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What's New? Gary Mokotoff, Editor Volume 21, Number 27 | July 5, 2020 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
archived at http://www.avotaynu.com/nu.htm
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Conference Early Bird Discount Ends Today  Today,
July 5, is the last day to register for the IAJGS 2020 Conference on
Jewish Genealogy and get the Early Bird discount. Cost is only $250.
Thereafter, it is $325. The virtual conference will be held August
10–13. It features panel discussions, expert interviews, game
shows, a mini-film festival, webinars with live Q&A, and a
lecture library of about 100 recorded, on-demand sessions covering a
huge variety of compelling topics in the world of Jewish Genealogy. View the preliminary schedule for the live sessions and film festival at https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2020/program_info.cfm and see the preliminary list of more than 80 lectures that will be in the Lecture Library at https://s4.goeshow.com/iajgs/annual/2020/ lecture-library.cfm. These one-hour presentations will be available for up to 60 days after the conference. Take advantage of the Early Bird Discount and register today at https://s4.goeshow.com/ iajgs/annual/2020/registration_form.cfm. FamilySearch and Ukrainian Archies Sign Agreement to Digitize Records  The
Federation of East European Family Societies reports that the State
Archival Service of Ukraine announced the signing of a new agreement
with FamilySearch to digitize records in the Ukrainian archives.
FamilySearch had previously microfilmed millions of images from 16
regional archives during the 1990s and 2000s, and has since digitized
these and made them available online. However, these represent only the
tip of the iceberg as there are many millions more records in archives
in Ukraine yet to be digitized. With the new agreement, FamilySearch can now negotiate with the regional archives to resume the work of making these records accessible. The digitization effort is expected to include metrical books and other birth, marriage, and death records, as well as revision lists, censuses, court records, military records, and much, much more. Additional information can be found at https://tinyurl.com/FSUkrainAgreement. Easier Access to Canadian Refugee and Citizenship Information AVOTAYNU Book Review Editor, Bill Gladstone, took it upon himself to fight the policy of Canada’s Information and Privacy Office that access to a deceased person’s immigration, refugee and citizenship documents required proof of executorship or a copy of a court order. He wrote a letter to his Member of Parliament and the outcome was that the Office now requires only the usual proof of death before releasing the naturalization files. JewishGen Talks: “Manifest Destiny: Names at Ellis Island”  This
week’s JewishGen Talks lecture series is titled
“Manifest Destiny: Names at Ellis Island.” It will
be given on July 8 at 3PM ET. The lecturer is Joel Weintraub who was
the creator of search tools for the U.S. and New York City censuses at
SteveMorse.org site and is currently developing locational tools for
the 2022 release of the 1950 federal census.About 70% of immigrants to the U.S. during 1892 through 1954 came through the Ellis Island immigration station. The station’s history, including the Wall of Honor and the changing questions on ship manifest forms, will be shown in the lecture. The persistent myth of name changes at Ellis Island will be analyzed. Twenty percent of processed immigrants ended up on detention sheets, and the lecture will discuss where those can be found. Finally, with case studies, viewers will find out how to use all three of the ship name indexes. Register in advance at https://tinyurl.com/JGTalkEllisIsland. FamilySearch Offering Consulting Services  FamilySearch
is offering consulting services; and it is at no charge. Using the
FamilySearch Research Wiki at https://tinyurl.com/FamSchWiki,
guests can schedule specific time slots for their 20-minute online
consultation. The booking app provides time schedule information in the
guest’s own local time to simplify making the connection
across time zones.The announcement is at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/online-genealogy-consultations/. New Writing Course, “Sharing Your Stories – Writing Short Family Narratives” JewishGen will
offer a new writing course, “Sharing Your Stories –
Writing Short Family Narratives” from July 13 –
August 2. The objective of this class is to provide the opportunity to
write a report of limited scope that can be completed within a short
timeframe. The course will offer tips on how to add interest to the
chosen story, and will cover the mechanics of writing and genealogical
best practices to create an effective report.
Classes are taught in a private forum, open 24/7. Tuition is $150.
Additional information is at https://tinyurl.com/JGWriting2,
Register at https://tinyurl.com/JGRegister2.
“Practicing Safe Zoom” Hal Bookbinder’s latest article about “Practicing Safe Zoom” discusses some of Zoom’s security features. Bookbinder notes that, “Zoom has not been without controversy. We are all aware of uninvited individuals disrupting meetings, often with outrageous and offensive behavior.” A link to the article, as well as links to 55 previous articles written by Bookbinder, can be found at https://tinyurl.com/SafeComputingArticles. Digitized Database of Turkish Jewish Cemeteries Now Online  A
digitized database of Turkish Jewish cemeteries has just been launched
online by the Goldstein Goren Diaspora Research Center at Tel Aviv
University. Called “A World Beyond: Jewish Cemeteries in
Turkey 1583–1990,” the database comprises digital
images and detailed textual content for more than 61,000 Jewish
gravestones from a variety of communities in Turkey from 1583 until
1990.Additional information can be found at https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2020/06/30/turkey-major- resource/. The database is located at https://jewishturkstones.tau.ac.il/#/. FamilySearch Adds More Than 4M Records This Week A
list of recent additions to FamilySearch, more than 4M index records
and images, can be found at https://tinyurl.com/FamilySearch062920.
This site provides direct links to the individual collections. They
include records from Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile Croatia, Denmark,
England, Fiji, France, Micronesia, Niue, Peru, Puerto Rico, South
Africa, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zambia. Major additions are to United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815–2011; and United States, New York Land Records, 1630–1975. Note that at the website, announced collections may not be complete for the dates specified and will be added at some later date. Also note that counts shown in the announcement are the number added, not the total number available in the collection, which can be greater. New Collections at Ancestry.com Include Wyoming Records  Ancestry has
added/updated the following record groups at their site. The list with
links to individual collections can be found at https://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections.
Announced collections may not be complete for the dates specified and
will be added at some later date. There is also no indication of how
many records were added to the updated collections.New Collections Oklahoma, Select County Marriage Records, 1893–1951 Wyoming, Death Records, 1909–1969 Wyoming, Marriage Records, 1941–1966 Wyoming, Divorce Index Cards, 1941–1953 Wyoming, Territorial Census, 1869, and City of Cheyenne Censuses, 1875 and 1878 Updated Collections Ireland, Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1844–1847 1871 Census of Canada Massachusetts, Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records, 1789–1900 Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s–current Canada, Selected School Yearbooks, 1901–2010 Wisconsin, Employment Records, 1903–1988 New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670–1817 1939 England and Wales Register Additions to FindMyPast This Week  Some of
the additions to the FindMyPast collection possibly relevant to Jewish
family history research are:• United States Marriages. More than 16M records added. • Pennsylvania, Civil War Veterans' Card File, 432,000 Records. • New Jersey World War 1 Deaths, Descriptive Cards, Photographs and Correspondence Index The complete list can be found at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/american-family-records.
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