Friday, April 5, 2019
Jewish History News
Spanish Diplomat, Sans Briz, saved thousands of Jewish lives in Budapest 1944 Holocaust
Carl Lutz, Swiss Diplomat, believed to have saved more than 60,000 Jews in Budapest during Holocaust with diplomatic letters of protection and 67 safe houses. Nazis requested Headquarter permission to assassinate him. Lived until 1975.
British Jane Haining (1897-1944) saved Jewish children in Budapest during Holocaust. She was arrested and murdered in Auschwitz. Honored by British Government in 2010. In 2019, a book was published with the details.
Hear and see Romi Cohn, a 15 year young Partisan during Holocaust. As a Mohel, says performed 35,000 Circumcisions.
Ralph Perlberger, Holocaust Survivor, signed up at Ski School at age 72, and remains a Ski Instructor at age 88
José Arturo Castellanos from El Salvador and George Mantello, a Jew from Roumania,formed plan that saved thousands of Jewish people during the Holocaust
Monday, September 27, 2010
Jewish Data Times Issue 34
9/27/10
Jewish Data Times Issue 34
Focused on records posted at www.jewishdata.com
1. More records from Chicago.
2. Great resource for early New York Jews.
3. History of Maryland Jew
4. Facebook.
1. Following a recent update, the database now includes more than 100,000 Jewish tombstone images from Chicago, mostly from Waldheim. More records from Waldheim are still being processed. To limit a search to Chicago records, enter Chicago in the location field at the member's page.
2. We have posted an old book called "Portraits Etched in Stone, Early Jewish Settlers 1682-1831" by David De Sola Pool, who carefully researched the early New York Jewish settlers. There is a major focus on the Manhattan Chatam Square cemetery of Shaerit Israel, which is the first Jewish cemetery in the United States. An old plaque states it was " Consecrated in the year 1656 when it was described as "outside the city" . During the war of the revolution it was fortified by the Patriots as one of the defenses of the city". David De Sola Pool copied the inscriptions on all the legible stones in his time, and traced the history of each individual interred there.. Many of those monuments are no longer there, and what remains of the cemetery is now open for only a few days a year.
For the benefit of researchers here is a list of family names in these records: Aaron, Abendena, Abrahams, Adolphus, Ashers, Benjamin, Benzaken, Berlin, Berned, Botinez, Brandly, Brandon, Burgos, Capadocia, Crasto, D'Aguilar, Da Costa, Daniel, De Fonesca, De Friez, De Mesquita, De Meza, De ivera, De Torres, Eting, Franks, Gomes, Gomez, Gomperts, Hart, Hays, Hendricks, Henriques, Hurtz, Hymans, Ilhoa, Isaac, Isaacs, Israel, Jacobs, Jesshurun, Jewel, Jonas, Judah, King, Lazarus, Leon, Levy, Lewis, Lopez, Louzada, Marks, Marques, Mendes, Meyers, Moravia, Moses, Myers, Nabaro, Nathan, Nathans, Noah, Nunes, Pardo, Philips, Picard, Pinheiro, Pinto, Reyna, Rodriguez, Ruden, Saixes, Seixas, Simons, Simson, Solomon, Torres, Valverde, Waag, Welcome, Zunts, Zuntz.
3. A book called "A Pictorial History of Maryland Jewry" by A.D. Glushakow, has recently been posted at the site. The author studied the early families who settled mainly in Baltimore. The following family names are included:
Adler, Agus, Aisenberg, Alter,Austrian, Ayares, Bak, Bambuce, Barrash, ass, Berger, Berman, Blaustein, Bluefield, Blumenthal, Borshay, Bodie, Chertkof, Chidechel, De Sousa, Dopkin, Drazin, Edlman, Eisenberg, Etting, Fagin, Fiedenwald, Freedman, Feinworth, Frenkill, Friedenwald, Ginsberg, Glushakow, Goldstrom, Gomborov, Gratz, Greenfield, Greenstein, Gutman, Heiling, Hochschild, Hoffberg, Hurwitz, Hutzler, Isaacson, Kaiser, Katz, Keyser, Levin, Lumbrozo, Macht, Meyerhoff, myers, Paul, Pearlmutter, Pliskin, Rayner, Rice, Rogers, Rosenfeld, Rubin, Ruderman, Saffra, Sherles, Schochat, Seiel, Shulman, Shustermna, Sobeloff, Solomon, Sonnerborn, Steinbach, Strasse, Subotnik, Szold, Turk, Weintraub, Youngelson.
