Employing Geospatial Genealogy to Reveal Residential and...
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Employing GeReveal Res
Patterns iPatterns iUkra
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
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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
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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
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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
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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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