Information on immigration can be found in many types of documents. But these documents may not always be primary sources but secondary sources in which the information may not be…
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 is…
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 voters’…
Background Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was one of the most prominent Jewish philanthropists in the 19th century. After making his fortune before the age of 40 as a broker on…
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,…
