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Vol. 1 - No. 1 (1990)
- Suwalk-Lomza Mormon Holdings:
A first
inventory, with research tips. Record extracts in this issue:
Berzniki and Koletnicki
births, marriages, and
deaths (1808-1825); Punsk marriages (1808-1825);
and
Sejny marriages (1824-1825).
- History of Suwalki and Vicinity:
Translated from the Yizkor Book. Fascinating, and very detailed.
- Our Prussian Origins:
The Salinger family story.
- Family Histories:
From published sources: Rote-Rosen, Epstein, Mevzes, Lipniacki, etc.
- Other Features:
Suwalk-Lomza pioneers in Buffalo and Rochester, NY. Some
Hollywood personalities and other notables who share origins with our
members.
- Yizkor [Memorial] books for our area.
Marjampol Aid Society of Chicago.
Landsmanshaft
Certificates of Incorporation as a research resource. Twenty
pages of Family Finder ads from our members.
Vol. 1 - No. 2 (1991)
- The Emigration From Suwalki &
Vicinity: Another segment from the Suwalki Yizkor
Book.
- Index of Surnames in the Jedwabne Yizkor
Book
.
- The Rabbis of Augustow:
Translated abstract from the Augustow Yizkor Book.
- Mormon Holdings for Suwalk-Lomza:
More in our continuing survey and analysis.
- Other Archival Resources:
The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Israel; and
early 19th century taxpayer lists discovered in Warsaw.
- Boston: Suwalk-Lomza
pioneers.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Jeleniewo births and deaths, and Suwalki
marriages
(1808-1825).
Vol. 1 - Nos. 3 - 4 Double Issue (1991)
- Education and the Enlightenment in
Suwalki &
Vicinity: Another segment from the Yizkor Book.
- The Suwalk-Lomza Kollel in Eretz Israel:
Discussion of the Montefiore censuses (19th century), Jerusalem.
- 19th century Financial Records at AGAD,
Warsaw: Overview of this resource, with names
(plus surname and patronymic) of 700 taxpayers (circa 1819-1837)
from Augustow, Kalwarja, Ludwinow,
Marjampol, Raczki, Simnas,
Sopockinie, and Vilkowyszk.
- Napoleon and Ponemune:
Family legends, and brief review of Ponemune Jews; outline of key
Suwalki gubernia historical events.
- Experiences in Three Cemeteries:
Cemetery
restoration in Jeleniewo; and 19th century
tombstone
transcriptions from Wierzbolow / Virbalis and
Kalwarja.
- Other Features:
Imaginative short story
on Rajgrod. A Swede's roots in Raczki
and
Marjampol. Overview of Mormon records
for the "Adjacent Bialystok Region."
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Marriages from:
Kolno (1808-1825); Nowogrod
(1818-1837);
Wizajny (1808-1848); and Szaki
(1826-1833).
Vol. 2 - No. 1 (1991)
- Vishtinetz (Wisztyniec / Westitten):
Comprehensive history of this Jewish community, drawn from a wide
range of foreign language sources. Documents most of the Jewish
families there in the 19th century, including some that
originated, or later resided in, other Suwalki gubernia towns;
and early emigration to the U.S and elsewhere.
Appendix: Long list of Jewish
taxpayers in Vishtinetz (circa 1826-1831), from Warsaw Archives.
- Book on the Dworskys (et. al.) of
Lozdzieje. Summary.
- Utica and Syracuse, NY:
Suwalk-Lomza pioneers.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Nowogrod
births and deaths (1826-1836); Lomza marriages
(1808-1825); Suwalki births (1808-1825).
Vol. 2 - Nos. 2 - 3 Double Issue (1992)
- The Jewish Communities of Lejpuny and
Sereje.
Full translation from Berl Kagan's Yiddish book.
Many ordinary folk are included. Appendix:
240 Jewish taxpayers in Sereje (circa 1824-1827), from Warsaw files.
- Attitude of Augustow Province
[Suwalk-Lomza] Jews
Toward the 1863 Insurrection. Identifies many
Suwalk-Lomza Jews who fought with and supplied the Polish National
Guard, raided government banks, smuggled arms, and did other risky
things. Includes interesting demographic data. Translated from a Polish
article.
- Donations to Eretz-Israel.
Lists 420 donors
(circa 1890-1895) from Kalwarja, Preny,
Sereje, Suwalki, Wierzbolow
/ Virbalis,
Wladyslawow / Neustadt, Lomza,
and Rajgrod.
- Tiktin / Tykocin Landsleit in Chicago.
Taken from a rare English language book (1949). Discusses Jewish Tiktin
from 16th century to the Holocaust, and the Chicago landsleit. About
300 Tiktinites are named. Cites additional sources.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Marriages from
Olita/Alytus (1835-1865); Lomza
(1827-1836); and
Bakalarzewo / Baklerowe (1808-1833).
Vol. 2 - No. 4 (1992)
- Where The Boys Are:
With brides elsewhere,
if marriage patterns in Suwalki are typical. Jewish
records for Suwalki reveal a high rate of inter-town marriages (40%),
in which the out-of-town partner was usually the groom. Given here are:
surname, birth place, and residence of brides and grooms for the 874
marriages from 1826 - 1854; alphabetized by surname. Appendix gives
guidance on reading data about birthplace and residence in Polish
records. Additional research is offered at minimal charge.
- Jews in the Nordic Countries:
Drawing on
published and unpublished foreign language sources, an overview
of the earliest East European Jewish
migration to these countries, in which Suwalk-Lomza families were
predominant. Appendices: previously unpublished
list of 19th century civil record certifications sent by the Suwalki
Archives to the Karlstad, Sweden Jewish community; and list of
Suwalk-Lomza Jews in Norway (19th century).
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Lomza
births (1808-1816).
Vol. 3 - No. 1 (1992)
- The 1875 Census of the Suwalk-Lomza
Kollel in
Jerusalem: Given here is the history and full
contents of this Montefiore census, numbering 80 families (210 persons
from 30 Suwalk-Lomza towns).
- Suwalki & Vicinity Landsmanshaft
Cemeteries in
NYC: Overview of the cemeteries under this auspice,
with names and dates for 313 persons at St. Albans, NY.
- Where The Boys Are:
Part II. Continues our
analysis of Jewish marriages for Suwalki. Provided
here is index with bride and groom surnames and information on
out-of-town birthplace/ residence for the 727 marriages in 1856-1867.
Includes data on numerous families from over 100 Suwalk-Lomza towns.
- Other Features: A
moving experience in
Ostrolenka. List of 70 Jewish
taxpayers in
Rajgrod for year 1827, from Warsaw files.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
In our usual
full detail, Lomza births (1816-1820).
Vol. 3 - Nos. 2 - 3 Double Issue (1993)
- The Jewish Community of Marjampol.
Full translation from Kagan's Yiddish book; with list of 90 Marjampol
contributors to Eretz Israel (circa 1900).
- Tombstone Inscriptions From Merkine /
Meretz. Also summarizes the Jewish history of this
bordering town.
