Jewish Data Times Issue 6 February 2004

Jewish Data Times- Focused on records and images posted at www.jewishdata.com Issue number 6- February 4, 2004 1. New records from Saratoga County, NY. 2. New records from Kings County, NY 3. Growth rate. 1. New Declaration of Intention filed by Jewish immigrants who lived in Saratoga County have been posted recently. There are 128 of these records and images. Most of these Jews lived in Saratoga Springs, and some lived in surrounding areas such as Eze Laizer Katzel, who is listed as a farmer living in the Town of Providence. These records include an unusual high number of Rabbis for such a small group. Perhaps several Rabbi's served the Community for brief periods. The following individuals are listed as Rabbis: Moris Sofer, Joseph Shultz, and Morris Abelson. Morris Shub Shapiro is listed as having been born in Jerusalem and employed as a teacher. To view these records enter "Saratoga County" in the Record location field at the Member's search page. Another option is to simply type "Saratoga" and then the search engine will also retrieve Cemetery records from the Saratoga Springs Jewish Cemetery. 2. The latest posting of Declaration of Intention records from Kings County were filed by Jewish immigrants during the end of 1909 and the first quarter of 1910. This batch includes 1,250 records and images. Here are some of the records that stand out. Israel Littman is listed as a "Rabbi", Samuel Feldman as a "minister", Joseph Sandelman and Israel Max Rubin are listed as "Hebrew school teacher". Bernard Greenberg- "wax figure maker", Reuben Kazimersky- "teacher of music" , Joseph Gottlieb- "sexton", Jacob Schaya Halpern- "guard", Harry Gladstein- "umbrella handle maker", Benni Posner- "human hair dealer", Lazer Goldstein- "fish peddler", and Harry Rosenblum- "herring dealer". Some of the immigrants could not sign their names in English, so they signed in Hebrew instead, as can be seen in the Declaration documents of Morris Zeiman and Morris David Felt. To view these records enter "Kings County" in the Record location field at the Member's search page. 3. New records are posted at the website at the average rate of between 100-200 records every day of the week.

Jewish Data Times Issue 5 January 2004

Jewish Data Times- Focused on records and images posted at
www.jewishdata.com

Issue number 5- January 13, 2004

1. New records from Kings County, NY
2. New records from a large Montreal Jewish Cemetery
3. New records from the Jewish World, Albany NY
4. New records from U.S. Circuit Court District of MA, Suffolk County.

1. New Declaration of Intention Document records and images from Kings County have been added recently, and this brings the total so far to more than 4,000 records and images from 1906-1910. The Jewish immigrants list their occupation in the documents along with their detailed personal information. Here are some of the interesting occupations: Israel Haft, Abraham Gold, and Michael Kreisel are listed as "Hebrew teacher". Zemel Sherman is listed as "Rabbi", Schulim Greenspan as "Clergyman", Hirsh Leib Levy and Berl Reiter are listed as "Minister".

The most common occupation of these Jewish immigrants during this time period was "tailor", but there are many others such as carpenter, painter, builder, plumber, machinist, and so many more. Following are some of the records that stand out: Benjamin Posner- "instrument maker", Morris Atlas- "Flower maker", Philip Feigenbaum- "egg Candler", Max Cohen- "nickel plater", Morris Alterman- "wagon builder", Solomon Rosenthal- "badge maker", Heyman Solomon Sacks- "waist cutter", Maer Slutsky- “very stable”, Israel Horowitz- "soda water maker", Harry Israel- 'brewer", Abraham Rabinovitz- "messenger", Simon Appel- "gold chaser", Harry Levy- "signalman", Hyman Silberman- "operator on waists", Abe Geller- "harness maker", Harry Silberman- "suspender maker", Jules Levy- "gun powder agent". Samuel Goldfarb- "teacher of languages", Nathan Kreps- "wood turner", Louis Becker- "truckman".

