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This new platform that JewishGen is using is a scalable, and sustainable solution, and allows us to engage with JewishGen members throughout the world. It offers a simple and intuitive interface for both members and moderators, more powerful tools, and more secure archives (which are easily accessible on mobile devices, and which also block out personal email addresses to the public).
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FW: STARSOLLA / STARYSOLLER / STARISSOLER / STAROSOLER
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From: Roy Star [mailto:roystar20@...]
Subject: FW: STARSOLLA / STARYSOLLER / STARISSOLER / STAROSOLER Question: The STARSOLLA'S (or any similar spellings) >from TARNOPOL AUSTRIA]/POLAND Can anyone link-up SUSSIE STARISSOLER (1831-1876) or descendents with SCHULIM HERSCH STAROSOLER (1814-1879) or his descendents? I have two different trees. The one I can directly ascend to >from myself is to SUSSIE with only 6 males and some members of their families. I have another tree with dozens of males and some members of their families in the SCHULIM HERSCH tree. I am sure there are brothers and sons who link them up, but I can't find it! Also, in that tree, we have two different SAMUEL'S : STARYSOLLER (1874-?) who married twice and took his 2nd wife (his first wife's sister) plus many children to New York (c1911). The other Samuel is STAROSOLER (1876-?) with a different named wife who also went to New York. They are both linked to CHAIM WOLF STARISSOLER (1858-1911) who was the son of SCHULIM HIRSCH. Reply to : roystar20@... Many thanks Roy Star
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine FW: STARSOLLA / STARYSOLLER / STARISSOLER / STAROSOLER
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From: Roy Star [mailto:roystar20@...]
Subject: FW: STARSOLLA / STARYSOLLER / STARISSOLER / STAROSOLER Question: The STARSOLLA'S (or any similar spellings) >from TARNOPOL AUSTRIA]/POLAND Can anyone link-up SUSSIE STARISSOLER (1831-1876) or descendents with SCHULIM HERSCH STAROSOLER (1814-1879) or his descendents? I have two different trees. The one I can directly ascend to >from myself is to SUSSIE with only 6 males and some members of their families. I have another tree with dozens of males and some members of their families in the SCHULIM HERSCH tree. I am sure there are brothers and sons who link them up, but I can't find it! Also, in that tree, we have two different SAMUEL'S : STARYSOLLER (1874-?) who married twice and took his 2nd wife (his first wife's sister) plus many children to New York (c1911). The other Samuel is STAROSOLER (1876-?) with a different named wife who also went to New York. They are both linked to CHAIM WOLF STARISSOLER (1858-1911) who was the son of SCHULIM HIRSCH. Reply to : roystar20@... Many thanks Roy Star
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"How to Make KehilaLinks Webpages" class to begin January 22, 2012
#ciechanow
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We are delighted to announce our fourth "How to Make KehilaLinks
Webpages", taught by Mark Heckman and beginning January 22, 2012 This course is designed for those who would like to create a KehilaLinks webpage dedicated to a Jewish Community / Kehila / Town / Shtetl, but don't know how. Creating web pages is not difficult. We will use a free, downloadable, simple-to-use web page editor that runs on both PCs and Macs. All you need to participate is some basic computer skills, a computer, and a few spare hours a week for 6 weeks Course description and how to enroll are described in detail on the JewishGen Education page at www.jewishgen.org/education. Happy Chanukah! Susana Leistner Bloch, V.P., KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman,KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator Mark Heckman, Instructor
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#Ciechanow #Poland "How to Make KehilaLinks Webpages" class to begin January 22, 2012
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We are delighted to announce our fourth "How to Make KehilaLinks
Webpages", taught by Mark Heckman and beginning January 22, 2012 This course is designed for those who would like to create a KehilaLinks webpage dedicated to a Jewish Community / Kehila / Town / Shtetl, but don't know how. Creating web pages is not difficult. We will use a free, downloadable, simple-to-use web page editor that runs on both PCs and Macs. All you need to participate is some basic computer skills, a computer, and a few spare hours a week for 6 weeks Course description and how to enroll are described in detail on the JewishGen Education page at www.jewishgen.org/education. Happy Chanukah! Susana Leistner Bloch, V.P., KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman,KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator Mark Heckman, Instructor
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Researching my paternal grandfather, William Wolf KRANZ
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Faye Hirsty
Dear JewishGen SIG Members,