- Other Features:
Translation of a Yiddish
memoir by a Grajewo native (b.1876) about many
families
and daily life in Nowogrod, Grajewo,
Sereje,
and Metele. <> Completion of the Jeleniewo
cemetery restoration. <> Some research services in Poland
and Lithuania, and lesser known resources.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
A treasure trove
results from this publication of all Jewish marriages in
Lozdzieje filmed by the Mormons (1808-1854),
included in which are marriages that took place in
Wiejsieje and Lejpuny; and
data on many families
from other towns marrying into Lozdzieje vicinity,
especially Sejny, Kalwarja, Sereje,
Marjampol, and Raczki. Also
in this issue:
Lozdzieje deaths (1808-1817); Szaki
births
(1826-1829); and Lomza births (1821-1825).
Vol. 3 - No. 4 (1993)
- Images From Nowogrod.
Sketches of everyday life, translated from a chapter in the Lomza
Yizkor Book.
- The Reward For Thy Labor.
Contents of a
Certificate of Appreciation in 1887 by the NYC Suwalker
Congregation Mishkan Israel Anshey, signed by 57 members. Also gives
names of synagogue officers.
- Two Brief Memoirs on Raczki.
From the Suwalki and Vicinity Yizkor Book. Names many families in
Raczki, and some in nearby towns.
- Polish Archives.
Discusses more civil records found in Poland not filmed by the Mormons;
and discovery of Books of Residents and mortgage records.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
All Jewish
births and marriages in Rajgrod filmed by the
Mormons
(1826-1850). Situated on the Suwalk-Lomza crossroads,
this little town is rich in information on families from
everywhere, but especially: Suwalki vicinity,
Augustow district, Grajewo, Szczuczyn,
and
villages in Lomza district.
Vol. 4 - No. 1 (1993)
- The Jewish Community of Kalwarja.
Full translation from Kagan's Yiddish book.
- East European Roots in Sweden.
A Swede's
Jewish ancestry is unmasked through newly found records in
Vilnius from Marjampol, and other sources.
Gives list of Marjampol records found at Vilnius
Archives.
- Other Features: List
of 77 taxpayers in
Wierzbolow / Virbalis (1828-1834), from files in
Warsaw. Members share experiences with research in
Poland, American landsmanshaft, cemeteries. Offer of
research assistance in France. More
family
connections in Rajgrod.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Lozdzieje deaths (1818-1822); Metele
births,
marriages, and deaths (1808-1825); Sereje marriages
(1826-1846) - includes marriages in Liszkow and
Miroslaw, and data on many families from other
Suwalki
towns; and Piantnica births (1808-1825).
Vol. 4 - Nos. 2 - 3 Double Issue (1994)
- Early Hebrew Newspapers.
The value of donor
lists from Eastern European towns is emphasized in this
historical overview. Also given are four such
lists from Kalwarja (1872-1876) and one from
Ponemune (1886).
- East Prussian Origins.
A remarkable picture
of one Suwalk gubernia family through three centuries of life in
this border area. Experiences mining
German archives are recounted; appendices discuss other Jewish
sources, and the border town of Jurbarkas.
- Wladyslawow (Kudirka-Naumiestis /
Neustadt). Two views of this Jewish community, 100
years apart, from Warsaw archives taxpayer lists (1821-1831); and a
town map with family residences, by a native (circa 1910-1920).
- Visit to Lithuania. A
trip to Ostrow
Kirsna, and the newly discovered cemetery in
Urdomin / Rudamine. With some photographs and
tombstone inscriptions.
- Jews in Gotland.
Historical overview, plus list of East European Jews on this Swedish
island in the 19th century.
- Comprehensive Index for Lomza Marriages
(1837-1855). Alphabetized index of the 850 marriages in these years,
including: bride and groom surnames and given names; maiden names of
widowed brides, and mothers; birthplace and residence. Families from
over 350 towns and villages in Suwalk-Lomza show up here. Offers a
research service for full details from any record at minimal charge.
- Other Record Extracts This Issue
(in our
usual full detail): Sereje marriages (1848-56) -
includes marriages in Miroslaw and Metele,
and data on other Suwalk gubernia families; Piantnica
marriages and deaths (1808-1825); Lozdzieje deaths
(1823-25); and Kolno births and deaths (1808-1825).
Vol. 4 - No. 4 (1994)
- Grajewo of Yore. The
pre-WWI history of this Jewish community, translated from the Lomza
Yizkor Book.
- Travel in Suwalki Gubernia.
Research in
Vilnius, and travel through Marjampol, Kalwarja,
Wladyslawow (Kudirkos / Neustadt),
and
Vilkaviskis. Includes unusual Kalwarja
photographs;
and information on Vilkaviskis Jewish cemetery.
- Other Features:
Archival documents
illustrating the perils in East Prussia for so-called "protected
Jews." Katzenellenbogens in Suwalki. Hebrew
College library (Boston) as a genealogical resource. Offer of
research assistance in Scotland. Rare
photograph of Suwalki synagogue, 1879.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
All post-1826
Jewish marriages filmed by the Mormons through the Polish period
for Szczuczyn (1826-1831; 1850-1868) and Grajewo
(1834-1857). Nearly half of the marriages are with other
Suwalk-Lomza families. Also, Szaki births
(1830-1833).
Vol. 5 - No. 1 (1994)
- Lithuanian State Historical Archives.
Describes newly discovered 19th century civil records for:
Szaki, Alexota, Godlewo
/ Garliava,
Sudarg; and synagogue donor lists for Vishtinetz.
Full summary of information to date on Suwalki gubernia records at this
archive.
- Polish Archives. List
of 19th century
records (not filmed by the Mormons) for: Lozdzieje,
Miroslaw, Olita, and Sereje.
With guidance on obtaining records.
- Suwalker Institutions.
From the Suwalki Yizkor Book, history of the Jewish hospital and
charitable societies.
- Records of the Suwalki Jewish Hospital.
Personal data on 543 patients (1900-1915) are given here. People from
dozens of towns and villages were in this hospital.
- Marriage Patterns.
Analyzes marriages among
commercially prominent Lomza families, using early
to-mid
19th century Lomza records.
- Lomza Marriage Index, Part II:
Alphabetized
list of 534 marriages in 1856-1867, with surnames, given names,
maiden names, birthplace and residence. Families from over 300
Suwalk-Lomza places are found here. And offers research service
for additional detail at minimal charge.
Vol. 5 - Nos. 2 - 3 Double Issue (1995)
- The Jewish Community of Simnas.
Full
translation from Kagan's Yiddish book. Appendix gives list of
Simnas donors in 1872, from Ha-Magid.
- Lithuanian State Historical Archives.
Newly discovered institutional records in various years,
circa 1840-1917 for: Kalwarja District, including
Simnas (passports, landowners, resident lists);
and
synagogue donor lists for Kalwarja and Sudarg.
More 19th century civil records found for: Preny,
Poniemun, Alexota, Olita,
and
Balwierzyski/Balbieriskis.
- Jewish Records at Polish Municipal
Offices
(USC). Inventory (circa 1882-1939) for many Lomza
gubernia towns. Guidelines for obtaining records through
correspondence, with examples from Ostrolenka USC.
