JGS, Inc. (NY) presents "New York City Family History Research: An
Afternoon of Learning in Memory of Steven Siegel"
Date: Sunday, May 19, 2013
Time: 12:30 to 5:30 PM
Location: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St., New York

Program:
--"Destructive Creators: Jewish Immigrant "Bankers", the Business of
Mass Migration, and New Sources for Family History"
Presenter: Rebecca Kobrin, Russell and Bettina Knapp Assistant
Professor of American Jewish History at Columbia University

--"The Genealogy of Brick and Stone: Tracing the History of New York
Buildings"
Presenter: Anthony W. Robins, Architectural Historian

--">from Sonnenshein to Sunshine: Jews and Name Changing in NYC in the
20th Century"
Presenter: Kirsten Fermaglich, Associate Professor of History and Jewish
Studies at Michigan State University

--"Under the Radar: A Panel Discussion on Valuable Lesser-Known Records
for Family History Research in New York City Libraries and Archives"
Panel Members: Robert J. Friedman, Avrum Geller, and Joan Koster-Morales,
Professional Genealogists

REGISTER on our website - www. jgsny.org - where you will find the
complete program.

Steven Siegel, who died in 2012, was a founding member and past president
of JGS NY. He was active in many genealogical, historical, and archival
organizations.

Harriet Mayer
JGS NY VP Communications
See www.jgsny.org for more information

The Israel Genealogical Society - Tel-Aviv [Dan] Branch and The Municipal
Library Shaa'r Zion - Beit Ariela' honored to host the Chair of the Israel
Genealogy Research Association Mrs. Garri Regev.

Mrs. Regev will speak about "Looking for roots in Eretz Yisrael? - Sources,
Archives and Databases to check out"

Mrs. Regev was Chair of the Jerusalem branch of the IGS, Chair of the IGS
and is currently Chair of the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA).

The meeting will be on Sunday, 3 Sivan, May 12, 2013
Gathering: 18:00
Lecture: 18:30
Location: Municipal library, Shalom Tower 7th and final floor of the west
wing.
9 Ahad Ha'am Street, Tel Aviv
Please note: one can not enter the building after 19:00.
Participation fee: Entry is open to IGS members free.
Guest - Admission NIS 20

For more information and coordinating Genealogy consultation before the
meeting:
Zack Oryan-Oracz - Chairperson of Tel-Aviv [Dan] Israel Genealogical
Society branch
zackoryan@...

JGS, Inc. (NY) presents "New York City Family History Research: An
Afternoon of Learning in Memory of Steven Siegel"
Date: Sunday, May 19, 2013
Time: 12:30 to 5:30 PM
Location: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St., New York

Program:
--"Destructive Creators: Jewish Immigrant "Bankers", the Business of
Mass Migration, and New Sources for Family History"
Presenter: Rebecca Kobrin, Russell and Bettina Knapp Assistant
Professor of American Jewish History at Columbia University

--"The Genealogy of Brick and Stone: Tracing the History of New York
Buildings"
Presenter: Anthony W. Robins, Architectural Historian

--">from Sonnenshein to Sunshine: Jews and Name Changing in NYC in the
20th Century"
Presenter: Kirsten Fermaglich, Associate Professor of History and Jewish
Studies at Michigan State University

--"Under the Radar: A Panel Discussion on Valuable Lesser-Known Records
for Family History Research in New York City Libraries and Archives"
Panel Members: Robert J. Friedman, Avrum Geller, and Joan Koster-Morales,
Professional Genealogists

REGISTER on our website - www. jgsny.org - where you will find the
complete program.

Steven Siegel, who died in 2012, was a founding member and past president
of JGS NY. He was active in many genealogical, historical, and archival
organizations.

Harriet Mayer
JGS NY VP Communications
See www.jgsny.org for more information

The Israel Genealogical Society - Tel-Aviv [Dan] Branch and The Municipal
Library Shaa'r Zion - Beit Ariela' honored to host the Chair of the Israel
Genealogy Research Association Mrs. Garri Regev.

Mrs. Regev will speak about "Looking for roots in Eretz Yisrael? - Sources,
Archives and Databases to check out"

Mrs. Regev was Chair of the Jerusalem branch of the IGS, Chair of the IGS
and is currently Chair of the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA).

The meeting will be on Sunday, 3 Sivan, May 12, 2013
Gathering: 18:00
Lecture: 18:30
Location: Municipal library, Shalom Tower 7th and final floor of the west
wing.
9 Ahad Ha'am Street, Tel Aviv
Please note: one can not enter the building after 19:00.
Participation fee: Entry is open to IGS members free.
Guest - Admission NIS 20

For more information and coordinating Genealogy consultation before the
meeting:
Zack Oryan-Oracz - Chairperson of Tel-Aviv [Dan] Israel Genealogical
Society branch
zackoryan@...

