Revision Lists, plan to upload to JewishGen in December of 2018. A number of Revision List sets were completed for town of Beltsy and Yassy/Beltsy uezd (district) see the progress.
We have upgraded the inventory of all cemeteries in Bessarabia/Moldova.
You can see the list from the cemetery section at the website or directly here.
We have completed photographing and indexing a large Jewish Cemetery of Bessarabia - Vadul Rashkov. The Phase 1 was done in April of this year, and Phase 2 included more than 1,600 graves, from that we submitted to JOWBR 1,065, and 613 images of Unknown graves can be viewed at Bessarabia SIG website at Vadul Rashkov Cemetery Report.
10/03/2018 September 2018
Bessarabian Databases. Updates:
Miriam Weiner Archival Database. New 2036 records from 773 families with 277 images were added to the database. You can see now records of Jews from towns of Yedinets, Orgeev, and more. Click to get directly to the Miriam Weiner's collection.
Jews involved in public life in Bessarabia. A new set of almost 500 records was completed, and available at Bessarabia SIG website and was sent also to JewishGen, where records will be available soon.
Revision Lists, plan to upload to JewishGen in December of 2018. See the progress.
History of Jews. Article added:
The Myth of No Return: Jewish Return.
Migration to Eastern Europe, 1881-1914
written by Jonathan D. Sarna. Reprinted from American Jewish History, December 1, 1981, vol LXXI I, number 2. See the excerpt.
The Jewish Kishinev Guide. Compiled by Sarah Shpitalnik. Jewish Library 'Y. Manger', Kishinev, 1995.
The guide was part of Miriam Weiner Archival Material donated to Bessarabia SIG. Read the guide.
09/03/2018 August 2018
Genealogical Conferences. Addition:
38 IAJGS Conference in Warsaw, Poland, 5-10 August, 2018. Please find all the slides from the Bessarabia/Moldova related presentations in Warsaw:
--Jewish Shtetl in Moldova without Jews: How the Jewish Past can be remembered.
--Jewish Cemeteries in Bessarabia/Moldova: Current Status and Future Projects.
--Moldovan Archives: What information we can find in addition to Vital records and Revision Lists.
--Bessarabia SIG Meeting.
You can find the Warsaw conference page at Bessarabia SIG website/Research or directly at this link: Warsaw, 2018.
People Stories. Addition:
A Family Story: Shaya, A Family Tale: several episodes written by Alan Levitt, Bessarabia SIG Discussion group director. It is about his grandfather Shaya and the Russian army. This is a good example of a family story which helps to understand the environment in which people, especially Jews used to live in the Russian Empire. You can find this article at Bessarabia SIG website/People or directly at this link: Shaya, A Family Tale.
07/30/2018 July 2018
Bessarabian Databases. Updates:
Bessarabia Revision Lists. A new set records is planning to complete and send to JewishGen in December of 2018. It includes records from Soroki, Rashkov, Ataki, Valey-lui-Vlad, Izmail, Beltsy and more. Here is the list.
06/30/2018 June 2018
Bessarabian Databases. Updates:
Bessarabia Revision Lists. A new set of 11,485 records from 2,753 families were translated and sent to JewishJen, and now available. The records are from towns of Kishinev, Soroki, Beltsy, Faleshty, Khotin, Akkerman, Aleksandreny colony, Vertuzhany colony and many villages from Akkerman and Soroki uezd. Here is the list.
People Stories. Addition:
A great Family Story: Think Of The Grey: A Wheatman Family History written by Victor S. Wheatman. You will find a terrific research presented with 60+ photos, maps, documents, historical overview of the Bessarabia/Moldova region as well as information about town of Kishinev where Victor's ancestors once lived. I am suggesting to read carefully this family story and use some of the discovery methods in your own research (Yefim Kogan). You can find this article at Bessarabia SIG website/People or directly at this link: Think Of The Grey: A Wheatman Family History.
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