Vol. 4, No. 2 Fall, 1996 TABLE of CONTENTS
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Vol. 4, No. 2 Fall, 1996 TABLE OF CONTENTS Topic Page Coordinator/Editor's Corner 1 Steering Committee Meeting Results 2 Family Finder News 4 Rzeszow Synagogue to be Restored 4 Holocaust Museum to Receive Red Cross Records 5 Correction: Contacting Lviv Researcher 5 Records from Ivano-Frankovsk (Stanislawow) 6 Corrections & Additions to Lviv Metrical Records Inventory 6 Documents in the Ukraine Central State Historical Archives: Lviv6 Computer Corner: 10 JewishGen; Polish Genealogical Society Web Site Books & Other Materials: Vital Records in Poland; 10 HaMagid on CD-ROM ; Postcards from Ukraine 1830 Account of Travelers in Galicia 11 Travel Notes: Recent Travel in Ukraine; Ivano-Frankovsk; 13 Podhaytse JewishGen Yizkor Book SIG 16 Volunteer for Data Entry of Tyczyn Records 17 Resources: Translator Available; Volunteer in Kansas City; 17 Index to Book about Famous Galician-born Jews Update on Request for Notary Records 18 Gologory Revisited 19 Gesher Galicia SIG Steering Committee 20 THE GALITZIANER, Vol. 4, No. 2 Fall 1996 COORDINATOR/EDITOR'S CORNER We apologize to those who were left out of the Fall 1996 Family Finder. The error was not discovered until after it was mailed. As a result, we have reissued the Family Finder. Please destroy the earlier edition to avoid confusion. Instead of sending a Spring supplement to the Family Finder, we will, instead, include information for new members in Vol. 4, Nos. 3 & 4 of The Galitzianer. This will save on mailing costs. Please read our new copyright notice carefully. Because we want to be sure that the fruits of our collective labor are protected, Gesher Galicia will hold the copyright on all material published in The Galitzianer. I hope that this doesn't discourage anyone from submitting material for publication. If you have some specific concerns about something that you are thinking of submitting, we can probably come up with an appropriate written agreement to accomodate your concerns and circumstances. On a personal note, I have decided that this will be my last year as Gesher Galicia's Coordinator. I will remain on the Steering Committee as an advisor during the 1997-98 year, but I believe that it is time for others to move into leadership roles. Also, I am actively searching for a new editor or editorial team for The Galitzianer. If you would like to try editing one issue with my guidance and assistance, please let me know. One advantage of the job is that the editor has a front row seat on research and resource developments. And, as a bonus, you have contact with a large number of our members. Although the editor needs to be a decent writer and must be fairly knowledgeable about Galicia, I and others in the group can serve as technical advisors. Suzan Wynne, Coordinator 2 THE GALITZIANER, Vol. 4, No. 2 Fall 1996 STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING RESULTS The Gesher Galicia Steering Committee met Sunday, December 22 at the home of Suzan Wynne. A number of important decisions were reached by those in attendance: Milton Goldsamt, Larry Kahaner, Sheiala Moskow, Shelley Pollero and Peter Zavon. Due to being overwhelmed by other commitments, Bill Fern resigned from the Steering Committee in the Fall. Nat Abramowitz has agreed to join the Steering Committee. Unfortunately, a prior speaking engagement with the Philadelphia JGS kept Nat from making this meeting. Please note that all of the Steering Committee members are now on e-mail. Our Treasurer, Sheiala Moskow, announced that, as of the end of this quarter we have a balance on hand of $8,772.85. This is sufficient to cover our projected expenses. Shelley Pollero, our Membership Coordinator, said that, as of December 22, 1996, we had about 300 paid members. In late Fall, we mailed out letters to all former members whose memberships had lapsed over the years. Shelley reports that we are beginning to hear from those people. Welcome back! We have had contributions from Louis A. Fine, Randy Stehle and Dr. Edmund I. Parnes. Thank you very much. The Steering Committee considered the question of the membership year and our policy with respect to including Family Finder information for lapsed members. The new membership year will be September 30-October 1. This change will make it easier for everyone to get back from summer vacations before membership fees are dues. Also, instead of including a membership renewal form in the newsletter, as we have done in the past, all members will receive a first class mailing during August requesting payment for the new program year. The newsletter will be published in October, January, April and July. Deadlines for submissions will be September 15, December 15, March 15 and June 15. Instead of publishing the main Family Finder in the Fall, we will send it