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The JGSO Library Library List revised January 2011

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Oregon (JGSO) library holdings include books, periodicals, microfilm, microfiche, audio CDs and CD-Roms. It is located in a dedicated section of The Congregation Neveh Shalom Library. The CD-Roms and DVDs can be used on the computers in the Library, or, if you are a currently member of JGSO, you may borrow them through Neveh Shalom’s librarian, Hilde Jacobs. She has a list of our members.

Congregation Neveh Shalom Library2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland, ORPhone: 503-246-8831; Winter Hours: M, T: 8:30 AM-1:30 PM; W: 5-8:30 PM; Th:8:30

AM-1:30 PM; Fri & Sat: closed; Sunday 8:15AM-12 noon (Wed & Sun only when school is in session) Call library

for summer hours.Neveh Shalom Librarian: Hilde Jacob: 503-246-8831 X 18; JGSO Librarian: Dorothy

Yellin, [email protected] microfiche readers are available, one in the library closet and one in the Archives room; Hilde Jacob can help with their use.

These are the materials available in the JGSO Library: Avotaynu 1989-current date

CD-Roms & DVDs Databases, Documents, & PresentationsMicrofiche

Other Genealogy-related Books in Library including news letters from other Jewish Genealogical SocietiesThis list will be updated periodically and made available on the JGSO website, http://www.rootsweb.com/~orjgs

Print Publications

Publisher DateComments

Alcalay, ReubenThe Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary

Massada Publishing Co.Ramat-Gan-Jerusalem 3 Volumes

1981

Vol I: A-LVol II: M-ZVol III: A multitude of proverbial sayings & idiomatic expressions that have come down from the Aramaic.

Allan, Morton

Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals for the Years 1890 to 1930 at the Port of New York and for the Years 1904 to 1926 at the Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore

Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979.

1979

LC Call: HE945.A2D5 1979 Gives points of origin, arrival, date of arrival, year, month, day and names of ships from 1890 to 1930

Auslander, Jordan

Missing from Library

Genealogical Gazetteer of the Kingdom of Hungary

Avotaynu (2005), Paperback, 509 pages

2005

ISBN: 1886223211 Information about more than 12,000 towns in the 19th century Kingdom of Hungary. Today, this area comprises regions of Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Slovak Republic.

Beider, Alexander

A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire

Bergenfield, N.J.: Avotaynu, Inc., 1993. hard cover, 760 pp.

1993ISBN: 962637335

Beider, Alexander

A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland

Bergenfield, N.J.: Avotaynu, Inc., 1996, hard cover

1996ISBN: 0-962-6373-9-4

Beider, Alexander

A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names: Their Origins, Structure, Pronunciation, and Migrations.


2001ISBN: 1886223122

Beider, Alexander

A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia

Bergenfield, N.J.: Avotaynu (2004), Hardcover, 624 pages

2004 ISBN: 188622319X

Beider, Alexander

A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire, Revised Edition, volume 1 of 2


2008ISBN: 1886223387

Beider, Alexander

A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire: Listing of Surnames by the Daitch Mokotoff Soundex System, Revised Edition, volume 2 of 2,

Bergenfield, N.J.: Avotaynu, Inc., 2008. soft cover, 188 pp.

2008ISBN: 1886223387

Berger, Jacob Solomon

The Volkovysk memorial book : a trilogy (Sefer zikaron Volkovisk)

The Volkovysker Landsmanshaft

2002

Volkovysk (now known as Vawkavysk) is in Belarus. This Yizkor Book was donated to the JGSO Library by Al Levinson, husband of former JGSO President Amy Levinson, z”l

Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagielski,

Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce : Katalog

Warszawa : Zydowski Instytut Historyczny, 1996

1996ISBN: 8385888233

Bookbinder, Hal

Jewish Genealogy Yearbook 2000 and Syllabus for the 20th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. Salt Lake City

International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies

2000

Boonin, Harry D.

The Jewish Quarter of PhiladelphiaA History & Guide 1881-1930

Jewish Walking Tours of Philadelphia, Inc. P.O. Box 52160, Phila, PA

1999ISBN: 096698840X

Brilliant, Richard

Facing the New World: Jewish Portraits in Colonial Federal America

New York : Jewish Museum, c1997.

1997ISBN: 3791318632. Yiddish.

Burgett, Gordon

Your Living Family TreeKeeping your family together forever through print, photos, sound & video

Communication UnlimitedP.O. Box 845Novato, CA 94948

2008ISBN: 9780979629549

Burstein, Yitschak; Shmuel Noy, and Larisa Bolnik Missing

Sefer Yanova: Yizkor book in memory of the Jewish community of Yanova (Sefer Yanovah: le-hantsahat zikhram shel Yehude ha-ayarah she-neherevah ba-Sho'ah)

Tel Aviv: Jonava Society in Israel (1972), 429 pages in Hebrew & Yiddish + 35 pages in English.

1972

Yizkor Book for Yanova. Yanova now is known as Jonava, Lithuania. Also available online at the NYPL website

Chapin, David A. and Weinstock, Ben

The Road from Letichev, Vol. 1 : The History and Culture of a Forgotten Jewish Community in Eastern Europe

Writer's Showcase Press Edition, (2000): vol 1 of 2, paperback, 476 pages

2000ISBN: 595006663


The Road From Letichev, Vol. 2: The History and Culture of a Forgotten Jewish Community in Eastern Europe

Writer's Showcase Press (2000), Paperback, vol 2 of 2, 480 pages

2000ISBN: 595006671

Cohen, Chester G. And Rosenstein

Shtetl Finder Gazetter: Jewish Communities in the 19th and 20th Centuries in the Pale of Settlement of Russia and Poland

Heritage Books (1989), Paperback, 145 pages

1989ISBN: 1556132484

Colleta, John P.

They came in Ships: A guide to finding your immigrant ancestor's arrival record

Orem, Utah (2002): Ancestry.com. Paperback, 165 pp.

2002ISBN: 091648937X (alk. paper)

Council for the commemoration of the Jewish partisans and fighters of Volyn during the Holocaust

Jewish partisans and fighters of Volyn: In their memory

Council for the Commemoration of the Jewish partisans and fighters of Volyn duing the Second World War. Israel, 1997 (5757). 119 pages, including 14 pages in English. Includes 7 three column pages of a Necrology.

1997Hebrew and English

Croom, Emily

The Genealogist's Companion & SourcebookA beyond-the-basics, hands-on guide to unpuzzling your past.

Betterway Books, F&W Publications, Inc., 1507 Dana Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45207

1994

ISBN: 1558703314

Crawford, RobertGardner, S.L.Mozzochi,JonathanTaylor, R.L.

The Northwest ImperativeDocumenting A Decade of Hate

Coalition for Human DignityP.O. Box 40344Portland, Oregon 97240Published in association with The Northwest Coalition Against Malicious HarassmentSeattle, Washington

1994

Culliner, Jill

Finding Home: In the footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers

Toronto, CA (2004): Sumach Press. 312 pp, 6”x9” paperback.

2004ISBN 1-894549-40-5

Doctor, Ronald D,

Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy: A Handbook for Beginners with Supplementary Information for Advanced

Research, 3rd Ed.

Portland, Oregon: The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon (November 2002). 8-1/2x11, paper, coil binding.150 pages. 3rd edition.

2002JGSO’s Handbook

Doctor, Ronald D.

Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy: A Handbook for Beginners 2nd Ed.

Portland, Oregon: Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon, 2000

2000JGSO’s Handbook, original edition

Doctor, Ronald D.

Ukraine Journal: A genealogical journey to Warsaw and Ukraine

Portland, Oregon: Kremenets Shtetl CO-OP / Jewish Records Indexing-Poland

2003

Text and photos describing Ron’s genealogical travels to Ukraine and Warsaw. Includes suggestions for travelling to eastern Europe.

Doctor, Ronald D.

Who were my Ancestor's?How do I find them?

