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Vol. 5, No. 4 Summer (July) 1998 COORDINATOR's CORNER Vol. 5, No. 4 Summer (July) 1998 COORDINATOR’S CORNER TABLE OF CONTENTS By Shelley Kellerman Pollero Topic Page Gesher Galicia members were highly visible at the L.A. Seminar July 12-17, all sporting a hot pink label Report on the Los Angeles Seminar ...........................2 Galicia SIG on their Seminar nametag. We wanted Book Review: Finding your Jewish Roots in Galicia everyone to know who were the Galitzianers--and it reviewed by Barbara Khait...................................2 worked! We were indeed a presence in L.A.! Highlights of the SIG Meeting ....................................3 The L.A. Seminar was a great success! SIG members Be a town Historian......................................................4 participated in the varied offerings of concurrent sessions and programs, profited from the library and Przemsyl Group Update...............................................5 maps in the Resource Room, and searched the many JewishGen Family Finder - Connections....................6 databases on JewishGen and other software programs Burstyner Cemetery List - Riverside Cemetery, in the Computer Center. The syllabus served as a Saddlebrook, NJ ...........................................................5 valuable resource, for it included a research guide, speaker biographies, speaker presentation summaries Jewish Cemetery in Lezajsk ........................................7 and handouts, local information, and a 39 page two- Jewish Taxpayers in Nadworna - 1932.......................8 part Family Finder by surname and by location. Delyatin and Dora - Web Site ...................................10 Networking is the name of the game. SIG members International Family Visits Galicia ...........................11 examined every nametag, especially those with our Galicia SIG label, informally serving as Gesher Editor's Message.........................................................12 Galicias good will ambassadors, spreading positive Corrections to the Bader List, Part 1.........................12 comments and information about the SIG to Index of Names from Gershom Bader’s prospective members, and sharing ideas and A LAND AND ITS SCHOLARS (part 2)................13 successes about our own research. Seminar attendees picked up all 300 copies of our new Gesher Galicia Member Contact - Corrections & Updates ...............19 handout, which included our updated info file and Four Members join Steering Committee ..................23 membership form, maps of Galicia, and a listing of Rogatin Yizkor Book On-Line ..................................23 our SIG Steering Committee. Landsmanschaften Contacts in Israel........................23 Our SIG events were very well received by all, with Steering Committee....................................................24 good attendance, despite the schedule conflicts with other SIG meetings and sessions. We got off to a good start with a Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) session on Monday, where about 35 of us introduced In Memoriam ourselves, shared our surnames, placenames, and research findings in an informal setting. It is with deep regret that we note the passing of Sam Elpern, just four days before the Summer Seminar on (continued on page 3) Jewish Genealogy. He suffered a massive heart attack while jogging. Sam was a member of Gesher Galicia and a driving force in our sister organization, Rom-SIG. His absence was felt, and commented upon, throughout the Seminar. - 1 - THE GALITZIANER Vol. 5, No. 4 Summer (July) 1998 REPORT ON THE LOS ANGELES Book Review SEMINAR FINDING YOUR JEWISH ROOTS IN BY MARIAN RUBIN GALICIA: A RESOURCE GUIDE, For Gesher Galicia, the Seminar provided the By Suzan Wynne opportunity for members of the Steering Committee Avotaynu, Inc., Teaneck, NJ 07666 to meet each other and to begin to make plans for the (ISBN 1-886223-08-4), 220 pages projects that will be emphasized during the coming Reviewed by Barbara Khait months. These include the expansion of our web site and the possibility of an online discussion group. In addition, everyone gained a better understanding of The product of a twenty-year immersion in Galician the functions of JewishGen’s Yizkor Book research, Suzan Wynne has written the definitive Translation Project, led by Joyce Field, who has guide to finding your roots in the area of Poland that joined Gesher Galicia’s Steering Committee. It is was once known as Galicia, now contained within the expensive to translate entire books, and until the full borders of Poland and the Ukraine. funding is raised, the immediate goal is the translation of indexes, tables of contents, photo In an easy-to-follow format, the book begins with an captions and memorial lists. overview of the history of Jewish life in Galicia, followed