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Bilgoraj, Chelm notary records online
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Logan J. Kleinwaks
New scans of notary records >from Bilgoraj and Chelm have just been posted at
szukajwarchiwach.pl. Perhaps, someone interested in these towns can examine them to determine whether there are any records pertaining to Jews, as notary records can sometimes contain extremely valuable genealogical information. To view the scans, first go to the list of groups of records at: Chelm notary records 1810-1814 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/36/120/0/str/1/100?ps=True#tabZespol Bilgoraj notary records 1811-1915 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/37/307/0/str/1/100?ps=True#tabJednostki http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/37/310/0/str/1/100?ps=True#tabJednostki http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/37/312/0/str/1/100?ps=True#tabJednostki http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/37/313/0/str/1/200?ps=True#tabJednostki http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/37/319/0/str/1/100?ps=True#tabJednostki Year ranges above indicate the first and last year for which there are scans, but there might not be scans for some years in between. In the lists, note the last column on the right, Number of Scans/Liczba Skanow. If that is 0, there are no scans available for the group of records. Clicking the title of a group of records will bring up an overview page, with a red tab at the top. Click the link to the right of the red tab, Scans/Skany. This will lead to a group of thumbnail images, 15 per page by default. Clicking on a thumbnail will enlarge it. On the enlarged image, there is an icon near the bottom right that looks like a white rectangle on a black circle -- clicking that will open a new window to display a high-resolution image. Because of the size of the high-resolution image, it might not be fully visible on your screen, but you can click, hold, and drag it with your mouse to change the visible region. To save a high-resolution image to your computer, click the Download/Pobierz link below the image, in the bottom center. I have not examined these scans and I regret that I am not able to offer individual assistance. Logan Kleinwaks kleinwaks@alumni.princeton.edu near Washington, D.C.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Bilgoraj, Chelm notary records online
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Logan J. Kleinwaks
New scans of notary records >from Bilgoraj and Chelm have just been posted at
szukajwarchiwach.pl. Perhaps, someone interested in these towns can examine them to determine whether there are any records pertaining to Jews, as notary records can sometimes contain extremely valuable genealogical information. To view the scans, first go to the list of groups of records at: Chelm notary records 1810-1814 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/36/120/0/str/1/100?ps=True#tabZespol Bilgoraj notary records 1811-1915 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/37/307/0/str/1/100?ps=True#tabJednostki http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/37/310/0/str/1/100?ps=True#tabJednostki http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/37/312/0/str/1/100?ps=True#tabJednostki http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/37/313/0/str/1/200?ps=True#tabJednostki http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/37/319/0/str/1/100?ps=True#tabJednostki Year ranges above indicate the first and last year for which there are scans, but there might not be scans for some years in between. In the lists, note the last column on the right, Number of Scans/Liczba Skanow. If that is 0, there are no scans available for the group of records. Clicking the title of a group of records will bring up an overview page, with a red tab at the top. Click the link to the right of the red tab, Scans/Skany. This will lead to a group of thumbnail images, 15 per page by default. Clicking on a thumbnail will enlarge it. On the enlarged image, there is an icon near the bottom right that looks like a white rectangle on a black circle -- clicking that will open a new window to display a high-resolution image. Because of the size of the high-resolution image, it might not be fully visible on your screen, but you can click, hold, and drag it with your mouse to change the visible region. To save a high-resolution image to your computer, click the Download/Pobierz link below the image, in the bottom center. I have not examined these scans and I regret that I am not able to offer individual assistance. Logan Kleinwaks kleinwaks@alumni.princeton.edu near Washington, D.C.
