Latvia Newsletter Archive
Published between 1996-2011
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President‘s Report 2
Editor‘s Comments 4
IAJGS 2012 Conference: 6
Bauska Update 7
Green Synagogue in Rezekne Update 8
Keeping the Memory Alive by Henry Blumberg 10
Rumbula‘s Echo Update 14
An Interview with Abram Kit 15
Jewish Materials Stored in Latvian State Historical Archives 21
Tidbits 23 Membership Fees 24
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 25
President‘s Report ? 2
Editor‘s Comments ? 3
IAJGS 2011 Conference: ? 3
Latvia SIG Events at IAJGS 2011 4
Workshop for SIGs at IAJGS 2011 5
Summer Events in Latvia ? 5
A New Business: Family History Unbound 6
Bauska Update ? 7
Latvian Jewish Ancestors: Why Latvia? 9
An Interview with Itzik Margolis 14
Membership Fees ? 22
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 23
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President’s Report 2
Editor’s Comments 3
IAJGS 2011 Conference: 4
Rumbula’s Echo Update by Mitch Lieber 5
Green Synagogue Update by David Michaelson 6
Shamir Update and Other News 7
A Request from Martha Lev-Zion 9
Memories From My Relatives in Aizpute by Sven Sundman 9
So it Goes: Embarking on a Never Ending Journey by M. Eliastam 11
An Interview with Kalman Feyzus 15
Membership Fees 22
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 23
President’s Report 2
Editor’s Comments 4
IAJGS 2010 Conference: A Perspective by Henry Blumberg 5
IAJGS Topics of General Interest by Rochelle Kaplan 6
Rumbula’s Echo Update by Mitch Lieber 11
Shamir Updates: Steps for Life 2010 12
Latvian March to Mark Nazi Invasion 13
Bauska Update 14
An Interview with Zalman Yoffe 15
Membership Fees 21
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 22
Co-President’s Report—Barry Shay 2
Co-President’s Report—Henry Blumberg 3
Editor’s Comments 5
Latvia SIG at the IAJGS Conference 6
New Life to the Green Synagogue of Rezekne 6
Rumbula Updates 8
Shamir Updates 8
Lo Tishkach Foundation 9
Dankere (Part 3) by H. Ehrlich 11
Membership Fees 28
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 29
Co-Presidents' Reports 2
Editor's Comments 3
IAJGS Conference in Los Angeles 4
Latvia SIG at the IAJGS Conference 4
Using Genetics to Enhance Genealogical Research by Judith Simon 5
My Second Trip to Latvia by Bruce Dumes 8
Rumbula Updates 12
Shamir Updates 13
Lo Tishkach Foundation 15
Dankere (Part 2) by H. Ehrlich 19
Membership Fees 31
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 32
Co-Presidents' Reports 2
Treasurer's Report 7
Editor's Comments 7
One Day Seminar in Israel - Go West Genealogists 8
IIJG Grants 9
Rumbula's Echo 9
Shamir Updates 10
Reburial Place of the Rabbis of Daugavpils and Griva 11
Dankere (Part 1) by H. Ehrlich 13
Membership Fees 29
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 30
President's Report 2
Editor's Comments 4
Encyclopedia of Jewish Latvia 6
JewishGen Latvia Database 8
Harlem Kurlander Cemetery Burials 10
Churbn Lettland: The Destruction of the Jews of Latvia 15
An Interview with Simon Gutman Part 3 16
Membership Fees 23
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 24
President's Report 2
Editor's Comments 3
A Website List of Latvian Jewry Prior to World War II 4
NAMES PROJECT: The Fate of the Latvian Jewish Community 7
FEITELBERG: A Mission To Preserve Their Memory 7
Advanced Googling for Genealogists by Rochelle Kaplan 11
Jews and Anti-Semitism in the Baltic States by Dov Levin 13
An Interview with Hanna Ferber (Part 3) 18
An Interview with Simon Gutman (Part 2) 21
Membership Fees Are Past Due 27
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 28
President's Report 2
Treasurer's Report 6
Editor's Comments 6
Revive Your Shtetl by Rochelle Kaplan 7
My Trip to Latvia by Bruce Dumes 8
Have I got a Story to Tell by Rosalind Brandt Finkelstein 16
An Interview with Hanna Ferber (Part 2) 17
An Interview with Simon Gutman (Part 1) 21
