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Finding Eastern European Jewish Ancestors

Author : Janette Silverman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806320991
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Finding Eastern European Jewish Ancestors written by Janette Silverman and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the term Ashkenaz originally referred to a place now in Germany, it is broadly used these days to refer to all European Jews. This guide is intended as an aid to researchers who are searching for Ashkenazic Jewish ancestors from Eastern Europe who immigrated to the United States primarily between 1880 and 1924. Researchers face many difficulties when trying to identify their Ashkenazic ancestors. Since the majority of Ashkenazic immigrants likely changed either their given name or their surname after arriving in the United States, locating them in record sources—for example, in immigration records—is particularly challenging. Pinpointing an Ashkenazic ancestor’s hometown is likewise a challenge, since over time some Eastern European countries ceased to exist, had lands ceded to other countries or encountered border changes, or had town names that were known by different names in different languages. In addition, Jewish immigrants were often inconsistent when recording their ages or dates of birth, in part because of the difference between the Jewish lunar calendar and the Julian and Gregorian solar calendars. This guide first tackles the various difficulties you’ll face when researching your Ashkenazic Jewish ancestors and then offers concrete advice on how to overcome these difficulties. In just four, laminated pages, you’ll find everything you need to know to get your research started—the most helpful databases and reference works, as well as the major record sources, repositories, and online resources. Identifying Ashkenazic immigrants is challenging, but with this Genealogy at a Glance guide at your side, the task will become much easier. --

Finding Our Fathers

Author : Dan Rottenberg
Publisher : Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN 13 : 9780806311517
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Finding Our Fathers written by Dan Rottenberg and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 1986 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work Dan Rottenberg shows how to successfully trace your Jewish family back for generations by probing the memories of living relatives; by examining marriage licenses, gravestones, ship passenger lists, naturalization records, birth and death certificates, and other public documents; and by looking for clues in family traditions and customs.

Jewish Roots in Poland

Author : Miriam Weiner
Publisher : Secaucus, NJ : Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jewish Roots in Poland written by Miriam Weiner and published by Secaucus, NJ : Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation. This book was released on 1997 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given in memory of Robert C. Runnels by Sandra Runnels.

Jewish Heritage Travel

Author : Ruth Ellen Gruber
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426200465
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Heritage Travel written by Ruth Ellen Gruber and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expanded and updated edition includes new coverage of Austria, Ukraine, and Lithuania in addition to Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and all of the ancestral homes to the great majority of North American Jews.

Gateway to the Moon

Author : Mary Morris
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0525434992
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book Gateway to the Moon written by Mary Morris and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1492, two history-altering events occurred: the Jews and Muslims of Spain were expelled, and Columbus set sail for the New World. Many Spanish Jews chose not to flee and instead became Christian in name only, maintaining their religious traditions in secret. Among them was Luis de Torres, who accompanied Columbus as an interpreter. Over the centuries, de Torres’ descendants traveled across North America, finally settling in the hills of New Mexico. Now, some five hundred years later, it is in these same hills that Miguel Torres, a young amateur astronomer, finds himself trying to understand the mystery that surrounds him and the town he grew up in: Entrada de la Luna, or Gateway to the Moon. Poor health and poverty are the norm in Entrada, and luck is rare. So when Miguel sees an ad for a babysitting job in Santa Fe, he jumps at the opportunity. The family for whom he works, the Rothsteins, are Jewish, and Miguel is surprised to find many of their customs similar to those his own family kept but never understood. Braided throughout the present-day narrative are the powerful stories of the ancestors of Entrada’s residents, portraying both the horrors of the Inquisition and the resilience of families. Moving and unforgettable, Gateway to the Moon beautifully weaves the journeys of the converso Jews into the larger American story.