- Lomzer Interments in Woodbridge, NJ
- "Twists of Fate" - A
Special Section on
emigration from Suwalk-Lomza, including:
- The Kovno Conference
- Jewish responses to
the great famine of 1869, translated from the Yiddish
encyclopedia Lite.
- Emigration Through Hamburg, 1869-70
- Overview, with list of 315 Jewish famine victims aided by the
Konigsberg Relief Committee, mostly from Suwalk-Lomza towns.
- Pilviski & Vicinity Pioneers
in Des
Moines - settling down with Wild Bill Hickock in
the post-Civil War era.
- Kalmar & Vicinity, Sweden
- List of Suwalk-Lomzers living there in the 19th century.
- The Zionist Movement; and the
Destruction of
Suwalk - Two translated segments from the Suwalk
Yizkor Book.
- Mazel -
Interesting account of a
Marjampol family's emigration; literary, but
not
fictional.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Marriages for
Wiesieje (1840-1853) - with families from nearby
towns;
and Radzilow (1826-1841). Lozdzieje
births
(1808-1825).
Vol. 5 - No. 4 (1995)
- The Jewish Community of Vilkovishki.
Full translation from Kagan's Yiddish book.
- Lithuanian State Historical Archives:
Update on new policies. Marjampol vital
records indexing project. Activities of other groups related
to Suwalk-Lomza.
- Tykocin Jewish Marriages:
Full data from the marriages (1829-1866) are presented here, including
the marriage supplements. Analyses of: reasons given as to why
newlyweds did not present birth transcript at time of the marriage; low
frequency of recorded births; and origins of this Jewish community in
early 19th century. Appendix also gives index of marriages for
1868-1907.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Bakalarzewo marriages (1839-1867) - with many
families
from nearby towns (Raczki, Filipow,
etc.).
Szczuczyn births (1840-1849).
Vol. 6 - No. 1 Special
Anniversary Issue
(1995)
- Going Home to Lomza.
Two memoirs, and two
accounts of recent visits (with photographs). <> A Visit
to
Rajgrod. <> A Vilkovisk
family reunites in Israel.
- Translation Guide For Letters From The
Polish
National Archives: A new resource that will save
many hours of translation work.
- Other Features:
Experiences with Polish
Municipal Offices. <> Original work offered free from
our members: Indexes for the Augustow and Lomza
Yizkor books; Tykocin marriage indexes (1925-1934);
Szczuczyn Yizkor book excerpts; Tykocin
Yizkor
book Contents; Jedwabne Holocaust list; Tykocin
interments in Chicago; Lomza and Gac
interments
in NY. Lomza Yizkor book translation and
tombstone photographic projects. <> Suwalki-Filipow
1937 film restoration project.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Marriages for
Filipow (1821-1825) and Sejny
(1828-1847) -
includes many other Suwalk-Lomza families; Filipow
births
(1821-1825); Nowogrod marriages (1839-1867) - many
inter-marriages with families all over Lomza gubernia,
especially Stawisk, Sniadowo,
& Kolno;
some from Suwalki gubernia. And Lomza deaths
1808-1825.
Vol. 6 - Nos. 2 - 3 Double Issue (1996)
- External Passports.
The Head Archivist in Vilnius gives us an overview of Suwalki Gubernia
central government fonds from 1866-1918. Included here are full details
from passport files for 187 families from numerous towns all over
Suwalki Gubernia, 1885-1917. [Landsmen Foreign Research Project].
- The First Suwalkers In New York:
From the Suwalki & Vicinity Yizkor book. Also, appendix lists
Suwalker burials in Queens, NY
- Sztabin: Historical
overview, with details about several families.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Ostrow
Mazowiecki marriages (1847-1865); with localities list -
Przerosl marriages (1817-1875) - very high
percentage
of marriages with out-of-town families from all over
Suwalk-Lomza. Sejny marriages (1849-1867), births
(1828-1847).
Vol. 6 - No. 4 (1996)
- The Jewish Community of Lozdzieje:
Full
translation from Kagan's Yiddish book. Appendices give: 123
donors in Lozdzieje for famine relief in 1872; and
families related to the "Lazday Tsaddik."
- Hamburg Passengers From The Kingdom Of
Poland And
Russian Empire (Indirect To NYC; 1855 - 1873):
Overview of new Landsmen Press book, with sample
pages.
Also, summary of Landsmen Press book:
Poles and Russians in the N.Y.C. 1870 Census.
- Other Features:
Photographs of
Kalwarja and Czyzewo
synagogue remains. <>
Przerosl families descended from
Katzenellenbogen lines.
<> Lomza tombstone and Yizkor book
projects.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Sejny
births (1849-1858); Bakalarzewo / Baklerowe
marriages
(1834-1837); Ostrow Mazowiecki marriages
(1821-1840)
- with families from other Lomza and Suwalk towns.
Vol. 7 - No. 1 (1996)
- History of the Jews of Lomza.
Full translation of chapters from the Lomza Yizkor Book (15th century -
1846).
- Rajgrod Marriage Supplements, 1863-1866.
Detailed data are given from supplemental documents which accompanied
these no longer extant marriage records, filmed for us by the Warsaw
Archives. Very high rate of marriages between Rajgroders and other
Suwalk-Lomza families. Also, analyzes reasons for non-registration of
newlyweds' births, and use of identity cards by some grooms in lieu of
birth records. [Landsmen Foreign Research Project].
- Records for Augustow and Rajgrod in Poland.
New information from Suwalki and Lomza State Archives, and local
Records Offices. Finds for Augustow are some Jewish
records in 19th century archival files, and Book of Residents (sample
pages are given here).
- Other Features: More Wiejsieje
records found in Poland. Kalwarja Chicago
synagogue members list said to be in Skokie. Applebaum
family reunion. <> Report on Suwalki-Filipow
1937 video tape restoration.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Berzniki
and Krasnopol births, marriages, and deaths
(1826-1829).
Krasnopol marriages (1836-1845) - with many
families
from nearby towns; Ostrow Mazowiecki marriages
(1841-1846)
- with many other Lomza gubernia families, and some
Suwalkers.
Vol. 7 - Nos. 2 - 3 Double Issue (1997)
- The Jewish Communities of Balbieriskis
and
Wiejsieje. Full translation from Kagan's Yiddish
Book.
- Special Section on Raczki:
Translation of
Raczki article from Slownik Geograficzny Krolestwa
Polskiego (with appendix on abbreviations used in that
gazetteer and other translation guidance); historical material from
other Polish publications; archival documents found in Warsaw and
Business Directory listings [Landsmen Foreign Research Project];
article on Raczki rabbis, and book subscriber list from Suwalki Yizkor
Book; list of Raczkers in Sweden, with personal data; index of Raczker
surnames in Landsmen articles, and Raczkers being researched by
members. The major highlights of this Special section are: an original
Memoir, by a Raczker native (naming dozens of families there, and
nearby estates); and a recent travel report, with outstanding
photographs.
