Yizkor Book Project: July 2010 updates

July was another active month for Yizkor Book Project activity.

According to project manager Lance Ackerfeld, a new feature is the Yizkor Book Master Name Index (YBMNI) Project, which will collect all names appearing in the translations (except necrologies) into a searchable database to direct researchers to the translated pages of interest.

YBMNI's project manager is Osnat Hazan who, with a group of vollunteers, has begun organizing this data. Volunteers are needed. If you have time, work well with Excel and would like to help, contact Osnat via the URL above.

The Yizkor Book Project has added nine new projects, two new entires and updated 31 existing projects. See below for these items (NP=new project, NE=new entry, U=update) arranged by country:

BELARUS
- Byten (Memorial book of Byten) U
- Dzyarzhynsk (Koidanov; Memorial Volume of the Martyrs of Koidanov) NP
- Lipnishki (Memorial Book of the Community of Lipniszki) NP
- Svisloch (The community of Swislocz, Grodno District) U
- Svir (There once was a town Swir; between the two world wars) NP
- Narach (Memorial Book of Kobylnik) U
- Pruzhany (Memorial Book of Pruz'any and its Vicinity) U

LITHUANIA
- Dotnuva (Letters from Dotnuva) U
- Gargzdai (Gorzd Book; A Memorial to the Jewish Community of Gorzd) U
- Svencionys (Svinzian region; memorial book of 23 Jewish communities) U
- Valkininkai (Olkeniki in flames; a memorial book to the community of Olkenik in the Vilna district) U
- Trakai (Troki) NP
- Utena (Memorial Book of Utyan and Vicinity) NP

MOLDOVA
- Leova (Our House in Leova) U

ROMANIA
- Halmeu (In memory of the communities of Halmin-Turcz andvicinity) NP

POLAND
- Bedzin (A Memorial to the Jewish Community of Bedzin) U
- Biecz (Memorial book of the Martyrs of Biecz) U
- Chorzele (Memorial Book of the Community of Chorzel) U
- Czyzew-Osada (Czyzewo Memorial Book) U
- Dabrowa Gornicza (Book of the Jewish community of Dabrowa Gornicza and its destruction) U
- Garwolin (Garwolin Memorial Book) U
- Goniadz (Our Hometown Goniondz) U
- Gostynin (Book of Gostynin) U
- Grajewo (Grayewo Memorial Book) U
- Kutno (Kutno and Surroundings Book) U
- Lowicz (Lowicz; a Town in Mazovia, Memorial Book) NP
- Ostrow-Mazowiecka (Memorial Book of the Community of Ostrow-Mazowiecka) U
- Piotrkow Trybunalski (A Tale of One City) U
- Ryki (A Memorial to the Community of Ryki, Poland) U
- Serock (The Book of Serock)
- Sosnowiec (Book of Sosnowiec and the Surrounding Region in Zaglebie) U
- Tykocin (Memorial book of Tiktin) U
- Wierzbnik (Wierzbnik-Starachowitz; a Memorial Book) U [Whole book online]
- Zelechow (Memorial Book of the Community of Zelechow ) U [Added photos to Polish section]
- Zychlin (The memorial book of Zychlin) U

UKRAINE
- Glinyany (The tragic end of our Gliniany) U
- Gliniany (Pinkas Poland) NE
- Rozhishche (Rozyszcze) (Rozyszcze, My Old Home) U
- Rafalovka (Memorial book for the towns of Old Rafalowka, NewRafalowka, Olizarka, Zoludzk and vicinity) NP
- Shumskoye (Szumsk, memorial book of the martyrs of Szumsk) U
- Volodymyr Volynskyy (Wladimir Wolynsk; in memory of the Jewish community) NP
- Peremyshlyany (Pinkas Poland) NE

See the entire list of books here. Donations to assist with professional translations are always welcome.