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Lichtvolle Rueckblicke auf die Vergangenheit der Familie Blitz : [Transcript and English translation]. (2016)

Blitz, Eduard. ; Bliss, Jeremy, [Translator.]

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Pages: 14 + 4 pages : , typescripts.

Year of publication: 2016

Keywords: Blitz family. ; Blits, Yeḳutiʼel ben Yitsḥaḳ. ; Hannibal, ; Bible. Yiddish Versions. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Names in the Bible. ; Names, Personal. ; Translators. ; Bene Beraḳ (Israel) ; Wittmund (Germany)

Abstract: History of Blitz family in Wittmund, reaching back to the 14th century; mainly on Bible translator Jekutiel Blitz, who was born in Wittmund and later moved to Amsterdam.

Abstract: This folder contains a typed transcript of the original manuscript, written in old German script, and an English language translation.

Note: German and English

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Simon family of Gensingen & Bingen : Reunion - New York, October 10th & 11th 2015. (2015)

Stern, Gerald ; Simons, Michael M. ; Simons, Mike.

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Language: English

Pages: 58 , private print; illustrated.

Year of publication: 2015

Keywords: Simon family. ; Simon, Seligmann. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Vintners. ; Bingen (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) ; Gensingen (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables

Abstract: Richly illustrated and decorated brochure dedicated to the Simon family from the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Description / Table of Contents: Included in this brochure’s hardcopy (but not available in its digital form) is “The Simon family descendant tree”, reaching back to the early 18th century.

Description / Table of Contents: Also included on pages 16-24 is a translation of the published brochure ‘Seligmann Simon : Weinbau u. Weingrosshandel, Bingen a.Rh.’

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The family tree of the family Walter and Herta Nord / (2012)

Nord, Hans, 1923-

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Language: English

Pages: 30 + 6 , pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.

Edition: Revised July 2012.

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Year of publication: 2012

Keywords: Nord family. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables

Abstract: Family tree and chart of the Nord family.

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Descendants of Ruben (Klestadt). (2012)

Stern, Gerald

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Pages: 14 + 1 pages : , typescript.

Year of publication: 2012

Keywords: Klestadt family. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables ; Genealogical tables.

Abstract: Genealogical table of the Klestadt family from Bueren, Germany containing data from the late 18th to the early 20th century.

Abstract: The descendant tree of Ruben Klestadt from Bueren, Germany was created by Gerald Stern using data from Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen in Detmold, and information from Statdarchiv in Büren. This corrects a descendant tree published in 1995 by Heimatverein Büren in a book ‘Über die früheren Verhältnisse der Juden in Büren’ (p. 64f.) by the historian Hans Liedtke.

Note: English and German

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The Frank and Arfeld Families of Flacht and Niederneisen : Nassau, now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany : Biographies and Genealogical Charts. (2005)

Frank, Abraham ; Buck, Gerhard,

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Pages: 250 , bound typscript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 2005

Keywords: Arfeld family. ; Frank family. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables

Note: English and some Hebrew

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The Eschenheimer and Nachmann families : Biographies and genealogical charts. (2003)

Frank, Abraham ; Buck, Gerhard,

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Language: English

Pages: 167 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 2003

Keywords: Eschenheimer family. ; Nachmann family. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Nordenstadt (Germany) ; Wiesbaden (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables.

Note: English

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Two families. (1999)

Barton, Marianne (née Schiff)

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Language: English

Pages: 59 + xiii + 79 + viii pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1999

Keywords: Baschwitz family. ; Herzberg family. ; Schiff family. ; Wolfsohn family. ; Goldmann, Nahum, ; Art appreciation. ; Assimilation Jews. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Music appreciation. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Wuppertal (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs

Abstract: Family history of the related Wolfsohn and Schiff families, covering 1776-1982.

Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Mordehai Akdon; Prince Czartoryski; Andrea Guarneri, 1626-1698; Giuseppe Antonio Guarneri, 1687-1742; Leopold Krakauer, 1890-1954; Arturo Toscanini, 1867-1957; Richard Wagner 1813-1883

Description / Table of Contents: Book 1: The Wolfsohn family

Description / Table of Contents: Book 2: The Schiff family

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The past is indestructible : my childhood memoirs including a history of the Wertheim family. (1999)

Wertheim, Claus Albert.

