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From generation to generation : how to trace your Jewish genealogy and family history / Arthur Kurzweil ; foreword by Elie Wiesel.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kurzweil, Arthur.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Genealogy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Jews.
- Jews--Genealogy.
- Kurzweil family.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Family histories.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 367 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Imprint, [2004]
- Summary:
- A new edition of the first and best book in the field of Jewish genealogySince From Generation to Generation was first published in 1980, it has sold more than 50,000 copies and sparked a widespread popular movement in the Jewish community. Both inspirational and informative, this book provides step-by-step advice on discovering and understanding family papers, finding holocaust research, immigration and naturalization records, and more. It has been substantially updated to include techniques for online genealogical research and for investigating the newly opened archives of Eastern Europe.
- Arthur Kurzweil (Passaic, NJ), the most well-known person in the world of Jewish genealogy, launched the first Jewish Genealogical Society twenty-five years ago. He has served as editor in chief of the Jewish Book Club and Executive Director of Elat Chayyim, a Jewish Spiritual Retreat Center in the Catskills.
- Contents:
- Climbing up my family tree: Jewish genealogy as a spiritual pilgrimage
- Getting started: how to begin your research
- Are you ready to check the records?
- How is Jewish genealogy different from all other genealogy?
- Avotaynu: the premier publisher in the world of Jewish genealogy
- JewishGen.org: Jewish genealogy in cyberspace
- Were your ancestors great rabbis
- The names in your family
- Holocaust research: changing numbers into names
- Your immigrant ancestors
- Discovering the Old Country
- Jewish cemeteries: your history chiseled in stone.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0787970514
- OCLC:
- 53138541
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- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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