10 part series written by Ron Doctor for the Jewish Review, Portland OR2009-2010

2009 -2010 Black Binder

Dollarhide, William

Managing a Genealogical Project

Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Company (1999), Paperback, 98 pages

1999ISBN: 0-8063-1222-x

Dubnow, SimonHistory of the Jews in Russia and Poland

Bergenfield, N.J. : Avotaynu 2000. English Translation by Israel Friedlaender,

2000 (1910-1916)

ISBN: 1886223114 Avotaynu’s single volume republication of original 3 volumes

Edlund, Thomas Kent

The German Minority Census of 1939, An Introduction and Register

1996ISBN: 1-886223-11-4

Eisenberg, Ellen

Jewish Agricultural Colonies in New Jersey 1882- 1920

Syracuse University Press

1995 ISBN: 0815626525

Eliach, Yaffa

There once was a world: A 900 year chronicle of the shtetl of Eishyshok

Little Brown & Co (T) (1998), Edition: 1st ed, Hardcover, 818 pages

1998

ISBN: 0-316-23252-1. Excellent history of east European Jewry and description of shtetl life. 818 pp.

Entine, Jon

Abraham's children: Race, identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People

New York (2007): Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group

2007

ISBN: 9780446580632Signed by the author(see JGSO program DVD also)

Everton Publisher’s Staff

The Handybook for Genealogists

Draper Utah (2002): Everton, 10th Edition; 880 pp.

2002ISBN: 1-932088-00-8

Faiguenboim, Guilherme; Paulo Valadares and Anna Rosa Campagnano

Dictionary of Sephardic surnames : including Christianized Jews, Conversos, Marranos, Italians, Berbers and their history in Spain, Portugal and Italy (Dicionário sefaradi de sobrenomes : inclusive cristãos novos, conversos, marranos, italianos, berberes e sua história na Espanha, Portugal e Itália)

2nd edition

Rio de Janeiro : Fraiha, 2003. Available from Avotaynu, Inc.

2003

ISBN: 8585989203 Compilation of 17,000 surnames presented under 12,000 entries. All names were used by the Jews who lived in Spain and Portugal for 15 centuries and later spread across the world. 528 pp.

Faitelsonai, AlteriMissing from Library

The Escape from the IX Fort

Kaunas, Lithuania: 1998. Translated from Hebrew by Ethel Broiso. Edited by Jacob Faitelson. 169 pp

1998ISBN 9986-517-79-6

Feldblyum, BorisRussian-Jewish Given Names

Avotaynu (1998), Hardcover, 138 pages

1998ISBN: 1886223076

Fitzpatrick, Colleen

DNA & Genealogy(2 copies)

Rice Book Press (2005), Edition: 1, Paperback, 179 pages

2005ISBN: 976716011


Forensic Genealogy

Rice Book Press (2005), Edition: 1,Paperback, 220 pages with CD

2005ISBN: 976716003

Frazin, Judith R.

A translation guide to 19th-century Polish-language civil-registration documents : birth, marriage and death records

Northbrook, Ill. : Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, 1989., 2nd ed.3 rd ed.

1989

2009

ISBN: 0961351217

ISBN: 9780961351229

Freedman, Chaim

Eliyahu's Branches: The Descendants of the Vilna Gaon (Of Blessed and Saintly Memory) and His Family


1997 ISBN: 1886223068

Friedman, Saul S.

PogromchikThe Assassination of Simon Petlura(The complete, authoritative story of the Ukrainian pogroms of 1919, their architect, & their avenger)

Hart Publishing Co, Inc.New York, New York 10012

1976ISBN: 0805511628

Gartner, Lloyd P.

The JewishImmigrant in England, 1870-1914

Simon Publications, 2nd ed.

1993ISBN: 0903620006

Gartner, Lloyd P.

The Jewish Immigrant in England 1870-1914

Printed in Great Britianby MPG Books LtdBodmin, Cornwall3rd ed.

2001ISBN: 085303401

Glazier, IraMigration from the Russian Empire

Lynne Rienner Publishers (1995), Hardcover, 703 pages

Only Volumes 1 & 2 in Library

1995

ISBN: 0-8063-1474-5ISBN: 0-8063-1474-3This is a 6 volume set, each volume covering a different time period.

Goldman, Kay

With a Doll in One Pocket & a Pistol in the Other:Rebecca Cohen Mayer, 1837-1930

Kay Goldman 2010ISBN: 1453777776

Gorr, Shmuel

Jewish Personal Names: Their Origin, Derivation, and Diminutive Forms

Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, Inc., c1992. 112 pp. First edition.

1992ISBN: 962637327

Greenbaum, Marsha

The Jews of Lithuania: A History of a Remarkable Community, 1316-1945

Avotaynu, Inc 1995ISBN: 965-229-1323

Grimsted, Patricia Kennedy

Archives & Manuscript Repositories in the USSR (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, & Belorussia

Princeton University PressPrinceton, NJ

Photo copy in black binder

Guggenheimer, Heinrich W. And Eva H.

Jewish Family Names and Their Origins-An Etymological Dictionary

Ktav Pub Inc (1992), Hardcover, 882 pages

1992ISBN: 0-88125-297-2

Guilherme Faiguenboim, Paulo Valadares and Anna Rosa Campagnano

Dictionary of Sephardic surnames : including Christianized Jews, Conversos, Marranos, Italians, Berbers, and their history in Spain, Portugal and Italy

Rio de Janeiro, RJ : Fraiha, 2003

(this second copy is being housed at Ahavath Achim Synagogue)

2003

ISBN: 8585989203. Dicionário sefaradi de sobrenomes : inclusive cristãos novos, conversos, marranos, italianos, berberes e sua história na Espanha, Portugal e Itália

Guzik, Estelle M. (editor)

Genealogical Resources In New York

Jewish Genealogical Society (2003), Hardcover, 418 pages

2003ISBN: 0-962186317

Gyemont, S. (Ed.)

Studia Judaica, Cluj Napoca (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998)

1994 -1998

Symposiums of '94, '95, '97, '98;Lectures given at annual conferences on Jewish development in Romania

Hendrikson, Nancy

Finding Your Roots Online

Betterway Books, Cincinnati, Ohio

2003

ISBN 1-55870-635-6. Oversize paperback.

IAJGS

19 th IAJGS Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy

New York, NY Aug 8-13, 1999

1999

IAJGS

Jewish Genealogy Yearbook20 th International Conference of Jewish Genealogy- Jewish Genealogy Year Book

Salt Lake City, UtahJuly 9-14, 2000

2000 2 copies

IAJGS

22nd IAJGS Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Toronto, 4-9 Aug 2002, Syllabus

JGS of Canada (Toronto). (2002).

20022 copies

IAJGS

23 rd IAJGS Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy Handouts

Washington, DCJuly 20-25, 2003

2003

Also CD-Rom with Syllabus, Speaker bios, Abstracts & Handouts

IAJGS

24th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Jerusalem, 2004, Syllabus and Jewish Genealogy Yearbook

Jerusalem: IAJGS. (2004). paperbound

2004With 2 sets of 3 CD-Rom MP3

IAJGS

25th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Las Vegas, 2005, Syllabus and Jewish Genealogy Yearbook

Las Vegas: IAJGS. (2005). paperbound

2005 2 copies

IAJGS

26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, New York, 2006, Syllabus

New York: JGS, Inc. (2006). Looseleaf binder.

2006With CD's in binder

IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies)

IAJGS 2008 Conference, 28th Conference, Chicago, CD Set: (4 Audio CDs)

Hawley, PA: Conference Copy, Inc., 2008. 4 MP3 Audio CDs, 28th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Chicago, Illinois, 17-22 August 2008.

2008Set of 4 CD's MP3

IAJGS International Association of Jewish Genealogy

29 th Conference SyllabusCD Rom Digital Edition plusDVD Heritage & History Jewish Family Roots

Philadelphia, PAAugust 2-7, 2009

2009

CD Rom (digital edition)

DVD

The Jewish Genealogical Societyedited by:Guzik, Estelle M.

Genealogical Resources in the New YorkMetropolitan Area

Jewish Genealogical SocietyNew York, NY

1989ISBN: 0962186309

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

A Begginner's Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Great BritainNo1 in the seriesedited by Rosemary Wenzerul

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain-registered Charity #1022738P.O. Box 13288 London, N3 3WD

2000ISBN: 0953766934

Johnson, Lt. Col. Richard S.