4. Jewish Data is on Facebook. Please "like" the page and write on the wall.
Jewish Data Times Issue 34
Focused on records posted at www.jewishdata.com
1. More records from Chicago.
2. Great resource for early New York Jews.
3. History of Maryland Jew
4. Facebook.
1. Following a recent update, the database now includes more than 100,000 Jewish tombstone images from Chicago, mostly from Waldheim. More records from Waldheim are still being processed. To limit a search to Chicago records, enter Chicago in the location field at the member's page.
2. We have posted an old book called "Portraits Etched in Stone, Early Jewish Settlers 1682-1831" by David De Sola Pool, who carefully researched the early New York Jewish settlers. There is a major focus on the Manhattan Chatam Square cemetery of Shaerit Israel, which is the first Jewish cemetery in the United States. An old plaque states it was " Consecrated in the year 1656 when it was described as "outside the city" . During the war of the revolution it was fortified by the Patriots as one of the defenses of the city". David De Sola Pool copied the inscriptions on all the legible stones in his time, and traced the history of each individual interred there.. Many of those monuments are no longer there, and what remains of the cemetery is now open for only a few days a year.
For the benefit of researchers here is a list of family names in these records: Aaron, Abendena, Abrahams, Adolphus, Ashers, Benjamin, Benzaken, Berlin, Berned, Botinez, Brandly, Brandon, Burgos, Capadocia, Crasto, D'Aguilar, Da Costa, Daniel, De Fonesca, De Friez, De Mesquita, De Meza, De ivera, De Torres, Eting, Franks, Gomes, Gomez, Gomperts, Hart, Hays, Hendricks, Henriques, Hurtz, Hymans, Ilhoa, Isaac, Isaacs, Israel, Jacobs, Jesshurun, Jewel, Jonas, Judah, King, Lazarus, Leon, Levy, Lewis, Lopez, Louzada, Marks, Marques, Mendes, Meyers, Moravia, Moses, Myers, Nabaro, Nathan, Nathans, Noah, Nunes, Pardo, Philips, Picard, Pinheiro, Pinto, Reyna, Rodriguez, Ruden, Saixes, Seixas, Simons, Simson, Solomon, Torres, Valverde, Waag, Welcome, Zunts, Zuntz.
3. A book called "A Pictorial History of Maryland Jewry" by A.D. Glushakow, has recently been posted at the site. The author studied the early families who settled mainly in Baltimore. The following family names are included:
Adler, Agus, Aisenberg, Alter,Austrian, Ayares, Bak, Bambuce, Barrash, ass, Berger, Berman, Blaustein, Bluefield, Blumenthal, Borshay, Bodie, Chertkof, Chidechel, De Sousa, Dopkin, Drazin, Edlman, Eisenberg, Etting, Fagin, Fiedenwald, Freedman, Feinworth, Frenkill, Friedenwald, Ginsberg, Glushakow, Goldstrom, Gomborov, Gratz, Greenfield, Greenstein, Gutman, Heiling, Hochschild, Hoffberg, Hurwitz, Hutzler, Isaacson, Kaiser, Katz, Keyser, Levin, Lumbrozo, Macht, Meyerhoff, myers, Paul, Pearlmutter, Pliskin, Rayner, Rice, Rogers, Rosenfeld, Rubin, Ruderman, Saffra, Sherles, Schochat, Seiel, Shulman, Shustermna, Sobeloff, Solomon, Sonnerborn, Steinbach, Strasse, Subotnik, Szold, Turk, Weintraub, Youngelson.
4. Jewish Data is on Facebook. Please "like" the page and write on the wall.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Jewish Data Times Issue 33
Jewish Data Times Issue 33 6/27/2010
Focused on records at www.jewishdata.com
1. More records from Chicago.
2. A list of some of the family names in the newest Chicago records.
3. An example of combining sources at Jewish Data.
4. Facebook.
1. More than 8,500 new images from Chicago's Waldheim cemetery have been posted today. This brings the number of records from Chicago to more than 94,000 records, and more are coming.
2. Here is list of family names in this new batch which have at least 5 images, not including very common Jewish family names such as Cohen, Levine, Goldberg etc.
If you are interested in any of these names, it would be good to conduct a search.