Membership Fees Are Now Due 25
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 26
President's Report 2
Editor's Comments 4
Launch of Names and Fates Project by Henry Blumberg 5
Henry Blumberg's Presentation at the Launch 7
The Holocaust in Latvia: An Essay in Historical Interpretation 9
An Interview with Hanna Ferber 12
Ashkenazi Jews with Sephardic Roots by Judy Simon 16
Membership Fees Are Now Due 18
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 19
President's Report 2
Editor's Comments 3
IAJGS Conference in Chicago 4
Using a DNA Brush to Sweep up Jewish Relatives by Dave Howard 5
How I Found a Cousin Down Under by Barry Shay 7
Life on East 94th Street by Art Shay 8
A Visit to Israel by Mike Getz 10
An Interview with Lea Diminshtein 11
Membership Fees Are Now Due 21
Descriptions of Jaunjelgava, Jecava, and Jekabpils 22
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 29
President's Report 2
Editor's Comments 4
Treasurer's Report 5
IAJGS Conference in Salt Lake City 6
IAJGS Conference in Chicago 8
Extraordinary Commission List for Kuldiga 9
Green Synagogue in Rezekne 9
Symposium for the Reconstruction of the Kuldiga Synagogue 9
My Family's Life in Courland by Janet K. Lobred 11
Jews in Daugavpils by Jacob Gorfinkle 12
An Interview with Hannah Cherfas, Part 2 16
Membership Fees Are Now Due 24
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 25
Editor's Comments 2
IAJGS Conference in Salt Lake City 2
Project Status: The 1897 All Russian Census for Dvinsk 3
Green Synagogue Update 3
Symposium for the Reconstruction of the Kuldiga Synagogue 4
The Perception of Kuldiga in the Memory of Jewish Ancestors 5
Editor's Note Concerning the Kuldiga Synagogue Proposal 6
Extraordinary Commission List for Kuldiga 7, 8
You may ask yourself, well... How did I get here? 9
An Interview with Hannah Cherfas 16
Membership Fees Are Now Due 23
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 25
President's Report 2
Editor's Comments 3
A Journey to Latvia: Part 2 by Lois Rosen 4
Latvian Jewish Intelligentsia Victims of the Holocaust 8
I Remember Papa by Hymen Saye 12
Membership Fees Are Past Due 27
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 28
President's Report 2
Editor's Comments 2
The Power of JewishGen in Uniting Families by Arlene Beare 3
Return to Latvia by Sue Levy 4
A Surprise at the Jewish Museum of Maryland by Barry Shay 9
An Interview with Cale Cukerman 11
The 1897 All-Russian Census for Daugavpils 19
Latvian Jewish Intelligentsia Victims of the Holocaust 19
Membership Fees Are Past Due 20
Latvian Towns and Cities from the Archives at Beth Hatefutsoth 21
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 27
President's Report 2
Editor's Comments 3
Treasurer's Report 4
Latvia SIG Annual Meeting 4
Latvia SIG Board Meeting 6
Latvia SIG Activities at the 2006 IAJGS Conference in New York 9
Memory of the Shoah in Post Soviet Latvia by Bella Zisere 9
Searching for Jewish Identity by David Michaelson 11
Project to Reconstitute the Shtetls of Europe by Rochelle Kaplan 16
A Journey to Latvia by Lois Rosen 18
An Interview with Motel Bliznansky 20
Membership Fees Are Past Due 30
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire 31
President's Report
Editor's Comments
Latvia SIG Events at the IAJGS Conference in New York
Reconnecting with Grobina by Henry Blumberg
Trip to Daugavpils by Ittamar Avin
Books by Latvia SIG Members
Jewish Collections in the Central State Historical Archives in Riga
Membership Fees Are Now Due
Latvian Towns and Cities from the Archives at Beth Hatefutsoth
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire
Latvia SIG Family Finder
President's Report
Editor's Comments
Latvia SIG Events at the IAJGS Conference in New York
Jewish Genocide in Latvia: A Contemporary Debate
Interview with Boris Aronov
Current Events in Latvia1
Membership Fees Are Now Due
Latvian Towns and Cities from the Archives at Beth Hatefutsoth
