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eospatial Genealogy to sidential and Kinship in a Pre-Holocaustin a Pre Holocaust ainian Village

Digital Humanities WorkshopDigital Humanities WorkshopUniversity of Kansas

September 2011

Stephen L. EgbertKaren G.R. Roekard

Karen RoekardKaren Roekard

Karen with Father Patrick Desbois (l.)

d M G land Marco Gonzalez.

Father Desbois is the author of Holocaust by yBullets and the founder of Yahad-In Unum. Marco is the Executive Director of Yahad-In Unum.

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OverviewOverview

Rawa Ruska Geospatial macrogenp g Cadastral maps from GIS for geospatial m GIS for geospatial m Google Earth applica

nealogygym the Austrian Empire

acrogenealogyacrogenealogyations

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Rawa RuskaRawa Ruska

Rawa Ruska, UkrainRiver near the Polish

Founded in the mid-f Over time its governaOver time its governa

Austria-Hungary, PolUSSR, and now UkraUSSR, and now Ukra

Long a “mixed” town Jewish inhabitants nJewish inhabitants, nUkrainian

e, located on the Rata h border (Galicia)fifteenth centuryance shifted amongance shifted among land, Nazi Germany, the aineaineof Polish, Ukrainian, and

now it is almost entirelynow it is almost entirely

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Galicia 1897Galicia - 1897Rawa RuskaRawa Ruska

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Rawa Ruska and WRawa Ruska and W

Sit f N i i Site of a Nazi prison Located on the RR tr

t i tiextermination camp Jews of Rawa Ruska

ti it (th “execution sites (the “at BelzecP l d i Poles were driven ouby Ukrainian nationaN th it f G Now the site of a Gefor soldiers killed in W

World War IIWorld War II

f F h POWcamp for French POWsrack to the nearby Belzec

a were killed at nearby “H l t b B ll t ”)“Holocaust by Bullets”) or

t th d f WW IIut near the end of WW II lists

i l trman memorial cemetery WW II

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Rawa Ruska LoRawa Ruska – Loocation Mapocation Map

G l M

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Google Maps

Rawa Ruska MaRawa Ruska – Ma

View probably looking sView probably looking s

arket Day 1910arket Day, 1910

Getty Imagessouth8

Getty Imagessouth

Another View of tAnother View of tthe Rynekthe Rynek

9Photograph © Karen G.R. Roekard

Geospatial GeneaGeospatial Genea

We have termed the for family history resescience, including GIgenealogy.”

Builds on a growing fof using GIS for geneg gvisualization

Goal: Visually rebuildGoal: Visually rebuildcommunities, lost palost peoplelost people

logylogy

linkage of records used earch with geospatial IS –“geospatial

field within Historical GIS ealogical research and g

d lost settlements andd lost settlements and tterns, and rediscover

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Micro vs MacrogMicro- vs. Macrog

Mi l i f Microgenealogy is fabegins with a single iway out and back toway out and back to

Macrogenealogy, in oindividual family treeindividual family treea range of genealogiwhat Wagner calls awhat Wagner calls a Examines a wide ra

a community as thea community as thehistorical records –eand political relation

genealogygenealogy

il hi t h th tamily history research that individual and works its build a family treebuild a family treeour view, looks beyond s by combining data froms by combining data from cal sources to create “community forest ”community forest.

ange of relationships within ey are revealed in theey are revealed in the economic, social, cultural, nships and patterns.

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Some of Our GeneaSome of Our Genea

Vital records Tabula Registersg Kollel Galicia records

alogical Data Sourcesalogical Data Sources

s

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Vital Record ExamVital Record Exam

Photo

mple: Marriagemple: Marriage

13ograph © Karen G.R. Roekard

Tabula Registers RTabula Registers – R

Indexes

Record of ContractsRecord of Contracts

Full Contracts

14Photographs © Karen G.R. Roekard

Kollel Galicia (JeruKollel Galicia (Jeru

Photographs © Karen G.R. Roekard

usalem) - Donationsusalem) Donations

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The Key 1854 CaThe Key – 1854 Caadastral Mapadastral Map

16Photograph © Karen G.R. Roekard

Cadastral MappinCadastral Mappin

Cadastral maps showownership of land pa Primary purpose: ta

Typically they also shyp y ybuilding numbers or values, and other info,

Austrian Empire perfcadastral surveying icadastral surveying i

ngng

w the boundaries and arcelsaxationhow, or are linked to, , ,addresses, property ormationformed extensive n the 1800sn the 1800s

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GIS & Geospatial MGIS & Geospatial M

GIS provides the engspatial “community fothroughout a town or

GIS also provides thepcreation, query, and

BUT, genealogy dataBUT, genealogy datadifferent purpose andof our key challengesof our key challenges

MacrogenealogyMacrogenealogy

gine for building the orest” of relationships r regione power for database pvisualization

abases are designed for aabases are designed for a d reconciling them is one ss

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GIS DatabasesGIS Databases

In GIS databases, thinformation is locatioand longitude or othesystem.