There are at least five documents of these families: Abramovitz, Abrahamson, Altman, Berger, Berkowitz, Berman, Bernstein, Block, Cohen, Epstein, Finkelstein, Frankel, Friedman, Goldberg, Goldstein, Goodman, Gordon, Greenberg, Gross, Grossman, Halpern, Hoffman, Jacobson, Kaplan, Katz, Katsman, Kaufman, Klein, Kramer, Levin, Levine, Levy, Marcus, Margolis, Mauer, Miller, Moskowitz, Rabinovitz, Rosen, Rosenberg, Rosenthal, Rubin, Sacks, Schneider, Schulman, Schwartz, Shapiro, Siegel, Silberman, Silverman, Simon, Slutsky, Smith, Stein, Weinberg, Weinstein, Weiss, and Wolf. To limit your search to these records, enter “Kings County” in the location field on the member’s search page.

2. There are a number of large Jewish Cemeteries in Montreal, and so far portions have been photographed and indexed. The newest records are from a significant portion of the Baron De Hirsch Cemetery, on Savane St.

To date, more than 20,000 records and images are posted. The oldest tombstone is that of a young woman named Hilda Joseph who died in 1828. The oldest monuments are located at the Shearit Israel- Spanish and Portuguese Jews Cemetery.

Here are some of the early Montreal families (before 1900) of which there are at least several tombstones: Albert, Aronson, Ascher, Benjamin, Bercovich, Blumenthal, Brodsky, David, De Sola, Friedman, Goldberg, Goldstein, Hart, Hyman, Isaacs, Jacobs, Joseph, Kellert, Lazarus, Levine, Levy, Michaels, Morris, Moss, Rothschild, Saxe, Silverman, Silverstone, Vineberg, Workman and Youngheart. To limit your search to these records, enter “Montreal” in the location field on the member’s search page.


3. New records have been posted from the Albany NY- Jewish World weekly newspaper. These records are images of Births, Bar Mitzvahs, Weddings, Anniversaries, and obituaries from 1979- 1980. So far more than 3,000 records and images from the Jewish World have been posted. To limit your search to these records, enter “Jewish World” in the location field on the member’s search page.


4. Another 1,000 Declaration of Intention Document records and images have been posted from the U.S. Circuit Court District of MA, Suffolk County. So far more than 4,000 of these records between 1906- 1910 have been posted. For more details on these records, see Issue 4. To limit your search to these records, enter “Circuit Court” in the location field on the member’s search page.

