Tuesday Mar 18, 2008

Tracing the Tribe: Sharsheret Hadorot's new issue contents

Posted by Schelly Talalay Dardashti
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The new issue of the Israel Genealogical Society's journal, Sharsheret Hadorot, should be in the hands of subscribers. Many Jewish genealogical societies around the world maintain exchange agreements with the IGS, so do check your local JGS library.

The award-winning journal's new editor is Israel Pickholtz, with whom I share ancestral roots in Skalat, Galicia (now Ukraine).

Articles in this issue include:

Names of Women in the Montefiore Census of 1839: Rose Feldman

The Old Bailey, My Family and the Benjamins of Marylebone: Joe Isaacs

The Role of the Jewish Genealogist In Medical and Genetic Family History: Stanley M. Diamond

The Third Annual Israel Genealogical Society One-Day Seminar: Martha Lev-Zion

Jewish Immigration to Germany From the End of the 19th Century to the Beginning of the 20th Century: Michael Toben

The Radautz Jewish Cemetery Documentation: Bondy Stenzler and Yossi Yagur

The Montel and Esdra Families of Marseille, Part II: James Montel

Sephardic Names of Jews who Lived in the Russian Empire: Mathilde Tagger

Research On-line: http://www.kadisha.biz: Israel Pickholtz

Summary of Israeli Austria/Czech SIG Get-together 2007: Paul King

The Modiano Family Reunion in Salonika June 2007: Anne-Marie Rychner Faraggi

The Priestly Blessing Literally Fulfilled: Yehuda Klausner

Notes from the Library: Harriet Kasow

Abstracts of Articles from Foreign Journals: Meriam Haringman, Mathilde Tagger, Esther Ramon.

For more information on the journal or subscriptions, click here, or email the editor, sharsheret@isragen.org.il.

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