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Click here for the article:  “Jewish Genealogists From Amateur to Professional Will Research And Revel at L.A. Conference“

2010 Honorees

Here is an opportunity for Jews to recognize and honor remarkable Germans who have been dedicated to preserving the Jewish history of once-thriving communities in Germany.

Today’s righteous Germans are dealing with their country’s horrible past in a meaningful manner. Thousands of Germans have made extraordinary contributions to preserving vestiges of former Jewish life in their local communities, including historical records, cultural material, cemeteries and synagogues. They carry out such activities as volunteers because they feel it is the right thing to do – the preservation of Jewish material is one of the few ways in which they can respond constructively.

In January 2011, five Germans will receive the Obermayer German-Jewish History Awards in the elegant Plenary Chamber of the Berlin Parliament. They will be selected by a jury of seven eminent and knowledgeable individuals based on nominations to be submitted by September 24, 2010. The Call for Nominations and information about past awards and awardees can be found at http://www.obermayer.us/award.  A hard copy of the Call for Nominations can be requested by sending a letter to the German-Jewish Community History Council, 239 Chestnut Street, West Newton, MA 02465 USA or an email to germanaward@hotmail.com.

German Jewish Community History Council
239 Chestnut Street
West Newton, MA 02465

I need someone to go the the County Court house and pull some records. If you know anyone who could do this service please let me know. Thank you

Matt
champ2@satx.rr.com

From geneablog Tracing the Tribe (Schelly Talalay Dardashti):

Have you been putting off testing for your DNA genetic genealogy? Perhaps this deal, which starts today, will prompt you to get moving.

Every summer, FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) offers great pricing which helps people get off the fence. Last summer’s special was the most successful in the history of the company.

The offer is for FTDNA group administrators to persuade people to test, grow the projects and also grow the largest industry database. The more samples in the database, the more probability you may find genetic matches.

If you’ve needed an impetus to start a DNA project, this may help you get it off the ground.

The special price starts today, June 5, and ends June 25. Kits must be paid for by June 30.

The prices for this short period are:

Y-DNA37 for $119 (normally $149)
Y-DNA67 for $199 (normally $239)
Y-DNA37+mtDNA for $159 (normally $238)

Now’s the time to learn more about your family!

And remember, FamilyTreeDNA will be at the JGSLA Conference in July. Bring your questions and talk directly to Bennett Greenspan!

I am Joe Manning, an author and historian. Since 2006, I have been conducting a research project to track down and interview descendants of some of the child laborers who were photographed by Lewis Hine in the early 1900s. There are 5,000 of these photos posted on the Library of Congress website. I have been successful for over 200 children. My Lewis Hine Project was the subject of a story on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.

In one of the photographs, taken in 1913 in Dallas, TX, Morris and Louis Shuman are pictured as newsboys. They were Russian-Yiddish immigrants who entered the US about 1903. They eventually settled in Los Angeles. I am trying to find living descendants of this family, and I thought someone might be able to help. Here is what I know so far.

The family appears in the 1930 census in LA. They are parents Max and Rebecca Shuman, and their children, Louis, Morris, Solomon and Freida. Max is listed as a butcher. They had other children including Moses, Sophia and Sarah, who were listed in earlier records. According to California Death Records, Max died in 1940, Moses in 1948, Morris in 1955, and Louis in 1970. I was unable to obtain any of their obituaries, but all died in LA. According to the census and California voter registrations records, these are some of the addresses in LA where members of the family lived:

• 2601 Brooklyn St
• 2116 Bird St
• 1501 Miramar St
• 2143 and 1/2 Brooklyn St
• 418 S Rexford Dr
• 3137 Perlita Ave

Louis was an auto mechanic, and his wife may have been named Ruth.

To see the photo of the Shuman boys, go to this link on my website:

www.sevensteeples.com/dallas1.html

Joe Manning
575 Bridge Rd, Unit 9-1
Florence, MA 01062
413-584-0679

Six months ago, my 80-year-old aunt, received an email from someone in Ireland who found her on Facebook.  She forwarded the email to me, thinking it might be spam.

I was intrigued, and communicated with this person. Turns out, he had the family tree, back 300 years.   He was originally from Argentina, now lives in Ireland. But he was searching for a small part of his family, that was connected to my family.

You never know how someone will find you, with information.

So now, besides belonging to JGS, I have a presence on Facebook… just in case.

-Jerry Bluestein
Los Angeles