How to Locate Anyone Who Is or Has Been in the Military: Armed Forces Locator

Military Information Enterprises (1995), Edition: Revised, Paperback,

1995ISBN: 1-877639-16-8

Kaganoff, Benzion C.

A Dictionary of Jewish Names and their History

Schocken BooksNew YorkPaperback, 250 pages

1977ISBN: 0805206434

Kemp, Thomas J.

International Vital Records Handbook, 3rd. Ed.


1995ISBN: 0806314240

Kleiman, Yaakov

DNA and Tradition: The Genetic Link to the Ancient Hebrews

Devora Publishing (2004), Paperback, 204 pages

2004ISBN: 1932687130

Kliger, Hannah, Yiddish Writers' Group (New York, N. Y.)

Jewish Hometown Associations and Family Circles in New York: The WPA Yiddish Writers' Group Study (Modern Jewish Experience)

Indiana University Press (1992), Hardcover, 180 pages

1992ISBN: 0253331285

Debbi Korman

Why Do I Pursue My Ancestors?Written for the Jewish Review

Editor of Shalshelet, the quarterly newsletter of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon

2010

In black binder with Ron Doctor's 10 part series for Jewish Review.

Kramer, William (ed.)

Sephardic Jews in the West Coast States: Vol. I, San Francisco GrandeesVol. 2 The Los Angeles Sephardic Experience

Los Angeles : Western States Jewish History Association for the Skirball Cultural Center, 1996. Vol 3 Missing from Library

1996

ISBN: 0914615181. 3 volumes

Sephardim of Portland and Seattle Plus Crypto Jews of the American Southwest

Kranzler, David

My Jewish Roots-A Practical Guide to Genealogy and Family History

Sepher Hermon Press (1981), Hardcover, 88 pages 2 copies

1981ISBN: 87203-073-3

Kurzweil, Arthur

From Generation to Generation: How to trace your Jewish genealogy and family history (Updated Edition with online resources)

San Francisco (2004): Jossey-Bass (A Wiley Imprint). 367 pp.

2004ISBN: 0-7879-7051-4

Kurzweil, Arthur

From Generation to Generation: How to trace your Jewish genealogy & family history (Revised Edition)

Harpercollins (1994), Edition: Rev Sub, Hardcover, 388 pagesPlus 1 paperbound

1994ISBN: 0-06-270097-9

Kurzweil, Arthur

From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Family History and Genealogy

William Morrow & Co (1980), Hardcover, 353 pages

1980, 1982ISBN: 0688036007, 2 volumes

Kurzweil, Arthur

My Generations: a Course in Jewish Family History.

Behrman House (1983), Paperback

1983ISBN: 0874413834

Kurzweil, Arthur and Miriam Weiner

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy, Vol. 1

Jason Aronson (1991), Hardcover

1991ISBN: 0-87068-835-0

Lackey, Richard S.

Cite Your Sources: A Manual for Documenting Family Histories and Genealogical Records

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1985, c1980.

1980 ISBN 0878052860

Lenzen, ConnieOregon Guide to Genealogical Sources

Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 350 pages

1996

Lenzen, Gerald SExploring Your Roots with the Census

Presented to the Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon, Feb 20, 2002

Levin, Dov

The Litvaks: A Short Story of the Jews in Lithuania

Jerusalem : Yad Vashem, 2000.

2000ISBN: 1571812644

Malka, Jeffrey S.

Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering your Sephardic ancestors and their world

Bergenfield, N.J. (2002): Avotaynu, Inc. hardcover, 363 pp.

2002ISBN: 1886223149

Malka, Jeffrey S.

Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering your Sephardic Ancestors and their World2 nd ed.

Bergenfield, N.J. (2009): Avotaynu, Inc. hardcover

2009ISBN: 1886223416

Menachemson, Nolan

A practical guide to Jewish cemeteries

Bergenfield, N.J. (2007): Avotaynu, Inc. hardcover, hard cover, alk. Paper, 248 pp.

2007ISBN: 1-886223-29-7

Menk, Lars


A dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames

Bergenfield, NJ : Avotaynu, 2005.Provides information about more than 13,000 Jewish surnames from the area that was pre-World War I Germany. Includes etymology, alternate names and where name appeared.

2005ISBN: 1886223203.

Meyers, Allen

The Jewish Community of South Philadelphia (Image of America)

Arcadia Publishing, an imprint of Tempus Publishing, Inc.2 Cumberland StreetCharleston, SC 29401

2000ISBN: 0752412027

Meyers, Allen

The Jewish Community of North Philadelphia-Strawberry Mansion (Images of America)


2000ISBN: 0738502340

Meyers, Allen

The Jewish Community of West Philadelphia (Images of America)

Arcadia Publishing,Charleston SC

2004ISBN: 0738508543

Mills, Elizabeth ShownMissing from Library

Evidence! : citation & analysis for the family historian


1997ISBN: 806315431

Mokotoff, Gary

How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust (2 copies)

Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, c1995.

1995ISBN: 0962637386

Mokotoff, Gary andBlatt, Warren

Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy

Avotaynu (1999), Paperback, 66 pages, 1st edition.

1999ISBN: 1886223106

Mokotoff, Gary and Blatt, WarrenMissing from Library


Bergenfield, New Jersey : Avotaynu, c2000. 2nd ed. paper. 66 pages.

2000ISBN: 1886223106expanded reprint

Mokotoff, Gary

Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy- 2010 Version

AvotaynuBergenfield,NJ2010

2010ISBN:9781886223462 paperback

Mokotoff, Gary and Sack, Sallyann

Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust

Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, c1991

1991ISBN: 962637386


WOWW Companion : A Guide to the Communities Surrounding Central & Eastern European Towns (Avotaynu Monograph)


1995ISBN: 096263736X

Mokotoff, Gary and Sack, Sallyann Amdur

Where Once We Walked-Revised Edition: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust

Avotaynu (2002), Edition: Revised, Hardcover, 736 pages

2002

ISBN: 1886223157Gazetteer of Towns of Eastern Europe

Moses, Nissim and Jeffrey Malka

The Bene Israel of India

Indo-Israel Support Services, Paras Reprographics, New Delhi, India

2005Also have set of 4 CD-Roms

Newman, John J.

Uncle, We Are Ready!: Registering America's Men, 1917-1918

North Salt Lake, Utah : Heritage Quest, 2001. Valuable instruction on obtaining draft registration application forms from WWI

2001

ISBN: 0944931642

CD included

Nosonovsky, Michael

Hebrew Inscriptions from Ukraine and former Soviet Union

Washington, D.C. (2006): Lulu. 8-1/2 x 11, Paperback, 230 pp

2006ISBN: 1-4116-7438-3

Olsen, PolinaA walking tour of historic Jewish Portland

Portland, Oregon (2004): Smart Talk Publications. Softcover, 35 pp.

2004LC Call: F884.P89J55 2004

Olsen, Polina

The Immigrants' Children:Jewish and Italian memories of old South Portland


2006

Pomery, Chris

DNA and Family History:How Genetic Testing Can Advance Your Genealogical Research

The National Archives Kew, Richmond Surrey, TW9 4DU, UK

2004ISBN: 19036365708

Rochlin, Harriet and Fred

Pioneer Jews/Far West

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1984.

1984ISBN: 395426391

Rosenberg, Stuart E.

Jewish Community in Rochester, 1843-1925

Columbia University Press/The American Jewish Historical Society (1954), Hardcover

1954LC Call: F129.R7R8 1954

Rosenstein. Neil

The Unbroken Chain : Biographical Sketches and Genealogy of Illustrious Jewish Families from the 15th-20th Century (2-volumes)

Elizabeth, N.J. : Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy, 1990.. C I S Communications, Incorporated (1990), Edition: Revised, Hardcover, 2 volumes, 1323 pp.

