Treasure Chest Thursday: FLPBA members, 25th anniversary publication (part 3)

There were 72 members of the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association listed in the 25th anniversary (1936) publication celebrating the group's founding.  

Two weeks ago I posted the entire membership page, showing all three columns of members and identified the members in the first column. Last week I identified the members in the second (middle) column. 

This week we finish up with the third (right) column. I have identified those buried in one of the three FLPBA burial plots: Montefiore plots at gates 156N [M-156N] or 567W [M-567W] and Beth Moses [Beth].

• J. Norflus - Joseph Norflus [M-156N]

• D. Perleman - David Perlman [M-156N]

• S. Rogol - Samuel Rogel [M-156N]

• N. Rogol - Nathan Rogel

• S. Rosenthal - Samuel Rosenthal [M-156N]

• W. Rosenthal - William Rosenthal [M-156N]

• J. Reitman - Julius Reitman

• S. Reitman - Samuel Reitman

• N. Reitman - 

• J. Rothman - Joe Rothman [M-567W]

• S. Schwartz - Samuel Schwartz [M-156N]

• Z. Schwartz - Zisya (Sam) Schwartz [M-156N]

• A. Schwartz - Alex Schwartz [Beth]

• J. Schwartz - Joseph Schwartz [M-156N]

• M. Schachter - Max Schechter [M156N]

• M. Schultz - Meyer Schultz [M-156N]

• A. Sotskess - Abraham Sotskess [M-397N; United Old Konstantin Benevolent Society*]

• S. Stern - 

• I. Simon - Israel Simon [M-156N]

• A. Schechnowetzky - Aaron Sachnowetsky

• M. Schuekerman - Max Shenkerman [M-156N]

• Z. Stein - Samuel Stein [M-156N]

• L. Waxenberg - Louis Waxenberg [M-156N]

• M. Weiss - Michael Weiss [M-567W]

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* Abraham Sotskess' wife (my great great aunt, Rebecca Myers Sotskess) is buried in an FLPBA plot but, for some reason, Abraham, who died a few years later, is in the plot for members of the Staro Konstyantiniv landsmanshaft at Montefiore Cemetery.

Tombstone Tuesday: Sam and Sophie Schwartz, Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY

Sam Schwartz is the third of three Sam Schwartz, glaziers, I have recorded in the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plots at Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY.

 

Here lies

Shlomo son of Arye Dov

Died 21 Kislev 5684

May his soul be bound in the bonds of the living

-----

Beloved Husband

and Father

SAM SCHWARTZ

Died Nov. 29, 1923

Age 43 Years

This Sam Schwartz was married to Sophie.

 

SOPHIE

OUR BELOVED MOTHER

JULY 5, 1886 - MAR. 31, 1949

Sosya bat Yehudah

Sam and Sophie married in Europe and emigrated before 1909. Sam traveled first and Sophie emigrated with their eldest daughter, Sadie or Shirley (who had been born about 1905).[1]

In the New York City, Sam and Sophie had: Isidore (b. ca. 1909), Pauline (b. ca. 1910), Ida (b. ca. 1912) and Noah (b. ca. 1918). 

Sophie's grave is in Momtefiore Cemetery, Queens, NY, First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association plot, block 89, gate 156N, line 7L, grave 3. Sam's grave is also in block 89, gate 156N. Beyond that, I have not been able to tell the cemetery's designation for his grave.

Notes:

1. 1910 United States Census, New York County, New York, population schedule, Manhattan, enumeration district 951, sheet 6B, dwelling 21, family 179, Sam and Sophie Schwartz family; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 January 2011); NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1035.

Happy Mother's Day, L2a1l2a!

Happy Mother's Day to my late mother Norma, grandmother Tillie, great grandmother Bertha and my great great grandmother Reisel!

Bertha Wenkert Liebross

I do not know the maiden name of my great great grandmother Reisel Wenkert from the Zaleszczyki area of today's Ukraine but among her children was my great grandmother, Breindel Wenkert, born about 1868. 

I know Breindel had one elder sister, Perl Wenkert Ett, who died in Skole, Austria in 1895. Perl had five daughters, all of whom bore daughters, as well (she also had a son, but that information is not helpful for following out MtDNA results). Beyond Perl and Breindel, I do not yet know of any other siblings.

Breindel married Eliezer (Leiser) Liebross. They resided in Radautz, Austrian Empire (now Radauti, Romania) and had eight children. 

Leiser and Breindel  immigrated in 1897 and 1898, respectively, and became Louis and Bertha Liebross in New York City.

Tillie Liebross Wilson

Their eldest child was my grandmother Tillie (born about 1888 in Radautz). Tillie attended school through the eighth grade. She married Joseph Wilson in 1917 in New York City. Of Louis and Bertha's three daughters, Tillie was the only one to bear children who lived to adulthood.

Tillie was not the stereo-typical white-haired grandmother. While she was doting and a superb cook, she dyed her hair to match her former auburn locks. She was ten when she became an immigrant and in later years did not have an accent from the Old Country. I think this photo (at left) really shows her as stylish woman.

