Ukraine SIG Update for December

Post date: Jan 1, 2015 3:09:48 AM

Here is a brief update of the work JewishGen's UkraineSIG completed in December. As you will see, they have been extremely busy, and we are grateful to all of the volunteers, particularly Janette Silverman.

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1) Records Submitted to JewishGen for inclusion in Ukraine Databases

• 2,337 birth records from Nikolayev and Priluki
• 2,126 records from the Odessa 1876 birth index

2) Translations begun

• Vinnitsa Archives, Ternivka, 1903 census (50 pages)
• Nezhin 486 images from microfilm 2091574 -3

3) In proofreading process

• 2,350 records from EIDB project
• 1,561 records from Nikolayev 1875 census
• 128 records from 1818 census Rozhev and Chabno, Radomysl'

4) Translations/Transcriptions ready for proofreading

• Priluki - death records (1865,1866,1868)
• Priluki - divorce records (1855)

5) Awaiting donations to complete translation project

• 1875 Zinkov revision list: 8680 names

6) Scans of Microfilms Acquired

• Priluki 2423897: Item 14 – Volume 1530-6/119 Deaths 1896 - 38 images Item 15 – Volume 1530-6/120 Divorces 1896 - 12 images Item 16 – Volume 1530-6/121 Births 1897 - 7 images Item 17 – Volume 1530-6/122 Deaths 1897 - 35 images Item 18 –Volume 1530-6/123 Marriages 1897 - 37 images Item 19 – Volume 1530-6/124 Births 1898 - 69 images Item 20 - Volume 1530-6/125 Deaths 1898 - 35 images Item 21 –Volume 1530-6/126 Marriages 1898 - 34 images
• Priluki 2323898 Item 1 – Volume 1530-6/126 (cont.) Marriages 1898 - 21 images Item 2 – Volume 1530-6/127 Births 1899 -170 images Item 3 – Volume 1530-6/128 Deaths 1899 - 71 images Item 4 – Volume 1530-6/129 Marriages 1899 - 44 images Item 5 – Volume 1530-6/130 Divorces 1899 - 9 images
• Moshny 2289406 Item 2 – 1886 births - 30 images
• Moshny 2289407 Item 4 – 1889 births- 50 images Item 5 – 1890 births - 46 images

7) Records acquired

• Metrical (vital) records for Letichev uyezd, from the Khmielnitsky archives. There are a total of 1,430 images, about 4.5 gigabytes. They include most (but not all) years between 1838 and 1852. These records cover many towns including Zinkov, Medzhibozh, Letichev, Derazhnya and other towns “Di Yidn fun Mayn Benkshaft” (The Jews I remember), by Mordechai (Max) Cooper, a Yiddish memoir of the local personalities and life in Shargorod

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Warren Blatt

Managing Director

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