Belarus SIG Annual Meeting 31th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy August 18, 2011 Washington, DC

Belarus SIG Annual Meeting

31th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

August 18, 2011

Washington, DC

Belarus SIG team

Your current Belarus SIG team– Sharon Fingold (Co-Coordinator)

– David Feldman (Co-Coordinator)

– Ruth Silver (Research Coordinator)

– Paul Zoglin (Database coordinator)

– Taube Import (Newsletter editor)

– Kevin Hanit (Webmaster)

Belarus SIG team – Project Coordinators

Town Volunteer Town Volunteer

Bobruisk Marvin Lopatin Mir Hadassah Lipsius

Brest Uyezd Jenni Buch Motel Debra J Wolraich

Cherven Jeff Malka Mstibova Nancy Holden

Derechin Steven Rosenberg Nesvizh Steven Stein

Dokshitsy Joel Alpert Novogrodok Uyezd Gregory Oken

Gomel Paul Zoglin Pinsk Uyezd Adam Davis

Grodno and Volkovysk Uyezds

Jim Yarin Pruzhany Uyezd Jay Lenefsky

Izabelin Joe Rosenshein Skidel Linda Hugel

Kaminka Ze'ev Sharon Slonim Alan Tapper

Kletsk Henry Neugass Slutsk Uyezd Bob Kosovsky

Kobrin Uyezd Elise Friedman Swislocz Jennifer Mohr Morse

Kobrin Uyezd Debra J Wolraich Vilieka Uyezd Stephen A. Cohen

Lepel Uyezd Ara Morenberg Vishnevo,Dolginuv Eilat Gordin Levitan

Lida Irene Newhouse Vitebsk Adam Katzeff

Lunna, Wola Ruth Marcus Vitebsk Esther Rechtschafner

Lyakhovichi Gary Palgon Voklovysk Jessica Schein

Minsk Gubernia Michael Kaltman Zelwa Jerry Barrish

Database Coordinator Report - Records Uploaded

Formatted 29 record files according to JewishGen specifications:

– 13,363 Birth records

– 4,773 Death records

– 1,168 Marriage and Divorce records

– 33,082 Revision List records

Formatted 28 Belarus Static Index files according to JewishGen specifications (Files already up only on Belarus SIG search):

– 1,461 Birth records

– 2,372 Death records

– 1,076 Marriage and Divorce records

– 5,668 Revision List records

Created/Updated JewishGen Belarus Database info web pages for birth, death, marriage, divorce and revision list records

Database Coordinator ReportOngoing projects

Inventory all genealogically useful Belarus records in the following archives:– NHAB Minsk– NHAB Grodno– LVIA Vilna– CAHJP Jerusalem– District archives in Belarus

Inventory will contain the following fields:

Need help in developing inventory

Source Archive Type of Records Ending frameFond Description of Records Contains Jewish Records?Series Years Translated?File Number of Records Uploaded?Town Microfilm # SourceUyezd Item # CommentsGubernia Beginning frame Notes

Database Coordinator ReportOngoing projects

Inventory all records currently in the JewishGen Belarus database

Format remaining Belarus Static Index files not in the JewishGen Belarus database according to JewishGen specifications

Review all Shtetlinks sites, Avotaynu articles and Belarus SIG messages for references to translated records not currently in the JewishGen Belarus database and references to new record sources

Current Projects: Bobruisk

Project Coordinator: Sharon Fingold/NEED VOLUNTEER

Current project: Have more files to translate, need new project coordinator

Files completed: (Being loaded into the JewishGen Belarus Database)

• 1894-1895, 1897-1900 Bobruisk Death Records (2,140)

• Bobruisk birth records 1877, 1886-1888 (1,192)

• Bobruisk marriage records 1879-1882 (581)

TotalDonations

TotalExpenses Net Funds

$3,316 $2,158 $1,158 Surplus

Current Projects: Borisov

Project Coordinator: NEED VOLUNTEER

Current Projects: Old file with 6,073 birth and death records 1769-1928 – need source. There are funds available but no current projects.