Jewish Data Times Issue 4 December 2003

Jewish Data Times- Focused on records and images posted at www.jewishdata.com Issue number 4- December 18, 2003 1. New Declaration of Intention records from Onondaga County NY 2. New Declaration of Intention records from Boston MA 3. New Cemetery records from Saratoga Springs, NY 1. More than 2,000 records and images have been posted from Onondaga County, NY 1906- 1930. The Onondaga County clerk's office was unable to locate the records for later years. These records contain detailed information about Jewish immigrants who filed for US Citizenship. . Most of these applicants lived in the City of Syracuse. A large number of these Jews list their occupation as tailors or junk dealers. The following people are listed as "Rabbi": Isaac Majeir Berenson, Anshel Laizer Freedman, Hersh Weitzman, and Samuel Yelow. Wolf Paperman is listed as a "cantor (minister) " and Abraham Lavine as a "sexton". Isador Abramowitz, Moicha Shapiro, and Abraham Steinberg are listed as "Hebrew teacher". There are some occupation listings which are not commonly heard of today. Here are some examples: Samuel Isak Block- "traveling salesman". Max Katz- "wagon maker". Benjamin Pliskin- "bicycle repair man". Isaac Shapiro- "huckster". Simcha Wexler- "lather". Joe Isaacs-" wire worker". Morrie Lifchitz (Lifshitz)- "cigar maker". Morris Galinsky- "junk peddler". Simon Reuben Finkle- "news agent". Herbert Nymen- "splicer's helper". Louis Rothman- "drayman". Abe Epstein- "ticket seller". Reuben Alderman- "collector". Saddie Kahn- "indexes-maker". Hyman Kalmanovsky- "clothing examiner." There are at least 5 documents of the following families: Abramson, Agronin, Bernstein, Besdin, Block, Bronstein, Cohen, Epstein, Feinberg, Fisher, Freedman, Friedman, Glazier, Glinsky, Gold, Goldberg, Goldsmith, Goldstein, Gordon, Gorelick, Govenda, Greenberg, Hayman, Hodes, Hurwitz, Isaacs, Kahn, Kalmanovitz, Kaplan, Katz, Lavine, Levine, Meltzer, Menter, Miller, Rabinovitch (with various spellings), Rosen, Rosenbllom, Rosenthal, Rubinstein, Rubinson, Sarkin, Shapiro, Share, Siegel, Spevak, Steinberg, Ullman, Wallace, Weiner, Weinstein, Weisberg, and Wolfson.To view any of these records enter "Onondaga" in the location field on the member's search page. 2. Declaration of Intentions from the Circuit Court District of MA have been posted. This first batch is more than 2,000 records and images from Jewish immigrants who settled in the Boston area and filed for Citizenship in the years 1906- 1909. The following people have their occupation listed as "Hebrew teacher": Morris Kaplan, Samuel Heller, Menasse Litvock, Solomon Katfes, Abraham Moses Lapidus and Philip Wilner. Moses Namyot is listed as "Rabbi", Louis Silberstein as "clergyman", and Raphael Minsky as "cantor in a synagogue". While many of these Jewish immigrants are listed as "tailor" or "junk dealer", there are many other listings which portray life in the busy city of Boston. The records show how Jewish immigrants adapted to life in this Country. There