Date/Time
Date(s) - May 31, 2026
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Speaker
Hal Bookbinder
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Sunday, May 31, 2026
2:30 p.m.
Live at the LA FamilySearch Center (address below) & Zoom (link to come)
DOORS OPEN at 2:00 p.m. PROGRAM starts at 2:30
Russian Revizskie skazki as a resource in your family research
Program Description: You can Study the handout before the lecture!
“Revizskie skazki” or “revision lists” were censuses instituted by Peter the Great. While most censuses provide information only on living people, revizskie skazki include information on men who died or moved away since the prior one. The talk will discuss the ten revizskie skazki conducted between 1719 and 1867, and show how I was able to successfully use them in my family research. The JewishGen Ukraine Research Division has transcribed, translated, and indexed approximately 4.5 million Russian records, including millions of revizskie skazkie entries. I will demonstrate how to efficiently search this amazing resource. You can Study the handout before the lecture!
Speaker: Hal Bookbinder:
Hal is a retired information systems director and university instructor. He has been researching his genealogy for more than three decades, identifying over 4,000 relatives and tracing two lines to the mid-1700s in modern Ukraine. Hal is a past president of the JGSLA and of the IAJGS. He and his wife, Marci, were raised in the Catskills of New York State and now live in the Los Angeles area. In 2018, he made a journey to Ukraine, visiting various areas of the former Volhynia and Podolia in which his family lived for hundreds of years.
Location:
LA FamilySearch Center
(Entrance off of Manning Ave. at Santa Monica Blvd.)
1591 E.Temple Way
West Los Angeles, CA 90024
JGSLA MEMBERS FREE – $5 FOR GUESTS, ALL ARE WELCOME (you can join at the door)