Dear Bessarabian researchers,

The 2013 International Jewish Genealogical conference is going to take place
in Boston, August 4-9, 2013.

Please find lectures and seminars on Bessarabia topics at our Bessarabia SIG
website:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Bessarabia/Conferences.html. You can read
abstracts of the sessions with additional information. Here is a list of
people who will provide a progress report of many Bessarabian projects at
the Bessarabia SIG meeting (August 7, 8:15-9:30am):

- Harvey Kabaker, Silver Spring, MD;
- Brooke Schreier Ganz, Los Angeles, California;
- Bob Wascou, Sacramento, California;
- Ala Gamulka, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
- Yefim Kogan, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Here is a list of panelists at the Bessarabia SIG Luncheon: >from a Virtual
to an Actual Experience in Bessarabia . Moderator Ala Gamulka, Toronto,
Canada (August 7, 12:30pm-2:00pm):
- J. Michael Burke, Portland, OR, travelled to Baimaclia, Moldova
- Elise Simon Goodman, NY, travelled to Kishinev, Beltsy, Ataki
- Marla Raucher Osborn, Paris, France, travelled to Soroka, Moldova
- Jay Sage, Newton, MA, travelled to Kishinev

If you are a speaker >from our group and planning to present on a topic about
Bessarabia/Moldova/Transnistria or on a general topic, and would like your
abstract appear at the Bessarabia SIG website, please let me know.

All the best,
Yefim Kogan
Bessarabia SIG Coordinator
Researching KOGAN, SPIVAK, KHAYMOVICH, SRULEVICH, LEVIT in Kaushany,
Bendery, Tarutino, Akkerman, Kiliya - all in Bessarabia, KHAIMOVICH in
Galatz, Romania.

Dear Bessarabian researchers,

The 2013 International Jewish Genealogical conference is going to take place
in Boston, August 4-9, 2013.

Please find lectures and seminars on Bessarabia topics at our Bessarabia SIG
website:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Bessarabia/Conferences.html. You can read
abstracts of the sessions with additional information. Here is a list of
people who will provide a progress report of many Bessarabian projects at
the Bessarabia SIG meeting (August 7, 8:15-9:30am):

- Harvey Kabaker, Silver Spring, MD;
- Brooke Schreier Ganz, Los Angeles, California;
- Bob Wascou, Sacramento, California;
- Ala Gamulka, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
- Yefim Kogan, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Here is a list of panelists at the Bessarabia SIG Luncheon: >from a Virtual
to an Actual Experience in Bessarabia . Moderator Ala Gamulka, Toronto,
Canada (August 7, 12:30pm-2:00pm):
- J. Michael Burke, Portland, OR, travelled to Baimaclia, Moldova
- Elise Simon Goodman, NY, travelled to Kishinev, Beltsy, Ataki
- Marla Raucher Osborn, Paris, France, travelled to Soroka, Moldova
- Jay Sage, Newton, MA, travelled to Kishinev

If you are a speaker >from our group and planning to present on a topic about
Bessarabia/Moldova/Transnistria or on a general topic, and would like your
abstract appear at the Bessarabia SIG website, please let me know.

All the best,
Yefim Kogan
Bessarabia SIG Coordinator
Researching KOGAN, SPIVAK, KHAYMOVICH, SRULEVICH, LEVIT in Kaushany,
Bendery, Tarutino, Akkerman, Kiliya - all in Bessarabia, KHAIMOVICH in
Galatz, Romania.

Searching the New York Times Historical Index for the term "Marriage
License Law" brings up some interesting articles. Several mention a
new law that went into effect in New York City on January 1, 1908,
requiring brides and grooms to appear in person at newly created
Marriage License Bureaus in each borough, to "answer stipulated
questions and swear to their statements." The licenses' purpose,
according to the articles, was to discourage hasty marriages and to
provide statistical data for sociologists and statisticians.

One article ("Say Marriage Law Checks Marriages," Nov. 29, 1908)
quotes clergymen who criticized the new law, citing the hardship faced
by couples asked to pay $1 for their licenses. Clergy also objected to
the "unnecessary" information requested on the license application --
such as parents' names and birth places (!) -- and cited the
embarrassment caused to some couples by questions about age and prior
marriages. In addition, concerns were voiced about the need for
prospective brides to accompany their grooms-to-be to the license
bureaus. ("The conditions under which the license must be obtained...
are very unpleasant for timid women" because "City Hall corridors are
frequently crowded by political hangers-on to whom applicants for
marriage licenses seem suitable subjects for jests.")

The Times reported that every clergyman was supplied with a book of
blank forms. Within a month of performing a marriage, a clergyman was
expected to fill out one of these forms, using the answers that
appeared on the couple's marriage license, and send it to the Board of
Health. The penalty for late filing was $25 fine. The city had no way
to monitor clergy who failed to file the forms and "a good many
clergymen" may have "neglect[ed] this duty."

