https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-02-27 https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/announcement-exploring-the-izmir-turkey-census monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/5c016882-3d61-4976-8709-33132e46aae7/NFS_d___02942_00005.jpg Blog - Announcement: Exploring the Izmir, Turkey Census - Make it stand out Part of two of the pages of the register Waas discovered in the Ottoman Archives. This portion of the reggister was badly damaged and partly illegible. https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/jewish-genealogy-in-greece-reconstructing-the-mijan-family monthly 0.5 2023-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/b3db57e1-876b-43b2-9f77-11dd86956724/IMG_8135.jpg Blog - Jewish Genealogy in Greece: Reconstructing the Mijan Family - Make it stand out Kehila Kedosha Janina, the Romaniote Synagogue of New York City. Photo taken by author in May 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/b58e45af-e7f0-4b92-8602-0e655af6b161/OttomanEmpire1451.jpg Blog - Jewish Genealogy in Greece: Reconstructing the Mijan Family - Make it stand out A depiction of the Ottoman Empire and its dependencies in 1451 (map: Chamboz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons, cropped in order to magnify the region.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/93892f43-ecd8-4d8e-96fc-5852832d5a47/1910+Rebecca+and+Mazaltov.png Blog - Jewish Genealogy in Greece: Reconstructing the Mijan Family - Make it stand out Source: The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at and Departing from Ogdensburg, New York, 5/27/1948 - 11/28/1972; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715, 1897-1957, last accessed on Ancestry.com October 8, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/de1a071f-cc33-4fba-8770-79e6b30b75d0/IMG_0855.jpg Blog - Jewish Genealogy in Greece: Reconstructing the Mijan Family - Make it stand out Visiting her grave in November 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/17afcb70-078b-4865-a583-f896e84f6d3d/D-M-1926-0006815.jpg Blog - Jewish Genealogy in Greece: Reconstructing the Mijan Family - Make it stand out Source: Death Certificate of Mazeltov Angel, no. 6815, borough of Manhattan, New York City Municipal Archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/165d5004-2f89-4a0f-ad9e-708d72956b96/Larisse+1894.jpg Blog - Jewish Genealogy in Greece: Reconstructing the Mijan Family - Make it stand out Source: ⁨⁨Bulletin de l'Alliance Israélite Universelle⁩, January 1, 1894, p. 158. Accessed through Historical Jewish Press database, National Library of Israel, last accessed October 8, 1894. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/246dca54-0ad9-44cb-8153-b13b5d0e443b/Death+Certificate+of+Abraham+Mitzan%2C+1917.jpg Blog - Jewish Genealogy in Greece: Reconstructing the Mijan Family - Make it stand out Death Certificate of Abraham Eliezer Mijan, born in Larissa. Thanks to Gregory Kontos of Greek Ancestry for his assistance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/3be5fa19-8d55-4dc6-8a7a-cffd6268ea8d/Autosomal+DNA+Analysis+Mijan.png Blog - Jewish Genealogy in Greece: Reconstructing the Mijan Family - Make it stand out Autosomal analysis based on the DNA matches to the grandson of Mazaltov Mijan and Moise Angel. The total shared and the length of the longest segments are consistent with 2nd cousins, once removed for the great-grandchildren of Samuel Mijan and Zini Gattegno and Abraham Mijan and Flor Molho respectively, and with a 3rd cousin, once removed for the great-great granddaughter of Isaac Mijan and Sol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/0e0eed7f-be9e-4f3a-9122-486f82298394/248056128_d90a41cb-b1bf-43c1-a9eb-31eea5c50d6b.jpeg Blog - Jewish Genealogy in Greece: Reconstructing the Mijan Family - Make it stand out Photo by Alexander Ventura, memorial 248056128, FindAGrave, last accessed October 9, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/2dfab3b6-5d13-4f2e-a0f0-8bae90ea88dd/NFS_d___05185_00001.jpg Blog - Jewish Genealogy in Greece: Reconstructing the Mijan Family - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/d90928d4-d6bc-4272-8afa-5d2cf338757e/Mijan-Family-9-Oct-2023.jpg Blog - Jewish Genealogy in Greece: Reconstructing the Mijan Family - Make it stand out Proposed family tree of the descendants of Itzhak Mijan, who lived during the 18th century as of October 9, 2023. https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/big-announcement monthly 0.5 2023-09-20 https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/forgotten-protest monthly 0.5 2022-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/9869ba84-ce29-49f3-bc40-0bf7f1b6ea3b/Rosenstrasse+2-4.jpg Blog - The Forgotten Protest - Make it stand out The factory building at Rosenstraße 2-4. Photographed 1930s by Abraham Pisarek. Photo via University of Denver Libraries (click through for link) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/a9f674b3-cbe4-475d-84fb-95e3add0dad0/Lodz+Registration+Card.jpg Blog - The Forgotten Protest - Make it stand out The registration card filled out by the Pisarek family, as was required by all residents of Łódż. Courtesy of the Łódż Archive; click through for direct link. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/d7124af1-c193-4861-8e53-2801bfeb8ae7/Block+der+Frauen.jpg Blog - The Forgotten Protest - Make it stand out The Rosenstraße protest memorial entitled “Block der Frauen”. Photo by Dr. Avishai Teicher https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50314277 https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/between-technology-and-ethics-the-case-for-heritage monthly 0.5 2022-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/2862cf25-6ad5-4c0d-8406-fd3b93f79829/Screen+Shot+2022-03-24+at+2.05.47+PM.png Blog - Between Technology and Ethics: The Case for Heritage - Make it stand out Image of a 3D model of an Ottoman olive oil factory created by Michael Waas using digital photogrammetry. The model can be viewed here: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/olive-oil-factory-inside-3196d0dc5fda49909c6914507118dd41 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/83c80662-631e-400d-8537-ecf6951723ff/laura-fuhrman-73OJLcahQHg-unsplash.jpg Blog - Between Technology and Ethics: The Case for Heritage - Make it stand out Looking at an old family album. Photo by Laura Fuhrman on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/80a5d987-7595-43ae-9e95-e39046661b42/92099303_10216957107415516_2628866047846907904_n.jpeg Blog - Between Technology and Ethics: The Case for Heritage - Make it stand out An unexpected traveler in the Budapest Jewish Museum (photo taken by author). https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/the-triangle-factory-fire-110-yearsnbspon monthly 0.5 2021-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1616613131996-OKBHX6QMVTETRXH4FMOS/1910+Census+Maltese+Family.png Blog - The Triangle Factory Fire, 110 Years On The Maltese family on the 1910 US Census. 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Image via Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1616613662266-JWXP71SOT7AYPVJ1Z7ZE/Sarah+Brenman+Recognized.jpg Blog - The Triangle Factory Fire, 110 Years On The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, April 2, 1911. Image via Newspapers.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1616613774558-AWF804CDZKOJ3TXK5AGC/Blanck.jpg Blog - The Triangle Factory Fire, 110 Years On https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/people-are-people monthly 0.5 2020-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1603016462166-CQ417MRV20O3CP3SZWRH/ricardo-frantz-u8-HjIOk8Vs-unsplash.jpg Blog - People are People The past is never a straight line as living memory fades and documents remain. Photo by Ricardo Frantz on Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1603031509974-HXADL8622ALTYTD2OHGV/KLAD03674000033.jpg Blog - People are People The signature of Abraham Vaes to the left and Eliau de Liaõ to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1603022436253-H9J043HWTYUEHI66WBA3/A01944000124.jpg Blog - People are People Beginning of the sedaca list. You can see to the left the religious leaders of the community at the time, Haham Saul Levi Morteira and Haham Isaac Aboab. This is page 241 of Manual (5413- 5436), a financial register of the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1603023090451-I15OD0IIKVP4KKUWUIBV/A01944000125.jpg Blog - People are People Two pages later, on page 243, we see Ab Vas o velho for the first time. He is three rows from the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1603023663091-X0S3RR1WB0BIY1WBLP62/A01944000129.jpg Blog - People are People Page 250 of the same manual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1603024952579-Q9ZY2EJAZ5FV29XF81ZW/PIGA00107000130.jpg Blog - People are People Page 246 of the Livro Longo for ~1663-1670 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1603025482662-RYSXSOMRGIOE5NUR1F3M/A24264000092.jpg Blog - People are People Found on page 151 of his Henriques de Castro’s first register (Kartons 1-20). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1603027172086-15A4ETBAKIM9BHQBCBQC/KLAD03674000033.jpg Blog - People are People Folio 62 and 63 of Friesma’s inventory 3072. https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/the-boy-with-the-beautiful-grave monthly 0.5 2021-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1600097451383-NNORZJPSGR4IFAWL3F3U/Solomon+Schreiber.jpg Blog - The Boy with the Beautiful Grave The grave of Solomon Schreiber at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Queens. Photo by the author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1600097400831-4JWPBMOY0Y2QL9B4W8ZX/1900+Schreiber+Family+Census.jpg Blog - The Boy with the Beautiful Grave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1600097683735-STMG0V64M51JTN18DCEP/1904+Aron+Schreiber+Death.jpg Blog - The Boy with the Beautiful Grave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1600098006906-0P5HJKVKGRAB2L248X85/Naval+Casualties+Book.jpg Blog - The Boy with the Beautiful Grave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1600098075664-RJ405E0QFVPFO5YXZWM3/1918+Sam+Schreiber+Dc.jpg Blog - The Boy with the Beautiful Grave https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/new-christians-the-inquisition-and-genealogy monthly 0.5 2020-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1585572429608-LYG5DX6R2VFUYAXQ97UV/Evora+Inquisition+Court.jpg Blog - New Christians, the Inquisition, and Genealogy The building where the Court of the Inquisition sat in Evora, Portugal. Photo taken by the author in June 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1585572657942-F4P9GPEGYKX5PA9FZRGO/52Frames+2019+-+Week+32.jpg Blog - New Christians, the Inquisition, and Genealogy Plaza Mayor in Madrid, where many auto-da-fés were held. Photo taken by the author in August 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1585573365039-4YFGQJQD0D98KASR7A0Z/DILIGE%CC%82NCIA+DE+HABILITAC%CC%A7A%CC%83O+PARA+A+ORDEM+DE+CRISTO+DE+GONC%CC%A7ALO+MOURO.jpg Blog - New Christians, the Inquisition, and Genealogy Letter testifying about Gonçalo Mouro from Tangier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1585573773112-TC7JJXG6X22S30N2PKXP/Folio+72v+73r+scan+81.jpg Blog - New Christians, the Inquisition, and Genealogy Folios 72v, 73r of this register from the Colegio Mayor de San Ildefonso de Alcalá de Henares of Limpieza de Sangre examinations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1585574941419-B9A7B64KN31UHHWIV9K4/PT-TT-TSO-IL-28-2017_m0083.jpg Blog - New Christians, the Inquisition, and Genealogy Folio 41r, Processo de Gregório Lopes. See the end of this article for an example transcription of this page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1585585045714-UZJFZH6O234BL9BWRYCL/Gregorio%2BLopes%2BTree%2Bprocesso.jpg Blog - New Christians, the Inquisition, and Genealogy Tree created by the author on the basis of Gregório’s, Beatriz’s, and Helena’s processos. The notation “xn/xv” (New Christian/Old Christian) was added to the spouses of known. In the processos, the wife of Diogo Manuel, Catarina Goncalves, was unclear whether she was Old or New Christian. Beatriz and Helena disagreed about which maternal aunt was married to Luis Mendes and which was unmarried. Duarte Dias em Beja and Manuel Lopes, sirgueiro, were mentioned as relatives but currently unable to tie them to the tree. https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/the-epidemic-that-wasnt monthly 0.5 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584819950401-GLWAN38QEUAKSRC6C4YB/Eugene+Le+Bar+p2.jpg Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't Page 2 of Eugene LaBar’s death certificate, dated March 10, 1947, indicating that he had died of “erythema multiforme with laryngotracheobronchitis and bronchopneumonia” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584819992013-23DL3HGEJXGYAON9MBAT/Carmen+Acosta+p2.jpg Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't Page 2 of Carmen Acosta’s death certificate, dated April 12, 1947. Her cause of death is one word- Variola, the medical name of smallpox. She was 27 years old, and had died within 6 days of showing symptoms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584820804009-GKZRZYQBAZ59G7IWDNZN/Public+Flocks.jpg Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't From the The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Mon, Apr 14, 1947 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584821195028-WV90UJ2KPCHBOZYO9BLB/Takes+Care+of+Staff.png Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't New York Times, April 9, 1947 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584822445918-6QWTCD41OUJGGZVCA361/Immigration.jpg Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't The ship’s manifest of the ship bringing Rosa (later called Freida), Dina, and Josef Weinstein into the US- they are entries 34-36 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584822737045-M92HJ635MH5T383G56B1/Officer+Service+Card.jpg Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't Israel Weinstein’s WWI service card, detailing his officer’s service; his enlisted card is far shorter and only covers the months before his commission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584822779187-Y5Y1OVFT0NPVWGC6R68M/Jewish+Serviceman+Questionarre+p4+clip.jpg Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't From Israel Weinstein’s Jewish Serviceman’s Questionnaire, from the records of the American Jewish Committee. This portion details his service, including his work in charge of the educational campaign to reduce VD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584825054156-J5VEZJZB3XKCIBS4IB0A/Major+Weinstein.jpg Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't From The Daily Register. Red Bank, New Jersey, Thu, Oct 29, 1942 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584824850665-KV6G4DY9JTPL0Y55MCCO/Not+Phased+by+New+Job.jpg Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't Above: An article about Dr. Weinstein’s appointment (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 26, 1946). