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- Article: Connecting Knisbacher Dots Across the Mine Fields of Galicia
By: Jeff KnIsbacher In the spring of 1995, shortly before my father died on June 2 of that year, he made sure to leave us a listing of what heโฆ Read more: Article: Connecting Knisbacher Dots Across the Mine Fields of Galicia - Dr. Ida (Chaya Sara) Cohen Selavan Schwarcz, zโl
By Eric Lidji One of my favorite syllables in all of local Jewish history comes from a December 1969 oral history from the National Council of Jewish Women-Pittsburgh Section. Inโฆ Read more: Dr. Ida (Chaya Sara) Cohen Selavan Schwarcz, zโl - “Squeezing the juice” from an Old Photograph
by Tal Reiss Introduction The various official documents you will find in your family research will help you trace and learn about your ancestors. Birth, marriage and death records (B.M.D.),โฆ Read more: “Squeezing the juice” from an Old Photograph - Hashomer Hatsair Bulgaria by Aviad Ben Izhak
By Aviad Ben Izhak – Translated from Hebrew by Ellen Stepak On the first of September 1939, the very day on which World War II broke out, the refugeesโโฆ Read more: Hashomer Hatsair Bulgaria by Aviad Ben Izhak - Discovering Hidden Jewish Ancestry and Espionage in my Family
by Katherine Fennellyย I grew up in a completely secular household in the United States. My parents neither held religious beliefs nor attended services of any kind.ย My father proclaimedโฆ Read more: Discovering Hidden Jewish Ancestry and Espionage in my Family - Spotlight on Hashomer Hatsair at 110
Ellen Stepak Hashomer Hatsair (in translation โThe Young Guardโ) was established in 1913. This year the organization is celebrating 110 years since its founding. From its roots in Galiciaโฆ Read more: Spotlight on Hashomer Hatsair at 110 - How to Identify and Locate Small Towns and Villages Without a Sizeable Jewish Community And MVC: Memorials to Vanished Communities Revisited
By Ellen Stepak My expertise in this subject began with a very large research project known as MVC. Twenty years ago, in 2003, along with Matilda Tagger of blessed memory,โฆ Read more: How to Identify and Locate Small Towns and Villages Without a Sizeable Jewish Community And MVC: Memorials to Vanished Communities Revisited - Israel State Archives – October 2023 update
By Daniella Alyagon This morning I sat down to review the latest document uploaded by the Israel State Archives. I will try to provide some information about the files Iโฆ Read more: Israel State Archives – October 2023 update - The Goal of My Father’s Cousin- Miron (Yoni) Zlatin
My father, Oscar Herschman, was born in the USA. His father, Gregory (Harry) Herschman, immigrated from Vitebsk, Lithuania (now Belarus). His goal was to earn enough money to open upโฆ Read more: The Goal of My Father’s Cousin- Miron (Yoni) Zlatin - Surprise
What A Surprise! I Found A “Divorce On Condition” that My Uncle Signed Rose Avigael Feldman My Uncle Yehezkel Lulkin was the second oldest of five children and immigrated toโฆ Read more: Surprise - Simcha Goldenbergโs Journey from the Czarโs Army through Paris to New York
By Ellen Stepak nee Goldenberg Simcha Goldenberg was my paternal grandfather. He was born in September 1889 and died in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1948, when I was too young toโฆ Read more: Simcha Goldenbergโs Journey from the Czarโs Army through Paris to New York - In Spite of it all, do not despair! โaf al pi khen lo lโhityaโesh” in Hebrew
We sailed in May 1940 from a Czechoslovakian port on a Bulgarian freighter flying the flag of Panama. Our goal was to arrive in Palestine within three weeks. This journeyโฆ Read more: In Spite of it all, do not despair! โaf al pi khen lo lโhityaโesh” in Hebrew - A Request for Help, by Rosemary Eshel
IGRA the Israel Genealogy Research Association receives a variety of enquiries and requests for help from those looking to find out more about their family history. Some may be simpleโฆ Read more: A Request for Help, by Rosemary Eshel - The Brothers Tissenbaum: Discovering Drama Dostoevsky Didn’t Write
