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Wisoke-Litovsk (Vysokoye) surname VILNER/ WILLNER

joyweave — 2013-04-06 15:18:01Z

I am trying to learn the name of my grandmother's mother. Aharon Leib VILNER was my gm's step-father, but I do not have the maiden name of my ggm and am unsure of her given name. It may have been Chaya. Her father died young and all I know about him is that his given name was Abram and his surname sounded something like "PETRUSKITZ." My gm was Sheina Feige, b. about 1865. She married Shmuel DAIBOCH and settle in NY City in 1902, where my gf changed his name to Sam FEINBERG and my gm used the name Fanny.
Is anyone familiar with this family?

Re: Matweychuk, Letwinchik / Letwinchuk

ras1942 — 2012-09-24 13:55:09Z

The names Gregor and Fidora are not names that I know. Actually, I have nothing other than my great grandmothers name on this line. My complete database can be viewed online at www.ronsgen.com although little information would be available for Litwinchuk.

Thank you for the information, and should anything develop in the future I will get in touch.

Thanks again,

Ron Snowden
nedwons@me.com
Orem, Utah USA
(801) 225-0266

Re: Matweychuk, Letwinchik / Letwinchuk

pleestudio — 2012-09-24 01:23:42Z

We have family named Litwinchuk, Gregor and Fidora, from that region. Are these manes in your tree?

Re: Price/Prus family! Help me find them!

andrei_burdenkov — 2012-07-11 21:09:28Z

Pretty small. I passed by the Grodno central cemetery today and came across this tombstone. It says PRISS in Russian which might have been transformed into your Price. Maybe not)

A

Re: Where's Tyloshuzin?

NIdaho — 2012-05-13 18:45:49Z

Thank you.

Re: Where's Tyloshuzin?

andrei_burdenkov — 2012-05-13 14:30:44Z

That was a perfect hit then)

According to wikipedia, in 1913 there were 19 volost in Pruzhansky Uezd - Nikitskaya Volost (center - Smolyany Village) being one of them. Tulovshina Village is just next door.

A

Re: Where's Tyloshuzin?

NIdaho — 2012-05-13 13:37:56Z

A friend's wife has translated from my scan as follows:
--
Issued by the board of Nikitskaya volost’
1. Religion : Orthodox
2. Date of birth or age : June 25 , 1884
3. Occupation : tillage
4. Marital status : single
5. Dependents : none
6. The relation to the military service : suitable for a military service
7. Signature ( passport holder’s signature ) : illiterate person
If the bearer is illiterate indicate his / her marks:
Height: average
Hair color: dark blond
Distinguishing marks: none

The bearer of this document the peasant of Grodno guberniya, Pruzhansky uyezd, Nikitsky volost’ village Tusjuvshchin Petro Ivanovich Gutsovich was allowed to visit different cities and settlements of Russian Empire from the date written below and till August, 13, 1908.
--
I've attached the scan, but I think this is a better translation. Thank you!

Re: Where's Tyloshuzin?

andrei_burdenkov — 2012-05-13 11:54:19Z

Pruzina looks very much like Pruzhany to my eye - a town near Brest, Western Belarus. With that in mind Tulovshina might be the village (20 km east of Pruzhany) whose name was badly transcribed.

A

Re: Where's Tyloshuzin?

nadia_roy — 2012-05-12 12:40:10Z

There is a village called Nikishki in Belarus... If you draw a triangle between Bralsau, Polatsk and Hlybokaje (all in Google maps), this village is about in the middle.

Re: Where's Tyloshuzin?

andrei_burdenkov — 2012-03-08 21:03:07Z

Actually unlikely in Belarus. Any chance to have a look at the original papers? The surname sounds Ukrainian.

Zieleniak, Lisica - relatives

klotocki — 2012-02-29 12:15:25Z

I am looking information about families: Zieleniak, Lisica.
My grandmother Weronika Zieleniak born in Brest on 6th of January 1930. Parents: Alfons Zieleniak and Anna nee Kiryczuk.
She had one sister (Danuta) and three brothers (Mikołaj, Eugeniusz, Jan).
Jan died probably on transportation in Kazachstan. Mikołaj lived in Legionowo near Warsaw after WWII.
Eugeniusz lived in Orneta.

