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~ Miscellaneous Documents ~
Below are miscellaneous documents of genealogical and/or historical interest. If you find a link of interest to all or if you find a broken link, click HERE to contact me.
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2005 Ukraine Survey of Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues and Mass Grave Sites Source: Public Domain Document from US Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad. 1925 Podkarpatská Rus Business Directory for Nové Davidkovo / Uj-Dávidháza Source: Genealogy Indexer 1930 Podkarpatská Rus Business Directory for Nové Davidkovo Source: Genealogy Indexer 1937 Podkarpatská Rus business directory for Nové Davidkovo Source: Genealogy Indexer 1938 Podkarpatská Rus business directory for Nové Davidkovo Source: Genealogy Indexer Photo postcard Courtesy of Bill FARRAN, USA
~ Archive Information ~
Researching our family histories in Transcarpathian Ukraine is no simple task. Given the various border changes in recent history, records are dispersed around the world in various archives and private collections. I have attempted to locate source material for researching this area and herein are my findings. I would appreciate hearing your personal experiences and findings so that I can add them to my own.
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~ My Research Findings ~
Pre War Lists of Names: 1. Ghetto records from Ungvar: Availability: Yad Vashem Archives File Number: M.61/52, M.61/75 Description: Lists names and street addresses for people from Ungvar. 2. Property records from Khust (Huszt) in 1944 Availability: Yad Vashem Archives File Number: JM.21244, JM.21192, M.61/39, JM.2120, JM.21201, JM.21251 Description: This is effectively a census. It lists everyone in a household at a particular street address, and gives wives' by maiden names, and children. It has year of birth for everyone. 3. Jewish Agency Records, Immigration Department, Office in Istanbul Alternate name: Claims Conference, Hungary Availability: Central Zionist Archives, Yad Vashem Archives, JewishGenHolocaust Database, USHMM Central Zionist Archives, Jerusalem: File Numbers: Multiple files available in collection L15 (Jewish Agencyrecords in Constantinople) Yad Vashem: Unfiled photocopies of original documents maintained in the office of Gabi Bar Shaked. The researcher most familiar with this collectionis Spartak Arbatov. He is available for assistance by e-mail at: spartak.arbatov@yadvashem.org.il USHMM: Available as part of the Survivors Registry's "Namesearch allview". JewishGen: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/ Alternate description http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Holocaust/0134_Hungarian_claims.html Description: These files are lists of individuals and families who requested visas to immigrate to Eretz Yisrael in 1944. The ultimate fate of these individuals cannot be determined from these lists. Requests to immigrate were made for individuals who were affiliated with Zionist Organizations like Hashomer Hatzair. Other requests were made by people living in Eretz Yisrael for their relatives living in Europe. The amount of detail varies in the differentfiles. However, they are generally arranged by family, showing relationships, ages, and places of residence. Sometimes exact street addresses were listed. These records were digitized by the Claims Conference Against Germany forthe purpose of demonstrating Jewish persecution and thereby obtain monetarycompensation. The majority of the records indexed are part of the CentralZionist Archive collection designated 'L15', which are files from the Jewish Agency in Constantinople. The Claims Conference photocopied these files, divided them into 100 page longbooklets, and gave those booklets new file numbers. The names therein were transcribed, and indexed according to the new file numbers. The new file number had no relation to the original file number at the CZA. However, within the photocopied files, the transcribers made a notation of the original file at the CZA. When the project was finished, the photocopiedfiles and a CD containing the database were left at Yad Vashem. The database contains 160,000 names but includes multiple duplicates. While the original files are generally arranged by family, showing relationships, ages, and places of residence, the database only provides the name, age, and place of residence. Additionally, the database does not retain the structure of the original files showing a whole family together. If you find a relative listed in the database, and wish to locate the original file, you would need to take the following steps. After finding a name on the JewishGen database, you would then need to obtain the Yad Vashem/Claims Conference file number by either checking the database at the USHMM or Yad Vashem. Then, you would need to contact Spartak Arbatov at Yad Vashem to find the original file number at the CZA or obtain a copy of the pages at Yad Vashem. 4. MOL Z 936, Records of the 8th Gendarmerie District, Kassa, Hungary, 1944-1945 Availability: USHMM, Washington, DC. Web Link Outline: http://resources.ushmm.org/Holocaust-Names/List-Catalog/display/details.php?type=nlcat&id=97636&ord=1 Description: This valuable collection contains records of the inventorying of valuables which had belonged to the Jewish residents living in the region referred to by wartime Hungarian authorities as the '8th Gendarmerie District.' This area includes the city of Mukachevo (Munkacs) and the surrounding towns and villages. Much of this area is no longer under Hungarian jurisdiction, but is instead found within current-day Slovakia or Ukraine. In each locality, there is usually a card or document given for each head of household. For the city of Mukachevo, the document lists the individuals' name, mother's maiden name, year of birth, place of birth, street address, and then list of assets. 5. I-Series: Dokumentumok a magyarorszagi szidosag tortenetehez. Alternate Names: YIVO 'Territorial Collection', USHMM 'Randolph Braham Collection', Availabily: YIVO, USHMM, and Yad Vashem Archives, Hungarian National Archives, Obuda, Hungary This material is located at the microfilm archive in Obuda. Its use is only allowed by special permission, and is otherwise restricted. It is freely accessible elsewhere. Center for Jewish History (YIVO Archives) Territorial Collection. Assorted materials relating to Jewish history and life, 1900s-1930s. File Number: YIVO RG 116 - Hungary USHMM: Randolph Braham collection : Hungarian records relating to the Holocaust [microform], 1944 File Number: RG-52.001M Acc. 1997.A.0294 Description: This tremendous collection contains 180 microfilms containing documents relating to Jews before the Holocaust in Hungary. The documents were microfilmed from archives all across Hungary. Many of the original recordsare extant in the original regional archives today. An exhaustive description of this collection has yet to be written. At