Seed Of Israel

Author : Joshua Marks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781074447342
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Seed Of Israel written by Joshua Marks and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jews are an ethnoreligious group indigenous to the Land of Israel. The Jewish people were scattered across the world during multiple exiles. What does our DNA tell us about our journey from our ancestral homeland of Judah to Europe or North Africa or the Middle East? What does it mean when your DNA test comes back as Ashkenazi or Sephardic or Mizrahi? What admixture is underneath these categories? These profound questions relating to Jewish genetics are just beginning to be answered and some questions might never be answered. But modern genetic science has offered a window into the Jewish past that previous generations of Jews could have only dreamed of. This book is for anyone interested in finding out their Jewish ancestry and interpreting the results. This DNA journey can provide unexpected twists and turns and surprising results so get ready. Ultimately, as it did for me, it will hopefully strengthen your Jewish identity and your connection to Am Yisrael, People of Israel.

A Translation Guide to 19th-century Polish-language Civil-registration Documents

Author : Judith R. Frazin
Publisher : JGSI: "The Guide"
ISBN 13 : 0961351225
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (613 download)

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Book Synopsis A Translation Guide to 19th-century Polish-language Civil-registration Documents by : Judith R. Frazin

Download or read book A Translation Guide to 19th-century Polish-language Civil-registration Documents written by Judith R. Frazin and published by JGSI: "The Guide". This book was released on 2009 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is designed for use with one those 19th-century Polish-language civil-registration documents that follow the Napoleonic format. The adoption of this uniform manner of document organization explains why the material in this guide is generally applicable to both Jewish and non-Jewish civil-registration documents.

Suddenly Jewish

Author : Barbara Kessel
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 1584656204
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Suddenly Jewish written by Barbara Kessel and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2007 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramatic personal stories of the unexpected discovery of a Jewish heritage

Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova

Author : Miriam Weiner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova written by Miriam Weiner and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Where to Find Your Arab-American Or Jewish Genealogy Records

Author : Anne Hart
Publisher : ASJA Press
ISBN 13 : 9780595373253
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (732 download)

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Book Synopsis Where to Find Your Arab-American Or Jewish Genealogy Records by : Anne Hart

Download or read book Where to Find Your Arab-American Or Jewish Genealogy Records written by Anne Hart and published by ASJA Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out how and where to find your Arab-American or Jewish genealogy records. Also Mediterranean, Assyrian, Iranian, Greek & Armenian for all faiths. Are you a Christian or Moslem person from the Eastern Mediterranean, Iran, Armenia, Turkey, Greece, Iraq, or Central Asia? Or are your ancestors or clients Jewish from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Belarus the Balkans, and/or North Africa-Ashkenazim, Sephardim, or Mizrahi? Genealogy-family history research-opens portals to the artistic, cultural, religious, social, historical, and economic environment in which a particular item was designed and brought forth, from people to their icons. Genealogy is cultural geography as well as a history and ethnography of human genes. Finding Arab-American, Iranian, Jewish, Greek, Mediterranean, or various Middle Eastern and West Asian family history records usually require navigating through hidden archives. Here's how to begin your search. When you can't find a surname, or there are no records, or you don't know whether the birth, marriage, tax, property, immigration, or other records were in Russian, Polish, Arabic, Farsi, Greek, Turkish, Judeo-Spanish, German, Czech, Lithuanian, or Yiddish, where and how do you begin your search? If no one recorded a woman's maiden name, how do you find her on a marriage certificate, school record, or other document in archives in a country you never expected in a language you never knew she was recorded? Do you begin with military records of conscripted males or religious school documents in any of the religions of your ancestors or family history research clients? To start your search, begin with memorabilia and photos or keepsakes and keepsake albums. Look at ethnic objects, books, letters, postcards, and diaries, along with the census or other genealogy records.

