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In the works:
The Family History section is to be greatly expanded by the additon of scanned old family B&W prints and color slides.
May, 2012:
There is a NEW Travel images from old scanned slides section. Many more place/trips have yet to be added to this section. Photos from more recent travels can be found on www.SiegelPhotos.com.
January, 2012:
PHOTOGRAPHY has been moved to a new web site www.SiegelPhotos.com.
This one remains, as before, FAMILY ORIENTED: www.SiegelPhotos.net.
NOTE the same name except the photography site ends ends in, ".com", and the family site ends, as before in, ".net". We are a family network. |
Travel images from old scanned slides |
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Included are ancestors, descendents and relatives of these families:
Siegel, Milavetz, Ostrin, Strimling, Ziskin, Wilensky, Rubin, Levin
Of special interest are historical family records, stories and trees but there is much more.
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Dianne and I are involved in a project to restore B'nai Abraham, a beautiful, but deteriorating and abandoned, historic building, in Virginia, Minnesota that was once a synagogue. It will be for community cultural activities, exhibits and to house a small museum documenting the history of Jewish settlement on the Iron Range. It is the only synagogue building in Minnesota to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The project is remarkably interesting and worthy of support. You can learn more at www.IronRangeJewishHeritage.org |
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| The Garske Colony near Devils Lake, North Dakota was settled by Jewish pioneers beginning in 1883. A dedication took place at the Sons of Jacob Cemetery
and Monument Honoring the original
Jewish homesteaders near Devils Lake, North Dakota on September 17, 2006. Dianne's great-grandparents, grandparents and parents came from there & she I worked with others to bring the dedication about. www.SOJNorthDakota.org |
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This is a prototype of what, hopefully, will become comprehensive documentation of this historic cemetery in St. Paul, Minnesota. The project is a labor of love undertaken by Bill Rosenbloom. My part is the creation of this example web presence. The cemetery is maintained by Beth Jacob Congregation. The project, and it's web presence, is eventually destined to be transferred to the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest.
For more information contact Bill Rosenbloom at bill@airlineposters.com. |
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I was the webmaster for TRACES for a number of years until it's Museumin St. Paul closed on November 28th, 2008. TRACES is a non-profit educational organization created to gather, preserve and present stories of people from the Midwest and Germany or Austria who encountered each other during World War II. TRACES was transformed into a number of mobile BUSeum exhibits. TRACES "Green" is also working for the future to to protect nature and a sustainable arable land in Iowa as a setting for diverse learning opportunities. |
Other interests, activities and organizations I support |
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