My grandfather Wladyslaw Lisica born on 3rd of April 1919 probably in Parafianowo (Belarus). After WWII he moved near Krosno Odrzanskie with sister Stanislawa.
Their parents: Józef (b. 25 may 1882 d.1 december 1971 Krosno Odrzanskie) and Aniela nee Jurgiewicz (b. 10 October 1882 d.17 June 1961 Krosno Odrzanskie)

Hateluk or Hattel

sharonhatt — 2011-04-03 04:39:19Z

Am searching for any help in locating family from Russia. I have been told they came from Grodno in Belarus and also from Grodno in Brest. Where does one go to find info from these countries?

Where's Tyloshuzin?

NIdaho — 2010-11-22 06:26:56Z

Translated by a friend of my brother, Grandfather Demasuk's 1907 passport says he was from Tyloshuzin village, Hradleshkoy province, Pryshishuko district, Nikitishkev region. Where would that be, and where might any records be located?

I'm hoping to get the original back so I can get the actual Russian. His declaration of intention said Pruzina, if that's any clue.

Re: Matweychuk, Letwinchik / Letwinchuk

mimibyrd123 — 2010-08-05 22:02:44Z

My relatives came to Canada from Belarus in early 1900's. I found them through the Canadian government archives in a section called Immigrants from the Russian Empire. There are lots of documents and there are excellent records that had to go to the Russian Consulate. The USA seized documents from all the Russian Consulates and released them to the Canadian government several years ago. Equally good records should exist in the US because they have the original records.

I have looked up the name Matw**chuk (using ** for wild card letters) and found two that might give you a lead. (Spellings can vary wildly) It would help if you knew what town they came from and also if they were of Orthodox faith, or Catholic. It had to be indicated on the form. You might find original photos in the file. Documents they had to fill out were in Russian but sometimes there is some English on it, or a letter saying where they are going in Canada. These 2 might be relatives. Some of mine came on ships that landed in USA.
Hope this helps. Here's the link.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/li-ra-ma/001046...

Click on the name, and when next page comes up, click on 'VIEW' at top left , to see each document in the file. Top right will tell youhow many docs are in the file.

Price/Prus family! Help me find them!

dugmia — 2010-07-12 04:09:47Z

Hi all,

I'm trying to track down my family and I'm working with limited information. I don't know my biological father, and it's his lineage I'm tracing. Here's what I do know:

Max Price was my paternal great-grandfather. I DO know that he was born in Russia in roughly 1897. I have a record of him living in New York with his wife, Belle (born in Colorado to Russian parents) and his two children, Edwin (b. 1924) and Maylene (b. 1926). Max's records show that he was considered a US veteran and worked for an army story when he was in his 30s. Edwin went on to marry Marion Janke and the two had my father, Richard Jon Price.

I THINK it's possible that this family tree is attached to mine, but I can't be sure. http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:18887...

If ANYONE has ANY information about this family at all-- no matter how small, please fill me in. I want to trace my great-grandfather's family as far back as I can.

Thank you SO much!

Re: katz(kac)mass

mensa73 — 2010-04-08 21:59:14Z

i have located the info myself.

Matweychuk, Letwinchik / Letwinchuk

nedwons118 — 2010-01-06 05:07:24Z

Trying to get started finding my grandparents. Family history says they were from Grodno, Russia--emigrating to the United States about 1906.
Serious genealogist, knows nothing about Belarus/Poland/Russia.

Ron Snowden
nedwons@me.com

poskrobko, kotowicz and laszuk (Alexisa Kotowich)

PMSBunnies — 2008-10-08 16:36:17Z

Alexisa's daughter was
Marie Poskrobko nee Kotowich

Marie's daughter was
Jadwiga Eliashuk (b 1900) nee Poskrobko

Jadwiga was born in Walchowycze. Not sure where that is though. I beleive she was married in Warsaw(1922). Her husband Jakim Eliashuk is originally from Berezowka, claimed Russia as homeland, then converted it to Poland. Berezowka is beleived to be outside Brest (Belraus) on Poland land.

Beleive proper spelling of last names to be
poskrobko, kotowicz and laszuk

any expirience with reseacher in Brest

anvald — 2008-09-09 22:25:18Z

If anybody has good epirince with such reseacher, pls,let me now.