1990

ISBN: 096105784X. Two volumes from The Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy

Rosin, Josef and Joel Alpert

Preserving our Litvak heritage

League City, Tex. : JewishGen, Inc., 2005-2007.

2005ISBN: 0976475901

Rosman, M.J.

The Lords’ Jews: Magnate-Jewish relations in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the eighteenth century

Cambridge, Mass. : Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard Judaic Studies and Studies, VII and Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Monograph Series. New Ed, Paperback, 280 pages

1990ISBN: 0-916458-47-4 (pbk.)

Rottenberg, Dan

Finding Our Fathers- A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy

Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1986, c1977.

1977ISBN: 0806311517

Sabar, Ariel

My Father's Paradise(A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq)

Algonquin Books of Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC 27515

2008

A CIP record available from the Library of Congress

Sack, SallyannIndex to Russian Consular Records

Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, Inc., 1988

1988LC Call: CS859. 7 microfilms

Sack, Sallyann Amdur

A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel

Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, Inc., 1995.

1995ISBN: 0962637378

Sack, Sallyann Amdur and Gary Mokotoff

Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy

Bergenfield, N.J. : Avotaynu, 2004. hard cover, 608 pp.

2004ISBN: 1-886223-17-3 (hardcover)

Schaefer, Christina

Guide to Naturalization Records of the US

Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1997. Available thru Avotaynu, Inc

1997 ISBN: 0806315326

Seattle Aero, Inc officers

Your Story (A Guided Interview Through Your Personal & Family History)

Seattle Aero, Inc (printed in Canada)

1997ISBN: 09634244904

Shea, Jonathan D.

Russian Language Documents from Russian Poland

Genealogy Unlimited (1989), Edition: 2nd, Paperback, 73 pages

1989ISBN: 0912811056

Shea, Jonathan D. And Hoffman, William F.

Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide

Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, c1994, 1st printing, hard cover, 241 pp.

1994ISBN: 962637343

Shea, Jonathan D. and Hoffman, William F.

In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents; Volume 1, Polish

New Britain, CT : Language & Lineage Press, 2000. pbk. 392 pp.

2000ISBN: 0963157930. Volume I: Polish


In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents; Volume 2, Russian

New Britain, CT : Language & Lineage Press, 2002. ppk. 486 pp.

2002

ISBN: 0-9631579-4-9. Volume II: Russian

Shevelev, Raphael and Karine Schomer

Liberating the ghosts : photographs and text from The march of the living with excerpts from the writings of participants

Lenswork Publishing (1996), Edition: 1st, Paperback, 129 pages

1996ISBN: 1888803002

Sidline, George

Somehow, We'll Survive(Life in Japan During WWII through the Eyes of a Young Caucasian Boy)

Vera Vista Publishing 2007

ISBN: 0979283604

Silvain, Gerard and Minczeles, Henri

Yiddishland

Gingko Press (1999), Hardcover, 584 pages

1999ISBN: 1584230185

Smolenyak, Megan

Trace Your Roots with DNA: Use Your DNA to Complete Your Family Tree

Rodale Books (2004), Paperback, 256 pages

2004ISBN: 1594860068

Spector, Shmuel and Geoffrey Wigoder

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust

New York University Press (2001), Hardcover, 1769 pages,3 volumes(property of Neveh Shalom library)

2001

ISBN: 0814793762ISBN: 0814793770ISBN:0814793789

Steinore, Michael

Passenger Arrival Information

1999In thick black binder

Stern, Rabbi Malcolm H.

First American Jewish Families, 1654-1988

Genealogical Pub Co (1991), Edition: 3 Upd Rev, Paperback, 442 pages

1991

ISBN: 0870684434. Large flat blue book

Szucs, Loretto Dennis

Family History Made Easy

1998 Ancestry Incorporatedsalt Lake City UtahPaperback, 220 pages

1998ISBN: 0916489728


They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins

Ancestry.com (1998), Paperback, 260 pages

1998ISBN: 091648971X

Tapper, Lawrence F.

Archival sources for the study of Canadian Jewry by National Archives of

Canada, 2nd ed., revised & expanded (2 copies)

Ottawa: The Archives, c1987.

1987

ISBN 0-662-55320-9 Ethnocultural series.

US National Archives

Guides to German records microfilmed at Alexandria, Va.No. 32. Records of the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police (Part I)No. 33. [Same], Part II, 1961No. 39, [Same], Part III, 1963No. 81, [Same], Part 4, 1982No. 84, Records of the German Armed Forces High Command, 1985

Washington : National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1958-

1985

LC Call: Z2240.A7Each numbered part is a separate report.

Volovici, Hanna, Witold Medykowski, Hadassah Assouline, and Benyamin Lukin (compilers/editors)

Polish sources at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People

Bergenfield, NJ : Avotaynu Foundation, 2004. 300 pp.

2004ISBN: 0-9668021-4-4 (paper)

Weiner, Miriam

Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories(2 copies)

Secaucus, New Jersey: Routes to Roots Foundation (1998), Hardcover, 446 pagesYIVO Institute for Jewish Research NY, NY 10019

1997ISBN: 965650804

Weiner, Miriam

Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories (The Jewish Genealogy Series)

Secaucus, New Jersey: Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation (1999), Hardcover, 600 pages

1999ISBN: 965650812

Weinreich, Uriel

Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish English Dictionary

New York : Schocken Books, 1977, c1968 paperback, 856 pages. YIVO Inst. For Jewish Research

1977ISBN: 805205756

Wenzerul,Rosemary

A Beginner's Guide To Jewish Genealogy InGreat Britain (1st edition)

Jewish Genealogical Society of Great BritainP.O. Box 13288London, N3 3WDwww.jgsgb.ort.org

2000ISBN: 0953766934

Wenzerul, Rosemary, Series Editor

A Beginner's Guide To Jewish Genealogy In Great Britain (2nd edition)

Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

2001

ISBN 0-9537669-3-4, A5 paperback, 80 pages

Western States Jewish History

July 1994, October 1994

Western States Jewish History Association for the Skirball Cultural Center

1994


April 1996Sephardic Jews in the West Coast StatesVolume I: The San Francisco Grandees

Western States Jewish History Association with The Skirball Cultural Center

1996


July 1996Sephardic Jews in the West Coast StatesVolume II: the L.A. Sephardic Experience


1996


1998-1999 IssueMissing

L.A.:Western States Jewish History Associaton/ Skirball Cultural Center,

1998-1999


Winter/Spring 2000Includes Western States Jewish History's 31 Year Index (Oct 1968-July 1999)


2000


Winter 2001The Jewish Community Center of Omaha


2001


Spring 2001A Jew Peddler of the '50'sfrom The Good Luck Era by Charles Peters


2001


Fall 2003Albert Einstein at CaltachPasadena, CA 1930-1933


2003

Western States Jewish History &The Scribe

2004 & 2005Pioneer Jews of British Columbia

Western States Jewish HistoryStudies in Western North American & Pacific Rim Jewry

20042005


Winter 2005Sterling Rachootin 2932


2005


Fall 2005Lillian Copeland Los Angeles Olympic Champion


2005


Spring/Summer 2006Pioneer Jews of Los Angeles in the 19th Century: plus: An anthology of articles presented over the past 38 years in the Western States Jewish History Journal.


2006

Western States Jewish History Fall 2006 Issue

Woodland Hills, California: Isaac Nathan Publishing Co. Vol. XXXIX, No. 1

2006


Spring/Summer 2008The Journeys of Jewish Discovery of Norton B. Stern, 1966-1967plus WSJH 40 year Title Indexes


2008


Fall 2008Pioneer Jews of San FranciscoPart One, A-Lby Dr. Norton B. Sternedited by David W. Epstein


2008


Winter 2009Pioneer Jews of San FranciscoPart Two, M-Zby Dr. Norton B. Sternedited by David W. Epstein


2009


Spring 2009Interviews & Articles with Descendants of the Early Pioneers of Los Angelesby Dr. Norton B. Sternedited by David W. Epstein


2009


Summer 2009Pioneer Jews of the “Outlying Areas”Articles and Interviews by Dr. Norton B. SternEdited by David W. Epstein


2009

Western StatesJewish History

Fall 2009Hymie Lichenstein “The Mighty Atom”1904-1999


2009 2 copies


Winter/Spring 2010My Shtetele CaliforniaGolden Nuggets of the Jewish WestWritten by Rabbi Willam M. KramerEdited by David W. Epstein


2010

Wheeler, Marcus, Boris Ottokar Unbegaun, P. S. Falla, Colin Howlett

Russian-English, English-Russian Dictionary

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

1997ISBN: 198601530

Weiss, Moshe

From Oswiecim to Auschwitz(Poland Revisited)

Mosaic PressP.O. Box 1032Oakville, Ontario Canada

1994ISBN:0889625581

Wolfman, Ira

Do People Grow on Family Trees?: Genealogy for Kids and Other Beginners, The Official Ellis Island Handbook

New York : Workman Publishing Company (1991), Paperback, 192 pages

1991ISBN: 894803484

Wynne, Suzan F.

Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia: A Resource Guide


1998ISBN: 1886223084

Zubatsky, David S.

Jewish Genealogy: A Sourcebook of Family Histories and Genealogies Volume 2

New York : Garland Pub., 1984-1990.

1990ISBN: 0824020367

Jewish Genealogy Family Finder

Avotaynu, Inc 1993,

Black binder(out of date-seeJewishGen.org-JGFF)

Jewish Genealogy Family Finder(Gary Mokotoff, Editor)

JewishGen, Inc.December 1996 version

1996

Tan spiral bound book(out of date-see Jewishgen.org-JGFF)

The Scribe 1920-1953 2 notebooksWorld Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors 6/14-6/18, 1981. List of Participants

1981 In Black Folder

LISTE DES JUIFS DE COS (List of Jews in Cos at time of deportation)List of those from Rhodes who survived the Holocaust

Reconnectiong with Your Family Roots in Eastern Europe

Stroganoff Winterfest EventOregon History Center

Guide to Genealogical ResearchIn the National Archives of the U. S. 3 rd ed.

Published for the National Archives and Records Administration by the National Archives Trust Fund Board

2000ISBN: 1880875241

NARA On-Line Finding Aids:Acess to Archival Databases, Archival Research Catalog, Index to Prologue, Publication, Microfilm CatalogImmigrant & Passenger ArrivalsA Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publication 2 nd ed.

5 points of entry:Detroit, MI; Galveston, TX; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; St. Albans, VT

1991ISBN: 0911333053

American Jewish Legacy

A project to locate, preserve, and make accessible material relating to Traditional Jewish communities in U.S.from Colonial times to present.

Archives & Manuscript Repositoryies in the USSREstonia, Lativia, Lithuania, & Belorussia

Patricia Kennedy GrimstedPrinceton University Press, Princeton, NJ

Photocopy in binder

ANTOPOLChapter I: History (English)Chapter II: The Holocaust (War years in Antopol 1934-1944 in English)Chapter III: Personalities (English)Rest of copy is in Hebrew/Yiddish

Includes layout of Antopol streets,etc.

Photocopy in Black folder

HORODETZ1142-1942

Horodetz Book Committee1949Waldon Press, Inc New York 12, NY

1 page from book with list of names in Hebrew

Sefer KOBRYNStory of Life & Destruction of Kobryn during WWII

Printed in HebrewTel Aviv, Israel

1951Photocopy in black folder

Newsletters

Various newsletters from several states and abroad.

SW FL,Greater Miami,Palm Beach County,GreaterWA,IL,MI,L.A,Ventura County,,San Fran, Nevada,Conejo Valley,New Mexico,GreaterHoustonNebraska,Colorado,Boston, Cleveland,

Connecticut

Newsletterscontinued

Johannesburg,Argentina,Brazil,Scandinavia,Montreal,Toronto,British Columbia,Great Britain,Switzerland,

Israel (English & Hebrew)

AvotanynuOld and currant issues.

JGSO

Program Announcements andHandouts

Some programs were recorded and are available in the library.




1981


Allan, Morton



1979


Auslander, Jordan




2005


Beider, Alexander



1993ISBN: 962637335

Beider, Alexander



1996ISBN: 0-962-6373-9-4

Beider, Alexander



2001ISBN: 1886223122

Beider, Alexander



2004 ISBN: 188622319X

Beider, Alexander



2008ISBN: 1886223387

Beider, Alexander



2008ISBN: 1886223387




2002





1996ISBN: 8385888233

Bookbinder, Hal



2000

Boonin, Harry D.



1999ISBN: 096698840X

Brilliant, Richard



1997ISBN: 3791318632. Yiddish.

Burgett, Gordon



2008ISBN: 9780979629549




1972





2000ISBN: 595006663




2000ISBN: 595006671




1989ISBN: 1556132484

Colleta, John P.



2002ISBN: 091648937X (alk. paper)





Croom, Emily



1994

ISBN: 1558703314




1994

Culliner, Jill



2004ISBN 1-894549-40-5

Doctor, Ronald D,


Research, 3rd Ed.



Doctor, Ronald D.




Doctor, Ronald D.



2003


Doctor, Ronald D.




Dollarhide, William



1999ISBN: 0-8063-1222-x



2000 (1910-1916)


Edlund, Thomas Kent


1996ISBN: 1-886223-11-4

Eisenberg, Ellen



1995 ISBN: 0815626525

Eliach, Yaffa



1998


Entine, Jon



2007





2002ISBN: 1-932088-00-8



2nd edition


2003





1998ISBN 9986-517-79-6



1998ISBN: 1886223076




2005ISBN: 976716011


Forensic Genealogy


2005ISBN: 976716003

Frazin, Judith R.



1989

2009

ISBN: 0961351217

ISBN: 9780961351229

Freedman, Chaim



1997 ISBN: 1886223068

Friedman, Saul S.

PogromchikThe Assassination of Simon Petlura(The complete, authoritative story of the Ukrainian pogroms of 1919, their architect, & their avenger)

Hart Publishing Co, Inc.New York, New York 10012

1976ISBN: 0805511628

Gartner, Lloyd P.

The JewishImmigrant in England, 1870-1914

Simon Publications, 2nd ed.

1993ISBN: 0903620006

Gartner, Lloyd P.

The Jewish Immigrant in England 1870-1914

Printed in Great Britianby MPG Books LtdBodmin, Cornwall3rd ed.

2001ISBN: 085303401

Glazier, IraMigration from the Russian Empire

Lynne Rienner Publishers (1995), Hardcover, 703 pages

Only Volumes 1 & 2 in Library

1995

ISBN: 0-8063-1474-5ISBN: 0-8063-1474-3This is a 6 volume set, each volume covering a different time period.

Goldman, Kay

With a Doll in One Pocket & a Pistol in the Other:Rebecca Cohen Mayer, 1837-1930

Kay Goldman 2010ISBN: 1453777776

Gorr, Shmuel

Jewish Personal Names: Their Origin, Derivation, and Diminutive Forms

Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, Inc., c1992. 112 pp. First edition.

1992ISBN: 962637327

Greenbaum, Marsha

The Jews of Lithuania: A History of a Remarkable Community, 1316-1945

Avotaynu, Inc 1995ISBN: 965-229-1323

Grimsted, Patricia Kennedy

Archives & Manuscript Repositories in the USSR (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, & Belorussia

Princeton University PressPrinceton, NJ

Photo copy in black binder

Guggenheimer, Heinrich W. And Eva H.

Jewish Family Names and Their Origins-An Etymological Dictionary

Ktav Pub Inc (1992), Hardcover, 882 pages

1992ISBN: 0-88125-297-2

Guilherme Faiguenboim, Paulo Valadares and Anna Rosa Campagnano

Dictionary of Sephardic surnames : including Christianized Jews, Conversos, Marranos, Italians, Berbers, and their history in Spain, Portugal and Italy

Rio de Janeiro, RJ : Fraiha, 2003

(this second copy is being housed at Ahavath Achim Synagogue)

2003

ISBN: 8585989203. Dicionário sefaradi de sobrenomes : inclusive cristãos novos, conversos, marranos, italianos, berberes e sua história na Espanha, Portugal e Itália

Guzik, Estelle M. (editor)

Genealogical Resources In New York

Jewish Genealogical Society (2003), Hardcover, 418 pages

2003ISBN: 0-962186317

Gyemont, S. (Ed.)

