I want to thank the many of you who responded to my query about handling f=
ragile old documents. As several of you suggested, I have called the US Hol=
ocaust Memorial Museum in DC. I hope they will take and conserve the record=
s.

Y'all are a great bunch!

Diane Jacobs
Austin, Texas

I want to thank the many of you who responded to my query about handling f=
ragile old documents. As several of you suggested, I have called the US Hol=
ocaust Memorial Museum in DC. I hope they will take and conserve the record=
s.

Y'all are a great bunch!

Diane Jacobs
Austin, Texas

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut presents Jewish
Records Indexing - Poland: Small Miracles Continue on Sunday, May 15,
2016 at 1:30 pm at Temple Sinai, 41 West Hartford Road, Newington, CT
06111. Hadassah Lipsius will speak about the status of Polish Jewish
records for use in genealogical searches. This program is free and
open to the public.

The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland online searchable database of
indices to more than five million records has enabled researchers to
trace their families' growth and migration inside Poland. Hadassah
Lipsius will share techniques for searching the JRI-Poland database as
well as information on how to navigate and utilize the many features
on the JRI-Poland website. An in-depth examination of vital records
(e.g., birth, death, marriage) will reveal the information contained
in the records, identify the records having the most genealogical
value, and discover surprises found in many of these records. With
actual images of thousands of Polish Jewish records now available
online and linked >from JRI-Poland search results, the presentation
will also focus on how a search of the JRI-Poland online database can
connect a researcher directly to those digital images.

Hadassah Lipsius is a board member of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland,
a Member of the Board of Governors of JewishGen, the Database Manager
for the Warszawa Research Group and a member of the Executive Council
of the Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. She is also a full time
Supplier Quality Engineering Manager for a Major Defense Contractor.

For additional information, please visit www.jgsct.org .

Gail K Reynolds, Publicity Chair
Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut presents Jewish
Records Indexing - Poland: Small Miracles Continue on Sunday, May 15,
2016 at 1:30 pm at Temple Sinai, 41 West Hartford Road, Newington, CT
06111. Hadassah Lipsius will speak about the status of Polish Jewish
records for use in genealogical searches. This program is free and
open to the public.

The Jewish Records Indexing - Poland online searchable database of
indices to more than five million records has enabled researchers to
trace their families' growth and migration inside Poland. Hadassah
Lipsius will share techniques for searching the JRI-Poland database as
well as information on how to navigate and utilize the many features
on the JRI-Poland website. An in-depth examination of vital records
(e.g., birth, death, marriage) will reveal the information contained
in the records, identify the records having the most genealogical
value, and discover surprises found in many of these records. With
actual images of thousands of Polish Jewish records now available
online and linked >from JRI-Poland search results, the presentation
will also focus on how a search of the JRI-Poland online database can
connect a researcher directly to those digital images.

Hadassah Lipsius is a board member of Jewish Records Indexing-Poland,
a Member of the Board of Governors of JewishGen, the Database Manager
for the Warszawa Research Group and a member of the Executive Council
of the Jewish Genealogical Society, Inc. She is also a full time
Supplier Quality Engineering Manager for a Major Defense Contractor.

For additional information, please visit www.jgsct.org .

Gail K Reynolds, Publicity Chair
Jewish Genealogical Society of Connecticut

May is Jewish American Heritage Month by both Congressional and Presidential
proclamation.

History

On April 20, 2006 President George W. Bush proclaimed May would be Jewish
American Heritage Month (JAHM). JAHM was an effort by the Jewish Museum of
Florida and South Florida community leaders that resulted in Congressional
resolutions introduced by Congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (F-FL) and
Senator Arlen Spector ( R-PA) urging the president to proclaim a month that
would recognize the more than 350-year history of Jewish contributions to
American culture. Since 2006 JAHM programs have taken place across the
United States.

Activities

For a list of activities across the US see:
http://www.jewishamericanheritagemonth.us/view_events.aspx

If your organization is planning an event to celebrate JAHM you can submit
it at:
http://www.jewishamericanheritagemonth.us/events.aspx

There is also a site on the JAHM website, 50 states/50 stories where you can
submit a story about a Jewish American contribution. See:
http://www.jewishamericanheritagemonth.us/statestories.aspx

For more information about JAHM see:
http://www.jewishamericanheritagemonth.us/about_us.aspx

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

May is Jewish American Heritage Month by both Congressional and Presidential
proclamation.

