Welcome to the Family Tree
24 May 2010 - 2:57:33pm

Welcome to the family tree for the Fleishman, Gillis, Joffe, Lederman, Sandman, Seligman, Swartzman and Yachad families.

To protect you and our families privacy, and to prevent abuse or misuse, you will find public access to information only for the deceased. Data relating to the living can only be accessed with a user name and password. This can be obtained by registering to the site on this page. After registration all of the site's functions will be available and you will also be able to add new data, pictures and edit any errors.

To receive your user name and password click on 'LOGIN' on the banner above and follow the information in the menu. First click 'REQUEST A NEW ACCOUNT' and fill in the form. Remember to note your connection to the family. I will approve the new account usually within 24 hours.

In the meantime you are welcome to visit the website ‎(www.seligman.org.il)‎ to see information on Kretinga, Shadova ‎(Seduva)‎, Slobodka and Kraslava - our shtetls of origin, about our families and more.

Enjoy!

Jon Seligman



ברוכים הבאים לאתר של משפחות גיליס, זליגמן, יחד, יפה, לדרמן, סנדמן, פליישמן ושוורצמן. המידע הפתוח באתר מתיחסת רק לבני המשפחה שנפטרו, וזאת בכדי להגן על מידע פרטי. גישה חופשית לאתר מצריכה הרשמה. לאחר רישום יהיה ניתן לראות מידע על כל בני המשפחה ואף להוסיף נתונים, צילומים או לתקן טעויות.

הינכם מוזמנים להירשם וגם לגלוש לאתר המשפחה בו תמצאו מידע רב על המשפחה והעיירות ממהם באו.

תהנו!

The Problem with Jewish Given Names
24 May 2010 - 2:57:20pm

In European countries, the rabbis recognised Primary-Subsidiary double given names ‎(like Menachem Mendel or David Meir)‎ as the legal names for recording names on Jewish legal documents ‎(Ketuba, Get etc.)‎, and for calling a man to the Torah for an aliya. In addition to their Primary name, many Jews had a Subsidiary ‎(i.e., Yiddish or European secular)‎ name which was commonly linked to their Hebrew Primary name, like the Yiddish names Yudl or Leyb, to Yehuda. Many people also had names of endearment ‎(e.g., Yiddish name Yidele)‎ and diminutives ‎(Yudye or Itke)‎. Futhermore European emigrants to English speaking countries adopted foreign vernacular names ‎(like Joseph or Rebecca)‎.

During the nineteenth century, legal double ‎(Primary-Subsidiary)‎ given names were composed of a classical Hebrew name plus an "Old" and/or "NEW" name, as the rabbis called them; thus, legal names could contain a single Hebrew name ‎(Yehuda)‎ or multiple names ‎(Yehuda Leyb)‎. The "Old" names were Yiddish names ‎(Leyb)‎, while the "new" names were German ‎(Albert, Berta)‎, Polish ‎(Bernat, Pola)‎, Hungarian ‎(Andras, Szidonia)‎, English ‎(Julius, Isidore)‎ or other secular names. In Germany the secular names were embraced first after the acceptance of Jews into German society during Age of Enlightenment, spreading later to Poland and Hungary where Jews added local secular names.

If you are confused about the many given names of a relative you may find help at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/index.htm.

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2 June 2008 - 11:39:41am

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