are many listings related to shoe production such as "shoemaker", "shoe stitcher", "shoe fitter","shoe laster", "shoe operator", "shoe business", "shoe clerk", "shoe cutter" and "shoe worker". Here are some examples of listings you may not have heard of recently as occupations: David Abramowitz- "labeler of liquor bottles", Barnet Plotkin- "laster", Herriss Hudovitch- "expressman", Max Kaplan- "rag peddler", Philip Teverowsky- "rag picker", Samuel Mark- "rag sorter", Wolf Rotman- "ragman", Louis Abraham Zander- "vamper on shoes", Samuel Rosenfeld- "sailor", Barney Berson- "seaman", Andrew Rosenthal- "mariner", Abraham Joselowiz- "coffee packer", Samuel Feinstein- "tea mixer", Jacob Goldwasser- "egg candler", Samuel Gelt- "egg canner", Barnet Weiner- "egg lighter", Joseph Shaine- "teamster", Abraham Trachtenberg- "vest maker", Morris Maselsky- "ropeworker", Abraham Strikowsky- "crockery peddler", George Kaplan- "gents furnisher", Israel Cherry- "lunch room proprietor", Lewis Cohen- "dealer in metals", Samuel Saul Levine- "elevator man", and Samuel Oxman- "ice cream maker". If anyone knows what the following listings mean, please let us know: Julius Finkelstein- "cooper", Jack Goldberg- "weltman". There are at least 5 documents of the following families: Cohen, Dubinsky, Epstein, Feldman, Freedman, Friedman, Ginsberg, Gold, Goldberg, Goldstein, Goodman, Gordon, Green, Greenberg, Hurwitz, Kaplan, Katz, Levin, Levine, Miller, Nathanson, Pollack, Rosenthal, Rubin, Shapiro, Sherman, Weiner, Weinstein, and Yaffe. To view any of these records enter "Circuit" in the location field on the member's search page. 3. More than 400 records and images have been posted from the only Jewish Cemetery in Saratoga Springs NY on Weibel Ave. The oldest tombstone is that of Hiam Garcia who died in 1907. Joseph Williams (1843- 1929) was according to his monument "Founder of this cemetery and the old Synagogue". Simon Steloff (1848- 1924) was according to the Hebrew inscription "one of the first Jewish settlers in Saratoga". Moses Stein "1873- 1952" is listed as "Gabai of the Synagogue" in his Hebrew inscription, and Joseph Schultz (1882- 1972) is listed as a Shochet, Mohel, Melamed (teacher), and Bal Kriah (Torah reader). There is a monument for a young man by the name of Moshe Silverman who was murdered in 1919. This monument is inscribed as having been donated by Mrs. D. Serotta. There are a few tombstones marked as "unknown". These are for a few Saratoga Springs Spa Jewish visitors of the years, who died there, were not claimed by anyone, and even their names were not known. There are at least 5 monuments for the following family names: Cohen, Fallick, Finkel, Gold, Gross, Kobel, Lavine, Lehman, Schultz, Siegel, Steloff, Stein, Stein, Zelikosky, and Zuckerman. To view these records enter "Saratoga" in the location field on the member's search page. The Saratoga JCC and Sharei Tephilah Synagogue are next to the Cemetery, and they have a nice pictorial display on the Saratoga Springs Jewish Community History.