Abarbanel, Aberman, Abrahams, Abramovitz, Adams, Arkin, Aon, Asche, Asher, Bachmann, Bagel, Balkin, Barbakoff, Barmash, Baron, Barr, Bass, Begoon, Beller, Bender, Berenson, Berkelhamer, Berlant, Blank, Blattberg, Bodian, Brandt, Brodsky, Browdy, Brown, Buxbaum, Carnow, Chaikin, hapman, Chausow, Cherney, Chernoff, Chudnov, Citron, Claster, Cohan, Collender, Corness, Cooper, Corush, Crost, Cutler, Dane, Davis, Denenberg, Derdiger, Deutsch, Diamond, Dolinko, Dorf, Drebin, Dubin, Dubinsky, Dunn, Eddin, Elkin, Ellin, Ellis, Estes, Farber, Faust, Finder, Fine, Fink, Fogel, Foreman, Fox, Frank, Friend, Galfer,Gans, Garber, Geller, Gendler, gerber, Gerson, Gilden, Glasky, Glass, Glazier, Glick, Glickman, Golub, Gomberg, Gore, Gorin, Gould, Graff, Gruber, Gruenberger, Hecht, Hellig, Hershowitz, Hill, Hodes, Holland, Hollman, Holtzmann, Holtz, Issacson, Krupp, Kuklansky, Kurland, Kurtzman, Lakin, Leavitt, Lederman, Leeb, Levitt, Libitsky, Lichterman, Lipschultz, Lipschutz, Liss, Litwin, Lotterman, Lowy, Lurie, Lyons, Magid, Malinsky, Mamot, Mantell, Mark, Markin, Marks, Matenko, Matenky, Mednick, Millman, Milstein, Miretzky, Mirochnick, Missner, Moltz, Morris, Morrison, Mortimer, Morton, Moss, Myers, Nabat, Nath, Nathan, Nathanson, Nedlin, Neiditch, Nelson, Novak, Novick, Nudelman, Olefsky, Olshansky, Omens, Orleans, Orloff, Palmer, Patlak, Penn, Pickwad, Pielet, Plann, Platt, Plotnick, Polen, Polin, Pollack, Polonsky, Polsky, Pomerantz, Pomper, Popel, Porges, Porter, Portnoy, Posner, Present, Pretula, Price, Pritkin, Ragins, Resnick, Rich, Richmond, Rifkin, Right, Ripes, Rittenberg, Robbins, Robinson, Roiter, Roniss, Root, Ross, Ruekberg, Rushakoff, Rutizer, Sahlins, Samson, Schatz, Scher, Schultz, Schram, Schultz, Sebba, Serota, Shabsin, Shanaman, Shayne, Silk, Simonson, Sirt, Skolinik, Slotnick, Smehoff, Smilgoff, Smoler, Solotky, Sorkin, Spink, Stillerman, Stone, Stovitsky, Stubbs, Sugarman, Surlin, Tecotztky, Tenner, Tokowitz, Treger, Trilling, Turbov, Turetzky, Turkin, Turner, Tylass, Vinarsky, Volk, Waller, Warsaw, Weinhoff, Wisbach, Welstein, Wexler, Wigotow, Williams, Wreschinsky, Yampolsky, Yashon, Yuditsky, Yutkin, Zaidenberg, Ziv.
3. One of the advantages of Jewish Data listings is that various record types display together in results. Here is an example: If we are looking for information on Alfred Decker, we find a tombstone with little information. It only states Alfred Decker 1871-1948. However, right below it, there is a listing for the same name from Who's Who in American Jewry, 1926. From here we gain much more information: First it tells us his birthday November 2, 1871 in Kirchheimboanden, Pfalz, Germany. His parents Were Abraham and Johanna. Back to the Decker listings, we see the tombstone for his parents which tells Abraham Decker was born December 8, 1826 in Gauesheim in der Rheinpfalz and died in Chicago on February 18, 1899, and Johanna's maiden name was Rueb, and she was born October 8, 1829 in Gau-Odernhan in Rheinhessen. She died on January 29, 1899.
The book listing continues to detail his education, names of companies he founded, and charities he supported.
4. Please visit our new Facebook page for Jewish Data. Comments are welcome.
Focused on records at www.jewishdata.com
1. More records from Chicago.
2. A list of some of the family names in the newest Chicago records.
3. An example of combining sources at Jewish Data.
4. Facebook.
1. More than 8,500 new images from Chicago's Waldheim cemetery have been posted today. This brings the number of records from Chicago to more than 94,000 records, and more are coming.
