Charte de soc.genealogy.jewish

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soc.genealogy.jewish is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 395:85 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 3 Nov 1994.

Group submission address:   sgjewish@trace.cgsg.com
Moderator contact address:  sgjewish-req@trace.cgsg.com (Susan King)

For your newsgroups file:
soc.genealogy.jewish	Jewish genealogy group. (Moderated)

The charter, culled from the call for votes:

The soc.genealogy.jewish group will be the Usenet manifestation of JewishGen,
an existing Jewish genealogy conference which is gated between an
Internet mailing list and a Fidonet conference.  The organizers of that
conference support this proposal, and control the gateway between the
mailing list and the Fido conference.  The conference is archived on Fidonet.
The proponent for this group is Susan King <susan.king@trace.cgsg.com>.

Susan King <susan.king@trace.cgsg.com> has volunteered to serve as the
initial moderator for soc.genealogy.jewish.

        Purpose of the Jewish Genealogical Conference
                (Fidonet and Internet Access)
        by Susan King and Bruce Kahn - JewishGen moderators

1.  Providing all researchers of Jewish lines a means of
    networking with others on areas of particular interest to
    Jewish researchers to include:
        A) Geographical locations;
        B) Queries based on SURNAME and Locale, Tiny Tafels;
        C) Yizkor Books and Landmanshaften from the old country;
        D) Research sources and location of materials;
        E) Identifying relatives lost in the Holocaust;
        F) Finding relatives misplaced during the Holocaust;

2.  Providing researchers of Jewish lines access to research
    materials both in the USA and abroad as they become available.

3.  Providing an outlet for Holocaust survivors (the last
    generation) a means of identifying their families and
    preserving the historical information that has been lost or
    forgotten because of the horror and fear that these people
    have suffered.

4.  Providing a means of encouraging Jewish researchers to use
    this medium to open up research opportunities that heretofore
    have not been available.

5.  Providing a link between genealogy and the history of the
    of the Jewish people.

6.  Providing a link between the Jewish Genealogical Societies
    throughout the world.

The term "moderated" has different usages in the Usenet and Fido
contexts.  For a discussion of this point, please see the FAQ.