Everything else in thethe location E.g., street address

owner, the number ,the value of the proetc.

e key piece of n, whether it be latitude

er map coordinate

e GIS database is tied to

s, the name of the property of occupants of the home, p ,perty, the size of the home,

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Putting Cadastral MPutting Cadastral M

Start with scanned omap

Georeference/rectify to a map projection ap p j

Digitize houses and oa vector data layer ina vector data layer in

Add database informrecords – “attribute” drecords – attribute dplaces, events…)

Maps Into GISMaps Into GIS

r photographed cadastral

cadastral map (i.e., fit it and coordinate system)y )other features – result is n GISn GIS

mation from genealogical data (names datesdata (names, dates,

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Geospatial Genealogy –Jewish Householders Of

Hand Drawn Mapf Rawa Ruska, 1854

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Photograph © Karen G.R. Roekard

Rawa Ruska CadastRawa Ruska Cadast

Photogra

tral Maptral Map

Red houses are brick

Yellow houses are wood

Lot numbers listed for each house or building.building.

aph © Karen G.R. Roekard

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Building the SDigitizing

Spatial Database g the Houses

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Completed House GCompleted House GGIS LayerGIS Layer

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Rawa’s House DataRawa s House Dataabaseabase

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Linking Lot NumbeLinking Lot Numbeers to House Numbersers to House Numbers

Israel Grauer

House Number

Lot Number

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Attribute DatabaseAttribute Database

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Simple Query for OSimple Query for OOne HouseOne House

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A Second Query byA Second Query byy Locationy Location

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Querying by SurnamQuerying by Surnamme Slepakura 1me Slepakura - 1

30Photograph © Stephen Egbert

Querying by SurnamQuerying by Surnamme Slepakura 2me Slepakura - 2

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Querying by SurnamQuerying by Surnamme Slepakura 3me Slepakura - 3

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Query for Jewish RQuery for Jewish RResidentsResidents

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Map of Jewish ResiMap of Jewish Resiidents 1854idents, 1854

34Photograph © Stephen Egbert

Cadastral Maps in GCadastral Maps in G

Cadastral maps (or amaps) can be addedImage Overlays

A slider can then be transparency of the ccompare it with prese

It becomes a tool to sformer landscapes stformer landscapes sthave disappeared.

Google EarthGoogle Earth

any accurately surveyed into Google Earth as

used to adjust the jcadastral map, letting you ent-day satellite imageryy g ysee which features in till remain and whichtill remain and which

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Rawa Ruska GoogRawa Ruska - Goog

High resolution satellite imagery added in late 2009added in late 2009

gle Earth Viewgle Earth View

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DigitalGlobe WinDigitalGlobe – Winnter Scenenter Scene

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Using Google EarthUsing Google Earth

Ghost features: landslonger are visible

Relict features: survivof features

h to Reveal Changesh to Reveal Changes

scape features that no

ving features or remnants

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“Ghost Features”Ghost Features

The bumiddle squaresynagocenter)disapp

Most oMost obuildingthe toware als

uilding in the gof the town

e and the ogue (right ) have both eared.

of theof the gs fronting

wn square so gone.g

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“Relict Features”Relict Features

The two Christian churches, Sct Josef and Sct Maria areSct Josef and Sct Maria are still standing.

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Yizkor BooksYizkor Books

Yizkor books are booHolocaust survivors icommunities destroy

Valuable source for rHolocaust life

oks compiled by in memory of their

yed in the Holocaustreconstructing pre-g p

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Yizkor MapsYizkor Maps

Many Yizkor books inhighlighting key featuwere important to the

Although not drawn tgidentify other specificfeatures E.g., ritual baths, sc

nclude sketch maps ures, especially those that e Jewish communityto scale, Yizkor maps pc sites of ghost and relict

chools, cemeteries

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Map from Rawa RuMap from Rawa RuuskaYizkor BookuskaYizkor Book

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GPS Returning “HGPS – Returning H

Many of us desire to importance to our an

Once homes or othecemetery) have beeny)locations can be sav

GPS can guide a retuGPS can guide a retuancestral town, evenfeatures have been ofeatures have been o

Home”Home

visit the sites of historical ncestorsr locations (synagogue, n entered in GIS, their ed as GPS pointsurn to sites in one’surn to sites in one s

n in cases where the obliterated on the groundobliterated on the ground

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Synagogue Site CSynagogue Site – CCadastral MapCadastral Map

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Synagogue SiteSynagogue Site – Google Earth– Google Earth

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Geotagged PhotosGeotagged Photos

Ph t ith Photos with geograplongitude) coded in thadded to Google Earadded to Google Eargive ground views of

Geotagging can be d Geotagging can be d Visually, provided y

or satellite image wor satellite image w By matching time st

trackpoints using getrackpoints using ge Using a GPS-enabl

on smart phonesp

hi l ti (l tit d /hic location (latitude / he metadata can be rth or similar programs torth or similar programs to f the exact locationdone:done:you can identify on a map

where the photo was takenwhere the photo was takentamps on photos and GPS eotagging softwareeotagging softwareed camera, including those

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GPS Tags in PhotoGPS Tags in Photo

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Challenges and NeeChallenges and Nee

Data – many recordsfilmed, including cadRegisters, and others

Access to records – Languages! (German

Russian, Polish, YiddRussian, Polish, Yidd Reconciling database

GEDCOM)GEDCOM)

edseds

s have not yet been astral maps, Tabula spolicies and costspn, Latin, Ukrainian, dish, Hebrew)dish, Hebrew)e differences (GIS vs.

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The Agenda DreaThe Agenda – Drea

B ild th R R k Build the Rawa Ruskand space

M d Many records rema Visualization, e.g., of

( t ti h t(vs. static snapshots E.g., movement of J

E l i l Explore visual patterprocesses (and vice M k d DB Make maps and DBsviewers and web too

amsams

k d t b th h tika database through time

i t dain untappedf patterns through time ))Jews to Rynek

d dns to understand versa)

il bl i f GISs available via free GIS ls

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Presentations and PPresentations and P

United States Holoca Association of Ameri Family History Techn International Associa International Associa

Genealogical Societi

PapersPapers

aust Memorial Museumcan Geographersg pnology Workshopation of Jewishation of Jewish es

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Thank you!Thank you!

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