Vladyslava Moskalets, graduate student at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, is a freelance genealogist and member of JewishFamilySearch.com. She carries out research on kinship among Jewish families in the Drohobych and Boryslav business milieu (1860-1914).
She was awarded a scholarship by Ludmer Program for Jewish History and Culture in Galicia and Bukovina.
Vladyslava coordinates the Jewish Studies Program at Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv. She has also worked on several documentaries on Jews in Galicia. Her academic interests include economics, family history, history of Eastern European Jewry, Yiddish.
Computer Lab*: “Exploring Polish Online Archival and Library Resources: Session I” (Mon-134), 9:00-10:30 A.M.
In the recent years, Polish governmental institutions were granted millions of dollars to digitize the Polish national archival holdings. The Polish internet is full of interesting and revealing materials. What makes researching these sources difficult is that they are distributed between tens of distinct web-services. Moreover, they are often poorly indexed by popular search engines.
This workshop will help you to search online for genealogical information on your family: prewar Polish newspapers, journals and archival document collections. It will give the overview of the search methods and websites, where possible information on family history can be found: among others: http://searcharchives.pl/, Malopolska Digital Library, Central Jewish Library.
Prior knowledge of Polish is not required.
Category: Beginning genealogists, Workshop – Technology
Topics: Ashkenazic research, Repositories, Technology in support of genealogical research
* NOTE: One must reserve one’s place in this computer workshop and pay a separate fee of $35 (in additional to the conference registration fee).
Computer Lab*: “Exploring Polish Online Archival and Library Resources: Session II” (Tues-174), 1:30-3:00 P.M.
In the recent years, Polish governmental institutions were granted millions of dollars to digitize the Polish national archival holdings. The Polish internet is full of interesting and revealing materials. What makes researching these sources difficult is that they are distributed between tens of distinct web-services. Moreover, they are often poorly indexed by popular search engines.
This workshop will help you to search online for genealogical information on your family: prewar Polish newspapers, journals and archival document collections. It will give the overview of the search methods and websites, where possible information on family history can be found: among others: http://searcharchives.pl/, Malopolska Digital Library, Central Jewish Library.
Prior knowledge of Polish is not required.
Category: Computer lab
* NOTE: One must reserve one’s place in this computer workshop and pay a separate fee of $35 (in additional to the conference registration fee).
“Family Kinship and Marriage Strategies: The Case of Jewish Oil Elites in Galicia” (Tues-138), 3:00-4:15 P.M.
Marriages were one of the important mechanisms for sustaining the economic stability of the families, promoting solidarity and strengthening trust in Galicia. It was true both for Jewish and non-Jewish families. However, the connections inside of milieu of religious and ethnic minorities were closer and more tight.
In my presentation, I will show how the family connections among the group of Jewish elites helped them to acquire economical success and dominance in the political and cultural life on an example of oil entrepreneurs in Galicia.
During this presentation I will trace the rising process of one of the most influential entrepreneurial families of the Gartenbergs, Feursteins, Liebermans, Goldhammers and show the network of connections between them. These cases will help to understand the general principle of spouse selection and business management in 19th century Europe.
Topics: Ashkenazic research, Jewish history and culture, Specific countries or geographic areas (Galicia)