RESOURCES
Whether you are just beginning to explore your family connection to P'yatyhory or have been researching for many years, the following list of resources can be helpful in furthering your family investigations.
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry
(JOWBR)
The following link allows the researcher to search for specific burial information. After clicking the link, enter surname in the first search box. Do a "town" search for P'yatyhory in the second box, setting the Geographical Region to Ukraine/Russian Empire. |
| JOWBR Search Page |
Yad Vashem
| Yad Vashem – by place of birth |
| Yad Vashem– by place of residence |
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Oral History
| Galina Iosefovna Klotsman |
YouTube Video
Piaterer Verein Cemetery Memorial
| YouTube Interview |
Ukraine SIG Town Page
The following link allows the researcher to search the Ukraine SIG Pyatyhory Town Page: |
| Ukraine SIG Pyatyhory Town Page |
JewishGen Communities Database
| Pyatyhory Page |
International Jewish Cemetery Project
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The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies has set about locating, surveying, and describing the status of Jewish cemeteries. Jewish burial sites in Pyatigory: |
| Pyatigory Jewish Cemeteries |
Routes to Roots
| Search on Pyatigory |
Pyaterer Relief for the Homeless 1922
The following link displays a letter and accompanying table sent to Congregation Sons of Israel in Springfield, Mass. The letter includes a request for additional financial assistance for former Pyaterer residents living in Kishinev, Bessarabia, in 1922. The table represents the allocation of the money previously sent by former Pyaterer residents living in Springfield, Mass, and Philadelphia, Penn. The third document includes a summary of a meeting pertaining to Pyaterer Relief that took place in January 1922 in Springfield. These documents were found in a notebook in the home of Ralph (Tkach) Kallin in Springfield. Special thanks to Ida Selavan Schwarcz for translation assistance.
Pyaterer Relief Documents 1922
Immigration Data
This link will take you to a document that includes ship manifest data for Pyatyhory residents who immigrated to the United States and other countries in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Ancestry.com is the primary source for this data, which was compiled here by Michele Kallin. Note: You will need to review the original source content to determine the accuracy of the information. Please contact the webmaster with additions or corrections.