Joe and Tillie's second child was my mother Norma Circe Wilson, born in Brooklyn in 1921. The Wilson's did well financially and purchased their two-family home in Brooklyn at 31 Colin Place. 

Me and my mother Norma Wilson Garber (about 1977)

Both Norma and her brother Ira attended Lincoln High School and then New York University. Norma graduated in 1941. She worked as a bookkeeper for a few years before marrying Bernard Garber in 1947. She became a home-maker after my brother Jim was born.

Our maternal line mitochondrial DNA haplogroup is L2a1l2a. Unfortunately, our haplogroup is an exact match with 25 other people who have tested with Family Tree DNA. Thus far, there does not appear to be any discernible common ancestor among us.

What's New?

Several genealogy bloggers post information when FamilySearch updates or loads new databases. This is a nice service, but I tend to look at FamilySearch and Ancestry myself each evening to to see what, if anything has been added. I periodically check other sites, as well.

Now, you may not be as diligent (read, "insane") as I, but you, too, can check for updates any time you wish on your favorite genealogy database websites. One only needs to know where to look - and it's different for each website.

Here are a few (not all) of my favorites which seem to add content with some frequency. 

FamilySearch.org

Click on the Search tab.

Then, click the Browse all Published Collections link. 

Wait a few moments for all the collections to load, then click on Last Updated in blue on the upper right side of the page.

You have now sorted the collections by date. The most recently updated will be first on the list. 

Unfortunately, one usually cannot tell from information FamilySearch provides which collections are completely new and which are just updated. If it's one I have checked before, the color of the link is a different color than the new ones. 
 

Ancestry

On my Ancestry home page I can scroll about half-way down the page to a button (See all new records) that gives me access to their updates page.

Make sure to select the geographical location of interest.

Alternatively (on nearly every site there's another way to get there), one may go to the Card Catalog.

Then, select Date Updated.

The resulting list will include labels describing the collections as either New or Updated.

If you hover your cursor over a database link, you will see a pop-up providing information on the date the collection was published by Ancestry and/or the date it was last updated. 

It might be nice to also see a description of what has been updated, but - oh, well!
 

Fold3

Fold3 makes it easy to locate their new records list under New & Updated Collections. But, beware: it is literally a moving target! It may scroll away from you before you can click it (I had that problem when I was trying to get a screen shot). 

In that case, click on the little arrow that appears at the bottom if one hovers over the scrolling window, and try again.

On the right side of the resulting page you will find a percentage estimate of how much of the collection is online at Fold3 for your researching pleasure. This is a nice touch and quite useful if you have been wondering why great-great-great uncle Ralph - whose ancestors have been so darn proud of his Civil War service - does not appear (yet) in the expected Civil War Widows' Pension collection.

Genealogy Bank

Genealogy Bank usually sends out a monthly update to subscribers with a list of new newspaper resources. But one need not wait to receive that. Just look in the upper right hand corner of the home page.

On the new content page asterisks indicate new collections/newspapers. One may click on the little arrows at the top of the columns to sort the columns alphabetically.

Newspapers.com

For new and updated newpapers, click on the "Papers" tab.

Then, click on "New & updated." One may sort through these by either clicking on the state(s) of interest or by using the check boxes in the state list, below the map.

In you're wondering, I have not found a new collections list on MyHeritage - although it may be that I just somehow missed it. Regardless, if they have one, it's not obvious. 

I do not use or subscribe to Find My Past. I have looked at their site and do not see a new content area.

There are some sites (including some of the ones discussed above) that allow researchers to specify searches only in records added after a specified date. That's a wonderful feature - if one keeps track of when one last visited.

Anything that allows us to follow the great boom in online records is a good thing.

Treasure Chest Thursday: FLPBA members, 25th anniversary publication (part 2)

There were 72 members of the First Lubiner Progressive Benevolent Association listed in the 25th anniversary (1936) publication celebrating the group's founding. Last week I posted the entire membership page, showing all three columns of members. This week I will identify the members in the second (middle) column. I have identified those buried in one of the three FLPBA burial plots: Montefiore plots at gates 156N [M-156N] or 567W [M-567W] and Beth Moses [Beth].

• S. Kurman - Sam Kurman [Beth]

• H. Kargman - Harry Kargman

• L. Kargman - Louis Kargman

• S. Koploff

• F. Lerner - Frank Lerner [M-156N]

• J. Lerner - Jack Lerner [Beth]

• D. Lerman - David Lerman [Beth]

• Ph. Lipshitz - Philip Lipshitz [M-156N]

• S. Lerner - Shia Lerner

• L. Meyers - Louis Myers [M-156N]

• S. Meyers - Sam Myers [M-156N]

• M. Meyers - Myer Myers [M-156N]

• I. Maltman - Israel Myers [M-156N]

• H. Maltman - Herman Molthman

• B. Maltman - Benjamin  Molthman [M-156N]

• I. Morris - Isidore Morris [M-156N]

• R. Minkowitz - Reuben Minkowitz [M-156N]

• B. Mutnick - Benjamin Mutnick [M-156N]

• S. Mutnick - Samuel Mutnik [M-156N]

• A. Morgenstein - Abraham Morgenstern [Beth]

• S. Newman - Samuel Neuman [M-156N]