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire
Presidents Report
Editors Comments
Jewish Holidays in Latvia
Saving My Past and Remembering the Holocaust
Green Synagogue Status Report
Interview with Zalman Anshin
A Brief Note on Jewish Last Names in Latgale
The Soviet Gulag
Membership Fees Are Now Due
Reports from the World Jewish Congress
Latvian Towns and Cities from the Archives at Beth Hatefutsoth
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire
Presidents Report
Treasurers Report
Editors Comments
JewishGen Latvia Database Update
Boss Beider Does It Again! by Rochelle Kaplan
The Liepaja Holocaust Memorial by Henry Blumberg
Schmuels Story by Lois Rosen
Interview with Zalman Jakub
One Day Seminar at the Museum of the Diaspora in Tel Aviv
Membership Fees Are Now Due
Report by Selma Schebschelowitz from the World Jewish Congress
Latvian Towns and Cities from the Archives at Beth Hatefutsoth
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire
Presidents Report
Editors Comments
The 2005 IAJGS Conference in Las Vegas
An Emotional Visit to Latvia
Finding my Grandmother Johanna Gerson, nee Friedman
Bauska Holocaust Memorial
USHMM Latvia and Lithuania Jewish Community Archival Records
Holocaust Victims Names Project
Chair of Latvian Parliament's International Affairs Committee
Membership Fees Are Now Due
Membership Fees via PayPal
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire
Volume
9, Issue 2 - March 2005
Presidents Report
Editors Comments
Database Update
The 2005 IAJGS Conference
Jewish Genocide in Latvia
Update on the Green Synagogue of Rezekne
The First Jewish Settler in Windau, Courland, Russia, and his family
Early Records of the Jews of Latgale
The Riebini Cenus of 1935
Membership Fees via Paypal
Membership Questionnaire
Latvia SIG Family Finder
Volume
9, Issue 1 - October 2004
Presidents Report
Treasurers Report
Editors Comments
SIG Activities at the IAJGS Conference in Jerusalem
The 24th IAJGS Conference
The 2005 IAJGS Conference
Visiting My Ancestral Homeland by Randy Wasserstrom
A Good Name by Lisa Newman
Looking For Pinkus Elterman by Brad Elterman
Updates on the Rezekne Synagogue
A Note About Goldingen
Membership Fees Are Now Due
Presidents Report
Editors Comments
Pesach in Latvia
Holocaust in Riga by Natalie Schuck
Unexpected Family Avenues from Latvia by Eric Benjaminson
Looking for Nightingales by Lavi Soloway
A Photo Leads to a Visit to Latvia by Dave Howard
Latvian Named Righteous Gentile by Israel by Aaron Eglitis
Tributes Paid to Latvian Legionaries
IAGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Membership via PayPal
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire
Presidents Report
Editors Comments
Chabad Lights of Latvia: A letter from Rabbi Mordechai Glazman
Visit to Israel by Mike Getz
Latvia Testimonies at Yad Vashem
My Genealogy Journey to Latvia by Rochelle Kaplan
My Family in Latvia by Betsy Thal Gephart
My trip to Griva by Brad Elterman
The Road to Rezekne by Lavi Soloway
My Roots in South Africa by Irwin Sagenkahn
News from Latvia
Mystery Man by Barry Shay
Trip to Latvia
IAJGS 24th Intrnational Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire
Presidents Report
Editors Comments
A Pilgrimage to Latvia (in two parts)
A Plea for Rezekne
Rezekne Update
More to Come on Rezekne
Auce Update
The Archive of Latvian and Estonian Jewry in Israel
Foreign Ministry Says Russia Outraged by Honors Paid to Latvian Legion
Estonian Security Police Wont Press Charges Against Anti-Semitic Web Posters
Latvias SS Cemetery Draws Ire
Latvian Security Police Do Not Charge Anti-Semitic Newspaper Editor
Vandals Desecrate Jewish Graves in Latvian Capital
IAJGS 24th Intrnational Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Mystery Man
Presidents Report
Treasurers Report
Editors Comments
The All Latvia Database Update
Dvinsk Website Development
Where should you look for your Latvian ancestors?