Shortly after our father passed away in June, 1995, my brother Mitch alerted me to informationhe had just received that our maternal grandfather was not the first member of ourโฆ Read more: The Brothers Tissenbaum: Discovering Drama Dostoevsky Didn’t Write - The History of the Friedman Family Interwoven with the History of Motza & Eretz Israel: 100 Years of Our Friedman Family in the Land of Israel, by Ellen Stepak
The History of the Friedman Family Interwoven with the History of Motza & Eretz Israel: 100 Years of Our Friedman Family in the Land of Israel, by Ellen Stepak Basedโฆ Read more: The History of the Friedman Family Interwoven with the History of Motza & Eretz Israel: 100 Years of Our Friedman Family in the Land of Israel, by Ellen Stepak - Hitting the Jackpot! by Garri Regev
In my โspare timeโ I volunteer at the Genealogy Center at the National Library of Israel. For seven years now there have been sessions twice a week where people arrangeโฆ Read more: Hitting the Jackpot! by Garri Regev - Military Resources in Eretz Israel for the Genealogical Sleuth, by Rose Avigael Feldman
For thousands of years Eretz Israel has been the crossroads of invasions and an arena for wars, but documentation of individual Jewish soldiers and their exploits for those years isโฆ Read more: Military Resources in Eretz Israel for the Genealogical Sleuth, by Rose Avigael Feldman - The Jews of Simferopol, by Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner
Simferopol is the largest city in the Crimean peninsula with a Jewish community dating from 1240. Esther Rechtschafner, the author, has researched it in full. “The story of why I decidedโฆ Read more: The Jews of Simferopol, by Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner - Ada Holtzman – on the third memorial of her passing, by Ellen Stepak
Ada Holtzman (1951-2016) was born on Kibbutz Evron, where she was buried. She had a tremendous influence on the Jewish genealogical community, mainly thanks to her extensive research of manyโฆ Read more: Ada Holtzman – on the third memorial of her passing, by Ellen Stepak - From Rotenburg an der Fulda to Huntington, Indiana and Points in Between, by Ellen Stepak
Beginning with the history of my maternal ancestors In Hesse, I will follow my maternal family though generations, and migrations, until my parents, Lorry Brenn and Hy Goldenberg, who livedโฆ Read more: From Rotenburg an der Fulda to Huntington, Indiana and Points in Between, by Ellen Stepak - The Urban Jewish Population in Eretz Israel from 1839 โ 1948: Censuses and Votersโ Lists, by Rose A. Feldman, Database coordinator for IGRA
Until the founding of the State of Israel the Jewish and Arab populations had separate ruling bodies under the British government. This is the reason why separate censuses and votersโโฆ Read more: The Urban Jewish Population in Eretz Israel from 1839 โ 1948: Censuses and Votersโ Lists, by Rose A. Feldman, Database coordinator for IGRA - The People of the Book, by Chanan Rapaport
The Jews are known as the People of the Book = ืขื ืืกืคืจ = Ahlil-Kitab. Are they worthy to be called also “The People of the Books and Libraries”. Thisโฆ Read more: The People of the Book, by Chanan Rapaport - Finding My Lysiec Family by Jeffrey Knisbacher
My father Max KNISBACHER (Menahem Mordechai) of blessed memory, born April 7, 1913 in Berlin, passed away on June 2, 1995 in Baltimore. Amazingly he managed to keep and leftโฆ Read more: Finding My Lysiec Family by Jeffrey Knisbacher - A Cautionary Taleย or ย A Genealogist’s Nightmare, by Ingrid Rockberger
I recently re-read The Hare with the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal and gave a wry chuckle when I read that one day, when de Waal is quite advancedโฆ Read more: A Cautionary Taleย or ย A Genealogist’s Nightmare, by Ingrid Rockberger - A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Forum, by Dr. Chanan Rapaport
Dr. Rapaport wrote, “I was searching for the origins of a known reputable Ashkenazi family, and I found them”. About three years ago I was informed by my close friend,โฆ Read more: A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Forum, by Dr. Chanan Rapaport - Chronicling America: Aaron Tissenbaum 1903, by Jeffrey Knisbacher
Sometime late last year I was alerted to or offered a new app for my Android Samsung Galaxy 3 cellphone called Old News USA. I downloaded it and promptly forgotโฆ Read more: Chronicling America: Aaron Tissenbaum 1903, by Jeffrey Knisbacher - Zefat, 16th and 17th Century CE Epitaphs from the Jewish Cemetery, by Yosef Stepansky
