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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.
Files completed: (Being loaded into the JewishGen Belarus Database)
• 1834, 1870-1873 & 1874 Borisov Revision Lists (725)
TotalDonations
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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)
Files completed: (Being loaded into the JewishGen Belarus Database)
• 1840-1844 Kobrin Birth Records(498)
• 1853 Kobrin revision list (1,966)
TotalDonations
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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.
Files completed: (Being loaded into the JewishGen Belarus Database)
• 1897 – 1914 Marriage records (925)
• 1898 – 1914 Death records (1,846)
• 1896 – 1914 Birth records (3,425)
TotalDonations
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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
Files completed: (Being loaded into the JewishGen Belarus Database)
• 1850 Nesvizh Revision List (2,711)
• 1834 Nesvizh Revision List (2,974)
• 1874 Nesvizh Revision List (1,873)
TotalDonations
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$3,147 $607 $2,540 Surplus
Current Projects: Senno
Project Coordinator: VOLUNTEER NEEDED
Current Projects: There are funds available but no current projects.
Files completed:
TotalDonations
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$3,435 $2,705 $730 Need
Current Projects: Slutsk
Project Coordinator: Bob Kosovsky
Current Projects: New project just started:1816 Slutsk revision list.
Files completed: (Being loaded into the JewishGen Belarus Database)
• 1811 Slutsk Revision List (1,265)
TotalDonations
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$4,337 $1,647 $2,690 Surplus
Current Projects: Vileika
Project Coordinator: Steve Cohen
Current Projects: There are funds available but no current projects.
Files completed: (Being loaded into the JewishGen Belarus Database)
• 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
TotalExpenses Net Funds
$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) - $3,518
Updated Website
There has been interest in updating website
Current website is confusing and not easy to find information
Draft website
Not an easy job, requires a lot of attention to detail
A lot of legacy information
Volunteers needed
How to organize your next research project
Discuss project with Ruth Silver rescoord@hotmail.com and then complete a project proposal
Complete the necessary JewishGen agreements (http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen/agree/Explanation.htm)
Submit the project proposal to Ruth and send your forms to JewishGen.
Leadership team and JewishGen approve project.
Project gets listed on the JewishGen-erosity site.
Project leader contacts members with roots in this shtetl and raises funds (if needed) .Project begins.
Follow guidelines for templates and transliteration (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/$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
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