Nothing I read discussed the regulations and procedures that existed
before January 1908. Of course, marriages had been registered in New
York City for decades, but based on both the articles I read and
research experience, I suspect that pre-1908 records were filed for a
smaller percentage of marrying couples and with less accurate entries.

Past messages to this list have discussed the two types of marriage
records kept in New York City >from 1908 to 1937. Two of many helpful
messages on the subject were Mark Nearenberg's "Re: Two Different NYC
Marriage Certificates for the Same Couple" (Nov. 14, 1998) and Pamela
Weisberger's "NYC Marriage Records - Licenses" (Dec. 25, 2008). See
them in the JewishGen Discussion Group Archives --
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~archpop . Those $1
marriage licenses are the "City Clerk's records;" the forms filled out
(or not) by clergy or other officiants are the "Board of Health"
marriage certificates. After reading about the many clergy who didn't
send in forms, I'll be turning to the NYC Clerk's records more often!

Renee

Renee Stern Steinig
Dix Hills, New York, USA
genmaven@...

Searching the New York Times Historical Index for the term "Marriage
License Law" brings up some interesting articles. Several mention a
new law that went into effect in New York City on January 1, 1908,
requiring brides and grooms to appear in person at newly created
Marriage License Bureaus in each borough, to "answer stipulated
questions and swear to their statements." The licenses' purpose,
according to the articles, was to discourage hasty marriages and to
provide statistical data for sociologists and statisticians.

One article ("Say Marriage Law Checks Marriages," Nov. 29, 1908)
quotes clergymen who criticized the new law, citing the hardship faced
by couples asked to pay $1 for their licenses. Clergy also objected to
the "unnecessary" information requested on the license application --
such as parents' names and birth places (!) -- and cited the
embarrassment caused to some couples by questions about age and prior
marriages. In addition, concerns were voiced about the need for
prospective brides to accompany their grooms-to-be to the license
bureaus. ("The conditions under which the license must be obtained...
are very unpleasant for timid women" because "City Hall corridors are
frequently crowded by political hangers-on to whom applicants for
marriage licenses seem suitable subjects for jests.")

The Times reported that every clergyman was supplied with a book of
blank forms. Within a month of performing a marriage, a clergyman was
expected to fill out one of these forms, using the answers that
appeared on the couple's marriage license, and send it to the Board of
Health. The penalty for late filing was $25 fine. The city had no way
to monitor clergy who failed to file the forms and "a good many
clergymen" may have "neglect[ed] this duty."

Nothing I read discussed the regulations and procedures that existed
before January 1908. Of course, marriages had been registered in New
York City for decades, but based on both the articles I read and
research experience, I suspect that pre-1908 records were filed for a
smaller percentage of marrying couples and with less accurate entries.

Past messages to this list have discussed the two types of marriage
records kept in New York City >from 1908 to 1937. Two of many helpful
messages on the subject were Mark Nearenberg's "Re: Two Different NYC
Marriage Certificates for the Same Couple" (Nov. 14, 1998) and Pamela
Weisberger's "NYC Marriage Records - Licenses" (Dec. 25, 2008). See
them in the JewishGen Discussion Group Archives --
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~archpop . Those $1
marriage licenses are the "City Clerk's records;" the forms filled out
(or not) by clergy or other officiants are the "Board of Health"
marriage certificates. After reading about the many clergy who didn't
send in forms, I'll be turning to the NYC Clerk's records more often!

Renee

Renee Stern Steinig
Dix Hills, New York, USA
genmaven@...

Dear Janette

The first thing I would do, if it was not done yet, is ordering Blanche
birth's certificate to see if there are marginal notes of marriage and
death.

Best regards,

Francois CHETREANU
Paris, France.

Looking for Chetreanu, Bucarest and Buhusi, Romania

Envoyé de mon iPhone

Le 6 mai 2013 à 21:15, Janette <janettes@...> a écrit :

My recently discovered French relatives in Nancy, France described

some of what happened to their Samuel family during the war. I am
not looking for Page of Testimony - I have all those pertinent to
these families. I have been in touch with Yad Vashem and they sent
me the ITS information they had. The information I am looking for
deals very specifically with Blanche Samuel.

What I know is as follows:
Blanche Samuel was born on January 15, 1920 in Rambervillers, Vosges,

France. Her parents were Lucien Samuel and Renee Abraham (or Avraham).
She, along with two of her siblings and her parents were on Transport
71 >from Drancy to Auschwitz on April 13, 1944. ITS documents report
that she was in Bergen Belsen but lost track of her on April 19, 1945.
Other ITS documents report that she died between April 19, 1945 and
May 1, 1945.

