August 2009
Dear Fellow
Kremenetsers,
Adam
Bronstein has developed a search application for our Concordance using
Steve Morse's One-Step program. Please take some time to try it. The search
form is at:
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Kremenets/web-pages/database/krem_search_frm.html
Besides the
obvious options that you see on the screen, you can display the entire
Concordance by leaving all fields blank. Notice that there is an option on the
search form for number of hits per page. Although you can type any number into
the form, if you type in 9,500 or more, the system will give you an incomplete
first page and will not offer an option to go onto the next page. Requesting
9,000 hits per page or less works fine. Adam and Steve Morse have pointed out
that no one will need more than 9,000 hits _per page_ ...
and I agree with them. When you get your results, notice that each Source entry
in your results list is hot-linked to a description of the Source. Click on a
Source entry and you will be taken to the part of our "Introduction and
Guide" document that tells you how to interpret the Source and Location in
Source abbreviations. So, try this out and let us know what you think of the
search application.
A number of
you wrote to me after you tried the trial version. Using the search form, you
were able to identify ancestors that Sheree and I missed in our record
extractions. The Beider-Morse Soundex system applied to our Concordance
database has produced an enormously valuable tool.
We owe Adam
a great "Thank You" for his work on this application; and, our
deepest gratitude to Steve Morse for developing his One-Step Search
Application, for making it freely available and for generously helping us make
it work with our Concordance.
Try it, and
let me know if you come up with any new finds.
Ron
Doctor
Co-Coordinator,
Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP/Jewish Records Indexing-Poland
An
activity of the Kremenets District Research Group