• 1834, 1870-1873 & 1874 Borisov Revision Lists (725)

TotalDonations


$1,426 $0 1,426 Surplus

Current Projects: Brest

Project Coordinator: Jenni Buch

Current Projects: Starting 20,000 vital records project for Jews for Brest for the beginning of 1900. Will need a lot of additional funds to continue project

New files completed and need to be loaded in to JBD (Waiting on template approval)

• List of 1920-1922 Brest List of returning residents

Files completed:

TotalDonations


$5,303 $3,177 $2,126 Need

Current Projects: Gomel

Project Coordinators: Paul Zoglin

Current Projects: Transcribing and translating the birth records from 1853-1918

Files completed: 1853-1918 Marriage records (4,969 records )

TotalDonations


$5,406 $4,107 $1,299 Need

Current Projects: Grodno/Volkovysk

Project Coordinators: Jim Yarin, Ruth Marcus, Ruth Silver

Current Projects: 1874 Grodno Conscripts (214) (need template approval), 1906 Voter list (poor quality records, Jim is looking for other copies)

Files completed: Over 22,000 names have been added to "Grodno and Volkovysk Uyezd Revision Lists." Primarily, the records are from

1858 Revision Lists for Grodno Uyezd (district) towns Indura (Amdur), Kaminka, Krynki, Lunna, Mosty, Ozery, Skidel, Volpa (Wolp), Vola (Wola) and Berestovitsa, Izabelin, Jalowka, Lopenitsa, Lyskow, Mstibovo, Noryi Dvor, Peski, Porozovo, Ros, Swisloch, Wolkovysk, Zelwa and over 8700 records from the city of Grodno itself

1853 alphabetical conscription lists of males from Volkovysk Uyezd towns (Izabelin, Jalowka (Yalovka) Poland, Lopenitsky, Lyskovo, Mstibava, Novy Dvor, Peski, Porozovo, Ros, Svislach, Volkovysk and Zelva), which are based on 1850 revision lists.

1850 revision lists of the Galilee and Israel farming colonies; additional revision list from the City of Grodno with 400 entries; and 1400 entries from the 1858 revision list for the town of Volkovysk.

TotalDonations


$23,184 $25,496 -$2,312 Need

Current Projects: Kobrin

Project Coordinator: Elise Friedman, Debra J Wolraich

Current Projects:

• 1856, 1864 censuses of Yakovlevo Jewish Farmers

• 1851,1854,1885 Kobrin Supplemental Revision skazkas (needs to be formatted)


• 1840-1844 Kobrin Birth Records(498)

• 1853 Kobrin revision list (1,966)

TotalDonations


$2,794 $2,557 $237 Need

Current Projects: Lida

Project Coordinators: Irene Newhouse, Ellen Sadove Renck

Current Projects: Contract issued for extraction and indexing of 1889-1914 metric records. There are approximately 12,000 records so additional funds will need to be raised. Completed files shown below.


• 1897 – 1914 Marriage records (925)

• 1898 – 1914 Death records (1,846)

• 1896 – 1914 Birth records (3,425)

TotalDonations


$4,035 $3,730 $305 Need

Current Projects: Minsk

Project Coordinator: Michael Kaltman

Current Projects: •Records of the Minsk Jewish Community Council (1825-1917) YIVO data (Dave Fox)•Minsk 1847 marriages•Lakhov Belarus marriages 1879-1915•Rubizhevich tax records 1839•Minsk Births 1905

Files completed: (Files in upload queue)•BirthKarolin1860_1872•BirthPinsk1882•BirthStolin1911•Gorodok_death_1911_1917•Marriage_Zembin1905•Minsk 1840 divorces•Minsk births 1836-1840, 1847, 1852, 1861, 1866, 1869, 1880, 1882, 1895 & 1901•Minsk Marriages 1839 ,1857 & 1921•Minsk Zaslav Koidanov Deaths 1840, 1846, 1856, 1861, 1867•Death Rakov 1908

TotalDonations


$7,143 $2,874 $4,269

Current Projects: Mogilev

Project Coordinator: VOLUNTEER NEEDED

Current Projects: Mogilev Death 1872, 1873, 1874Mogilev Birth 1872, 1873, 1874

Files completed:

TotalDonations


$4,625 $5,009 -$384 Need

Current Projects: Nesvizh

Project Coordinator: Steve Stein

Current Projects: When more funds are raised, the 1816 Revision list will be translated


