A Sub-Carpathia Research Group mail list has been created for
researchers with Jewish roots in villages and towns located in
present-day Ukraine but formerly located in those parts of the
pre-1918 Hungarian counties of Bereg, Maramaros, Ugocsa and
Ung, the 1918-1939 Czechoslovak territory of Podkarpatska Rus'
(Subcarpathia Russia) and the inter-war Hungarian territory called
Carpatho-Ukraine.

Please note that while, today, parts of Bereg are in
Hungary/Ukraine, parts of Maramaros are in Romania/Ukraine,
parts of Ugocsa are in Romania/Ukraine and parts of Ung are in
Slovakia/Ukraine, this discussion mail list is only concerned with
those parts of these four former Hungarian counties that are in
present-day Ukraine.

For those parts of Bereg in Hungary/Romania today, Maramaros
in Romania today, Ugocsa in Romania today and Ung in Slovakia
today, visit Hungary SIG or Romania SIG, but you are welcome to
sign-up for this list, too.

Additionally, to complement the Sub-Carpathia Research Group
mail list, a Sub-Carpathia Portal (web site) was created for the
specific purpose of gathering, presenting and preserving
genealogical and historical information about Jewish life in
Sub-Carpathia in the former Hungarian counties of Bereg,
Maramaros, Ugocsa and Ung, as defined above. The web site
portal is always a work in-progress. Therefore, if you have
content of interest to all, to enrich the portal, please contact me
via the e-mail link at the portal.

To join the Sub-Carpathia Research Group mail list, go to:
http://www.jewishgen.org/ListManager/members_list.asp

To visit the Sub-Carpathia Portal (web site), go to:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary/Sub-Carpathia/

Respectfully,
Marshall KATZ
Camp Hill, PA, USA

MODERATOR NOTE: We are posting this message about
Sub-Carpathia because of the region's proximity to Eastern
Galicia. (See the map on the group's home page.)

A Sub-Carpathia Research Group mail list has been created for
researchers with Jewish roots in villages and towns located in
present-day Ukraine but formerly located in those parts of the
pre-1918 Hungarian counties of Bereg, Maramaros, Ugocsa and
Ung, the 1918-1939 Czechoslovak territory of Podkarpatska Rus'
(Subcarpathia Russia) and the inter-war Hungarian territory called
Carpatho-Ukraine.

Please note that while, today, parts of Bereg are in
Hungary/Ukraine, parts of Maramaros are in Romania/Ukraine,
parts of Ugocsa are in Romania/Ukraine and parts of Ung are in
Slovakia/Ukraine, this discussion mail list is only concerned with
those parts of these four former Hungarian counties that are in
present-day Ukraine.

For those parts of Bereg in Hungary/Romania today, Maramaros
in Romania today, Ugocsa in Romania today and Ung in Slovakia
today, visit Hungary SIG or Romania SIG, but you are welcome to
sign-up for this list, too.

Additionally, to complement the Sub-Carpathia Research Group
mail list, a Sub-Carpathia Portal (web site) was created for the
specific purpose of gathering, presenting and preserving
genealogical and historical information about Jewish life in
Sub-Carpathia in the former Hungarian counties of Bereg,
Maramaros, Ugocsa and Ung, as defined above. The web site
portal is always a work in-progress. Therefore, if you have
content of interest to all, to enrich the portal, please contact me
via the e-mail link at the portal.

To join the Sub-Carpathia Research Group mail list, go to:
http://www.jewishgen.org/ListManager/members_list.asp

To visit the Sub-Carpathia Portal (web site), go to:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary/Sub-Carpathia/

Respectfully,
Marshall KATZ
Camp Hill, PA, USA

MODERATOR NOTE: We are posting this message about
Sub-Carpathia because of the region's proximity to Eastern
Galicia. (See the map on the group's home page.)

We are pleased to announce that David S. Ferriero, Archivist of
the United States, will speak at the Conference Gala on Thursday
evening, August 18. The evening will feature excellent kosher
food, extensive networking and social opportunities,
announcements of IAJGS awardees for their contributions to
genealogy, and the music and vocals of the world-renowned
Robyn Helzner Trio.