Zionism and Jewish Genealogy
The Connection Between Rezekne and Ein Zeitim
Latvia Inside of Me
Looking for Records In Latvia, a Personal Story
Investigation of Newspaper for Anti-Semitic Article
Baltic States Receive Mixed Marks For Nazi Prosecution
RJC on Estonian SS Monument
Membership Fees via PayPal
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire
Presidents Report
Editors Comments
Rav Meir Simcha
Chicagos Landsmanshaften
Human Rights in Latvia
Latvian Integration
Operation Last Chance: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Beyond the Baltics
Anti-Semitism in the Baltics
IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy
Membership Fees via PayPal
Latvia SIG Membership Questionaire
Rezekne: The History of Jews in the City of My Roots
Family Finder
Presidents Report
Editors Comments
Rosh Hashanah in Riga
Riga Visit October 2002
Latvia/Lithuania Reminiscences
Dispute In Latvia over Text on Monument
The Massacre of the Jews in Auce
Origins of Courlander Jews
Riga Expulsions
Preservation of Jewish Heritage
Genealogy: Reality and Fantasy, A Discussion with Blake Eskin
Estonia Finally Has A Home
Holocaust Revisionist Speaks to Packed House in Estonia
Identification of Given Names
Membership Fees via PayPal
23rd IAJGS Conference
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire
Presidents Report
Treasurers Report
Editors Comments
Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus: Affinities and Common Interests
My Trip to Riga by Brad Elterman
Ed Sternins Questions: Liquidation of Rigas Remaining Jews
Jack Efrat Responds
Mass Deportations of Latvian Jews by Prof. Dov Levin
Memoirs of Isaac Fanaroff (Part 2)
Updates of Jewish Life in the Former Soviet Union (FSU)
Newsflash: Latvia SIG Now Accepts Fees via PayPal
Jewish Fighters of Dvinsk
Latvia SIG Membership Questionnaire
Presidents Report
Editorial
My Childhood in Riga by Jack Efrat
Memoirs of Isaac Faneroff (Part 1)
History of Latvian Jews, by Josifs Steimanis, reviewed by Arlene Beare
Tidbits
Toronto
Names mentioned in the articles by Jack Efrat and Isaac Fanaroff
Addendum: Examples of Archival Documents
Editorial
My Childhood in Riga
Liepaja Passport Books
Jewish Resistance in the Baltics
Revival in Riga
Overview of Archives Holdings
Back to Daugavpils
Membership Report
SIG Needs You...
In Mike's Memory
September 11th
London in July
Courland's Jews
Max Remembers
Family Finder
The President's Report: A Passion for Names, by Arlene Beare
Editorial: Why Read about the Holocaust? by Leslie A. Leven
Letters to the Editor--The Fairest Solution: Anders-Fitelberg Debate
New Latvian Sourcebook for Novice to Expert: SIG President Arlene Beare Writes
One-of-a-Kind, by Constance Whippman
Update: The Latvia Oral History Project, by Aina Antane
Sarah Menkin Foner, by Constance Whippman
Haggadah and the Land of my Birth, by Gabriel Goldberger
Witnesses Document Destruction of Vil'ani's Jews, translated by Gabriel Goldberger
Latvians Found Route through Sweden, contributed by Roland Johansson
Eyewitness Report: July 1941 Killings of Gostini Jews, translated by Aleksandrs
Feigmanis
The President's Report: New Horizons by Arlene Beare 1
Dedicated to Silent Heroes by Leslie A. Leven 2
A Call for Volunteers by Constance Whippman 5
Welcome New Members, thanks to Donors by Rhea Plottel 7
The Dvinsk List 8
A Year of Progress and Sharing by Constance Whippman 9
Preliminary Riga List from Extraordinary State Commission Records by Mike Getz 15
Did You Know? [Research tips] 16
High Points: Speakers, Meetings and Conviviality by Arlene Beare 17
Asking the Right Questions is Key by Harold Rhode 20
Next Year in London by Arlene Beare 25
Speakers and Topics for 2001 Conference 26
Project to Document Latvian Jewish Families who Perished by Constance Whippman 28
Support Memorial Project 29
SIG Membership Questionnaire 30
A Word from the Co-ordinator Editorial Jews of
Dinaburg/Dvinsk/Daugavpils, by Z.I. Yakub (part 3) Voru/Tarta Birth Records
(part 2), contributed by Len Yodaiken A Letter to Professor Eksteins, by Ruth
Schachter (nee Nisse) Advice on visiting the Family History Library at Salt
Lake City Who, Where and When? [people searching for family] The Archives
of the Association of Latvians and Estonians in Israel at Shefayim: an update,
by Martha Levinson Lev-Zion Music from Latvia, by Sheila Hallmark
A Word from the Co-ordinator Editorial Costs of Latvian Archives, by
Arlene Beare Why Not Include Estonia?, by Len Yodaiken Jews of
Dinaburg/Dvinsk/Daugavpils, by Z.I. Yakub (part 2) Traveller's Tales, by
Gabriel Goldberger Hunting for Himmelhochs, by Martha Levinson
Lev-Zion Latvian SIG UK; a Report, by Arlene Beare Where Nazis are Heroes
(reprinted from The Guardian) Latvia President Praises Work of International
Commission of Historians, contributed by Glenn Richter The Birth of the All
Lativa Database, by Constance Whippman
A Word from the Co-ordinator Editorial New York Conference Report, by
Mike Getz Treasurer's Report Riga Conference Report, by Arlene
Beare Oral History Project, by Arlene Beare Landsmanschaften and What Role
They Fill for Genealogists, by Carol Lieberman Traveller's Tales, by Rick
Bercuvitz ShtetlSchleppers 2000 Membership Matters, by Mike Getz Rabbi
Kook Shops at Feitelsohns: the Exhibition of Jeiwsh Life in Bauska, by
Constance, Whippman Current Event Issues Riga Archives, by Arlene
Beare Jews of Dinaburg/Dvinsk/Daugavpils, by Z.I. Yakub Report Back from
Latvia: Project Plans, Documents, Archives and the Future, by Constance
Whippman Letters to the Editor Latvia Family Finder U.S. Commission to
Begin Survey of Jewish Sites in Latvia, from Samuel Gruber There's Work to be
Done...
