,396 11 B 1864-1865 742,684 11 Recs-1 1847-1873 Bernstadt * Ns B M D 1847-1887 1,184,378 11 D 1918-1926 1,184,397 It M 1848-1851 742,684 11 11 It 1873-1919 11 Ind 1847-1887 1,184,379 11 D 1928-1940 1,184,398 M 1851-1855 742,685 * now Kos'cierzyna, Gdafisk, Poland * now BierutGw, Wroclaw, Poland I1 D 1928-1940 1,184,399 11 M 1853-1857 742,686 11 Bergen (~r. He M 1829-1881. Bernstein Neu- Br B M D 1825-1874 1,184,379 11 Recs-12 18/19th C . 1,184,400 M 1857-1859 742,687 Hanau), now part of Bergen-Enkheim mark, now Pelczyce, Szczecin, Poland 11 11 11 1,184,401 11 M 1860-1863 742,688 Bergs t adt S1 See Leschnitz Berstadt He B M D 1824-1875 870,524 11 11 1761-1856 1,184,402 11 M 1860-1863 742,777 Berkach Su B M D 183-1875 Bessungen He B M D 11 D-Ind 1780-1874 1,184,402 11 M 1862-1863 742,778 11 * 1823-1874 870,525 B M D 1831-1931 * now part of Darmstadt. 11 Recs-12 ? 1,184,403 11 M 1864-1865 742,779 Berlin Be Recs-22 1830-1920 Betsche * Recs-1 1877-1918 474,925 II Recs-17 1743-1813 1,184,403 11 D 1852-1855 742,780 I1 B 1812-1840 now Pszczew (~i~dz~rzecz),Zielona G8ra, Pol. II ~ecs-18 1932-1939 1,184,403 11 D 1855-1859 742,781 11 * B 1812-1840 Beuern He B M D 1823-1875 870,525 11 11 D 1859-1864 742,782 I1 Recs-6 1791 1,184,403 B 1815-1841 (Giessen) See also Gensungen 11 I1 11 D 1864-1865 742,783 I1 1791 1,184,404 B 1813-1847 Beuthen * Ob B 1880-1886 1,184,404 now rocl law, Wroclaw, Poland 11 B 1905-1939 1,184,407 11 11 * B 1812 M D 1840-1940 1,184,405 488,217 "-WeinbergII B M D 1837-1883 1,184,407 I1 Breunigweiler Rh Recs-24 1808 B 1812 * now Bytom, Katowice, Poland Ns M D 1889-1940 1,184,408 11 Brieg (~ez. 1809-1874 1,184,405 B 1820-1844 Bibra Su B M D 1838-1937 1,184,466 D 1810-1874 1,184,406 It ~ecs-8 1848-1906 1,184,409 I1 ~reslau) * B 1812-1827 Birklar He B M D 1835-1875 870,525 It B 1794-1874 1,184,407 11 Recs-9 1,184,410 I1 M 1844-1848 Bischofsheim He B 1850-1867 814,341 now Brzeg, Opole, Poland * now Gdafisk, Gdafisk, Poland 11 * M 1812-1847 (~anau) Briickeln Ni B M D 1809-1810 Dargun Ne B M D 1813-1874 1,184,468 I1 M D 1841-1847 Bleichenbach He See Ortenberg Bromberg * We B M D 1823-1865 Dams t adt He B M 1823-1875 870,532 11 Recs-23 1812-1847 Bleicherode Er B M D 1809-1876 1,184,466 11 ~ecs-4 1852-1853 11 D 1823-1875 870,533 11 M D 1813-1846 It B D 1759-? 1,184,467 11 11 1854-1855 Daubringen He B M D 1826-1875 870,534 11 D 1812-1847 Blesen * Recs-1 1839-1888 474,923 11 11 1870-1871 Deisel * He B M D 1810-1811 816,450 11 D 1812-1847 * now Bledzew (~i~dz~rzecz),Zielona GSra, Pol. 11 11 1871-1872 * now part of Trendelburg 11 B 1847-1853 Boi zenburg Sc B M D 1813-1920 068,935 * now Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland Dessau B M D 1811-1871 1,184,468 I1 11 B M D 1847-1936 1,184,469 B 1851-1859 Bomst * Sl Recs-1 1847-1899 474,924 Bromskirchen He B M D 1823-1846 11 11 II Recs-12 1869-1910 1,184,470 B-Ind 1847-1853 Recs-2 1848-1916 474,931 Brtel sc B M D 1787-1903 11 B 1857-1863 * now Babimost (~ulechow),Zielona G6ra, Pol. Bublitz * B M D 1816-1818 Deutsch We See Rosenberg 11 B-Ind 1853-1859 BGnstadt * He B M D 1857, 1861 870,525 * now Bobolice, Koszalin, Poland Eylau, now Ilawa, Olsztyn, Poland It B 1861-1866 * now part of Niddatal Bunzlau * Ns Recs-12 1840-1933 Dielmissen Ni B M D 1810-1813 949,317 I1 B-Ind 1859-1863 Bornberg * He B M D 1809-1822 870,534 * now Boleslawiec, Wroclaw, Poland Dirschau * B M D 1828-1848 743,206 11 11 B, B-Ind 1866-1869 * now part of Gross-Gerau Burg bei Ma B D 1825-1863 Recs-1 1882-1919 475,221 11 B 1869-1873 Brandenburg Pt B M D 1789-1870 1,184,467 Magdeburg * now Tczew, Gddsk, Poland 11 B 1873-1874 (~avel) Burg-Grsfenrode He B M D 1851-1875 Dijmitz Sc B M D 1812-1933 1,184,481 11 11 B-Ind 1869-1873 BrZtz * Br B M 1847 807,873 Bijrgeln He B M D 1808-12~64-67 B D 1847-1848 1,185,013 I1 B-Ind 1873-1874 * now Br6jce (Mi$dzyrzecz), Zielona GGra, Pol. Burgh01zhaus en He B M D 1823-1875 Dijrningheim He B M D 1811 832,395 11 M, M-Ind 1847-1856 Braunschweig Ni B M D 1808-1814 958,059 Burkhardsfelden He BMD 1823-1874 Dramburg * B M D 1779-1874 1,184,410 11 M 1856-1867 Breitenbach He B 1849-1867 815,011 Busecker-Tal * He B M D 1809-1822 * now Drawsko Pomorskie, Koszalin, Poland 11 M-Ind 1856-1862 assel el) 11 B M D 1828-1875 Dreissigacker Su B D 1811-1870 1,184,481 It 11 M 1865-1871 Breitenbach He B D 1838-1863 815,013 B M D 1823-1875 870,522 Dresden11 Dr B M D 1786-1864 1,184,471 11 M-Ind 1847-1856 ( Ziegenhain ) * now Grossen-Buseck and Alten-Buseck B M D 1790-1834 1,184,472 I1 11 B M D M 1871-1874 Breslau * Ns B 1760-1804 1,184,379 But zbach He B M D 1810-1850 870,528 1786-1835 1,184,473 I1 M 1867-1874 11 B 1804-1846 1,184,380 11 B M D 1851-1860 870,529 It B M D 1786-1890 1,184,474 II M-Ind 1862-1867 11 B 1827-1838 1,184,381 I1 B M D 1861-1865 870,530 I1 B 1865-1890 1,184,475 II D, I1 11 D-Ind 1847-1855 B 1838-1846 1,184,382 It B M D 1866-1875 870,531 B M 1865-1910 1,184,476 11 D 1855-1867 I1 B 1846-1872 1,184,383 Biit zow Sc B M D 1813-1898 068,935 11 D 1865-1894 1,184,477 11 II B 1847,1933-39 1,184,384 11 D-Ind 1855-1862 Caldern He B M 1810-12,49-67 815,196 D 1894-1910 1,184,478 11 11 B-Ind 1766-1812 1,184,384 I1 D 1865-1871 CalvGrde Ma B D 1738-1889 949,296 Recs-1 ? 