Studia Judaica, Cluj Napoca (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998)

1994 -1998

Symposiums of '94, '95, '97, '98;Lectures given at annual conferences on Jewish development in Romania

Hendrikson, Nancy

Finding Your Roots Online

Betterway Books, Cincinnati, Ohio

2003

ISBN 1-55870-635-6. Oversize paperback.

IAJGS

19 th IAJGS Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy

New York, NY Aug 8-13, 1999

1999

IAJGS

Jewish Genealogy Yearbook20 th International Conference of Jewish Genealogy- Jewish Genealogy Year Book

Salt Lake City, UtahJuly 9-14, 2000

2000 2 copies

IAJGS

22nd IAJGS Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Toronto, 4-9 Aug 2002, Syllabus

JGS of Canada (Toronto). (2002).

20022 copies

IAJGS

23 rd IAJGS Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy Handouts

Washington, DCJuly 20-25, 2003

2003

Also CD-Rom with Syllabus, Speaker bios, Abstracts & Handouts

IAJGS

24th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Jerusalem, 2004, Syllabus and Jewish Genealogy Yearbook

Jerusalem: IAJGS. (2004). paperbound

2004With 2 sets of 3 CD-Rom MP3

IAJGS

25th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Las Vegas, 2005, Syllabus and Jewish Genealogy Yearbook

Las Vegas: IAJGS. (2005). paperbound

2005 2 copies

IAJGS

26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, New York, 2006, Syllabus

New York: JGS, Inc. (2006). Looseleaf binder.

2006With CD's in binder

IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies)

IAJGS 2008 Conference, 28th Conference, Chicago, CD Set: (4 Audio CDs)

Hawley, PA: Conference Copy, Inc., 2008. 4 MP3 Audio CDs, 28th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Chicago, Illinois, 17-22 August 2008.

2008Set of 4 CD's MP3

IAJGS International Association of Jewish Genealogy

29 th Conference SyllabusCD Rom Digital Edition plusDVD Heritage & History Jewish Family Roots

Philadelphia, PAAugust 2-7, 2009

2009

CD Rom (digital edition)

DVD

The Jewish Genealogical Societyedited by:Guzik, Estelle M.

Genealogical Resources in the New YorkMetropolitan Area

Jewish Genealogical SocietyNew York, NY

1989ISBN: 0962186309

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

A Begginner's Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Great BritainNo1 in the seriesedited by Rosemary Wenzerul

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain-registered Charity #1022738P.O. Box 13288 London, N3 3WD

2000ISBN: 0953766934

Johnson, Lt. Col. Richard S.

How to Locate Anyone Who Is or Has Been in the Military: Armed Forces Locator

Military Information Enterprises (1995), Edition: Revised, Paperback,

1995ISBN: 1-877639-16-8

Kaganoff, Benzion C.

A Dictionary of Jewish Names and their History

Schocken BooksNew YorkPaperback, 250 pages

1977ISBN: 0805206434

Kemp, Thomas J.

International Vital Records Handbook, 3rd. Ed.


1995ISBN: 0806314240

Kleiman, Yaakov

DNA and Tradition: The Genetic Link to the Ancient Hebrews

Devora Publishing (2004), Paperback, 204 pages

2004ISBN: 1932687130

Kliger, Hannah, Yiddish Writers' Group (New York, N. Y.)

Jewish Hometown Associations and Family Circles in New York: The WPA Yiddish Writers' Group Study (Modern Jewish Experience)

Indiana University Press (1992), Hardcover, 180 pages

1992ISBN: 0253331285

Debbi Korman

Why Do I Pursue My Ancestors?Written for the Jewish Review

Editor of Shalshelet, the quarterly newsletter of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon

2010

In black binder with Ron Doctor's 10 part series for Jewish Review.

Kramer, William (ed.)

Sephardic Jews in the West Coast States: Vol. I, San Francisco GrandeesVol. 2 The Los Angeles Sephardic Experience

Los Angeles : Western States Jewish History Association for the Skirball Cultural Center, 1996. Vol 3 Missing from Library

1996

ISBN: 0914615181. 3 volumes

Sephardim of Portland and Seattle Plus Crypto Jews of the American Southwest

Kranzler, David

My Jewish Roots-A Practical Guide to Genealogy and Family History

Sepher Hermon Press (1981), Hardcover, 88 pages 2 copies

1981ISBN: 87203-073-3

Kurzweil, Arthur

From Generation to Generation: How to trace your Jewish genealogy and family history (Updated Edition with online resources)

San Francisco (2004): Jossey-Bass (A Wiley Imprint). 367 pp.

2004ISBN: 0-7879-7051-4

Kurzweil, Arthur

From Generation to Generation: How to trace your Jewish genealogy & family history (Revised Edition)

Harpercollins (1994), Edition: Rev Sub, Hardcover, 388 pagesPlus 1 paperbound

1994ISBN: 0-06-270097-9

Kurzweil, Arthur

From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Family History and Genealogy

William Morrow & Co (1980), Hardcover, 353 pages

1980, 1982ISBN: 0688036007, 2 volumes

Kurzweil, Arthur

My Generations: a Course in Jewish Family History.

Behrman House (1983), Paperback

1983ISBN: 0874413834

Kurzweil, Arthur and Miriam Weiner

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy, Vol. 1

Jason Aronson (1991), Hardcover

1991ISBN: 0-87068-835-0

Lackey, Richard S.

Cite Your Sources: A Manual for Documenting Family Histories and Genealogical Records

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1985, c1980.

1980 ISBN 0878052860

Lenzen, ConnieOregon Guide to Genealogical Sources

Portland, Oregon: Genealogical Forum of Oregon, 350 pages

1996

Lenzen, Gerald SExploring Your Roots with the Census

Presented to the Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon, Feb 20, 2002

Levin, Dov

The Litvaks: A Short Story of the Jews in Lithuania

Jerusalem : Yad Vashem, 2000.

2000ISBN: 1571812644

Malka, Jeffrey S.

Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering your Sephardic ancestors and their world

Bergenfield, N.J. (2002): Avotaynu, Inc. hardcover, 363 pp.

2002ISBN: 1886223149

Malka, Jeffrey S.

Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering your Sephardic Ancestors and their World2 nd ed.

Bergenfield, N.J. (2009): Avotaynu, Inc. hardcover

2009ISBN: 1886223416

Menachemson, Nolan

A practical guide to Jewish cemeteries

Bergenfield, N.J. (2007): Avotaynu, Inc. hardcover, hard cover, alk. Paper, 248 pp.

2007ISBN: 1-886223-29-7

Menk, Lars


A dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames

Bergenfield, NJ : Avotaynu, 2005.Provides information about more than 13,000 Jewish surnames from the area that was pre-World War I Germany. Includes etymology, alternate names and where name appeared.

2005ISBN: 1886223203.

Meyers, Allen

The Jewish Community of South Philadelphia (Image of America)


2000ISBN: 0752412027

Meyers, Allen

The Jewish Community of North Philadelphia-Strawberry Mansion (Images of America)


2000ISBN: 0738502340

Meyers, Allen

The Jewish Community of West Philadelphia (Images of America)

Arcadia Publishing,Charleston SC

2004ISBN: 0738508543

Mills, Elizabeth ShownMissing from Library

Evidence! : citation & analysis for the family historian


1997ISBN: 806315431

Mokotoff, Gary

How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust (2 copies)


1995ISBN: 0962637386

Mokotoff, Gary andBlatt, Warren


Avotaynu (1999), Paperback, 66 pages, 1st edition.

1999ISBN: 1886223106

Mokotoff, Gary and Blatt, WarrenMissing from Library


Bergenfield, New Jersey : Avotaynu, c2000. 2nd ed. paper. 66 pages.

