Re: [Cz-L]Travel to Chernivtsi

All,

I've heard from Zoya regarding Mr. Leonid Lifshitz. She is concerned that
folks do not associate her with this guy other than she had done some
translations. I'm passing this on because Zoya has been so helpful to so
many on the list and I wouldn't want anyone to think anything but highly of
her.

Ilana

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Arthur von Czernowitz <
vonczernowitz_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> Leonid Lifshitz, is bad news. What ever you do stay away from this guy.
>
> Arthur
>
>
> --- On Wed, 2/23/11, Mark Wiznitzer <markwiznitzer_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Mark Wiznitzer <markwiznitzer_at_gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L]Travel to Chernivtsi
> To: "CZ-L Group" <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
> Cc: Stephen.Winters_at_atlantichealth.org, "Zoya Danilovich" <
> welcome.zoya_at_mail.ru>, "Serhiy Bilichenko" <serhiybilichenko_at_hotmail.com>,
> "Ilana Gordon" <ilana_at_wordwizardsinc.com>
> Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 4:56 PM
>
> Let me add to what Ilana posted.
>
> Zoya Danilovich is also a reliable email correspondent for Leonid
> Lifshitz (who does not speak any English, and only limited Yiddish).
> He is the "Raider of the Lost Matzevahs" who will for a fee will help
> to find a gravestone (and repair/maintain it) among the many thousands
> in the Czernowitz cemetery. We had a purported location from the
> JewishGen website that did not work in finding my grandfather. But
> two days after we talked to Leonid he was able to direct us to the
> exact spot. My list member's photo shows me with my grandfather's
> grave on the day we finally found it, an experience I will never
> forget.
>
> Let me add that my driver/interpreter Serhiy (see my previous
> recommendation) has also established very good working contacts in the
> federal archives in Chernivtsi, in addition to Jewish community
> leaders in various parts of Bukovina and Galicia.
>
> In our case, we did not have exact dates and were not even certain of
> the exact names as they would appear in birth and death records. But
> we were able to study the registers in the archives for Czernowitz
> (and the limited records for Waschkoutz) and with the help of a very
> helpful archivist (who delights in connecting descendants with their
> past) found the death reports of our grandparents, and some other
> relatives. For a small fee you can get certified copies made of
> pertinent records. Tokens of appreciation and gratuities for those
> who are helpful are very appropriate and, in light of the salary
> levels in Ukraine, very much appreciation.
>
> We also arranged to visit the separate facility where the business
> registers of the Romanian period were kept, although these were not
> helpful in our own search.
>
> Be fore-warned that more recent Czernowitz records (I believe of the
> past 75 years) are still kept separately in the municipal offices, and
> access is limited for "privacy" reasons to those who can document
> their direct relationship to the person's records.
>
> Mark
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