1,184,479 11 D-Ind 1862-1867 I1 M 1772-1773 1,184,384 Castrop (~ez. No Recs-5 1818,26-34 936,716 11 11 1899-? 1,184,480 I! D 1871-1874 I1 M 1784-1796 1,184,385 ~ortmund),now part of Castrop-Rauxel 11 It 1899-? 1,184,481 II D-Ind 1867-1874 11 M 1797-1811 1,184,386 Cosel * Ob Recs-1 1810-1917 1,184,406 Drossen * Br B M D 1813-1899 1,184,410 11 B, B-Ind 1848-1874 II M 1804-12~46-47 1,184,387 * now Koile, Opole, Poland * now Ogno (~ubuskie),Zielona G6ra, Poland 11 M 1847-1862 11 M 1832-1847 1,184,388 Coswig (~nhalt)H1 B M D 1800-1878 1,184,468 Eberstadt * He B M D 1823-1873 871,592 11 M 1862-1872 11 M 1846-47,87-98 1,184,389 Crivitz Sc B M D 1813-1877 068,935 now part of Darmstadt 11 M-Ind 1847-1866 11 M-Ind 1772-1812 1,184,389 I1 B M D 1813-1877 1,184,468 Ebsdorf He B M D 1849-1872 816,480 11 II M-Ind 1873-1930 1,184,389 M 1872-1874 Crossen Oder * Br Recs-12 1825-1955 1,184,406 Eckardroth He B D 1826-1875 816,480 11 11 M-Ind 1866-1874 M 1903-1919 1,184,389 * now Krosno Odrzafiskie, Zielona ~6r-a~Poland Egeln Ma B M 1867-1874 1,184,482 11 D 1850-1874 I1 M 1903-1938 1,184,390 Czempin * Recs-12 ? 1,184,406 Egelsbach He B M D 1844-1869 870,534 Berlinchen * Br B M D 1847-1853 I1 D 1791-1812 1,184,390 * now Czempib, Poznafi, Po~and Ehrsten He B M D 1808-1810 806,721 11 * now Barlinek, Szczecin, Poland D 1813-1859 1,184,391 Danzig * We B 1847-1854 742,680 Eis enach Er B 1838-1858 1,184,482 Berlinchen Neu- ~ecs-16 1736-1816 11 D 1815-1827 1,184,392 11 B 1854-1857 742,681 11 B 1859-1904 1,184,483 mark, now Berlinek, Bydgoszcz, Polan 11 D 1860-1874 1,184,393 11 M 1838-1893 1,184,484 Bernburg H1 Recs-1 1809-1863 11 D 1910-1921 1,184,394 19 TOLEDOTISUMMER 19 78 11 M 1857-1906 1,184,485 Garbenteich He B M D 1825-1875 870,537 Harmuthsachsen He B M D 1808-1809 806,668 now Kartuzy , Gdacsk, Poland 11 * B M D 1817-1838 1,184,485 Gedern He B M D 1824-1875 870,538 If B M D 1810-1812 806,652 Kass el He B M D 1808-10,48-67 839,331 11 B M D 1872-1939 1,184,486 Gehaus Hat zbach He B M D 1808-12,56-74 832,419 Kattowitz * Ob B 1860-1936 1,184,423 11 Su See Eisenach D 1838-1858 I. ,184,487 Geisa Su See Eisenach Haynau * Ns Recs-12 1888-1936 1,184,419 11 D 1869-1934 1,184,424 11 D 1858-1906 1,184,488 Geismar He B M D 1851-1874 828,698 * now chojn6wY rocl law, Poland 11 D 1850-1939 1,184,425 Elben He See Naumburg (~rankenber~) Heegheim He B M D 1860-1866 870,544 It D 1825-1939 1,184,426 Elbing * 0s B M D 1812-1871 742.,026 Gelnhausen He B M D 1811-13,23-33 828,721 Hehlen Ni Recs-20 1773-1893 949,296 11 Recs-27 1868-1897 1,184,428 * now Elblgg, Gdai'isk, Poland Gemihden (canton) He See Frankenau (canton) II B M D 1809-1810 949,343 * now Katowice, Katowice, Poland Elgershausen He B M D 1808-1812 806,722 Gensungen He B M D 1808-1812 806,645 Heldenbergen * He B M D 1823-1875 870,544 . Kemnade Ni B. M D 1809-1812 949,710 assel el) Georgenhausen He B M D. 1828-1875 870,538 * now part of Nidderau Kempen * B M D 1825-1835 742,975 11 B M D 1836-1841 742,976 Elmshagen He B D 1849-1867 817,247 Giessen He B M D Helmarshausen He B M D 1803-1889 832,422 11 1809-1875 801,155 Engelthal * He B M D 1826-1870 870,535 B 1809-1822 870,538 Helmstedt Ni Recs-20 1847-1874 949,296 11 B M D 1842-1847 742,977 * now part of Altenstadt Gissigheim Bd Recs-5 1848-1869 1,044,161 Herbstein He B M D 1857-1872 870,544 * now Kepno , Po znaii , Poland Erbstadt He B 1852 817,258 Glatz * Ns D 1832-1940 1,184,414 Herleshausen He B M D 1809-1813 806,659 Kieferstgdtel * S1 Recs-17 1806-1865 1,184,428 Erksdorf He B M D 1808-12,56-74 817,259 * now aodzko , Wroclaw , Poland Heubach He B M D 1812-1875 832,452 II Recs-12 183-1893 1,184,428 11 B M D 1808-1861 860,106 Glauberg He B M D 1841-1870 870,539 (~chliichtern) * now Sognicowice, Katowice, Poland Ernsthausen He B M D 1808-13,56-73 817,260 Gleiwitz * Ob B M D 1812-1861 875,339 Heuchelheim He B M D 1824-1875 870,545 Kirchhain He B M D 1810-12,56-74 841,263 (Frankenberg) D 1800-1940 1,184,414 (Giessen) Kirtorf He B M D 1809-1823 870,546 Erzhausen He B M D 1822-1872 870,535 * now Gliwice, Katowice, Poland Hildburghausen Su B M D 1826-1922 1,185,003 Kiinigsberg * 0s B-Ind: 1826-1874 Eschershausen Ni Recs-20 1763-1876 949,296 Glogau * Ns ~ecs-16 1812 Hindenburg Ob See Zabrze 11 Males: A-B 071,607 II B M D 1812-70 1,184,4161,184,415 (~olzminden) B 1810 949,329 Hintersteinau He B M D 1859-1874 833,862 11 It B-C 071,608 Eschollbriicken He B M D 1809-1875 871,592 I1 D 1818-1938 1,184,418 Hirschberg * Ns Recs-12 1886-1938 1,184,419 11 11 C-F 071,609 Eschwege He B M D 1808-1812 806,724 * now Glog6wY Zielona G6ra, Poland * now Jelenia ~6ra, rocl law, Poland It I1 F-G 071,610 11 B M D 1825-1930 071,178 Gnesen * B M D 1840-1847 719,426 Hochhausen Bd Recs-5 1830-1869 1,044,167 11 11 G-H 071,611 Fechenheim * He Recs-25 1849-1866 817,483 * now Gniezno, Poznan', Poland ( ~auberbischofsheim) 11 11 H-Ka 071,612 * now part of ~rankfurtl~ain Goldberg Sc B M D 1814-1916 068,935 Hgchst He B M D 1826-1870 870,545 11 11 Ka-Kr 071,613 It Felsberg He B M D 1824-1852 817,495 B M 1847-1848 1,185,013 (~iidingen) 11 It Kr-L 071,614 Festenberg Ns B M D 1812-1874 1,184,411 Gollnow * Pm ~ecs-6 1860-1934 1,184,417 Hochstadt He B M D 1825-1873 833,863 11 11 L-M 071,615 (~r. Gross Wartenberg), now TwardogBra, * now Goleni6w, Szczecin, Poland Hofgeismar He B M D 1809-1903 833,824 It 11 M-P 071,616 Wroclaw , Poland Gombeth He See Grossenenglis 11 M 1869-1874 833,825 11 It P -R 071,617 Flatow * We B M D 1813-1846 1,184,410 GGrlitz * Ns Recs-12 1850-1940 1,184,417 II Recs-3 1798-1808 833,864 11 tt R-SC~ 071,618 11 ~ecs-6 ? 