OMELINSKI, OMELINSKY, OMALINSKI, OMALINSKY

milloy1 — 2008-07-11 14:22:30Z

Hello,
By sheer chance I have come upon my father's name, Michael Omelinsky, at a posting by Sharon Klein. He is mentioned as an eyewitness to Nazi murders at the first days of occupation in Brest. (Only he was 25 at the time, not a boy!). Anyway I am looking for info about him in the years 1939-1944 and his family.
I'll be grateful to anyone who could help me find this info.

Re: OMELINSKI or OMELINSKY

ZlaticaBeca — 2008-07-11 13:54:33Z

milloy1

Best to put the surname of your research in the subject line.
OMELAN'SKI, OMELIN'SKI, OMELON'SKI spelling found in Poland.
www.herby.com.pl
http://maxpages.com/poland
www.surnamenavigator.org

Re: Welcome

milloy1 — 2008-07-11 13:14:11Z

Re: Schneider/Sznajder, Tucker/Toker/Tokar from Brest

taxtroll — 2007-12-06 15:44:01Z

Hi Daniel,

Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. I haven't checked the board in a while. I think you've contacted me before about you TEWELES>>>TUCKER ancestors. My TUCKER ancestors were orginally TOKER/TOKAR. They may have lived in Terespol before moving to Brest sometime prior to my g-grandparents 1910 marriage.

Sharon

Re: Schneider/Sznajder, Tucker/Toker/Tokar from Brest

dimadani — 2007-10-15 03:46:26Z

Harry tucker lived in CROTONA 1165,NYC in 1923 Part of my family came to live there from BREST
THEY WERE FANNY LENA AND IDA TEWELES I wanted to know if your ancestors were HARRY and ANNE TUCKER.THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN BERNARD SARAH BERNARD
My ancestors came from there to ARGENTINA in 1895
THANKS
DANIEL TEVELES
dimadani@fiberetel.com.ar

Gardejew

wdittus — 2007-04-09 03:08:14Z

Looking for Gardjew's From Brest fled during WWII towards GER. Some went to AUS others to USA.

Re: How does one research family in Poland-Brest Litovsk-family name I am researching is Faikes/Fajkes

taxtroll — 2006-12-07 22:54:39Z

Hi Sarah,

My grandfather Shlomo SHNAJDER (Solomon Schneider) was born in Brest in 1911. Brest-Litovsk part of Poland until WWII when the border shift moved it under Belarus jurisdiction. I believe all of the records are in archives located in Belarus...see Miriam Weiner's website at http://www.rtrfoundation.org/index.html.

There is a Brest SIG hosted on Yahoo! at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brest_belarus/. Maybe some other members are researching the same names. You'll have to be registered with Yahoo! Groups to access the SIG but it's free of charge. The group got together a while ago and hired a researcher to copy and translate brest records located in the Minsk archives. I'm not sure if there are plans for another project like that. That's how I got my grandfather's birth record and also birth records for some of his siblings and his parents' marriage record (which of course led me to other towns). It appears that my family was only in Brest for 30-40 years with my grandfather leaving in 1928. Supposedly he lost about a dozen cousins in the Holocaust but I don't know how, when, where, or even who.

Good luck in your search.

Sharon Klein
Acworth, GA

Re: Joseph Frederick KIVOVICH - b. 1855

2006-10-14 21:26:10Z

You mention the town of Brest-Lituvsk (Greuden).

What does the word (Greuden) mean? I thought that the town was called Brest-Litovsk.

Joseph Frederick KIVOVICH, b. 1855

StorNor1 — 2006-10-14 21:25:21Z

I am looking for any information on my relatives. My great grandfather was Joseph Frederick Kivovich, dob 1855 and he supposedly lived in Brest-Lituvsk (Greuden). I am not sure of the spelling but he was supposed to have left in 1886 with my grandfather and immigrated to the US. I have found one Joseph Kivovich but it would appear that he brought along his wife (Annie nee Factor) and ended up in St. Paul, MN. The story that is told is that he left behind a wife and two daughters when he came in 1886 however he came over with Annie in 1882. Would anyone have any information on how or where I could go to see if there are any records showing where they lived, etc. Norman D. Ackert

How does one research family in Poland-Brest Litovsk-family name I am researching is Faikes/Fajkes

2006-10-10 20:14:03Z

Hello All

My Grandfather Milton Faikes/Fajkes was born in Brest Litovsk in 1913. He had other siblings that were born earlier also in that same area. How does one research that. What resources are out there. I have utilized JRI-Poland and Jewishgen but come up with nothing everytime I try to search his name. What area was that town in. What is considered in Poland or in the Belarus Region.