2. Here is list of family names in this new batch which have at least 5 images, not including very common Jewish family names such as Cohen, Levine, Goldberg etc.
If you are interested in any of these names, it would be good to conduct a search.
Abarbanel, Aberman, Abrahams, Abramovitz, Adams, Arkin, Aon, Asche, Asher, Bachmann, Bagel, Balkin, Barbakoff, Barmash, Baron, Barr, Bass, Begoon, Beller, Bender, Berenson, Berkelhamer, Berlant, Blank, Blattberg, Bodian, Brandt, Brodsky, Browdy, Brown, Buxbaum, Carnow, Chaikin, hapman, Chausow, Cherney, Chernoff, Chudnov, Citron, Claster, Cohan, Collender, Corness, Cooper, Corush, Crost, Cutler, Dane, Davis, Denenberg, Derdiger, Deutsch, Diamond, Dolinko, Dorf, Drebin, Dubin, Dubinsky, Dunn, Eddin, Elkin, Ellin, Ellis, Estes, Farber, Faust, Finder, Fine, Fink, Fogel, Foreman, Fox, Frank, Friend, Galfer,Gans, Garber, Geller, Gendler, gerber, Gerson, Gilden, Glasky, Glass, Glazier, Glick, Glickman, Golub, Gomberg, Gore, Gorin, Gould, Graff, Gruber, Gruenberger, Hecht, Hellig, Hershowitz, Hill, Hodes, Holland, Hollman, Holtzmann, Holtz, Issacson, Krupp, Kuklansky, Kurland, Kurtzman, Lakin, Leavitt, Lederman, Leeb, Levitt, Libitsky, Lichterman, Lipschultz, Lipschutz, Liss, Litwin, Lotterman, Lowy, Lurie, Lyons, Magid, Malinsky, Mamot, Mantell, Mark, Markin, Marks, Matenko, Matenky, Mednick, Millman, Milstein, Miretzky, Mirochnick, Missner, Moltz, Morris, Morrison, Mortimer, Morton, Moss, Myers, Nabat, Nath, Nathan, Nathanson, Nedlin, Neiditch, Nelson, Novak, Novick, Nudelman, Olefsky, Olshansky, Omens, Orleans, Orloff, Palmer, Patlak, Penn, Pickwad, Pielet, Plann, Platt, Plotnick, Polen, Polin, Pollack, Polonsky, Polsky, Pomerantz, Pomper, Popel, Porges, Porter, Portnoy, Posner, Present, Pretula, Price, Pritkin, Ragins, Resnick, Rich, Richmond, Rifkin, Right, Ripes, Rittenberg, Robbins, Robinson, Roiter, Roniss, Root, Ross, Ruekberg, Rushakoff, Rutizer, Sahlins, Samson, Schatz, Scher, Schultz, Schram, Schultz, Sebba, Serota, Shabsin, Shanaman, Shayne, Silk, Simonson, Sirt, Skolinik, Slotnick, Smehoff, Smilgoff, Smoler, Solotky, Sorkin, Spink, Stillerman, Stone, Stovitsky, Stubbs, Sugarman, Surlin, Tecotztky, Tenner, Tokowitz, Treger, Trilling, Turbov, Turetzky, Turkin, Turner, Tylass, Vinarsky, Volk, Waller, Warsaw, Weinhoff, Wisbach, Welstein, Wexler, Wigotow, Williams, Wreschinsky, Yampolsky, Yashon, Yuditsky, Yutkin, Zaidenberg, Ziv.
3. One of the advantages of Jewish Data listings is that various record types display together in results. Here is an example: If we are looking for information on Alfred Decker, we find a tombstone with little information. It only states Alfred Decker 1871-1948. However, right below it, there is a listing for the same name from Who's Who in American Jewry, 1926. From here we gain much more information: First it tells us his birthday November 2, 1871 in Kirchheimboanden, Pfalz, Germany. His parents Were Abraham and Johanna. Back to the Decker listings, we see the tombstone for his parents which tells Abraham Decker was born December 8, 1826 in Gauesheim in der Rheinpfalz and died in Chicago on February 18, 1899, and Johanna's maiden name was Rueb, and she was born October 8, 1829 in Gau-Odernhan in Rheinhessen. She died on January 29, 1899.