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Karczew, Siedlce, Sobienie-Jeziory, Swierze, Szczebrzeszyn vital record scans online
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Logan J. Kleinwaks
New scans of vital records >from Karczew, Siedlce, Sobienie-Jeziory, Swierze,
and Szczebrzeszyn have just been posted at szukajwarchiwach.pl. Some, but not all, correspond to records previously indexed by JRI-Poland.org. To view the scans, first go to the list of groups of records at: Karczew Civil BMD 1810-1825 (Jewish + non-Jewish) http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/78/217/0/str/1/100#tabJednostki Siedlce BMD 1828-1911 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/62/221/0/1/str/1/1000#tabJednostki Sobienie-Jeziory B 1877-1908, M 1877-1909, D 1877-1898 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/62/1610/0/0/str/1/1000#tabJednostki Swierze BMD 1826-1909 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/35/1774/0/str/1/1000#tabJednostki Szczebrzeszyn BMD 1826-1875 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/35/1773/0/str/1/1000#tabJednostki Year ranges above indicate the first and last year for which there are scans, but there might not be scans for some years in between. In the lists, note the last column on the right, Number of Scans/Liczba Skanow. If that is 0, there are no scans available for the group of records. Clicking the title of a group (e.g., Ksiega urodzen) will bring up an overview page, with a red tab at the top. Click the link to the right of the red tab, Scans/Skany. This will lead to a group of thumbnail images, 15 per page by default. Clicking on a thumbnail will enlarge it. On the enlarged image, there is an icon near the bottom right that looks like a white rectangle on a black circle -- clicking that will open a new window to display a high-resolution image. Because of the size of the high-resolution image, it might not be fully visible on your screen, but you can click, hold, and drag it with your mouse to change the visible region. To save a high-resolution image to your computer, click the Download/Pobierz link below the image, in the bottom center. I have not examined these scans and I regret that I am not able to offer individual assistance. Logan Kleinwaks kleinwaks@alumni.princeton.edu near Washington, D.C.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Karczew, Siedlce, Sobienie-Jeziory, Swierze, Szczebrzeszyn vital record scans online
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Logan J. Kleinwaks
New scans of vital records >from Karczew, Siedlce, Sobienie-Jeziory, Swierze,
and Szczebrzeszyn have just been posted at szukajwarchiwach.pl. Some, but not all, correspond to records previously indexed by JRI-Poland.org. To view the scans, first go to the list of groups of records at: Karczew Civil BMD 1810-1825 (Jewish + non-Jewish) http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/78/217/0/str/1/100#tabJednostki Siedlce BMD 1828-1911 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/62/221/0/1/str/1/1000#tabJednostki Sobienie-Jeziory B 1877-1908, M 1877-1909, D 1877-1898 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/62/1610/0/0/str/1/1000#tabJednostki Swierze BMD 1826-1909 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/35/1774/0/str/1/1000#tabJednostki Szczebrzeszyn BMD 1826-1875 http://szukajwarchiwach.pl/35/1773/0/str/1/1000#tabJednostki Year ranges above indicate the first and last year for which there are scans, but there might not be scans for some years in between. In the lists, note the last column on the right, Number of Scans/Liczba Skanow. If that is 0, there are no scans available for the group of records. Clicking the title of a group (e.g., Ksiega urodzen) will bring up an overview page, with a red tab at the top. Click the link to the right of the red tab, Scans/Skany. This will lead to a group of thumbnail images, 15 per page by default. Clicking on a thumbnail will enlarge it. On the enlarged image, there is an icon near the bottom right that looks like a white rectangle on a black circle -- clicking that will open a new window to display a high-resolution image. Because of the size of the high-resolution image, it might not be fully visible on your screen, but you can click, hold, and drag it with your mouse to change the visible region. To save a high-resolution image to your computer, click the Download/Pobierz link below the image, in the bottom center. I have not examined these scans and I regret that I am not able to offer individual assistance. Logan Kleinwaks kleinwaks@alumni.princeton.edu near Washington, D.C.