President's column Nominations Requested Viski Cemetery Data,
contributed by Marion Werle Viski Shtetl Focus, translated by Yosef
Tribuch Extraordinary Commission Database, by Marion Werle News from
Latvia, by Aleksandrs Feigmanis My Trip to Latgale, by Aleksandrs
Feigmanis Report on USHMM Symposium, by Mike Getz Courland Area Research
Group Shoah Lists, courtesy Mike Getz
President's Message: Is There a Middle Ground? Membership Update Dvinsk
Announcement Shtetl Focus: Aizpute Latvian Current Events, courtesy Mike
Getz Amidst Latvians During the Holocaust, by Edward Anders Permanent
Display on Jews of Latvia at USHMM, by Gary Fitleberg In My Opinion, The
Missing Truth about "The Missing Center", by Gary Fitleberg Liepaja Web Page,
by Paul Berkay Extraordinary Commission Records for Latvian Towns, by Marion
Werle Book Review, "From Hell to Redemption", by Gary Fitleberg New York
Summer Seminar and Application Form
President's Message: Help Wanted From the Editor's Desk Records from
Latgale Found in the Minsk Archives, by Aleksandrs Feigmanis Archives of the
Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews, by Martha Levinson Lev-Zion Jewish
Communities of Latvia: Files of the Shefayim Archives, compiled by Martha
Levinson Lev-Zion Contributing Data to the Latvia SIG, adapted from the
LitvakSIG mailing list Shtetl Focus: Piltene Cemetery Data, contributed by
Harold Hodes [list of names] Shtetl Focus: Piltene (from Pinkas
ha-kehilot. Latviyah ve-Estonyah) Shtetl Research Groups, by Arlene
Beare From the Archives Latvia Family Finder From our
Mailbox
Latvia SIG Meeting Agenda
Archives of the Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews
Latvian Jewish Sources at UCLA, LA Public Library, and the LA Family History Center
Family History Library Films on Latvia
President's Message: News from Los Angeles From the Editor's
Desk Jaungelgava Cemetery Data, contributed by Don Lockhart [list of
names] Shtetl Focus: Jaunjelgava Updated Latvian Research Sources, by
Marion Werle The Killing in Shtetl Subate, by Andrew Ezergailis Comments
on the Killing in Subate, by Mike Getz Latvian Genealogy: Research and
Sources, by Mike Getz Latvian Archival Holdings, contributed by Mike
Getz Latvia SIG Membership Directory 1998
President's Message: Our SIG in Transition From the Editor's
Desk Tukums Update Shtetl Focus: Riebini Latvia SIG Contacts Shtetl
Focus: Preili Introducing the South African SIG, by Mike Getz Our Future
is in Projexts, by Mike Getz Current Events: Riga Synagogue Bombing Ludza
Cemetery Database: Part I, contributed by Paul Cheifitz [list of names]
President's Message: A Call for Action... From the Editor's
Desk Announcements Return to Kraslava, by Arthur Aronoff Shtetl Focus:
Kraslava Students of the University of Tartu [list of names] Daugavpils
Holocaust Survivors [list of names] Jekabpils Holocaust Survivors [list of
names] Current Events: Latvian President's Office Apologizes for Distribution
of Anti-Semitic Books
President's Message: Jewish Genealogy in Latvia Editorial LitvakSIG
Relaunched! Return to Latvia: Gostini Return to Latvia: Aizpute Return
to Latvia: Riga, Jakebpils, Daugavpils, Rezekne, Karsava, Subate Return to
Latvia: Tukums, Ventspils, Pilten, Kuldiga, Liepaja Latvia Online BOF
Session: Paris, July 15, 1997
President's Message: Beyond Vital Statistics Editorial From Our
Mailbox: Disc Yields Discovery Varaklani Cemetery Data, contributed by Jules
Rosenthal Shtetl Focus: Varaklani Max Schlossberg Chronicle of Kurland
Jewry, Part 2, by Aleksandrs Feigmanis Latvia Online, by Robert
