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The Galitzianer A Publication of Gesher Galicia Vol. 9, No. 1 Electronic Distribution November 2001 GG Matters Feature Articles 2 Coordinator’s Column 7 A Visit to the AGAD Archives Shelley Kellerman Pollero Valerie Schatzker What it’s like to work in the Polish archives in 2 From the Editors’ Desks Warsaw Edward Goldstein & Eva Rosenn Optional Electronic Delivery of The Galitzianer 9 Galician Roots – Deep and Wide Edward Gelles 3 New Options for Paying Dues Links to distinguished Galician rabbinical PayPal enables secure, low-cost electronic families payments 11 Ruth Finds Her Father 3 Call for Speakers Jerry Fields 22nd International Conference on Jewish Genealogy The author’s research leads to a surprising Town Updates discovery 4 Kolomyya 12 A Trip to Tarnobrzeg Alan Weiser Gayle Riley Schlissel 4 Krakowiec 13 Crying in Krakow Kim Donnelly and Kurt Gluck A lan Wei ser with comments from Peter Jassem A Visit to the “New” Cemetery 4 Ulanow Melody Katz 15 What Shall We Tell Miriam Rafael F. Scharf JRI-Poland How our ancestors lived in Galicia 5 JRI-Poland AGAD Project Update 21 The Jews of Galicia under Austrian-Polish Mark Halpern Rule, 1867 – 1918, Part III Status as of October 25 Professor Piotr Wróbel 5 Lemberg/Lwow Archive Indexing Project Last of the series Josef Herz People Lists The project needs your help 25 Przeworsk Yad Vashem Listings 6 JRI-Poland 1929 Business Directory Project Leon Gold Howard Fink Listing of pre-WWII residents for whom Yad An exciting new initiative gets under way Vashem has pages of testimony Do you have a story to tell that will interest our readers? Please get in touch with the Editor! (See back page for address) The Galitzianer November 2001 Coordinator’s Column From the Editors’ Desks Shelley Kellerman Pollero Edward Goldstein September 11, 2001. As we watched the tragic events Eva Rosenn unfold at the World Trade Center in New York, at the Many of you will have received this issue of The Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania, waves of shock and Galitzianer via an email attachment instead of disbelief reverberated throughout the world. Almost through postal mail. As of the time the issue went to immediately, messages from family and friends, both press, 101 of you had opted for electronic delivery. here and abroad, flew through phone lines and Several members responded by asking what the cyberspace. “Are you OK?” It was a relief to learn advantages of electronic delivery were. Good that most of us were not directly affected by the question. Let me try to suggest just a few answers: terrorist attacks, although many were so indirectly, 1. Copies arrive sooner. having lost friends or acquaintances. At the same 2. Less paper to store. time, we thought of our members, family, and friends 3. Issue can be searched electronically. in Israel who have suffered so many losses from 4. Issues can be stored on hard disk or assembled terrorist attacks over the years. We have yet to hear of into CD-ROM. any Gesher Galicia members directly affected by 5. Pages for filing in paper form can be printed out these events. If you have any information about our as needed. members, please contact Shelley Pollero. 6. No involvement with postal mail distribution We slowly emerged from the aftermath of system. September 11 and, once again, returned to our 7. Lower cost to Gesher Galicia, which translates to familiar routines of work, family, play, and possibility of more pages per issue and fewer genealogy! Gesher Galicia resumed its efforts to dues increases. further refine the procedures to offer the opportunity 8. Some people just prefer electronic text to paper for electronic distribution of The Galitzianer text. newsletter via e-mail and payment of membership You should be aware that the email attachments dues via Internet. could be quite long—one or two files of up to 1 MB In this issue, Edward Goldstein explains the in length. If you have a slow internet connection you optional electronic distribution of The Galitzianer. may want to consider that fact in making your Earlier this month, Edward contacted members with decision. On the other hand, remember that The current e-mail addresses to offer them the option of Galitzianer is published only four times a year. receiving the November issue via e-mail instead of by We hope that this initial distribution via email postal mail. Also in this issue is a brief explanation of went without a hitch. If there were problems, please the PayPal option for paying dues by credit card via let us know, and we’ll fix them. Internet. Thanks to the newsletter advisory team – We know we missed some of you when we sent Edward Goldstein, Peter Zavon, Peter Jassem, and out the mass email on November 5/6 offering the Eva Rosenn—for their efforts with the electronic electronic distribution