Jewish Data Times Issue 3 November 14, 2003

Jewish Data Times- Focused on records and images posted at www.jewishdata.comIssue Number 3 November 14, 20031. What does Arthur Kurzweil say about www.jewishdata.com? 2. "Valuable Documents"- a special feature about Declaration of Intention Documents. 3. New records from Oneida County, NY. 1. Arthur Kurzweil, one of the greatest authorities on Jewish Genealogy, and author of several very popular books on the subject, wrote this review: "Jewishdata.com is an ambitious project that will surely delight many researchers. And, at the rate at which it is growing, it becomes a more valuable source for genealogists by the day. I also predict that Jewishdata.com will come to be known as a role model for other similar efforts. I am quite impressed with this groundbreaking web site. Check it out!" 2. "Valuable Documents" In Genealogy research, one of the overlooked items is finding Declaration of Intention documents, which are very helpful in providing important information about ancestors. What is a Declaration of Intention? A document filed for the purpose of an immigrant declaring their intention to reside in the USA and become a loyal Citizen. In doing so, they renounce their ties to their Country of origin which they are a subject of. This declaration documents was the first step in achieving Citizen status. What information should one expect to learn from this document? It depends on the year the document was filed. There were a few stages and changes in the information fields requested in the document. The first stage was 1790- 1900: the documents include only: Name Age Birthplace Residence Date From where emigrated Signature Until 1900, in some Counties, the “Residence” field stated only the person’s City and County. After 1900, typically the person’s address was also written. The second stage is about September 1906, when the Document was changed to include much more information. Name__________________ Aged______ Occupation______________ do declare on oath that my personal description is: Color________ Complexion_______ Height_____ feet _____ inches Color of hair__________ Color of eyes_______ Other distinctive marks________________ I was born in______________ on the ______day of _______ anno domino_______ I emigrated to the Untied States of America from______________ On the vessel______________ My last foreign residence was___________ It is my bona fide intention to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, State or sovereignty, and particularly to ______________ I arrived at the Port of_____________ in the State of ___ on or about the _____day of______ I am not an anarchist; I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy; and it is my intention in good faith to become a citizen of the United States of America and to permanently reside therein; so help me GOD Signature______________ Subscribed before me this_____ day of_______ anno domino______ __________clerk of the_____ Court by_____ clerk Seal The third stage is 1917, when the following fields were added: I am______married; the name of my wife/husband is________ she/he was born at________. The final stage took place 1927-1929 The forms were typed instead of being hand written. These forms included a few more details about the spouses birthday, the couple's marriage, and their children: We were married on_________ at_________. She or he was born at________ on __________. I have________children, and the name, date and place of birth and place of residence of each of said children is as follows__________________________________________________________________ In about 1930 new fields were added for: Race______ Nationality_________. Jewish people were typically written in as “Hebrew” in the “Race” field. In the 1940’s it seems like officials became a little lax in filling in the “race” field, and often left in blank or just wrote “white” for Jewish people. Sometimes, Jews from Germany in the mid 1930’s are listed as “Stateless” in the “Nationality” field. Accuracy When a person came to file this document, he or she was interviewed and asked all the questions on the form. The interviewer filled out the form, and the applicant signed the document. This explains why sometimes the name at the top of the document is spelled differently than the signature at the bottom. The interviewer wrote they name as it