Vol. 2, No. 2 Winter, 1995 1. Editor's Corner 2. Jewish Genealogy Seminar 3. If People Would Only Stay Put! 4. Correction to Miriam Weiner's Article 5. Judaic Studies In Cracow 6. Polish Directories 7. Pamiatki I Zabytki Kultury Zydowskiy W Polsce (Polish Book) 8. Photo Collections (Books) 9. History of Towns and Villages of the Ukrainian SSR: Lviv Oblast (Book) 10. Map Source 11. Economic Study (Propination, Etc.) 12. Jewish Family Names In Tarnobrzeg Demonstrated by Propinacja and Konsygnacya Listings 13. Research Assistance 14. Polish Translator 15. Ukrainian Translator 16. The Federation of East European Family History Societies 17. Pooling Funds for Record Reproduction Efforts 18. Austrian Archives 19. Military Records 20. Grybow (Records) 21. Stanislowow (Records) 22. Kolomyya (Photos Wanted) 23. Mielec and Tyczyn (Visit to And Cemeteries) 24. Podhajce And Ternopol (Visit To) 25. Podkamien (Visit To) 26. Dabrowice (Visit To) 27. Ulanow (Materials) 28. Sending Money to Ukraine 29. Book About Bardejov 30. Censuses (Information Wanted) 31. Travel (SIG Trip Planned, Etc.) 32. Gleanings from Avotaynu The Galitzianer Vol. 2, No. 2 Vol. 2, No. 2 Winter, 1994/5 EDITOR'S CORNER I suppose you all are wondering why I sent out that really heavy SIG Directory/Family Finder that was copied only on one side and cost so much to mail. The reason is that the man who did the job for KINKO's Copies messed up. To save them paper and the hassle of doing the job completely over, the manager and I agreed on a price that would give us a break on the extra mailing costs. I have decided that I can not continue past June 1995 to coordinate the SIG and edit our newsletter because of the demands of my full time job as a social worker. When I started the SIG, I had lots of time for my interest in genealogy, but now I barely have time for my family, much less genealogy! This June when the SIG meets in Washington at the International Seminar for Jewish Genealogy, scheduled for June 25-29, I trust that people will volunteer for the various roles that will keep the SIG going. After months of not hearing from people in Poland, Phyllis Simon's persistence in planning a SIG trip to Poland, have paid off at last. She has done a wonderful job of pulling it all together. Additionally, she has also planned a week of travel in Ukraine just prior to the SIG trip to Poland. For those wishing to reach me by fax, my number is 301/657-3658. And, no, I am not on any bulletin boards! JEWISH GENEALOGY SEMINAR Members of The Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies host a genealogical gathering at least annually. In 1995, the gathering is in Washington, D.C. June 25-29 and hosted by the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington. Conference planners are scheduling a meeting of our SIG. This will be the first time that we will have had an opportunity to meet since our organizing meeting in Toronto in 1993. Primary on the agenda is an election of officers and appointment of persons to handle the various functions of the 2 The Galitzianer Vol. 2, No. 2 SIG. In addition to the special access that participants have to research facilities, seminars are excellent ways of meeting people from all over the globe who share a common interest. There are speakers, panel discussions, opportunities for beginners to learn the basics, specialized interest meetings (called "birds of a feather") and informal opportunities to pick up new information and pointers. Registration information can be obtained by writing to JGSGW, P.O. Box 412, Vienna, VA 22182-0412. It is best to register early to get the best price and to ensure that a room will be available at the conference hotel. IF PEOPLE WOULD ONLY STAY PUT! (This article was adapted by the author from a version which appeared in Vol. 2, No. 2 of Shemot.) By David Fielker My great grandparents, Moshe and Sophie Stieglitz, owned a timber business, an inn and a toll gate in Filipkowce, a town north of Chernovtsy. My great uncle, Culman Stieglitz, is said to have spent some time in Vienna on his way from Filipkowce to Liverpool. And, my grandmother, his sister Debora, according to family legend, left halfway through the celebration of her unwanted marriage at the age of 15 or 16 with one parcel to flee in a horse and cart to the coast. After Moshe died, the eldest son, Abraham, went to New York, while the widowed Sophie and her other children followed Debora to London. I do not know much about travel patterns of Jews in nineteenth century Europe, other than the large migrations recorded in the history books. We get an impression from movies and books about travels less further afield, the business trips, the wandering yeshivniks on foot or in