If you click on the town name, you can get additional information. The towns, regions, and countries included in the town list are the currently designations used. Therefore, a shtetl may have been in one of the countries covered by the ROM-SIG that was in Russia, Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, or Austria in earlier centuries. ROM-SIG has an active discussion group list server where members share research experiences related to current Romania, Moldova, and Southwestern Ukraine. We exist to share effort and expense.
All back issues are on the web for members.
ROM-SIG is also involved in a number of research projects. To join the ROM-SIG, please click here and follow the instructions.