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Language: English

Pages: 69 , bound typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1999

Keywords: Wertheim family. ; Zimmt family. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish families ; Cologne (Germany) ; Switzerland. ; United States. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs

Abstract: A bound typescript of memoirs and the family’s history circa 1700 to 1999. Also included are a map of Germany and a family tree.

Abstract: Memoir by Claus Albert Wertheim, written in May 1999. He describes his childhood and family background, his life in Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. In a postscript he summarizes the fate of family members and friends. He finishes his memoirs with a brief note about the history of the Wertheim family.

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The Jewish Community of Sugenheim / (1999)

Skyte, Thea ; Skyte, Heinz.

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Language: English

Pages: 133 , bound typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1999

Keywords: Jewish communities ; Jews History. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Bavaria (Germany) ; Sugenheim. ; Manuscripts.

Abstract: The history of the Jewish community of Sugenheim

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The story of the Lindauer and Weil families / (1999)

Lindauer, Moses Jakob.

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Language: English

Pages: 22 , typewritten manuscript (photocopy) +

Additional Material: maps

Year of publication: 1999

Keywords: Lindauer, family. ; Weil family. ; Cattle trade ; Country life. ; Folklore ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jebenhausen (Göppingen, Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Life of two Jewish families of cattle dealers in the small Wuerttemberg town of Jebenhausen, ca. 1750-1865; Jewish customs in rural communities; includes family tree.

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Sipurai savta vesaba: korot haim ( = Stories of grandmother and grandfather: readings of life. Hebrew). (1998)

Nizav, Ruth. ; Nizav, Joseph.

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Language: Hebrew

Pages: 39 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated (photocopies).

Year of publication: 1998

Keywords: Nizav family. ; Sämann family, Sugenheim. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Regensburg (Germany) ; Sugenheim. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs

Abstract: Family history of the Nizav family, circa 1754-1998

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The Wolff Family of Muenstereifel. (1998)

Isenberg, Janet Bernd

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Language: English

Pages: 126 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1998

Keywords: Wolff family. ; Family reunions. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Bad Münstereifel (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables

Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned in this manuscript:

Abstract: Adelheid, Emma; Bromet, Eva; Gottschalk, August; Gottschalk, Caroline; Gottschalk, Jedula; Heilbron, Max; Heilbronn, Ille; Heiman, Edgar; Heiman, Freddy; Heiman, Julehen; Herman, David; Horn, Eduard; Horn, Ernestine Sofia; Horn, Lutz; Horn, Rosad; Isenberg, Janet Bernd; Isaac, Else; Katz, Margo; Orfinger, Lucien; Orfinger, Pierre Nenette; Raber, Dan; Voss, Rosalie; Wolff, Abraham; Wolff, Adelheid; Wolff, Aron; Wolff, Benjamin; Wolff, Bernhard; Wolff, Berta; Wolff, Clara; Wolff, David; Wolff, Eva; Wolff, Heinrich; Wolff, Hugo; Wolff, Judula; Wolff, Moses; Wolff, Rosalie; Wolff, Simon; Wolff, Susmann.

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Kaffruse Marx Freiberg : A family history (1998)

Marx, Werner J.B.

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Language: English

Pages: circa 62 pages : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1998

Keywords: Marx family. ; Freiberg family. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews History. ; Palatinate (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogy

Abstract: Family history of the Marx/Freiberg and other families with general information about Jews in the Northern Palatinate.

Abstract: The follwing family names are mentioned: Strauss, Garon, Dreyfus, Gutmann, Hahn, Straus, Deutsch, Tuteur, Kahn, Dornhardt, Löb, Wolf.

Abstract: The follwing communities are mentioned: Marienthal, Sohren, Steinbach, Rockenhausen, Kirchheimbolanden, Göllheim, Winnweiler.