- The Suwalk-Lomza Jewish Community in Paris.
Historical overview of East European immigration to Paris, at the
vanguard of which were Suwalk-Lomza families. Details are given from
291 marriages of Suwalk-Lomza immigrants and their descendants (circa
1851-1901), from the Paris Consistory and regular civil records.
Includes guidance on obtaining and translating French records.
- Marriages in Szczuczyn (1840-1846) and
Nowogrod
(1855). Full details are given here from civil
records
found in Poland, not filmed by the Mormons
[Landsmen Foreign Research Project]. Includes many families
nearby, especially Grajewo, Rajgrod,
Stawiski, and Radzilow; and
some Suwalki towns.
- Other Record Extracts This Issue:
Krasnopol marriages (1846-1875) - includes many
families
from nearby towns.
Vol. 7 - No. 4 (1997)
- More Lomza Jewish History.
Further translations from the Lomza Yizkor Book: the 1863 Insurrection
until 1914. Appendices give additional data on the 1863 Insurrection
from a different source; and examples of vignettes on Lomza area
personalities, from another section of the Yizkor Book.
- Other Items:
Availability of Suwalki & Vicinity landsmanshaft Anniversary
Journals. <> New books by our members, and others.
<> Updates on special projects.
- Russian Military Conscription Lists For
Suwalki
Gubernia [Part I]. Under this Landsmen Foreign
Project
with the Vilnius Archives, the Head Archivist presents an
overview of Jewish material in fonds of the seven Suwalki
Gubernia District Administrations. In this issue are military
conscription data for 400 families or individuals (1897-1915)
from Sejny district [Sejny, Berzniki,
Kopciowo, Krasnopol, Kudrany,
Lejpuny, Pokrowsk, Sereje,
Wiejsieje]; and Suwalki district [Filipow,
Jeleniewo, Przerosl, and Sejwy],
and nearby villages. Much genealogical information is given about these
conscripts and members of their families, including information on
draft evaders. Further material in process of publication from those
fonds are also discussed, including extensive data on families
evacuated from many Suwalki gubernia towns by the Czarist government in
1915.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Radzilow
births (1826-1847).
Vol. 8 - No. 1 (1997)
- A House on Rybaki Street:
Another visit
to Lomza. In this one, however, a rather startling
personal experience. With several photographs.
Appendix: "The Inhabitants of the Rybaki,"
translated
from the Lomza Yizkor book.
- In Search of Ostrolenka:
gives data on many Ostrolenka Jews from recently found documents in
Pultusk; and discussion of other new finds in Poland.
- A "New" Source on Jurbarkas.
Brief overview of recently discovered historical book on this bordering
town.
- Russian Military Conscription Lists For
Suwalk
Gubernia. In
Part II of this project, the Head Archivist of the Vilnius
Archives provides extracts of data on Jewish conscripts and
their families (1897-1916) from: Kalwarja,
Lozdzieje, Lubowow, Metele,
Olita,
Simno, Urdomin, and a small
number of others from
the districts of Wolkowyszk and Augustow
[Landsmen Foreign Research Project].
- Other Items: Report
on new projects for
Suwalki and Filipow.
Augustow
and Lomza Yizkor books on microfilm.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Marriages from
Zambrow 1848 -1865. Includes many families from
other
towns, especially Lomza, Tykocin
and Wysoki
Mazowieck.
Vol. 8 - No. 2 (1998)
- Writers From Suwalki:
Translated from the
Yizkor book. Another glimpse into 19th centiry
Jewish cultural life.
- Less Traveled Roads:
Research stories from
our members, concerning Lomzyca, Rajgrod,
Kybarti and a Marjampol
pioneer in 1857 New
Orleans. <> Suwalki photographs.
- Miscellaneous Data on Jews at Vilnius
Archives. From the Head Archivist, extracts from
123 vital records across many Suwalki gubernia
towns (1830-1913); census lists (1911-1914) for Krasnopol,
Lozdzieje, Berzniki, Kopciowo;
and other
assorted files for Suwalki gubernia
towns
[Landsmen Foreign Research Project].
- Extract Data in this Issue:
Extracts from
marriage supplements in Poland, not filmed by the Mormons,
for Grajewo (1844-1851) and Rajgrod
(1828)
[Landsmen Foreign Research Project].
Vol. 8 - Nos. 3 - 4 Double Issue (1998)
- Special Section on Filipow:
A collection of historical material, from several language sources,
with excellent photos from 1931.
- Graves in Sundsvall, Sweden Jewish
Cemetery:
many Suwalk-Lomza immigrants, several born in early
19th century.
- Statistics on Suwalki Gubernia:
from the 1897 Russian census.
- Other items: Offer of
1930's Sereje
photos. Updates on Lomza cemetery and
Yizkor book projects.
- Jews in Resident Books for Alexota and
gm.
Pogermon: Given here are all data from these books,
with very many families from all over Suwalki gubernia,
Kowno, and elsewhere. Extensive
cross-generational data. Includes historical overview and analysis.
[Landsmen Foreign Research Project].
- Szczuczyn marriage supplements
(1836,
1848-49): extracts from documents in Poland, not filmed by
the Mormons, which include families from nearby towns [Landsmen
Foreign Research Project].
- Filipow marriages
(1829-1869):
all data from the Mormon microfilm of these records.
Vol. 9 - No. 1 (January, 1999)
- Historical Varia From Rocznik
Bialistocki:
Translated abstracts of articles on Polish-Lithuanian history: Szczuczyn,
Wasosz, Raczki-Dowspuda, and
Suwalki vicinity.
- Suwalk & Vicinity Relief,
Interwar Period: Translated from the Yizkor book.
- New Developments for Lomza City:
Lomza Torah in the U.S.; cemetery restoration in Lomza; survivors in
Israel; discovery of Lomza 1897 census records in Poland.
- Resident Book Data for Zapyskis /
Sapiezynski: Extensive
genealogies, including families from many other places in Suwalki
gubernia
and elsewhere. [Landsmen Foreign Research Project]
- More Swedish connections
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Nowogrod marriage
supplements (1832-1833; c. 1841-44) from documents in Poland not filmed
by
the Mormons [Landsmen Foreign Research Project].
Includes many families
from nearby towns. Wasosz marriages (1840-1875): an
exceptionally
high percentage of out-of-town families is found here (75%), from
Stawiski, Szczuczyn, Grajewo,
Rajgrod, and
elsewhere.
Vol. 9 - Nos. 2 - 3 Double Issue (June,
1999)
- Historical Material for the
Szczuczyn-Grajewo Area: From Polish sources,
interesting facts c. 1800-1890, including Jews found in a Szczuczyn
1810 Inventory.
- Suwalk-Lomza Population Data
for 1897 and 1921.
- Lomza Immigrant Societies:
Translated from the Lomza Yizkor book.
- Some Research Initiatives by Our Members:
Jewish material
on Oskarshamn, Sweden; Some early Suwalk-Lomzers in
Great Britain;
Suwalk gubernia ancestry of actress Gwyneth Paltrow; A trip to Wladyslawow
/ Kudirkos Naumiestis [with tombstone
inscriptions]; A visit to
Suwalki & vicinity. Several photographs
are included.