David S. Ferriero was sworn in as 10th Archivist of the United
States on November 13, 2009. Previously, he served as the
Andrew W. Mellon Director of the New York Public Libraries
(NYPL). In this position he was part of the leadership team
responsible for integrating four research libraries and 87 branch
libraries into one seamless service for users, creating the largest
public library system in the United States and one of the largest
research libraries in the world.

Before joining the NYPL in 2004, Mr. Ferriero served in top
positions at two of the nation's major academic libraries, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, and
Duke University in Durham, NC. In those positions, he led major
initiatives including the expansion of facilities, the adoption of
digital technologies, and a reengineering of printing and
publications. At Duke, he raised more than $50 million to expand
and renovate the university's library, and was responsible for
instructional technology initiatives.

Make sure you include the Gala in your conference plans. You can
register for the conference or modify your existing registration to
purchase tickets through the
http://www.dc2011.org/index.php/register web site.

See you in DC!
Marlene Bishow,
Vic Cohen,
Sue Isman
Co-Chairs - 31st IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

We are pleased to announce that David S. Ferriero, Archivist of
the United States, will speak at the Conference Gala on Thursday
evening, August 18. The evening will feature excellent kosher
food, extensive networking and social opportunities,
announcements of IAJGS awardees for their contributions to
genealogy, and the music and vocals of the world-renowned
Robyn Helzner Trio.

David S. Ferriero was sworn in as 10th Archivist of the United
States on November 13, 2009. Previously, he served as the
Andrew W. Mellon Director of the New York Public Libraries
(NYPL). In this position he was part of the leadership team
responsible for integrating four research libraries and 87 branch
libraries into one seamless service for users, creating the largest
public library system in the United States and one of the largest
research libraries in the world.

Before joining the NYPL in 2004, Mr. Ferriero served in top
positions at two of the nation's major academic libraries, the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, and
Duke University in Durham, NC. In those positions, he led major
initiatives including the expansion of facilities, the adoption of
digital technologies, and a reengineering of printing and
publications. At Duke, he raised more than $50 million to expand
and renovate the university's library, and was responsible for
instructional technology initiatives.

Make sure you include the Gala in your conference plans. You can
register for the conference or modify your existing registration to
purchase tickets through the
http://www.dc2011.org/index.php/register web site.

See you in DC!
Marlene Bishow,
Vic Cohen,
Sue Isman
Co-Chairs - 31st IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

Dear Researchers:

Two months ago I posted an announcement on the new Brody cemetery
project.

Thus far we raised less than half of the required budget >from only 16
contributors (out of over 300 Brody registered researchers).

Since the first announcement, we have done the following:
- Completed a one-day survey at the cemetery, which helped us to
estimate the required work.
- Put out a proposal for photographing the gravestones and reviewed
several responding bids.
- Selected a photographer
- Defined the scope of work

We want to begin photography next month, but whether we can get the
work done is up to you! We cannot sign a contract for work without
the adequate funding and this is the best season in which to do the
photography.

In order to have it happen, we need your help in raising the required
$4,500.

Please consider giving generously so that the work may begin now!
Donations can be through our JewishGenerosity account on either
Gesher Galicia's page:
<http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=14>

Or on the Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Records (JOWBR) page:
<http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=32>

Click on the box that reads: "Brody Cemetery Project." Contributions
are tax deductible for U.S. citizens. You contribute online with a
credit card or print up a form to fax or mail in with a check or
credit card number (US currency only).

Instructions: As there are multiple donation sites on each page -- make
certain you click on the tab that reads: "Brody Cemetery Project" so your
donation is credited properly. Higher levels of donations will give you
early access to these records and the Excel files:
$100+ Donations: you will receive an Excel spreadsheet with all the
information >from the headstones collected that will be going to JOWBR
in advance of the data being posted online.

Please contact me for questions.

Those of you that would like to join the 2nd phase of indexing the
photographed data, please contact me.

Meanwhile you can search your Brody ancestors at
http://sites.google.com/site/elyasaffamily/brody-data (this is the
output of our previous project that was done with the generosity of
the Brody researchers).

