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Bessarabian Databases. Updates ready for JewishGen in December of 2022. Records will be available shortly.

Below is a list of updates sent to JewishGen. Thank you very much to all volunteers who worked on these Bessarabian projects.


• Vital Records. Beltsy Marraige and Death records; Soroki and uezd Birth records from 1880 -1918. Total of 2,111 records.
  Project Leaders Yefim Kogan, translators Stas Shvartsman, Emilia Alexeeva, Michael Richman, Eti Ganina, Yoni Kupchik, Talia Kogan, Ted Gostin, Katerina Kamenetzki, Gabor Adam, Valentin Lupu, David Zelikovskiy, Yuriy Daylis, Yefim Kogan. See the list of towns, shteitle


• Revision Lists. 7,440 records completed for 1,601 families. See the list of towns, shteitle
  Project Leader - Yefim Kogan and translators Alan Levine, Claire Stuart, Alex Matlin, Elizabeth Fortun, Yuliana Murray, Ilana Voloshin, Yoni Kupchik, Deborah Glassman and Yefim Kogan.
  


• Business Directory. 1,397 records completed for Vsya Rossiya Business Directory for Bessarabia.
  Project Leader - Jeff Wexler and translators Genny Imas, Yuliana Murray, Fanny Rozenblat and Inna Vayner.
  

History, Genealogy, Culture. 13-15 December 2022. The Bessarabia Special Interest Group and JewishGen organized a Virtual Winter Symposium, a series of live, online presentations.
Abstracts, short bios of presenters and presentation recordings and slides available here.

Bessarabian Databases. Updates:

• Revision Lists, plan to upload to JewishGen in December of 2022. We have records from following towns: Kishinev, Khotin, Brichany, Lipkany, Skulyany, Ataki, Akkerman, Kiliya, and others. See the progress.


• Vital Records, upload in December of 2022. There are records from Soroki uezd birth records for several years, Kishinev Death records for several years. See the progress.

• History, Genealogy, Culture. 13-15 December 2022. The Bessarabia Special Interest Group and JewishGen invite you to participate in a Virtual Winter Symposium, a series of live, online presentations to run from December 13 through 15, 2022.
  Sessions will explore historical experiences of our ancestors in Bessarabia, assist your family research, and expand your understanding and appreciation of their culture.
  
  You will meet presenters from Canada, Germany, France, Brazil, Moldova, Ukraine, the United States, and perhaps others. Presentations will delve into ideas and issues that are relevant not only to Bessarabia but also to other regions.
  
  See the schedule for the Bessarabia Winter Symposium.
  
  Registration is free for the Symposium and open now.
  
  Click here to register!

Bessarabian Databases. Updates:

• Vital Records, upload in December of 2022. There are records from Soroki uezd birth records for several years, Kishinev Death records for several years. See the progress.

• History, Genealogy, Culture. 13-15 December 2022. The Bessarabia Special Interest Group and JewishGen invite you to participate in a Virtual Winter Symposium, a series of live, online presentations to run from December 13 through 15, 2022.
  Sessions will explore historical experiences of our ancestors in Bessarabia, assist your family research, and expand your understanding and appreciation of their culture.
  
  You will meet presenters from Canada, Germany, France, Brazil, Moldova, Ukraine, the United States, and perhaps others. Presentations will delve into ideas and issues that are relevant not only to Bessarabia but also to other regions.
  
  Here is full schedule of the Bessarabia Winter Symposium.
  
  Registration is free for the Symposium. Click here to register now!
  

Bessarabian Databases. Updates:

• Revision Lists, plan to upload to JewishGen in December of 2022. We have records from following towns: Kishinev, Khotin, Brichany, Lipkany, Skulyany, Ataki, Akkerman, Kiliya, and others. See the progress.


• Vital Records, upload in December of 2022. There are records from Soroki uezd birth records for several years, Kishinev Death records for several years. See the progress.

• History, Genealogy, Culture. 13-15 December 2022. The Bessarabia Special Interest Group and JewishGen invite you to participate in a Virtual Winter Symposium, a series of live, online presentations to run from December 13 through 15, 2022.
  Sessions will explore historical experiences of our ancestors in Bessarabia, assist your family research, and expand your understanding and appreciation of their culture.
  
  You will meet presenters from Canada, Germany, France, Brazil, Moldova, Ukraine, the United States, and perhaps others. Presentations will delve into ideas and issues that are relevant not only to Bessarabia but also to other regions.
  
  The detailed schedule will be published after High Holidays.
  

Bessarabian Databases. Updates:

• Revision Lists, plan to upload to JewishGen in December of 2022. We have records from following towns: Kishinev, Khotin, Brichany, Lipkany, Skulyany, Ataki, Akkerman, Kiliya, and others. See the progress.


• Vital Records, upload in December of 2022. There are records from Soroki uezd birth records for several years, Kishinev Death records for several years. See the progress.

• History, Genealogy, Culture. 13-15 December 2022. The Bessarabia Special Interest Group (Bessarabia SIG) and JewishGen invite you to participate in a Virtual Winter Symposium, a series of live, online presentations to run from December 13 through 15, 2022.
  Sessions will explore historical experiences of our ancestors in Bessarabia, assist your family research, and expand your understanding and appreciation of their culture.
  
  You will meet presenters from Canada, Germany, France, Brazil, Moldova, Ukraine, the United States, and perhaps others. Presentations will delve into ideas and issues that are relevant not only to Bessarabia but also to other regions.
  
  The detailed schedule is going to be added in the end of September.