New-found JewishGen Ukraine Research Group Records: The Krakovsky Documents
Virtual Meeting at 7 PM

This lecture will focus on translation and indexing projects described in depth along with information on navigating Krakovsky's wiki page. Also, the utilization of the data and its preservation and availability on JewishGen will be discussed. Critical questions to consider are: a) Who is Alex Krakovsky and how did he get involved in his work?
b) What obstacles is he facing?
c) How to navigate the thousands of documents on his wiki pages?
d) What is the JewishGen Ukraine Research Division Project and how does it relate to Krakovsky's work?
e) How can the data be accessed on JewishGen?
f) What is the status of the creation of a detailed town index?

Gary Pokrassa retired five years ago from a 46-year career, the last 11 as CFO of Lakeland Industries Inc. He is the Data Acquisition Director for the Ukraine Research Division of JewishGen, Treasurer and Director of JRI-Poland, and town leader for 4 shtetls. He is a member of the JGS of Long Island. At the 2020 IAJGS Conference, he presented on Alex Krakovsky and his Wiki and was a panelist on the Ukraine Research Division Meeting. Gary has authored an article on the Alex Krakovsky project published in AVOTAYNU Summer 2020 and also lectures on other topics, including an Intro to Jewish Genealogy.

Joel Spector is a Past President of the Jewish Genealogical [and Archival] Society of Greater Philadelphia, where he has also been chairperson of its Russian Special Interest Group. Joel is a former Secretary of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) and now serves as its Archivist. Currently Joel is a member of the Ukraine Research Division and serves as its Director of Metric Record Projects. Joel has been actively engaged in genealogy for over 30 years and has been conducting research in several historic Russian language encyclopedias. He has produced a unique English language Index to the Russian language Evreiskaya Entsiklopedia. Joel has given presentations and workshops on the Russian language, both contemporary and pre-Revolutionary, and has provided translations of documents to individuals and groups. Joel has been conducting Russian language research and has given presentations and workshops on the Russian language, both contemporary and pre-Revolutionary, and has provided translations of documents to individuals and groups.

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