In loving memory of my mother, Batsheva Friedman Stepansky z”l, whose forefathers arrived in Zefat and Tiberias 200 years ago and are buried in their ancient cemeteries Introduction In recentโฆ Read more: Zefat, 16th and 17th Century CE Epitaphs from the Jewish Cemetery, by Yosef Stepansky - Jewish Life in Bessarabia Through the Lens of the Shtetl Kaushany, by Yefim A. Kogan
Very little, if anything, is written about mestechko, the small towns or townlets in Eastern Europe with fewer than two thousand Jewish residents.ย There is almost nothing about such placesโฆ Read more: Jewish Life in Bessarabia Through the Lens of the Shtetl Kaushany, by Yefim A. Kogan - Theatrical Ancestors, by Daniel Wagner
Comedians are unusual characters. Quite a few of them populate my paternal line and this short article will clarify what I mean. In their profession, actors frequently change roles, names,โฆ Read more: Theatrical Ancestors, by Daniel Wagner - My Grandmother’s Medical File Was Found in the Archive of Shaare Zedek Medical Center, by Ruth Marcus
About one yearย ago I had a telephone conversation with Dr. Nirit Shalev-Khalifa, who was the curator of an exhibition entitled “Jerusalem: A Medical Diagnosis” which was opened in the springโฆ Read more: My Grandmother’s Medical File Was Found in the Archive of Shaare Zedek Medical Center, by Ruth Marcus - Yagolnitzer Connection [part 2], by Jeffrey Knisbacher
Part 2 Thus far this discussion has revolved exclusively around five people: two known Jagolinzers, Fischel and Keyla, Fischel’s suspected brother Samuel and Samuel’s wife Eva, and the man originallyโฆ Read more: Yagolnitzer Connection [part 2], by Jeffrey Knisbacher - Yagolnitzer Connection [part 1], by Jeffrey KnisbacherIntroduction This paper describes recent research on a very large and prominent immigrant family in Rhode Island and beyond, many from the area of Kamenetz Podolsk in the SW ofโฆ Read more: Yagolnitzer Connection [part 1], by Jeffrey Knisbacher
- An Inspiring Visit to Yad Vashem
On September 14, 2016, the Raanana and Petach Tikva IGRA groups, in conjunction with Zvi Bernhardt,ย Deputy Director of Reference and Information Services and Deputy Director of the Hall of Names,ย organizedโฆ Read more: An Inspiring Visit to Yad Vashem - Finding My Cousin Zara, by Eli Rabinowitz
I met my first cousin Zara [Zara Zeldin Smushkovich], known to us as Sofka, in late 1975 on Kibbutz Tzora…. Read Eli Rabinowitz’s search, trail and success story, Finding Cousinโฆ Read more: Finding My Cousin Zara, by Eli Rabinowitz - Shimon Peres in the All Israel Database
Sadly this week former Israeli President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres passed away. Many parts of his life are recorded in the All Israel Database on this site. We thoughtโฆ Read more: Shimon Peres in the All Israel Database - Aggressively and Strategically Breaking through the Brick Wall, by Dennis Weiner
The majority readers of this article are relatively well experienced genealogists so there will be no need for me to define or explain the basics of proven and trusted researchโฆ Read more: Aggressively and Strategically Breaking through the Brick Wall, by Dennis Weiner - From Rachel’s Tomb to Billion Graves: The Inscriptions on Jewish Tombstones, by Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner
Being an active member of IGRA, I have become acquainted with “Billion Graves”.ย For over a year I have been transcribing the epitaphs on tombstones to information forms, via theโฆ Read more: From Rachel’s Tomb to Billion Graves: The Inscriptions on Jewish Tombstones, by Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner - Ava โSherlockโ Cohn got me going! The Story of a 19th-Century Photo, Documents, and some Incomplete Family Lore, by Peter Tarjan
Reprinted from BRANCHES (December 2014), newsletter of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami, and with the authorโs permission. When Ava โSherlockโ Cohn, a specialist in analyzing old photographs, spokeโฆ Read more: Ava โSherlockโ Cohn got me going! The Story of a 19th-Century Photo, Documents, and some Incomplete Family Lore, by Peter Tarjan - IGRA’s First Project with the Israel State Archives: Marriage & Divorce Certificates during the Mandate Period in Palestine, by Rose Avigael Feldman
