60,000 New Records on JewishGen

Post date: Oct 18, 2015 2:14:41 AM

I received the following email from JewishGen which I thought was worth sharing:

As you know, we are constantly updating our site with new records, resources and search tools. In the last month, we added approximately 60,000 new records to the JewishGen databases. Here is a brief snapshot:

Poland

  • More than 1,600 named added to the Siedlce Necrology database.

Latvia

  • More than 2,000 new records added the 1897 All-Russia Census — Latvia database.

Hungary

  • More than 4,250 records added to the Hungarian Births and Other Hungarian Census Records, 1770-1850, databases.
  • More than 1,100 names added to the Necrology database.

Lithuania

  • Nearly 50,000 records added to the Lithuania Tax, Birth, Death, Revision Lists and Internal Passport databases.

Bessarabia

  • Nearly 450 records added to the Bessarabian Public Life database

United Kingdom

  • Important corrections made to the death database which now has nearly 18,000 records.

Germany

  • More than 150 names added to the German Necrology database

Croatia

  • New Necrology database has been started with more than 400 names.

USA

· Nearly 200 new records added to the Houston Jewish Herald-Voice Database.

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