by a discussion and list of available Jewish Stanley Diamond of Montreal made a presentation of vital records, organized by districts and towns within JRI-P, (Jewish Records Indexing-Poland), the project them, indicating which records are available from the that indexes Mormon films. It is difficult for Polish State Archives in Warsaw and the Lviv Galitzianers to be involved in this project as of this Archives in the Ukraine. Of course, many other time, as the Mormons hold films from only a few sources add to the vitality of our research. Suzan towns in Galicia. However, it may be possible to use devotes the next section to census documents, notary the JRI-P format as we index the records we have records, school records, military records, and individually obtained. More information will appear holdings of specific repositories. Holocaust sources in future issues of the Galitzianer. There is a definite are addressed in the following chapter. More than a movement toward indexing material that we hold book about archival resources, this “how-to” also individually and making it accessible to others. covers reference works, travel guides, directories, web sites, organizations, translators, even a sample Approximately 700 people attended the Seminar, and letter to the Polish State Archives. There is also a there were many exciting meetings of people who section that lists researchers who have done extensive had never met, but who had communicated by e-mail, work on particular towns whom you can contact for regular mail and phone-over the past year. It was more information. An important note that Suzan apparent that there is a momentum toward working makes early in the book is the widespread use of closely with those researching the same shtetls. Many mother’s surname in Galician vital records—a “must have records, lists and other documents which they know” for researchers. are sharing with others as they organize their small groups by using Gesher Galicia’s Family Finder and Peppered throughout the book are helpful document the JewishGen Family Finder to find researchers samples, photographs, and antique postcards. Add from their towns, or from nearby towns. this book to your JGS and personal collections. To order a copy of this 240 page book at US$39.95 each, send your check/money order to Avotaynu, Inc., P.O. Box 900, Teaneck, NJ 07666. NJ residents add 6% sales tax. To order by credit card (VISA and Master Card only), call toll free 1-800-286-8296. In Israel, contact Lexicom, Ltd., P.O. Box 10053, 91100 Jerusalem or phone (02) 679 7730. To order online, see the Avotaynu website <http://www.avotaynu.com> - 2 - Vol. 5, No. 4 Summer (July) 1998 THE GALITZIANER Coordinator's Corner (continued) GESHER GALICIA HIGHLIGHTS Thursday was our self-named Galicia Day at the FROM THE SIG MEETING Seminar. About 85 people attended our informative, lively SIG meeting, with introductions of the Steering ! GOALS: Committee members and members from other " to broaden the way we communicate with each countries (Australia, Israel, United Kingdom, other Canada) recognition of member contributions, short " to continue to promote individual and group presentations by several SIG members, and research of Galicia statements of SIG goals, accomplishments, and new ! ACCOMPLISHMENTS: initiatives. Following the SIG meeting, we held " -The Galitzianer another BOF session where about 40 of us shmoozed MARIAN RUBIN, Editor over veggies and dips, while networking and sharing " -Gesher Galicia Family Finder with each other. During this time, SUZAN WYNNE, PETER ZAVON, Finder Editor founder and founding editor of Gesher Galicia, " Gesher Galicia website on Jewish Gen signed copies of her new book, Finding Your Jewish MARK HECKMAN, Webmaster Roots in Galicia: A Resource Guide. " Shtetl Networking Groups SUZAN WYNNE then presented a very successful " Cemetery Projects session on Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia. ! MEMBERS WHO PRESENTED A She provided beginning researchers with an overview SUMMARY OF THEIR PROJECTS: of Galicia: its geographic boundaries, its history, and " HELENE KENVIN some examples of Jewish records from Galicia, Skala Zbrucz (Podolskaya) Town Historian discussing what is known of where vital records are " MELODY KATZ located today. She then opened the discussion to Ulanow Networking Group and Cemetery Project issues and problems raised by audience members. " MARIAN RUBIN Rzeszow Networking Group (new) Seminars allow us the opportunity to network face- " BARBARA URBANSKA-YEAGER to-face. We met so many Galitzianers (and others, of Przemysl Networking Group (and website) course!) whom we had previously known only by e- " PHYLLIS GOLDBERG mail, postal mail, or through our publications. It was Kolbuszowa/Mielec/SokolowNetworking Group (new) wonderful to be able
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