sounded, even if it wasn't they way the applicant spelled their own name. There was also confusion with the places of birth. The applicant would say, “I was born in Kiev”, and the interviewer would write it as they heard it, and may write “Kief”. Aside from these occasional errors, these documents are unique for their degree of authenticity. Here you have a document with family information signed by your family member in good health and under oath. That has an advantage over a Census document written by some Census taker asking questions to family members, or their neighbors. Even death certificates are filled in by family members, but obviously not by the deceased themselves. Where are these records located? Generally they are kept as County records. Contact the County Clerk’s office to find out where they are. Some Clerks will tell you that you can search an online index, or to send them a written request along with a fee for searching, and then one can order a copy for a $10.00 -$15.00 per document. One of the difficulties in ordering this way is how to locate the correct document when searching for a common Jewish name like “Jacob Cohen”. Someone may order a copy only to find out they have the wrong one. It can also take a few weeks to receive the copy. www.jewishdata.com has the largest online collection of these documents. They have collected thousands of Declarations filed by Jewish people from the following NY Counties, so far: Albany, Fulton, Kings County 1907-1909, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Ulster, and Warren. In the member’s section, first and last name searches will display results listing the records found and the County they are from. Clicking on the icon will load the image. This may take a few seconds, because the images are large files and are of high resolution. Users can even print a copy of the image or download it, for their personal use. 3. We have posted 800 new records and images form Oneida County, NY 1906-1949. The majority of these Jewish immigrants lived in Utica, NY. There are an unusual high percentage of Jewish tailors among the immigrants. Hersh Rossansky and Samuel Lazarus Somburg are listed as Rabbis.Several documents note that the applicant is also known by another name. Some immigrants probably wanted to “Americanize” or simply shorten their names. Simon Small’s document notes that his name was changed in Court from- Simon Smolensky. Sam Shlep is listed to also be known as Sam Lender, Morris Rutsiwitsky, also known as Morris Russ, and Ovsei Kostelianetz is also called Joshna Kastel. One of the interesting documents tells a little about Holocaust refugees. In a few lines it describes Szaja Sheiman, also known as Shai Szejmowicz, who was born in Olita, Lithuania in 1880. He married his wife Dwojra in Suwalki, Poland in 1919. After living in Konigsberg Germany for some time, he established residence back in Olita. Somehow he escaped Europe and reached Japan, probably close to or during the Second World War. In 1941 he departed Yokohoma, Japan and arrived in Seattle WA in April. His journey continued as we see that a few months later, in December 1941, he filed his Declaration in Oneida County, NY. As he listed his two children and their residence, there is Jacob, who is listed as been born in Konigsberg Germany in 1920 and living in "Unknown Germany" in December 1941. Shai Sheiman’s tombstone in Utica is also in the database. From it we learn that he was a Cohen, and his year of birth is engraved as 1890, not 1880. As mentioned earlier in “Valuable Documents”, documents from the 1930’s and on required listing the applicant’s “Race”, and Jews were usually listed as “Hebrew”. In the 1940’s this was not strictly practiced, as evident in a document filed by an obvious Holocaust survivor named Chaim Lewkowicz from Poland, who arrived in this Country in 1949. In his personal description, the field “other distinctive marks” is filled with “tattoo left arm #116291”, yet in “Race” he is listed as “White”. In these records there are at least three documents for the following family names: Berkowitz, Block, Bloom, Brooks, Cohen, Gersten, Glazer, Glovinsky, Goldberg, Grossman, Hoffman, Klein, Levine, Lewkowicz, Schechter, Schwartz, Sitrin (Cytryn), Shapiro, Speiller, Stone,Weinstein, and Weiss. To limit a search to these records, enter “Oneida” in the location field.

