Great news, wonderful work!
I'd like to share some relative background regarding the role of Jewish Siret community in Bukovina. The Jewish communities of Czernowitz and Suceava were declared as independent ones back on 1786. Sadagura and Wiznitz were subordinated to Czernowitz, while Siret and Kimpolung were subordinated to Suceava. Smaller Jewish communities were further subordinated to these ones. As an example, Radautz was subordinated to Siret. As the years passed, more and more Jewish communities were declared as independent, having their own leadership and institutes. As an example, Radautz got independence in the 1850s, having the Wikow, Petroutz, Straja, Bilka, Galantestie, Milleschaoutz etc. as subordinated Jewish communities. (Source: The Jewish community of Radautz, by Israel Margaliot, Tel Aviv, 1990, Hebrew) These facts have significant importance on the following aspects: 1. Vital records of subordinated communities are likely to be included in the parent community ones. For example, earliest vital records relating to the Jewish community of Radautz are dated to 1857. Prior records may be found in the Siret ones, if and when found. 2. Subordinated communities not having a Jewish cemetery on site might use the cemetery of their parent community. As an example, the Jewish cemetery of Radautz was established in 1831. The chances the prior burials may be found in Siret are quite high. Yossi Yagur -- הדוא"ל הזה נבדק לאיתור וירוסים על ידי תוכנת Avast antivirus. www.avast.com ******************************************************************************* This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, archived messages can be found at: https://www.mail-archive.com/czernowitz-l@list.cornell.edu/ To send mail to the list, address it to <czernowit...@cornell.edu>. To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: owner-czernowit...@list.cornell.edu -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
