Hi Lesli,
Welcome to the Group! I'm going to take on a couple of your questions.
First of all, I don't know what resources you've already found, but you could probably learn a great deal by checking out the many links to records and other resources at this page:
https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/sadgura/reischtoronto.html
Note that the pre-WWII burials at the Cz. Jewish cemetery have already been posted (on jewishGen) and you can find a map of the Jewish Cemetery on our group website <Czernowitz.ehpes.com>. As far as I know, the cemetery is always open, never locked. There is no one officially there, but you can probably find what you need via the online searchable index and the maps already posted.
I would also refer you to the records indexed by a team led by Daniel Horowitz: Czernowitz.geneasearch.net You'll find there many birth marriage and death records for Czernowitz, and you can access the actual records online at www.familysearch.org (must be a member to search these records for original copies.)
Let us know the name of your famous, artistic ancestor! We're always interested to learn more.
Good luck with your trip and I hope it will be highly successful.
Bruce Reisch
Geneva, New York
?On 8/13/18, 7:22, "bounce-122754201-3497436_at_list.cornell.edu on behalf of Lesli Ross" <bounce-122754201-3497436_at_list.cornell.edu on behalf of leslik_at_bellsouth.net> wrote:
I'm new to this list, having just discovered it while starting to prepare for a visit I hope to make this fall to Czernowitz, home to my paternal grandfather's family.
Learning about the cemetery restoration project particularly excited me as several relatives are buried in the Chernowitz Jewish cemetery, including my great-grandfather and great-uncle, a recognized artist. (The Chernivtsi Museum of Art contains a collection of his work.) Through his daughter, who was finally able to emigrate to the US after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, I have some vague information about the locations of graves and family homes.
My interest in Czernowitz extends beyond personal connections to general Jewish significance and the Holocaust. (In the spring, I am scheduled to participate in the March of the Living for the fifth time, the fourth as an adult group leader for our region.) So in addition to searching out information on my relatives, I am looking to gain information and insight about the Jewish life that existed there.
I welcome any advice/guidance list members are able to share. In particular:
--Can anyone provide contact information for someone/s in Chernivtsi who could help me make advance arrangements and provide information/guidance while I'm there?
--Is the cemetery always accessible? Is it open only during certain hours? Do special arrangements have to be made to enter it? Is there any information about the locations of particular graves?
--Does anyone have experience accessing the archives housed in the city and advice as to how I should proceed to try to find records of family members?
--What is the minimum amount of time I should plan to spend in Chernivtsi in order to investigate family matters and experience the city?
--Would it be better to fly into Lviv and travel to Chernivitsi by train or to hire a car and driver?
--What are the best accommodations in the city (or ones to avoid. . .)?
Also: The family moved to Czernowitz from the small village of Volchinets. (According to family history, my great-grandfather had a general store there and also managed the estate of a land owner who raised horses for the kaiser's army.) I've seen information that that village is now Old Vovchinets in Glybotsky District (not found by google maps), or Novyi (or Novyy) Vovchinyets' (approximately 40 km south of Czernowitz close to the Romanian border). Does anyone know anything about this?
Thank you very much for any and all assistance.
Lesli Koppelman Ross
Boca Raton, FL
leslik_at_bellsouth.net
305-632-0293
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