The book listing continues to detail his education, names of companies he founded, and charities he supported.
4. Please visit our new Facebook page for Jewish Data. Comments are welcome.
Jewish Data Times Issue 32
Jewish Data Times Issue 32 4/26/10
Focused on records at www.jewishdata.com
Jewish Data Times Issue 32 4/26/10
Focused on records at www.jewishdata.com
1. Many new records from Chicago.
2. A special valuable book with Rabbi biographies.
3. Facebook.
1. A recent site update brings the number of Chicago images to over 86,000. Most of them are from the large Waldheim cemetery, but there are several other locations too. Quite a few of the Chicago tombstones have small pictures on them, and they are usually visible in the images. We expect to complete posting records from Waldheim this summer.
2. A Hebrew book with short Rabbbi biographies and snapshots has been posted. The book is called Anshei Shem, authored by Rabbis Shmuel Zarski and Moshe Dovid Schiff. It lists more than 100 famous Rabbis around the world who were alive in 1940. Many of the Rabbis are listed as living in European cities. Unfortunately, some of those Rabbis did not survive the Holocaust, and these biographies are one of their last records. All of the records have been indexed into English name listings.
Here is a translation of one listing:
The Rebbe of Koznitz- Rabbi Aaron Yechiel Haupstein, son of the Tzadik Rabbi Yerachmiel Moshe of blessed memory. Born is Koznitz in 1889, educated by his father, and later filled his father's position in 1909 as the Rebbe. Thousands of followers come to be near him. He is a staunch fighter for Torah and Judaism. He is a descendant great Rabbis and scholars of Koznitz, Galicia, Grodzik, Lizensk, Tshernoble, Rabbi Yakov of Przysucha , Karlin, Rabbi Yehoshu Heschel of Apt, and more. He lives in Otwack, Poland.
Information from this book can be combined with other records in the database. For example, a record for Rabbi Aaron Weintraub tells that he was born in Poland in 1906 and after serving as a Rabbi in Poland, moved to Israel in 1936. He is listed as a descendent of the famous Rabbi Yehoshua Falk, whose tombstone image from 1765, buried in Frankfurt Germany- is in the database.
3. Jewish Data is now on facebook. Please check it out and say you "like it".
If you would like to unsubscribe please click here info@jewishdata.com and write unsubscribe in the subject.
Focused on records at www.jewishdata.com
Jewish Data Times Issue 32 4/26/10
Focused on records at www.jewishdata.com
1. Many new records from Chicago.
2. A special valuable book with Rabbi biographies.
3. Facebook.
1. A recent site update brings the number of Chicago images to over 86,000. Most of them are from the large Waldheim cemetery, but there are several other locations too. Quite a few of the Chicago tombstones have small pictures on them, and they are usually visible in the images. We expect to complete posting records from Waldheim this summer.
2. A Hebrew book with short Rabbbi biographies and snapshots has been posted. The book is called Anshei Shem, authored by Rabbis Shmuel Zarski and Moshe Dovid Schiff. It lists more than 100 famous Rabbis around the world who were alive in 1940. Many of the Rabbis are listed as living in European cities. Unfortunately, some of those Rabbis did not survive the Holocaust, and these biographies are one of their last records. All of the records have been indexed into English name listings.
Here is a translation of one listing:
The Rebbe of Koznitz- Rabbi Aaron Yechiel Haupstein, son of the Tzadik Rabbi Yerachmiel Moshe of blessed memory. Born is Koznitz in 1889, educated by his father, and later filled his father's position in 1909 as the Rebbe. Thousands of followers come to be near him. He is a staunch fighter for Torah and Judaism. He is a descendant great Rabbis and scholars of Koznitz, Galicia, Grodzik, Lizensk, Tshernoble, Rabbi Yakov of Przysucha , Karlin, Rabbi Yehoshu Heschel of Apt, and more. He lives in Otwack, Poland.
Information from this book can be combined with other records in the database. For example, a record for Rabbi Aaron Weintraub tells that he was born in Poland in 1906 and after serving as a Rabbi in Poland, moved to Israel in 1936. He is listed as a descendent of the famous Rabbi Yehoshua Falk, whose tombstone image from 1765, buried in Frankfurt Germany- is in the database.