I subscribed to three SIGS (Austria-Czech, Hungarian and Warszawa) and would like to send out a message to the appropriate groups. I am new to Jewish genealogy and am trying to find information about my paternal grandfather, William Wolf Kranz. I finally received the correct death certificate and now I have names of his parents, my great grandparents, Samuel & Yetta Kranz. Since the ship manifest states he was born in Kozy, Poland and the death certificate had Russia (my dad must have given that information), I assume that the ship's information was supplied by my grandfather himself and is more accurate. Grandfather was born August, 1876, so his parents, Yetta & Samuel,would have been born around 1850. Anyone who has additional information about this family please contact me.Grandfather did not speak Russian or Polish. He spoke Yiddish, German and read Hebrew. There are a few towns in Poland called Kozy and I am trying to find out which town might have info. about this family and more information about the family. Thank you very much, Faye Hirsty Irvine, California FayeLHirsty@... MODERATOR NOTE: Dear Faye - This message is being posted to the JewishGen Discussion Group. If you also wish to post it to the AustriaCzech, Hungarian and Warszawa SIG Lists, you will need to perform this yourself. Moderators cannot crosspost for you.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Researching my paternal grandfather, William Wolf KRANZ
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Faye Hirsty
Dear JewishGen SIG Members,
I subscribed to three SIGS (Austria-Czech, Hungarian and Warszawa) and would like to send out a message to the appropriate groups. I am new to Jewish genealogy and am trying to find information about my paternal grandfather, William Wolf Kranz. I finally received the correct death certificate and now I have names of his parents, my great grandparents, Samuel & Yetta Kranz. Since the ship manifest states he was born in Kozy, Poland and the death certificate had Russia (my dad must have given that information), I assume that the ship's information was supplied by my grandfather himself and is more accurate. Grandfather was born August, 1876, so his parents, Yetta & Samuel,would have been born around 1850. Anyone who has additional information about this family please contact me.Grandfather did not speak Russian or Polish. He spoke Yiddish, German and read Hebrew. There are a few towns in Poland called Kozy and I am trying to find out which town might have info. about this family and more information about the family. Thank you very much, Faye Hirsty Irvine, California FayeLHirsty@... MODERATOR NOTE: Dear Faye - This message is being posted to the JewishGen Discussion Group. If you also wish to post it to the AustriaCzech, Hungarian and Warszawa SIG Lists, you will need to perform this yourself. Moderators cannot crosspost for you.
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Re: Connecticut genealogy research help needed.
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Georgia Haken <gwhaken@...>
I was surprised to see the response to a post on JewishGen of 23 Dec 2011.
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut is also registered with the State of Connecticut as an approved genealogy group. And we are Jewish. For new members and those that are out-of-state we have assistance >from our experienced members. Georgia Haken, JGSCT past president and librarian
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Connecticut genealogy research help needed.
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Georgia Haken <gwhaken@...>
I was surprised to see the response to a post on JewishGen of 23 Dec 2011.
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut is also registered with the State of Connecticut as an approved genealogy group. And we are Jewish. For new members and those that are out-of-state we have assistance >from our experienced members. Georgia Haken, JGSCT past president and librarian
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Dear friends,
The organizing team of the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy - Paris 2012 - and its partners welcome you and are happy to send you this third newsletter. - Don't forget to *register now* to attend the 32nd International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in order to benefit of the reduced fees. After reading the FAQs explaining how to register, visit: http://www.paris2012.eu/products. - CALL FOR PAPERS: Go to www.paris2012.eu and then to the "Contact" page. Select " Propose a lecture, a workshop or a BOF" and send an email with your proposal (http://www.paris2012.eu/contact_messages/new). You can speak French or English. - BOOK A ROOM at the Marriott Paris Rive-gauche: click on "Hotel", Enjoy very attractive conference rates with the specific code zx4zx4a. This discount is valid for the Congress as well as 5 days before and 5 days after if you want to extend your stay in Paris. - THE SIGS AND BOFS IN PARIS 2012: The Paris 2012 program will include usual SIG's and BOF's meetings / meals. The application form has been sent to the responsible of each group for them to ascertain their specific requests or their guest speakers. They must be sent back by February 1st. If you did not receive this form write to contact@..., we will send it to you. - THE SPEAKERS: The speakers invited by us or by the SIGs and BOFs are entirely exempt >from fees. They can register >from now on by going to http://www.paris2012.eu/products and clicking on "subscription (distinguished guests)". If you answered to the call for papers, and if your submission is accepted, you are exempt >from 50% of the fees. You must not register till you have not received an answer (after February 1rst). - THE PROGRAM: A provisional list of speakers who have accepted our invitation is already online on our website (http://www.paris2012.eu/events). ***This program is "under construction" and all your further submissions are welcome.