- Resident Book Data From Sudarg,
and other small rural
settlements in Wladyslawow District; and small
settlements in
Marjampol District [Landsmen Foreign
Research Projects].
Includes many families from other towns, especially Wladyslawow,
Szaki, Vilkowiskis, and Pilviski.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
From the Mormon microfilms -
Zambrow marriages, 1842-1847 [most newlyweds
came from other Lomza
gubernia towns]; And Nowogród births, 1837-1846.
Vol. 9 - No. 4 (1999)
- Sopockin: an Historical Overview.
From various Polish and other sources, with photos and contents of
1923-24 Polish Business Dirctory for this town.
- Jews Evicted From Suwalki Gubernia in 1915:
Preview of this new Landsmen Press book, compiled by Galina Baranova.
- Publishers from Suwalki
[another Yizkor book translation].
- Paris Marriages Revisted: Part I.
Extracts from Paris civil marriages, revealing many more Suwalk-Lomza
families than reported in our previous work on this subject, which used
Paris synagogue marriages, and more details.
- Marriage Extracts:
From civil records (LDS) for Czyzewo
(1839-1852). With families from other Lomza gubernia towns, especially
the area
around Wysokie Mazowiecki.
Vol. 10 - Nos. 1 - 2 Double
Issue (2000)
- "The Last Forty Years," and "Jews On The
Land": Two new translations from the Suwalki
& Vicinity Yizkor Book.
- Special Section on Bakalarzewo / Baklerowe:
History, and lists of Baklerower families, from several sources.
- Sopockin/Sopockiniec:
Part II of this town history, with lists of burials at American
cemeteries, and several photos.
- Traverse City, Michigan:
Suwalki pioneers in the woodlands.
Postscript: Other early arrivals in obscure small American towns, from
Suwalki vicinity and Makow.
- Paris Marriages Revisted: Part II.
Continues our extracts
from 19th century Paris civil marriages, with many families from
Suwalki &
Vicinity [especially Przerosl, Raczki,
Wizajny];
Augustow; Lithuanian towns [Wladyslawow,
Wolkowyszki,
Kalwarja, etc.]; Lomza gubernia
towns and bordering areas.
- Portions of Resident Books.
From fonds of the Suwalki Gubernia
Central Government, some resident book data extracted by Czarist
authorities
concerning Jews in Augustow, Holynka,
Wolkowyszki,
Wysztyniec, Wladyslawow, and
Kalwarja [Foreign Research
Fund Project].
- More on the 1915 Evictions
in Sejny and Lozdzieje.
- Some Preny descendants -- Canadian
Opera star and family from Punsk --
Lomza cemetery being restored.
- Marriage Extracts:
From civil records (LDS) for Czyzewo
(1826-1838; 1860-67) and Sniadowo (1839-1842).
Includes many families
from other Lomza gubernia towns.
Vol. 10 - Nos. 3 - 4 Double
Issue (2000)
- A Suwalk-Lomza Tour.
Marvelous photos and interesting account
of a trip to Rajgrod, Augustow,
Raczki, Suwalki &
Vicinity, and Wyszteniec/Vistinetz.
- Suwalk-Lomza Biographies:
From a lesser known work (1917-18), much detail is extracted here for
about 100 immigrants from our towns, mostly not found in other
biographical works.
- Other Celebrity Profiles,
including: Socialist orator and
‘Jewish Cinderella’ Rose Pastor Stokes (Augustow);
the Warner Brothers
(Krasnosielc); and artist Sir Jacob Epstein (Augustow),
and
Families in Montreal.
- History of Wysokie Mazowiecki.
- Extracts From Suwalki Government Files:
Part II.
More Resident Book data from: Suwalki & Vicinity;
Mariampol
vicinity; Preny, Alexota,
Lubowo, Sereje,
Weisiejai, and Szaki. Other
miscellaneous data for our area on movements of Jews abroad.
- Marriage Extracts:
From the Mormon films: Sniadowo
(1843-1852); and Nowogrod (1808-1818). Includes
many families from
other Lomza gubernia towns.
Vol. 11 - Nos. 1 - 2 Double
Issue (2001)
- Visit to Stawiski, Szcuczyn, and Zambrow:
Interesting
experiences, plus: upcoming Szcuczyn exhibit; general and Jewish
history and
Business Directory (1928) for Zambrow; and several
photogrphs.
- A Priest in the Family: The Odyssey of
Moses Margoliouth.
Genealogy and life of this Suwalki born English priest and scholar,
with much
additional data on related families, several Wladyslawow
Jews from another source, other Suwalki converts, and discussion of
19th century English missionary societies.
- Short Takes: Jedwabne
Pogrom; A Rajgrod
reunion; Data from Vilnius civil records on many Jewish families in
Wladyslawow, from a second-hand source.
- More 1915 Evictions: Part I:
Extracted from newly-found
lists for families in the districts of Marjampol
(especially
Alexota, Zapyski, and Olita);
and others from the
districts of Augustow and Sejny.
Includes introductory material on the subject of the 1915 Evictions.
- Marriage Extracts:
From the Mormon films:
Ciechanowiec (1839-1857); and Rutki
(1850-1860).
Includes many families from other Lomza gubernia towns.
Vol. 11 - Nos. 3 - 4 Double
Issue (2001)
- The First World War.
From the Suwalki & Vicinity Yizkor Book,
names many businessmen and others at start of the 20th c., with
photographs of the German occupation.
- The Jewish-Polish Lomza Gymnasium:
From the Lomza Yizkor Book.
- Marjampol Jews in Chicago:
Biographical data on early Jewish Chicago settlers, from a lesser known
work (1932), which includes some persons from other Suwalk-Lomza towns.
- Finding A Great-Great-Grandmother:
Lessons in Using Polish Records:
Includes discussion of several families from Ostrow Mazowiecki,
Wysokie
Mazowiecki, and elsewhere.
- Sereje Society Interments in NYC:
Much data for 132 burials in Queens, NY
- More 1915 Eviction Data - Part II:
Data from Vilnius Archives
on families all over Suwalki gubernia, but especially Szaki
and
Wladyslawow & vicinity.
- Szczuczyn touring photo exhibit.
- Record Extracts This Issue:
Deaths in Sejny (1852),
Rajgrod (1813-1825), and Nowogród
(1837-1848) -- with much
detail on survivors; and marriages in Nur
(1826-1859), with many families
from other Lomza gubernia towns.
Vol. 12 - Nos. 1 - 2 (Double
Issue) (2002)
- Special Section: "Out of the Mist -
Suwalk Lomza In Its Early Years"
(Part I):
- The 1800 Prussian Inventory for Suwalk-Lomza towns,
with historical background, data extracts, and analysis of the data.
- Jewish Suwalki in the early 19th century
- The 1784 tax list for Raczki, with
analysis; and historical background on the Jewish censuses of 1765 and
1784.
- The Destruction of Lomza,
from the Lomza Yizkor Book.