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Three branches of our family : 1850-1997 (1997)

Kaye, Walter J.

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Language: English

Pages: 159 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1997

Keywords: Backer, Ellen Wolf (Ellen Ruth Wolf) ; Desman, Lise Muller (Liesel Müller) ; Kann, Emma. ; Kratzenstein, Rachel (Rosel Mueller) ; Kratzenstein family. ; Mueller family ; Wolf family. ; Antisemitism. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Intermarriage. ; Jewish families ; Jewish families ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Physicians. ; Rabbis. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Bad Kreuznach (Germany) ; Schwetzingen (Germany) ; Sobernheim (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Zurich (Switzerland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Geneology and brief histories of the Müller/Muller, Wolf/Wolfe, and Kratzenstein/Kaye families; family history, reflections on life experiences.

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Memories of Emanuel Herzberger / (1994)

Herzberger, Emanuel, 1857-1932. ; Rosenberg, Ernest L.

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Language: English

Pages: 16 + 2 pages : , typescript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1994

Keywords: Herzberger, Emanuel, ; Herzberger family. ; Herzberger, Jacob, ; Rosenthal family. ; Rosenstraus, Paula. ; Speyer, Ester. ; Speyer, Jeannette, ; Germany. ; Education before 1870. ; Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Marriage. ; Merchants. ; Wool industry. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Berlin (Germany) Intellectual life. ; Düsseldorf (Germany) ; Forst (Brandenburg, Germany) ; Germany History 1870-1918. ; Haltern in Westfalen (Germany) ; Krefeld (Germany) ; Reims (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The original diary was written between 1925 and 1931. It was translated by his grandson Ernest L. Rosenthal and contains also a family tree of the Herzberger's and Rosenthal's.

Abstract: Recollections of Emanuel Herzbergers family in the early 19th century. His grandmother Ester Speyer was a devout woman, who lost her husband at an early age. Her daughter Jeanette Speyer married Jacob Herzberger in 1855. Emanuel was their first-born son. Recollections of Emanuel's childhood in Haltern and Crefeld, where his father started a raw product and dry good business, which later on developed into a wool firm. Life in Imperial Germany and description of his father's patriotism. Liberal Judaism. Emanuel attented the Gymnasium (high school). Trips to relatives in Amsterdam. Recollections of the Franco/Prussian war. Military service and apprenticeship at a wool firm in Duesseldorf. Opening of a branch of his father's company in Berlin. Cultural life in the cafes and theaters of Berlin. Business trips with his father to to the wool auctions in London. Apprenticeship in Reims, France. In 1886 marriage with Paula Rosenstraus, who was an aspiring singer. She had come with her family from Russia to Germany. Life in Forst (Lausitz). Financial difficulties due to his brother's speculations. Birth of Emanuel and Paula's daughter Nenny in 1894. Reflections on the technical and historical changes he witnessed within less than a century.

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A patchwork of memories. (1994)

Levison, Charlotte (née Engel), 1911-2001.

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Language: German

Pages: 3 binders : , typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1994

Keywords: Blau family. ; Hertz family. ; Levison, William (1908-1961) ; Levison, Wilhelm (1876-1941) ; Levison family. ; Elisabethenschule (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Au pairs. ; Emigration and immigration Nineteen thirties. ; Intermarriage. ; International travel. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Nurses. ; Manners and customs. ; Physicians. ; Women authors. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Leubsdorf (Linz am Rhein, Germany) ; United States. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Memoir describes her life in Germany, her decision to leave Germany after the death of her parents, and to work in the United States in 1934. Detailed description of every day life in Germany after World War I and in the United States, and later of various travels all over the world. Also mentions her German-Jewish ancestors on her maternal side (great-great-grandparents: Moritz and Fanny Hertz, great-grandmother: Helene Hertz née Orthenberger), who had a textile business.

Description / Table of Contents: Part I: 1911-1937

Description / Table of Contents: Part 2: 1937-1961

Description / Table of Contents: Part 3: 1961-1997

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Chronicle of the Esberg/Meyerstein/Pohly families under the Holocaust. (1993)

Doblin, Claire P.