• 1850 Nesvizh Revision List (2,711)



TotalDonations


$3,946 $6,067 -$2,122 Need

Current Projects: Novogrodok/Gorodische

Project Coordinator: Gregory Oken

Current Projects: 1806, 1811, 1816, 1818, 1827, 1828, 1834 Gorodische Revision Lists

Files completed: (Being loaded into the JewishGen Belarus Database) •1873-1880 Revision skazka of Jews shtetl Gorodische (786)•Gorodische records Rev Skazka 1850-1869 (1,067)

TotalDonations


$2,001 $2,419 -$418 Need

Current Projects: Pinsk

Project Coordinator: Adam Davis

Current Projects: There are funds available but no current projects.

Files completed:

TotalDonations


$3,147 $607 $2,540 Surplus

Current Projects: Senno

Project Coordinator: VOLUNTEER NEEDED


Files completed:

TotalDonations


$440 $0 $440 Surplus

Current Projects: Slonim

Project Coordinator: Steve Rosenberg, Alan Tapper

Current Projects: Two projects delayed starting, 1850 Revision List of Agricultural Colonies and additional 1851 Revision List of Agricultural Colonies as archives are undertaking restoration.1853 List of male Jews of Slonim has been completed and needs to be formatted and uploaded.

Files completed: (Being loaded into the JewishGen Belarus

Database)

• 1874 Derechin Revision List (800)

TotalDonations


$3,435 $2,705 $730 Need

Current Projects: Slutsk

Project Coordinator: Bob Kosovsky

Current Projects: New project just started:1816 Slutsk revision list.


• 1811 Slutsk Revision List (1,265)

TotalDonations


$4,337 $1,647 $2,690 Surplus

Current Projects: Vileika

Project Coordinator: Steve Cohen



• 1834 Revision List for Towns of Vileika, Radoshikovich and Iliya and Doliginovo

• 1850 Revision List for towns of Dunilovichi, Iliya, Molodechno, Myshlevichi vil., Poreviche vil., Rushitsi vil., Udranka vil., Vasiliev vil.(Folvark)

• Total records for 1834 and 1850 (5,119)

TotalDonations


$5,110 $4,474 $636 Surplus

Overall Financial Highlights (Through 6/30/11)

Donations Expenses Net

Overall SIG $105,926 $78,696 $27,229

Yearly Donations:

2006 - $4,456

2007 - $4,722

2008 - $8,412

2009 - $12,284

2010 - $16,266

2011 (through June) - $3,518

Updated Website

There has been interest in updating website

Current website is confusing and not easy to find information

Draft website

Not an easy job, requires a lot of attention to detail

A lot of legacy information

Volunteers needed

How to organize your next research project

Discuss project with Ruth Silver [email protected] and then complete a project proposal

Complete the necessary JewishGen agreements (http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/agree/Explanation.htm)

Submit the project proposal to Ruth and send your forms to JewishGen.

Leadership team and JewishGen approve project.

Project gets listed on the JewishGen-erosity site.

Project leader contacts members with roots in this shtetl and raises funds (if needed) .Project begins.

Follow guidelines for templates and transliteration (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/$Transcription.html)

How YOU Can Help

Donate Funds to the Belarus SIG and to JewishGen

– Map of Belarus for $100 donation to project of your choice

Contribute material to our website

Register your family on the family finder

Contribute material to our newsletter

Develop a ShtetLinks page for your shtetl

Organize a Yizkor book translation

Promote the SIG at your local JGS meetings

Actively participate on the SIG Discussion Group

Donate data to the SIG

Volunteer …

Volunteers Needed Project coordinators for current projects or known data

available – Bobruisk, Borisov, Mogilev, Senno, Orsha, Rogachev and others

Project coordinators for your town

Mentor for new members who have basic questions

Fundraisers. Are there other ways for us to reach out to members?

Discussion Group Moderator to share the work (minimal effort needed)

Web support (work on new site, work with Kevin Hanit to fix broken links and other maintenance)

Transliterators (Russian/Cyrillic, Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew, others)

Sending around form

Documents

Belarus SIG Annual Meeting 31th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy August 18, 2011 Washington, DC