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by logan
Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:43 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Planned improvements for 2018
Replies: 1
Views: 29260

Planned improvements for 2018

Planned improvements for Genealogy Indexer (hopefully) during 2018, separate from continued addition of searchable content: OCR-Adjusted search method for finding matches despite OCR errors improved for Fraktur/Gothic/Blackletter fonts and extended to Cyrillic and Hebrew Automatic suggestion of matc...
by logan
Sat Oct 14, 2017 2:45 pm
Forum: Requests
Topic: Kiev directories
Replies: 1
Views: 22210

Re: Kiev directories

Thanks very much, I will try to add these.

Logan
by logan
Tue Aug 01, 2017 9:20 am
Forum: How do I...?
Topic: Chamber of commerce in berlin's email?
Replies: 2
Views: 28681

Re: Chamber of commerce in berlin's email?

Numerous directories for Berlin are viewable (and somewhat searchable) at https://www.zlb.de/besondere-angebote/berliner-adressbuecher.html . Many have a section organized by name, a section organized by street address, and a section organized by type of business. You can browse/search yourself on t...
by logan
Fri Apr 14, 2017 8:40 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Volunteering
Replies: 0
Views: 33479

Volunteering

I might be seeking volunteers for genealogy projects in the future. If you complete this volunteer interest form , I will contact you about appropriate projects if/when they become available to see if you want to volunteer. Completing the form does not obligate you to volunteer, it is only an expres...
by logan
Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:30 pm
Forum: Requests
Topic: 1957 Berlin Directory
Replies: 1
Views: 19483

Re: 1957 Berlin Directory

Thanks for sharing this. Unfortunately, the images posted online would not yield accurate OCR results due to their low resolution. However, I will inquire whether there are better images offline.

Logan
by logan
Tue Sep 27, 2016 11:42 am
Forum: Other Sites
Topic: Notary Records for Many Galician Towns Online
Replies: 0
Views: 64444

Notary Records for Many Galician Towns Online

[Update 27 Sep 2016: records from many more towns added, plus more records from Rzeszow] The Polish State Archives in Przemysl has posted online scans of many notary records from Debica, Dobromil, Glogow Malopolski, Kolbuszowa, Krakowiec, Lezajsk, Nisko, Pilzno, Pruchnik, Przeworsk, Radomysl, Radym...
by logan
Mon May 02, 2016 2:45 pm
Forum: Notes
Topic: Two copies of some directories
Replies: 0
Views: 55781

Two copies of some directories

Directories with "Copy 2" in their title are independently scanned second copies, added to increase your likelihood of finding matches despite OCR errors. Some types of OCR errors might occur for only one copy, so, by having two copies, you might find a match that you otherwise would not. ...
by logan
Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:41 pm
Forum: Other Sites
Topic: Non-Galician Jewish sources digitized by the Ossolineum
Replies: 0
Views: 44840

Non-Galician Jewish sources digitized by the Ossolineum

Sources mentioning Jews in towns outside Galicia, typically property, tax, or resident lists, are downloadable from the Ossolineum website at the links below (for Galician sources, click here ). Page numbers indicate the apparent beginning of Jewish names, and Jewish entries might continue for more ...
by logan
Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:27 pm
Forum: Other Sites
Topic: Galician Jewish sources digitized by the Ossolineum
Replies: 2
Views: 40641

Galician Jewish sources digitized by the Ossolineum

Sources mentioning Jews in many Galician towns, typically property, tax, or resident lists, are downloadable from the Ossolineum website at the links below (for non-Galician sources, click here ). Page numbers indicate the apparent beginning of Jewish names, and Jewish entries might continue for mor...
by logan
Thu Oct 15, 2015 4:12 pm
Forum: Other Sites
Topic: Warsaw 1808-1825 vital records (instructions)
Replies: 0
Views: 57976

Warsaw 1808-1825 vital records (instructions)

Warsaw civil (all religions) birth, marriage, and death records for 1808-1825 are viewable (not searchable) online as thousands of scans on szukajwarchiwach.pl. The records are organized by district (cyrkul). You might be able to learn the district where your relatives lived from other sources, such...