I would love to find birth and marriage records pertaining to my grandfather, his siblings and his parents but have been unsuccessful thus far in that respect. I only have records of the time period after they were in the US. My grandfather did not come to the US until 1932 according to his passport which was never used after that. His sister came over in 1922 and was the one who helped him come over as well as their widowed mother who came over in 1928-29 and died in 1944.

I have the mothers death record which gives me the name of the father, but it does not tell me when and where he died. So, if anyone can offer help and advice please contact me.

katz(kac)mass

mensa73 — 2006-07-21 17:59:41Z

Cannot find a record of berel katz of boston dod circa 1916-8 ,a tailor.his son gershon moved to brazil after marrying a canadian woman .
Berel first lived in lowell masss.emigrated from vilnius jlithuania/poland/

SLESINSKI & KOTOWSKI in Kobrin

MaryCrook38def — 2006-06-02 01:56:10Z

I have been searching for information on my G-grandparents for years.
John SLESINSKI b. Sept. 1869 Russia/Poland d. 06-18-1909 in St.Louis,MO married bef. 1894 in Russia/Poland to Zuzanna Sophia KOTOWSKI b. April 1871 in Kubri (Kobryn) Russia/Poland d. 02-10-1940 in Washington Park, IL.
John came to America in 1896 and moved to St. Louis,St. Louis, MO.. Zuzanna followed in 1897 with their 1st child, Boleslav(William), and joined her husband in St. Louis, MO
I do no know anything more about either of their families other than they left from Kobrin (Kobryn), Brest Oblast, Belarus. Zuzanna departed from the port of Hamburg/Havre, Germany on a ship named Taormina. She and her son arrived at Ellis Island on 05-22-1897.
I am hoping that this will sound familiar to someone. Would love to hear from ?cousins.
Happy Hunting,
Mary

Re: Info re: early days of Nazi occupation in 1941

2006-01-28 14:40:24Z

I tried to send you an e-mail but the mailer daemon returned it undeliverable. If you e-mail me your snail mail address to taxtroll@aol.com I'll mail you an electronic copy. I have the article scanned but the .pdf file is too large to e-mail.

Re: Info re: early days of Nazi occupation in 1941

Lynn10727 — 2006-01-28 01:20:24Z

Can you please tell me how I can get a copy of Prof Garrard's article?

Alexander Gutowski b. 1886, Gutki, Russia

mbtcws — 2005-07-01 19:42:59Z

I am looking for any info on my grandfather Alexander Gutowski b. 29 Sep 1886 from Gutki Russia. I was sent an e-mail saying this was in Belarus Brest area, Ivasevichi district, also several settlements named Guta and Guty.
Does anybody know of any Gutowski's from this area?

Thank you in advance for any help.

Bridget mbtcws@hotmail.com

Re: Moses Kivovich

StorNor1 — 2005-04-22 05:09:22Z

Larry, I have just come across another name (Moses Kivovich) born in Russia. I am sure that this is possibly my grandfather although they have him born in 1879 instead of 1874. This is the first time I have come across this name. The birthplace of Brest-Lituvsk still seems to be the right place. Any help I would appreciate it. Shalom, Norm

Re: Brest Jewish Genealogy Research

2005-01-31 21:36:02Z

Hi Dave. I'm a member of the Belarus SIG for a while now and Brest SIG since its inception. I just thought that another resource would be helpful.

