Jewish Data Times Issue 31

Jewish Data Times Issue 31 11/05/09 Focused on records at http://www.jewishdata.com/

1. Summary of recent posted records.

2. Records that are on the way to the site.


1. Thousands of records have been processed and posted at the site recently. Here are some of them:
* More than 20,000 images from Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, which brings the total record count from this location to more than 74,000

* More than 5,000 images from the Baron Hirsch cemetery in Staten Island on Richmond Ave.

* Several thousand new images from the Baron De Hirsch cemetery in Montreal Canada. * More than 25,000 images from Chicago's Rosehill, Rosemont Park, and Waldheim cemeteries.

* A small but historic batch of images from several Ukraine cities such as Medzshibush, Barditchev, and Niezin. To view these records enter Ukraine in the location field. 2. In rsponse to questions about what new records will be arriving, here are some of the records being processed:

* A large batch of 60,000 images from Chicago's Waldheim cemetery

* Thousands of images from Staten Island

* Thousands of images of the entire old Back River cemetery in Montreal

* Several old books on Jewish communities in NY, Boston, and Baltimore.