2000ISBN: 1886223106expanded reprint

Mokotoff, Gary

Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy- 2010 Version

AvotaynuBergenfield,NJ2010

2010ISBN:9781886223462 paperback


Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust

Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, c1991

1991ISBN: 962637386


WOWW Companion : A Guide to the Communities Surrounding Central & Eastern European Towns (Avotaynu Monograph)


1995ISBN: 096263736X

Mokotoff, Gary and Sack, Sallyann Amdur

Where Once We Walked-Revised Edition: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust

Avotaynu (2002), Edition: Revised, Hardcover, 736 pages

2002

ISBN: 1886223157Gazetteer of Towns of Eastern Europe

Moses, Nissim and Jeffrey Malka

The Bene Israel of India

Indo-Israel Support Services, Paras Reprographics, New Delhi, India

2005Also have set of 4 CD-Roms

Newman, John J.

Uncle, We Are Ready!: Registering America's Men, 1917-1918

North Salt Lake, Utah : Heritage Quest, 2001. Valuable instruction on obtaining draft registration application forms from WWI

2001

ISBN: 0944931642

CD included

Nosonovsky, Michael

Hebrew Inscriptions from Ukraine and former Soviet Union

Washington, D.C. (2006): Lulu. 8-1/2 x 11, Paperback, 230 pp

2006ISBN: 1-4116-7438-3

Olsen, PolinaA walking tour of historic Jewish Portland


2004LC Call: F884.P89J55 2004

Olsen, Polina

The Immigrants' Children:Jewish and Italian memories of old South Portland


2006

Pomery, Chris

DNA and Family History:How Genetic Testing Can Advance Your Genealogical Research

The National Archives Kew, Richmond Surrey, TW9 4DU, UK

2004ISBN: 19036365708

Rochlin, Harriet and Fred

Pioneer Jews/Far West

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1984.

1984ISBN: 395426391

Rosenberg, Stuart E.

Jewish Community in Rochester, 1843-1925

Columbia University Press/The American Jewish Historical Society (1954), Hardcover

1954LC Call: F129.R7R8 1954

Rosenstein. Neil

The Unbroken Chain : Biographical Sketches and Genealogy of Illustrious Jewish Families from the 15th-20th Century (2-volumes)

Elizabeth, N.J. : Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy, 1990.. C I S Communications, Incorporated (1990), Edition: Revised, Hardcover, 2 volumes, 1323 pp.

1990

ISBN: 096105784X. Two volumes from The Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy

Rosin, Josef and Joel Alpert

Preserving our Litvak heritage

League City, Tex. : JewishGen, Inc., 2005-2007.

2005ISBN: 0976475901

Rosman, M.J.

The Lords’ Jews: Magnate-Jewish relations in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the eighteenth century

Cambridge, Mass. : Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard Judaic Studies and Studies, VII and Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Monograph Series. New Ed, Paperback, 280 pages

1990ISBN: 0-916458-47-4 (pbk.)

Rottenberg, Dan

Finding Our Fathers- A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy

Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1986, c1977.

1977ISBN: 0806311517

Sabar, Ariel

My Father's Paradise(A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq)

Algonquin Books of Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC 27515

2008

A CIP record available from the Library of Congress

Sack, SallyannIndex to Russian Consular Records

Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, Inc., 1988

1988LC Call: CS859. 7 microfilms

Sack, Sallyann Amdur

A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel

Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, Inc., 1995.

1995ISBN: 0962637378

Sack, Sallyann Amdur and Gary Mokotoff

Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy

Bergenfield, N.J. : Avotaynu, 2004. hard cover, 608 pp.

2004ISBN: 1-886223-17-3 (hardcover)

Schaefer, Christina

Guide to Naturalization Records of the US

Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1997. Available thru Avotaynu, Inc

1997 ISBN: 0806315326

Seattle Aero, Inc officers

Your Story (A Guided Interview Through Your Personal & Family History)

Seattle Aero, Inc (printed in Canada)

1997ISBN: 09634244904

Shea, Jonathan D.

Russian Language Documents from Russian Poland

Genealogy Unlimited (1989), Edition: 2nd, Paperback, 73 pages

1989ISBN: 0912811056

Shea, Jonathan D. And Hoffman, William F.

Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide

Teaneck, NJ : Avotaynu, c1994, 1st printing, hard cover, 241 pp.

1994ISBN: 962637343


In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents; Volume 1, Polish

New Britain, CT : Language & Lineage Press, 2000. pbk. 392 pp.

2000ISBN: 0963157930. Volume I: Polish


In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide to Polish, German, Latin, and Russian Documents; Volume 2, Russian

New Britain, CT : Language & Lineage Press, 2002. ppk. 486 pp.

2002

ISBN: 0-9631579-4-9. Volume II: Russian

Shevelev, Raphael and Karine Schomer

Liberating the ghosts : photographs and text from The march of the living with excerpts from the writings of participants

Lenswork Publishing (1996), Edition: 1st, Paperback, 129 pages

1996ISBN: 1888803002

Sidline, George

Somehow, We'll Survive(Life in Japan During WWII through the Eyes of a Young Caucasian Boy)

Vera Vista Publishing 2007

ISBN: 0979283604

Silvain, Gerard and Minczeles, Henri

Yiddishland

Gingko Press (1999), Hardcover, 584 pages

1999ISBN: 1584230185

Smolenyak, Megan

Trace Your Roots with DNA: Use Your DNA to Complete Your Family Tree

Rodale Books (2004), Paperback, 256 pages

2004ISBN: 1594860068

Spector, Shmuel and Geoffrey Wigoder

The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust

New York University Press (2001), Hardcover, 1769 pages,3 volumes(property of Neveh Shalom library)

2001

ISBN: 0814793762ISBN: 0814793770ISBN:0814793789

Steinore, Michael

Passenger Arrival Information

1999In thick black binder

Stern, Rabbi Malcolm H.

First American Jewish Families, 1654-1988

Genealogical Pub Co (1991), Edition: 3 Upd Rev, Paperback, 442 pages

1991

ISBN: 0870684434. Large flat blue book


Family History Made Easy

1998 Ancestry Incorporatedsalt Lake City UtahPaperback, 220 pages

1998ISBN: 0916489728


They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins

Ancestry.com (1998), Paperback, 260 pages

1998ISBN: 091648971X

Tapper, Lawrence F.

Archival sources for the study of Canadian Jewry by National Archives of

Canada, 2nd ed., revised & expanded (2 copies)

Ottawa: The Archives, c1987.

1987

ISBN 0-662-55320-9 Ethnocultural series.

US National Archives

Guides to German records microfilmed at Alexandria, Va.No. 32. Records of the Reich Leader of the SS and Chief of the German Police (Part I)No. 33. [Same], Part II, 1961No. 39, [Same], Part III, 1963No. 81, [Same], Part 4, 1982No. 84, Records of the German Armed Forces High Command, 1985

Washington : National Archives, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1958-

1985

LC Call: Z2240.A7Each numbered part is a separate report.

Volovici, Hanna, Witold Medykowski, Hadassah Assouline, and Benyamin Lukin (compilers/editors)

Polish sources at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People

Bergenfield, NJ : Avotaynu Foundation, 2004. 300 pp.