1,184,411 tt B M D 1864-1932 1,184,418 11 " (M) 1795-1865 tt tt SC~-S~ 071,619 * now Zlot6w, Koszalin, Poland * now Zgorzelec, Wroclaw, Poland and GBrlitz, Hohe Ni B M D 1809 957,306 IT If st-v 071,620 For don * B M D 1820-1851 814,573 Hohensalza * See Argenau tt tt V-Z 071,621 11 B M D 1823-1851 814,574 Dresden 11 Gossfelden He B M D 1810-12,24-83 831,642 * now nowr roc law, Bydgoszcz, Poland Females: A-B 071,622 11 B M D 1849-1888 814,575 11 It Grgfenhausen He B M D 1823-1872 870,539 Holzheim He B M D 1823-1875 870,545 B-D 071,623 * now Fordon (~yd~oszcz),Bydgoszcz, Poland Grebenstein He B M D 1827-1887 831,658 (~iessen) !I I) D-F 071,624 Frankenau He B M D 1808-1813 817,498 Greene Ni B M D 1809,1812 949,334 Holzminden Ni Recs-20 1839-1876 949,296 If If F-H 071,625 (canton) Griesheim He B M D 1823-1872 870,541 It B 1809 949,708 II II H-Ka 071,626 Frankenberg He B M D 1808-1812 817,501 Gross-Bieberau He B M D 1827-1875 870,540 Hocf He B D 1849-1860 834,010 11 II Ka-Kr 071,627 " (Canton) See also Frankenau (canton) Gross Miihlingen Ma B M D 1778-1871 1,184,497 Hornburg Ni B M D 1808-1814 949,708 II 11 Kr-M 071,628 Frankenstein * Ns Recs-12 19120th C. 1,184,411 Gross Warten- Ns Recs-12 1820-1867 1,184,417 Horn ~1 B M D 1828-1880 1,185,003 I! IT M-N 071,629 * now Zq.bkowice Slgskie, Wroclaw, Poland berg (Bez. Breslau) , now Syc6w, Wroclaw, Poland Hunds f eld Sl B M D 1812-1923 1,184,419 11 11 N-R 071,630 ~rankfurtloderFr B M D 1847-1863 584,092 Grossalsleben Ma B M D 1801-03~32-48 1,184,497 (~ez.~reslau) , now part of rocl law , rocl law, 11 It R-SC~ 071,631 11 B M D 1864-1878 584,093 Grossen-Linden He B M D 1823-1875 870,541 Poland If If sch-st 071,632 Fraustadt * D 1802-1833 1,184,411 Grossenenglis He B M D 1808-1812 806,664 Hiittenberg Amt He B M D 1809-1822 870,546 11 It st-w 071,633 11 B M D 1763-1936 1,184,412 If If Grossropperhausen He B D 1849-1874 853,749 Hiittengesgss He B M D 1840-1877 834,021 w-z, A-s 071,634 It B M D 1800-1899 1,184,413 Grihingen He B M D 1823-1875 870,542 Iba He B M D 1808-1812 806,638 It M-Ind 1790-1874 071,635 It B M D 1838 896,082 Gudensberg He B M D 1808-1812 806,662 Immenhausen He B M D 1808-1812 806,638 It B 1847-52,59 475,875 11 Recs-19 1890-1919 47'4,930 11 Recs-3 (M) 1849-1874 Jastrow * We B M D 1816-1839 1,184,420 11 B 1860-1865 475,876 * now Wschowa, Zielona G6ra, Poland ~iist row SC B M D 1813-1935 068,935 II B M D 1830-1847 1,184,421 11 M 1873-1877 475,877 Freystadt * We D 1893-1930 1,184,413 Guttentag * Ob D 1846-1880 i ,184,419 * now Jastrowie, Koszalin, Poland tt B 1852-1857 585 589 * now Kisielice, Olsztyn, Poland * now Dobrodziefi, Katowice, Poland Jauer * Ns B M D 1806-1939 1,184,422 II B 1858-1871 585 ,590 Freystadt * Ns M 1849-1873 896,080 Guttstadt * 0s D 1846-1937 1,184,419 II ~ecs-6 1819-? 1,184,423 11 M 1852-1874 585 ,590 * now Koiuch6w (~owa~61), Zielona G6ra, Poland * now Dobre Miasto, Olsztyn, Poland * now Jawor, WrocZaw, Poland 11 M 1847-1852 476,220 Friedberg He B M D 1828-1838 870,536 Guxhagen He B M 1848-1849 832,395 Josbach He B M D 1808-11,56-74 834,165 11 B M D-Ind 1812-1850 071,107 11 B M D 1839-1873 870,537 I1 Habitzheim He B M D 1823-1875 870,542 Kaiserslautern Rh Recs-12 ? 536,484 ~ecs-16 ? 071,112 Friedeberg in B M D 1847-1853 544,649 Hagenow Sc B M D 1813-1937 1,184,498 Kalisch * B M D 1809-1820 743,141 * now Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad, Russia Neumark, now Strzelce ~rajefiskie,Zielona G6ra Hahn (~armstadt) He B M D 1823-1872 870,543 II ~ecs-3 1821-1865 KBnigshiitte* Kr6lewska *Huta, Ob D now part1867-1940 of ~horz6w, 1,184,430Kato- Frielendorf He B M 1790-1871 828,533 Hainchen He B M D 1830-1870 870,544 * now Kalisz, Poznai'i, Poland Fritzlar He B M D 1810-12,24-71 828,534 Halle: (~olz- Ni B M D 1808-1812 949,340 Kalme Ni B M D 1809-1812 949,710 wice, Poland Frohnhausen He B M D 1814-1850 828,535 minden) Kanth (~r. Ns B M D 1812-1937 1,184,423 KBnigslutter Ni Recs-20 1872-1874 949,296 (~rankenber~) See also Oberasphe Hamburg Hm ~ecs-26 1783-1849 574,799 ~eumarkt) , now Kqty Wroclawskie , Wroclaw , Pol. Konstadt * Ob B D 1835-1890 1,184,431 Gadebusch sc B M D 1793-1922 068,935 Hanau He B 1866-1869 832,416 Karthaus * Recs-1 1848-1873 475,222 * now Wolczyn, Opole, Poland Mecklenburg-Schwerin ~ecs-281912-1933 1,185,007 Neustadt-Glewe Sc B M D 1811-1876 1,185,010 Konstanz ~d B M D 1863-1869 870,274 * now Lesnica (~trzelce~polskie), Opole, Pol. Meerholz He B 1841-1847 848,665 Neustettin * Pm Recs-12 1788-1870 1,184,444 B M D 1859-1875 841,277 Lessen * We B M D 1824-1885 1,184,434 Meimbressen He B 1827-1889 