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Sunday, November 19, 2023


1900 KIEV PROVINCE: APPLICATIONS FOR ISSUANCE OF MARITAL STATUS CERTIFICATES

 State Archives of the Kiev Region [F. 1260, inv. 3, file 342, from Alex Krakokvsky]

https://tinyurl.com/y623b34j

The following names were mentioned in the above archival document. NOTE: This is a partial list.

It appears that marital status certificates were needed by conscriptees in order to be eligible to collect benefits.


p. 34. Mendel Yankelev KOGANSKY & family, from Rzhisheva,

Witnesses: Naftula Duvidov KAGANSKY, Yusif Volkova ARONSKY, Moshka Shlemov RIPA, Avrum Moshkov KRAKOVICH,  & Aba Yuskova NOVIK. Knew family well.

Family members: father: Yankel Srulev KAGANSKY,  45 yr.; stepmother: Risa Gershkov, 37 yr.. brothers: Aron, 13; Avrum, 7. 

sisters: Khai-Rukhli 15; Tzivi, 10; Masi, 8. 

Additionally, he had a brother, Leizer Leiba, born in 1881, who died November 9, 1894.

p. 57. Complaint of Leyba POLINSKY, a Tripolye/Trypillya resident, against  the Kiev Provincial Board, for refusal to issue a certificate of marital status.

p. 102-104. Petition of citizen Leizor Mikhelev GRINBERG, regarding a fine of 300 R. imposed for the failure of his son Moshko to appear for military service.

p. 110-111. Makarov townsman Manya Gershkov TZIMBARG,  requested the Provincial Board for information regarding which institution stored registration lists. The Kiev County Police Dept. required an extract from said lists, but didn't indicate their location. 

p. 122. Rzhishchev Tradesman Itska FAKTOROVICH

p. 175. Complaint about the Kiev County Police Dept. for refusing to issue a certificate of marital status by Teviya KLYURFELD.

p. 183. Complaint about the Kiev District Police Dept. for refusal to issue  a certificate by tradesman Rukhli KHANYURY/KHANYUR.

p. 185. Aron RAKHLIN complained against Kiev Dist. Police for refusal to issue a marital status certif.

p. 214-215. Moshka-Leyba ZEVELEV, a Germanovka resident, complained against the Kiev Dist. Police for refusal to issue a certificate of marital status. It was refused due to insufficient proof of his residence.

p. 227. Tradesman Froim Avrumov YAMPOLSKY complaint for denial of the issuance of an identity document. p. 399-401. Retired non-commissioned officer. Germanovka resident.

p. 237-239. Complaint of Mordko-Wolf Avrum-Elev MIRTSIN, a Tripolye/Trypillya resident, against the Kiev Police Dept.for refusal to issue him a marital status certificate as obligated to conscripted Jews.

p. 305-308. . Itska Khatskelev TSIPENKA, resident of the village of Kryukovshchiny, Chernobyl, complained against the Kiev Dist. Police Dept for refusing to issue a cerif. of marital status. Tsipenka failed to present any evidence to confirm his family composition, which is why the police dept. refused to issue the certificate.The involved police officer needed to indicate to Tsypenka exactly what his relationship was with the children, & birth information which, according to him, was missing from the entries in the metric books.

Leyzor KUNITSKY. A request  by the Provincial Board to return a document attached to a Government Senate decree in Kunitsky's name, dated Sept. 27.

p. 316-319.. Elki KOSTOVETZKOY. Request for the certificate was denied due to insufficient proof of her marital status.

p. 335-338.  Duvid-Bentzion Gersh-Berova KOPEIKIN complaint against Kiev Dist. Police Dept..insufficient documentation.

p. 389-394.  Rzhisheva resident,Yankel SKRIPOCHNIK complaint. Insufficient proof. Daughters birth certificates missing from the metric books.




