PRUZHANY UYZED RESEARCH SOCIETY
(PURS)
NEWSLETTER
Volume 2-2
June
2002
We are
pleased to announce that we have concluded negotiation with a research team in
St. Petersburg who are presently working on our first project to obtain
historical information from the very important Russian Archives in their
city. This is a very exciting
venture for PURS, as we believe that are Fonds of interest to the Pruzhany area
in these archives that no longer exist in Grodno, Belarus.
Our Yizkor
Book project is continually adding more translated memory stories from Pinkus
Pruzhany to our web site. As we
reported in past Newsletters, we have posted in our web site the completed
translation of Malech and Shereshev.
Pruzhany, Bereza and Selets are partially completed. These Yizkors are very large however we
expect to have them completely done by the end of the year.
To all our members and friends, we want you to know that the translation and formatting of the Yizkors has become more costly to us over the past year. We have been fortunate to receive financial support in this project for Bereza that has helped us to accelerate its completion. Also a former resident of Selets has made a contribution for to support that Yzkor project. We are asking Pruziners, Seletsers and Linevers to consider making a contribution for their ancestral homes’ Yzkor project. Your check made payable to HJM Consulting Co, and mailed to PURS, PO Box 40003, Staten Island, NY 10304 will be appreciated.
Write the
name of the Yzkor to which you are donating on your check.
GOOD
NEWS:
VARIOUS
LISTS FROM YZKORS: Immigrants
Bereza to Israel, Pruziners who died before 1958 in Israel and America, 1929
Members of Kahal. ADDED TO LISTS
UNDER 100: 1911 Bereza donors to Israel Construction, 1958 Yzkor Book
authors and volunteers,
LIST OF
PAYERS OF STATE TAXES FROM PROPERTY: 1912-1915
Bereza, Malech, Seletx, and Shershev. LISTS OF OWNERS OF PROPERTY: 1910
Malech, Shershev, Narevka, and 1912 Narevka. REVISION LIST 1853: Bereza,
Malech, Pruzhany.
PURS exists
for the benefit of its members and your Board of Directors hope that you have
enjoyed your membership. Your input
is important to us, so kindly let us know how you feel about your Society and
its website. If you have any pictures or old documents relating to your family’s
shtetl that you would consider donating to our Gallery of Images, let us
know. Send messages or comments to
pursmail@acer-access.com or purs@purs.org