848,666 * now Szczecinek, Koszalin, Poland Korbach He I! B M D 1808-1810 806,721 Koschmin * B M D 1811-1812 742,946 * now #,asin, Bydgoszcz, Poland Nieder-Eschbach He B M D 1827-1875 870,551 * now Koimin (~rotosz~n),Poznafi, Poland Leverkusen No B M D 1808 176,106 Meiningen Su B M D 1850-1937 1,185,008 Nieder-Mockstadt He B M D 1823-1866 870,552 Kaslin * pm B M D 1812-1846 896,086 Lich He B M D 1822-1875 870,547 Melbach He B M D 1826-1872 870,550 Nieder-Ramstadt He B M D 1823-1872 870,551 Lichtenberg He B M D 1849-1864 870,548 Melsungen He B M D 1808-12,24-52 801,304 Nieder-Seemen He See Ortenberg * now Koszalin, Koszalin, Poland 11 Krakow Sc B M D 1813-1874 068,935 Liebenau He B M D 1828-1888 841,299 M 1849-1874 801,304 Niederklein He B M D 1856-1871 849,122 Krappitz * Ob B M D 1819-1848 1,184,431 Liegnitz * Ns B M 1855-1940 1,184,435 Merzhausen He B M D 1808-1812 801,306 Niederroden- He B M D 1811-12,49-67 850,173 II D - 1814-1940 1,184,436 (~r.0p~eln) BD 1820-1843 890,725 (~ie~enhain) B M D 1824-72,83 801,306 bach B D 1849-1868 855,680 II See also Oppeln 1s ~ecs-16 1812-1850 1,184,436 Meseritz * Br B M D 1817-1841 1,184,442 Nordeck He B M D 1849-1864 850,175 * now Legnica, wrocdaw, Poland (~ez.Posen) Recs-1 1846-1875 4'74,926 11 B M D 1849-1869 850,176 * now Krapkowice, Opole, Poland 11 Recs-13 1848-1903 474,929 Krautheim Bd Recs-5 1812-1870 1,047,435 Lindheim He B M D 1823-1869 870,548 Nordhausen Er B M D 1829-1882 1,185,010 Kreuzburg * Ob B M D 1830-1855 1,184,431 Lohra He B D 1849-1867 841,302 * now Migdzyrzecz, Zielona G6ra, Poland Ober-Erlenbach He Recs-1 1875 870,553 * now Kluczbork, Opole, Poland Lollar He B M D 1815-1874 870,549 Messel He B M D 1823-1872 870,550 Ober-Ramstadt He B M D 1823-1872 870,552 Kriewen * B M D 1835-1847 743,099 L6wen * Ns B M D 1815-1836 1,184,436 Messelhausen Bd Recs-5 1811-1869 1,047,446 Ober-Seemen He B M D 1826-1875 870,553 * now ~rz~wifi,~oznafi, Poland I1 Recs-1 1836-1934 1,184,437 Miechowitz * Ob M 1880,1885 1,184,442 Ober-WBllstadt He Recs-1 1841-1857 870,553 We * now Lewin Brzeski, Opole, Poland * now Miechowice , Katowice, Poland Oberasphe He B M D 1826-1847 850,177 Krojanke * Recs-1 1812-1833 495,964 11 11 11 1833-1841 495,965 L6wenberg * Ns Recs-12 1815-1932 1,184,437 Mittelsinn Bn B M D 1826-1855 801,307 B 1750-1810 828,635 11 II 1834-1854 495,966 * now Lw6wek Slgski , Wroc$aw, Poland Mixstadt * B M D 1836-1846 746,949 Oberaula He B 1824-1866 850,198 I1 11 11 1846 495,967 Lublinitz * S1 D 1820-1900 1,184,437 * now Mikstat, Pozna6, Poland B D 1849-1874 850,199 II B M D 1800-1863 1,184,432 * now Lubliniec, Katowice, Poland Momberg He B 1856-1873 801,308 Obervorschiitz He B M 1808-1812 810,517 11 * now Krajenka, Koszalin, Poland Liib z Sc B M D 1813-1895 068,935 D 1856-1873 801,309 Oberzell He D 1826-1875 850,223 Krojanke Kulm * Recs-1 1829-1832 495,967 Ludwigslust Sc B M D 1827-1920 068;935 Moschin * B 1835-1836 746,967 Ohlau * Ns B M D 1817-1933 1,184,445 * now Krajenka ~helmo,Bydgoszcz, Poland Magdeburg Ma B 1829-1830 1,185,004 * now Mosina, Poznafi, Poland * now olawa, Wroclaw, Poland 11 Ns B B M D 1929-1932 1,185,004 Miinsterberg * D 1824-1877 1,184,442 61, * NS R~CS-11812-1930 1,184,444 Krone * 1847-1874 813,169 It II 11 1812-1930 1,184,445 * now Koronowo (~~d~oszcz),Bydgoszcz, Poland B M 1832-1847 1,185,005 * now Zigbice, Wroclaw, Poland It Muschenheim B M D Kr6pelin RO B M D 1817-1898 068,935 D 1815-1939 1,185,005 He 1835-1875 870,551 * now ~les'nica,Wroclaw, Poland Mainzlar He B M D 1827-1875 870,549 rnslowitz * S1 B 1847-49,63-66 864,943 Oppeln * Ob B M D 1812-1938 1,184,445 Krotoschin * B M D 1825-1841 '743,091 It 11 B M D 1842-1847 743,092 Malchin Ne B M D 1813-1884 068,936 M 1849-1860 864,944 * now Opole, Opole, Poland 11 II B M D 1813-1884 1,185,006 M 1859-1863 864,945 Oranienburg Pt D 1815-1839 1,185,010 * now Krotoszyn, ~oznafi,Poland 11 B M D 1847-1870 864,946 Malchow Ne B M D 1812-1895 1,185,006 Ortenberg He B M D 1831-1875 870,554 Kurnik * B M D 1817-1847 742,003 11 11 B M D 1834-1875 870,555 * now K6rnik, ~ozna6,Poland B M D 1860 1,185,013 * now ~yslowice,Katowice, Poland Laage Sc B M D 1813-1907 068,935 Marburg He B M D 1808-1813 801,069 Nakel Netze * B M D 1848-1874 715,114 Ossenholz We B 1826-1934 530,225 I1 11 B M D 1823-1867 715,115 Landau Rh B M D 1784-1790 488,361 B D 1845-1869 801,069 (~ermannsbad)* M 1826-1931 530,226 1 11 Recs-16 1833-1835 1,184,443 II B M D 1826-1892 530,227 Landeck * NS Recs-12 1922-1934 1,184,432 B D 1849-1864 850,224 * now ~akdonad Noteciq, Bydgoszcz, Poland It D * now ~~dek-Zdr6j , Wroclaw , Poland Mardorf He B D 1856-1873 846,196 1917-1938 530,227 (~arburg) Namslau * Ns B M D 1812-1847 1,184,443 * now Osieciny, Bydgoszcz, Poland Landeshut * Ns B M D 1800-1938 1,184,432 II Recs-12 1914-1918 1,184,443 now Kamienna ~6ra,Wroclaw, Poland Marienburg * We B 1847-1865 742,802 Osterode * 0s B M D 1865-1936 071,081 * 11 Landsberg in Ob D 1843-1844 1,184,432 M D 1847-1865 742,803 * Now NamysGw, Opole, Poland * now 0str6da, Olsztyn, Poland Oberschlesien (~r.