History

On April 20, 2006 President George W. Bush proclaimed May would be Jewish
American Heritage Month (JAHM). JAHM was an effort by the Jewish Museum of
Florida and South Florida community leaders that resulted in Congressional
resolutions introduced by Congressman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (F-FL) and
Senator Arlen Spector ( R-PA) urging the president to proclaim a month that
would recognize the more than 350-year history of Jewish contributions to
American culture. Since 2006 JAHM programs have taken place across the
United States.

Activities

For a list of activities across the US see:
http://www.jewishamericanheritagemonth.us/view_events.aspx

If your organization is planning an event to celebrate JAHM you can submit
it at:
http://www.jewishamericanheritagemonth.us/events.aspx

There is also a site on the JAHM website, 50 states/50 stories where you can
submit a story about a Jewish American contribution. See:
http://www.jewishamericanheritagemonth.us/statestories.aspx

For more information about JAHM see:
http://www.jewishamericanheritagemonth.us/about_us.aspx

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee

Dear Friends,

I am very pleased to announce another update to the Bucovina Vital Records
Project. With the addition of 1,235 Radauti death records (1877-1887),
188 Solka death records (1896-1910), and 314 Suceava marriage records
(1877-1887), we now have more than 17,290 records online. For their
careful, time-consuming efforts to transcribe these records into
electronic form, we again thank Yossi Yagur, Martina Lelgemann, Edgar
Hauster, and Edna Loebel.

The database is more completely described here, and you will find a link

from this page to the Search page as well:

<http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Romania/BucovinaVRs.htm>

Good luck!

Bruce Reisch
Geneva, New York

Dear Friends,

I am very pleased to announce another update to the Bucovina Vital Records
Project. With the addition of 1,235 Radauti death records (1877-1887),
188 Solka death records (1896-1910), and 314 Suceava marriage records
(1877-1887), we now have more than 17,290 records online. For their
careful, time-consuming efforts to transcribe these records into
electronic form, we again thank Yossi Yagur, Martina Lelgemann, Edgar
Hauster, and Edna Loebel.

The database is more completely described here, and you will find a link

from this page to the Search page as well:

<http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Romania/BucovinaVRs.htm>

Good luck!

Bruce Reisch
Geneva, New York

Dear Genners,
Thank you all who responded to my posting. I now have several new
directions to go in my research.
Toby Glickman

Dear Genners,
Thank you all who responded to my posting. I now have several new
directions to go in my research.
Toby Glickman

Dear fellow Lida District researchers:

I've just uploaded to the LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group
site (https://lidadistrict.shutterfly.com) the translations of
the 1816/18 Revision List for the towns of Orlya, Rozhanka
and Zheludok. There are 249 listings for Orlya, 300 for
Rozhanka and 372 for Zheludok.

The surnames for these lists are on the site's homepage
under the section marked Surname Lists.

Because this was early in the time Jews in this area were
getting surnames, I cross-checked the names in this file
with the translation of the 1834 Revision List for those towns.
When I could confirm the listings were for the same family, I
indicated spelling variants, putting the 1834 version in square
brackets, i.e., BORODICH / [BORODZITSKI].

Although these translations will eventually be publicly searchable
in the LitvakSIG All Lithuania Database and JewishGen Belarus
Database, they are currently available only to qualified participants
of the LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group.

To become part of the LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group, go to
https://www.litvaksig.org/membership-and-contributions/join-and-contribute/
click on "Research Groups for Districts and Gubernias" and choose
the Lida District.

A contribution of $100 US will guarantee you immediate access to
translations of records >from all Lida District towns -- new and old --
through December 31, 2020. So far the LitvakSIG Lida District
Research Group has translated records for more than 85,000
of our Lida District family members.

The Orlya, Rozhanka and Zheldok lists make nine of the 12 official
towns of registration in the Lida District for which the 1816/18 Revision
List has been translated. Still remaining are the lists for Belitsa, Novy Dwor
and Shchuchin. Your contribution to the LitvakSIG Lida District Research
Group will help ensure that we can complete the 1816/18 Revision List,
as well as translating additional records for Lida District towns.

Please do let me know if you have any questions about this list.

Judy Baston, Coordinator,
LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group
JRBaston@...

Dear fellow Lida District researchers:

I've just uploaded to the LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group
site (https://lidadistrict.shutterfly.com) the translations of
the 1816/18 Revision List for the towns of Orlya, Rozhanka
and Zheludok. There are 249 listings for Orlya, 300 for
Rozhanka and 372 for Zheludok.

The surnames for these lists are on the site's homepage
under the section marked Surname Lists.

Because this was early in the time Jews in this area were
getting surnames, I cross-checked the names in this file
with the translation of the 1834 Revision List for those towns.
When I could confirm the listings were for the same family, I
indicated spelling variants, putting the 1834 version in square
brackets, i.e., BORODICH / [BORODZITSKI].