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Arthur STOCKI Warsaw 1939
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Connie Fisher Newhan
While looking through some of my father's old pictures, I found an old \
photograph of Arthur STOCKI. My father left Warsaw in 1939. Dad wrote on the photograph............."Arthur Stocki, a pal- - killed by Hitler's bandits in 1939 while defending Warsaw. May he rest in peace". I'm hoping this will find its way to a family member........... Please contact me privately if you would like me to send you an email copy of the photo. Best Regards, Connie Fisher Newhan (#1272) California, USA FISHER/FISCHER/FISZER, FISZEL (Warszawa& Bedzin, Poland),S(Z)PRINGER, KOKOTEK, HERSZLIKOWICZ, HAMBURGER (Bedzin, Lagiza, Zarki, Poland), GERSTEN (Obertyn, Galacia) BARSKA/BARSKY/BARSKIY(Odessa), GOLDBERG (Sokolka?), FELDMAN (Veliuona, Kaunas), CAHN (Koln), FRIEDSAM (Bodendorf, Coln? Germany, Pittsburgh, PA), NEWHAN /NEUHAN/NEUHAHN (Hesse Cassel, Meimbressen, Germany, Baltimore, MD), BOHORODCZANER (Potok Zloty, Ukraine), LEVINE, BLUM, ROTH,nROCKOVITZ, ABRAMS, RABINOWITZ
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Arthur STOCKI Warsaw 1939
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Connie Fisher Newhan
While looking through some of my father's old pictures, I found an old \
photograph of Arthur STOCKI. My father left Warsaw in 1939. Dad wrote on the photograph............."Arthur Stocki, a pal- - killed by Hitler's bandits in 1939 while defending Warsaw. May he rest in peace". I'm hoping this will find its way to a family member........... Please contact me privately if you would like me to send you an email copy of the photo. Best Regards, Connie Fisher Newhan (#1272) California, USA FISHER/FISCHER/FISZER, FISZEL (Warszawa& Bedzin, Poland),S(Z)PRINGER, KOKOTEK, HERSZLIKOWICZ, HAMBURGER (Bedzin, Lagiza, Zarki, Poland), GERSTEN (Obertyn, Galacia) BARSKA/BARSKY/BARSKIY(Odessa), GOLDBERG (Sokolka?), FELDMAN (Veliuona, Kaunas), CAHN (Koln), FRIEDSAM (Bodendorf, Coln? Germany, Pittsburgh, PA), NEWHAN /NEUHAN/NEUHAHN (Hesse Cassel, Meimbressen, Germany, Baltimore, MD), BOHORODCZANER (Potok Zloty, Ukraine), LEVINE, BLUM, ROTH,nROCKOVITZ, ABRAMS, RABINOWITZ
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Re: Divorce Decree
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A. E. Jordan
From: Debbie Lifschitz
How do I go about find the divorce decree, which her family now needs forDivorce records are private and sealed for 100 years. The court calendar is public so if you can figure out the court you can see the very basic details on the court calendar. In this unique case the family could petition the court for the record but that has to be done in a formal process documenting the relationship and explaining why. In general genealogists can only see the calendar or the files for 100 years plus -- but due to a recent fire in the records storage some of the old ones have been lost. If anyone wants to discuss the process and my results with court calendars email me. Allan Jordan
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Divorce Decree
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A. E. Jordan
From: Debbie Lifschitz
How do I go about find the divorce decree, which her family now needs forDivorce records are private and sealed for 100 years. The court calendar is public so if you can figure out the court you can see the very basic details on the court calendar. In this unique case the family could petition the court for the record but that has to be done in a formal process documenting the relationship and explaining why. In general genealogists can only see the calendar or the files for 100 years plus -- but due to a recent fire in the records storage some of the old ones have been lost. If anyone wants to discuss the process and my results with court calendars email me. Allan Jordan
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Researching Slonim, Belarus
#belarus
Hi all
I adopted the Jewish website for Slonim, Belarus, today. It has been 13 years since it was updated. I immediately added some tabs to the homepage: http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/slonim I invite you to send in your stories, memories, photos, family biographies and articles on Jewish life in Slonim. Here are examples of the kind of material we are looking for: http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/slonim/Benny.html http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/graaff_reinet/Wertheim.html http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/nasielsk/Kurtz.html You can find more info on my 75 KehilaLinks here: http://elirab.me/kehila/ For any queries, email me at eli@elirab.com Thanks and regards Eli Rabinowitz http://elirab.me
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Researching Slonim, Belarus
#belarus
Hi all
I adopted the Jewish website for Slonim, Belarus, today. It has been 13 years since it was updated. I immediately added some tabs to the homepage: http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/slonim I invite you to send in your stories, memories, photos, family biographies and articles on Jewish life in Slonim. Here are examples of the kind of material we are looking for: http://www.kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/slonim/Benny.html http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/graaff_reinet/Wertheim.html http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/nasielsk/Kurtz.html You can find more info on my 75 KehilaLinks here: http://elirab.me/kehila/ For any queries, email me at eli@elirab.com Thanks and regards Eli Rabinowitz http://elirab.me