~osenberg) * * now Malbork, Gdafisk, Poland Naumburg He B M D 1808-1812 810,506 Ottenstein Ni Recs-20 1768-1876 949,296 Marienwerder * We Recs-1 1818-1824 496,013 Neisse * ob B 1809-1928 1,184,443 II B M D 1809-1813 958,004 * now Gorz6w slpski, Opole, Poland 11 II Recs-10 1812-1827 496,157 M D 1813-1930 1,184,444 Ottrau He B D 1824-1874 850,229 Lang-GBns He B M D 1809-1822 870,546 11 Recs-28 1914-1938 1,184,444 11 B M D 1822-1875 870,546 II 11 1827-1828 496,158 Pakosch * B M D 1823-1847 719,232 ~angen-Bergheim He B M D 1853-1870 870,546 11 11 1829-1832 496,159 * now Nysa, Opole, Poland * now ~akos'6,Bydgoszcz, Poland Langendiebach He B M D 1826-1874 841,285 11 11 1832-1835 496,160 Netra He B M D 1808-1812 810,509 Parchim Sc B M D 1813-1936 1,185,010 II -B -D 1849-1867 841,285 II 11 1835-1837 496,161 Neu-Berun * B M D 1847-1870 864,953 Pasewalk Ne D 1865-1906 1,185,010 I Langendorf * S1 B 1810-1857 1,184,432 It 11 1837-1840 496,162 * now Bier6 Nowy, Katowice, Poland Penzlin Ne B M D 1814-1915 068,936 I (Kr. ~leiwitz) Recs-1 1762-1820 1,184,433 11 11 1837-1843 496,163 Neubukow Ro B M 1813-1876 1,185,010 Perleberg SC B M D 1812-1899 1,185,010 I1 I! 1828-1889 1,184,434 IT 11 1843-1848 496,164 Neukalen Ne B M D 1813-1875 068,936 Pf af f en- He B M D 1868-1874 870,555 11 B M D 1813-1875 1,185,010 * now Wielowies, Katowice, Poland 11 11 1848-1854 496,165 Beerfurth He B D 1826-1877 841,286 It It 1814-1860 496,166 Neumarkt * Ns B M 1818-1848 1,184,444 Pfungstadt He B M D 1823-1872 870,555 1 Langenselbold 11 Langsdorf He B M D 1823-1875 870,546 Recs-11 1852 495,963 * now Sroda Slpska, Wrocdaw, Poland Plau Sc B M D 1813-1917 068,936 1 11 B M D 1813-1913 1,185,011 Lauenburg * Pm B M D 1829-1846 1,184,433 11 Recs-12 183-1932 1,184,441 Neumittelwalde Ns B 1810-1883 1,184,441 11 Recs-12 1844-1936 1,184,433 * now Kwidzyfi, Gddsk, Poland (~edzibor)* Recs-12 1870-1906 1,184,444 Plaue Er B M D 1825-1920 1,185,011 1 I1 I1 1844-1936 1,184,434 Marisfeld Su B M D 1768-1888 1,185,006 * now ~i$dzyb6rz,wroclaw, Poland Pless * Sl B M D 1847-1874 1,184,446 I 11 B M D 1837-1936 1,185,007 Neusalz * Ns See- Freystadt * now Pszczyna, Katowice, Poland * now L$bork, Gdafisk, Poland * now Nowa 561, Zielona G6ra, Poland Laurahiitte * S1 Recs-1 1856-62,80 1,184,434 Mgrkis ch We B M D 1815-1847 1,184,439 Pleschen * B M D 1835-1847 752,629 Friedland * ~ecs-16 1799-1810 1,184,440 Neust adt * Recs-1 1848-1873 474,722 * now Pleszew, Poznafi, Poland * now part of Siemianowice Slqskie; Katowice, I! It 1882-1912 474,716 Poland It It 1799-1810 1,184,441 Polzin (~ez. Pm D 1858-1936 1,184,446 1 11 11 1913-1919 474,719 Leidenhofen He B D 1850-1873 841,290 * now ~iroslawiec, Kos zalin , Poland Kaslin) , now ~olczynZdr6 j , Koszalin , Poland B M D 1823-1875 870,547 Markabel He B D 1849-1866 846,198 * now Wejherowo, Gdafisk, Poland Potsdam Pt B M D 1810-1863 1,185,011 Leihgestern He 11 1818-1937 1,184,434 ~arlow RO B M D 1814-1866 068,936 Neustadt * Ob Recs-1 1812-1939 1,184,444 D 1906-1936 1,185,011 I Leobschiitz- * Ob D 11 B M D 1814-1873 1,185,007 II Recs-12 1745-1933 1,185,011 * now Glubczyce, Opole, Poland * now Prudnik, Opole, Poland Mechtal Ob See Miechowitz I i Leschnitz * Ob Recs-12 1855-1933 1,184,378 TOLEDOTISUMMER 1978 2 2 TOLEDOTISUMMER 1978 11 Rosenthal He M 1849-1867 853,760 Recs-12 1838-1939 1,185,012 It (~rankenber~) M 1851 853,763 D 1875-1918 1,184,455 0s " 1,184,446 11 Tempelburg * Pm B D Preussisch 1825-1907 I! B M D 1808-1811 853,769 Recs-15 ? 1,184,455 1829-1852 1,184,460 now Czaplinek, Koszalin, Poland Holland, now Paslek, Olsztyn , Poland G&a, * Rossdorf He B M D 1823-1872 870,543 * now Skwierzyna, Zielona Poland Tessin Ro B M D 1813-1885 1,185,018 Preussisch We Recs-1 1847-1862 47'4,723 Seelow Fr D 1800-1876 1,185,014 Stargard * II 1862-1870 474,724 ( arms t adt ) Teterow Ne B M 1813-1880 1,185,018 Sd del He B M D 1823-1861 870,557 11 11 1882-1903 474,717 Rossdorf He B I) 1856-1873 853,771 Themar Su B 1876-1938 1,185,018 11 11 Sohrau * S1 D 1837-1879 1,184,456 11 1904-1920 474,718 (~arbur~) Recs-20 1820-1920 1,185,018 11 * now fory, Katowice, Poland B M D 1812-1939 185,355 Rossow Ne B M D 1814-1845 068,936 Tirschtiegel * Br Recs-15 Br B M D 1834-1848 1,184,460 11 B 1812-1874 414,467 ~ostock RO B M D 1839-1874 068,936 Soldin * 1833-1847 1,184,456 * now Trzciel, Zielona G6ra, Poland 11 Rot enburg He M 1849-1874 853,780 * now Mys'lib6rz, Szczecin, Poland Thorn M D 1812-1939 414 ;468 I1 * Recs-1 1818 496,009 11 Recs-12 1848-1904 1,184,446 M 1827-1832 853,783 Sontra He B M D 1808-09,12 811,128 * now Tord, Bydgoszcz, Poland * now Starogard Gdafiski, Gdafisk, Poland Roth He B M D 1824-1874 855,679 I! B M D 1810-1811 811,129 Tost * ob M 1886 1,184,461 Putzig * Recs-1 1812-1855 474,720 (~iedenkopf) I! B M D 1820-1934 860,568 11 D 1841-1872 1,184,461 II II 1857-1920 474,714 Rothenkirchen He M 1811-1812 855,680 Spachbriicken He B M D 1823-1875 870,559 * now Toszek, Katowice, Poland * now Puck, ~dafisk,Poland Riickingen He B D 1849-1868 855,680 Speckswinkel He B M D 1808-1861 860,106 Trachenberg * Ns Recs-12 ? 