The family received a letter >from Blanche dated April 28, 1945 and

postmarked >from Hazebrouck May 7, 1945. In that letter, Blanche said
that she was alive after a year of extreme hardship and that she hoped
to be with the family soon, perhaps within a couple of weeks. I don't
have a time framework of what happened next. Blanche's sister-in-law
(my relative Andree) said that Blanche;s uncle went to meet a train on
which she was expected to arrive at Gare de l'Est in Paris, and she was
not on it. The uncle spoke to one of Blanche's friends who was on the
train and she said that Blanche was coming ont he next train. She was
never heard >from again.

I am open to suggestions of where to look.

Dear Janette

The first thing I would do, if it was not done yet, is ordering Blanche
birth's certificate to see if there are marginal notes of marriage and
death.

Best regards,

Francois CHETREANU
Paris, France.

Looking for Chetreanu, Bucarest and Buhusi, Romania

Envoyé de mon iPhone

Le 6 mai 2013 à 21:15, Janette <janettes@...> a écrit :

My recently discovered French relatives in Nancy, France described

some of what happened to their Samuel family during the war. I am
not looking for Page of Testimony - I have all those pertinent to
these families. I have been in touch with Yad Vashem and they sent
me the ITS information they had. The information I am looking for
deals very specifically with Blanche Samuel.

What I know is as follows:
Blanche Samuel was born on January 15, 1920 in Rambervillers, Vosges,

France. Her parents were Lucien Samuel and Renee Abraham (or Avraham).
She, along with two of her siblings and her parents were on Transport
71 >from Drancy to Auschwitz on April 13, 1944. ITS documents report
that she was in Bergen Belsen but lost track of her on April 19, 1945.
Other ITS documents report that she died between April 19, 1945 and
May 1, 1945.

The family received a letter >from Blanche dated April 28, 1945 and

postmarked >from Hazebrouck May 7, 1945. In that letter, Blanche said
that she was alive after a year of extreme hardship and that she hoped
to be with the family soon, perhaps within a couple of weeks. I don't
have a time framework of what happened next. Blanche's sister-in-law
(my relative Andree) said that Blanche;s uncle went to meet a train on
which she was expected to arrive at Gare de l'Est in Paris, and she was
not on it. The uncle spoke to one of Blanche's friends who was on the
train and she said that Blanche was coming ont he next train. She was
never heard >from again.

I am open to suggestions of where to look.

In a previous post, I had incorrectly asked about time to get a
death certificate >from the NY City Dept. of Health. Looking more
closely at the application I sent off in late February, it was
actually to the NY State Dept. of Health, which is where I found a
listing in their very limited online death index for my great uncle
who died in 1959. The residence code was 7093 in the listing, which
points to Manhattan; I believe that this is where my great uncle
lived, but that he died outside NYC, since he is listed in the
state index. The NYS Dept of Health website says it takes 8 months
or longer to get a death certificate.

So, with that background information, I would like to ask about your
own experiences with NY State for requesting death certificates. How
long did you have to wait? Were there any complications?

Thanks,

Todd Frederick

In a previous post, I had incorrectly asked about time to get a
death certificate >from the NY City Dept. of Health. Looking more
closely at the application I sent off in late February, it was
actually to the NY State Dept. of Health, which is where I found a
listing in their very limited online death index for my great uncle
who died in 1959. The residence code was 7093 in the listing, which
points to Manhattan; I believe that this is where my great uncle
lived, but that he died outside NYC, since he is listed in the
state index. The NYS Dept of Health website says it takes 8 months
or longer to get a death certificate.

So, with that background information, I would like to ask about your
own experiences with NY State for requesting death certificates. How
long did you have to wait? Were there any complications?

Thanks,

Todd Frederick

Program: "New York City Family History Research: An Afternoon of Learning in Memory of Steven Siegel".

Date: Sunday, May 19th
Time: 12:30 to 5:30PM
Location: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St. New York

Program:

---"Destructive Creators: Jewish Immigrant "Bankers", the Business of Mass Migration, and New Sources for Family History"
Presenter: Rebecca Kobrin, Knapp, Asst. Professor of American Jewish History at Columbia University


---"The Genealogy of Brick and Stone: Tracing the History of New York Buildings"
Presenter: Anthony W. Robins, Architectural Historian

---">from Sonnenshein and Sunshine: Jews and Name Changing in NYC in the 20th Century"
Presenter: Kirsten Fermaglich, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Michigan State University

---"Under the Radar: a Panel Discussion on Valuable Lesser Known Records for Family History Research in NYC Libraries and Archives"
Panel Members: Robert J. Friedman, Avrum Geller, and Joan Koster-Morales, Professional Genealogists

REGISTER at our website- www.jgsny.org - where you will find the complete program.

Steven Siegel, who died in 2012, was a founding member and past president of JGS NY.
He was active in many genealogical, historical, and archival organizations.

Submitted by Harriet Mayer
JGS NY Communications

Program: "New York City Family History Research: An Afternoon of Learning in Memory of Steven Siegel".

