Finding our fathers: A guidebook to Jewish genealogy - Hardcover

Dan Rottenberg

 
9780394406756: Finding our fathers: A guidebook to Jewish genealogy

Synopsis

Most American Jews believe they can only trace their families back for two or three generations. In this work Dan Rottenberg proves that they are wrong and shows how to do a successful search for 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. Supplementing the "how to" instructions is a guide to some 8,000 Jewish family names, giving the origins of the names, sources of information about each family, and the names of related families whose histories have been recorded. Other features included a country-by-country guide to tracing Jewish ancestors abroad, a list of Jewish family history books, and a guide to researching genealogy in Mormon records and in Israel.

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ISBN 10:  0806311517 ISBN 13:  9780806311517
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009
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