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New Yizkor Book in Translation Published: Olshan, Belarus
#belarus
Joel Alpert <jalp@...>
The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project is proud to announce the publication
of its 53rd title, The Life and Destruction of Olshan (Gol'shany, Belarus), the Memorial (Yizkor Book) of the town in hard cover. It is the translation of Lebn un umkum fun Olshan. You will likely want to have this book with all its photographs and illustrations to find out about the town of your ancestors and show it to your children and grandchildren, when they ask you those important questions. This would make a lovely holiday gift for a loved one. Available on Amazon for around $36, List Price: $49.95 For more information, go to: = http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Golshany.html The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project now has 53 titles available. To see all the books, go to: http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html= The Life and Destruction of Olshan Original Yizkor Book Written and Edited by: Former Residents of Olshan in Israel (Irgun Yotzey Olshan) Published in Tel Aviv, 1965 (Hebrew, Yiddish and English) This English Version was Translated and Edited by Jack Leibman Hard Cover, 11 by 8.5, 336 pages with all illustrations and photos. Gol'shany, Belarus is located at 54=B015' Latitude and 26=B001' Longitude Alternate names for the town are: Hal'shany [Belarussian], Gol'shany [Russian], Olshan [Yiddish], Holszany [Polish], Alsenai [Lithuanian], Halsany, Holshan, Holshani, Olshani, Olszany Nearby Jewish Communities: Traby 8 miles SSW Krevo 12 miles ENE Vishneva 12 miles SE Ashmyany 12 miles NNW Zhuprany 15 miles N Dieveniskes, Lithuania 17 miles WSW Soly 20 miles NNE Smarhon 22 miles NE Bakshty 23 miles SSE Lipnishki 24 miles SW Valozhyn 24 miles ESE Iwye 24 miles SSW Laibiskes, Lithuania 25 miles NW Astravyets 25 miles N Salcininkai, Lithuania 26 miles W Byenyakoni 26 miles W Zaskevichi 26 miles ENE Liebiedzieva 28 miles E Voranava 28 miles WSW We hope you find this of interest for you and your family in discovering the history of your ancestors. For order 4 or more books to one address in the US, UK or Australia, we can offer you a significantly reduced price of $25 per book including shipping (Amazon discount price is about $36 plus shipping). Email to ybip@jewishgen.org Email to ybip@jewishgen.org to get prices for other locations outside of the US. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of Yizkor Books, JewishGen, Inc. PS. Can we suggest this book as a birthday, anniversary or holiday gift for someone special in your family.
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Belarus SIG #Belarus New Yizkor Book in Translation Published: Olshan, Belarus
#belarus
Joel Alpert <jalp@...>
The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project is proud to announce the publication
of its 53rd title, The Life and Destruction of Olshan (Gol'shany, Belarus), the Memorial (Yizkor Book) of the town in hard cover. It is the translation of Lebn un umkum fun Olshan. You will likely want to have this book with all its photographs and illustrations to find out about the town of your ancestors and show it to your children and grandchildren, when they ask you those important questions. This would make a lovely holiday gift for a loved one. Available on Amazon for around $36, List Price: $49.95 For more information, go to: = http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Golshany.html The Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project now has 53 titles available. To see all the books, go to: http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/ybip.html= The Life and Destruction of Olshan Original Yizkor Book Written and Edited by: Former Residents of Olshan in Israel (Irgun Yotzey Olshan) Published in Tel Aviv, 1965 (Hebrew, Yiddish and English) This English Version was Translated and Edited by Jack Leibman Hard Cover, 11 by 8.5, 336 pages with all illustrations and photos. Gol'shany, Belarus is located at 54=B015' Latitude and 26=B001' Longitude Alternate names for the town are: Hal'shany [Belarussian], Gol'shany [Russian], Olshan [Yiddish], Holszany [Polish], Alsenai [Lithuanian], Halsany, Holshan, Holshani, Olshani, Olszany Nearby Jewish Communities: Traby 8 miles SSW Krevo 12 miles ENE Vishneva 12 miles SE Ashmyany 12 miles NNW Zhuprany 15 miles N Dieveniskes, Lithuania 17 miles WSW Soly 20 miles NNE Smarhon 22 miles NE Bakshty 23 miles SSE Lipnishki 24 miles SW Valozhyn 24 miles ESE Iwye 24 miles SSW Laibiskes, Lithuania 25 miles NW Astravyets 25 miles N Salcininkai, Lithuania 26 miles W Byenyakoni 26 miles W Zaskevichi 26 miles ENE Liebiedzieva 28 miles E Voranava 28 miles WSW We hope you find this of interest for you and your family in discovering the history of your ancestors. For order 4 or more books to one address in the US, UK or Australia, we can offer you a significantly reduced price of $25 per book including shipping (Amazon discount price is about $36 plus shipping). Email to ybip@jewishgen.org Email to ybip@jewishgen.org to get prices for other locations outside of the US. Joel Alpert, Coordinator of Yizkor-Books-In-Print Project of Yizkor Books, JewishGen, Inc. PS. Can we suggest this book as a birthday, anniversary or holiday gift for someone special in your family.
