My Lucky Discoveries
Gary Perlman, Webmaven for JGS-Montreal.org
- My Rudman Family
- Search for "Teddy"
- Searching for Redmond Family
- Trying to be Visible
- Redmond Cousin Finds Me
- Redmond Cousin Sends Portrait
- Another 1901 Wedding Photo
- My Lazarovitch Family
- My Perlman Family
- Missing Max
- Finding my 2nd Great-Grandmother
- Conclusion: You make your own luck
- Enhanced JOWBR Records
- More Information about Zisel Victor
- List of Burials
- Tree on Geni.com
- Report Issues
- Context Photos
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1. My Rudman Family
2. Search for "Teddy"
- All buried on de la Savanne, except youngest, "Teddy"
- Children were given French names in Egypt?
- Found William Redmond in 1921 census in Montreal
- Married Jessie Simon in Toronto, two children
- Died in Toronto in 1939, found in JOWBR
- My cousin, Edward Redmond Victor, was born in 1940
3. Searching for Redmond Family
- Requested photos on FindaGrave.com
- Taken by volunteer 2016-Oct-02
- William Edward was a father
- Jessie Simon was a grandmother!
- There were pebbles! Visitors!
- Requested photo for daughter, Rita
- Taken by volunteer 2017-Sep-28
- Rita Redmond Carnie, great-grandmother!
- How to find out more?
4. Trying to be Visible
- My family tree is on Geni.com
- Was on MyHeritage
- Mirrored on Ancestry, FamilySearch, JewishGen FTJP
- Gravestones on FindaGrave.com
- Some entries have attractive portraits
5. Redmond Cousin Finds Me
- Cousin recognized a photo
- Contacted me January 2018
- Photo from 1901 marriage of Jeannette Rudman
(my great-grandmother)
6. Redmond Cousin Sends Portrait
- Doesn't know who is in it
- Same background, Same studio
- Matches portraits of Isaac and Malka
- Matches Jack's and Teddy's Ears
- It's my Rudman Family!
7. Another 1901 Wedding Photo
- Matches photo style, background
- Portraits of Jeannette's In-laws:
8. My Lazarovitch Family
- Didn't read a marriage record carefully
- Or, just didn't see the implications
- Zisel's father was Eliezar Lazarovitch
- Beth David Old has several Lazarovitch ben Eliezar!
9. My Perlman Family
- Abraham Perlman
- Avraham bar Yosef
- From his obituary:
three brothers,
N. Perlman of Montreal, Max and Lou Perlman of Vancouver
- Found Nachman Perlman in Vancouver
- Got Nachman's gravestone via FindaGrave.com
10. Missing Max
- Had misread Abraham's gravestone for years
- Had ruled out this Max (bar Yosef) for years
- Still, tracked all Perlmans on FindaGrave
- Eventually established the relation
- Helped by my Vancouver cousin
11. Finding my 2nd Great-Grandmother
- Max Perlman was married in Montreal in 1912
- Found Pessie Brimerman, my 2nd-great-grandmother
12. Conclusion: You make your own luck
- Keep track of everyone, even non-relatives
I like FindaGrave.com because it's outside my family tree
- Track everything about family using checklists
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what about Lou Perlman?
what about Lazarovitch?
what about Brimerman?
- Be visible, findable, share
Online family trees
FindaGrave.com - photos, relations, portraits
on JOWBR?
- How to add information to JOWBR?
13. Enhanced JOWBR Records
- JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry
- JGS-Montreal.org has been submitting records for years
- Added 20,000 photographs in recent years
- JOWBR only allows a single photo
- In December 2017, we submitted over 10,000 records/photos
- Each record has a link to click for more information
14. More Information about Zisel Victor
- Repetition of JOWBR data
- Link to a List of Burials in section
- Links to trees on Geni.com or Ancestry.com
- Links to FindaGrave.com, JewishData.com, BillionGraves.com
- Link to Research (Genealogy Dashboard)
- Button to Report issues
- Non-grave photo
- Additional grave photos
- Context photos
- Future? GPS, links to relatives/sponsors
15. List of Burials
- Highlighting of Groups
- Sortable by Location, Name, Dates, Age
- Calculated Birth Year/Age
16. Tree on Geni.com
- 411 profiles
- 175 blood relatives
- 173 descendants
- 126 living descendants
17. Report Issues
- Used for data validation before JOWBR submission
- Saves reports for future processing (next release)
- Corrections to data in fields
. Context Photos
- Beth David Old (C5) Line 2
- Before "relettering" for JOWBR submission
