Jewish Gem's Genealogy: Mining for Your Elusive Ancestors: 2020

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

1765 CENSUS OF JEWS OF VILNIUS VOIVODESHIP AND CITY

1765 Census of Jews of Vilnius and Surrounding Areas

(F. Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania: LVIA_F11_ap1_b1014)

This digitized document can be downloaded from the Lithuanian Historical State Archive. It is handwritten in Polish. As a reminder, Russian names found at this point in Ashkenazy Jewish history are first & patronymic names only. Surnames were not yet required by Jews.

First, click on the following link in order to access the census.

https://iaps-pub.archyvai.lt/en/web/guest/aprasu-paieska;jsessionid=B4032D3F460F1BEC698B3293B916B6CF?p_p_id=inventorysearchportlet_WAR_iapsext2&_facesViewIdRender=%2Fforms%2FinventoryView.xhtml?invType=FILE&invId=797668

https://tinyurl.com/yynucbvc

Next, on the resulting page, click on & download the following:

LVIA_F11_ap1_b1014.pdf

NOTE: If you click on the title of the page (before downloading the pdf), "Treasury Commission of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania", you will arrive at another page, where there will be links to additional registers:

Click on "11/1 Circulation of acts, decrees, protocols and registers" to bring you to the next page.

Under "Child records" there are several more census reports about Jews, which you can click on and download. They cover the following years & areas:

1764-65 Samogitian Duchy & part of Vilnius & Trakai Voivodeships, Kaunas, Ukmerge, & Upyte counties;

1765 Kaunas County;

1765 Upyte County;

1765 Trakai Voivodeship (also Karaites).

Saturday, November 14, 2020

1912 EKATERINOSLAV JEWISH VOTERS: A PARTIAL LIST [Y, Ya]

1912 EKATERINOSLAV VOTERS: A PARTIAL LIST

[Urban Voters in the Ekaterinoslav 4th State Duma]

p. 24-25

Names Voting Qualification

Yugelevich Samuil Yusif apt. renter

Yudasin Meer Leib apt. renter

Yudashkin Berko Abram "

Yudin Gershen Abram "

Yuditskiy Moyma "

Yuditskiy Khaim Shmul Nakhman "

Yudkin Vulf Fusiev Izrail "

Yudkovskiy Izrail Movshov "

Yudkovskiy Berko Yudelev "

Yudovich Simon Izrailev "

Yudovich Samuil Vulf "

Yuzhelevskiy Noson Notov Mord industrial owner

Yudzhelevskiy Itska Mord apt renter

Yurovskiy Nukhim Zayvalev industrial owner

Yurovskiy Shevel Khaim apt renter

Yurovich Shevel Khaimov "

Yufa Itska Srulev "

Yufa Yankel Berkov "

Yufa Berko Zelm "

Yufit Nikhemya Leyba Shaev homeowner

YagudinYankel Gilev

Yakerson Fayvel Yankel apt renter

Yakobzon Aron Abramov "

Yakobson Simon Leyba Iserov "

Yakobson Itsek Gelman "

Yakubman Yuska Abram Ynkelev "

Yamnitskiy Yanshel Borkhov "

Yampolskiy Yusif Leybov "

Yampolskiy Simkha Gershk "

Yampolskiy Genakh Naftulov "

Yampolskiy Leontiy Izrailev "

Yampolskiy Ovsey Evelev "

Yampolskiy Izrail Osipov -

Yampolskiy Ilya Abramov apt renter

Yampolskiy Gersh Naftulov homeowner

Yampolskiy David Osipov -

Yanet Yankel Nekhilev -

Yankelevich Mordukh Godelev apt renter

Yankelevich Yankel Lipmanov "

Yanov Abram Berkov "

Yanovskiy Leyba Fayvelev "

Yanovskiy Yusif Aronov "

Yanpolskiy Simon Nokhimov "

Yarovinskiy Moshko Khaimov homeowner

Yarovinskiy Kh.-Leyba Moshk homeowner

Yaronovskiy Shapschel Yuselev trader (?)

Yaroslavskiy Isak Srulev trader (?)

