Hello, I have posted on a similar subject previously, but am sending out something similar again due to frustration. Essentially, I am interested in finding the relatives of an elderly German in-law. His family history has been somewhat shrouded in mystery (mostly due to an unwillingness to discuss anything about the WWII period), although very details have emerged over the years. His mother, Clara Arnheim (or Loewenheim - spelling uncertain) was probably born in the 1890s (son b: 1917) and left Germany for New York state just before (or just after) WWII. She was following her younger brother, one "Zep" (short for something but I don't know what), probably surnamed Loewenheim (but possibly Arnheim). This Zep was a physician who left Germany for New York city prior to WWII, apparently because he was a member of the Social Democrats and out-of-favour with the nazis. Again, there is some uncertainty about surnames here - specifically which one was Clara's maiden name (and therefore Zep's name), and which was the name of her second husband who died before she emigrated. There is cutlery in the family bearing the initial "A" which we were told stands for Arnheim. Spelling are also a bit uncertain. Jewish ancestry is suspected. They used to summer in the Catskills (Lake Placid), where the rest of the family visited them on a number of occasions. I have photos of Clara there. Family used to write to Clara care of a Mr. Zimmerman. Maddeningly, I have been unable to find Clara's death record in the SSDI on ancestry.com (she died 1972-73-ish). I have also been unable to find anything for Zep. I only know he had at least one daughter named Alice. Here are some questions: 1. Is there some other way I could look up death records other than the SSDI? It is possible Clara didn't work after emigrating. 2. Are there accessible immigration records for the 1930-onward period? 3. Is there any way to research New York state physicians? I would think a forename beginning with "Z" would be relatively uncommon. Thank you for your help, Graeme. --- Cambridge

Hello, Don't know how to solve your problems, but the Catskills are in southeastern NY, and Lake Placid is about as far north as you can go in NY...it's in the Adirondacks, up near the Canadian border. Need those frigid northern winters for the Winter Olympics. If you know where he lived you can ask for a city directory lookup on the appropriate city or county list. Or on the Rootsweb city directories list. Most of the publishers list the death dates of working people in the directory the following year. With the specific date you could try to find a volunteer to lookup an obit in the city of his death. ~Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graeme Boocock" <grbb@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> To: <GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 7:27 PM Subject: Arnheim & Loewenheim in New York > Hello, > > I have posted on a similar subject previously, but am sending out > something > similar again due to frustration. > > Essentially, I am interested in finding the relatives of an elderly German > in-law. His family history has been somewhat shrouded in mystery (mostly > due to an unwillingness to discuss anything about the WWII period), > although > very details have emerged over the years. His mother, Clara Arnheim (or > Loewenheim - spelling uncertain) was probably born in the 1890s (son b: > 1917) and left Germany for New York state just before (or just after) > WWII. > She was following her younger brother, one "Zep" (short for something but > I > don't know what), probably surnamed Loewenheim (but possibly Arnheim). > This > Zep was a physician who left Germany for New York city prior to WWII, > apparently because he was a member of the Social Democrats and > out-of-favour > with the nazis. > > Again, there is some uncertainty about surnames here - specifically which > one was Clara's maiden name (and therefore Zep's name), and which was the > name of her second husband who died before she emigrated. There is > cutlery > in the family bearing the initial "A" which we were told stands for > Arnheim. Spelling are also a bit uncertain. > > Jewish ancestry is suspected. They used to summer in the Catskills (Lake > Placid), where the rest of the family visited them on a number of > occasions. I have photos of Clara there. > > Family used to write to Clara care of a Mr. Zimmerman. > > Maddeningly, I have been unable to find Clara's death record in the SSDI > on > ancestry.com (she died 1972-73-ish). I have also been unable to find > anything for Zep. I only know he had at least one daughter named Alice. > > Here are some questions: > 1. Is there some other way I could look up death records other than the > SSDI? It is possible Clara didn't work after emigrating. > 2. Are there accessible immigration records for the 1930-onward period? > 3. Is there any way to research New York state physicians? I would think > a > forename beginning with "Z" would be relatively uncommon. > > Thank you for your help, > > Graeme. > --- > Cambridge > > > ==== GEN-NYS Mailing List ==== > Have you seen the GEN-NYS-L mailing list archives? > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GEN-NYS-L/ >