Heyman Membership Directory Latvia Family Finder
Presidents message From the Editor's Desk The Jews of Latvia: a
Bibliography, by Marion Werle Book Review: The Holocaust in Latvia, reviewed
by Marion Werle Another View: Ezergailis Speaks at U.S.H.M.M., by Mike
Getz Cape Town Society Formed, by Paul Cheifitz Pinkas ha-kehilot: Subate,
translated by Martha Lev-Zion Shtetl Focus: Subate Anti-Semitism in
Latvia: a Report to the Secretary of State, from Riga, May 27, 1940 Latvia
Online: http://www1.jewishgen.org/latvia E-mail Address Verification Index
to 1996 Newsletters
President's message Letters to the
Editor From the Editor's Desk Chronicle of Kurland's Jewry, by Aleksandrs
Feigmanis Personal travel notes, correspondence and family histories [request
for information from members] Kurlander Young Mens Mutual Aid Society, by
Mike Getz [includes list of names compiled by Naomi Freistadt] Jewish
cemeteries and mass graves in Latvia [request for information from
members] Greetings from Latvia, by Rabbi Mordechai Nurock [reprint of an
address to the Kurlander Young Mens Mutual Aid Society in 1939] Daugavpils,
by Sophia Meyerova History of Dankere, by Asuma
Drulle Addendum--Subscription List Database [instructions on importing the
diskette distributed with the prior newsletter] The Jews and the Sovietiation
of Latvia, 1940-41, by Dov Levin [Reprint of a previously published article sent
in by Prof. Levin] New--Latvia SIG Web Site Latvia Online, by Marion
Werle Letter from Aleksandrs Feigmanis to Mike Getz Fifth International
Jewish Genealogy Seminar, Paris, France--July 13-17, 1997 1997 Paris and
Beyond...Mini Seminars SIG Members going to Paris, by Mike Getz Beginner's
Corner, by Deborah Levine Herman
President's message From the Editor's Desk Guest editorial: History
Repeats Itself by Gary Fitleberg Alschwangen [history of the surname and the
town] Current map of Latvia Report on B-O-F Meeting from 16 July
1996 Treasurer's Report Who's Who, Who does what, who gets what, and where
to send what! Latvia On-line, by Marion Werle Latvia SIG joined
FEEFHS State Department Records - RG 84 Riga Consulate 1924 [Contains a list
of names] Subscription Lists' Database by Harold Rhode [includes
diskette] Letter from Aleksandrs Feigmanis to Mike Getz Kurlander Young
Men's Mutual Aid Society by Naomi Freistadt Project Volunteers
needed: Latvia Towns, Locations, History and Jewish Affiliations, by Mike
Getz Jewish Aspects Copy of a letter from Latvian Archives re: birth,
marriage & death registration. Yakobshtadt: (Kurland Gub.) Welcome new
members from Daugavpils, Latvia [list of names] Excerpts from the book A
Town Named Libau [contains a list several pages long of survivors from
Libau] Beginner's Corner
President's Message From the Editor's Desk Principal Cities and
Important Trends: Riga and Dvinsk, by Mike Getz [Contains some names] The
Holocaust in Latvia, by Mike Getz Extract of Property Record: Subate, Latvia,
1937 [contains names] Latvian Cities, Towns and Villages [Includes
bibliography, names of settlements in Latvian, German, Russian, other, as well
as population statistics from 1900 to 1940.] Current Map of Latvia
(Illegible) Latvia On-line, by Marion Werle Latvia-SIG membership
list Latvia Family Finder - a list of surnames, shtetl name and name of
researcher.
President's message: Making a Beginning From the editor... Latvia and
its Masters: a Jewish Perspective, by Mike Getz Membership list Latvia
Family Finder--Surnames Latvia Family Finder--Shtetls
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