- Files Concerning Surveillance of Jews:
From the Vilnius Archives, data on families from all over Suwalki
gubernia.
- Mormon Jewish Record Extracts:
Births in Nowogród
(1808 - partial 1818/1819). And marriages in Szczuczyn
(1869-1879), which
includes many other Suwalk-Lomza families.
Vol. 12 - Nos. 3 - 4 (Double
Issue) (2002)
- From Rajgrod to Humberside.
More on early Suwalk-Lomza immigrants to England.
- Augustow Revisited:
report on a recent group trip to this town, with notes on several
families.
- Special Section. Suwalk-Lomza in its
Early Years: Part II: Inventory of 1765 and 1784
Jewish census lists found for our area; 1765 Jewish population data for
our towns in the Grand Duchy entities of Grodno, Trocki and Kovno; the
1784 Jewish census for Filipow and Baklerowe. With historical
introduction [Foreign Research Project].
- Jewish Businesses in Marjampol District
(1911-1915). A large amount of data wherein most
entries give names of fathers, type and location of business, and
relatives and business associates. [Foreign Research Project].
- Other items: Some
notes on Irish resources; info. on Augustow civil records not filmed by
the Mormons; update on research services from Vilnius Archives; and
list of newly filmed Lithuanian records.
- Civil Record Extracts:
Filipow deaths (1808-1825) and marriages and
births (1808-1820). Also, Nowogrod births, second part of the 1818/1819
register.
Vol. 13 - Nos. 1 - 2 (Double
Issue) (2003)
- Special Section on Wladyslawow / Neustadt
(Part I): Full data from the 1784 census for this
town, with analysis identifying some families [Foreign
Research Project]; historical background from published
sources; biographical appendix on the Shubert brothers of NYC theater
fame, and other Neustadt immigrants in Syracuse, NY.
- Jeleniewo Cemetery Revisited
- Some Jewish Tax-Payers in Suwalki
Gubernia (1831-1866): Data from families in
Balbieriskis, Marjampol, Simnas, Sudarg, Szaki, Vilkaviskis, and
Zapyskis [Foreign Research Project].
- Suwalk-Lomza immigrants to Trondheim,
Norway. Augustow photos, c. World War I.
- Other Record Extracts:
From Vilnius Archives, pre-1826 B,M,D Wladyslawow
records, not filmed by the Mormons.
From the Mormon microfilms: Wladyslawow BMD
(1833), and births and marriages (1851). Nowogrod
births (1820-1825).
Vol. 13 - Nos. 3 - 4 (Double
Issue) (2003)
- Special Section on Wladyslawow / Neustadt
(Part II): Full data from the 1765 census, with
analysis. [Foreign Research Project]; more history,
dating to the 17th c.; population data over time. Other articles for
historical context: Polish-Lithuanian Kahals, and the Polish Inns.
- Jews in the Liquor Business (1898-1902):
genealogical data on liquor license holders from many towns in
Kalwarja District and Suwalki District [Foreign
Research Project].
- Lomza Landsmanshaft
in Chicago - with long list of
burials at Waldheim cemetery.
- Photo postcards from Lozdzieje.
- Data Extracts From Mormon Microfilms:
Wladyslawow D (1851), M (1870 & 1882);
Sejny deaths c.1840-1849; and Grajewo
marriages 1871-1875.
Vol. 14 - Nos. 1 - 2 (Double
Issue) (2004)
- Special Section on Szczuczyn.
A detailed history, from many sources; 1810-1811 Prussian Inventory for
this town with identification of several Jewish households; photos and
notes on other research resources.
- The 1784 Census for Sopockin,
with suggestions about using name patterns to identify
families.
- Source Material for New-East
Prussia: describes many documents for Suwalk-Lomza
towns (c.1796-1810).
- Suwalk Gubernia
Jews in the Medical Professions (late 19th-early
20th c.), with much family detail [Foreign
Research Project].
- Russian Military Conscriptions, Part III:
Details about conscripts and their families in the Districts
of Marjampol, Wladyslawow, Wolkowyski
and Sejny [Foreign Research Project].
- Civil Records Extracts:
Szczuczyn Births (1811-1825) and marriages
(1809-1822).
Vol. 14 - Nos. 3 - 4 (Double
Issue) (2004)
- Special Section on Przerosl:
Detailed history, from many sources; appendices give data on
Przerosl-born Jews living in other Suwalk-Lomza towns and Paris in the
19th c.
- Archival Documents From Lomza Gubernia:
Samples of recently found documents that illustrate aspects of daily
life for Polish Jews at the beginning of the 20th
c.; several people are named.
- Suwalk-Lomza Jews in Brussels.
Much genealogical data on our ancestors in Brussels (and elsewhere in
Belgium) with some reconstructed family trees dating to the
early-to-mid 19th c.
- More Military Files From Suwalki
Gubernia. Details about conscripts and their
families in the Districts of Kalwarja,
Marjampol Sejny, Wladyslawow
and Wolkowyszki [Foreign Research Project].
- Civil Records Extracts:
Przerosl- Births (1818-1837) and Deaths
(1818-1839).
Vol. 15 - Nos. 1 - 2 (Double Issue) (2005)
- Special Section on Lozdzieje:
History 16th - 20th
c.; includes discussion of Jewish land-owners. Appendices give
Lozdzieje donors for famine relief (1872), and families evicted in
1915. Other features: translation of the Slownik Geograficzny
articles for Lozdzieje and Swieto Jeziory; and full details on the 378
people in the 1765 Jewish Census for Lozdzieje and vicinity.
- Genetic Genealogy:
Expanding the Family Tree through DNA testing of Suwalk-gub.
descendants.
- Short Items: Family
connections in Norway; New website for Przerosl
cemetery restoration; Zambrow Society in Brooklyn,
NY.
- Civil Record Extracts This Issue: Lozdzieje
Births & Deaths (1827-1833). Includes many records
from Wiesieje and Leypuny.
Births & Deaths for Swieto
Jeziory (1808-1825). Grajewo
marriages (1876-1880) - includes many families from other Lomza
Gubernia towns, especially in the Szczuczyn
District.
Vol. 15 - Nos. 3 - 4 (Double Issue) (2005)
- Special Section on Sejny (Part I):
History 16th -20th c.,
with translation of the Slownik Geograficzny
article for this town. Includes several exceptionally good photographs
of the former Jewish area.
- Completion of the Jeleniewo Cemetery
Restoration: Includes tombstone inscriptions for
the 31 graves salvaged and restored, with diagram of their location,
and description of other work done; and a short history of this Jewish
community, with hand-drawn map of its neighborhood and sites of
interest prior to WW II.
- Visit to Przerosl:
Photographic evidence that Jewish cemetery restoration has begun, with
photos of the town from a recent trip.
- More Archival Documents for The Lomza
Area: These governmental documents, translated
from the Russian, give glimpses into everyday life for Jews at the turn
of the 20th c., especially Czarist officials’
tracking of their movements. Several Jews are named, mostly from
Grajewo & vicinity.