Brest Jewish Genealogy Research

davefox73 — 2005-01-27 04:43:13Z

Hi Sharon,

I don't know what prompted you to start this Message board, but there is an active Brest research group within the Belarus SIG <www.jewishgen.org/belarus>;. We have just arranged to have the remaining vital records for Brest extracted from the Minsk archive. Please see <http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/projectdesc/DB_Br...;. The Belarus SIG maintains an active discussion group (message board/mailing list), with over 1,700 subscribers throughout the world. To join this discussion group at no cost, please go to:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/membersh.htm and follow the instructions. Once you are subscribed and have confirmed your subscription you can post messages and receive the messages. While some of these messages are not specific to Brest, you and other will gain a much better appreciation for Jewish genealogy research in Belarus. Also, you will be able to view all prior messages in our message archive that mention Brest. At present, there are 488 messages in our message archive dealing with Brest. Also, our All Belarus Database (ABD) and our Surnames Database which are reachable from our Belarus SIG home page:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/

There are many resources available on our website to help Brest researchers.

Come join us!

Dave
David Fox
Belarus SIG Coordinator
Arnold, MD
davefox73@earthlink.net

Info re: early days of Nazi occupation in 1941

2005-01-24 23:56:00Z

With the permission of the coordinator of the Brest district research projects on JewishGen, I'm posting this information that she sent me:

The most detailed account of what happened on the 10th July 1941 is by Prof John Garrard in his work "Barbarossa's First Victims, The Jews of Brest".which was published in the Journal of East European affairs, Vol 28 no 2 1998-99.

Although there was random murder,torture and shootings from the first week of the German invasion (June 21 1941) - the SS conducted a more 'organized' major round up of Jewish males on July 10 - Garrard cites an eyewitness named Heinrich who was a German policeman who escorted
the victims to their execution at a site described as being south of the town, past the fortress, about 15 minutes drive from the center of Brest. There were 12 large pits dug.

This Heinrich estimated a total of 6000 males were killed that day.It is unlikely that there was any list of names of these victims... this group included the prominent members and leaders of the Jewish community. Garrard questions the figure of 6,000 and thinks it could have been closer to 10,000. He also cities the eyewitness acount of Michael Omelinsky, who was a boy at the time. this account is in the Black Book. It is clear that the Germans singled out the leaders of the Jewish comm. professionals, teachers, artists, Zionist officials, communists and any Polish army members - Jewish and non Jews, for execution.

I got my copy of the Garrard article from Garrard himself -if you go into the Brest ghetto site there is a contact for him -
he originated this database...However, this was 4 years ago, so I don't know if it is still current. When I asked for the Ghetto 'passports' from the USHMM in Washington, they also
sent me a copy of the Garrard article, archives@ushmm.org.

Re: Schneider/Sznajder, Tucker/Toker/Tokar from Brest

2005-01-16 20:22:52Z

I know a rae brest from south africa if that helps you

Re: Schneider/Sznajder, Tucker/Toker/Tokar from Brest

2004-12-13 12:36:27Z

Do you know if the family change their surname from TEWELES to TUCKER when they came to the US or was Harry the product of a previous marriage?

As far as I know, my TUCKER cousins had the name TOKER and/or TOKAR back in Poland.

Re: Schneider/Sznajder, Tucker/Toker/Tokar from Brest

melife — 2004-12-12 04:12:17Z

Schneider/Sznajder, Tucker/Toker/Tokar from Brest

taxtroll — 2004-12-11 21:56:11Z

I'm reasearching the SCHNEIDER/SZNAJDER and TUCKER/TOKER/TOKAR surnames in Brest.

My g-grandfather Morris/Moishe and g-grandmother Jennie/Sheine (nee TUCKER/TOKER/TOKAR) came to the US in the 1920s with their children Meyer, Solomon, Rae, Lillie, and Max. Solomon is my grandfather. Morris had a brother Samuel who also came to the US. The family started out in Paterson, NJ and moved to Brooklyn in the early 1930s.

My grandfather married Pauline PROPPER in Brooklyn 1934 and she died not long after in childbirth. He then married my grandmother Bessie BERGER in 1937, also in Brooklyn.

If anything looks familiar, let me know. Thanks

Welcome

taxtroll — 2004-12-11 21:50:20Z

Welcome to the newly established message board for the Brest region. Now we don't have to post on the general Brest board anymore. I'm the Board Administrator.

A few posting tips I like to mention:
1) use a meaningful subject line
2) all SURNAMEs in capital letters
3) include all spelling derivations so the Ancestry search engine will pick them up

I hope this more specific message board proves helpful to us all.

Sharon Klein
Acworth, GA