*** The times and dates indicated on the website may be changed. You will meet with experts >from Eastern Europe: Archivists >from all these countries will help you. Mrs Diana PELTS, Chef Archivist of Ukrainian State archives in Lviv will be sponsored by the Lucille Gudis memorial found. The session concerning the 50th anniversary of the coming to France of Jews >from Algeria at Paris 2012 has been enriched. Don't miss either the Round Table "The share of genetics versus cultural" and our important session about Holocaust and genealogy, with Patrice Bensimon representing the association of Father Desbois . - Our program of TOURS IN PARIS is now online http://www.paris2012.eu/events. Our two graduated guides, Danielle Malka and Mathieu Beaufils have tried to offer you a daily program combining tourism, artistic and Jewish interests, including a full day walk on July 19th. We are working on post conference tours, Gala, festive program: we will inform you about all these offers as soon as possible. Come regularly to www.paris2012.eu to be informed of our "last minutes". See you soon in Paris! The Organizing Committee www.paris2012.eu
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bounce-2337383-772981@...
Dear friends,
The organizing team of the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy - Paris 2012 - and its partners welcome you and are happy to send you this third newsletter. - Don't forget to *register now* to attend the 32nd International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in order to benefit of the reduced fees. After reading the FAQs explaining how to register, visit: http://www.paris2012.eu/products. - CALL FOR PAPERS: Go to www.paris2012.eu and then to the "Contact" page. Select " Propose a lecture, a workshop or a BOF" and send an email with your proposal (http://www.paris2012.eu/contact_messages/new). You can speak French or English. - BOOK A ROOM at the Marriott Paris Rive-gauche: click on "Hotel", Enjoy very attractive conference rates with the specific code zx4zx4a. This discount is valid for the Congress as well as 5 days before and 5 days after if you want to extend your stay in Paris. - THE SIGS AND BOFS IN PARIS 2012: The Paris 2012 program will include usual SIG's and BOF's meetings / meals. The application form has been sent to the responsible of each group for them to ascertain their specific requests or their guest speakers. They must be sent back by February 1st. If you did not receive this form write to contact@..., we will send it to you. - THE SPEAKERS: The speakers invited by us or by the SIGs and BOFs are entirely exempt >from fees. They can register >from now on by going to http://www.paris2012.eu/products and clicking on "subscription (distinguished guests)". If you answered to the call for papers, and if your submission is accepted, you are exempt >from 50% of the fees. You must not register till you have not received an answer (after February 1rst). - THE PROGRAM: A provisional list of speakers who have accepted our invitation is already online on our website (http://www.paris2012.eu/events). ***This program is "under construction" and all your further submissions are welcome.*** The times and dates indicated on the website may be changed. You will meet with experts >from Eastern Europe: Archivists >from all these countries will help you. Mrs Diana PELTS, Chef Archivist of Ukrainian State archives in Lviv will be sponsored by the Lucille Gudis memorial found. The session concerning the 50th anniversary of the coming to France of Jews >from Algeria at Paris 2012 has been enriched. Don't miss either the Round Table "The share of genetics versus cultural" and our important session about Holocaust and genealogy, with Patrice Bensimon representing the association of Father Desbois . - Our program of TOURS IN PARIS is now online http://www.paris2012.eu/events. Our two graduated guides, Danielle Malka and Mathieu Beaufils have tried to offer you a daily program combining tourism, artistic and Jewish interests, including a full day walk on July 19th. We are working on post conference tours, Gala, festive program: we will inform you about all these offers as soon as possible. Come regularly to www.paris2012.eu to be informed of our "last minutes". See you soon in Paris! The Organizing Committee www.paris2012.eu
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Susana Leistner Bloch
We are delighted to announce our fourth "How to Make KehilaLinks
Webpages", taught by Mark Heckman and beginning January 22, 2012 This course is designed for those who would like to create a KehilaLinks webpage dedicated to a Jewish Community / Kehila / Town / Shtetl, but don't know how. Creating web pages is not difficult. We will use a free, downloadable, simple-to-use web page editor that runs on both PCs and Macs. All you need to participate is some basic computer skills, a computer, and a few spare hours a week for 6 weeks Course description and how to enroll are described in detail on the JewishGen Education page at www.jewishgen.org/education. Happy Chanukah! Susana Leistner Bloch, V.P., KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman,KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator Mark Heckman, Instructor