In the fall of 2014 the Israel State Archives approached the Israel Genealogy Research Association [IGRA] with a request to build databases of materials from their digitization project. Based uponโฆ Read more: IGRA’s First Project with the Israel State Archives: Marriage & Divorce Certificates during the Mandate Period in Palestine, by Rose Avigael Feldman - In the Footsteps of Hugo Rosenthal in Grodno, by Ruth Marcus
Introduction In October 16, 1914, less than three months after the beginning of WW1, Hugo Rosenthal, a Jewish German soldier, was taken prisoner by the Russians after a military assaultโฆ Read more: In the Footsteps of Hugo Rosenthal in Grodno, by Ruth Marcus - The Value of Old-Fashioned Rosh Hashanah Cards, by Ingrid Rockberger
How many email or Facebook Rosh Hashanah greetings have you received this year? Those who send these ‘cards’ spend time clipping free clip art from the internet and adding aโฆ Read more: The Value of Old-Fashioned Rosh Hashanah Cards, by Ingrid Rockberger - Kolel and Yeshivah Voting Lists, by Shalom Bronstein
One of the many IGRA projects is to make available to researchers the names found on lists published in the early part of the 20th century by the various Kolelimโฆ Read more: Kolel and Yeshivah Voting Lists, by Shalom Bronstein - Enjoying Your Online Volunteering, by Irv Cantor
I perform online volunteer work for IGRA and enjoy it very much. I have worked on just a few projects, however some were quite large in scope. The experience hasโฆ Read more: Enjoying Your Online Volunteering, by Irv Cantor - Finding Aron David Baum, by H. Daniel Wagner
A condensed form of this article appeared in Avotaynu XXX (3) Fall 2014, pp. 40-45, and the present version is published here with permission. In 2009, I wrote a paperโฆ Read more: Finding Aron David Baum, by H. Daniel Wagner - My Visit to the Minsk Archives, by Yechezkel Schatz
Last yearโs trip to the Chernigov archives uncovered plenty of information about my grandfather and his family. As is always the case in family research, all this information raised newโฆ Read more: My Visit to the Minsk Archives, by Yechezkel Schatz - Searching the Montefiore Censuses, by Billie Stein
Background Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was one of the most prominent Jewish philanthropists in the 19th century. ย After making his fortune before the age of 40 as a broker onโฆ Read more: Searching the Montefiore Censuses, by Billie Stein - Mathilde Tagger 1933 – 2014, by Jeff Malka
Mathilde Taggerย 1933 – 2014.ย Her memory is a blessing. Mathilde Tagger passed away in Jerusalem on December 27, 2014 and on that day the Sephardic genealogy world lost a dominant force.โฆ Read more: Mathilde Tagger 1933 – 2014, by Jeff Malka - A Monumental Conundrum, by Hank Skirball
In 2008, I received a letter and photographs from my cousin, Peter F. STRAUSS of Oakland, California. The letter was from one of his genealogy buff buddies, Werner HIRSCH, whoโฆ Read more: A Monumental Conundrum, by Hank Skirball - Beirut, Berlin and a Small Town in Lithuania, by Ralph Salinger
In 1982, two weeks after the birth of my first daughter, I found myself fighting in the First Lebanese War. My parents [refugees from Nazi Germany] had told me nothingโฆ Read more: Beirut, Berlin and a Small Town in Lithuania, by Ralph Salinger - WWI and Its Aftermath in Ivanik and Pinsk, by Ellen Stepak
Before World War I, the Polesian city of Pinsk was in Czarist Russia. The city had a strong Jewish majority. In 1897, there were approximately 21.000 Jews, or 74% ofโฆ Read more: WWI and Its Aftermath in Ivanik and Pinsk, by Ellen Stepak - Researching Your Female Ancestors in Eretz Israel: Part Two โ The British Administration of Eretz Israel – second half by Rose A. Feldman
The first half of this article is available at – Part Two โ The British Administration of Eretz Israel – first half Employment & Licensed Professions The immigrants and residentsโฆ Read more: Researching Your Female Ancestors in Eretz Israel: Part Two โ The British Administration of Eretz Israel – second half by Rose A. Feldman - Jacobi Absolute Generations Scale, by Chanan Rapaport
