First 20,000 Lodz Registration Cards 1916-1921 are now available online

[Margalit Ashira Ir margalit.a.ir@gmail.com]

X-No-archive: yes
It is with great excitement that we announce the first 20,000 Jewish names
from the Lodz Registration Cards 1916 -1921 are now live and searchable on
the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland website at http://www.jri-poland.org.

These Jewish names are found in 63 different reference codes; within each reference
code surnames are not necessarily in alphabetical order, but rather in familiar
groupings and similar sounding surnames. To see if your family name has been
extracted, visit the Lodz Residents Card web page at
http://www.jri-poland.org/psa/lodz-registration-card-scans.htm and scroll down to
the table listing all reference codes and associated surnames. If there is a Yes in
the On-Line (Nov 27, 2016) column, the data for that reference code is now on-line
and searchable.

Researchers should note that there are more than 1,000 towns of birth - other than
Lodz - mentioned in the cards extracted to date. They include towns and villages
near and far. Just a few examples of distant locations are Warszawa, Bialystok,
Lublin, Bedzin, Wloclawek and Suwalki. So, if you are looking for missing
individuals and families, they may well have moved to Lodz. Our project began
January, 2016 when the first of the 270,000 scans became available from the Polish
State Archives. An extraordinary group of men and women have been volunteering to
make this data available: Fritz (German), Alesya (Russia), Billy, Duncan and
Stephen (Kenya), Arye, Yehudit, Miriam, Zeev, and Itzchak (Israel), Fay and Yohanan
(Australia), Karen, David, Deborah, Rochelle, Yael, Jaclyn and Rita and Walter
(USA). Each has contributed content to this first batch of searchable 20,000 Jewish
names.

Thank you to the volunteers for their tireless hours of work extracting the data
and the many donors who have helped defray costs. There is much more to do as we
continue to review all the scans for the many Jewish names and families that need
to be identified and added to our on-line database.

Additional volunteers are needed to expedite the project. Please join our
international team by contacting Project Coordinator Margalit Ir at
Margal...@gmail.com.

Researchers wishing to have an advance/priority search conducted for their families
from cards not yet indexed may do so by making a qualifying contribution of $54 per
family name. Please contact Margalit Ir and let her know your specific interest.

Personal thanks go to JRI-Poland Board Member and Data Editor Howard Fink for
processing this batch of Lodz Registration Cards. Congratulations to our wonderful
and dedicated team for a great job, but mostly for taking so much of your personal
time to insure these Jewish families will be forever known.

Warm Regards,
Margalit Ashira Ir
MARGAL...@GMAIL.COM
JRI-POLAND Town Leader: Biala Podlaska
JRI-POLAND Project Leader: Lodz Registration Cards Extraction Team
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Watch JewishGen’s video – click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nASSn4rDXh4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Planning to use Ancestry.com? Start by using the "Ancestry Search Box"
on the JewishGen homepage.
By doing this, any eventual subscription to Ancestry.com will result in
Jewishgen receiving a commission.
It’s an easy way to help JewishGen!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Support JewishGen with a contribution to the JewishGen General Fund!
http://www.jewishgen.org/jewishgen-erosity/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sign up for the JGFFAlert!
http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/jgff-faq.html#q3.7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Join our mailing list at http://lyris.jewishgen.org/ListManager if you
would like the convenience of receiving all soc.genealogy.jewish posts in
your mailbox, instead of having to search for them in the newsgroup, whose
content may not be consistently carried in its entirety by all providers.