option; for example, we distribution of The Galitzianer, and to Peter Zavon, received a number of notifications of email addresses Mark Heckman, and Leon Gold for their invaluable that had no real persons attached to them. So, if you assistance with PayPal. These projects have involved want to receive The Galitzianer as an email a great deal of behind-the-scenes teamwork. Thank attachment, here’s what you do: you! Ø Be aware of the following restriction: “No man is an island.” We all stand together Electronic files of The Galitzianer are for sharing our joys and sorrows. Happy New Year to members' use only. The files, and printed you and yours! Shalom! copies derived from them, may not be distributed to non-members without express 10th Anniversary Gesher Galicia Gala in 2003 permission of Gesher Galicia. Volunteers needed for several committees - Ø Send an email to [email protected]. In Luncheon or Dinner, Cookbook, Tee-shirt the Subject line enter “Electronic Distribution Contact Shelley Pollero NOW! of The Galitzianer.” In the body of the Video Clips of Galicia Wanted message, enter “I agree with the Restriction Contact Sam Eneman specified on page 2 of the November issue of Member #227 (See GGFF) The Galitzianer” and sign your full name. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 The Galitzianer November 2001 New Option for Paying Dues Call for Speakers 22nd International Conference on Jewish Genealogy We have been looking into options for payment of August 4-9, 2002 membership dues or organizational subscriptions via the Internet, partly in response to requests from our The Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada overseas members and partly because of the high fees (Toronto) will hold the 22nd International Conference we incur when processing checks on foreign banks, on Jewish Genealogy at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in even in US dollars. We believe that we have found a downtown Toronto on August 4-9, 2002. Peter viable solution, which should be easier and less costly Jassem, a member of the Gesher Galicia Steering for our Canadian and overseas members and for GG. Committee, is the Program Chair. We have selected PayPal, a secure international on- The conference will cover topics such as line payment service. genealogy, history, cultural heritage, genetics, With your PayPal account, you may send and geography, database management, and publishing. receive money with no fee. GG pays a very small fee Peter has issued a call for papers to be presented to receive your PayPal payment. You may continue to at the conference. Here’s your chance to make sure send your personal check or money order, provided that topics of special interest to Galician researchers that payments are in US Dollars on a U.S. bank. will be included in the program. PayPal requires an e-mail address in order to send Peter suggests that you do not limit your you payment confirmation. You may sign up for a imagination. All submissions will be carefully free email address (hotmail, yahoo, juno, for evaluated and innovative subject matter will be very example) from your own computer, from a cyber welcome. Those of you who wish to repeat past café, or from another’s computer. If you are not presentations are asked to provide updates and new familiar with using the Internet, ask for assistance visual material. He is also open to suggestions for from someone who is. speakers on subjects that may not have been To pay your membership dues via PayPal, just sufficiently explored in previous conferences. follow these steps: Your proposal should include the following 1. Go to www.jewishgen.org/galicia/paypal.html 2. Renewing members must use the renewal form mailed information: to them by GG. New members must print out and Ø Complete name, address, telephone and email complete the GG Membership Form available at information; www.jewishgen.org/galicia/mem_form.html Ø Title(s) of proposed presentation(s); 3. One-year memberships or organizational subscriptions Ø A preliminary summary not to exceed 150 words; (2001-2002) are $30 for U.S./Canada and $37 for other Ø A brief biographical sketch of approximately 150 countries (International). Click on the appropriate logo words, highlighting your expertise on the subject on the GG PayPal page. Note to Canadian members: Although you pay the of your proposed talk, and listing any publications same dues as U.S. members, you must follow the and past presentations, including subject and year PayPal instructions for “Outside the U.S.” when you of delivery; sign up for your PayPal account. Ø Preferred method of presentation (for example, 4. If you already have a PayPal account, log in your slide show) and special needs. email address and password. If you are not yet a An official web site for the conference is in PayPal member, you may sign up for a free Personal U.S.