1,184,461 Riidigershagen Er B D 1818-1820 1,185,019 Sprottau * Ns B M D 1811-1933 1,184,456 Pyritz * Pm ~ecs-16 1853 1 ,184,446 11 * now Smigr6d, Wroclaw, Poland Pm B 1846-1861 1,184,450 Recs-14 1813-1845 1,184,456 * now Pyrzyce, Szczecin, Poland Riigenwalde * Trebbin Pt ~ecs-16 1801 1,185,019 now Szprotawa, Zielona G6ra, Poland 11 Rastenburg * 0s B M D 1813-1874 1,184,447 * now ~arlowo,Koszalin, Poland * Recs-1 1692-1812 1,185,020 * now Ketrzyn, Olsztyn, Poland Ruttershausen He B M D 1823-1875 870,557 Staden He BMD 1823-1870 870,557 Tremessen * B M D 1832-1847 719,242 Rybnik See Baranowitz Stzdtel Sl Ratibor * Ob Recs-12 1888-1940 1,184,447 * B M D 1810-1873 1,184,456 * now Trzemeszno, Bydgoszcz , Poland 11 now Miejsce, Opole, Poland D 1865-1930 1,184,448 Sagan * Ns Recs-12 1841-1937 1,184,450 * Treysa He B 1824-1902 858,243 11 * now gag&, Zielona G6ra, Poland Stadtlengsfeld Su B M D 1720-1813 1,185,014 B M 1814-1874 1,184,449 II Unruhstadt * Br B M D 1817-1874 1,184,461 Sandersleben H1 B M D 1750-1926 1,185,012 B M D 1817-1838 1,185,015 * now Racib6rz, Opole, Poland If B M D 1838-1875 1,185,016 * now Kargowa, Zielona &ray Poland Santomischel * B M D 1817-1839 1,184,450 Rauischholz- He B M D 1809-1871 851,356 11 Usenborn He B M D 1829-1875 870,559 * now ~aniemygl,Poznafi, Poland D 1840-1936 1,185,017 hausen 11 See also Eisenach Uttrichshausen He B M D 1837-1873 858,246 B M D Rauschenberg He B M D 1849-1874 851,403 Schildberg * 1835-1846 747,832 Vacha Su B M D 1815-1876 1,185,019 Stadtoldendorf Ni Recs-20 1774-1876 949,296 II B M D 1838-1920 1,185,021 B * now Ostrzesz6w, Poznd, Poland Rehna sc M D 1814-1882 068,936 I1 11 B M D 1813-1882 1,185,012 Schlichtings- Ns B M D 1835-1847 896,081 Stammheim He B M D 1826-1870 870,558 Stargard Pm ~ecs-16 ca. 1761 1,184,456 See also Eisenach heim (Kr. B M D 1835-1859 1,184,450 * Vandsburg B M D 1825-1847 719,323 Reichenbach * Ns Recs-7 1,184,449 * now Stargard Szczeci6skiY Szczecin, Poland * * now ~zierLoni6w, rocl law , Poland Fraustadt) , now Szlichtyngowa, Zielona G6ra, * now Wiqcbork, Bydgoszcz, Poland 1 Poland Stassfurt Ma Recs-12 1874-1902 1,185,017 I B M D 1823-1875 870,556 Vdlkershausen Su See Eisenach Reinheim He Staufenberg He B M D 1829-1846 870,558 B M D 1832-1875 870,556 Schloppe * We ~ecs-6 1750-- 1,184,450 (~r. Bad Salzungen) Reiskirchen He Stavenhagen Ne B M D 1848-1867 068,936 * now ~zlopa,Koszalin, Poland Vollmerz He B M D (Giessen) Steinbach He B M D 1825-1875 870,558 1780-1887 858,305 Rennertehausen He B M D 1835-1846 851,405 Schmalkalden Su B M D 1798-1921 1,185,013 Wachenbuchen He B D 1849-1869 858,305 11 (Giessen) Rhina He B M D 1811-1812 851,409 B D 1849-1874 860,506 Waldenburg * Ns B M D 1934-1938 1,184,461 It B M D 1811-1812 811,120 Steinberg He See Ortenberg, Watzenborn * now Walbrzych , Wroclaw , Poland Damgart en Schdneck * Recs-1 1871-1919 475,222 Steinfurth He B M D 1863-1872 870,558 Walldorf (~erra)Su B M D 1839-1938 1,185,022 Richelsdorf He M D 1851-1912 850,568 I * now Skarszewy , Gdafisk, Poland Stendal Ma ~ecs-16 1852-1880 1,185,017 Wanfried He B M D 1808-1812 859,944 Riesenbure: * We B M D 1823-1874 1,184,449 Schaningen Ni B M D 1809-1812 958,254 Sterbfritz He B M D 1826-1874 860,133 Watzenborn * He B M D 1824-1875 870,560 Schdnlanke (~ez. B M D 1817-1847 1,184,451 Sternberg Sc B M D 1806-1937 1,185,017 * now Watzenborn-Steinberg * now Prabuty, Olsztyn, Poland ~chneidernij4.11)~now Trzcianka, ~oznd,Poland Sterzhausen He B D 1849-1865 860,134 Weckesheim He B M D 1836-1872 870,560 Sch6nstadt He B M D 1849-1866 860,511 Stettin * Pm ~ecs-16 1841-1847 1,184,457 Wehrda (~arburg)He B 1849-1866 859,948 Rimbach He B M D 1823-1858 870,556 11 (~ergstrasse) Schrecksbach He B D 1849-1875 860,512 D 1845-1849 1,184,457 Weimar Er See Eisenach 11 B M D 1824-72,83 801,306 11 R6bel (~iiritz)Ne B M D 1813-1915 1,185,012 B D 1854-1874 1,184,458 Weiterstadt He B M D 1823-1872 870,561 B M D 1817-1847 758,361 I1 Rsddenau He B M D 1851-1873 851,409 Schrimm * M 1901-1939 1,184,458 Wenings He B M D 1834-1875 871,590 now Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland Rgdgen He B M D 1827-1855 870,557 * now Srem, Poznafi, Poland * Westpreussen Prov. ~ecs-16 1812,1845 1,184,441 Stockheim He B M D 1837-1875 870,559 (Giessen) Schulitz * B M D 1823-1847 719,152 Wieschowa S1 B D 1847-1848 877,421 now Solec Kujawski, Bydgoszcz, Poland (~iidingen) Rogas en * B M D 1817-1839 752,799 * (Kr. ~arnowitz),now Wieszowa, Katowice, Poland 11 Sc hwaan Sc B M D 1813-1883 068,936 Strasburg * We Recs-5 (B) 1823-1897 544,875 B M D 1840-1847 752,800 II Wieseck * He B M D 1825-1875 871-,590 IT B M D 1813-1883 1,185,013 B M D 1840-1847 808,142 now Rogoino (~borniki) Poznafi, Poland * now part of Giessen * , Schwarza Su B M D 1825-1875 1,185,013 * now Brodnica, Bydgoszcz, Poland Rohrbruch * B M D 1823-1844 719,149 Willingshausen He B D 1849-1873 864,610 He B D 1824-1874 860,517 Strelitz * Ne D 1760-1923 1,185,018 11 B M D 1824-72,83 801,306 * now Rynarzewo , Bydgoszcz , Poland Schwarzenborn ( ~ie~enhain) * now Neustrelitz Windecken He B M D 1825-1874 864,611 Riihrenfurt He B M D 1838-1852 851,410 Ns 11 See also Melsungen Schwedt Oder Fr B D 1750-1860 1,185,013 Striegau * Recs-12 1850-1939 1,184,458 Wittelsberg He B M D 1849-1865 868,036 B M D 1854-1875 1,184,451 * now Strzegom, Wroclaw, Poland Rgllshausen He B D 1849-1870 853,745 Schweidnitz * Ns Wittenburg Sc B M D 1813-1877 068,936 * now Swidnica, wroclaw, Poland Strhpfelbrunn Bd B M D 1867-1870 1,185,183 M D Rommelhausen He B M D 1853-1870 870,557 I! B M D 1810-1866 1,185,184 Wohnbach He B 1823-1875 871,591 Ropperhausen He B D 1828-1866 853,749 Schweinsberg He B M D 1808-1809 860,532 Wohra He B D 1856-1873 864,623 11 Stuhm * We Recs-12 ? 