Sunday, November 12, 2023

JDC ARCHIVES: LISTS OF NAMES

 https://archives.jdc.org/our-collections/names-index/lists-in-the-names-index/


This extensive collection of material related to Jews is not to be missed. It offers to the researcher many original lists & documents. It also includes a search box into which you may search by last name or first & last name.

Some of the lists presently available are:

--Early Remittance Lists [1915-1917]--Relatives were able to deposit small amounts of money for the JDC to remit to overseas individuals.

--1914-1921

A partial list includes:

Jewish Men from Rohatyn imprisoned in Siberia, Aid to Rabbis in the Russian Empire & Palestine, Russian Jews requesting contact with relatives, Repatriation of injured Jewish prisoners following WWI, Food parcels distribution following WWI, Siberian cards for prisoners of war, Polish Jews requesting assistance from US relatives,  et al.

--Lists from the Nazi Period & its Aftermath:

Refugees in Polish Border areas, Polish Jewish emigrants in Hungary, SS St. Louis Refugees who received JDC aid, escaped Polish Jewish officers, Vilna refugees in 1940, Jewish refugee children, escape to Japan & China, Cuba & Jamaica, South America, Palestine,  U.S., Morocco, Canada, et al.

Parcels sent to Jews in Europe: Belgium & France, Netherlands, Poland, etc.

Jewish refugees receiving aid, Jewish orphans, Emigration Service Index Cards,  etc.

Aliyah to Israel: from Yemen, via North Africa, Cyprus, etc.

--Records from 1954 related to: Algeria, Hungary, Brazil, Egypt, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Austria, etc.

--Other information [and more]:

Genealogical Resources in the Records of JDC's Warsaw Office, 1939-41. 

 https://archives.jdc.org/genealogical-resources-in-the-records-of-jdcs-warsaw-office-1939-1941/

Genealogical Resources on Immigrants to Eretz Yisrael  

https://archives.jdc.org/genealogical-resources-on-immigrants-to-eretz-yisrael/


Wednesday, November 1, 2023

 1892-1893 LITHUANIAN JEWISH CONVERSIONS TO RUSSIAN ORTHODOXY

[1893 Lithuanian Diocesan Bulletin  #4]

1. 1892 Mordukh KOVARSKIY from Sventsyansky

2. 1892 Rokha Abramovna AIZENSHTAT, Minsk

3. 1892 Shimel-Khaim Itskov VISMANSKIY, Lida

4. 1892 Mendel Yankelev PAVLOVITSKY, Senninsk community, Mogilev Province

5. 1892 Zalka Yuselev BUDNYATSKIY, Gorodok, Vitebsk

6. 1892 Itske Girshov BURDES, Vilenski

7& 8. 1892 Muslems

9. 1893 Lina Kopelev RUBINOV, Bobruisk

10.1893  Abram Eliyashev RIMAN, Boguslavishsk, Vilna district

11 & 12. 1893 Rokhlya -Leya MikhelyuvaTeishevsky PILIN &  son, Zelman Yankelev, Kovno Prov

13. 1893 Beysagol, Shavelsky, Ber Itskov IOFFE

14. 1893 Mina Berkova KAGAN, Mezhdurechsk, Troksky district, Pilolovki village 

15. 1893 Vulf LEVIN, deaf. Grodno

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OTHER CONVERT/CONVERSION LISTS:

1.  https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2015/05/1927-1937-converts-from-judaism-munich.html

2. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2015/10/1782-1868-vienna-jewish-converts-to.html

3. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2016/03/1881-jewish-converts-to-orthodoxy-1.html

4. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2016/03/1882-jewish-converts-2.html

5. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2016/05/1881-1882-kiev-jewish-converts-3.html

6. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2018/04/1800-1903-poland-jewish-converts-to.html

7. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2018/04/1800-1903-poland-jewish-converts-to_6.html

8. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2016/05/1881-1882-kiev-jewish-converts-3.html

9. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2018/04/1800-1903-poland-jewish-converts-to.html

10. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2018/04/1800-1903-poland-jewish-converts-to_6.html

11. https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2018/05/1800-1903-jewish-converts-to.html