Jewish Data Times Issue 29

Jewish Data Times Issue 29
Focused on records posted at http://www.jewishdata.com/
1. New records from Oregon.
2. More records from Brooklyn, NY- Washington Cemetery.
3. A member who used the database to trace back hundreds of years
.4. Thank you to all members.

1. We are pleased to announce the arrival of records from the State of Oregon. The Waverly Jewish cemetery in Albany, Oregon is now at the site. While it is a small Jewish cemetery, all monuments have been posted. The oldest monument is for Albany Sarah Rosenthal in 1878. Some of the Early families are: Joseph, Rosenthal, Senders, and Sternberg. Some of the monuments tell where the immigrants came from, such as Lena May Senders (1837-1901) from Frensdor Bavaria, Leon Senders (1833-1904) from Bosen Germany, Aaron Senders (1835- 1896) from Bosen Germany, Sophia Joseph (1836-1903) from France, Lewis Kline (1828-1900) from Kalish Polen, Adeline L. Kline (1832-1899) from Kourland Russia. Special thanks to Lisa Williams for sending us the images and data.

2. The most recently posted batch of records from Washington cemetery in Brooklyn contains more than 4,000 tombstone images. During processing, one record happened to attract our attention, at is read Louis Blumenthal 1876-1912 "who fearlessly sacrificed his life for the love of his friends. Peace be unto him". A quick google search for Louis Blumenthal 1912, retrieved a NY Times free archive story telling that he was a blacksmith who was scheduled to testify against a group of horse poisoners on the East Side. Apparently the group first tried to extort him for money, and after refusing, they firebombed his house. Knowing that he was about to testify against the leader, Charles Vitusky, they sent a hit man to murder Blumenthal in front of his friends.Ultimately, Vitusky was convicted by previous testimony Louis Blumenthal had given.

3. Micheal Moritz wrote this: " I must say that your site has helped me begin to solve a family mystery and view grandparents in a cemetery in Brooklyn, and then look at the graves of ancestors from 500 years ago in Frankfurt, Germany. I absolutely commend the hard work, and hope that more cemeteries will be available in the future!"

4. We are grateful to all our members who enable us to continue capturing, indexing, and posting records.





new records from around the world. Many members continue their membership and let it renew. That is wonderful. However, if any member does not wish to continue after the initial 3 month period, please send an e-mail message to support@ccbill.com to cancel anytime during the three months. We only want happy members who feel they are gaining by having access to the database while saving their time and money.