IN THIS ISSUE.. CYRILLIC OCCUPATION S by Dolores Lee Ring ... CONFIRMING THE ZELINGER- KESTENBERG CONNECTION, Working with Early 19 th Century Vital Record s by Robert E. Heyman SURNAMES FROM THE OPOCZNO YIZKOR BOOK compiled by Gideon Carmi 1 5 WACHOCK TOMBSTONE Qjpecid interest Group PHOTOGRAPHS text by Mike Persillin, tombstone transcriptions by Rabbi Charles Lippman 1 7 LETTERS 19 BOOK REVIEW: JEWISH ROOTS IN POLAND by Miriam Weiner Reviewed by Warren Blatt 21 2, StOWNIK HISTORIIKIELECKICH ZYDÔW, The Dictionary of the Kielce Jews by Krzysztof Urbanski and Rafal Blumenfeid 25 REPORT OF RECENT MEETING OF THE LAGOWER MUTUAL BENEFIT of ^Jewish genealogy SOCIETY OF TORONTO by Sid Orfus and Max Katchky 2 8 covering the Qubernias of EXTRACT DATA IN THIS ISSUE .... 3 0 Radom deaths, 1827-1841 3 1 Daleszyce births, marriages and and deaths, 1826-1846 4 4 of tfie «Kingdom of (pofancf GLOSSARY, PRONUNCIATION GUIDE as defined fr£ tfie 6ourtaaries 52 as the^ existed, 1867-1917 but first a word from your coordinator.. 2 Kielce-Radom SIG Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 Spring 199 8 ... but first a word from our coordinator Members have asked me if there is going to be a gathering of Kielce-Radom SIG members at the AJGS seminar in Los Angeles, July 12-17. Th e answer is "YES!" A meeting of those interested 3jperiaf ^Interest Group has been scheduled for Monday, My 13 , from noon to 1:5 0 pjn. I t will be the first time we've been able to get together since we first organized during the closing moments of the summer seminar in (journal Boston two years ago. ISSN No. 1092-8006 ©Î998, a D material âûs issue Both Warren Blatt and myself will be there. We'l l want to know your thinking about the future of the SIG and the Journal. Wha t are published quarterly by the " KIEIJCE-SADOM you most happy with? Wha t would you like to see more of, or , Specia l Interest Group (SIG) improved, or added? I t is your feedback and help that keeps this organization going. S o come prepared to give us your input body ai individual s interested in Jewish Of course, we will also want to know if YOU can help US. Yo u hear genealogical research from Kieke and us continually calling for more help to extract materials from the Radom, two gubemias in the Kingdom LDS microfilms. W e can't impress you enough of the importance of x>f Poland as defined b y the boundaries these projects. W e will also want to know what other specialties you , as Éhey «xisted ftom Î867-1917. might have to offer our members in allied fields of research... available books and records, translation capabilities, photographs, first-hand experiences , etc. -£3=r z; Warren Blatt- i _ ' Lauren B. Eisenberg Davis Which is a perfect lead-in to an urgent request on my part. I am Gene Starn, Coordinator looking for someone to take over my duties of putting together the Journal each quarter, and eventually someone else to take over as VISIT OUR WBB PAGE coordinator, keeping track of membership and finances. Neithe r task is too difficult, but I find that my health and personal matters need more of my time. Subscriptions and all administrative :<u>«espondeoct should feedisected to: In putting out the Journal, you would have to be computer literate in word processing with WordPerfect or MS Word. Th e style of the Journal has already been established, so you would follow these Gene Stam, Coordinator guidelines. Th e content of the Journal is supplied virtually camera- 7: PX> . Box 520583.--;. ready. Al l you would have to do is the finishing touches to be ready e-mail: [email protected] for the printer. If you think you might be interested in taking over e: (407) 788-3898 some of these duties, or want to know more details, please send me an e-mail or a call me, collect, evenings (407-788-3898). - All matters relating to reseaich should We have another information-packed issue, beginning with Dolores Ring's occupations in Cyrillic along with some sound advice for Lauren B. Eisenberg Davis . _- those doing Cyrillic translations. Rober t Heyman tells of his L P.O. Box 784 Reisterctown, MD 21136-0784 experiences in working with vital records in the early 1800s, and e-mail: [email protected] jiet Warren Blatt reviews what he calls "the most comprehensive work ever published on Polish-Jewish genealogy," Plu s many more interesting articles and extracts from Radom and Daleszyce. 126.00 lor JEXS* Csmada arid Meicd _ $32.00 for all others - -, Read on, enjoy, and increase your genealogical knowledge. [add $6.00 for airmail delivery instead I o f surface mail overseas] Spring 1998 Kielce-Radom SIG Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 Cyrillic Occupation s Dolores Lee Ring This list of Cyrillic occupational words was developed from vital records from the Kielce area, and a list of Polis h occupations in Occupational Definition s b y Lauren B. Eisenberg Davis, with acknowledgements t o Warren Blatt , Michael Tobias , Maria Binde r Grebe r an d Alexander Beide r (1:1). Difficultie s i n preparing suc h a list are caused by the change of meanings with time, lack of uniformity i n spelling, and determining the correct translation for an occupation consisting of more than one word. Th e starred words are non-occupational terms , which may be used wit h genera l occupations. I want to give special thanks to Alexander Beider, whose suggestions and corrections made this list possible. 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