Jewish Data Times Issue 2 November 2003

Jewish Data Times- Focused on records and images posted at www.jewishdata.com Issue Number 2 November 2003 1. New records from Jewish Cemeteries in Springfield, MA. 2. New records from Jewish Cemeteries in Syracuse, NY 3. Declaration of Intention documents from Ulster County, NY .4. New records from the Jewish Cemeteries in Utica, NY 5. Records from the Jewish World Newspaper from Albany, NY. 1. More than 3,000 records and images from the Jewish Cemeteries inSpringfield MA, have been posted. All eligible tombstones from the followingCemeteries have been photographed and indexed: Bnei Israel Anshai Sfard,Kesser Israel, and City of Homes Ass'n are all located on Wilbraham Ave.The oldest tombstone is that of Hanna Goldberg, 1909. In the center of theCemetery there is an Ohel structure for Rabbi Solomon A. Pessin who died in1919. Some of the interesting Hebrew inscriptions are for Abraham Barowsky, H.Kallin, Solomon Kaplinsky , Shmuel Rosoff, and Leon ZupnickOne Yiddish inscription describes a woman by the name of Chiyena RachelChaitowsky as "A woman who fed hungry people all the days of her life".Some of the family names of which there are at least five tombstones are: Albert, Alpert, Applebaum, Ascher, Askinas, Axler, Baidack, Bardach, Becker, Bilsky, Blacher, Blake, Brooslin, Chase, Chernick, Cooper, Cutler, Dinerstein, Fieldman, Geller, Grant,Grodsky, Hettinger, Izenstein, Kalman, Kaye, Kimball, Kirshner, Kobrosky, Krevalin, Kurnitsky, Kuzon, Lapidus, Lavene, Leider, Lepovetsky, Mackler, Plotkin, Pomerantz, Rispler, Robinovitz, Rosoff, Schaffer, Schogel, Selwitz, Sisitsky, Skeeber, Skerker, Smith, Stambovsky, Steinberg, and Tillman. To narrow your search to these records enter "Springfield MA" in the location field. 2. Approximately 5,400 records and images have been posted fromSyracuse NY's Jewish Cemeteries. The cemeteries are- Congregation AnsheiSfard, Ahavas Achim, Chevra Shas, and Workman's Circle, all located atJamesville Ave. on steep hills. The oldest tombstone in these cemeteries isthat of Joseph Schultz, 1901. Rabbi Mattahias Tsimon, a famous Syracuse leader who died in 1918 is interred in the Chevra Shas section. Other Rabbis nearby are Rabbi Tzvi Some of the family names of which there are at least several tombstones are:Alpern, Agronin, Axenfeld, Bernstein, Bronstein, Brown, Burman, Cantor,Cohen, Elstein, Epstein, Feinberg, Finn, Flesher, Fram, Frank, Franklin,Glinsky, Gilbert, Greenhouse, Hurwitz, Kahn, Kalatsky, Katz, Kleiman,Levine, Meltzer, Rose, Rosenfeld, Ross, Rubenstein, Savatsky, Siegel,Schwartz, Spevak, Tecler, Tomkin, Wallace, and Weisberg. To narrow yoursearch to these records enter "Syracuse" in the location field. 3. Declaration of Intention documents filed by Jewish people in UlsterCounty, NY between 1906-1941 have been photographed, indexed, and postedThere are more than 500 of these records and images.Most of these Jewish immigrants lived in Kingston, NY. However many of themwere farmers and lived in Accord, Ellenville, Greenfield, Highland,Kerhonkson, Spring Glen, Saugerties, and Woodstock. The Jews who lived inKingston are generally listed as "tailor", "peddler", "merchant", or"shoemaker". Jacob Kaplovitz and Reuben Hochstein are listed as Rabbis, andSamuel Miller is listed as a "Hebrew instructor". To narrow your search tothese records enter "Ulster" in the location field. 4. About 5,600 records and images from the Jewish Cemeteries in Utica NY have been posted. These Cemeteries, all located on Woods Road are:Jonathan's Lodge, House of Jacob, House of Israel, Tzvi Jacob, and Beth El.Many of the tombstones are in poor shape, especially the flat ones.The oldest tombstone is that of Nathan Conrad, 1901. There is an Ohel structure for Rabbi Binyamin Moshe Loew 1851- 1914, and his son MordechaiEliyahu who predeceased his father 1887- 1911. Another Rabbi is Julius H.Brody 1861- 1934.Some of the family names for which there at least five tombstones are:Abelove, Abelson, Alexander, Alpert, Arlen, Assinovsky, Bartnick, Benjamin,Berkowitz, Bloom, Boff, Brill, Brooks, Brown, Buff, Coleman, Cominsky,Crade, Damsky, Davis, Demsky, Dresher, Dumain, Finer, Fink, Freeman,Friedlander, Galinsky, Gennis, Gersten, Glovinsky, Goldbas, Grinboum, Koff,Kopel, Kowalsky, Krohn, Lipsie, Lyons, Markson, Marmelstein, Mettelman,Mittleman, Movsh, Namiad, Nathan, Nelson, Nusbaum, Perlman, Philipson,Pleeter, Pollicove, Ribyat, Rizika, Rothstein, Rudolph, Samuels, Savett,Schlosberg, Shulman, Sitrin, Slakter, Smith, Solomon, Snyder, Starker,Starman, Speiler, Sonne, Stone, Sugarman, Sumberg, Supiro, Tapper, Taylor,Trapanick, Tumposky, Vyner, Weiser, Wilcove, Wineburg, Woldenberg, andWolfe. To narrow your search to these records enter "Utica" in the location field. 5. We have began posting announcements published in the Albany Jewish Worldweekly newspaper. The paper started in 1965 and we are posting them as wereceive them from the Jewish World, and the first batch of about 1,000records posted are from 1989-1990. The records posted are births, Bar- BatMitzvahs, engagements, weddings, anniversaries, and obituaries. To narrowyour search to these records enter "Jewish World" in the location field.

