3rd Annual Meeting of JewishGen Sub-Carpathia SIG 6 August 2013 Marshall Katz 33rd IAJGS Jewish Genealogy Conference – Boston, Mass.

Agenda Introductions KehilaLinks Research in Sub-Carpathia Trip reports Current projects New projects 2014 IAJGS conference My availability, etc. Open discussion and conclusion

Introductions Please state your: Name Hometown, state or country Ancestral village or town Family surnames

KehilaLinks All registered in Family Finder are contacted Content desired - pre-WWII: Postcards Photos Documents Notable citizens

KehilaLinks Content desired - today: Photos Testimonies, interviews or articles about the town Family histories Vital documents Travelogues

KehilaLinks Status Report: Sub-Carpathia SIG “Portal” on JewishGen 114 Sub-Carpathia KehilaLinks on JewishGen 82 KehilaLinks in-progress from my 2013 trip 25 Towns and Villages planned for my 2014 trip Add your Sub-Carpathia ancestral town(s) on the Survey form---if not already visited, I will in 2014

Research in Sub-Carpathia Impossible to undertake any meaningful research Any news will be published to the Sub-Carpathia SIG mail list and on the Sub-Carpathia SIG “Portal”

Trip Reports 2011 Trip Report 47 towns and villages visited/26 cemeteries 2012 Trip Report 102 towns and villages visited/72 cemeteries 2013 Trip report: 176 towns and villages visited/100 cemeteries Total in three years: 325 towns and villages visited /198 cemeteries

Current Projects gazetteer of Sub-Carpathian villages and towns, linked to a map, by former Hungarian or Ukranian name today transcription of the Velikiy Bereznyy mohel book translation of the Vynogradiv yizkor book transcription of tombstones from 2011, 2012 and 2013 providing guidance for travel to/from Sub-Carpathia

New Projects make a Chevra book for the Berehove cemetery support of Museum of Jewish History in Sub-Carpathia transcription of a List of Names of all deported from Sub-Carpathia---by village or town 82 new KehilaLink web sites and add new photos of villages and cemeteries to the Sub-Carpathia SIG “Portal” photos from visitors to their ancestral villages

2014 IAJGS Conference 34th IAJGS Jewish Genealogy Conference 27 July – 1 August 2014 Salt Lake City, Utah Hosted by: IAJGS and Utah JCS Anyone planning to attend?

My Availability, etc. My availability during the conference My address: JewishGen Sub-Carpathia SIG “Portal” web site: If you are not on the Sub-Carpathia mail list, please sign-up to receive announcements.

Open discussion and conclusion Ideas for future Sub-Carpathia SIG projects Interest in forming a Sub-Carpathia SIG Board Open discussion of topics by attendees Thank you for attending and hope to see you in Salt Lake City, Utah next year