Project Update Grodno voters 1912
JIMY...@delphi.com
To: Gro...@Jewishgen.org
cc: below named persons
cc: Jewi...@mail.eworld.com
Subject: Project update: Transliteration of the 1912 Voter lists
for Grodno Gubernia.
The transliteration team has grown to 40 individuals, and nearly
all of the lists have been distributed. If you are not a
participant in this project, there are "only" about 5000 names
left for distribution. That number does not include the 5600
names from Bialystok District that Steven Zedeck (REIPP project)
and I will be allocating to those who have an interest in
Bialystok and surrounding towns. We are making smooth and
wonderful progress.
Already some results have come in. I have received already about
600 names, and I expect the volume to pick up considerably over
the next few weeks.
My aim is to have the project finished in time for the Summer
Seminar. Altogether, there are about 26,000 names to be
transliterated. Because each name includes the name of the father
(patronymic), these lists actually represent the names of close
to 50,000 individuals who lived in Grodno Gubernia in 1912 and
earlier. About 5% of the names on the list are non-Jewish, but
that makes little difference in the value of the project.
Volunteers should be willing to transliterate at a minimum 350
names. Full instructions are included. The lists are from
newspapers, so the print is rather easy to read and the letters
are easy to distinguish. The lists are in typeset Russian. The
information for each individual is his first and last names, his
father's name, and the district in Grodno Gubernia where he
resides (the lists are organized by district).
For a total beginner, it shouldn't take more than a few hours to
transliterate about 300 names, although it may be tiresome to do
them all at one time. In return, you will learn how to read
Russian phonetically, you will learn about Jewish names, and you
will be a part of a unique and valuable project in Jewish
Genealogy.
And its fun! When you do the transliteration and all of a sudden
a recognizable, Jewish name (i.e. "Yitzkhak-Leib, son of Abram
Leibson") appears, it's a great feeling!
The below-named individuals comprise the current transliteration
team:
TRANSLITERATOR District in Grodno Gubernia
NEW:
Avrum Fenson Grodno
Anita Finn Grodno
Linda Hugle Grodno
Dana Kurtz Volkovysk
Bert Lazerow Kobrin
Hymie Reichstein Bialystok
Roberta Solit Volkovysk
Steven Zedeck Bialystok (NOTE 1)
CHANGE:
Annie Chapirson pending --> Kobrin
Jay Lenefsky pending --> Pruzhany & Bielsk
Irving Levine pending --> Grodno
PREVIOUSLY:
Dr. Gershon Borover text translation
Jack Buck Pruzhany
Arn Burkhoff Brest
Annie Chapirson pending
Dave Fessler Grodno
Becky Gallops Grodno
Marci Glazer Volkovysk
Flora & Herbert Gursky Sokolka
Roberta Jacobs Kobrin
Seth Kosowsky Slonim
Jay Lenefsky pending
Mary Jane Letaw Bielsk
Irving Levine pending
Amy Levinson Pruzhany
Sita Lukuski Bielsk
Andrew Lupu Bielsk
Arielle Masters Brest & Bielsk
Martin Miller Kobrin
Gary Mokotoff Grodno
Batya Olsen Bialystok
Olga Parker Bielsk
Mike Ross Pruzhany
Joan & Gerry Saunders Brest
Sari Shifrin Grodno
Iris Sitkin Grodno
Joel Spector Grodno
Ray Stone Slonim
John Warshawsky Brest
Chuck Weinstein Bielsk
Steve Weiss Grodno
Marion Werle Brest
Jackie Ziff Sokolka
NOTE 1: Steven will be "subcontracting" with the Bialystok list
as a part of his project REIPP. Steven has been "allocated" 5602
names, which he will try to find people to transliterate. Grodno
SIG has agreed with REIPP to donate the Bialystok lists for their
use (their project includes an effort with our Jackie Ziff, the
"Bialystok initiative," to index the LDS records for Bialystok).
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Jim
JimY...@Delphi.com
Facilitator, Grodno Gubernia Special Interest Group
(files name: g.sig\tranruss.ls2)
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