tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414509.post7738606760167478086..comments2024-03-05T06:04:06.918-07:00Comments on Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog: Catskills Institute: New website, new contentSchelly Talalay Dardashtihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930641777765846278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414509.post-52616523716561011722010-03-29T13:23:35.021-06:002010-03-29T13:23:35.021-06:00I had a nostalgic field day browsing through this ...I had a nostalgic field day browsing through this website. I spent part of every summer of my childhood in the Catskills. We didn't have a "kochalein" though I envied our neighbors in Queens who did. We stayed at a hotel for 2 weeks (Swan Lake Hotel in my earliest memories, many others in years to come); my grandparents stayed at the Gradus Hotel every summer and we spent time visiting them. My cousins had a bungalo colony in Loch Sheldrake. And for several summers I went to sleep-away camp in Livingston Manor, at the western edge of the Borscht Belt. My daughter went to theater camp for many years in Loch Sheldrake (Stagedoor Manor) and my 92 year old aunt still lives in Loch Sheldrake on the lake. I have cousins who live in Hurleyville.<br /><br />There were so many firsts for me in the Catskills- first "Shirley Temple" at the night club in the hotel, first horse back ride, first time row boating and canoeing, first time skiing. <br /><br />Wonderful memories all!<br />Judy Simonanonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07132472965888548368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414509.post-6329011402088439232010-03-29T09:06:04.115-06:002010-03-29T09:06:04.115-06:00Schelly
Excellent intro for folks unfamiliar with...Schelly<br /><br />Excellent intro for folks unfamiliar with the Catskills Institute. I stumbled upon the updated site this weekend and boy did I get lost in a time warp! I must have spent several hours looking up all the hotels and bungalow colonies I remember.<br /><br />I also forgot that Fleischmann's over in Delaware County had lots of places too - I have family living there now and when I go back this summer I will try to track down a few old sites.Thomas MacEnteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09925130637060406529noreply@blogger.com