Article on Lithuania

Subject: a wonderful article from the New York Times on the Jewish past of LithuaniaFrom: "Mark Fields" Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:54:43 -0400X-Message-Number: 1Here is the link:
http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/16/tracing-family-roots-in-vilnius/index.html?ref=travel

Regards,Mark D. Fields

Waldheim

Subject: Poland-associated society plots at Waldheim Cemetery in ChicagoFrom: Steven Lasky Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:18:14 -0400X-Message-Number: 1Greetings,I have compiled a list of the societies that own burial plots at Waldheim Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois. When applicable, I've also added the name of the town and/or country that is associated with a particular plot. About half of the society plots at Waldheim are associated with a particular town and/or country in Eastern Europe. Of course, this would be a good opportunity to photograph an entire society plot's matzevot, either as an an individual enterprise or as part of a research group project.At least forty of these society plots are associated each with today's Poland. I have also listed the gate numbers for each plot and the entrance one should use in entering the cemetery to best find the plot you wish to visit. There is also a list of societies who own plots for Menorah Gardens and the Jewish Oakridge Cemeteries.If you have any corrections or can identify any of the plots presently identified as "unknown" with respect to their town and country associations, please let me know.The link is www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/cp-waldheim-cemetery-societies.htmBest,Steven LaskyNew York ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Krakow cemetery

Subject: Miodowa Street Cemetery in Krakow -- SummaryFrom: Brian Blitz Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:59:05 -0400X-Message-Number: 2Thank you to everyone who responded to my query on the recordbooks of the Miodowa Street Cemetery in Krakow. A condensed version of the information I received:There is a database containing burial information from a burial registry at www.jri-poland.org. JRI-Poland describes the information as covering "the years 1922-1939 and 1945-1961, a total of 18,894 entries. For 1922-1939 there is the location of the grave but no date of death, whereas from 1945 on, there isa date of death."There are two related databases on www.shoreshim.org. The first is "a listing of over 6,300 tombstone inscriptions from the 'New' cemetery in Miodowa Street, Krakow." The second contains digital images of approximately 600 tombstones.Dan Hirschberg's Krakow site www.ics.uci.edu/~dan/genealogy/Krakow/ has an excel spreadsheet with over 6300 tombstone inscriptions from the Miodowa Street cemetery.The Germans destroyed much of the cemetery, which may explain the discrepancy between the number of burials listed in the burial register (approx. 19,000) and the number of tombstone inscriptions catalogued (6,300).Brian Blitzblitzba@hotmail.comNew York