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Searching:TOWMAN, Suskowitz, Jockton
#belarus
Ulla Kvant <ulla.kvant@...>
I am born TOVMAN and I'm searching my grandfather and grandmothers
family. The family is >from Dissna or Drissa, Vitebsk, Vilna Gubernia. If anyone is related or connected to anyone, please contact me, thank you. My grandfather's name was Salomon TOVMAN, born 1865. Where, I don't know. Grandmother's name was Sara Suskowitz Yours sincerely Ulla Kvant
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Searching:TOWMAN, Suskowitz, Jockton
#belarus
Ulla Kvant <ulla.kvant@...>
I am born TOVMAN and I'm searching my grandfather and grandmothers
family. The family is >from Dissna or Drissa, Vitebsk, Vilna Gubernia. If anyone is related or connected to anyone, please contact me, thank you. My grandfather's name was Salomon TOVMAN, born 1865. Where, I don't know. Grandmother's name was Sara Suskowitz Yours sincerely Ulla Kvant
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The CIA's CREST database goes online for the first time -- eleven million records
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Asparagirl
The CIA's CREST database has just gone online for free public access.
While most of these eleven million records have been declassified for years, they were previously only available to researchers who used the computers onsite at the National Archives (NARA II) in College Park, Maryland. They are now searchable in the CIA's online "Electronic Reading Room." While the text of the files is basically searchable, the OCR on the text is not great, owing to the mixed quality of the original copies, many of which were typewritten, copied several times and redacted, and sometimes hand-annotated. Besides doing a search on surnames, you might be able to find some information about your ancestral shtetls and towns in this database. There appears to have been a CIA survey done of most towns in Ukraine and Poland and Lithuania in the 1950's, maybe other USSR-occupied areas too, and those reports are in this database. For example, here is the CIA's 1954 survey of "Nadvornaya", which was the then-contemporary Russian/USSR name for what we would call Nadvirna (Ukrainian) or Nadworna (Polish): https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000600060284-1.pdf As you can see, there are lots of details included about the town and its inhabitants and its buildings. Make sure to search for your town name using alternate spellings, concentrating on the Russian/Soviet versions in use in the 1950's. Even countries sometimes have alternate spellings in these documents, i.e. Rumania instead of Romania. I also found that there are some phonebooks in this record collection, although it's very hard to find them with the search tool. Here's a 1958 phonebook for several major cities in the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia): https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81-01043R002000180001-5.pdf And here's a 1957-1958 phonebook for Lodz Voivodeship, USSR, which is today Poland: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81-01043R002500080010-1.pdf And here's the 1955 phonebook for Leipzig, then in East Germany: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81-01043R000700140001-4.pdf And here's the 1966 phonebook for Kalinin, which is today known as Tver, Russia, about 110 miles northwest of Moscow: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00038R001800280001-3.pdf (Note: searching the CREST database on the phrase "telephone directory" seems to work better at unearthing these gems than searching on the word "phonebook", but you will also get many false hits for the CIA's own internal telephone directories.) There are also a number of reports about Nazi concentration camps, Soviet labor camps and gulags, and more Cold War era military documentation than you can believe. Good luck! - Brooke Schreier Ganz Mill Valley, California
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen The CIA's CREST database goes online for the first time -- eleven million records
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Asparagirl
The CIA's CREST database has just gone online for free public access.
