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H-SIG has undertaken the task of creating a searchable All Hungary Database (AHD) on JewishGen. In addition to enhancing research capabilities, the AHD raises the visibility of Hungarian Jewish genealogy on JewishGen and reduces data storage loads on JewishGen equipment. H-SIG is relying on the support of its members and other interested volunteers to accomplish this task.

H-SIG currently has five active transcription projects:

Project	Project Leader	E-Mail Address	Source	Status
1828 Hungarian Census	Eric Bloch	bloch@wi.rr.com	LDS microfilms (all)	Project completed.
1848 Hungarian Census of the Jews	Robert Neu	roneu1@yahoo.com	LDS microfilms 719823, 719824, 719825, 719826, 719827, 719828, 754368 Item 2	Approximately 80,000 records transcribed to date from microfilm.
1869 Census	Marylynn Zipser	mzipser@comcast.net	LDS microfilms (all)	Over 88,000 records transcribed to date.
Material of Archives of the Locotenential Council created between 1785 and 1825 C 55	Eric Bloch	bloch@wi.rr.com	Departamentum Judeorum [Jewish Department] Magyar Országos Levéltár [Hungarian National Archives]	Trencin project completed. Arva, Lipto, Maramaros, Moson, Nograd, Saros, Szepes, and Zemplen to be transcribed.
Vital Records	Sam Schleman	Samara99@verizon.net	Numerous LDS microfilms	Over 250,000 records published to date.
Holocaust Memorials	Larry Kohn	lhkohn@gmail.com	Transcription of Holocaust Memorials	Over 17,000 names published to date.

Click on highlighted projects for more information.

If you are interested in transcribing records for any of these projects, contact the project coordinator at the listed e-mail address. Financial contributions are also welcome – see JewishGenerosity.

If you are interested in developing a database, here’s some important information you need to know before you get started:

1. Generally H-SIG projects begin in one of two ways – either the group or an individual identifies LDS microfilm records for transcription or a member becomes aware of data through their family research.

2. Members interested in proposing a project should contact Vivian Kah, H-SIG coordinator at vkahn@kmort.com. If the project involves other transcribers, we will publicize the project to the membership and solicit a project coordinator and transcribers.

3. Once a project team is ready to move forward, the AHD coordinator submits a formal proposal to JewishGen. Evaluators review the proposal and suggest revisions as appropriate. Because of JewishGen’s strict adherence to copyright laws, all JewishGen projects undergo a copyright review. This step involves contacting the owners of the data to obtain their approval of the project. This step is essential no matter what the source, including LDS microfilms or copies of archive records.

4. Once the project review is completed and the project is approved, the project coordinator and teams complete the volunteer forms and other required paperwork. The project coordinator works with the AHD coordinator to develop and distribute Excel templates, data entry instructions and other project tools.

Additional information on JewishGen database projects can be found at http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/$description.html.

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Last updated October 6, 2009.