3. Jewish Data is now on facebook. Please check it out and say you "like it".
If you would like to unsubscribe please click here info@jewishdata.com and write unsubscribe in the subject.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Jewish Data Times Issue 31
Jewish Data Times Issue 31 11/05/09 Focused on records at http://www.jewishdata.com/
1. Summary of recent posted records.
2. Records that are on the way to the site.
1. Thousands of records have been processed and posted at the site recently. Here are some of them:
* More than 20,000 images from Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, which brings the total record count from this location to more than 74,000
* More than 5,000 images from the Baron Hirsch cemetery in Staten Island on Richmond Ave.
* Several thousand new images from the Baron De Hirsch cemetery in Montreal Canada. * More than 25,000 images from Chicago's Rosehill, Rosemont Park, and Waldheim cemeteries.
* A small but historic batch of images from several Ukraine cities such as Medzshibush, Barditchev, and Niezin. To view these records enter Ukraine in the location field. 2. In rsponse to questions about what new records will be arriving, here are some of the records being processed:
* A large batch of 60,000 images from Chicago's Waldheim cemetery
* Thousands of images from Staten Island
* Thousands of images of the entire old Back River cemetery in Montreal
* Several old books on Jewish communities in NY, Boston, and Baltimore.
1. Summary of recent posted records.
2. Records that are on the way to the site.
1. Thousands of records have been processed and posted at the site recently. Here are some of them:
* More than 20,000 images from Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, which brings the total record count from this location to more than 74,000
* More than 5,000 images from the Baron Hirsch cemetery in Staten Island on Richmond Ave.
* Several thousand new images from the Baron De Hirsch cemetery in Montreal Canada. * More than 25,000 images from Chicago's Rosehill, Rosemont Park, and Waldheim cemeteries.
* A small but historic batch of images from several Ukraine cities such as Medzshibush, Barditchev, and Niezin. To view these records enter Ukraine in the location field. 2. In rsponse to questions about what new records will be arriving, here are some of the records being processed:
* A large batch of 60,000 images from Chicago's Waldheim cemetery
* Thousands of images from Staten Island
* Thousands of images of the entire old Back River cemetery in Montreal
* Several old books on Jewish communities in NY, Boston, and Baltimore.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Jewish Data times Issue 28
Jewish Data Times Issue 28 6/23/08
Focused on records posted at http://www.jewishdata.com/
1, Many new records from Brooklyn, NY
.2. New entries from Israel.
3. Many records edited.
4. Several responses we received.
1. More than 20,000 new records have been posted from Washington Cemetery inBrooklyn NY. So far, there are now more than 52,000 indexed images from thislocation. This Jewish cemetery has been in use since 1867, and in the nearfuture we plan to complete the work of imaging and documenting this entireJewish cemetery.
2. Several thousand record listings have been entered for Hebrew tombstoneimages from the famous Mt. of Olives in Jerusalem. One will notice that allthe tombstones are flat, and many contain information on which European City the person emigrated from. To date, 1,320 images have been indexed, and theproject will continue. More indexing has been worked on from Har Menuchos inJerusalem, of which 5,100 of the 6,000 images are now searchable.
3. Records from the following locations have recently been edited to includemany of the Hebrew only, or difficult to read monuments. Mt. Olive from LosAngeles, CA- 1,262 records, and Jewish cemeteries in Milwaukee WI- 6,219.
4. Here are some of the responses we received in connection to the articlein issue 27 called "Talking stones?" which is reprinted below..
Maury Kitces: Let me tell what has happened today - since I rejoined.First some background.My distant cousin Ethel was named for an aunt of hers who had "died inchildbirth". She knew nothing else about this woman, not even her marriedname. She always wanted to know more about her, and where she was buried.About 10 years ago my cousin found a letter that was written to her aunt byher (unknown) uncle, and it was signed "Louis". So now we were looking forLouis and Ethel, married between 1930 (when she left Montreal) and 1937 whenmy cousin was born. With much work, we located the marriage record of LouisCohen and Ethel Dunsky (1 Oct 1933 in Brooklyn). We have been searching allof the available government records for Ethel Cohen without success foryears.This morning, I looked for Ethel Cohen in your database, and there it was,the tombstone that my cousin has been looking for 30 years or more!Ethel Cohen, bat Chaim, died Feb 1935, age 26. I emailed my cousin, whoimmediately went to the cemetery, where she found the records that showedshe was buried with a stillborn baby. Here is what she wrote back to methis evening."You are fantastic. Truly fantastic. Thank you so much for uncoveringEthel Cohen's whereabouts. When I received your message this morning, Inoticed that her father was listed as Chaim, and when I called the cemeterythey said she was buried with a stillborn baby. Donald and I immediatelydrove to the cemetery in Elmont, NY and visited the gravesite. It is such arelief to have found Ethel, and I will be indebted to you forever."So, if anyone else asks "What value can there be in old stones standing openin the field?" Now you have an answer.Mary Miller: Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for the tombstone photos.Wehave tried many times to get information about the burial of my greatgrandmother. I have come upon your site and found not only her tombstone,but her parents as well. Again, these are wonderful images which help toconfirm the family heritage as I have been recording it! With birthdates,death dates, family relationships...they are invaluable, not to mention veryspecial to have when I am so far away and cannot make the trip myself.