While most of these eleven million records have been declassified for years, they were previously only available to researchers who used the computers onsite at the National Archives (NARA II) in College Park, Maryland. They are now searchable in the CIA's online "Electronic Reading Room." While the text of the files is basically searchable, the OCR on the text is not great, owing to the mixed quality of the original copies, many of which were typewritten, copied several times and redacted, and sometimes hand-annotated. Besides doing a search on surnames, you might be able to find some information about your ancestral shtetls and towns in this database. There appears to have been a CIA survey done of most towns in Ukraine and Poland and Lithuania in the 1950's, maybe other USSR-occupied areas too, and those reports are in this database. For example, here is the CIA's 1954 survey of "Nadvornaya", which was the then-contemporary Russian/USSR name for what we would call Nadvirna (Ukrainian) or Nadworna (Polish): https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000600060284-1.pdf As you can see, there are lots of details included about the town and its inhabitants and its buildings. Make sure to search for your town name using alternate spellings, concentrating on the Russian/Soviet versions in use in the 1950's. Even countries sometimes have alternate spellings in these documents, i.e. Rumania instead of Romania. I also found that there are some phonebooks in this record collection, although it's very hard to find them with the search tool. Here's a 1958 phonebook for several major cities in the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia): https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81-01043R002000180001-5.pdf And here's a 1957-1958 phonebook for Lodz Voivodeship, USSR, which is today Poland: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81-01043R002500080010-1.pdf And here's the 1955 phonebook for Leipzig, then in East Germany: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP81-01043R000700140001-4.pdf And here's the 1966 phonebook for Kalinin, which is today known as Tver, Russia, about 110 miles northwest of Moscow: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP82-00038R001800280001-3.pdf (Note: searching the CREST database on the phrase "telephone directory" seems to work better at unearthing these gems than searching on the word "phonebook", but you will also get many false hits for the CIA's own internal telephone directories.) There are also a number of reports about Nazi concentration camps, Soviet labor camps and gulags, and more Cold War era military documentation than you can believe. Good luck! - Brooke Schreier Ganz Mill Valley, California
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Seeking information about bookbinders
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Nicole Yossefi <nicole.y.de.c@...>
Hello genners
My ggrandfather Simon STIEGLITZ was a teacher and a bookbinder in Biecz. I would like to know more information about the craft specifically in a Jewish shtetl at the begining of twentieth century Galicia. Any interesting links or articles will be highly apreciated. Nicole Yossefi Researching: FELSENSTEIN, STIEGLITZ, HIRSCHFELD, WIESSENFELD, MEDON, ZELLERKRAUT, SIEBZEHNER.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking information about bookbinders
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Nicole Yossefi <nicole.y.de.c@...>
Hello genners
My ggrandfather Simon STIEGLITZ was a teacher and a bookbinder in Biecz. I would like to know more information about the craft specifically in a Jewish shtetl at the begining of twentieth century Galicia. Any interesting links or articles will be highly apreciated. Nicole Yossefi Researching: FELSENSTEIN, STIEGLITZ, HIRSCHFELD, WIESSENFELD, MEDON, ZELLERKRAUT, SIEBZEHNER.
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(Canada) Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies-University of Alberta Launches Digital Archive
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Jan Meisels Allen
The University of Alberta's Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS)
launched a website for publications about Canadian Ukrainians - it's free. The collection includes books, research reports, journals - including the Journal of Ukrainian Studies research guides and more, including the British Foreign Office files 1917-1918 on Ukraine and Ukrainians. To access the website go to: http://cius-archives.ca/ If you type in "Jewish" in the search field, there are a number of returns. Thank you to Gail Dever and Genealogy a la carte for informing us of this new archive. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (Canada) Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies-University of Alberta Launches Digital Archive
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
The University of Alberta's Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS)
launched a website for publications about Canadian Ukrainians - it's free. The collection includes books, research reports, journals - including the Journal of Ukrainian Studies research guides and more, including the British Foreign Office files 1917-1918 on Ukraine and Ukrainians. To access the website go to: http://cius-archives.ca/ If you type in "Jewish" in the search field, there are a number of returns. Thank you to Gail Dever and Genealogy a la carte for informing us of this new archive. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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