carts. I have an old book, Childhood in Exile, in which Shmarya Levin describes how men often worked away from home and only saw their families a few times a year. And, how he, himself, left his home town of Swislowitz to attend school in Minsk, about 70 miles away. But, lately, my thoughts have been turning to waht travels there could have been between Filipkowce and the area around Tarnow. These thoughts have been occasioned by information filtering in from several sources. Michael Honey, member of the JGS of Great Britain, told me of Stieglitzes in his family, including Yehuda, born around 1820 in Radomysl Wielki, and Michael, born in 1854 in Tarnobrzeg, both towns near Tarnow. Then, Suzan Wynne wrote to tell me of a Stieglitz in her family: Breinsche, who married in Tarnow in 1858. By coincidence, that same week, I received several replies to a letter I had sent to Stieglitzes in the New York area, which revealed another connection to Tarnow. Now, Debora Stieglitz married my grandfather, Moshe Schneebaum, in London in 1902. Though we do not know each other before her flight from Filipkowce, it is romantic to think they did. The intriguing thing is that Moshe came from Pelnatycze near Jaroslaw, about halfway from Filipkowce to Tarnow! Unlike the Stieglitzes, all of the Schneebaums I have come across so far, with 3 The Galitzianer Vol. 2, No. 2 rare exceptions, have come from the same area. I have identified one Schneebaum family from Pruchnik, also near Jaroslaw, but, as yet, we cannot establish a relationship. When one considers the ways in which Jews adopted their surnames in the course of the nineteenth century, it is quite possible that the same name was chosen independently by different families. But, it is also possible that if I can trace back far enough, I shall find, say, taht some yeshivnik named Stielglitz travelled from Filipkowce to Tarnow and settled down there with his own family instead of returning home at the end of his studies. It does mean that one should not ignore records with the right name, but the wrong location. At least for the time being, all possibilities have to be explored. leave space for the photos CORRECTION TO MIRIAM WEINER'S ARTICLE Miriam Weiner has pointed out that some editorial changes to her article in the last issue that she strongly objects to. I regret that I altered Ms. Weiner's article in a manner that she feels differs substantially from what she submitted and intended, due to excessive deletions and substitutions. She feels that I "deleted positive statements which effectively changed my article from a balanced one to a negative one." I regret any damage to Ms. Weiner's professional reputation resulting from the article that appeared in Vol. II, No. 1 of The Galitzianer. Most objectionable to her, I added two sentences which are not in Ms. Weiner's original article, but which were taken from another, uncited, source: "Graft and bribery prevail in everything you do" and "Even good hotels, now $150-200 US per night, have no hot water." Following are two paragraphs as Ms. Weiner wrote them that appeared in edited fashion in 4 The Galitzianer Vol. 2, No. 2 Vol. II, No. 1: Another item which goes everywhere with me is a small bag, similar in size to carry-on luggage. In this bag, I carry a first-aid kit and an assortment of presents for the many helpful people I continuallly meet in my travels. These souvenirs from America, consisting of office supplies, gifts for children (dolls, crayons, toy trucks), cosmetics, watches, etc. are one method of returning the many kindnesses I receive from government officials, the local people on the street and members of the Jewish communities throughout Ukraine. Some people have asked me to do archival research which can be in as many as four locations for one town. For example, Jewish documents for Ivano-Frankovsk (Stanislawow) are located in the local ZAGS archive in the town, the Lvov Historical Archives and in two separate archives in Warsaw. It is not uncommon for me to find Jewish documents dating a particular family back into the 1700's. For example, I recently completed a research assignment for Jeanne Andelman, where I found over 700 documents on her family members from Melnitsa Podolskaya. For Emil Dickstein, (5437 Mahoning Avenue, Youngstown, OH 44515), I found more than 500 documents about his ancestors in Ozeryany, Korolovka, Skala and Borszczow. Anyone wishing to read Ms. Weiner's entire article as originally submitted may request a copy from her by writing to 136 Sandpiper Key, Secaucus, NJ 07094. Suzan Wynne, Editor JUDAIC STUDIES IN CRACOW Phyllis Simon submitted a description of several organizations working on preserving and understanding Jewish culture in Poland.