Trenton's Jews

WARSZAWSKI   Polish ,  Jewish Place name for someone from the Polish city of Warsaw, itself derived from the given name Warsz, a short form of  WARCISŁAW . WECHSLER   German ,  Jewish Means "money changer, banker", from German wechseln "to exchange". WEXLER   Jewish Variant of  WECHSLER . WINOGRAD  וינוגרד  Jewish Jewish form of  VINOGRADOV . WIRTH   German ,  Jewish Occupational name for an innkeeper, derived from German wirt meaning "host". WOLFF   German ,  Danish ,  Norwegian ,  Jewish Variant of  WOLF . ZILBERSCHLAG   Jewish Occupational name for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike". ZILBERSTEIN  זילבערשטיין  Jewish Ornamental name meaning "silver stone", from Yiddish  זילבער  (zilber) and  שטיין  (shtein), both of Germanic origin. ZIMMAN   Jewish Possibly a variant of  ZIMMERMANN . ZIMMERMANN   German ,  Jewish From the German word for "carpenter", derive

'SKETCHES OF THE YOUNG MEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION AND THE AUDAX CLUB CLUB that was once prominent in the History of Trenton Jewry was The Young Men's Hebrew Association, a literary and social body organized by a number of young men who since have be-me successful in business circles. Through the years of ; existence, the society maintained a worthy record in the development of the cultural life of the Jewish young men the city. Its activities were numerous and varied, attract-g a good-size membership to its roll. The formation of The Young Men's Hebrew Association is the result of several attempts to establish a permanent group of Jewish youths. Organizations by the same name listed prior to its founding. What seems to have been one these forerunners is cited in an item published in The We Gazette, P January 7, 1907, telling of a first annual dance of a Young Men's Hebrew Association held on the previous evening in Gibb's Dancing Academy, Taylor Op

ONE-STEP WEBPAGES: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools Stephen P. Morse (steve@stevemorse.org) In the “old days” genealogical research was done by traveling great distances and then going through dusty archives or using microfilm readers.   But the advent of the World Wide Web has changed that.   Today much of the data useful to genealogists has been put on websites and can be accessed from the comfort of home. Unfortunately, many of these websites are not easy to use.   And those that are, don’t always offer all the versatility that is possible.   For that reason, I have created alternate ways of accessing some of these websites.   In addition, I have developed some of my own databases and programs to facilitate doing genealogical research.   These are all collected together under what I call the One-Step website (http://stevemorse.org). The One-Step website consists of about 200 tools ranging from Ellis Island searches to astronomical calculations to bidding on

  Comments Aug 2021 Trenton Jewish History   Estelle Finkle 2:03 AM (7 hours ago) Hello, Cousin Art.  I hope all is well with you.  I wish you a happy, healthy, fulfilling holiday season.   Be well,   Blessings,   Estelle   Laurie Kurs     Mon, Aug 30, 9:46 PM (12 hours ago) Art, Thank you so much for providing these great links!!!! Laurie Kurs   S. Warren St (near Lafeyette) 1955   Wayne Rutherford Yes I remember Dorothy Hayes I remember..was evacuated from Yardley after the bridge was washed away.. o       Like   On Thursday, September 9, 2021, 6:34 PM, Michael Landau < michael@mlaaia.com > wrote: Happy New Year This is a Sukkah I designed that will be built in Princeton