BURGENLAND is one of the federal states of Austria, on the Hungarian border. Located in Burgenland were the "Seven Communities" ( Sheva Kehillot or Sieben Gemeinden ), noted for their outstanding yeshivot and eminent rabbis: * Eisenstadt (Hung. Kismarton; Heb. א״ש) * Mattersburg/ Mattersdorf (Hung. Nagymarton) * Deutschkreutz (Hung. Sopronkeresztúr, Németkeresztúr; Hebr. צעלם, צלם)* Frauenkirch...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from Bucuresti, Romania. of Romania. The first written reference to Bucharest (Rom., Bucureşti) is in a document dated September 1459, issued by Prince Vlad Țepeş (known as Vlad the Impaler) and referring to the “citadel of Bucureşti.” Situated in the south of Romania, Bucharest became, with occasional interruptions, the capital of Walach...
Please Note: The "IAJGS International Conference 2013- Boston" Project is a volunteer initiative of the hundreds of avid genealogists participating in the development of the Jewish Genealogy Portal at Geni.com. It is not officially related to the IAJGS or the Conference, which speak for themselves on the web pages whose links are provided below. Now that we have the disclaimer out of the way, h...
Prominent Jewish Philadelphians (and a few non-Philadelphians) whose portraits appear in Fifty years' work of the Hebrew Education Society of Philadelphia: 1848-1898 published by the Society, 1899. From the preface: The first meeting for the formation of a society whose purpose was the education of Jewish youth in the city of Philadelphia was held on March 7 1847. On June 4 1848, a Constituti...
Background Kobersdorf ( Kabold in Hungarian) is a town in Eastern Austria in the Burgenland region. Kobersdorf, like the other towns of Burgenland, belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary until 1920-21. After the end of the First World War, the western border area of Hungary was awarded to Austria by the Treaties of St. Germain and Trianon. Since 1921, the town has belonged to the newly founded St...
This is an umbrella project for all of the projects related to the Jews of Belarus, plus some links to closely related discussions. "Belarus was once a major center of European Jews, with 10% of the population being Jewish. But since the mid-20th century, the number of Jews has been reduced by the Holocaust, deportation, and emigration, so that today it is a very small minority of less than one...
Końskie, Poland 51°12' N 20°25' E 77 miles South South West of Warszawa (Warsaw), Poland. Some directories place the town in the Radom collection depending on the era.Końskie [Polish], Kinsk [Yiddish], Kon'ske [Russian], Kansk, Kintsk, Konsk, Konski, KuntskMuch information about the residents and family connections of Konskie is available here: Reading: town description and many Jewish names an...
1793 Census 31. Nahoschitz Nahoschitz [Naho%C5%A1ice] Esther Fuchsin, 40, Witwe (1) Nahoschitz in Nahoschitz ein eigenes Häusel mit kleinen Schnitt; warenhandel und Lederhandel; mit Kinder: Moises Levit, erstgeborener, 20 Jakob, zweitgeborener, 18 Stiefkinder (stepchildren): Sara, 25 Isak, drittgeborener, 20 ist seit 6 Jahren abwesend und unwissend wo David Ekstein, dritt...
This project seeks to list representatives of all of the Jewish families from the Moravian town of Šafov (Schaffa) in the Czech Republic. JewishGen Safov page . CURRENT CZECH NAME: ŠAFOV FORMER NAME: SCHAFFA LOCATION The village of Šafov is located at 48.52 degree north and 15.44 degree east, a short distance to the south of the town of Znojmo on the border with Austria RECORDS There are...
This project focuses on all the Sephardic Marache / Marrache / Maratchi / Maradji / Marachi / Marratche / Marashe / Marash families. At the current moment there are five main sections of the family tree; Gibraltarian Marrache family, Peruvian Marrache family, the Tetuan Marrache/Maratchi family, the Tangiers Marrache family, and the Rabat Marrache family. One of the main goals of this project i...
The towns of Turov (Turau, Turaw, Тураў) and Zhitkovichi (Zhitkovich, Zhytkavichy, Zytkowicze) are on either side of the Pripyat River, in the southern Polesia region, now in Belarus.The two towns are genealogically connected because some families had members in both, or even moved back and forth between the the two. Turov is one of the oldest cities in the area, is situated right on the south ...
Löffler or Loeffler is an occupational surname that means someone who makes spoons (Löffel). Löffler is also the German name for the Eurasian spoonbill. Because the surname is widespread and probably ultimately derives from the occupation, it is unwise to assume that they are related to one another without evidence. We can, however create hypothetical connections between families that seem to b...