- Short Items:
Genetic genealogy update - migration from Minsk
to Lithuanian Suwalk area; a very early migration
from Augustow to Holland
- Civil Record Extracts This Issue:
From the Lithuanian State Hist. Archives - not
microfilmed by the Mormons - Szaki
births (1822-1825) and marriages (1822-1825, & c.1835-40). From
the Mormon films: Sejny births (1808-1825)
& marriages (1808-1823); and Zambrow
marriages (1867-1875), which include many families from other Lomza
gubernia towns.
Vol. 16 - Nos. 1 - 2 (Double Issue) (2006)
- Special Section on
Sejny (Part II): With interesting travel reports,
more history, photos, and travel guidance.
- The 1784 Jewish census for Sejny
and Berznicki. Full details, with analysis.
- A visit to Sniadowo.
-
From the Lithuanian State Historical Archives, more
data extracts from Szaki
records not microfilmed by the
Mormons: births (1817-1821); and
marriages (1817-1821; and 1841-1852). Includes many families from other
Suwalki Gubernia towns.
- Other Civil Record
Extracts. From the Mormon microfilms: Sejny
Deaths (1808-1825); and Wysoki Mazowiecki marriages
(1850-1857) - includes many families from other Lomza Gubernia towns.
Vol. 16 - Nos. 3 - 4 (Double Issue) (2006)
- Special Section on
Szaki: History 16th to 20th
c., plus the Szaki article from Slownik Geograficzny, and Szaki article
from Kagan's Yiddish book on Jews in Lithuania. Also, the 1784 Jewish
census for Szaki (with analysis and some identifications of
surnames).
- New Book for Suwalki
& Vicinity. Overview of the translation of
the (Yiddish) diary of Eliezer Altschuler.
- Szaki Records Not
Microfilmed by the Mormons. Civil records from
Vilnius: Deaths (1817-1835); & Marriages (1856 & 1859).
- Preny Marriages.
From private research in Vilnius, marriages 1825-1841, most
not filmed by the Mormons.
- Other Civil Records.
From the Mormon microfilms, Wysoki Mazowiecki
marriages (1859 - 1865).
- Short Takes:
More on the 1915 evictions from Sejny. New cemetery
project for Wolkowyski. New Family Book
for Kalwarja .
Vol. 17 - Nos. 1 - 2 (Double Issue) (2007)
- Special Section on
Lubowo: History 16th to 20th
c., plus the Lubowo article from Slownik Geograficzny;
Taxpayers c. 1820-1829; and Descendants.
- Early Emigration
from Rajgrod to the U.K.
- More Paris Marriages.
From civil records in the Paris Archives, Suwalk-Lomza newlyweds,
1893-1902.
- Wladyslawow Records
Not Filmed by the Mormons. Civil records from
Vilnius, marriages 1827-1850. Includes familes from all over Suwalki
gubernia but especially Wolkowyszki and a number
from Wierzbolow and Wisztyniec
.
- Preny Marriages.
From research in Vilnius, marriages 1842 - 1866, most not
filmed by the Mormons .
Vol. 17 - Nos. 3 - 4 (Double Issue) (2007)
- Special Section on
Rajgrod: History 16th to 20th
c., plus: the Rajgrod article from Slownik Geograficzny;
Rajgrod traders c. 1765; extracts of birth records in 1811 (from Morman
microfilms); analysis of occupations c. 1826-1830; and more on
Rajgroder migration to the United Kingdom.
- Lubowo Follow-Up:
Trip report, and other items.
- My Father's town of
Vishtinetz. A 1929 visit, with
photographs.
- More Wladyslawow
Records
Not Filmed by the Mormons: From Civil records in
Vilnius, marriages 1852-1874.
-
From Morman Microfilms: Sniadowo marriages (1852 - 1872).
Vol. 18 - Nos. 1 - 2 (Double Issue) (2008)
- Special Section on
Preny: History 18th to 20th
c., articles on Preny translated from Slownik Geograficzny,
B. Kagan's (Yiddish) book on Jewish communities in Lithuania, and Pinkas Hakehillot.
- Traders c. 1765:
Raczki [and Bielsk District].
- Trip Report to
Sejny and Berzniki, with
photos.
- The Liverpool
Jewish Community.
- Autobiography of E.M.
Altschuler of Suwalki: Report on this recently published
English translation.
- More Records
Not Filmed by the Mormons:
From Vilnius, full data from civil marriage records for: Preny
(1822-1824; and 1887-1892); and Balwieriszkis (1826-1847; and
1858-1867).
- From Morman Microfilms: Szczuczyn
Deaths 1809-1825.
Vol. 18 - Nos. 3 - 4 (Double Issue) (2008)
- Special Section on
Sereje (Part I): History 18th
to 20th
c., Plus: Articles from Slownik
Geograficzny and
B. Kagan's (Yiddish) book on Jewish communities in Lithuania;
and extracts of data on newly-weds from Sereje found in Suwalki
marriage records (1823-1867).
- New Initiatives For
Suwalki-Lomza SIG Overview of pre - 1826
record extracts, and Marriage Supplement data, already
published, and forth - coming in Landsmen.
- Marriage
Supplements From Suwalki (1852).
Full data from this source, which compensates for the missing 1852
Suwalki civil marriage records. [Much information is given here on
several Suwalki-Lomza families who married into the Suwalki (town)
community in 1852.]
- More Marriage
Records
Not Filmed by the Mormons:
Extracts of full details from marriage records in Vilnius, for
Marjampol (1860, 1864-65, 1869, 1870-71) and Szaki (1861, 1864 and
1866).
- From Morman Microfilms: Full detail
from civil records for Sereje:
Births and marriages (1822-1825); and births and deaths (1826-1837).
Includes many familes from nearby communities, especially Liszkowe, Metele and Miraslow
(Miraslaw).
Vol.
19, Nos. 1-2 (Double Issue)
(July, 2009))
- Lomza Yeshiva Students Post - WWI.
Characteristics of these students, compared to their counterparts in
Lithuanian Yeshivot. Includes a 1927 list of 212 students who
came from all over Suwalk-Lomza & bordering areas.
- A
Visit to Lozdzieje. With several interesting
photos.
- Marriage
Supplements From Suwalki (1855). The
wealth of information in these documents more than compensates for the
missing 1855 regular civil marriages for this town.
- Civil
Records in This Issue:
Suwalki
Deaths (1820-25); Baklerowe B
& D
(1820-1829); Liszkowo
B, M & D (1817-1825);
Sniadowo
Marriages
(1822-1825). And more Marjampol Marriages
from Vilnius
Archives, not filmed by the Mormons: 1852-1867. [Includes families from
Kalwarja,
Vilkaviskis, Balbieriskis,
Wladyslawow
& other
Suwalki gubernia towns.]
Vol. 19, Nos.
3-4 (Double Issue) (Jan. 2010)
- Afoot
in the Shtetls of Northeast Poland.
Insightful and interesting tour through Ostrow-Mazowiecka,
Tykocin,
Lomza, Ostrolenka
et.al.
- The
Cousinhood. These five genealogical stories illustrate
the high incidence of first and second cousin marriages in our area.