A major goal of the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy and Paul Jacobi Center is to develop scientific research tools and technologies for the use of Jewish genealogists and socialโฆ Read more: Jacobi Absolute Generations Scale, by Chanan Rapaport - The Domiciles of my Direct Forebears, by Esther Rechtschafner
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is an excellent example of genealogical methodology.ย The author shows intellect, patience, persistence, creativity, imagination, curiosity and generosity.ย She goes far beyond collecting names of familyโฆ Read more: The Domiciles of my Direct Forebears, by Esther Rechtschafner - History and Geography As Crucial Factors In Determining Where to Look for Baltic-Area Archival Recordsโwith Emphasis on Latvia by Martha Lev-Zion, PhD
History and Geography reprint from Avotaynu This is a reprint of the article History and Geography As Crucial Factors In ย Determining Where to Look for Baltic-Area Archival ย Recordsโwith Emphasis onโฆ Read more: History and Geography As Crucial Factors In Determining Where to Look for Baltic-Area Archival Recordsโwith Emphasis on Latvia by Martha Lev-Zion, PhD - Researching Your Female Ancestors in Eretz Israel: Part Two โ The British Administration of Eretz Israel – first half, by Rose A. Feldman
Introduction When researching your female ancestors as you go back in time, do you hit a brick wall? This need not be. As more is discovered about their daily activities,โฆ Read more: Researching Your Female Ancestors in Eretz Israel: Part Two โ The British Administration of Eretz Israel – first half, by Rose A. Feldman - Enjoying the IGRA Occupation Databases, by Esther Rechtschafner
Recently, I was checking family names on the some of the various IGRA databases.ย My father had relatives, from the H.Gerschman family who had come on Aliyah from Vitebsk closeโฆ Read more: Enjoying the IGRA Occupation Databases, by Esther Rechtschafner - Selected Lectures on Genealogy: An Introduction to Scientific Tools, ืขืืจื: ืคืจืืค’ ืื ืืื ืืื ืจ
Selected Lectures on Genealogy: An Introduction to Scientific Tools ืขืืจื: ืคืจืืค’ ืื ืืื ืืื ืจ ืืืืคืก ืืืืื ืืืฆืื ืืืืข 204 ืขืืืืื ืื ืื ืฉื ืืกื ืื ืคืขื ืืื ืืช ืืช ืขืฅ ืืฉืคืืชื ืืขืืจืช ืืืื ืืจื ื,โฆ Read more: Selected Lectures on Genealogy: An Introduction to Scientific Tools, ืขืืจื: ืคืจืืค’ ืื ืืื ืืื ืจ - Book Reviews, by Irwin M. PikusSelected Lectures on Genealogy: An Introduction to Scientific Tools, edited by H. Daniel Wagner, Printed. ย Rehovot, Israel: Weizmann Institute of Science. Cost $30. Order from the International Institute for Jewishโฆ Read more: Book Reviews, by Irwin M. Pikus
- The IGRA Voters’ List Project, by Dr. Martha Lev-ZionThe Israel Genealogy Research Association [IGRA] has been feverishly working on obtaining as many Israeli records as possible to database as an aide to your family research. It has beenโฆ Read more: The IGRA Voters’ List Project, by Dr. Martha Lev-Zion
- The Shtetl of Dolina and the Origins of the Weinbergs, by Rabbi Dr. Norbert Weinberg
The Jews of Dolina, Galicia ( now Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk region,Ukraine) trace their origins back to the times of the Polish kings who had conquered the Ukrainian territories to their southeast.โฆ Read more: The Shtetl of Dolina and the Origins of the Weinbergs, by Rabbi Dr. Norbert Weinberg - Researching Your Female Ancestors in Eretz Israel: Part One โ The Ottoman Empire Period, by Rose A. Feldman
Introduction When researching your female ancestors as you go back in time, do you hit a brick wall? This need not be. As more is discovered about their daily activities,โฆ Read more: Researching Your Female Ancestors in Eretz Israel: Part One โ The Ottoman Empire Period, by Rose A. Feldman - Finding Tante Fanni, by Jeanette R. Rosenberg
No matter how experienced we are as genealogists, we probably all have brick walls in our personal genealogical research. Here is a short article about one of my genealogy brickโฆ Read more: Finding Tante Fanni, by Jeanette R. Rosenberg - Discovering our Past: The Good, the Bad and the Sweet by Michael Salzbank