1,184,458 Rosenberg * Ob B M D 1812-1847 1,184,449 M 1809-1812 860,535 Woldenberg Pm B M D 1770-1854 1,184,461 11 * now Sztum, Gddsk, Poland It D 1891-1938 1,184,449 B D 1856-1874 860,535 (~eumarkt),now Dobiegniew, Zielona G6ra, Pol. Tangermiinde Ma Recs-20 1820-1860 1,185,018 11 ~ecs-14 1815-1847 1,184,449 Schwerin Sc B M D 1849-1875 1,185,014 Wolfenbiittel Ni B M D 1808-1814 958,025 11 II Br M Tarnowitz * S1 B M D 1847-1870 877,402 1815-1847 1,184,450 Schwerin B D 1808-1838 1,184,452 11 Wolferode He B D' 1856-1873 864,624 (Warthe) B B M D 1813-1871 1,184,458 * 1839-1846 1,184,453 11 Wornmen He B M D 1809-1813 806,659 * .now Olesno, Opole, Poland 11 B M D 1808-1847 1,184,454 D 1871-1885 1,184,459 Wronke (warthe) * Recs-1 1832-- 1,184,461 Rosenberg * We B 1847-1874 g04,700 11 I1 * now Susz, Olsztyn, Poland D 1845-1847 1,184,455 D 1895-1901 1,184,460 * now Wronki , Poznafi , Poland * now Tarnowskie ary, Katowice , Poland Zabrze * Ob M 1882-1883 1,184,461 (Hindenburg) Recs-12 1873-1940 1,184,419 Ziegenhain He B 1849-1873 868,694 name was never very common in Teutonic countries QUESTION: Our family name is LEVENBOOK. We * now Zabrze, Katowice, Poland Zimmersrode He B M D 1809-1812 868,618 but was carried south by the Goths and became have no idea what the name means, what language Zeilhard He B M D 1828-1875 870,538 zktersbach He B M D 1827-1875 868,618 very popular in Spain. From the 16th century the it is in, how or when or why the family got its name experienced a revival and came into use in name. Can you help? --- Banbaha Levenbyoh, many other parts of Europe. 7815 NE 10 St., Apt. 200, Uidwat Uy, OK 73110 In Poland of the Middle Ages, the landed NAMES : AND ANSWERS estates bore the names of their landlords. We ANSWER: The name Levenbook is really Levinbock. have a record of two such landed estates called, It originated in the town of Siegburg in the Rhineland around 1845 when a Jew called Levi (a Benzion C. Kaganoff Ferdynandow: one is located in the district of Wilkomir in the gubernia of Kovna Lithuania; the Levite) had to choose a permanent family name. As a continuing feature of Toledot, Rabbi other is in the area of Novograd Wolynsk in the For a reason known only to himself, he selected the Yiddish Gittel, which is often a translation the name Bock. His son changed the name to Benzion C. Kaganoff is writing a column on Jew- of the Latin Bona (appearing also in a garbled gubernia of Volhynia. The Christian landlord of Levinbock, a combination of his father's and ish names. Rabbi Kaganoff is the author of Yiddish version as Bina). each estate bore the name Ferdynand (same as the grandfather's names. Some members of the family A Dictionany 06 Jewbh Nama and ThhHbtony There is a fascinating historical footnote English Ferdinand). Your ancestor lived on one probably migrated eastward and among them was (reviewed in To&dot, Fall 1977) and serves as associated with these names. of the two estates when he assumed his family your husband's forefather who lived in Poland. rabbi of Congregation Ezras Israel in Chicago. In the 16th century, Poland (which then ex- name in 1804. We invite our readers to send in their tended into what is now Ukraine) was ruled by The Philip Ferdinand you mention was con- questions on the subject of Jewish names. Please King Sigismund I and his consort, Queen Bona verted first to Catholicism, then to Protestant- include whatever information you know about the Sforza. The royal couple rebuilt the town of ism and taught at Oxford and later at Cambridge. QUESTION: Our original name was LEVITT. What geographical origin of the family whose name is Rov in Podolia, which had been destroyed by the We have records that indicate that during the is its origin? --- David Mend& Levy, 133 1 being submitted for comment. Not every question Tatars . The town was given a new name, Bar, to last years of his life, a Philip Ferdinandus was will necessarily be answered in this column. supported by the Domus Conversorum (the house Highway 324 NE, DacuRa, GA 302 11 commemorate the city of Bari in Italy, the , birthplace of Bona Sforza. for converts) in London. His name Ferdinand may ANSWER: The name Levi (a Levite) appears in Jewish girls in Bar and throucrhout Poland have also been derived from one of these two es- - -. tates mentioned above, or it may have been many forms. Russian versions are Levin and were given the name Bona ("good" in Latin) or Levinsky. The letter S of Levi1s sometimes be- QUESTION: Could you please explain the whys and Bina in honor of the Queen. selected by him to honor a Christian sponsor at The name was popu- comes a TZ and