Margaret Levine: Thank you for identifying the graves of my maternalgreat-grandparents,Louis and Jane Levi Wolfe. It is amazing to have the online photos! I wasalso able to get a copy of census data on their household in Syracuse fromthe American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, another excellent resource.
Talking Stones?Some people wonder about the great efforts by the staff ofhttp://www.jewishdata.com/ to photograph entire Jewish cemeteries around the world,and then index and post them at the site. It seems more popular to searchfor official Government records in basement State archives for birth,marriage, census, and death records. But stones? What value can there be inold stones standing open in the field?To this we offer a response: The value of any individual record is bestmeasured by the information it provides. One particular can lead to moreinformation which can help form a full picture about the life of the targetperson and their descendents. Every record is certainly unique and deservescareful examination. Let us consider and compare the information offered bya tombstone image vs. a regular record such as a birth or census record. Thedocument may record report a single detail, for example - Joseph Cohen livedat 245 Main St. and came from Russia in 1886. A tombstone image typicallyprovides a basic record on the person- his or her birthdate, father's name,date of death, Jewish name, words indicating where he or she was a parent orgrandparent. Occasionally the image of the stone may record the person'scountry and city of origin, their occupation, and their majoraccomplishments on this earth. Is there any other record that provides somuch information in one image?When considering the value and validity of each record, one willinquire -who created the record? In the case of a Government record, it isdifficult to know who was the source. Perhaps a Government official justasked a few questions without taking the time to make sure they understandthe answers correctly. Sometime census volunteers justified writing entriesbased on a neighbor's word. A monument however, was inscribed in stone bychoice words provided by close loving family members who also paid for theinscription. Knowing this will cause us to not overlook any subtle hint theymay have intended to convey to us in their carved words.As to the fact that the monuments seems too easy to access compared torestricted Government archives, we may suggest: G-D Almighty in his infinitewisdom, created the world in a manner that essentials such as air and waterare plentiful, and readily available at no charge. In a similar vein:tombstone records, precisely because they are so essential for genealogyresearch- they are open in the fields waiting for any visitor to find themand appreciate the information they are telling. At Jewish Data we aretrying to capture the maximum number of images before the stones fade bynatural or sometimes unfortunately un-natural causes. The small fee athttp://www.jewishdata.com/ is only for the convenience of viewing records quicklyand comfortably, while sparing the time and money it would require to travelaround the world. If at least some of these points are correct, we are leadto the conclusion that tombstones are records in stone which speak louderthan documents alone.
Focused on records posted at http://www.jewishdata.com/
1, Many new records from Brooklyn, NY
.2. New entries from Israel.
3. Many records edited.
4. Several responses we received.
1. More than 20,000 new records have been posted from Washington Cemetery inBrooklyn NY. So far, there are now more than 52,000 indexed images from thislocation. This Jewish cemetery has been in use since 1867, and in the nearfuture we plan to complete the work of imaging and documenting this entireJewish cemetery.
2. Several thousand record listings have been entered for Hebrew tombstoneimages from the famous Mt. of Olives in Jerusalem. One will notice that allthe tombstones are flat, and many contain information on which European City the person emigrated from. To date, 1,320 images have been indexed, and theproject will continue. More indexing has been worked on from Har Menuchos inJerusalem, of which 5,100 of the 6,000 images are now searchable.
3. Records from the following locations have recently been edited to includemany of the Hebrew only, or difficult to read monuments. Mt. Olive from LosAngeles, CA- 1,262 records, and Jewish cemeteries in Milwaukee WI- 6,219.
4. Here are some of the responses we received in connection to the articlein issue 27 called "Talking stones?" which is reprinted below..