My genealogical journey began, I imagine, like many others begin, while sitting shiva for a parent. In my case it was my mother who had passed away in 2002. Withโฆ Read more: Discovering our Past: The Good, the Bad and the Sweet by Michael Salzbank - New Strategies in German Jewish Research by Karen Franklin
From a lecture to the Colorado Jewish Genealogy Society January 14, 2013 I recently began working on a project to organize 50 years research files for a Jewish genealogist, Jonโฆ Read more: New Strategies in German Jewish Research by Karen Franklin - Images of the Holocaust
(Note: This article, having been edited by the IGRA editorial board, was published as modified simultaneously inย Mishpachaย Volume XXXIII, Issue 2) by Peter Lande Over the past twenty years I haveโฆ Read more: Images of the Holocaust - Hebrew genealogy terms
English Phonetics Hebrew Search chipus ืืืคืืฉ Name shem ืฉื Given Name shem prati ืฉื ืคืจืื Family Name shem mishpacha ืฉื ืืฉืคืื Father av/abba ืื/ืืื Mother em/ema ืื/ืืื Spouse ben /โฆ Read more: Hebrew genealogy terms - Vabolnik Revisited: A Cemetery Documentation Project
by Ellen Stepak The cemetery is located just outside of the village of Vabalninkas, known by its Jewish inhabitants as Vabolnik, or Abolnik. Vabalninkas [55’58″/24’45”] is located in the Panevezysโฆ Read more: Vabolnik Revisited: A Cemetery Documentation Project - Elvis Presleyโs Jewish AncestryGoodnessโฆ Itโs been 35 years since the King passed on. According to an article in Tabletmag.com, Elvisโs great great maternal grandmother was Jewish and had a daughter who had a daughterโฆ Read more: Elvis Presleyโs Jewish Ancestry
- Israelis who lectured at the 32nd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Paris 2012
Israelis who lectured at the32nd International Conference on Jewish GenealogyParis 2012 Alexander AvrahamYad VashemName lectures Behar Doron Prof.Rambam Medical CenterGenetics of the JewsRoundtable: โGenetics vs Culturalโ Bernhardt ZviYad VashemUse ofโฆ Read more: Israelis who lectured at the 32nd IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Paris 2012 - Jewish Cemeteries in Jerusalemby Mathilde A. Tagger From antiquity, people have chosen a place outside the village or the settlement for burying the dead, with the graves being close to each other. Thisโฆ Read more: Jewish Cemeteries in Jerusalem
- History, Fiction and Genealogy
History, Fiction and Genealogy by Hank Skirball Genealogy – An account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor; the study of family pedigrees History –โฆ Read more: History, Fiction and Genealogy - My REZEKNE
My REZEKNE by Esther Rechtschafner Introduction A few years ago, a cousin of my father wrote me that my paternal grandmother was born in Rezekne, Latvia. Since my Father wasโฆ Read more: My REZEKNE - Visiting Grandpa Tuvia in America
Visiting Grandpa Tuvia in America Miriam Gil (1) ‘Soon I’ll meet my Grandpa Tuvia’ (2) as once again the thought crossed my mind like a mantra repeating itself. Iโm inโฆ Read more: Visiting Grandpa Tuvia in America - Free Article from Internet Genealogy Magazine
We are happy to offer a free article from Internet Genealogy magazine each month on our web site to registered users (registration is free). You can check back every monthโฆ Read more: Free Article from Internet Genealogy Magazine - Using Newspapers and Land Registries to Find People
Historical Newspapers The following are examples from Davar [i]โ published in Eretz Israel from 1925 through 1996. The following examples are from the period of the Mandate Government through theโฆ Read more: Using Newspapers and Land Registries to Find People - Chutes & Ladders: Innovative Approaches to Genealogy
Chutes & Ladders: Innovative Approaches to Genealogy Pamela A. Weisberger ยฉ 2013 Are you eager to connect the dots, score points and populate your puzzling family tree? Navigate your genealogicalโฆ Read more: Chutes & Ladders: Innovative Approaches to Genealogy - Passover Break โ Fifth Episode
H. Daniel Wagner A few years ago, at Pesach time, I published a 4-part article in Sharsheret Hadorot which recounted short stories of relevance to Passover and to genealogy (1).โฆ Read more: Passover Break โ Fifth Episode