Legacy

Author : Harry Ostrer MD
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199702055
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Legacy written by Harry Ostrer MD and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who are the Jews--a race, a people, a religious group? For over a century, non-Jews and Jews alike have tried to identify who they were--first applying the methods of physical anthropology and more recently of population genetics. In Legacy, Harry Ostrer, a medical geneticist and authority on the genetics of the Jewish people, explores not only the history of these efforts, but also the insights that genetics has provided about the histories of contemporary Jewish people. Much of the book is told through the lives of scientific pioneers. We meet Russian immigrant Maurice Fishberg; Australian Joseph Jacobs, the leading Jewish anthropologist in fin-de-siècle Europe; Chaim Sheba, a colorful Israeli geneticist and surgeon general of the Israeli Army; and Arthur Mourant, one of the foremost cataloguers of blood groups in the 20th century. As Ostrer describes their work and the work of others, he shows that to look over the genetics of Jewish groups, and to see the history of the Diaspora woven there, is truly a marvel. Here is what happened as the Jews migrated to new places and saw their numbers wax and wane, as they gained and lost adherents and thrived or were buffeted by famine, disease, wars, and persecution. Many of these groups--from North Africa, the Middle East, India--are little-known, and by telling their stories, Ostrer brings them to the forefront at a time when assimilation is literally changing the face of world Jewry. A fascinating blend of history, science, and biography, Legacy offers readers an entirely fresh perspective on the Jewish people and their history. It is as well a cutting-edge portrait of population genetics, a field which may soon take its place as a pillar of group identity alongside shared spirituality, shared social values, and a shared cultural legacy.

The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881

Author : Israel Bartal
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812200810
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881 written by Israel Bartal and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century, the largest Jewish community the modern world had known lived in hundreds of towns and shtetls in the territory between the Prussian border of Poland and the Ukrainian coast of the Black Sea. The period had started with the partition of Poland and the absorption of its territories into the Russian and Austro-Hungarian empires; it would end with the first large-scale outbreaks of anti-Semitic violence and the imposition in Russia of strong anti-Semitic legislation. In the years between, a traditional society accustomed to an autonomous way of life would be transformed into one much more open to its surrounding cultures, yet much more confident of its own nationalist identity. In The Jews of Eastern Europe, Israel Bartal traces this transformation and finds in it the roots of Jewish modernity.

The Family Tree Guidebook to Europe

Author : Allison Dolan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440333491
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Family Tree Guidebook to Europe written by Allison Dolan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your passport to European research! Chart your research course to find your European ancestors with the beginner-friendly, how-to instruction in this book. This one-of-a-kind collection provides invaluable information about more than 35 countries in a single source. Each of the 14 chapters is devoted to a specific country or region of Europe and includes all the essential records and resources for filling in your family tree. Inside you'll find: • Specific online and print resources including 700 websites. • Contact information for more than 100 archives and libraries. • Help finding relevant records. • Traditions and historical events that may affect your family's past. • Historical time lines and maps for each region and country. Tracing your European ancestors can be a challenging voyage. This book will start you on the right path to identifying your roots and following your ancestors' winding journey through history.

Breast Cancer Gene Research and Medical Practices

Author : Sahra Gibbon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135925453
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Breast Cancer Gene Research and Medical Practices written by Sahra Gibbon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The discovery of the two inherited susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and led to the establishment of specific medical programmes for those at high risk of developing breast cancer in the UK, US and Europe. The book provides a coherent structure for examining the diversity of practices and discourses that surround developments linked to BRCA genetics, and to the evolving field of genetics more broadly. It will be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, history of science, STS, public health and bioethics. Chapter 8 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 3.0 license.

