Fwd: Re: Czernowitz Group: SMERTH and BUDD families

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 07:18:34 -0700 (PDT)
>From: karl orend <karlorend_at_yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: Czernowitz Group: SMERTH and BUDD families
>To: "Peter R. Elbau" <peter_at_elbau.info>
>
>--- "Peter R. Elbau" <peter_at_elbau.info> wrote:
>
>
>Dear Peter,
>
>
>thank you very much.
>
>A couple of follow up questions, if I may.
>
>
>How might I be able to get some idea of what life was
>like in Russ Moldawitza, circa 1905? How big a place
>it was what kind of people and atmosphere? I would
>guess from its name it was Russian settlement in
>origin? Smert is of course a Ukrainian name.
>
>Any place I could look to find photos of it, or
>population data?What was the local economy/ education?
>
>it seems from what i know of the people i am talking
>about they spoke German, Russian , Polish and French
>
>
>As for Biory - out of the two variant place names you
>mention ( Bori, or Bory), where are they in relation
>to Czernovitz and Russ Moldovitza, and again any idea
>what kind of places - small town, large town , shtetl?
>mainly Jewish or not?
>
>
>I would be grateful if you would forward this message
>to the group
>
>all best wishes
>
>
>
>Karl
>
>
>
>> Dear Karl,
>>
>> Russ. Moltavica is certainly Russisch Moldawitza but
>> Biory is extremly misspelled. The only place with a
>> similar name in the Bukowina is Bori near
>> Gurahumora.
>> There is also a place called Bory (near Jaworzno in
>> Galicia).
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Peter
>>
>> http://bukowina.info
>>
>> >DEAR BRUCE
>> >
>> >
>> >THE FAMILIES ARE DEFINITELY JEWISH. REMEMBER NAME
>> MAY
>> >ALSO BE SMERTH
>> >
>> >
>> >THEY MAY MOVED INTO CZERNOVITZ REGION FROM GALICIA,
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >BUT ASSOCIATED PLACE NAMES ARE BIORY AND RUSS
>> >MOLTAVICA, BOTH LISTED AS AUSTRIA NETHER OF WHICH I
>> >HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACE
>> >
>> >LISTED AT ELLIS ISLAND AS HEBREW
>> >
>> >
>> >YET ALL FAMILY HAD VERY GERMANIC NAMES
>> >
>> >GUSTAVA, JULIET, HERMAN, IGNATZ, WILHELM,
>> >
>> >JULIET SMERTH WAS BORN IN BUKOVINA ON 28 JAN 1902,
>> I
>> >KNOW HARDLY ANYTHING MORE. BUT FAMILY MUST HAVE
>> BEEN
>> >FROM CLOSE TO CZERNOVITZ AND GALICIAN BORDER, SPOKE
>> >MAYBE GERMAN AND YIDDISH AT HOME, WILHELM MAY HAVE
>> >BEEN A FARM MANAGER AND WAS 29 IN 1907.
>> >
>> >A GENERAL QUESTION, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH
>> >SOMEONE IF I MAY THE LIKELY BACKGROUND TO SUCH A
>> >FAMILY IN THIS REGION AT THE TIME, BUT TO BE HONEST
>> I
>> >DO NOT HAVE TIME TO ENTER INTO LONG DICUSSIONS
>> BECAUSE
>> >THIS SUBJECT IS OF INTEREST TO ME FOR A BOOK I AM
>> >WRITING, AND I CAN ONLY GIVE IT THE ATTENTION IT
>> >MERITS FOR A PARAGRAPH OF TEXT, HENCE IF PEOPLE WHO
>> >MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP COULD CONTACT ME DIRECTLY
>> THAT
>> >WOULD BE BETTER THAN ME HAVING TO LOG INTO A SITE
>> >EVERY DAY TO SEARCH TO SEE IF SOMEONE POSTED A
>> RELATED
>> >MESSAGE.
>> >
>> >WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE
>> >
>> >MANY THANKS
>> >
>> >AND EXCUSE CAPS
>> >
>> >KARL
>> >
>
>
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Received on 2003-10-25 12:25:33