2004ISBN: 0-9668021-4-4 (paper)

Weiner, Miriam

Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories(2 copies)

Secaucus, New Jersey: Routes to Roots Foundation (1998), Hardcover, 446 pagesYIVO Institute for Jewish Research NY, NY 10019

1997ISBN: 965650804

Weiner, Miriam

Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories (The Jewish Genealogy Series)

Secaucus, New Jersey: Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation (1999), Hardcover, 600 pages

1999ISBN: 965650812

Weinreich, Uriel

Modern English-Yiddish, Yiddish English Dictionary

New York : Schocken Books, 1977, c1968 paperback, 856 pages. YIVO Inst. For Jewish Research

1977ISBN: 805205756

Wenzerul,Rosemary

A Beginner's Guide To Jewish Genealogy InGreat Britain (1st edition)

Jewish Genealogical Society of Great BritainP.O. Box 13288London, N3 3WDwww.jgsgb.ort.org

2000ISBN: 0953766934

Wenzerul, Rosemary, Series Editor

A Beginner's Guide To Jewish Genealogy In Great Britain (2nd edition)

Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

2001

ISBN 0-9537669-3-4, A5 paperback, 80 pages


July 1994, October 1994

Western States Jewish History Association for the Skirball Cultural Center

1994


April 1996Sephardic Jews in the West Coast StatesVolume I: The San Francisco Grandees


1996


July 1996Sephardic Jews in the West Coast StatesVolume II: the L.A. Sephardic Experience


1996


1998-1999 IssueMissing

L.A.:Western States Jewish History Associaton/ Skirball Cultural Center,

1998-1999


Winter/Spring 2000Includes Western States Jewish History's 31 Year Index (Oct 1968-July 1999)


2000


Winter 2001The Jewish Community Center of Omaha


2001


Spring 2001A Jew Peddler of the '50'sfrom The Good Luck Era by Charles Peters


2001


Fall 2003Albert Einstein at CaltachPasadena, CA 1930-1933


2003

Western States Jewish History &The Scribe

2004 & 2005Pioneer Jews of British Columbia

Western States Jewish HistoryStudies in Western North American & Pacific Rim Jewry

20042005


Winter 2005Sterling Rachootin 2932


2005


Fall 2005Lillian Copeland Los Angeles Olympic Champion


2005


Spring/Summer 2006Pioneer Jews of Los Angeles in the 19th Century: plus: An anthology of articles presented over the past 38 years in the Western States Jewish History Journal.


2006

Western States Jewish History Fall 2006 Issue

Woodland Hills, California: Isaac Nathan Publishing Co. Vol. XXXIX, No. 1

2006


Spring/Summer 2008The Journeys of Jewish Discovery of Norton B. Stern, 1966-1967plus WSJH 40 year Title Indexes


2008


Fall 2008Pioneer Jews of San FranciscoPart One, A-Lby Dr. Norton B. Sternedited by David W. Epstein


2008


Winter 2009Pioneer Jews of San FranciscoPart Two, M-Zby Dr. Norton B. Sternedited by David W. Epstein


2009


Spring 2009Interviews & Articles with Descendants of the Early Pioneers of Los Angelesby Dr. Norton B. Sternedited by David W. Epstein


2009


Summer 2009Pioneer Jews of the “Outlying Areas”Articles and Interviews by Dr. Norton B. SternEdited by David W. Epstein


2009


Fall 2009Hymie Lichenstein “The Mighty Atom”1904-1999


2009 2 copies


Winter/Spring 2010My Shtetele CaliforniaGolden Nuggets of the Jewish WestWritten by Rabbi Willam M. KramerEdited by David W. Epstein


2010

Wheeler, Marcus, Boris Ottokar Unbegaun, P. S. Falla, Colin Howlett

Russian-English, English-Russian Dictionary

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

1997ISBN: 198601530

Weiss, Moshe

From Oswiecim to Auschwitz(Poland Revisited)

Mosaic PressP.O. Box 1032Oakville, Ontario Canada

1994ISBN:0889625581

Wolfman, Ira

Do People Grow on Family Trees?: Genealogy for Kids and Other Beginners, The Official Ellis Island Handbook

New York : Workman Publishing Company (1991), Paperback, 192 pages

1991ISBN: 894803484

Wynne, Suzan F.

Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia: A Resource Guide


1998ISBN: 1886223084

Zubatsky, David S.

Jewish Genealogy: A Sourcebook of Family Histories and Genealogies Volume 2

New York : Garland Pub., 1984-1990.

1990ISBN: 0824020367

Jewish Genealogy Family Finder

Avotaynu, Inc 1993,

Black binder(out of date-seeJewishGen.org-JGFF)

Jewish Genealogy Family Finder(Gary Mokotoff, Editor)

JewishGen, Inc.December 1996 version

1996

Tan spiral bound book(out of date-see Jewishgen.org-JGFF)

The Scribe 1920-1953 2 notebooksWorld Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors 6/14-6/18, 1981. List of Participants

1981 In Black Folder

LISTE DES JUIFS DE COS (List of Jews in Cos at time of deportation)List of those from Rhodes who survived the Holocaust

Reconnectiong with Your Family Roots in Eastern Europe

Stroganoff Winterfest EventOregon History Center

Guide to Genealogical ResearchIn the National Archives of the U. S. 3 rd ed.

Published for the National Archives and Records Administration by the National Archives Trust Fund Board

2000ISBN: 1880875241

NARA On-Line Finding Aids:Acess to Archival Databases, Archival Research Catalog, Index to Prologue, Publication, Microfilm CatalogImmigrant & Passenger ArrivalsA Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publication 2 nd ed.

5 points of entry:Detroit, MI; Galveston, TX; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; St. Albans, VT

1991ISBN: 0911333053

American Jewish Legacy

A project to locate, preserve, and make accessible material relating to Traditional Jewish communities in U.S.from Colonial times to present.

Archives & Manuscript Repositoryies in the USSREstonia, Lativia, Lithuania, & Belorussia

Patricia Kennedy GrimstedPrinceton University Press, Princeton, NJ

Photocopy in binder

ANTOPOLChapter I: History (English)Chapter II: The Holocaust (War years in Antopol 1934-1944 in English)Chapter III: Personalities (English)Rest of copy is in Hebrew/Yiddish

Includes layout of Antopol streets,etc.

Photocopy in Black folder

HORODETZ1142-1942

Horodetz Book Committee1949Waldon Press, Inc New York 12, NY

1 page from book with list of names in Hebrew

Sefer KOBRYNStory of Life & Destruction of Kobryn during WWII

Printed in HebrewTel Aviv, Israel

1951Photocopy in black folder

Newsletters

Various newsletters from several states and abroad.

SW FL,Greater Miami,Palm Beach County,GreaterWA,IL,MI,L.A,Ventura County,,San Fran, Nevada,Conejo Valley,New Mexico,GreaterHoustonNebraska,Colorado,Boston, Cleveland,

Connecticut

Newsletterscontinued

Johannesburg,Argentina,Brazil,Scandinavia,Montreal,Toronto,British Columbia,Great Britain,Switzerland,

Israel (English & Hebrew)

AvotanynuOld and currant issues.

JGSO

Program Announcements andHandouts

Some programs were recorded and are available in the library.




1981


Allan, Morton



1979


Auslander, Jordan




2005


Beider, Alexander



1993ISBN: 962637335

Beider, Alexander



1996ISBN: 0-962-6373-9-4

Beider, Alexander



2001ISBN: 1886223122

Beider, Alexander



2004 ISBN: 188622319X

Beider, Alexander



2008ISBN: 1886223387

Beider, Alexander



2008ISBN: 1886223387




2002





1996ISBN: 8385888233

Bookbinder, Hal



2000

Boonin, Harry D.



1999ISBN: 096698840X

Brilliant, Richard



1997ISBN: 3791318632. Yiddish.

Burgett, Gordon



2008ISBN: 9780979629549




1972





2000ISBN: 595006663




2000ISBN: 595006671




1989ISBN: 1556132484

Colleta, John P.



2002ISBN: 091648937X (alk. paper)





Croom, Emily



1994

ISBN: 1558703314




1994

Culliner, Jill



2004ISBN 1-894549-40-5

Doctor, Ronald D,


Research, 3rd Ed.



Doctor, Ronald D.




Doctor, Ronald D.



2003


Doctor, Ronald D.




Dollarhide, William



1999ISBN: 0-8063-1222-x



2000 (1910-1916)


Edlund, Thomas Kent


1996ISBN: 1-886223-11-4

Eisenberg, Ellen



1995 ISBN: 0815626525

Eliach, Yaffa



1998


Entine, Jon



2007





2002ISBN: 1-932088-00-8



2nd edition


2003





1998ISBN 9986-517-79-6



1998ISBN: 1886223076




2005ISBN: 976716011


Forensic Genealogy


2005ISBN: 976716003

Frazin, Judith R.



1989

2009

ISBN: 0961351217

ISBN: 9780961351229

Freedman, Chaim



1997 ISBN: 1886223068

Friedman, Saul S.

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