Yaroslavskiy Meer Itska Peysakhov apt renter

Yaroslavskiy Izrail Moshkov "

Yaroslavskiy Itsek Ger Yankelev "

Yaroslavskiy Ruvin Khatskelev "

Yaroshevskiy Leyba Shlemov "

Yarkhin Izrail Zimelyuvich "

Yakhenko Leyba Moshkov "

Yakhkind Yankel Aronov "

Yakhkin Shaya Movshov "

Yashner Elya Itskov -

Yashuner Zelman Ber Osherov -

Yaes Berko Leyzer Gertsev apt renter

Thursday, November 12, 2020

ODESSA: OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE OF THE ODESSA EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT

Sunday, November 8, 2020

1914 WWI: ROSTOCK BOYS SCHOOL TELEGRAM

ROSTOCK BOYS SCHOOL TELEGRAM, AUG. 12, 1914

http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/19715-vyp-1-s-26-iyulya-po-19-avgusta-1914-goda-1914#mode/inspect/page/90/zoom/6

(Russian Citizens Caught Abroad During WWI, Vol. #1)

i.89-90

p.83

Ayzenshteyn Markus, Bornshteyn S., Belskiy A., Voyler Shulim, Gurevich S., Dobkin family, Yerlenskev Moisey & Zliya,

p. 84

Kalif Khiya, Katsnelson Boris, Koyln Minash, Kopp Mark, Krechmar L., Krimshteyn Mendel,

Krugly Mordko, Kupovskiy Solomon, Kushnir David, Lappert Naum, Lapidus Ayzik, Avraam, Levenson S. Mrs., Leykin Abram, Leykin M., Mayzel Itsaiko, Rabinovich Mikhail, Reysser Avraam, Rivkind Vulf, Slutsky or Slutskaya Idel, Umanskiy Solomon, Frolkin, Shvartsman L., Efros with his wife.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

1908-1909 KHARKOV PROVINCE: LIST OF JEWS WHO CONVERTED TO ORTHODOXY

[from:"Connecting Generations", A. F. Paramonov]

Arda Gdal Berkovich: Lyubovich settlement, Orsha, Mogilev tradesman. Baptized 9/22/1909 in St. George Church of Bolshaya Danilovka, Kharkov district.

Bardakh David Matveyevich (b. 1884): pharmacist's son. Studied for 8 yrs. at Starobelsk gymnasium. Baptized in Starobelsk.

Bekker David Leontievich: Zhelekhov, Garvalinskaya tradesman. Lived in Kharkov with hairdresser Fyodor Prikhodko. Applied for baptism in 1909.

Berezovskaya Reva Mendelevna (b. 1887). Lubny, Poltava petty bourgeois woman. Baptized 7/25/1908 in the Alexander Nevsky Church in Kharkow.

Veynberg Rakhil Aronoivna: Daughter of Ovruch tradesman. Lived in Kharkov at 11 Ekaterinoslavskaya; baptized 1909.

Vitkin Borokh Samoilovich (b. 1884): City of Yekaterinoslav tradesman. Baptized in the Petro-Verigskaya church of the Kharkov prison castle.

Dorfman Yakov Iosifovich (b. 1860):Kharkov tradesman. Baptized 3/12/1909 in Alexander Nevsky Church in Kharkov.

Itskov Alexander Yakovlevich (b. 1886): Kharkov tradesman. Baptized 3/12/1909 in Alexander Nevsky Church.

Kazachka Malka Nakhimovna: Baptized 7/24/1909 in Transfiguration Church, Makovka Lebedinsky dist.

Madievskaya Fanni Naumovna (b. 1886), bourgeois. Lived at 14 Usovskaya St., Kharkov. Baptized in the Fedoro-Stratilatovskaya church of the Alexander hospital.

Mendelevich Menya Berkovna (b. 1891):Odessa tradesman. Lived in Kharkov on Usovskaya St. Baptized in Petro-Verigskaya house of Kharkov prison castle.

Menidah Itta Yankelevna: from Vladikavkaz, baptized 7/17/1909 in the Ozeryanskaya church.

Rozhavskii Mendel Mordkhovich (b. 1878): Tradesman from Poltava dist. Wife, Sura Ginda Tevelevna (b. 1882). Children: Luybov (b. 1903), Rafael (b. 1905). Baptized 4/21/1909 in St. George Church of Bolshaya Danilovka, Kharkov dist.

Rozenberg Hana Vulfovna (b. 1886):Bourgeois woman in Poltava,lived in Izyum district; forced to leave for treatment in Kharkov. Applied for baptism in 1909. Father was Fulf Iosifovich Rozenberg who lived in Bavenkovo Izyumsky dist.

Fluks Rakhil Itskovna: A Kovno province bourgeois woman (orphaned). Baptized in Petro-Verigskaya church of Kharkov prison castle.

