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8/2/2019 Annual Meeting Kremenets Shtetl COOP Kremenets District Research Group https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/webpages/index.html Ellen Garshick (KremenetsDRG@gmail.com) IAJGS, Cleveland, Ohio Dr. Ronald D. Doctor


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Annual Meeting Kremenets Shtetl CO‐OP Kremenets District Research Group

https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web‐pages/index.html IAJGS, Cleveland, Ohio 30 July 2019 Ellen Garshick (KremenetsDRG@gmail.com)

  • Dr. Ronald D. Doctor (rddpdx@gmail.com)

Who are we?

A community of Kremenets‐district descendants 501(c)(3) organization Affiliated with IAJGS & Jewish Records Indexing—Poland (Kremenets Shtetl CO‐OP) Board and Co‐Coordinators, members, wider community

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Belozirka Berezhtsy Folwarki Wielkie Katerburg Kozin Kremenets Krupets Lanovtsy Oleksinets Pochayev, Podbereztsy Radzivilov Rokhmanov Shumsk Sosnivka Staryy Oleksinets Vishnevets Vyshgorodok Yampol

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What do we do?

Obtain and translate material on the Jewish communities in the towns of the Kremenets district, Ukraine Post in the JRI‐Poland database, on a JewishGen KehilaLinks website, and on a members’ website Undertake other Kremenets‐related projects

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Translations and Compilations

Vital records Censuses, voter lists, and tax lists Ellis Island Database extractions Yizkor books Holocaust victim and survivor lists Photos Memoirs Maps Historical documents . . . and much more!

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By the numbers . . .

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54 members (donating cash, services,

  • r materials, 2017–2018): 10%

41 cash contributors: 7% 558 email list subscribers: 19% increase since 2012

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2011– 2012: 54 members 2012– 2013: 66 members 2013– 2014: 94 members 2014– 2015: 92 members 2015– 2016: 61 members 2016– 2017: 56 members 2017– 2018: 54 members

Our community has broadened, but membership is fairly static . . .

(2012‐2014 featured a fundraising campaign with matching pledges by an anonymous donor.)

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Donations and Expenses, 2016‐2018

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Donations Expenses 2016 $2,847 $3,411 2017 $8,213* $4,699 2018 $3,044 $3,808

*Includes a $5,000 special‐project donation.

Fund Balances, 2000‐present

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Fund Donations Expenses Balance JRI‐Poland $70,102 $50,919 $19,183 JewishGen 2,580 462 1,117 Total

$72,681 $52,382 $20,300

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Accomplishments, 2018‐2019 Year‐to‐Date (1)

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Document Year(s) Language Revision Lists (censuses): 16,657 households 1817‐1850 Russian Shumsk, Pochayev Birth Records Various, 1897‐1936 Polish, Russian, Hebrew Shumsk, Lanotsvy Marriage Records Various, 1883‐1937 Private Business Owners 1934‐1935, 1936 Polish Illegal Artisans 1936 Polish Jews who perished in Lanovtsy, Vishnevets, Vyshgorodok 1941‐1944 Russian Records of Association for the Religious Education of Orphans and Poor Children in Kremenets 1934‐1937 Polish Sefer Vishnivits (completed) 1970 Hebrew, Yiddish Kremenits, Vyshgorodek, un Potshayuv yizkor bukh (¾ complete) 1965 Yiddish

Accomplishments, 2018‐2019 Year‐to‐Date (2)

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Compilation Source Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database: Individuals from Kremenets‐district towns U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Family photos Community contributors Photo presentations (3) Community contributors Memoirs (3) Community contributors

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Indexed Concordance of Personal Names and Town Names

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374,960 names with associated towns End of 2017: 288,332 1,256 towns Top 15

Kremenets Vishnevets Radzivilov Shumsk Katerburg Yampol Ostrog Vyshgorodok Lanovtsy Belozirka Oleksinets Pochayev Berezhtsy Rokhmanov Dubno

Why so many towns? We index ALL town names found in Kremenets‐ district records—not just names of towns in the Kremenets district.

Coming Up in 2019‐2020

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Document and source Year(s) Language Task Duma Voter Lists, Volynskiia gubernskiia viedomosti 1906, 1907, 1912 Russian Translate, post, index for Concordance Tax Lists, CAHJP, Jerusalem 1894, 1906, 1911 Russian Translate, post, index for Concordance Vishnevets, Wrongful Registration, Ternopil Oblast State Archives 1842 Russian Translate, post, index for Concordance Prenumeranten (presubscribers to publications) 1800s Yiddish Translate, post, index for Concordance Slownik Geograficzny: Kremenets entry 1880‐1889 Polish Translate, post, index for Concordance Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names, Yad Vashem Various Compile listing of Kremenets‐district Individuals, post, index for Concordance; Acquire documents Kremenitser Wolyner Benevolent Association, 35th Anniversary Book 1950 Yiddish Translate, post, index for Concordance Kremenits, Vyshgorodek, un Potshayuv yizkor bukh (final 1/4) 1965 Yiddish Finish translation, post, index for Concordance

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Volunteers Needed for New Projects

  • Update our Vital Records analysis
  • Create a family tree of the Jews of the Kremenets district using
  • ur docs to show family connections
  • Pull together Kremenetsers’ DNA test results to assist with the

"family tree” project

  • Recreate a "history" of Jewish Kremenets district from our docs
  • Improve and restructure our KehilaLinks website

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Vital Records Analysis

https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/ web‐pages/vital‐records.html

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