Nu? What's New? The E-zine of Jewish Genealogy From Avotaynu Gary Mokotoff, Editor Volume 22, Number 40 | October 10, 2021 Every government puts value on preserving its history. That is why we have national archives. Genealogy preserves history; the history of a family. It cannot be done without access to records, just as historians cannot preserve a nation's history without access to records. It is a greater good than the right to privacy. It is a greater good than the risk of identity theft. Past issues of Nu? What's New? are archived at http://www.avotaynu.com/nu.htm

Underlined words are links to sites with additional information. Not much to report this week. Arolsen Archives Adds Another 500,000 More Names to Its Online Archive The Arolsen Archives online archive of victims of Nazi persecution has added 500,000 more names. They have included more collections with this latest update, providing online access to 28M documents in total. It is their goal to have most of their collection online by 2025. The names are being digitized by thousands of volunteers who are taking part in the #everynamecounts crowdsourcing initiative. The announcement can be found at https://tinyurl.com/ra6udnp2. Search the online collection at https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/search/. Musings of a Jewish Genealogist: Clues For Finding a South American Family Ann Rabinowitz has written for JewishGen an article identifying numerous resources she used to document a South American family. She identifies no less than 11 websites that assisted her in her research. The article can be found at https://tinyurl.com/duhy8htf. JewishGen Courses for October and November JewishGen is offering the following courses during October and November:    • October 17 – November 7: Researching Your Roots in Prussia and the Baltic States. Donation of $150.    • November 1 – November 22: Researching Your Roots with JewishGen.org. Donation of $150    • November 1 – Nov 22: Fresh Start (The Basics for Beginners and Start Again). Donation of $60. Ongoing Courses    • Genealogy by the Week: Set Your Own time to work with a tutor. Donation of $50.    • Genealogy by the Hour: Virtual Conversations with an expert. Donation of $36.    • Workbook Classes. Donation of $25. These courses are self-paced, do at home that utilizes workbook instruction. Free to Value Added Services Donations to the General Fund in the past 12 months. Additional information and registration are at https://www.jewishgen.org/Education/. FamilySearch Adds More Than 4M Records This Week A list of recent additions to FamilySearch, more than 4M index records, can be found at https://tinyurl.com/f9br6urj. This site provides direct links to the individual collections. They include records from Anguilla, Argentina, Barbados, Belgium, Belize Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Chile, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Granada, India, Kiribati, Martinique, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Turks and Caicos, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela and Zambia. Included are additions to New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1865–1957, 902,196 records Note that at the website, announced collections may not be complete for the dates specified and will be added at some later date. Also note that counts shown in the announcement are the number added, not the total number available in the collection, which can be greater. New Collections at Ancestry.com Ancestry has added/updated the following record groups at their site. The list with links to individual collections can be found at https://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections. Announced collections may not be complete for the dates specified and will be added at some later date. There is also no indication of how many records were added to the updated collections. Updated Collections Georgia, Naturalization Records, 1794–1993 Portland, Indiana, Directory, 1897 Louisiana, Naturalization Records, 1836–1998 Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy: 2020 Edition More a getting started guide than a beginner’s guide, it is meant to convince the reader that tracing one’s Jewish ancestry can be done. The resources described are primarily Internet resources. The Internet has revolutionized family history research. What used to take days or weeks now takes minutes or hours because of the wealth of resources on the Internet. It describes in detail such resources as JewishGen, Morse One-Step site, FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, MyHeritage and many more sites. It alerts the readers to what types of documents of their ancestors will aid in their research—such records as birth, marriage, death, Immigration, census and naturalization records. Cost is only $16.50 plus shippng. Addtional informaton, including the Table of Contents, can be found at http://www.avotaynu.com/books/GettingStarted.htm.

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