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Susana Leistner Bloch
We are delighted to announce our fourth "How to Make KehilaLinks
Webpages", taught by Mark Heckman and beginning January 22, 2012 This course is designed for those who would like to create a KehilaLinks webpage dedicated to a Jewish Community / Kehila / Town / Shtetl, but don't know how. Creating web pages is not difficult. We will use a free, downloadable, simple-to-use web page editor that runs on both PCs and Macs. All you need to participate is some basic computer skills, a computer, and a few spare hours a week for 6 weeks Course description and how to enroll are described in detail on the JewishGen Education page at www.jewishgen.org/education. Happy Chanukah! Susana Leistner Bloch, V.P., KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman,KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator Mark Heckman, Instructor
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Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
The Yizkor Books In Print Project is a new initiative to print and publish Yizkor Books that are fully translated, so hard copies will be available for purchase by the descendants of these communities, university and temple libraries and museums. The Yizkor Books In Print Project is looking for volunteer help for the following: Document Coordinator: Submit application for Copyright, Library of Congress Number, ISBN number. Keep track of submittals and responses. Publicity Specialist: Deal with publicity for books. Send out announcements to all researchers signed up for each community covered in the book to be published. Develop a list of libraries, university libraries with Judaic collections, Holocaust Memorials, temple libraries, etc. that would likely be interested in purchasing copies of the "Yizkor Books in Print." Send off periodic announcements to these institutions about new translations of Yizkor books now available in print. If you feel that you are able to take on one of these tasks and devote an hour or two a week, please contact the "Yizkor Books in Print" Advisor - Joel Alpert whose contact details can be found at: http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html I would also like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Hannuka full of light, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager
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Lance Ackerfeld <lance.ackerfeld@...>
Shalom,
The Yizkor Books In Print Project is a new initiative to print and publish Yizkor Books that are fully translated, so hard copies will be available for purchase by the descendants of these communities, university and temple libraries and museums. The Yizkor Books In Print Project is looking for volunteer help for the following: Document Coordinator: Submit application for Copyright, Library of Congress Number, ISBN number. Keep track of submittals and responses. Publicity Specialist: Deal with publicity for books. Send out announcements to all researchers signed up for each community covered in the book to be published. Develop a list of libraries, university libraries with Judaic collections, Holocaust Memorials, temple libraries, etc. that would likely be interested in purchasing copies of the "Yizkor Books in Print." Send off periodic announcements to these institutions about new translations of Yizkor books now available in print. If you feel that you are able to take on one of these tasks and devote an hour or two a week, please contact the "Yizkor Books in Print" Advisor - Joel Alpert whose contact details can be found at: http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html I would also like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Hannuka full of light, Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager
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The All Galicia Database has been updated (December 2011)
#general
Asparagirl <asparagirl@...>
Gesher Galicia is happy to announce that the All Galicia Database
(the AGD) has just been updated with new content. This is Gesher Galicia's free public online multi-database search engine, available at http://search.geshergalicia.org/ . The following new databases have just been added: - Grodek Jagiellonski School (1916) -- (now Horodok, Livivska oblast, Ukraine) - Husiatyn School (1912) -- (now Husiatyn, Ternopilska oblast, Ukraine) - Jaroslaw School (1919-1921) -- (now Jaroslaw, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland) - Kalusz School (1911) -- (now Kalush, Ivano-Frankivska oblast, Ukraine) - List of Rabbis in Galicia (1868) - Nadworna Tax List (1932) -- (now Nadvirna, Ivano-Frankivska oblast, Ukraine) -- our first tax list! - Tarnobrzeg School (1915) -- (now Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland) - Tlumacz School (1920) -- (now Tlumach, Ivano-Frankivska oblast, Ukraine) - Zolkiew Jewish Death Records (1855-1870) -- (now Zhovkva, Lvivska