DNA project; FHL records - Galicia

Subject: Announcing: Gesher Galicia Jewish DNA ProjectFrom: "Rabbi Gary M. Gans" Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 01:26:59 -0500X-Message-Number: 1Gesher Galicia now has a Dual Geographic Project on FamilyTreeDNA.The website can be reached athttp://www.familytreedna.com/public/GesherGalicia/ Here, researchers can find background, goals, surnames, and collected data of Y-DNA and mtDNA results submitted for fellow Galitzianers. Members are welcome to join who have Jewish ancestry from either the matrilineal or patrilineal line from Galicia. For maps and history of Galicia, go to http://www.jewishgen.org/Galicia/.Existing members of Family Tree DNA can join our group:Log in to your personal myFTDNA webpage. Click the blue JOIN button at the top of the page. Scroll to the Dual Geographical Projects category and click the G link. Then click the "Gesher Galicia" link and follow the instructions to submit a "join" request.New members can join and order testing:A discounted price on testing is available athttp://www.familytreedna.com/jg.asp?group=Gesher_Galicia .So far, 15 individuals are represented in our group...and we are now ready to absorb the vast masses of fellow Galitzianers!An additional resource for learning about genetic genealogy can be found at http://www.jewishgen.org/dna/ .I welcome contact at my e-mail address rabbigans@comcast.net .GaryRabbi Gary M. GansMarlton, NJ ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject: finding Lviv records in the Family History Library catalogFrom: Joe Hirschfield Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 08:49:54 ESTX-Message-Number: 3Pamela Weisberger wrote:>The most exciting news for Eastern Galician genealogists is that>the Mormons have microfilmed all of the Jewish vital record books >held in the Lviv archive, and these films are available at the >Family History Library in Salt Lake City, and at your local Family >History Center by special order for a small fee.What does one look up on the Family History Center computer to find the inventory of record books in the Lviv archive?Joe HirschfieldPortage, MI USAHIRSCHFELD, HERSZFELD, BUCHSBAUM, BUXBAUM, LINDENBAUM, Skwarzawa (Skvaryava), Sielec Bienkow (Selets), Glinyany, GaliciaMINOFF, MINOWICKI, MINOWITZKI, TOBIASZ, Brest Litovsk, Wysokae (Vysokae), BelarusMODERATOR'S NOTE: Search the JewishGen SIG archives athttp://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~sigspopfor the words * Lviv Archive * to see detailed messages on this subject posted in Nov. 2006.----------------------------------------------------------------------Subject: BLEI (BLEY) FamilyFrom: Rivkah Sobel Weiss Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:59:19 -0500X-Message-Number: 4Hello Siggers,My great-grandmother on my father's side was Pesha Heni SOBEL (nee