Dear friends:

The Grodzisk Mazowiecki archive project in the JRI-Poland/Polish State
Archives (PSA) is still only PARTIALLY funded. This initiative concerns =
the indexing=20
of Polish vital records not filmed by the Mormons (LDS).

The Grodzisk Mazowiecki archive is located 30km southwest of Warsaw
and this project involves the indexing of Jewish vital records for the =
following five towns in the region:

Zyrardow, Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Mszczonow, Wiskitki, Nadarzyn.

Here are the years that will be available once the project is fully =
funded:

Town B, M, D No. of [records]=20=

entries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grodzisk Maz 1840-1859, 1877-1882 2130
Mszczonow 1832, 1877 311
Nadarzyn 1826, 1875-1890 1294
Wiskitki 1829, 1873-1893 2265
Zyrardow 1886-1900 1239
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Here is where we currently stand with funding. =20

Town name Fundraising target Total to-date Balance
Grodzisk Maz. $385.00 $ 472.75 Funded =20
Mszczonow $60.00 $60.00 Funded
Nadarzyn $225.00 $0.00 $225.00
Wiskitki $335.00 $0.00 =
$335.00
Zyrardow $190.00 $76.00 $114.00

Note: It is hoped that additional years of records >from Grodzisk Mazowiecki=
,=20
Mszczonow, Nadarzyn and Wiskitki will be transferred to the Grodzisk =
Maz.=20
branch soon. Therefore, we are hoping to pass the target for each town =
so=20
that there will be available funds for the indexing of records for these =
later=20
years.

Researchers contributing a minimum donation for their town will be=20
eligible to obtain an Excel file with all the indices for that town.=20
The minimum contributions are:

Grodzisk Maz $ 50
Mszczonow $ 18
Nadarzyn $ 100
Wiskitki $ 100
Zyrardow $ 36

Information on the many options for making a contribution=20
can be found at:

http://www.jewishgen.org/jri-pl/visa.htm=20

All contributions should be marked=20
"Grodzisk Mazowiecki PSA project [town name]".

Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Inc. is an independent non-profit=20
501(c)(3) organization. Contributions to JRI-Poland are tax-deductible=20
in the U.S. to the extent permitted by law.

In order to bring this project to fruition and make these thousands=20
of records available in the JRI-Poland online database, your=20
participation will be welcome.

Daniel Wagner
Grodzisk Mazowiecki Archive Coordinator

H Daniel Wagner=20
The Livio Norzi Professorial Chair

Weizmann Institute of Science
Tel: +(972) 8 934 2594
Fax: +(972) 8 934 4137
E-mail: daniel.wagner@weizmann.ac.il
Homepage: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/wagner/home.htm