Hi all,My name is Radmila, I was born and raised in Czech Republic and live currently in Munich, Germany. I speak fluent Czech, German and English, also some other languages, but rather broken :)I started this project to collect all the informations about the Mahler family, which is not only famous for some blood relatives like Gustav Mahler ( and ) but also for the Polaroid co-inventor Josef M...
The Soesan family is a Jewish family, of which the geographical roots are very obscure. The oldest ancestor, David Schuschan (1660?-1724), who settled in Amsterdam, is said to have come from the city of Shush in Persia (= the biblical/historical Susa). However, these claims lack sources to support them. The Persian origin story seems even more unlikely, when considering the fact that there is a...
Background==The area of Nowy Wiśnicz was a monastic village that had existed since the 8th century. The first Jews settled down in this village in 1606. After being banished from Bochnia, they were offered assistance by the village owners called Lubomirscy. In 1613, Nowy Wiśnicz became the property of Stanisław Lubomirski, who was the governor of the Cracow Province. In 1616, he established the...
Bochnia is located in southern Poland, in the Malopolskie Province (Lesser Poland). Since the first partition of Poland, Bochnia was under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. According to the administrative division from 1918-1939, Bochnia was the seat of the Bochnia County which was part of Kraków Province. ==History== Bochnia is one of the oldest towns in Poland and was first mentioned i...
The purpose of this project to help myself and others whose research strays into this town in Germany by listing profiles and hopefully making connections. >>In the future I will provide a brief history of the Jews of Duisburg as well as do my best to find others researching this town. I will start by searching for profiles of people in the book Geschichte der Duisburger Juden.>>As I come up wi...
Coordinates : 50°00'N 26°38'E Modern Region: Khmelnytski (Khmel’nyts’ka Oblast’) Country: Ukraine Town History * Early 1600s: Jews in small numbers were present. Belogorodka then in the Kingdom of Poland. * 1747: Blood Libel court case in Zaszlav regarding a murder that took place at the Zachaliska Inn, located on the main road between Belogorodka and Mishnow (now Mykhniz). One of the defen...
This project is meant to gather the profiles of Jewish children from Belgium who lost their parents in the Holocaust. This includes orphaned Holocaust survivors from Belgium, but also Jewish children who were living in Belgian orphanages during the war, who were arrested in the orphanage and then deported to, and murdered in, Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Reichbart Family from Lodz, Poland >> See extensive family tree chart under Project Document's liink upper right. The Reichbart s originated in the shtetls surrounding Lodz, Poland.My wife, Barbara Melmed nee Goldstein (formerly Nathan) is descended from a Reichbart (Barbara's mother's mother's mother was Mary Reichbart).As far as I can determine, all Reichbarts are related, although there are ...
A gathering point for the Jewish Haar families of Tarnobrzeg (Dzhikov), Poland, assumed to be one family.
The purpose of this project is to identify and connect all of the Jewish families of the small town of Chorostkow. Chorostkow, now called Khorostkiv is located between Husiatyn and Kopyczynce, on the banks of the River Taina in the Ternopil Oblast of the Ukraine in what was once Galician Podolia. The village was granted the rights of a small town by local magnate named Siamianski who invited Je...
This project is for all Jewish families that originate from Zheimel (Zeimelis) in Lithuania. Alternate names: Žeimelis [Lith], Zheĭmeli [Rus], Zheimel [Yid], Žeimele [Latv], Żejmele [Pol], Scheimeln [Ger], Zheymelis, Zheyme, Žeimys, Žeimelio, Zheiml, ZemelLocation: latitude: 56° 17´ longitude: 24° 00´ 121.9 miles NNW of Vilnius very close to the Latvian border.Zheimel (Zeimelis) Zheimel (Zeimel...
You are welcome to add all Iraqi jewish people that were born, lived or died in Iraq. Don't add people who were just born to Iraqi parents. ==History of the Jews in Iraq=== Wikipedia==== Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center website האתר של המרכז למורשת יהדות בבל==The history of the Jews in Iraq (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים בָּבְלִים, Babylonian Jews, Yehudim Bavlim, Arabic: اليهود العراقيون al-Yahūd al-ʿIr...
This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from the town of Tovste, Ukraine, also known as Tolstoye, Tłuste, Toist, Tlusta, Tłuste Miasto, Tłuste Myasto, Toyst, Tolstoya. Gesher Galicia - Tovste Urban Type Settlement Jewish History ===Overview=== Tovste (Ukrainian: Товсте) is an urban-type settlement in the Zalischyky Raion (district) of Ternopil Oblast (province) in western Ukrai...