Date: Sunday, May 19th
Time: 12:30 to 5:30PM
Location: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St. New York

Program:

---"Destructive Creators: Jewish Immigrant "Bankers", the Business of Mass Migration, and New Sources for Family History"
Presenter: Rebecca Kobrin, Knapp, Asst. Professor of American Jewish History at Columbia University


---"The Genealogy of Brick and Stone: Tracing the History of New York Buildings"
Presenter: Anthony W. Robins, Architectural Historian

---">from Sonnenshein and Sunshine: Jews and Name Changing in NYC in the 20th Century"
Presenter: Kirsten Fermaglich, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies at Michigan State University

---"Under the Radar: a Panel Discussion on Valuable Lesser Known Records for Family History Research in NYC Libraries and Archives"
Panel Members: Robert J. Friedman, Avrum Geller, and Joan Koster-Morales, Professional Genealogists

REGISTER at our website- www.jgsny.org - where you will find the complete program.

Steven Siegel, who died in 2012, was a founding member and past president of JGS NY.
He was active in many genealogical, historical, and archival organizations.

Submitted by Harriet Mayer
JGS NY Communications

Shalom,

Simply amazing! These are the words that come to mind in regards the Yizkor
Book in Print Project coordinated by Joel Alpert which is presently
celebrating its second year of existence. There are now, no less than 14
books available to be purchased and in the very near future, a further two
new books will be added:

- Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the destroyed Jewish Community of Podhajce,
Ukraine
- Yampol Memorial Book

My sincere thanks go out to Joel and his team for this incredible
achievement in this project thus far and look forward to seeing their next
masterpieces.

So popular is this project that we receive requests for books that have yet
to be translated which is, you'll agree, "slightly" problematic. <g> So, if
the community book you are interested in seeing printed has yet to be fully
translated, we welcome your involvement in helping to see this goal reached
and if you are interested, please feel free to contact me. We presently have
over 70 books fully translated but we also have a further 600+ book projects
in various stages of progress, so that we do have our work set out for us.

I would also like to note in this report, the great contribution of Osnat
Hazan and her team in preparing data for our Yizkor Book Main Index
database. The idea behind this database is the establishment of a searchable
database of all the people appearing in the various Yizkor Books. As you can
imagine, preparing such a database requires a great deal of dedication and
patience to go through the translations and index the proper names within
them. I understand the database will presently hold a total of 85,000
records which is a very commendable achievement and, of course, the work to
add more and more names goes on.

In general, I would like personally shake hands and thank all those many
people involved in the Yizkor Book Project whose contributions are so
important. Since I don't think I'll be able to visit you to shake all your
hands, I have continued to update the long credit list of over 400
volunteers who make the YB Project what is. This list is viewable at
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/

Now to facts and figures for April, during this last month we have added
these 2 new projects:

- Dobromil, Poland (Dobromil: life in a Galician Shtetl, 1890-1907)
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Dobromil1/Dobromil1.html

- Hoshcha, Ukraine (The book of Hosht - in memoriam)
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Hoshcha/Hoshcha.html

Added in 6 new entries:

- Benesov, Czech Republic (The Jews and Jewish Communities of Bohemia in the
past and present) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/bohemia/boh026.html

- Bakalarzewo, Poland (Memorial book of Suvalk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Suwalki1/Suw349.html

- Dunajska Streda, Slovakia (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Slovakia)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_slovakia/slo143.html

- Filipow, Poland (Memorial book of Suvalk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Suwalki1/Suw351.html

- Ribnita, Moldova (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, Volume I)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_romania/rom1_00509a.html

- Vertiujeni, Moldova (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, Volume
II) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_romania/rom2_00351a.html

We have continued to update 21 of our existing projects:

- Brzozow, Poland (A Memorial to the Brzozow Community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/brzozow/brzozow.html

- Capresti, Moldova (Kapresht, our village; memorial book for the Jewish
community of Kapresht, Bessarabia)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Capresti/Capresti.html

- Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html

- Falenica, Poland (Falenica Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Falenica/Falenica.html

- Garwolin, Poland (The life and decline of a Jewish city)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/garwolin/garp000.html [Polish & English]

- Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html

- Grojec, Poland (Grizer Scroll)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grojec/Grojec.html

- Karelichy, Belarus (Korelitz; the life and destruction of a Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/korelicze/korelicze.html

- Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community
which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html

- Lowicz, Poland (Lowicz; a Town in Mazovia, Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lowicz/lowicz.html

- Lyakhavichy, Belarus (Memorial book of Lachowicze)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lyakhovichi/Lyakhovichi.html

- Lyubcha, Belarus (Lubtch and Delatich; in memory of the Jewish community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lyubcha/lyubcha.html

- Molchad, Belarus (Molchadz, In Memory of the Jewish Community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Molchadz/Molchadz.html

- Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, Poland (Memorial book of Nowy-Dwor)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Nowy_Dwor/Nowy_Dwor.html

- Radekhov, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Radikhov)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Radekhov/Radekhov.html

- Suwalki, Poland (Memorial book of Suvalk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Suwalki1/Suwalki1.html

- Szczebrzeszyn, Poland (The Book of Memory to the Jewish Community of
Shebreshin) http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Szczebrzeszyn/Szczebrzeszyn.html

- Szczuczyn, Poland (>from the Inferno Back to Life)
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Szczuczyn_pol1/Szczuczyn_polh1.html [Hebrew]

- Tarnogrod, Poland (Book of Tarnogrod; in memory of the destroyed Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tarnogrod/tarnogrod.html

- Tighina, Moldova (Bendery Community Yizkor Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Bender/Bender.html

- Tuchin, Ukraine (Tuczin-Kripa, Wolyn; in Memory of the Jewish Community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tuchin/tuchin.html

Some important links to note:

- This month's additions and updates are flagged at
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find
them.
- All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html
- Yizkor Book Translation Funds
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23
where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go
online. All the best,

Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@...

We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting
memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable
resource for future generations of their descendants.

Dubienka, Poland
Created by Sarah J Greenwald
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Dubienka/
~~~
Novohrad-Volyns'kyy (Novograd Volynskiy, Zvhil) , Ukraine
Created by Ron Doctor
Webmaster: Richard Baum
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Novohrad_Volynskyy/
~~~
Ostropol (Ostropolia, Staryy Ostropil), Ukraine
Created by Dean Echenberg
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Gregory B. Meyer
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ostropol/index.html
~~~
Sil' (Soslak, Sola) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Sil/
~~~
Sokolivka (Sokolovka), Ukraine
Created by Sarah J Greenwald
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Sokolivka/
~~~
Sokyrnytsia (Szeklence, Sekernice) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Sokyrnytsia/
~~~
Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina, Slatinske Doly) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Solotvyno/
~~~
Stavne (Fenyvesvolgy, Stavna) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Stavne/
~~~
Storozhnytsya (Ordarma, Jovra) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Storozhnytsya/
~~~
Synevyr (Alsoszinever, Sinovir) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Synevyr/
~~~
Tekovo (Tekehaza, Tekehaza) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Tekovo/
~~~
Teresva (Tarackoz), (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Teresva/
~~~
Tur'ya Bystraya (Turjasebes, Turi Bystry), (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Turya_Bystraya/
~~~
Tyachiv (Tecso, Tacova) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Tyachiv/
~~~
Uhlya (Uglya, Uhla) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Uhlya/
~~~
Izyaslav (Zaslov), Ukraine
Created by Barry Sieger
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Izyaslav/
~~~
Zofyuvka (Zofjowka), Ukraine
Created by Phyllis Grossman
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Zofyuvka/
~~~

KehilaLinks webpages recently updated:

Bocki (Bodki)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bocki/Bocki.html
~~~
Ivano Frankivsk (Stanislawow), Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Ivano_Frankivsk/index.html
~~~
Kalush (Kalusz, Kalish) (G)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kalush/
~~~
Skala-Podol'skaya (Skala) (G)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/SkalaPodol/

~~~

Some of our KehilaLinks webpages were created by people who are no
longer able to maintain them.
We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their
future endeavors.
The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for adoption.

Briceni (Brichany, Britshan) (B)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Brichany/brichany.htm
~~~
Kolomea (Kolomyja) (G)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kolomea/kolomad.htm

~~~
GOOD NEWS! The following webpage was adopted:
Barysaw (Borisov), Belarus
Adopted by Boris Libenson
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/borisov/borisov.html
~~~

If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage or adopt an exiting "orphaned"
webpage please contact us at: < bloch@...>.

NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated
volunteers who will help you create a webpage.
~~~

Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc.
Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator

Shalom,

Simply amazing! These are the words that come to mind in regards the Yizkor
Book in Print Project coordinated by Joel Alpert which is presently
celebrating its second year of existence. There are now, no less than 14
books available to be purchased and in the very near future, a further two
new books will be added:

- Memorial (Yizkor) Book of the destroyed Jewish Community of Podhajce,
Ukraine
- Yampol Memorial Book

My sincere thanks go out to Joel and his team for this incredible
achievement in this project thus far and look forward to seeing their next
masterpieces.

So popular is this project that we receive requests for books that have yet
to be translated which is, you'll agree, "slightly" problematic. <g> So, if
the community book you are interested in seeing printed has yet to be fully
translated, we welcome your involvement in helping to see this goal reached
and if you are interested, please feel free to contact me. We presently have
over 70 books fully translated but we also have a further 600+ book projects
in various stages of progress, so that we do have our work set out for us.

I would also like to note in this report, the great contribution of Osnat
Hazan and her team in preparing data for our Yizkor Book Main Index
database. The idea behind this database is the establishment of a searchable
database of all the people appearing in the various Yizkor Books. As you can
imagine, preparing such a database requires a great deal of dedication and
patience to go through the translations and index the proper names within
them. I understand the database will presently hold a total of 85,000
records which is a very commendable achievement and, of course, the work to
add more and more names goes on.

In general, I would like personally shake hands and thank all those many
people involved in the Yizkor Book Project whose contributions are so
important. Since I don't think I'll be able to visit you to shake all your
hands, I have continued to update the long credit list of over 400
volunteers who make the YB Project what is. This list is viewable at
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/

Now to facts and figures for April, during this last month we have added
these 2 new projects:

- Dobromil, Poland (Dobromil: life in a Galician Shtetl, 1890-1907)
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Dobromil1/Dobromil1.html

- Hoshcha, Ukraine (The book of Hosht - in memoriam)
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Hoshcha/Hoshcha.html

Added in 6 new entries:

- Benesov, Czech Republic (The Jews and Jewish Communities of Bohemia in the
past and present) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/bohemia/boh026.html

- Bakalarzewo, Poland (Memorial book of Suvalk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Suwalki1/Suw349.html

- Dunajska Streda, Slovakia (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Slovakia)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_slovakia/slo143.html

- Filipow, Poland (Memorial book of Suvalk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Suwalki1/Suw351.html

- Ribnita, Moldova (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, Volume I)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_romania/rom1_00509a.html

- Vertiujeni, Moldova (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Romania, Volume
II) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/pinkas_romania/rom2_00351a.html

We have continued to update 21 of our existing projects:

- Brzozow, Poland (A Memorial to the Brzozow Community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/brzozow/brzozow.html

- Capresti, Moldova (Kapresht, our village; memorial book for the Jewish
community of Kapresht, Bessarabia)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Capresti/Capresti.html

- Czestochowa, Poland (Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Czestochowa)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Czestochowa4/Czestochowa4.html

- Falenica, Poland (Falenica Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Falenica/Falenica.html

- Garwolin, Poland (The life and decline of a Jewish city)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/garwolin/garp000.html [Polish & English]

- Goniadz, Poland (Our hometown Goniondz)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/goniadz/goniadz.html

- Grojec, Poland (Grizer Scroll)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Grojec/Grojec.html

- Karelichy, Belarus (Korelitz; the life and destruction of a Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/korelicze/korelicze.html

- Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in memory of a martyred community
which was destroyed) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/klobuck/klobuck.html

- Lowicz, Poland (Lowicz; a Town in Mazovia, Memorial Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lowicz/lowicz.html

- Lyakhavichy, Belarus (Memorial book of Lachowicze)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lyakhovichi/Lyakhovichi.html

- Lyubcha, Belarus (Lubtch and Delatich; in memory of the Jewish community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lyubcha/lyubcha.html

- Molchad, Belarus (Molchadz, In Memory of the Jewish Community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Molchadz/Molchadz.html

- Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki, Poland (Memorial book of Nowy-Dwor)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Nowy_Dwor/Nowy_Dwor.html

- Radekhov, Ukraine (Memorial Book of Radikhov)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Radekhov/Radekhov.html

- Suwalki, Poland (Memorial book of Suvalk)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Suwalki1/Suwalki1.html

- Szczebrzeszyn, Poland (The Book of Memory to the Jewish Community of
Shebreshin) http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Szczebrzeszyn/Szczebrzeszyn.html

- Szczuczyn, Poland (>from the Inferno Back to Life)
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Szczuczyn_pol1/Szczuczyn_polh1.html [Hebrew]

- Tarnogrod, Poland (Book of Tarnogrod; in memory of the destroyed Jewish
community) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tarnogrod/tarnogrod.html

- Tighina, Moldova (Bendery Community Yizkor Book)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Bender/Bender.html

- Tuchin, Ukraine (Tuczin-Kripa, Wolyn; in Memory of the Jewish Community)
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/tuchin/tuchin.html

Some important links to note:

- This month's additions and updates are flagged at
http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/translations.html to make it easy to find
them.
- All you would like to know about the Yizkor Books in Print Project
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip.html
- Yizkor Book Translation Funds
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/v_projectslist.asp?project_cat=23
where your financial support will assist in seeing more translations go
online. All the best,

Lance Ackerfeld Yizkor Book Project Manager lance.ackerfeld@...

We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to JewishGen KehilaLinks
We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for creating fitting
memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for providing a valuable
resource for future generations of their descendants.

Dubienka, Poland
Created by Sarah J Greenwald
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Dubienka/
~~~
Novohrad-Volyns'kyy (Novograd Volynskiy, Zvhil) , Ukraine
Created by Ron Doctor
Webmaster: Richard Baum
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Novohrad_Volynskyy/
~~~
Ostropol (Ostropolia, Staryy Ostropil), Ukraine
Created by Dean Echenberg
Webpage Design by KehilaLinks volunteer Gregory B. Meyer
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/ostropol/index.html
~~~
Sil' (Soslak, Sola) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Sil/
~~~
Sokolivka (Sokolovka), Ukraine
Created by Sarah J Greenwald
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Sokolivka/
~~~
Sokyrnytsia (Szeklence, Sekernice) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Sokyrnytsia/
~~~
Solotvyno (Aknaszlatina, Slatinske Doly) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Solotvyno/
~~~
Stavne (Fenyvesvolgy, Stavna) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Stavne/
~~~
Storozhnytsya (Ordarma, Jovra) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Storozhnytsya/
~~~
Synevyr (Alsoszinever, Sinovir) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Synevyr/
~~~
Tekovo (Tekehaza, Tekehaza) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Tekovo/
~~~
Teresva (Tarackoz), (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Teresva/
~~~
Tur'ya Bystraya (Turjasebes, Turi Bystry), (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Turya_Bystraya/
~~~
Tyachiv (Tecso, Tacova) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Tyachiv/
~~~
Uhlya (Uglya, Uhla) (S-C), Ukraine
Created by Marshall J. Katz
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Uhlya/
~~~
Izyaslav (Zaslov), Ukraine
Created by Barry Sieger
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Izyaslav/
~~~
Zofyuvka (Zofjowka), Ukraine
Created by Phyllis Grossman
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Zofyuvka/
~~~