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584826259151-NXTC1LS8ZXW8VH1RZRP1/Importance+of+Vaccines+for+Brooklynites.jpg Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't Above: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (April 15, 1947) Below: The Daily Messenger, Canandaigua, New York (April 18, 1947) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584826287402-J265YU8FNS16RKZRVFT3/Doctors+Needed.jpg Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584827338492-6FQCGKOE1F9WVXKRROT3/Health+Report+Texas.png Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 10, 1948 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1584830670757-1944EK8BQ8QZFETPBWL3/80045573-1.jpg Blog - The Epidemic That Wasn't Israel Weinstein’s single column obituary in the New York Times https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/womenfromnowhere monthly 0.5 2020-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1583893113714-UC1I8RNWTT2QEBBCNWE4/Rose+Feldman+Glickstein+application.jpg Blog - Women From Nowhere Rose Glickstein (born Rose Feldman)’s application to take the oath of allegiance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1583892778552-BUNNJ1YPMSE5RS292ZT9/Lucy+DeFalco+Guiarano+application.jpg Blog - Women From Nowhere Lucy Guarino (born Lucy De Falco)’s application to take the oath of allegiance. She was 13 years old at the time of the marriage that stripped her of her US citizenship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1583892915509-204NSFGFFKNGT8Z1IEEC/Sarah+Weinberg+Shevak+Application.jpg Blog - Women From Nowhere Sarah Shevak (born Weinberg)’s 1950 application to take the oath of allegiance — signed over a century after her grandparents had immigrated to America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1583893200990-JD9M6G13LXWG06FFZUTF/Chicago+Eagle+28+Oct+1922+An+American+Woman+Without+A+Country.jpg Blog - Women From Nowhere From the Chicago Eagle, Oct 28, 1922 — the story of Virginia Roth, who became effectively stateless due to this law. https://www.hollander-waas.com/blog/on-sephardic-surnames monthly 0.5 2023-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1575406532378-Y1EKOLRLL2ELC979RY36/Vinhais+Portugal%2C+taken+by+Michael.jpg Blog - On Sephardic Surnames Photo of the old town of Vinhais, Portugal, a place where many Sephardic Jews lived after being forcibly baptized. One of the famous Amsterdam, Livorno, and London families that came from there was the Lousada family and all of their branches. Photo taken by the author in June 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1575407570224-3QLS9INHRBCC7S95XIVC/dan-gold-hXaHghBkEMQ-unsplash.jpg Blog - On Sephardic Surnames A Pear tree, which in Portuguese is “Pereira”. According to the legends, a sure sign of hidden Sephardic Jewish ancestry. In reality? Just a pear tree with hopefully delicious fruit. Photo by Dan Gold on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1575406750806-3MJ0WSSH6TAL6T7YNLRT/Samuel%2BAmarillo%2B1388%2Bsigns%252C%2Btax%2Breceipt%252C%2Bfrom%2BMaria%2BJose%2BSurrabias.jpg Blog - On Sephardic Surnames A tax receipt from 1388 of Samuel Amarillo of Tudela from the archives of the Kingdom of Navarre (thanks to Maria Jose Surribas for sharing it). The Amarillo family after the Expulsion and forced conversion, mainly settled in Salonika, where they produced important rabbis and leaders of the community. The author is a descendant of a branch of this family, including the Hahamim Shelomo Amarillo, Moshe Hayim Amarillo, and Shem Tov Amarillo, all of whom were Chief Rabbis (Shelomo and his son Moshe Hayim in Salonika, Shem Tov in Korfu and Larissa, all today in Greece). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d04c37114376000012d52b9/1575405943747-VE2VJG82XNDO3WKTJ134/PT-TT-TSO-IL-28-12135_m0066.jpg Blog - On Sephardic Surnames From the Inquisition of Lisboa processo for Judaizing of Gaspar Fernandes o Gallego. In Portuguese it states “Disse que elle se chama Gaspar Frz gallego, mercador, e que christão novo de idade de sesenta e dois annos…” which means “[the Defendant"] stated that his name is Gaspar Fernandes Gallego, merchant and that he is a New Christian, aged 62 years old”. 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