Maury Kitces: Let me tell what has happened today - since I rejoined.First some background.My distant cousin Ethel was named for an aunt of hers who had "died inchildbirth". She knew nothing else about this woman, not even her marriedname. She always wanted to know more about her, and where she was buried.About 10 years ago my cousin found a letter that was written to her aunt byher (unknown) uncle, and it was signed "Louis". So now we were looking forLouis and Ethel, married between 1930 (when she left Montreal) and 1937 whenmy cousin was born. With much work, we located the marriage record of LouisCohen and Ethel Dunsky (1 Oct 1933 in Brooklyn). We have been searching allof the available government records for Ethel Cohen without success foryears.This morning, I looked for Ethel Cohen in your database, and there it was,the tombstone that my cousin has been looking for 30 years or more!Ethel Cohen, bat Chaim, died Feb 1935, age 26. I emailed my cousin, whoimmediately went to the cemetery, where she found the records that showedshe was buried with a stillborn baby. Here is what she wrote back to methis evening."You are fantastic. Truly fantastic. Thank you so much for uncoveringEthel Cohen's whereabouts. When I received your message this morning, Inoticed that her father was listed as Chaim, and when I called the cemeterythey said she was buried with a stillborn baby. Donald and I immediatelydrove to the cemetery in Elmont, NY and visited the gravesite. It is such arelief to have found Ethel, and I will be indebted to you forever."So, if anyone else asks "What value can there be in old stones standing openin the field?" Now you have an answer.Mary Miller: Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for the tombstone photos.Wehave tried many times to get information about the burial of my greatgrandmother. I have come upon your site and found not only her tombstone,but her parents as well. Again, these are wonderful images which help toconfirm the family heritage as I have been recording it! With birthdates,death dates, family relationships...they are invaluable, not to mention veryspecial to have when I am so far away and cannot make the trip myself.
Margaret Levine: Thank you for identifying the graves of my maternalgreat-grandparents,Louis and Jane Levi Wolfe. It is amazing to have the online photos! I wasalso able to get a copy of census data on their household in Syracuse fromthe American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, another excellent resource.
Talking Stones?Some people wonder about the great efforts by the staff ofhttp://www.jewishdata.com/ to photograph entire Jewish cemeteries around the world,and then index and post them at the site. It seems more popular to searchfor official Government records in basement State archives for birth,marriage, census, and death records. But stones? What value can there be inold stones standing open in the field?To this we offer a response: The value of any individual record is bestmeasured by the information it provides. One particular can lead to moreinformation which can help form a full picture about the life of the targetperson and their descendents. Every record is certainly unique and deservescareful examination. Let us consider and compare the information offered bya tombstone image vs. a regular record such as a birth or census record. Thedocument may record report a single detail, for example - Joseph Cohen livedat 245 Main St. and came from Russia in 1886. A tombstone image typicallyprovides a basic record on the person- his or her birthdate, father's name,date of death, Jewish name, words indicating where he or she was a parent orgrandparent. Occasionally the image of the stone may record the person'scountry and city of origin, their occupation, and their majoraccomplishments on this earth. Is there any other record that provides somuch information in one image?When considering the value and validity of each record, one willinquire -who created the record? In the case of a Government record, it isdifficult to know who was the source. Perhaps a Government official justasked a few questions without taking the time to make sure they understandthe answers correctly. Sometime census volunteers justified writing entriesbased on a neighbor's word. A monument however, was inscribed in stone bychoice words provided by close loving family members who also paid for theinscription. Knowing this will cause us to not overlook any subtle hint theymay have intended to convey to us in their carved words.As to the fact that the monuments seems too easy to access compared torestricted Government archives, we may suggest: G-D Almighty in his infinitewisdom, created the world in a manner that essentials such as air and waterare plentiful, and readily available at no charge. In a similar vein:tombstone records, precisely because they are so essential for genealogyresearch- they are open in the fields waiting for any visitor to find themand appreciate the information they are telling. At Jewish Data we aretrying to capture the maximum number of images before the stones fade bynatural or sometimes unfortunately un-natural causes. The small fee athttp://www.jewishdata.com/ is only for the convenience of viewing records quicklyand comfortably, while sparing the time and money it would require to travelaround the world. If at least some of these points are correct, we are leadto the conclusion that tombstones are records in stone which speak louderthan documents alone.
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