[Cz-L] Fw: an important research point

Hi, Czernowitz-L members --

I'm forwarding here a helpful message to me (as a rom-sig member) from an
Austria-czech discussion group member, and my response. I think they might
apply to more than just myself. Having only recently joined four discussion
groups, it took me an unwisely long time to realize how helpful the
discussion lists of several additional SIGS might turn out to be to my
researches. I'm rectifying that shortsightedness now! --
Jessica Falikman Attiyeh

>Celia Male wrote:
>"The first point I wish to make is that the towns mentioned above fall
>outside
>the realms of our SIG. The geographic boundaries of Austria-Czech SIG are
>fairly
>strictly defined as present day Austria and the ex-Hapsburg Crownlands of
>Bohemia
>& Moravia - ie the present day Czech Republic.
>
>But of course, the "Out-Of-Our-SIG" Jews of yesteryear did not obey these
>restrictions on their travels and may perhaps be found living in our SIG
>after
>all! So I looked for FALIKMAN[N]& FALIK on the Jewish cemetery website of
>Austria
>and "lo and behold" we can indeed find them within our permitted boundaries
>buried in the Zentralfriedhof [ZF], Vienna.
>
>German and English versions -

http://friedhof.ikg-wien.at/search.asp?lang=de

http://friedhof.ikg-wien.at/search.asp?lang=en

>
>Celia Male of the Austriaczech-sig responded to my quest for FALIKMAN or
>FALIK with the above note. She makes such an important point for all of us
>searching families in areas where the borders and the occupying entities
>have changed over the years (and that probably includes us all)! She
>underscores the value of subscribing to the sig discussion groups of all
>those countries that border the one/ones our families are known to have
>lived in -- at least to receive the daily digests if not the individual
>submissions. For those who may have tunnel-vision, such as myself, this
>widens our field of research vision in an important way. I will now join
>the Polish and Ukraine discussion groups for just this reason. Thanks,
>Celia, for your work in my behalf, and in so doing, in the behalf of many
>others - !
>
>Jessica Attiyeh
>La Jolla, California
>Researching: FALIKMAN/FALIK, GROSS, FISCHBAUCH, ZWEIFLER, SCHATTEN and
>others from rom-sig and ukraine territory;
> GASSEL, NADEL, FRIEDLAND, DEUTCH/DAITCH, KUPERSTEIN,
> FEIGELSON from Latvia-sig and Litvak-sig territory
Received on 2005-02-02 13:58:52