Ami Elyasaf
Project coordinator
Ami.elyasaf@...

Dear Researchers:

Two months ago I posted an announcement on the new Brody cemetery
project.

Thus far we raised less than half of the required budget >from only 16
contributors (out of over 300 Brody registered researchers).

Since the first announcement, we have done the following:
- Completed a one-day survey at the cemetery, which helped us to
estimate the required work.
- Put out a proposal for photographing the gravestones and reviewed
several responding bids.
- Selected a photographer
- Defined the scope of work

We want to begin photography next month, but whether we can get the
work done is up to you! We cannot sign a contract for work without
the adequate funding and this is the best season in which to do the
photography.

In order to have it happen, we need your help in raising the required
$4,500.

Please consider giving generously so that the work may begin now!
Donations can be through our JewishGenerosity account on either
Gesher Galicia's page:
<http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=14>

Or on the Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Records (JOWBR) page:
<http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=32>

Click on the box that reads: "Brody Cemetery Project." Contributions
are tax deductible for U.S. citizens. You contribute online with a
credit card or print up a form to fax or mail in with a check or
credit card number (US currency only).

Instructions: As there are multiple donation sites on each page -- make
certain you click on the tab that reads: "Brody Cemetery Project" so your
donation is credited properly. Higher levels of donations will give you
early access to these records and the Excel files:
$100+ Donations: you will receive an Excel spreadsheet with all the
information >from the headstones collected that will be going to JOWBR
in advance of the data being posted online.

Please contact me for questions.

Those of you that would like to join the 2nd phase of indexing the
photographed data, please contact me.

Meanwhile you can search your Brody ancestors at
http://sites.google.com/site/elyasaffamily/brody-data (this is the
output of our previous project that was done with the generosity of
the Brody researchers).

Ami Elyasaf
Project coordinator
Ami.elyasaf@...

Hello to all,

I am interested in requesting a deceased person's employment history
fro the Social Security Administration. The form is SSA--7050-F4,
Request for Social Security Earnings Information.

I read the form with its instructions,which requires proof of relation
to the deceased. I would be interested in hearing how rigid this
policy is, and would a copy of the SS-5,Application for SS# be
sufficient.

I would be grateful for anyone to share their experiences.

Thank you.

Gary Gershfield
Forest Hills,NY

Hello to all,

I am interested in requesting a deceased person's employment history
fro the Social Security Administration. The form is SSA--7050-F4,
Request for Social Security Earnings Information.

I read the form with its instructions,which requires proof of relation
to the deceased. I would be interested in hearing how rigid this
policy is, and would a copy of the SS-5,Application for SS# be
sufficient.

I would be grateful for anyone to share their experiences.

Thank you.

Gary Gershfield
Forest Hills,NY

The latest issue of the SA-SIG Newsletter, April 2011, is now
available on-line at:

http://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/newsletter/index.htm#MENU

(The previous issues of the Newsletter can be found at that
location as well.)

To learn more about the SA-SIG Newsletter, and to find out the
subscription options, refer to the description at:

http://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/newsletter/index.htm#about

Roy Ogus
Vice President, SA-SIG
Palo Alto, California
r_ogus at hotmail.com

The latest issue of the SA-SIG Newsletter, April 2011, is now
available on-line at:

http://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/newsletter/index.htm#MENU

(The previous issues of the Newsletter can be found at that
location as well.)

To learn more about the SA-SIG Newsletter, and to find out the
subscription options, refer to the description at:

http://www.jewishgen.org/safrica/newsletter/index.htm#about

Roy Ogus
Vice President, SA-SIG
Palo Alto, California
r_ogus at hotmail.com

Hi all,

Just a reminder that May 31st is the due date for those who wish to submit
data and/or photos for inclusion in the JOWBR (JewishGen Online Worldwide
Burial Registry) http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ database. Any
submissions received by the 31st will be part of our next update that will
go live prior to the summer conference.

For more information on submitting information, please see
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm or you can watch our
screencasts (short online movies) at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/

If you have any issues with the deadline or your submission, please contact
me directly at NAltman@...

