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Dear Geners,
We purchased the records >from The Central Archives for the History =

of the Jewish People and we are in the process of translating them (See =
project details below).

Continuing with the search of our roots, we contacted the Latvian =

Archives. They informed us that the archives keep lists of persons >from =
different towns of Courland who left in 1837-1841 to Kherson province.

To be able to acquire these records, we need to collect additional =

funds. Please read below how to donate.

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Document Acquisition and Translation Project
for Jewish settlements in Kherson Province
(Novopoltavka, Beryslav/Bereslav, Dobre/Dobroye, Lvove/Lvovo, =

Malaya Seydeminukha, and Romanovka)

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We are proud and excited to announce a new project. The Central =

Archives for the History of the Jewish People (at the Hebrew University =
in Jerusalem) has collected documents relating to selected towns in =
Ukraine and their Jewish populations. We have identified various =
documents relating to Novopoltavka and nearby Jewish settlements in =
Kherson province:

Novopoltavka, Beryslav/Bereslav, Dobre/Dobroye, Lvove/Lvovo, Malaya =

Seydeminukha, and Romanovka

Some of these records are:
o Correspondence regarding the establishment of Jewish Settlements =

in Kherson, Lists of Jewish settlers, life in the colonies, etc =
(1843-1849)

o Industrial Department, Police (1881-1904) =93Jewish matters=94 =

regarding the situation of the Russian Jews.

o In the process - the account of the Jewish colonies in Dobraye =

and Novopoltavka; verification of the establishment of educational =
agricultural farm and professional institution in Odessa;

o correspondence of activities in Russia with England Jewish =

colonial organization, about opening local immigrant committees, about =
immigration, relocation, etc.1891-1902

o List of ships and immigrants to Argentina.
We will use both professional and volunteer translators to =

translate these documents >from Russian to English. We have created a =
JewishGen Ukraine SIG Fundraising Project to acquire the documents and =
to pay for professional translators =
(http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/projectdesc/DB_Novopoltavka.ht=
ml). We also need volunteers to translate these records. To volunteer =
please contact Project Manager Sylvia Walowitz at ruthw95@yahoo.com and =
help us to help you!

Funds raised for this project will be used to acquire digitized =

copies of these documents and others for associated towns; to translate =
the acquired records; and to prepare the datasets for posting to the =
JewishGen Ukraine Database and the Ukraine SIG Master Name Index. Full =
translations will be posted on the appropriate KehilaLinks websites. A =
JewishGen spreadsheet template will be available to contributors well =
before posting on the JewishGen Ukraine Database

The key audience for this project is people whose ancestors lived =

in or near these towns, including many whose ancestors emigrated >from =
these towns to Argentina.

Project Importance
The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People at the =

Hebrew University in Jerusalem is a rich source of archival documents. =
Acquiring, translating, and making available documents and datasets =
relating to Jews >from these towns will benefit genealogical researchers =
and will help provide context for the lives of our ancestors. The data =
also will help us understand patterns of Jewish population growth and =
migration.

If you have roots in any of these places, this is your opportunity =

to help yourself, as well as many others, now and in the future!

We need to raise money to acquire these documents. Without your =

support we will be unable to pursue this project. If you are researching =
family >from any of these towns please join in and help!

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How to Donate
To donate, please point your browser to the JewishGen-erosity =

webpage for Ukraine SIG Projects:

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http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=3D=
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Scroll down the page to the project:
Kherson Settlements Document Acquisition and Translation Projects
Fill in the amount of your donation and click the Donate button. =

Follow the directions on the page that pops up. When you click =93Checkout=
via our secure server=94, you will be offered several choices for =
payment.

Because there is up to a two month delay before we get the =

financial report and we want to get the documents as soon as possible, =
please write to Sylvia Walowitz at ruthw95@yahoo.com and tell us how =
much you have donated. We will send regular progress reports to all =
donors.

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Gmar Jatima Tova to you and your family!
Sylvia Walowitz
Waibsnaider/Weibschnaider, Petigorsky (Yampol); Perman, Grinker, =

Minond, Liponetzky (Novopoltavka); Kozodoy/Cozodoy (Pokatilovo); =
Elimelech/Elimelah, Shurkin/Schurjin (Dnipropetrovsk). And all of the =
above >from Argentina.

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