out with the Winter issue of The Galitzianer. This will allow people more time to pay their dues and to make changes and corrections. Please Note: All members for the 1996-97 program year will be included in the Family Finder in Winter 1998. However, if you do not renew your membership by December 1997, your information will be deleted from the following year's Family Finder to be published in Winter 1999. In August, along with the dues notice, Peter Zavon will send out a copy of what all members have in the Family Finder data base so that you can see what Gesher Galicia has for you. This will be a good opportunity to make changes in surnames and towns. If you need clarification about membership policies, contact Suzan Wynne by e-mail or "snail mail". Some people have written to say that they feel their information should be in the Family Finder forever, even if they have only been a member for a year. It is the consensus of 3 THE GALITZIANER, Vol. 4, No. 2 Fall 1996 the Steering Committee, that inclusion in the Family Finder is a privilege of members. We also considered how to begin a research and development fund so that we can commission carefully selected researchers to research what is at various Archives in Ukraine and Poland. What we propose is that, beginning in 1997-98, $2 of member dues will go toward a research fund. Of course, members should also feel free to send in donations over and above the $2 (grin). We anticipate a small surplus in this year's treasury and would like to begin our research and development efforts by commissioning Alexander Dunai to tell us what census and tax records are available in the main Archives in Lviv and to provide samples of those records from various time periods. We would like your comments about this proposal. Finally, we are planning several publishing projects: 1) A resource guide which covers what new members need to know about Galicia, record searching in Poland and Ukraine, written and human resources for conducting research. The guide would largely be comprised of material published in early editions of The Galitzianer. Currently new members have to buy back issues of the newsletter. A resource guide would collapse essential information in one place for less money than it now costs new members to buy back issues. Publication is projected for June, 1997. 2) The second project underway is an index to Jewish names listed for selected towns in the 1929 Polish directory (included towns in what had been Eastern and Western Galicia). Additionally, several members have brought material to our attention that are worthy of publication, but they do not fit the newsletter format. The Steering Committee approved the concept of packaging and distributing such material through Gesher Galicia. FAMILY FINDER NEWS by Peter Zavon Before sending me your towns, please verify that they were in the former AUSTRIAN- ruled province of Galicia. This would save a lot of work and confusion. Former Austrian provinces such as Moldavia, Bukovina, etc. are not part of the Gesher Galicia focus. Former Russian-held areas of present-day Poland (Lublin, Warsaw, etc.) and Lithuania were not in Galicia. Also not all parts of Ukraine were in Galicia. If you are not sure, send an SASE or e-mail message to Suzan Wynne and she will verify whether the town was in Galicia. RZESZOW SYNAGOGUE TO BE RESTORED by Marian Rubin The Rzeszow Landsmanschaft in Tel Aviv has announced plans to renew the synagogue 4 THE GALITZIANER, Vol. 4, No. 2 Fall 1996 at Kazimierza Street 18 in Rzeszow (prounced Zhe-shoof). According to the announcement, the synagogue building, which once also served as a home of the aged and a kitchen, will be renovated "in order to create a prayer site for anyone who might arrive [in] Rzeszow from Israel or the diaspora and who wants to say Kaddish and to remember his family from Reisha (the Yiddish name for Rzeszow). The plans include establishment of a memory room and museum. In addition, the Landsmanschaft will erect a monument at the site of the main Jewish cemetery in Rzeszow, at the spot from which the Jews were transported to the death camp at Belzec. The announcement from the Landsmanschaft stated, "We received the permits from the mayor of Rzeszow, who shows much interest and sympathy for any commemorative action." The Landsmanschaft is asking for contributions for these projects, which will cost $10,000. Those interested in making contributions, please make your check payable to "Rzeszow Landsmanschaft" and mail it to Mrs. Klara Ma'ayan, President, Epstein 8a, Tel Aviv 62962. Please note the names of your families from the Rzeszow area and include the names, addresses and phone numbers of your children, grandchildren and cousins since the Landsmanschaft is making a big effort to ensure continuing contact with the second and third generations of the Reisha community.