The Galitzianer A Publication of Gesher Galicia Vol. 8, No. 4 August 2001 In This Issue Two articles in this issue are of special import to the future of The Galitzianer and of Gesher Galicia. The first, Shelley Pollero’s column on page 2, explains the reasons that the Steering Committee has felt it necessary to raise Gesher Galicia’s dues … mainly the increased costs of publishing The Galitzianer and the Gesher Galicia Family Finder. The second, on page 3, describes a proposed electronic option for distributing The Galitzianer via email to those who want to receive it that way. It also asks a couple of questions about this proposal on which the Steering Committee needs your advice.. GG Matters 8 JRI-PL 1929 Business Directory Project 2 Coordinator’s Column Stanley Diamond & Howard Fink Shelley Kellerman Pollero 6 Krakow marriage and Banns Registers 3 An Electronic Version of the Galitzianer? Stanley Diamond & Judy Wolkovitch Edward Goldstein A project at the Jewish Historical Institute in A proposal on which we need your input Warsaw 23 Gesher Galicia Family Finder Updates Feature Articles Two pages you can insert into your GGFF 7 Austrian Military Recruitment in Galicia Town Updates Find out which regiments of the Austro- 3 Kolomyya Hungarian army recruited in your town in Alan Weiser which years 4 Lwow 10 Matching Patronymics to Surnames in Krakow Josef Herz Dan Hirschberg & Julian Schamroth Breaking through a barrier in Jewish genea- 4 Sokal logical research Josef Herz 12 My Journey to Bukaczowze 4 Przemysl Linda Cantor Barbara Yeager The author visits Ukraine in 2001 JRI-Poland 14 Jews of Galicia 1869-1918, Part II Professor Piotr Wróbel 5 Przemysl Archives Indexing Second of three parts Roberta Cohen Jainchill Progress in Przemysl People Lists 5 The Great Galician Indexing Race Continues 21 Pruchnik Yad Vashem Listings Mark Halpern Leon Gold The Galitzianer August 2001 Innovations Coordinator’s Column We are currently looking at options for payment Shelley Kellerman Pollero of membership dues via the Internet, using a personal Gesher Galicia (GG) continues to grow as opportuni- credit card, partly in response to feedback from our ties for networking and research expand worldwide. overseas members and partly because we can no The SIG faces new challenges, including the need to longer afford the high fees assessed by our bank for raise membership and organizational dues, the possi- processing checks on foreign banks, even in US dol- bility of offering members an electronic option to pay lars. An optional electronic version of The Galitzianer dues and/or receive The Galitzianer newsletter, is also being investigated. (See Edward Goldstein’s changes in leadership roles, and plans for the GG article in this issue.) There is no plan for an electronic Gala in 2003. The GG Steering Committee (GGSC) version of the GG Family Finder. continues to emphasize the goals of GG: to broaden GG needs Treasurer and Moderators the way we communicate with each other and to con- Error! Bookmark not defined., Treasurer, and tinue to promote individual and group research of Beverly Shulster, Error! Bookmark not defined. Galicia. Moderator, are leaving their respective positions after At the London Conference, GG members and almost three years of dedicated service to GG. We Galicia researchers networked with members of the offer them our sincere thanks and our appreciation for Galicia group of the JGS of Great Britain (JGSGB) at jobs well done. We now actively seek a new, experi- the annual GG SIG meeting. Chaired by Error! enced Treasurer and two or three discussion group Bookmark not defined., the program featured presen- moderators from among our GG members. The tations on the history , geography, and research of Treasurer, a voting member of the GGSC, maintains Galicia, and a GG update. Presenters were Ric Coo- our bank account, writes checks, prepares an annual per, Chair of the JGSGB Galicia group, Mark budget, and provides a quarterly financial report. The Halpern, AGAD Coordinator, JRI-Poland, Joyce moderators share the responsibilities of moderating Field, Yizkor Book Project Translation Manager, and our popular on-line discussion group. Prospective Error! Bookmark not defined., Registrar, Town Index moderators should be somewhat knowledgeable about Volunteers, 1929 Polish Business Directory Project. Galicia and genealogical research, and have partici- Look for more information about these projects else- pated in the Error! Bookmark not defined.. Mod- where in this issue or on our web site eration experience is helpful, but not required, as http://www.jewishgen.org/Galicia moderators will be trained. GG members who would Dues Increase like to be part of the GG leadership team are asked to For the first time since 1995, the GGSC has voted