this time, there is an Excel spreadsheet outlining these files which provides descriptions of files in Hebrew and names of individuals that was created by Gabi Bar Shaked at Yad Vashem. This is an eclectic collection of files. One highlight in this collection is the material relating to citizenship. As a background, in the 1930's people living in Hungary who were born outside the then borders of Hungary were declared noncitizens. In order to regain citizenship, they were required to provide documentation that their family had lived and paid taxes in Hungary back to 1849. Many of these individual case files were included in this collection. A particular file may contain three generations of vital records, as well as letters indicating names of relatives who could provide further testimony. Some even included photographs. Other types of files include requests for welfare assistance to families where the husband was presumed dead in the military. These files contain full demographics of the families including the names of children and places of birth. Most localities are from within the borders of modern Hungary are included. There are scant records from Transcarpathian Ukraine. Those that are included are lists of homeowners and the value of the homes. Further research would only demonstrate further treasures in this collection. Description provided by Dr. Laszlo Soos, Hungarian National Archives: Our former colleague, Mr Elek Karsai received an order from the National Office of the Hungarian Jews (Magyar Izraeliták Országos Irodája) in 1957 to make a research on the latest history of the Jews of Hungary. In the outlining of the research the president of the National Rabbi Training School (Országos Rabbiképzo Intézet), Dr Sandor Schreiber was involved as well. The team of Elek Karsai selected all the interested documents from various archives in Budapest and in the countryside, starting the many years of work in Oct 1957.The selected documents have been microfilmed in the National Archives, where the copied documents became part of the "I - series" (let me note that all of the governmental and family documents and collections etc., or the microfilm archives are usually signed with single capital letters.) The description of the "I-series" was not published by the National Archives. A description of the above described collection was published by the National Representatives of the Hungarian Jews (Magyar Izraeliták Országos Képviselete) between 1960 and 1969. Finally, let me inform you that the documentations of citizenship issues between 1930 and 1944 - due to the devastation of the war - are to be found only fragmentally in our institution. Post War Name Lists: 1. List of survivors who returned to Ungvar after the War in 1945 Availability: Yad Vashem Archives File name: M.61/52 M.61/16.1, M.61/16.2 Description: List is about 40 pages long, and contains individual's name, year of birth, and mother's maiden name. 2. List of survivors who returned to Munkacs after the War in 1945 Availability: Yad Vashem Archives File name: M.52/571: Description: 55 pages long, contains individual's name, year of birth, place of birth, and mother's maiden name. 3. Soviet Extraordinary Commission (ChGK) Availability: Yad Vashem Archives There is an active project to digitize the names and have them include them in the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names. Furthermore, many localities can be searched on the Shoah-related Database List on the Yad Vashem website. The original files are available in the archives. Sample List: Mukechevo: File Number: JM.21188/5757341 Description: In 1945, Transcarpathian Ruthenia was taken from Hungary and became part of the Soviet Union. In 1946, the Soviets declared that any Jewish victims of the Nazis whose residence was within the then present borders of the Soviet Union were declared as 'Soviet' victims of Nazi terror. As a result, the Soviet authorities made major efforts to document those losses. The Soviets authorities went house to house asking residents the details of what they recalled of their former Jewish neighbors. For Mukachevo, it lists name of head of household, address, number of household members before War, and number killed. 4. Hungarian Victims Recorded in Magyar Kozlony Availability: Yad Vashem Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names under the title 'Victims of Hungary' and the Holocaust Documentation Center in Budapest (database not yet functional in November 2007) See http://www.hdke.hu/ This database was created by the Holocaust Documentation Center in Budapest.The names originated from official declarations of death in courts in throughout Hungary, mainly in Budapest. Those death notices were then published in the Hungarian Journal called Magyar Kozlony. According to Sipos Andras, of the Budapest City Archives, the original court declarations in Budapest were destroyed. However, he could not comment on the fate of records in regional courts. Currently, the Yad Vashem database provides names of victims, however the associated places of birth are incorrectly shown. The correct place of birth can be obtained by writing directly to the Holocaust Documentation Center.
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~ Sub-Carpathia Jewish Communities of Interest ~
Following are towns and villages listed alphabetically in Sub-Carpathia—some with a web site on JewishGen—which may assist you in your genealogical research.
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~ Other Jewish Communities of Interest ~
Following are other Jewish communities which may assist you in your genealogical research.
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~ Useful Links ~
Below are miscellaneous links of genealogical and/or historical interest. Always check the various JewishGen databases, as new records are constantly being added. If you find a link of interest to all or if you find a broken link, click HERE to contact me.
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JewishGen Family Finder JewishGen Hungarian Special Interest Group (H-SIG) JewishGen members researching Nove Davydkovo JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry JewishGen Ukraine Special Interest Group (Ukraine-SIG) Links by Stephen P. Morse Spielberg Film Archive United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Yiddish Dictionary Online the JewishGen Hungary database for Uj-Dávidháza / Nové Davidkovo / Novoye Davydkovo / Nove Davydkovo. (a new page opens) the JewishGen Ukraine Database for Uj-Dávidháza / Nové Davidkovo / Novoye Davydkovo / Nove Davydkovo. (a new page opens)

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Created by: Marshall J. Katz, USA / Compiled by: Adam SMITH, USA with assistance from Genealogy Indexer Amos Israel ZEZMER, France and the following JewishGen members/descendants and contributors of Nove Davydkovo Jewish families: Bill FARRAN, USA Adam SMITH, USA

Updated: 26 June 2011

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