oblast, Ukraine) You might have noticed that a number of these new datasets are transcriptions >from early 20th Century school records >from Galician public schools. We'll have an e-mail update sent out soon about where these new records came from, and how you may be able to find similar school yearbooks for your own Galician towns of interest. The good news: the original record sources were typed/printed (not handwritten), they're already online, and they're out of copyright and freely available! More details soon... There were also major updates / record additions to these existing databases: - Lviv Jewish Birth Records (1805-1868) - Lviv Jewish Death Records (1805-1870) - Lviv Jewish Marriage Records (1801-1860) - Zbaraz Jewish Birth Records (1815-1876; 1897; 1899) -- (now Zbarazh, Ternopilska oblast, Ukraine) - Zbaraz Jewish Death Records (1804-1858; 1894-1907; 1912-1942) -- (now Zbarazh, Ternopilska oblast, Ukraine) Note that updates to the Lviv birth, marriage, and death records databases are ongoing and will continue throughout 2012. And there were minor updates to this existing database: - Mielnica Jewish Marriage Records (1858-1876) -- (now Melnytsya-Podilska, Ternopilska oblast, Ukraine) There were also some code tweaks behind the scenes to improve the loading time of the AGD website. (In geek speak, the PHP files are now gzipped and I added some new .htaccess rules to manage "expires" headers.) This brings the current record totals for the All Galicia Database to 192,268 records >from 60 different data sources. Profound thanks go out to all the transcribers, project managers, data donors, and financial donors who helped make this database possible! This will be the last content update to the All Galicia Database for 2011. We'll pick up with not only more content updates, but also some very exciting new website features in early 2012. The source code powering the website will also be released to the public in January 2012 as a new downloadable open source software project, so that other organizations (or individuals) wishing to use or adapt the software for their own projects may do so -- free! More details will come next month. I'm also happy to announce that I will be presenting a session on the AGD code at the 2012 RootsTech genealogy/tech conference, which will be held in Salt Lake City >from February 2-4, 2012. The talk is formally entitled "Building an open source genealogical search engine with Apache Solr" and it's on the developer track. I am hoping to hear soon whether or not it will be livestreamed and/or video recorded. A very happy Hannukah and happy new year to everyone! - Brooke Schreier Ganz Los Angeles, California
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen The All Galicia Database has been updated (December 2011)
#general
Asparagirl <asparagirl@...>
Gesher Galicia is happy to announce that the All Galicia Database
(the AGD) has just been updated with new content. This is Gesher Galicia's free public online multi-database search engine, available at http://search.geshergalicia.org/ . The following new databases have just been added: - Grodek Jagiellonski School (1916) -- (now Horodok, Livivska oblast, Ukraine) - Husiatyn School (1912) -- (now Husiatyn, Ternopilska oblast, Ukraine) - Jaroslaw School (1919-1921) -- (now Jaroslaw, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland) - Kalusz School (1911) -- (now Kalush, Ivano-Frankivska oblast, Ukraine) - List of Rabbis in Galicia (1868) - Nadworna Tax List (1932) -- (now Nadvirna, Ivano-Frankivska oblast, Ukraine) -- our first tax list! - Tarnobrzeg School (1915) -- (now Tarnobrzeg, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland) - Tlumacz School (1920) -- (now Tlumach, Ivano-Frankivska oblast, Ukraine) - Zolkiew Jewish Death Records (1855-1870) -- (now Zhovkva, Lvivska oblast, Ukraine) You might have noticed that a number of these new datasets are transcriptions >from early 20th Century school records >from Galician public schools. We'll have an e-mail update sent out soon about where these new records came from, and how you may be able to find similar school yearbooks for your own Galician towns of interest. The good news: the original record sources were typed/printed (not handwritten), they're already online, and they're out of copyright and freely available! More details soon... There were also major updates / record additions to these existing databases: - Lviv Jewish Birth Records (1805-1868) - Lviv Jewish Death Records (1805-1870) - Lviv Jewish Marriage Records (1801-1860) - Zbaraz Jewish Birth Records (1815-1876; 1897; 1899) -- (now Zbarazh, Ternopilska oblast, Ukraine) - Zbaraz Jewish Death Records (1804-1858; 1894-1907; 1912-1942) -- (now Zbarazh, Ternopilska oblast, Ukraine) Note that updates to the Lviv birth, marriage, and death records databases are ongoing and will continue throughout 2012. And there were minor updates to this existing database: - Mielnica Jewish Marriage Records (1858-1876) -- (now Melnytsya-Podilska, Ternopilska oblast, Ukraine) There were also some code tweaks behind the scenes to improve the loading time of the AGD website. (In geek speak, the PHP files are now gzipped and I added some new .htaccess rules to manage "expires" headers.) This brings the current record totals for the All Galicia Database to 192,268 records >from 60 different data sources. Profound thanks go out to all the transcribers, project managers, data donors, and financial donors who helped make this database possible! This will be the last content update to the All Galicia Database for 2011. We'll pick up with not only more content updates, but also some very exciting new website features in early 2012. The source code powering the website will also be released to the public in January 2012 as a new downloadable open source software project, so that other organizations (or individuals) wishing to use or adapt the software for their own projects may do so -- free! More details will come next month. I'm also happy to announce that I will be presenting a session on the AGD code at the 2012 RootsTech genealogy/tech conference, which will be held in Salt Lake City >from February 2-4, 2012. The talk is formally entitled "Building an open source genealogical search engine with Apache Solr" and it's on the developer track. I am hoping to hear soon whether or not it will be livestreamed and/or video recorded. A very happy Hannukah and happy new year to everyone! - Brooke Schreier Ganz Los Angeles, California
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"How to Make KehilaLinks Webpages" class to begin January 22, 2012
#romania
bounce-2341295-772976@...
We are delighted to announce our fourth "How to Make KehilaLinks
Webpages", taught by Mark Heckman and beginning January 22, 2012 This course is designed for those who would like to create a KehilaLinks webpage dedicated to a Jewish Community / Kehila / Town / Shtetl, but don't know how. Creating web pages is not difficult. We will use a free, downloadable, simple-to-use web page editor that runs on both PCs and Macs. All you need to participate is some basic computer skills, a computer, and a few spare hours a week for 6 weeks Course description and how to enroll are described in detail on the JewishGen Education page at www.jewishgen.org/education. Happy Chanukah! Susana Leistner Bloch, V.P., KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman,KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator Mark Heckman, Instructor
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Romania SIG #Romania "How to Make KehilaLinks Webpages" class to begin January 22, 2012
#romania
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We are delighted to announce our fourth "How to Make KehilaLinks
Webpages", taught by Mark Heckman and beginning January 22, 2012 This course is designed for those who would like to create a KehilaLinks webpage dedicated to a Jewish Community / Kehila / Town / Shtetl, but don't know how. Creating web pages is not difficult. We will use a free, downloadable, simple-to-use web page editor that runs on both PCs and Macs. All you need to participate is some basic computer skills, a computer, and a few spare hours a week for 6 weeks Course description and how to enroll are described in detail on the JewishGen Education page at www.jewishgen.org/education. Happy Chanukah! Susana Leistner Bloch, V.P., KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman,KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator Mark Heckman, Instructor
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"How to Make KehilaLinks Webpages" class to begin January 22, 2012
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We are delighted to announce our fourth "How to Make KehilaLinks
Webpages", taught by Mark Heckman and beginning January 22, 2012 This course is designed for those who would like to create a KehilaLinks webpage dedicated to a Jewish Community / Kehila / Town / Shtetl, but don't know how. Creating web pages is not difficult. We will use a free, downloadable, simple-to-use web page editor that runs on both PCs and Macs. All you need to participate is some basic computer skills, a computer, and a few spare hours a week for 6 weeks Course description and how to enroll are described in detail on the JewishGen Education page at www.jewishgen.org/education. Happy Chanukah! Susana Leistner Bloch, V.P., KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman,KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator Mark Heckman, Instructor
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French SIG #France "How to Make KehilaLinks Webpages" class to begin January 22, 2012
#france
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We are delighted to announce our fourth "How to Make KehilaLinks
Webpages", taught by Mark Heckman and beginning January 22, 2012 This course is designed for those who would like to create a KehilaLinks webpage dedicated to a Jewish Community / Kehila / Town / Shtetl, but don't know how. Creating web pages is not difficult. We will use a free, downloadable, simple-to-use web page editor that runs on both PCs and Macs. All you need to participate is some basic computer skills, a computer, and a few spare hours a week for 6 weeks Course description and how to enroll are described in detail on the JewishGen Education page at www.jewishgen.org/education. Happy Chanukah! Susana Leistner Bloch, V.P., KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc. Barbara Ellman,KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator Mark Heckman, Instructor
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