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Language: English

Pages: 27 pages : , bound typescript (photocopies).

Year of publication: 1993

Keywords: Esberg family. ; Meyerstein family. ; Pohly family. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Holocaust victims. ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables ; Genealogy

Abstract: In addition to the Esberg/Meyerstein/Pohly families, the text also mentions the Cohn, Doblin, Eisenstein, Kaufman and Steiner families.

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Searching for the almost forgotten : the Straus family before America. (1990)

Selden, Thomas Randolph.

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Language: English

Pages: 25+17 , bound manuscripts (photocopies); illustrated.

Year of publication: 1990

Keywords: Straus family. ; Straus, Lazarus, ; Macy's (Department store) ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Otterberg (Germany) ; Palatinate (Germany) ; Worms (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables

Abstract: Thomas Randolph Selden travelled to the Palatinate in Germany in search of his roots.

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The old order changeth : Memoirs of persecution and emigration (1987)

Nachman, Lothar E.

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Language: English

Pages: 173 pages (single space) : , bound typescript; illustrated (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1987

Keywords: Drews family. ; Ettlinger family. ; Mainzer family. ; Nachmann family. ; Wormser family. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; France Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Rastatt (Germany) ; Switzerland Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: History of Ettlinger, Mainzer, Wormser, Drews and Nachmann families from Rastatt (Baden) and Frankfurt between 1933 and 1945; emigration to France and illegal crossing of borders to Switzerland; immigration to USA.

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Wanderer in drei Kontinenten. (1987)

Lehmann, Hermann, 1903-

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Language: German

Pages: 3 + 55 pages : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1987

Keywords: Banks and banking. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Fraternal organizations. ; Jewish leadership. ; Lawyers. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Bremen (Germany) ; Chile Emigration and immigration 1936. ; Germany Emigration and immigration 1971. ; Santiago (Chile) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Childhood memories growing up in Bremen; secular and religious education; experiences during World War I in Bremen; revolution in Bremen; decision to study law; study at University of Heidelberg; experience of anti-Semitism; membership in Jewish student fraternity; study at University of Berlin, University of Goettingen; work as lawyer in Bremen; vacations sailing; loss of law practice after 1933; decision to emigrate to Chile in 1934; emigration to Chile in 1936; description of sea journey to Chile; arrival in Chile; émigré life in Chile; work as leather manufacturer; birth of children; post-war visits to Germany; life in post-war Santiago; work as lawyer dealing with restitution claims; emigration to Germany in 1971; work for bank in Bremen; activity in Bremen Jewish community and Zentralrat der Deutschen Juden; immigration to USA; death of wife; remarriage.

Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Feyer, Walter; Goldberger, Paul; Hirschfeld, Emil; Katz, Karl; Kiefer, Leo; Lehmann, Claudio; Lehmann, Hilde; Lehmann, Irene; Levy family; Schwabe, Ida; Schumacher, Hans; Straus, Hilde; Seide, Hans; Wolff, Martin.

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The Levison family of Siegburg and related families. (1985)

Levison, Wilhelm, 1876-1947. ; Morris-Farber, Nina.

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Language: English

Pages: 186 pages : , 186 pages : , Typewritten manuscript (bound photocopy). , Typewritten manuscript (bound photocopy)

Year of publication: 1985

Keywords: Levison, Wilhelm, ; Abraham family. ; Buerger family. ; Feith family. ; Gidion family. ; Goldschmidt family. ; Gumbel family. ; Kiefe family. ; Leubsdorf family. ; Levison family. ; May family. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Genealogy. ; Siegburg (Germany) ; Neuwied (Germany) ; Rhine River Valley. ; Simmertal (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: History of the Levison, Buerger and Feith families in Siegburg since 17th century and of the May, Leubsdorf, Gidion and Goldschmidt families from Neuwied, Leubsdorf and Simmern; English (translated from the German by Nina Morris-Farber)

Abstract: Addenda: Abraham, Kiefe and Gumbel families

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Lachman family album. (1984)

Lachman, Erwin.

