Landsmanshaftn were societies that were organized almost spontaneously at the turn of the 20th Century for the purpose of aiding emigrant individuals. They were the most prolific in the major U.S. cities especially New York. All ethnic immigrant groups pride themselves on assisting their brethren upon their arrival from their common homelands. The Landsmanshaftn developed to meet these needs and much more. Their purposes grew from just providing a helping hand to acting as a place where no matter what, the emigrant would feel at home and not lost in the new world. As they developed they began to operate not only as social organizations but as benevolent societies to help not only the emigrants here and their families but those still residing in the old country (especially as the threat of WWII loomed in the horizon). They also began to operate as Burial Societies which is usually the only function left to the societies still in existence today and how most of us are even still aware of their presence. Existing Landsmanshaftn Two existing Yedinitz Landsman groups have been identified (and contacted) in the New York City area. Each of these Societies administer burial plots which are discussed separately within the Cemetery pages of this site. The organizations are: > Erste Yedinitzer IOBA Lodge # 80 / First Yedinitzer Association > Independent Yedinitzer Bessarabian Benevolent Society Erste Yedinitzer (hereinafter EYL) began as a local lodge of the International Order of Brith Abraham (IOBA) and later formed the First Yedinitzer Association (hereinafter FYA) separate from its IOBA beginnings. Copies of the organizational records are linked below. The EYL / FYA burial sections are located at the Washington Cemetery Complex in Brooklyn, NYC, NYS and at the Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, Long Island, NYS. First Yedinitzer still retains many records from the 1940's forward and as they are made available and permission is granted they will be posted to this site. Unfortunately many records prior to 1940 were lost over the years. Records available to date include: > EYL Membership Lists > EYL / FYA Flyer ......1949 December 22 > EYL / FYA Cemetery Class Listing Little is known regarding the history of the Independent Yednitzer Bessarabian Benevolent Society. Contact had been made with the remaining Society and it is our understanding that like EYL/ FYA its role is limited at present to the upkeep and administration of its burial section at Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Queens, NYC, NYS. Defunct Yedinitz Landsmanshaftn Based on the research conducted to date, three additional Yedintsy landsmanshaftn groups have been identified as having operated in the New York City area. These organization's include the following (citing records found and available): > Erster Yednitzer Unterstitzung Verein (translated as First Benevolent Society of Yedinitzer, a City in Russia) >1891 NYS Incorporation Papers (see copy above) > First Yednitzer Congregation >1899 NYS Incorporation Papers > First Yedinitzer Relief Organization, Inc. >1937 NYS Incorporation Papers > FYRO Flyer ............1951October 04 Based on the event flyer available for the First Yedinitzer Relief Organization, it is known that this organization was either the precursor to or at a minimum related to the existing First Yedinitzer Association. It is thought that perhaps the Ester Yednitzer Unterstitzung Verein may be related in some form to the Independent Yedinitzer Bessarabian Benevolent Society but without some records providing the connection it is unclear. |
Landsmanshaftn |
Landsmanshaftn were societies that were organized almost spontaneously at the turn of the 20th Century for the purpose of aiding emigrant individuals. They were the most prolific in the major U.S. cities especially New York. All ethnic immigrant groups pride themselves on assisting their brethren upon their arrival from their common homelands. The Landsmanshaftn developed to meet these needs and much more. Their purposes grew from just providing a helping hand to acting as a place where no matter what, the emigrant would feel at home and not lost in the new world. As they developed they began to operate not only as social organizations but as benevolent societies to help not only the emigrants here and their families but those still residing in the old country (especially as the threat of WWII loomed in the horizon). They also began to operate as Burial Societies which is usually the only function left to the societies still in existence today and how most of us are even still aware of their presence. Existing Landsmanshaftn Two existing Yedinitz Landsman groups have been identified (and contacted) in the New York City area. Each of these Societies administer burial plots which are discussed separately within the Cemetery pages of this site. The organizations are: > Erste Yedinitzer IOBA Lodge # 80 / First Yedinitzer Association > Independent Yedinitzer Bessarabian Benevolent Society Erste Yedinitzer (hereinafter EYL) began as a local lodge of the International Order of Brith Abraham (IOBA) and later formed the First Yedinitzer Association (hereinafter FYA) separate from its IOBA beginnings. Copies of the organizational records are linked below. The EYL / FYA burial sections are located at the Washington Cemetery Complex in Brooklyn, NYC, NYS and at the Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, Long Island, NYS. First Yedinitzer still retains many records from the 1940's forward and as they are made available and permission is granted they will be posted to this site. Unfortunately many records prior to 1940 were lost over the years. Records available to date include: > EYL Membership Lists > EYL / FYA Flyer ......1949 December 22 > EYL / FYA Cemetery Class Listing Little is known regarding the history of the Independent Yednitzer Bessarabian Benevolent Society. Contact had been made with the remaining Society and it is our understanding that like EYL/ FYA its role is limited at present to the upkeep and administration of its burial section at Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Queens, NYC, NYS. Defunct Yedinitz Landsmanshaftn Based on the research conducted to date, three additional Yedintsy landsmanshaftn groups have been identified as having operated in the New York City area. These organization's include the following (citing records found and available): > Erster Yednitzer Unterstitzung Verein (translated as First Benevolent Society of Yedinitzer, a City in Russia) >1891 NYS Incorporation Papers (see copy above) > First Yednitzer Congregation >1899 NYS Incorporation Papers > First Yedinitzer Relief Organization, Inc. >1937 NYS Incorporation Papers > FYRO Flyer ............1951October 04 Based on the event flyer available for the First Yedinitzer Relief Organization, it is known that this organization was either the precursor to or at a minimum related to the existing First Yedinitzer Association. It is thought that perhaps the Ester Yednitzer Unterstitzung Verein may be related in some form to the Independent Yedinitzer Bessarabian Benevolent Society but without some records providing the connection it is unclear. |
Yedintsy (Bessarabia) Moldova |
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