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR Coordinator

Hi all,

Just a reminder that May 31st is the due date for those who wish to submit
data and/or photos for inclusion in the JOWBR (JewishGen Online Worldwide
Burial Registry) http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ database. Any
submissions received by the 31st will be part of our next update that will
go live prior to the summer conference.

For more information on submitting information, please see
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm or you can watch our
screencasts (short online movies) at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/

If you have any issues with the deadline or your submission, please contact
me directly at NAltman@...

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR Coordinator

Dear Patricia,
My guess would be Novoselitza. My great grandparents are >from the town of
Novoselitsa, 30 km >from Yednitz, part of Bessarabia, and very close to the
Romainian border. My grandfather listed his nationality as Romainian on one
paper and as Russian on others. I have seen the town spelled many different
ways, my great grandfather's ship manifest listed it as Novoselitz. Here's a
short description. What is the last name you are researching?

Kind Regards
Cliff Lamm (Florida, USA)

Novoselitsa (Noua - Sulita) A town in the Bessarabia region of the Ukraine. As a
result of the large emigration of Jews to Bessarabia, Novoselitsa developed in
the first half of the 19th century >from a rural into an urban community. There
were 3,898 Jews living there (66%of the total population) in 1897 and 4,152
(86.2) in 1930. Prior to World War II, community institutions included a talmud
torah, a kindergarten, and a school, all belonging to the Tarbut network, and an
old - age home.

Dear Patricia,
My guess would be Novoselitza. My great grandparents are >from the town of
Novoselitsa, 30 km >from Yednitz, part of Bessarabia, and very close to the
Romainian border. My grandfather listed his nationality as Romainian on one
paper and as Russian on others. I have seen the town spelled many different
ways, my great grandfather's ship manifest listed it as Novoselitz. Here's a
short description. What is the last name you are researching?

Kind Regards
Cliff Lamm (Florida, USA)

Novoselitsa (Noua - Sulita) A town in the Bessarabia region of the Ukraine. As a
result of the large emigration of Jews to Bessarabia, Novoselitsa developed in
the first half of the 19th century >from a rural into an urban community. There
were 3,898 Jews living there (66%of the total population) in 1897 and 4,152
(86.2) in 1930. Prior to World War II, community institutions included a talmud
torah, a kindergarten, and a school, all belonging to the Tarbut network, and an
old - age home.

Three Gesher Galicia members, Marla Raucher Osborn, Paul Osborn
and Alex Feller, recently completed a trip to Rohatyn, Ukraine (Galicia),
and Alex will be discussing his work in the Rohatyn cemetery at the
GG SIG meeting at the D.C. Conference.

Their visit to the village was covered by Ukrainian Television and
appeared on a news program. You might want to take a look if you
are curious. Even without speaking the language you can catch some
English here and there and you'll also enjoy viewing the perspective
offered on how foreign coverage covers genealogical and historical
explorations like these Americans took.

Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChMQYC7Rvl4

Pamela Weisberger
Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@...

Three Gesher Galicia members, Marla Raucher Osborn, Paul Osborn
and Alex Feller, recently completed a trip to Rohatyn, Ukraine (Galicia),
and Alex will be discussing his work in the Rohatyn cemetery at the
GG SIG meeting at the D.C. Conference.

Their visit to the village was covered by Ukrainian Television and
appeared on a news program. You might want to take a look if you
are curious. Even without speaking the language you can catch some
English here and there and you'll also enjoy viewing the perspective
offered on how foreign coverage covers genealogical and historical
explorations like these Americans took.

Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChMQYC7Rvl4

Pamela Weisberger
Gesher Galicia
pweisberger@...

A Sub-Carpathia Research Group mail list has been created for researchers
with Jewish roots in villages and towns located in present-day Ukraine
but were formerly located in those parts of the pre-1918 Hungarian counties
of Bereg, Maramaros, Ugocsa and Ung, the 1918-1939 Czechoslovak territory
of
Podkarpatska Rus' (Subcarpathia Russia) and the inter-war Hungarian
territory called Carpatho-Ukraine.