Although these translations will eventually be publicly searchable
in the LitvakSIG All Lithuania Database and JewishGen Belarus
Database, they are currently available only to qualified participants
of the LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group.

To become part of the LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group, go to
https://www.litvaksig.org/membership-and-contributions/join-and-contribute/
click on "Research Groups for Districts and Gubernias" and choose
the Lida District.

A contribution of $100 US will guarantee you immediate access to
translations of records >from all Lida District towns -- new and old --
through December 31, 2020. So far the LitvakSIG Lida District
Research Group has translated records for more than 85,000
of our Lida District family members.

The Orlya, Rozhanka and Zheldok lists make nine of the 12 official
towns of registration in the Lida District for which the 1816/18 Revision
List has been translated. Still remaining are the lists for Belitsa, Novy Dwor
and Shchuchin. Your contribution to the LitvakSIG Lida District Research
Group will help ensure that we can complete the 1816/18 Revision List,
as well as translating additional records for Lida District towns.

Please do let me know if you have any questions about this list.

Judy Baston, Coordinator,
LitvakSIG Lida District Research Group
JRBaston@...

I'm a bit confused. Can someone advise as to which district Nemajunai
belongs? Before WWI, it belonged to Trakai, but today it appears in
Alytus. Since I don't see a listing for the shtetl in any of the listed
districts on the SIG District/Gubernia Research page, I'm unsure where
it belongs.

Thanks.

Jerry Zeisler
Olympia, Washington USA

I'm a bit confused. Can someone advise as to which district Nemajunai
belongs? Before WWI, it belonged to Trakai, but today it appears in
Alytus. Since I don't see a listing for the shtetl in any of the listed
districts on the SIG District/Gubernia Research page, I'm unsure where
it belongs.

Thanks.

Jerry Zeisler
Olympia, Washington USA

A new file of Vilnius Internal Passports was received today. The file
contains 1242 entries, numbered JU41763-JU42442.

The file is on the Vilnius Internal Passports Shutterfly website on the Data
page.

If you are not yet a qualifying contributor to the Vilnius Internal Passport
project, you may make your $100 contribution on the LitvakSIG website at
https://www.litvaksig.org/membership-and-contributions/join-and-contribute/.

Scroll down and select Special Project, then choose Internal Passports from
the drop-down list.

These passports will become freely searchable in the LitvakSIG All Lithuania
Database (ALD) and the JewishGen Lithuania Database in about 18 months.

Our thanks to MyHeritage for their financial support in making these records
available.

Happy hunting,

Eden Joachim
Coordinator, IP Project

A new file of Vilnius Internal Passports was received today. The file
contains 1242 entries, numbered JU41763-JU42442.

The file is on the Vilnius Internal Passports Shutterfly website on the Data
page.

If you are not yet a qualifying contributor to the Vilnius Internal Passport
project, you may make your $100 contribution on the LitvakSIG website at
https://www.litvaksig.org/membership-and-contributions/join-and-contribute/.

Scroll down and select Special Project, then choose Internal Passports from
the drop-down list.

These passports will become freely searchable in the LitvakSIG All Lithuania
Database (ALD) and the JewishGen Lithuania Database in about 18 months.

Our thanks to MyHeritage for their financial support in making these records
available.

Happy hunting,

Eden Joachim
Coordinator, IP Project

I think that as more people are tested, we're doing to see more results
like this. I have had 4 known and documented Splaver relatives (up to
4th cousins) Y-DNA tested. They vary by as much as 4 markers at the
Y-DNA 37 level.

I suspect that we're going to be greatly revising "what would be
expected" over the next few years.

Warmest regards,
Mindie Kaplan
Gaithersburg, Maryland

I think that as more people are tested, we're doing to see more results
like this. I have had 4 known and documented Splaver relatives (up to
4th cousins) Y-DNA tested. They vary by as much as 4 markers at the
Y-DNA 37 level.

I suspect that we're going to be greatly revising "what would be
expected" over the next few years.

Warmest regards,
Mindie Kaplan
Gaithersburg, Maryland

I have posted a Russian/Ukranian annotation dated 1940 that I found on
a birth record >from a woman born in Drohobych in 1911
I would like to know what it says. It is on ViewMate at the following
address:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46568
Any help would be appreciated

Thank you,
David Scriven

MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately or on the ViewMate response form.

I have posted a Russian/Ukranian annotation dated 1940 that I found on
a birth record >from a woman born in Drohobych in 1911
I would like to know what it says. It is on ViewMate at the following
address:
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM46568
Any help would be appreciated

Thank you,
David Scriven

MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately or on the ViewMate response form.