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What's New? Gary Mokotoff, Editor Volume 13, Number 51 | December 23, 2012 Every
government puts value on preserving its history. That is why we have
national archives. Genealogy preserves history; the history of a
family. It cannot be done without access to records, just as historians
cannot preserve a nation's history without access to records. It is a
greater good than the right to privacy. It is a greater good than the
risk of identity theft.
Past issues of Nu? What's New? are
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Lots of little stuff. U.S. Government's National Strategy For Information Sharing a Threat to Genealogists? Dick Eastman, in one of his regular daily columns of the Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, expresses concern about the U.S. government’s tendency to make fewer and fewer records available to the public. In his column he states: “Indeed, protecting privacy of individuals and protecting information that would help our enemies create damage are two very important goals. However, simply locking up information typically does not achieve either of those goals. Instead, such knee-jerk reactions usually only place impediments in the path of those who have legitimate needs for the information.” You can read his entire comment at http://tinyurl.com/EastmanPrivacy. Boston Conference Call for Papers Ends January 6  If
you are interested in submitted a proposal to lecture at the 33rd
IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, the deadline is
January 6. The conference will be held in Boston August 4–9,
2013. Information about submitting a proposal is at http://www.iajgs2013.org/call_for_papers.cfm. It describes suggested topics and the exact process for making a submission. Proposals are accepted online at http://proposal.iajgs2013.org. The conference website, http://iajgs2013.org, has a procedure for signing up for their Discussion List at http://lists.iajgs2013.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion; and registration costs and deadlines at http://www.iajgs2013.org/register_conference.cfm. Browse the entire site to get a flavor for what information is already there and what is planned. More than 1,000 genealogists from 30+ countries are expected to attend this annual event. Lithuanian Directories Now Searchable Logan Kleinwaks has added a number of Lithuanian directories to his list of full-text searchable directories at http://genealogyindexer.org. Results link to the actual directories which are part of the Lithuanian Virtual Electronic Heritage System at http://www.epaveldas.lt/en/web/guest/home. Directories are: • Kovno Guberniya Commemorative Books for 1899, 1902, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1915 + two addenda for the 1871 edition • Kaunas (City) Address Directories for 1930, 1932 and 1933 • Kaunas (City) Medical Directories for 1928 and 1929 • 1941 Lithuanian SSR Nationalized Businesses • 130 Lithuanian Primary School Teachers Directory Kleinwaks states that the Kovno guberniya directories are written in Russian. In addition to searching in Cyrillic, you can enter a Latin script search term if you use an automatic transliteration option ("Add Latin -> Cyrillic," which is the default.) Website Links to U.S. Census Data Sites IAJGS Vice President Jan Meisels Allen notes there is a website that links to information about each of the U.S. censuses 1790–1940. It is located at http://haitfamilyresearch.com/pdf_files/Census_Pathfinder.pdf. It is a PDF file. Perhaps I did not have proper settings, but I could not link to any of the named sites using either Internet Explorer or Firefox browsers. It did work with Google Chrome. Alternately, if you save the file, it functions properly with Adobe Acrobat, but not Acrobat Reader. The site was developed by Michael Hait. Reminder: FamilyTreeDNA Discounts Until End of Year  FamilyTreeDNA
latest discount offer will end after December 31. Its entire product
line is discounted, both new kits and upgrades. Typical are new kit
costs: Y-DNA 37 $169 $119 Y-DNA 67 $268 $199 mtDNAPlus $159 $139 Family Finder $289 $199 In the past I have taken advantage of these discount offers having no immediate need for a kit, but used them many months later. Visit their site at http://familytreedna.com to order new kits or upgrades. Looking for Academics Interested in Jewish Genealogy Sallyann Sack, AVOTAYNU editor and chair of the board of the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy, is looking to develop a list of academics who are interested in Jewish genealogy. Write to her at sallyann.sack1@verizon.net. The purpose is to develop a dialogue on how to facilitate the teaching of Jewish genealogy at the university level. Scottish Census Records 1841–1901 Now Online Genes Reunited has published 60 years of Scottish census records ranging from 1841–1901. They are available at http://www.genesreunited.co.uk and are available to paid subscribers or on a pay per view basis. Due to the General Register Office for Scotland’s licensing regulations the Scottish census records on Genes Reunited are the transcription records. More Viennese Cemetery Records Online The Austrian genealogy site, GenTeam.at, has added 29,000 burials at the Währing Jewish cemetery in Vienna 1784–1879. Information may include name, maiden name of women, their husband’s name, marital status, city and country of origin, profession, age, date of death, date of interment, information of the parents, place of death and address. The site now has 7.4 million records in their index. Museum of Sub-Carpathia Jewish History Planned A posting to the Sub-Carpathia SIG Discussion Group notes a Museum of Sub-Carpathia Jewish History will be created in Berehove, Ukraine. It will include religious items found in former synagogues and prayer houses in the towns and villages. Virtual Shtetl Has a New Owner The Jewish Historical Institute in Poland has transferred ownership of the Virtual Shtetl website and all its associated rights to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Virtual Shtetl is located at http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en.
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