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Language: English

Pages: 53 pages : , typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1984

Keywords: Eltzbacher family. ; Lachman family. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Berlin (Germany) ; France. ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables

Abstract: The Lachman-Eltzbacher and the Rabinerson-Halperin family trees, including copies of photographs and short chapters describing some family members.

Abstract: Abraham Lachman (1794-1871); Salomon Lachman (1823-1893); Gustav Eltzbacher (1832-1901); Sophie Eltzbacher (1845-1900); Edmund Lachman (1853-1909); Sigismond Rabinerson (1864-1924); Moses (1850-1928) and Sophie Halperin (1852-1928); Johann Zaitzoff; Israel and Jacob Jossif Halperin; the Baal Shem Tov and RaSHI.

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A Modern Odyssee : The account of the Steinlein and Kaufmann families and their descendants from Franconia. (1981)

Stanton, Charles

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Language: English

Pages: 158 pages : , bound typescript +

Additional Material: genealogical tables

Edition: Third Edition.

Year of publication: 1981

Keywords: Kaufmann family. ; Steinlein family. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Franconia (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables ; Genealogy

Abstract: Family history, including family trees, maps and index of last names.

Abstract: The following families are mentioned in this manuscript:

Abstract: Reis family; Katz family; Neuburger family; Reinemund family; Loewenbach family; Ullmann family; Arnstein family; Einhorn family; Sahlmann family; Dessauer family; Kaufmann family; Steinlein family

Abstract: The following locations are mentioned in this manuscript:

Abstract: Huettenbach; Altschoenbach; Weimersheim; Berlichingen; Munich; Sulzbach; Fuerth; Diespeck; Burghaslach; Bamberg; Demmelsdorf; Franconia; Bavaria

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Our family's history : The Dispekers. (1980)

Dispeker, Joe H.

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Language: English

Pages: 27 pages : , bound typescript.

Year of publication: 1980

Keywords: Dispeker Family. ; Jewish families ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews History. ; Diespeck (Germany) ; Fürth (Bavaria, Germany) ; Manuscripts.

Abstract: Recollections and history of a family from the town of Fuerth and the village of Diespeck. Also included is history of the Jewish community in Fuerth from the Middle Ages to the 1930s.

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Die Geschichte der Familien Lindauer und Weil / (1975)

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Language: German

Pages: 25 pages. (1 1/2 space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1975

Keywords: Lindauer, family. ; Weil family. ; Cattle trade ; Country life. ; Folklore ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jebenhausen (Göppingen, Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Life of two Jewish families of cattle dealers in the small Wuerttemberg town of Jebenhausen, ca. 1750-1865; Jewish customs in rural communities; includes family tree.

Note: Available on microfilm , German

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The Moses Isaac Family Trust : Its history and significance, (1971)

Cohen, Warren I.

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Language: English

Pages: 14 + 7 pages (double space) : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1971

Keywords: Moses Issac, ; Friedrick II ; Assimilation. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Jewish minters. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Trusts. ; Dobiegniew (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Warren Cohen, a descendant of Moses Isaac, reconstructs the history of the Moses Israel Family trust through the centuries. Since all of Moses Israel's direct descendents were baptized, only the descendents of his sister benefited from this endowment.

Abstract: Also included is a family tree of the descendents of Isaac Eisik Halevy Segal in Schönfliess, circa 1680.

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[Dear Aufbau], (1967)

Gutmann, Meta.

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Language: German

Pages: 4 pages : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1967

Former Title: Story of the Jewish farm family Meinungen

Keywords: Meinungen family. ; Jewish farmers. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Women authors. ; Mecklenburg (Germany : Region) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: In a letter to 'Aufbau', the author describes her ancestors, who moved from Meiningen to Mecklenburg in 1756, where they were farmers for many generations.

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The story of the Buchheim family. (1957)

Buchheim, Wilhelm, 1887-1957.

