Dear Galitzianers:

On Sunday, December 3, JRI-Poland announced a new Area Shtetl CO-OP
project to index microfilms at the LDS Family History Library
covering Jewish records filmed at the Central State Historical
Archives of Ukraine branch in Lviv. In this announcement, I was
named Shtetl CO-OP Area Coordinator for the East Galicia area.

Since this announcement, many Galician researchers have contacted
me with great interest in this new and exciting project. Many
researchers have also pointed out mistakes in the original posting
and asked for clarification. This posting is meant to provide some
new information for interested researchers.

LDS Indexing Project
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We have learned that any project to index the records in the
microfilms of the holdings of the Central State Historical Archives
of Ukraine in Lviv requires the advance permission of the Archives.
JRI-Poland will request permission, but there is no guarantee.

The Microfilms
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The initial announcement mentioned 108 microfilms. This was an
error. There are 33 microfilms for this collection. The microfilm
numbers are 2405309-328, 2405330-332, 2405335-344. Title of the
collection is "Metrical books, 1820-1939." (The collection actually
covers records >from 1791 through 1942.) Author is "Jewish
Congregation. L'viv (Main Author)." Description: "This is a
preliminary description provided to allow immediate microfilm access.
Jewish records (births, marriages, deaths) for congregations in
Galizien, Austria; later in Poland; now in L'viv, Ternopil' and
Ivano-Frankivs'k districts, Ukraine. Most film notes cover inclusive
dates and events may be missing for some years. An archival register
is found on film with GS# 2405309, item 18. Text in Latin with some
German, Polish or Ukrainian."

These are the Jewish civil records recorded by the local Kehilla -
Jewish Community. Based on my experience with these Galician records,
the forms for the period 1791-1876 have headings in Latin, Polish
and/or German, but are recorded in Polish or German. >from 1877
through WWI, the headings were in both German and Polish and were
recorded in German or Polish. >from the end of WWI until WWII, the
headings were most likely in Polish and were recorded in Polish.
Since this part of Poland was occupied by Russia >from 1939 to 1941,
those records may be in Russian.

Corrections
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The original list included Tulchin. This was a mistake. Included in
this collection are 1792-1876 deaths for Tyczyn, a town in the
Rzeszow district in Poland.

The list also included Rzeszow, Poland (1841-1866 births). These
records have already been indexed by JRI-Poland and are included in
our online searchable database.

The list also included Chervonograd (Krystynopol), Kamenka Bugskaya,
and Kolomyya. Although Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation
Archival Inventory identifies that the Lviv Archives has 1789-1861
marriages for Kamenka Bugskaya and 1933 marriages for Chervonograd
(Krystynopol), these books were missing at the time of microfilming
and were not filmed. The inventory of records includes 1865 births
for Kolomyya. These records are also included in the AGAD Archive
collection and have already been indexed.

Notes about the Collection
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The collection of eastern Galician records can be found at both the
Polish State Archive AGAD Branch and the Ukraine State Archive Lviv
Branch. There is very little overlap.

The following Jewish Administrative towns' records can be found
**Only** at the Lviv Archives: Brody, Grimaylov, Kozielniki (1859 B
only), Novyy Vitkov, Ozernyany (Ozerna), Ozeryany, Probezhnaya,
Radekhov, Sukhostav, and Zimna Woda (1854 B only).

The following Jewish Administrative towns' records can be found
**Only** at the AGAD Archives: Bobrka, Bolszowce, Boryslaw,
Bursztyn, Chorostkow, Gologory, Gwozdziec, Janow, Jaryczow Nowy,
Jaworow, Komarno, Kopyczynce, Kozowa, Krakowiec, Obertyn, Rawa Ruska,
Rohatyn, Sasow, Skala, Skole, Sokolowka, Stara Sol, Stratyn,
Strzeliska Nowe, Swirz, Szczerzec, Trembowla, Uhnow, Ulaszkowce,
Uscie Biscupie, Zabie (Verkhovina), Zablotow, Zalozce, Zawalow,
Zurawno, and Zydaczow.

The following Jewish Administrative towns' records can be found
**Both** at the Lviv and AGAD Archives (there is very little overlap
in the two collections): Belyy Kamen, Berezhany, Bolekhov, Borshchev,
Budanov, Bukachevtsy, Chortkov, Drogobych, Glinyany, Gorodenka,
Gorodok, Gusyatin, Ivano Frankovsk (Stanislawow), Kosov, Kozlov,
Kudrintsy, Lubycza Krolewska (Poland), Lviv, Melnitsa, Mikulintsy,
Mostiska, Nadvornaya, Narayev, Navariya, Nesterov (Zhovkha), Olesko,
Okopy, Podgaytsy, Podvolochisk, Rozdol, Rudki, Sambor, Skalat, Sokal,
Staryy Sambor, Stryy, Strusov, Tartakov, Ternopol, Wielkie Oczy
(Poland), Velikye Mosty, Verkhneye Krivche, Vinniki, Yagelnitsa,
Zbarazh, Zborov, Znesenye, and Zolochev

JRI-Poland will be providing more information about this collection
on our website. Announcements will be made on this forum.

Mark Halpern
JRI-Poland Area Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator, Eastern Galicia