Please note that while, today, parts of Bereg are in Hungary/Ukraine,
parts of
Maramaros are in Romania/Ukraine, parts of Ugocsa are in Romania/Ukraine
and
parts of Ung are in Slovakia/Ukraine, this discussion mail list is only
concerned with those parts of these four former Hungarian counties that are
in present-day Ukraine.

For those parts of Bereg in Hungary/Romania today, Maramaros in Romania
today, Ugocsa in Romania today and Ung in Slovakia today, visit Hungary
SIG or Romania SIG, but you are welcome to sign-up for this list, too.

Additionally, to complement the Sub-Carpathia Research Group mail list, a
Sub-Carpathia Portal (web site) was created for the specific purpose of
gathering, presenting and preserving genealogical and historical
information
about Jewish life in Sub-Carpathia in the former Hungarian counties of
Bereg, Maramaros, Ugocsa and Ung, as defined above. The web site portal is
always a work in-progress. Therefore, if you have content of interest to
all, to enrich the portal, please contact me via the e-mail link at the
portal.

To join the Sub-Carpathia Research Group mail list, go to:
http://www.jewishgen.org/ListManager/members_list.asp

To visit the Sub-Carpathia Portal (web site), go to:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary/Sub-Carpathia/

Respectfully,
Marshall KATZ
Camp Hill, PA, USA

A Sub-Carpathia Research Group mail list has been created for researchers
with Jewish roots in villages and towns located in present-day Ukraine
but were formerly located in those parts of the pre-1918 Hungarian counties
of Bereg, Maramaros, Ugocsa and Ung, the 1918-1939 Czechoslovak territory
of
Podkarpatska Rus' (Subcarpathia Russia) and the inter-war Hungarian
territory called Carpatho-Ukraine.

Please note that while, today, parts of Bereg are in Hungary/Ukraine,
parts of
Maramaros are in Romania/Ukraine, parts of Ugocsa are in Romania/Ukraine
and
parts of Ung are in Slovakia/Ukraine, this discussion mail list is only
concerned with those parts of these four former Hungarian counties that are
in present-day Ukraine.

For those parts of Bereg in Hungary/Romania today, Maramaros in Romania
today, Ugocsa in Romania today and Ung in Slovakia today, visit Hungary
SIG or Romania SIG, but you are welcome to sign-up for this list, too.

Additionally, to complement the Sub-Carpathia Research Group mail list, a
Sub-Carpathia Portal (web site) was created for the specific purpose of
gathering, presenting and preserving genealogical and historical
information
about Jewish life in Sub-Carpathia in the former Hungarian counties of
Bereg, Maramaros, Ugocsa and Ung, as defined above. The web site portal is
always a work in-progress. Therefore, if you have content of interest to
all, to enrich the portal, please contact me via the e-mail link at the
portal.

To join the Sub-Carpathia Research Group mail list, go to:
http://www.jewishgen.org/ListManager/members_list.asp

To visit the Sub-Carpathia Portal (web site), go to:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary/Sub-Carpathia/

Respectfully,
Marshall KATZ
Camp Hill, PA, USA

Hi all,

Just a reminder that May 31st is the due date for those who wish to submit
data and/or photos for inclusion in the JOWBR (JewishGen Online Worldwide
Burial Registry) http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ database. Any
submissions received by the 31st will be part of our next update that will
go live prior to the summer conference.

For more information on submitting information, please see
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm or you can watch our
screencasts (short online movies) at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/

If you have any issues with the deadline or your submission, please contact
me directly at NAltman@...

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR Coordinator

Hi all,

Just a reminder that May 31st is the due date for those who wish to submit
data and/or photos for inclusion in the JOWBR (JewishGen Online Worldwide
Burial Registry) http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ database. Any
submissions received by the 31st will be part of our next update that will
go live prior to the summer conference.

For more information on submitting information, please see
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Submit.htm or you can watch our
screencasts (short online movies) at
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/Screencasts/

If you have any issues with the deadline or your submission, please contact
me directly at NAltman@...

Nolan Altman
JewishGen VP for Data Acquisition
JOWBR Coordinator