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What areas of present-day Ukraine does the RD cover?Ukraine RD covers all or part of the following provinces: Chernigov, Kharkov, Kherson, Kyiv, Podolia, Poltava, Taurida, Volhynia, and Yekaterinoslav. Other RDs (Bessarabia, Gesher Galicia, and Romania RD) cover some of the western parts of present-dayUkraine. Please see the maps on our website home page and our town lists for details.How do I contribute information or volunteer to help?Our RD is run by volunteers. We need volunteers for a wide variety of tasks. Some work requires language skills. Other work requires just persistence and enthusiasm. If you would like to share your information, resources, skills, or time, please contact our Coordinator or any member of our Board of Directors. You'll find their contact information, job descriptions and biographies here. If you have technical problems with the website (broken links, etc.), please contact our Web Manager How do I signup for the Ukraine RD Facebook page?Our Facebook page can be reached hereWhat is the Ukraine RD Mailing List, and how do I join it?The Ukraine RD Mailing List is one of many JewishGen Mailing Lists. Here is how you subscribe:
You will have several choices for managing your subscription. For example, you can choose to receive messages as they are sent, or you can receive all messages for the day in a 'digest' at the end of each day. You can change your choices at any time by editing your subscriptions. JewishGen maintains Archives of past messages. If you wish, you can search the Archives to see if your question was asked and answered in the past. Search hints and a search form are available here. Where do I find the Donor and Volunteer Forms?When you contribute data, images, stories, or time-and-effort to JewishGen, you must fill out a Donor or a Volunteer form. The JewishGen Donor Agreement can be used for all materials you send to Ukraine RD. It is a simple one page form that gives JewishGen non-exclusive rights to the material you submit.The JewishGen Volunteer Agreement can be used for all projects organized by Ukraine RD. One Volunteer Form will cover all of the projects you work on for us, so if you are ready to volunteer now, but still trying to figure out how you can help, just fill in First Assignment as 'Volunteer for Ukraine-RD' and being supervised by the Ukraine-RD Coordinator. If you know a particular project that you'd like to work on, you can note that project and the name of the person running the project. What information do I find in the Ukraine RD's town pages?Each Ukraine RD town page is a portal where is "referenced" all information identified by the RD concerning the town.A town page is not an information repository but an index to that information. In a town page you will find: In a town page you will NOT find: JewishGen has a specific section for that: the KehilaLinks pages. KehilaLinks are pages commemorating the places where Jews have lived. The Ukraine RD coordinates with town leaders and KehilaLinks owners so the available information is available on the KehilaLinks. For more information please refer to the document "KehilaLinks, JewishGen Communities Pages, & Ukraine RD Town Pages" in our InfoSheets Page How can I create a KehilaLinks page for my ancestral town(s)?JewishGen's KehilaLinks Project provides a place where people can commemorate their ancestral towns. Ukraine RD has developed an InfoSheet, "How to create a KehilaLinks website". JewishGen KehilaLinks Owners also may be Ukraine RD Town Leaders. Ukraine RD Town Pages supplement KehilaLinks and serves as a portal to KehilaLink web pages.How do I know which Ukraine RD projects I should join?Please go to Ukraine RD's Contributions page. There you will find a list of the many ways you can contribute to the RD's work.Keep in mind that most of Ukraine RD's projects are town-specific (or, more generally, geographic-specific). Check our Current Projects List. Select "All" for each option on the search form and leave the Keywords box blank. Also check the Town Pages for your town(s). If you do not see a Project that interests you, contact <%=RDCoord%>. He will work with you to find a project that matches your skills and interests. I still have questions about Ukraine RD. How do I proceed?If you still have a question contact our Leadership who will figure out the best way to help you.I still have questions about JewishGen. How do I proceed?The JewishGen FAQ will answer just about any question you have about JewishGen. If you still have questions after reading the FAQ, post a message on the Mailing List. Someone is sure to respond with the answer you need.How can I contribute money to Ukraine RD?You can donate money to Ukraine RD or to a specific Ukraine RD project on the Ukraine RD page at the JewishGen-erosity website. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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