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3rd Annual Meeting of JewishGen Sub-Carpathia SIG 6 August 2013 Marshall Katz Packard40@aol.com 33rd IAJGS Jewish Genealogy Conference – Boston, Mass. Agenda. Introductions KehilaLinks Research in Sub-Carpathia Trip reports Current projects New projects
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3rd Annual Meeting of JewishGen Sub-Carpathia SIG 6 August 2013 Marshall Katz Packard40@aol.com 33rd IAJGS Jewish Genealogy Conference – Boston, Mass.
Agenda • Introductions • KehilaLinks • Research in Sub-Carpathia • Trip reports • Current projects • New projects • 2014 IAJGS conference • My availability, etc. • Open discussion and conclusion
Introductions • Please state your: • Name • Hometown, state or country • Ancestral village or town • Family surnames
KehilaLinks • All registered in Family Finder are contacted • Content desired - pre-WWII: • Postcards • Photos • Documents • Notable citizens
KehilaLinks • Content desired - today: • Photos • Testimonies, interviews or articles about the town • Family histories • Vital documents • Travelogues
KehilaLinks • Status Report: • Sub-Carpathia SIG “Portal” on JewishGen • 114 Sub-Carpathia KehilaLinks on JewishGen • 82 KehilaLinks in-progress from my 2013 trip • 25 Towns and Villages planned for my 2014 trip • Add your Sub-Carpathia ancestral town(s) on the Survey form---if not already visited, I will in 2014
Research in Sub-Carpathia • Impossible to undertake any meaningful research • Any news will be published to the Sub-Carpathia SIG mail list and on the Sub-Carpathia SIG “Portal”
Trip Reports • 2011 Trip Report • 47towns and villages visited/26 cemeteries • 2012 Trip Report • 102towns and villages visited/72 cemeteries • 2013 Trip report: • 176towns and villages visited/100 cemeteries • Total in three years: • 325towns and villages visited /198 cemeteries
Current Projects • gazetteer of Sub-Carpathian villages and towns, linked to a map, by former Hungarian or Ukranian name today • transcription of the Velikiy Bereznyy mohel book • translation of the Vynogradiv yizkor book • transcription of tombstones from 2011, 2012 and 2013 • providing guidance for travel to/from Sub-Carpathia
New Projects • make a Chevra book for the Berehove cemetery • support of Museum of Jewish History in Sub-Carpathia • transcription of a List of Names of all deported from Sub-Carpathia---by village or town • 82 new KehilaLink web sites and add new photos of villages and cemeteries to the Sub-Carpathia SIG “Portal” • photos from visitors to their ancestral villages
2014 IAJGS Conference • 34th IAJGS Jewish Genealogy Conference • 27 July – 1 August 2014 • Salt Lake City, Utah • Hosted by: IAJGS and Utah JCS • Anyone planning to attend?
My Availability, etc. • My availability during the conference • My e-mail address: Packard40@aol.com • JewishGen Sub-CarpathiaSIG “Portal” web site: • http://www.jewishgen.org/Sub-Carpathia/ • If you are not on the Sub-Carpathia mail list, please sign-up to receive announcements.
Open discussion and conclusion • Ideas for future Sub-Carpathia SIG projects • Interest in forming a Sub-Carpathia SIG Board • Open discussion of topics by attendees • Thank you for attending and hope to see you in Salt Lake City, Utah next year