KehilaLinks webpages recently updated:

Bocki (Bodki)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/bocki/Bocki.html
~~~
Ivano Frankivsk (Stanislawow), Ukraine
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Ivano_Frankivsk/index.html
~~~
Kalush (Kalusz, Kalish) (G)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kalush/
~~~
Skala-Podol'skaya (Skala) (G)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/SkalaPodol/

~~~

Some of our KehilaLinks webpages were created by people who are no
longer able to maintain them.
We thank them for their past efforts and wish them luck on their
future endeavors.
The following webpages are "orphaned" and are available for adoption.

Briceni (Brichany, Britshan) (B)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Brichany/brichany.htm
~~~
Kolomea (Kolomyja) (G)
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kolomea/kolomad.htm

~~~
GOOD NEWS! The following webpage was adopted:
Barysaw (Borisov), Belarus
Adopted by Boris Libenson
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/borisov/borisov.html
~~~

If you wish to create a KehilaLinks webpage or adopt an exiting "orphaned"
webpage please contact us at: < bloch@...>.

NEED TECHNICAL HELP CREATING A WEBPAGE?: We have a team of dedicated
volunteers who will help you create a webpage.
~~~

Susana Leistner Bloch, VP, KehilaLinks, JewishGen, Inc.
Barbara Ellman, KehilaLinks Technical Coordinator

A committee for Jewish Remembrance in Bytow (Buetow)/Pomerania with projects
like a memorial stone, press articles, books, exhibition and working with
schools came up with 21 members >from Gdansk (Danzig), county Bytow (Kreis
Buetow) and abroad (including myself), headed by Prof. Obracht-Prondzynski
(University of Gdansk).

So far, press and internet reports have been published, a booklet (in
Polish) on the subject was written (I have a pdf version, which I can send
to interested persons) as well as extensive and sometimes intricate
preparations for the creation of an obelisk on the site of the 1938 burnt
synagogue of Buetow.

The obelisk will be disclosed on November 8th, 2013, on the eve of the 75th
Anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht in Bytow (Buetow). Details can be
found in the (German and English) website
http://grosstuchen.cwc.tc/obelisk.htm

Please, also find information about Jews in Buetow/Pomerania under
http://grosstuchen.cwc.tc/Juden.html

Regards, Heinz Radde, Zurich/Switzerland, radde@...

A committee for Jewish Remembrance in Bytow (Buetow)/Pomerania with projects
like a memorial stone, press articles, books, exhibition and working with
schools came up with 21 members >from Gdansk (Danzig), county Bytow (Kreis
Buetow) and abroad (including myself), headed by Prof. Obracht-Prondzynski
(University of Gdansk).

So far, press and internet reports have been published, a booklet (in
Polish) on the subject was written (I have a pdf version, which I can send
to interested persons) as well as extensive and sometimes intricate
preparations for the creation of an obelisk on the site of the 1938 burnt
synagogue of Buetow.

The obelisk will be disclosed on November 8th, 2013, on the eve of the 75th
Anniversary of the so-called Kristallnacht in Bytow (Buetow). Details can be
found in the (German and English) website
http://grosstuchen.cwc.tc/obelisk.htm

Please, also find information about Jews in Buetow/Pomerania under
http://grosstuchen.cwc.tc/Juden.html

Regards, Heinz Radde, Zurich/Switzerland, radde@...