me. to increase membership and organizational dues. Be- GG Gala 2003 ginning with the 2001-2002 membership year, dues Plans for the GG Gala 2003 in D.C. are still in will be US$30 for addresses in the U.S. and Canada, their formative stage. We hope to produce a Galicia US$37 for all others. The decision to raise dues was videotape, cookbook, and tee shirt for the event and to not made lightly, and reflects the increased publishing schedule a GG Tenth Anniversary luncheon or dinner and mailing costs and administrative expenses neces- at the Conference. We need your help to make this a sary to produce The Galitzianer quarterly and the GG reality. GG member Sam Eneman has offered to in- Family Finder annually. Unfortunately, we have tegrate your amateur video clips from your Galicia found that the revenue from dues has not been enough trips into a GG video. Contact Sam at sene- to cover the costs of the publications, and that it has [email protected] ASAP—he’ll tell you what you become increasingly necessary to draw from our re- need to do! Re the cookbook, many volunteers are serve funds dedicated to help fund research projects. needed: editor-in-chief, copy editors, testers (yum!), The GG website and our membership renewal forms and, above all, members to submit at least one or (to be mailed in September) will reflect the new dues more of your favorite Galitzianer recipes. Contact structure. We regret the short notice for the dues in- Shelley Pollero [email protected] Although the crease and any hardship it might cause. If you have D.C. Conference is two years away, we must get or- any questions or concerns about your membership, ganized now! please contact Error! Bookmark not defined. or Shel- ley Pollero. 2 The Galitzianer August 2001 An Electronic Version of The In Memoriam Galitzianer? Gesher Galicia sadly announces the passing of one of Edward Goldstein, Editor our members. We are considering offering our members an option Sumner J. Haber of Anchorage, Alaska, member to have The Galitzianer delivered as an email attach- #779 who joined GG 1998, passed away in 1999, ac- ment. We are not considering discontinuing the cording to family members who contacted us re- printed version. cently. We extend our most sincere condolences to his Our primary motivation is to reduce cost. As family and friends. Shelley explains in this issue, printing and mailing costs have gone up to the point that a dues increase is Kolomyya now needed. We think the electronic option could Alan Weiser help us avoid or postpone additional increases in the Apparently Spring showers bring more than Summer future. flowers. Kolomea Research Group (KRG) member- But, quite apart from financial considerations, ship spurted from 43 to 51 members since last re- some of you may prefer the electronic option. For one porting. thing, you will get it faster. Also, you will have more We have posted on our web site a list of victims flexibility in printing and filing your issue. and witnesses/survivors who were named in the 168 The attachment will be in Portable Document documents translated from the German covering war Format (PDF). To read or print the attachment you crimes in Kolomea. The listing can be found under will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader software that is Holocaust Facts, Section II, War Crimes in Kolomea included with most computers, You can also down- During World War II. We found that several victims load it free from the Internet, e.g., from and witnesses had the same surname as those of inter- www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html. est to several KRG members. KRG member Paul The size of the PDF file for an issue as long as the Auster is now working on preparing summaries of one your are now reading is about 1 MB. those documents which named victims or witnesses, Try it out, it’s free so we will learn more about those persons and what To give you an idea of how electronic delivery would happened to them. As these summaries become avail- work, you can request delivery of the PDF version of able they will be posted at the web site this issue of The Galitzianer. Just send an email to me (www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/kolomea/kolomad.ht m). KRG member Aliyah Middleton is researching at [email protected]. In the Subject line, write “Electronic Delivery.” the history of Kolomea; the results of her research If you have a slow Internet connection delivery of will be posted when the research is completed. KRG the file may be too slow for your taste. Please let me member Barbara Jacobson is surfing the web to create know if that is the case; I will then send the PDF file a bibliography of web sites with relevance to to you in three sections. Kolomea Administrative District towns and shtetls.