Ashkenazic Jews and the Biblical Israelites

Author : Jits Straten
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110701383
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Ashkenazic Jews and the Biblical Israelites written by Jits Straten and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who were the early ancestors of East European Ashkenazic Jews, how were they related to the biblical Israelites/Judeans, and when and from where did they arrive in Eastern Europe? This book intends to answer these questions, but first it discusses some of the important questions that are neglected in the literature but important in the author’s work such as the ethnic composition of Canaan/Palestine and the switch from a patrilineal system (Israelites/Judeans) to a matrilineal one including converts (Jews). The author also discusses more present-day topics such as whether it is possible to determine if someone is (Ashkenazic) Jewish and a descendant of the biblical Israelites based on a genetic profile, and whether Ashkenazic Jews are more Jewish than Indian or Ethiopian Jews. Jits van Straten argues that the answer is negative in both cases, based on the official definition of who is a Jew. Finally, it is shown why East European Ashkenazis speak Yiddish without originating from a German-speaking region.

The Invention of the Jewish People

Author : Shlomo Sand
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788736613
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book The Invention of the Jewish People written by Shlomo Sand and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a new account of both that demands to be read and reckoned with. Was there really a forced exile in the first century, at the hands of the Romans? Should we regard the Jewish people, throughout two millennia, as both a distinct ethnic group and a putative nation—returned at last to its Biblical homeland? Shlomo Sand argues that most Jews actually descend from converts, whose native lands were scattered far across the Middle East and Eastern Europe. The formation of a Jewish people and then a Jewish nation out of these disparate groups could only take place under the sway of a new historiography, developing in response to the rise of nationalism throughout Europe. Beneath the biblical back fill of the nineteenth-century historians, and the twentieth-century intellectuals who replaced rabbis as the architects of Jewish identity, The Invention of the Jewish People uncovers a new narrative of Israel’s formation, and proposes a bold analysis of nationalism that accounts for the old myths. After a long stay on Israel’s bestseller list, and winning the coveted Aujourd’hui Award in France, The Invention of the Jewish People is finally available in English. The central importance of the conflict in the Middle East ensures that Sand’s arguments will reverberate well beyond the historians and politicians that he takes to task. Without an adequate understanding of Israel’s past, capable of superseding today’s opposing views, diplomatic solutions are likely to remain elusive. In this iconoclastic work of history, Shlomo Sand provides the intellectual foundations for a new vision of Israel’s future.

History of the Jews in America

Author : Peter Wiernik
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book History of the Jews in America written by Peter Wiernik and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the Jews in America is a thorough historical account of Jewish communities in both South and North America starting from the earliest days of Spanish colonization all the way to the beginning of the 20th century. _x000D_ Contents_x000D_ The Participation of Jews in the Discovery of the New World_x000D_ Early Jewish Martyrs Under Spanish Rule in the New World_x000D_ Victims of the Inquisition in Mexico and in Peru_x000D_ Marranos in the Portuguese Colonies_x000D_ The Short-lived Dominion of the Dutch Over Brazil_x000D_ Recife: The First Jewish Community in the New World_x000D_ The Jews in Surinam or Dutch Guiana_x000D_ The Dutch and English West Indies_x000D_ New Amsterdam and New York_x000D_ New England and the Other English Colonies_x000D_ The Religious Aspect of the War of Independence_x000D_ The Participation of Jews in the War of the Revolution_x000D_ The Decline of Newport; Washington and the Jews_x000D_ Other Communities in the First Periods of Independence_x000D_ The Question of Religious Liberty in Virginia and in North Carolina_x000D_ The War of 1812 and the Removal of Jewish Disabilities in Maryland_x000D_ Mordecai Manuel Noah and His Territorialist-Zionistic Plans_x000D_ The First Communities in the Mississippi Valley_x000D_ New Settlements in the Middle West and on the Pacific Coast_x000D_ The Jews in the Early History of Texas_x000D_ Conservative Judaism and Its Stand Against Reform_x000D_ The Discussion About Slavery_x000D_ Lincoln and the Jews_x000D_ Participation of Jews in the Civil War_x000D_ Immigration From Russia Prior to 1880_x000D_ Relations With Russia_x000D_ The Passport Question_x000D_ The American-Jewish Committee_x000D_ The Jews in the Dominion of Canada_x000D_ Jews in South America, Mexico and Cuba