- Marriage
Supplements: Suwalki (1833) &
Sereje (1883). A wealth of data is found here.
- Suwalki
Death Records With Out-of-Town People:
1827-1838. Much data are given here on Jews from
all over
Suwalki gubernia.
- Other
Record Extracts in This Issue. Miroslaw B,
M & D (1822-1825); Liszkow
Births (1808-1812); Balbieriskis
marriages (1871-1873). And more Marjampol
marriages from
Vilnius Archives: 1847-1851. [Includes many families from
Kalwarja,
Vilkaviskis,
Balbieriskis,
Wladyslawow
& other
Suwalki gubernia towns.]
Vol. 20, Nos.
1-2 (Double Issue) (July, 2010)
- Lomza
to London: Two Visits, One Journey. A trip
to Szczuczyn
District, followed by a visit to new-found cousins in
London.
Several photos are included.
- ‘Big
Jack Zelig.’ The Nowogrod
origins of this
notorious East Side gangster - Zelig Lefkowitz.
- The Spiritual Life of Pilviszki.
Several rabbis
are named in this new-found Hebrew source.
- Cousin
Marriages as a Factor in Geographic Mobility.
- Cousin
Relationships Through the Female Lines.
- More
Marriage Supplements. Suwalki
(1841) and
Sejny
(1861-1862). Gives all the details from the missing regular civil
marriage records for these towns in these years.
- Suwalki
Death Records With Out-of-Town People - Part II:
1839-1848. Jews are found in these records from all over
Suwalki gubernia, and some from Lomza gubernia.
- More
Marjampol Marriages Not Filmed by the Mormons:
1839-1846. Includes many families from Balbieriskis,
Vilkaviskis,
Kalwarja,
Wladyslawow
& other Suwalk towns.
Vol. 20, Nos.
3-4 (Double Issue) (Jan. 2011)
- Raczki:
A Dream Trip Fulfilled. With several
interesting photos from Raczki
and Suwalki.
- Lowenthal
/ Lewinowaki Ancestors . Geopolitical
influences on names are seen in a family’s movements through the
18th-19th centuries: Posen
> Suwalki>
Sweden.
- Elusive
Town Records: Finding Back Doors.
Vignettes from new members dealing with limited or hard to find
records: Lipsk,
Grodno,
Liverpool,
Raczki,
Virbalis,
Marjampol,
Kolno
& Piantnica.
Includes the genealogy of violin prodigy
Josef Hassid
(b. Suwalki).
- Marriage
Supplements: Sejny
(1863-64).
Civil marriage records are missing for these years.
- More
Marjampol Marriages Not Filmed by the
Mormons: 1829-1838.
- Other
Record Extracts This Issue:
Wizajny
B & D (1818-1836); Sniadowo
B & D
(1823-25).
Vol.
21, Nos. 1-2
Double Issue (July, 2011)
- Special
Section on Sereje & Vicinity: Part II. A
brief historical recap, and these new items complete our in-depth look
at this area, begun in Vol. 18, Nos. 3-4: Liszkowo article in
Slownik Geograficzny [from the Polish]; and Berl Kagan’s Town
Articles for Sereje (Pt. 2.), Liszkowo & Miroslaw
[from the Yiddish].
- Szczuczyn
District Jews in Lomza Marriage Records: 1838-1886.
Full details from the 107 Lomza marriage records for this period in
which one or both of the newlyweds (or family) came from Szczuczyn,
Rajgrod, Grajewo, Radzilow or Wasosz. Provides maiden
surnames for many mothers, and information on several families from
other Lomza gubernia towns.
- Networking
Features. New Suwalk-Lomza Resources: Rajgrod
history book located in Israel; Center for Jewish History Digital
Collection; Yad Vashem Photo Archive <
> Personalities with Suwalki gubernia ancestry
connected to “Saturday Night Live” tv show: Gilda Radner &
Shana Alexander < > Behind
the scenes of “Who Do You Think You Are” - Gwyneth Paltrow segment.
- Other
Civil Records in This Issue:
More Marjampol records from Vilnius Archives, not filmed by the
Mormons: Births 1822-1830; and Marriages1820-1828 (with many families
from Kalwarja, Vilkaviskis, Balbieriskis, Wladyslawow & other
Suwalki gubernia towns.) Surnames are hypothesized for several records
where that information is not given. Also: Krasnopol B,D
& M 1808-1825; and Sereje Births 1808-1821, Deaths
1823-1825 and Marriages 1819-1821.
Vol. 21, Nos.
3-4 Double
Issue (Feb. 2012)
- Special
Section on Wizajny. Historical overview of this
town and its Jewish community until mid 19th century, including:
Wizajny article in Slownik Geograficzny [from the Polish] and excerpts
on Wizajny in the Yiddish and the HebrewYizkor books.
- Networking
Features: Data on several of our
new
members’ancestors, along two themes: “A Rabbi in the Family” -
emphasizing the potential genealogical value of such family lore; and
“Founding Fathers” - unmasking the Suwalk-Lomza origins of early USA
orthodox congregations. Towns mentioned include Vishtinetz,
Sejny, Marjampol, Simno, Lozdzieje & Bakalarzewo.
- Kolno
District Jews in Lomza Birth & Death Records: 1826-1873.
Full details from all births and deaths recorded in the town of Lomza
for this period in which the subject of the record (or
family) came from Jedwabne, Stawiszki or Kolno. Much
information is given on relatives of the newborns and survivors of the
deceased, as well as families from other Lomza gubernia towns.
- Suwalki
Death
Records With Out-of-Town People: 1849-1862. Much
data are given here on Jews from all over our Suwalk-Lomza area whose
deaths are recorded in the town of Suwalki.
- Other
Record
Extracts This Issue. In full detail,
with identification of many missing surnames: Revised data
table for Wizajny 1809-1824; Wizajny Births (1808-1812); and Wizajny
Jews in Suwalki (town) marriages, 1826-1854 - with full
details on the Suwalki families they married into.
Vol.
22, Nos. 1-2 Double Issue
(Sept. 2012)
- Revisiting Rajgrod.
Selected translated extracts from an Israeli book on this Jewish
community, plus details about the new Rajgrod Jewish cemetery
restoration project, and several town photos.
- Genetic
Genealogy. The author
discusses recent
advancements in this area, using examples from her own DNA test results
in her quest for other connections to her Suwalk-Lomza families.
- Networking
Features. The importance of Hebrew
inscriptions
on cemetery head stones as a link to European records is illustrated in
these genealogical discoveries on behalf of two new members in England
researching their Wizajny and Lomza families.
- Suwalki
Death Records
With Out-of-Town People: 1863-1867.
Much data
are given here on Jews from all over our Suwalk-Lomza area whose deaths
are recorded in the town of Suwalki (an especially large number from
the Szczuczyn District towns of Grajewo, Rajgrod and Szczuczyn.
- Other Record Extracts
This Issue: In full detail, Wizajny
Marriages
1851-1867. Includes information on many Suwalk-Lomza
families, especially in the Wolkowyszk District towns of Vishtinetz and
Virbalis /Wersbelowo.
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