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Language: English

Pages: 16 + 18 + 4 pages (1.5 space) : , typescript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1957

Keywords: Buchheim family. ; Boeckl, Otto. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Rabbis. ; Hesse (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs

Abstract: Short survey of family history reaching back to 1780. Describes Otto Boeckel's anti-Semitism campaign in Northern Hesse and anti-Semitism in the German army. Includes detailed family tree and statistical information about 460 descendants of the Buchheim family.

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Von Owos-Owosenu : Aus alten Papieren und Erinnerungen fraenkischer Juden. (1956)

Gutmann, Ludwig

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Language: German

Pages: 40 + 4 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1956

Keywords: Country life. ; Folklore ; Jews History. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Poetry. ; Ellingen (Germany) ; Forchheim (Oberfranken, Germany) ; Franconia (Germany) ; Gerolzheim (Franconia) ; Maineck (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs

Abstract: A descendant of an old-established Franconian Jewish family recounts his family history 1800-1945 and describes the style of life of the rural Jews in Franconia; contains text of documents from the author's family and poetry in dialect.

Note: Available on microfilms MM 31 and MF 42(3) , German

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Chronik der Familie Herz Salomon Fuld : Frankfurt am Main. (1944)

Benjamin, Heinrich, 1872-

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Language: German

Pages: 36 pages (double space) : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1944

Keywords: Fuld family. ; Fuld, Herz Salomon. ; Goldschmidt, Selig. ; Antique dealers. ; Jewelers. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; France. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Memoirs

Abstract: History of the Fuld family from Frankfurt, reaching back to the author's grandfather, Herz Salomon Fuld. Contains description of the antique business of Benjamin's uncle Selig Goldschmidt.

Note: Available on microfilm , Copy available on MF 85 , German

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Unsere Familiengeschichte : [1800-1939]. (1939)

Hadra, Edmund G., 1887-

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Language: German

Pages: 207 , typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1939

Keywords: Hadra family. ; Lesser family. ; Assimilation. ; Business enterprises. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Marriage. ; Merchants. ; Physicians. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: History of the Hadra and Lesser families reaching back to the 18th century; grandparents were orthodox Jews in Prenzlau (Mark Brandenburg); father was a wealthy metal merchant in Berlin; mother had to take over the business after the father's early death; the author and most of his siblings converted to Christianity; some of them married into aristocratic families; Hadra wrote this family history in September/December 1939 in Berlin for his daughter who had emigrated to the USA. Contains photographs (copies) of relatives.

Note: Brief summary in Max Kreutzberger: "Leo Baeck Institute New York, Bibliothek und Archiv; Katalog": C 148 , Available on microfilm , German

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Fortsetzung : [Die Geschichte der Familie Kuhn]. (1932)

Metzger, Hermance, 1864-1945.

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Language: German

Pages: 7 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).

Year of publication: 1932

Keywords: Bethe, Hans A. ; Kuhn family. ; Metzger, Hermance, ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. ; Women authors. ; Palatinate (Germany) ; Worms (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs

Abstract: Continuation of an unknown larger work about the history of the Kuhn family from Bissersheim/Palatinate and Worms, reaching back to late 18th century.

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Familientafel. (1924)

Werner, Siegmund, 1867-1929.

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Language: German

Pages: 196 pages : , handwritten notebook +

Additional Material: addenda

Year of publication: 1924

Former Title: [Family History].

Keywords: Werner family. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Moravia (Czech Republic) ; Memoirs ; Biographical sources

Abstract: Family history and genealogy

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Meine Lebensgeschichte / (1906)

Herzfeld, Julie (née Badt), 1848-1914.

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Language: German

Pages: 75 + 166 pages : , typed transcript (carbon copy) + handwritten manuscript (photocopy).

Year of publication: 1906

Former Title: Familiengeschichte

Keywords: Herzfeld, Ernst, ; Children. ; Household employees. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Marriage. ; Women authors. ; Poznań (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Childhood in the province of Posen; arranged marriage to her cousin Abraham Herzfeld who became a member of the Graetz (Posen) magistrate and the chairman of the local Jewish community; chronological account of her family until 1906.

Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Typed transcript

Description / Table of Contents: Part 2: Manuscript

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