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This is an excellent book suitable both for beginners and the more advanced researcher in the rapidly growing field of Jewish geneaology and Family History. All in all this attractive and compact publication is very well laid out and illustrated. It is properly referenced and the bibliography, although succint, is most useful. There is certainly no quivalent publication to date in the UK. I have no hesitation in recommending it to all who have even the remostest interest in the topic. --Saul Issroff
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Tracing your Jewish ancestors,
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This is an excellent guide suitable both for beginners and the more advanced researcher in the rapidly growing field of Jewish genealogy and Family History.
Rosemary Wenzerul has improved and added to her previous publications, which included A Beginners Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Great Britain, Genealogical Resources in the Jewish Home, Jewish Ancestors: A Guide to Organising Your family History Records, and other works. She starts with a brief Social History of the Jews in England, and deals with London, the east end and the Provinces. This type of summary is difficult to encompass yest Rosemary has managed to make the subject lively and very relevant to the sections that follow. The next chapters deal with practicalities; how to begin, how to draw family tress and to use genealogy programmes to do this, a variety of internet links and then goes onto detail specific archives,public record offices, libraries and museums that have both general records and more specifically, Jewish records. The subsequent chapters are on the minutiae and specifics of marriage and divorce records, death and burial records, and the deciphering of tombstones (the Hebrew text with transliterations is very useful). Additional sections are on extending the family history, Jews in the Armed forces and how to obtain these records, and Jewish names and naming patterns. Out of the ordinary areas of research, and of use to non-Jewish researchers, are the chapters on medical profession and Heraldry. Very useful areas are the UK connections and Overseas connections. Unfortunately the latter omits the Carribean and Latin America, but this does not detract from its usefulness. The book ends with useful illustrative case studies based around her own ancestors. All in all this attractive and compact publication is very well laid out and illustrated. It is properly referenced and the bibliography, although succinct, is most useful. There is certainly no equivalent publication to date in the U.K. I have no hesitation in recommending it to all who have even the remotest interest in the topic. Saul Issroff Hon Vice President Jewish Genealogy Society of Great Britain
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This review is from: Tracing Your Jewish Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians (Paperback)
I am a comparative newcomer to the field of family history research and this book is ideal for one such as myself. The amount of information packed into the 198 pages is amazing, but at the same time it is presented in such a way as to be a very easy and interesting book to read.
It starts with a brief history of the Jews in England and how they settled in various parts of the country.The book touches on education, the work undertaken by the immigrants and gives a little information about schools and synagogues. As a newcomer to this subject it can be difficult to know where to start and this is where the author is a great help. She tells you how to begin and then goes on to give lots of tips on how to arrange your family tree and details the organizations and archives for research. Her own family is used to illustrate the many points she makes. The names and addresses of organizations are not confined to the UK. The list includes archives and libraries all over the world to help with your research. There is an extensive index which is an enormous aid because just browsing through it will often point you in a direction of research that you may not have thought of. I have no hesitation in recommending this book. Every Jewish home should have a copy on the bookshelf.
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Good book to get started in tracing Your jewish ancestors in London, with lots of hints on were to researh family history.
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