Hi,   My great-grandfather, Leopold Bloch, and his sister disappear from the records after landing and clearing Castle Garden in January 1869.  Leopold reappears in Brooklyn in 1877 or 1880; she remains disappeared.      I have posted about her before.  Specific searches of New York City and Federal documents for these two people have returned nothing.  I think I may start from general references and work to the specific.    Does anyone on the list know of books, articles, essays, etc. that could tell me about the New York City and Brooklyn communities or ethnic enclaves that Jews recently emigrated from Alsace might have become involved with or connected to during the 1860’s and 1870’s?   Bob Teitelbaum

I see another lister has suggested this same idea, but here it is again. You might look at US or NY census records again for that period. Leopold's sister most likely arrived and soon thereafter got married. I found a missing sister of a relative by going through the census records and finding that she lived next door to my relative, but under her married name. Families back then seemed to stick together, so it's possible Leopold's sister may be close to him in the census records. Find him in the census, and then check nearby addresses for the sister. Good luck. Dave in Palm Desert CA -----Original Message----- From: alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alsace-lorraine-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ROBERT TEITELBAUM Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 12:20 PM To: ALSACE-LORRAINE@rootsweb.com Subject: [A-L] Jews from Alsace in Brooklyn and New York City Hi,   My great-grandfather, Leopold Bloch, and his sister disappear from the records after landing and clearing Castle Garden in January 1869.  Leopold reappears in Brooklyn in 1877 or 1880; she remains disappeared.      I have posted about her before.  Specific searches of New York City and Federal documents for these two people have returned nothing.  I think I may start from general references and work to the specific.    Does anyone on the list know of books, articles, essays, etc. that could tell me about the New York City and Brooklyn communities or ethnic enclaves that Jews recently emigrated from Alsace might have become involved with or connected to during the 1860?s and 1870?s?   Bob Teitelbaum -- Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bob, Do you have other information on them? I have a Leopold Bloch b. 1828 in Schirhoffen married to Catherine Meyer in 1860. He had 2 sisters, Judith and Jeannette. Ann Williams

Bob, here are two books. Jews of Brooklyn (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life) (Hardcover) (found on google books) by Ilana Abramovitch (Editor), Sean Galvin (Editor) The Jewish Community of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY (Amazon.com) George Kranzier Publ. Columbis University, 1954 1136 pgs googling: http://www.brooklynjews.org/ Lain's Brooklyn Directory for the Year Ending May 1st 1892 two Leopolds, both butchers What was the sister's name? If she married would she be living nearby? Check first names near her brother on the census. The Leopold Bloch, butcher, in Brooklyn census (France) has a young wife Fanny; also in 1880. Is he your great-grandfather? What part of the Jewish religion did he belong to? You might see what synagogues existed at that time in Brooklyn; perhaps one would have records of marriages, if the sister married, or deaths. Gloria I. On Dec 2, 2008, at 5:20 AM, ROBERT TEITELBAUM wrote: > Hi, > > My great-grandfather, Leopold Bloch, and his sister disappear from > the records after landing and clearing Castle Garden in January > 1869. Leopold reappears in Brooklyn in 1877 or 1880; she remains > disappeared. > > I have posted about her before. Specific searches of New York City > and Federal documents for these two people have returned nothing. I > think I may start from general references and work to the specific. > > Does anyone on the list know of books, articles, essays, etc. that > could tell me about the New York City and Brooklyn communities or > ethnic enclaves that Jews recently emigrated from Alsace might have > become involved with or connected to during the 1860’s and 1870’s? > > Bob Teitelbaum > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message