the form is Levitz. Levitt is a wherefores of the transition of the surname COHEN larized as Gittel in Yiddish and Dobra ("goodt') the time of his conversion. German form of the name Levi (Levy). Extended to that of COYNE? Is it true that in the Hebrew/ in Polish. forms are Leviton, Levitan, and Levitansky. Yiddish laiiguage the surname Cohen is sounded Markuza is the Polish form of Marcus, an out as Cope? --- Edwahd A. Coyne, P.O. Box ancient Roman name which has continued to this 361, Banton, MA 02130 day as Marcus, as Mark in English, and as Marco QUESTION: Can you give me any information on the in Italian and Spanish. origin of the name GOLDSTICK? --- Jde Jews with the Hebrew QUESTION: My grandparents Abraham and Minnie ANSWER: Cohen is a Hebrew name which means name of Moshe or Mordecai often selected Marcus GoR&;tich, 450 Wat End Ave., New Yottk, NY 10024 PIESER came from Poland in 1864. Can you tell "priest" and designates one as descended from or Mark as the non-Hebrew name. --- the priestly families, the sons of Aaron. ANSWER: Goldstiick means "gold coint' and may me some history about the family name? VoRa Babcoch, 1292 Libby, Cld%tun, 99403 Coyne is an Irish name and means either "a refer to a dealer in coins. WA descendant of Cannt' or "a descendant of Cadhain Goldstick may also be a variant of Goldstock ." ANSWER: Peisern is a town in the government of It may also be an abbreviation for Kilcoyne, QUESTION: What can you tell me about the family and may refer to a cane with a golden head "son of the gentle youth." names DUCHOWNY, ARLUCK, and GAMARNIK? --- Heidi carried by a person when he assumed his name. Lodz, Poland. Rabbi Simon ben Yehuda Layb, who Polish, Russian, and Hungarian Jews pro- Aue~~bach,40 1 W. Chunn& Rd., S&a Monica, CA Most probably your name is an abbreviation was born in Peisern in 1690, was the first to nounce Cohen (which in Hebrew is KO-ffayne) in the 90402 of Goldsticker, a gold or silver embroiderer or assume the family name Peiser. The name appears diphthong oi and it sounds like coin or coyne. trimmer. In the 18th century, the trimming of in the forms Pizer, Piser, Paiser. Pieser is another variant. Lithuanian Jews tend to pronounce Cohen more ANSWER: Duchovny is the Russian for "clergyman" garments with gold or silver thread was very like cane. and is a name given to a rabbi or to a huhuyne fashionable, and Jews were almost exclusively While Cohen to Coyne is a logical phonetic (one of priestly lineage) . involved in that occupation. transition, it is not a transition in meaning. The name Aaron has many diminutive forms; QUESTION: My paternal great-grandfather was one of them is Arlik or Arluck. Cohen is visibly Jewish and Coyne is quite Irish. Arluck is a Joseph WEINSTOCK from Jassy, Romania. What is But as 'you indicate in your letter, your grand- patronymic and means "little Aaron." QUESTION: What is the meaning of the family the origin of the name? --- Beatttice S;tc& father changed more than his name in 1878. The Gamarnik is an occupational name and means Hockon, 806 Vance Rd., Uidemd, MI 48640 change of name marked more than a transition "smelter" in Ukrainian. name LAP or LAPP? --- Banbana Shaph Mexan- . deb, 179 E. Lahe Shone On., Chicago, IL 60611 from Cohen to Coyne; it marked a change in reli- ANSWER: Weinstock had two possible derivations. gion. If I may be permitted a pun: a son of ANSWER: Lap or Lapp is from Lappen which in old In German and Yiddish, Weinstock means "a Aaron became a son of Erin. vine" and refers to a vine garland which decor- QUESTION: My grandfather's name was Michael German means "patches, rags .It The name is ated a wineshop. Your ancestor who selected the FERDINAND. I have read about a Philip Ferdinand either a derogatory one imposed by the officials who was born in Poland in the middle of the 16th or it may actually describe the kind of clothes name was the owner of a wineshop. The word for vine also became a symbol for QUESTION: My maternal grandfather's name was century and who taught Hebrew at Cambridge and worn by the individual when he came to assume the name Israel. When Jews were compelled to DOBROWITZ. Is the name related to BENTOV or Oxford. Where does the name Ferdinand originate? the name. assume family names, the government officials GOODMAN? What does the name MARKUZA mean? ------Maheene Uvehman, Apt. 200, 3616 ConnecZi- The name could also be occupational, indi- Richand Sob&, 62 Wanking;ton Rd., Pninceton, cuk Ave. NW, Wccnhingtun, DC 20008 cating a dealer in rags. The name would thus often forbade them from taking Hebrew names. NJ 08540 correspond to Tandler or Tendler among Galician Jews, however, evaded this restriction by pre- serving the Biblical name in a symbolic way. In ANSWER: Ferdinand is a first name which is a Jews. ANSWER: Dobrowitz is a matronymic. It means compound of the Old German &~hdi("journey") and Jeremiah 6:9, Israel is compared to a vine. "descended from Dobra." Dobra is the Polish for MU^ ("risk") and means "daring journey." The Weinstock thus reflected the prophet's words and became a substitute for Israel. n?