Researching Vienna Records at the Center for Jewish History in New York City

[Jacob Wolfe Heisler jacob.heisler@mail.mcgill.ca]

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Hi everyone,

As some of you might know, the Center for Jewish History in New York City
has a large amount of microfilm available, including for Vienna. As some
of my family lived in Vienna, I figured I could try going through the
microfilm there and see what I find. But before I do so, I wanted to
check with everyone here and see if they could help me out.

I especially could use some figuring out what microfilm I should
specifically go through: the years I'm looking for cover around 1915-1928
(although depending on how much time I have I could go up to the
"Anschluss"), and my ancestors lived at various points at Judengasse,
Storheckgasse, and Meiselstr. If someone can tell me what district of
Vienna those streets are in, I would really appreciate it.

Could someone who used those records before also tell me any tips on
how to use them. I know there's an index to the records, but should
I expect any difficulties using the index and records?

And lastly, in the event the Center doesn't have a record I'm looking for,
can someone tell me how I could order the microfilm I would need and have
it sent to the Center?

Thanks again for your time.

From,
Jacob Heisler.
Norwalk, CT.

P.S. If anyone is wondering, the names I'm interested in are FISH/FISCH,
KELLMAN/KELMAN, BILLIG, MARDER, TEPPER, and URI.
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[Stephen Katz katzsr@verizon.net]

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In his message of August 25, Jacob Heisler, in preparation for viewing
microfilms at Center for Jewish History in New York, asked about the
location (District) of some streets in Vienna.

1. Judengasse: This is in Vienna's First District (Bezirk). This
District was the location of the earliest Jewish settlement in Vienna --
hence the name of its principal street. Vienna's central synagogue is
also located in this District.

2. Storheckgasse: I'm not aware of a street by this name. There's a
Storchengasse in the Fifteenth Bezirk, and a Storkgasse in the Fifth.

3. Meiselstrasse: This runs in the Fourteehth and Fifteenth Districts.

Stephen Katz
NYC

Researching: KATZ (Novograd-Volynsk, Ukraine and Boston, Mass.); TEPPER
(Novograd-Volynsk and Rovno (Rivne), Ukraine, and New York City); KAPLAN
(Stakliskes, Lithuania, and central Mass.); KABACHNIK (Butrymonis,
Lithuania); VITKIN (Kaunas, Lithuania, and Boston,Mass.); GREENBERG/BLOCH,
Vilna, Lithuania, and Boston, Mass.); BLUM, LEVINE (Boston, Mass.)