Khalievskii Beynysh Leyzerovich (b.1879):Rostov-on-Don tradesman. Baptized 6/20/1908 in the Alex. Nevsky Church in Kharkov.

Eshteyn Israel Khaimovich (b. 1888):Melitopol, Tauride prov. tradesman. Baptized in Petro-Verigskaya church of Kharkov prison castle.

Sunday, October 25, 2020

1845-1882 KAMENETZ-PODOLSK MEN'S GYMNASIUM: Jewish [Possible] Graduates

1845-1882 KAMENETZ-PODOLSK MEN’S GYMNASIUM: Jewish [Possible] Graduates (Mikhalevich I.K., Kamenets-Podolsk gymnasium. Historical note about its fifty years of existence (1833-1883).) 1845 Grositsky Louis, Zhidovetsky Moysey, Goldenberg Faibish, Shukh Luis 1847 Levenzon Mikhail 1849 Blekhman Yakov 1850 Pinkenzon Yakov 1856 Steinberg Aleksandr 1857 Rosenthal Edvard 1859 Goldschmidt Isidor 1865 Goldenberg Avraam 1869 Levinson Solomon 1871 Rosenberg Aron 1873 Bergman Meyer, Gofman Aleksandr 1876 Shpolyanskii Moisey 1877 Bergman Israil 1878 Rabinovich Shimon, Shpolyanskii Israil (silver medal) 1879 Blavdzevich Emanuel, Gerenshteyn Solomon, Oksman Zelman 1880 Basilin Mordokhay, Herman/German Isaac, Rabinovich AAron, Frenkel Isaaac 1881 Goldenberg Iezekiil (Ezekiel?,) Suvorov Isaac 1882 Adesman Israil (silver medal), Weinbaum Israil (silver medal), Weissenberg Shimon (silver medal), Gliken Abraam, Levitskii Yakov, Marmor (Maramor?) Benjamin, Utkin Efim, Khlopetskii Adolf, Khlopetskii Sigismund, Schlifovshik Devid, Shukh Sigizmund, Yufa Israil Religious Teacher: Blavshtein Itsko-Leybish-Moshko Zeylikovich, 1863-1867 Accounts: Dabizha Moisey Gavrilovich, 1869-1870 Doctor: Manasevich Osip Moiseevich, 1877-1879 (https://www.rulit.me/books/kamenec-podolskaya-muzhskaya-gimnaziya-read-89302-3.html)

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

1941 EXTERMINATION OF THE JEWS OF BESSARABIA & BUKOVINA

1941 BESSARABIA & BUKOVINA: BLACK JULY--EXTERMINATION OF THE JEWS BY THE NAZIS

https://razboiulpentrutrecut.wordpress.com/2020/07/25/%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%B8%D1%8E%D0%BB%D1%8C-1941-%D0%B3-%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8/

https://tinyurl.com/y54lr6fq

This is a very detailed article by Y. Obidin, related to the Jews of Bessarabia, Bukovina, & Transnistria during the Holocaust--Black July 1941. Many victims' names are included.

I believe this article is in Russian, so use your online translator as needed. Google Chrome has an automatic translator as an add-on.

Be sure to read the references for additional names.

Some of the covered topics include:

1. Why the Jews of Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina & Transnistria did not escape the Holocaust

3. Reprisals against the Jews of the Chernivtsi region

4. Extreme bloodshed north of Moldova

5. Death of the Balti Judenrat

6. "Ethnic cleansing" north of Moldova continues

7. Bloody campaign of the Orhei Gendarme Legion

Telenesti, Buday, Krasnesheni, Girova (Khirova), Khirisheni, Neguren, Tarasovka, Sahama, Ekimeuts, Chiisheuts, Kiperchen, Busheuka, Bravichi region (Oniskani, Melesheni, Tsibirika, Dereneu, Redeni, Kornovo, Hirbovets, Onesti, Khojinesti), Kobylka (Kodryanka), Frumoasa, Vyprova, Bravich, Tsibirica, Serateni, Berezlozh, Suslen, Bulesti, Myrzach, Myrzesti, Zhora, Malovata, Boskana, Chitcani, Peresechina region, Criulyany, Alchedar, et al.

8. Genocide in the central & southern districts of Bessarabia

Shishkani, Marynich, Calimanesti, Buzhor, Lapusna, Nisporena, Varzaresti, Mekaresti, Balduresti, Milesti, Kalarash/Calarash (Moldova), Vasieni, Hancesti region, Karakuy, et al.

EXECUTED JEWS