Jewish Data Times Issue 1 September 2003

Jewish Data Times – Focused on records and images posted at www.jewisdata.com Issue Number 1 September 2003 1. New records from the Jewish Cemeteries in Kingston, NY. 2. New records from the Jewish Cemetery in Gloversville, NY. 3. Declaration of Intention documents from Fulton County, NY. 4. A few tips on how to search the database. 1. Approximately 2,600 records and images derived from the Kingston, NY Jewish Cemetery have been posted. This includes sections from the following Congregations: Agudas Achim, Ahavath Israel, Emmanuel, and the Workman's Circle. To visit this cemetery it is required to drive through sections of a non-Jewish Cemetery at 75 Montropose St. The earliest tombstone is that of a young girl named Hanah Silverstein who died in 1886. The first adult to be interred there is a woman called Hulda Harris who died in 1897 at the "age of 34 years and 16 days". The first person who lived to a ripe age was Abraham Goodman who died in 1907 at the age of seventy years old. These numbers suggest that the Jewish community began with young people in the 1890's. Many of the tombstones in this cemetery are flat instead of standing, and the severe winter weather has taken a toll on many of the monuments. Some of the monuments are only 20 years old, but they are worn out and difficult to read. Many of the monuments in this Cemetery are in English only, and very few are in Hebrew only. There are some monuments state where the person was born, such as Solomon Appel (died in 1910) inscribed as having been born in Posen, Germany. Some of the early Jewish families who are interred in the cemetery are Ellis, Friedman, Moda, Rice, and Silverstein. To view any of the records mentioned here, enter the name in the search field, and then enter "Kingston" in the record location field. 2. We have completed posting the approximately 1,800 records and images derived from the Knesseth Israel Cemetery in Gloversville, NY. The Cemetery is located at the end of Clyde St. and it has two entrance gates. We observed a strange custom practiced by visitors to this cemetery. A number of them leave coins on the tombstones. The oldest tombstones are that of a young infant girl named Annie Steidle who died in 1886, and a woman named Jetta Lesser Lebenheim who died the same year, "aged 52". The first man buried there was Adolph Ruben in 1887. Some of the early Gloversville families were Barnett, Bleecker, Feldman, Frank, Galinsky, Lebenheim, Pozefsky, Robb, Rosenberg, Sack, Sally, and Zuckerwar. It seems like their spiritual leader was Rev. Abraham Zuckerwar who lived until 1937. The following records enhance information on the Jewish Community of Gloversville. 3. Approximately 400 records and images from the Declarations of Intention documents filed by Jewish people from Fulton County, NY have been posted. Almost all of them lived in the city of Gloversville. The majority of them were born in either Warsaw (Russia at the time), or Wilno (a.k.a. Vilna). These Jews came to this Country and settled in Gloversville to be part of their booming glove industry. Their occupation is stated as a "glove cutter" "glove maker", "glove worker", or "salesman". To name a few of them: Louis Siegel, Sam Glick, Pinchas Winerman, Abram Kletzky, Leepo Zalkind, Jacob Kaplan, Joe Gordon, Harry Block, and one woman- Ida Swirsky. Several of the Jewish people are listed as barbers, and Joe Chazen and Sam Cohen are listed as butchers. Of course some of them had other occupations such as Wolf Edelman- "Junk dealer", or Joseph Kalbfeld- "watches and diamonds". Some of them were not so comfortable with English, such as Elias Schwartz, a "leather worker", born in Austria, who signs his name in Hebrew. Matching the documents to the cemetery records, it is quite clear that many of the Jewish families who came to work in the glove industry did not remain in Gloversville for the rest of their lives. We plan to post more of these records in the future. 4. Tips: A. When searching for a name, you can limit your search by entering the city name in the "record location" field. This applies only to cemetery records, because their respective Counties identify documents. B. Sometimes names are spelled differently on the same document. For example Morie Nagle from Fulton County, NY is listed as above, but he signs his name as "Morie Nagel". Therefore, if you don't find the name you're looking for, try entering fewer letters in the last name field, for example "Nag".

Jewish Data Times Issue 24 11/03/2007

Jewish Data Times Issue 24 11/04/07 Focused on records posted at www.jewishdata.com 1. New records posted from Pennsylvania 2. More than 20,000 images posted from Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn , NY. 3. Records posted from Bayside Jewish Cemetery in Ozone Park, NY. 4. Images from Israel are indexed. 1. The Jewish Cemetery on Shoemaker Rd. in Dalton, PA has been posted. The database includes more than 4,000 images ranging from the years 1916- 2006. These are the first records posted from Pennsylvania 2. An addition of a record batch from Washington cemetery on McDonald Ave. in Brooklyn, brings the total of more than 20,000 images from there. This worn out Jewish cemetery was founded in 1867, and we are glad to make these old images available to the public. 3. Another location from Ozone Park, NY has been added to the database. It is called the Bayside Jewish cemetery. So far, more than 5,000 images are posted from this location and we expect to receive more. 4. The 12,000 records and images recently posted from Mt. of Olives, Har Menuchos, both in Jerusalem, and Tiberias Israel, all in Hebrew- have been carefully indexed into English and are easily searchable. All of the images from Israel are flat, and mostly large monuments. Some of the monuments record the person's city and country of origin. For example, a Mt. of Olives monument for Avraham Eliezer Lippman from 1895, states that he came from Warsaw. A search, for example for the name Goldstein, will now display records from Israel alongside records from NJ, NY, MA, PA, Canada, and Germany. 5. If your membership has lapsed, you are invited to check the site again and you will probably be pleasantly surprised to find more records that interest you. .