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What's New? Gary Mokotoff, Editor Volume 22, Number 42 | October 24, 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
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Call for Papers: 42nd IAJGS Conference on Jewish Genealogy  The 42nd
IAJGS Conference on Jewish Genealogy will be
held—live—August 21–25 in Philadelphia.
Now there is a Call for Proposals.Lecture themes are: • Life in the 19th and 20th Century • Jewish Pennsylvania • Methodology Track • Beginners Track • DNA Insights for Genealogy Track • Memories Using Stories, Photos and Video Deadline for submissions is November 21. Complete information is at https://tinyurl.com/n75w5tcd. Wanted: Human Interest Stories for Winter Issue of AVOTAYNU  We are
currently working on the Fall issue of AVOTAYNU but are already looking
forward to the Winter issue which is special in two ways. For the past
35 years, AVOTAYNU has devoted a portion of each Winter issue to
genealogy human interest stories. Stories are typically about how
genealogy affected people’s lives, whether it be the
researcher or the people they are researching. Deadline for submission
this year is December 1, 2022. If you would like to share such a story
with AVOTAYNU subscribers, submit it by e-mail to sallyann.sack1@verizon.net.
When possible, illustrations should accompany the article. New Family Histories in Print. Also in the Winter issue, AVOTAYNU lists Jewish genealogical family histories that have been published in the preceding 12 months. Books published earlier are also eligible for inclusion if they have not been previously reported. Please present information about the book in a specific format: author; title of book; years covered; brief description, including family names researched; libraries in which book has been deposited; price and ordering information. Submit the information by e-mail to sallyann.sack1@verizon.net. Arolsen Archives: Prelude to Things to Come?  Prior to
2007, Arolsen Archives did not permit public access to its records
citing privacy as one of the issues. Primarily due to efforts of the
U.S. member of the commission, starting in 2007, Arolsen became an open
archives. Arolsen Archives is run by an International Commission of 11 countries. Annually, the chair of the commission is rotated among the countries. The new chair is a Belgian diplomat, Gilles Heyvaert. In his first trip to the Archives, Heyvaert noted that he “would like to campaign for the creation of a pragmatic data protection policy for the Arolsen Archives.” This was reiterated by Floriane Azoulay, Director of the Arolsen Archives, who stated “he will assist us a great deal implementing such a sensitive topic as data protection on behalf of the victims and their families.” Does this mean an there will be an attempt to limit public access to information at the archives beyond what exists today? Additional information is at https://tinyurl.com/rkfac5c5. A Look at British Mandate Palestine Name Changes  During the
British Mandate for Palestine period (1920–1948) persons who
legally changed their name had this information posted in the official
government publication called the Palestine Gazette.
Many Jews who made aliyah (immigration) to Eretz Yisrael during this
period discarded their European names and took more Zionist names.
(David Gruen became David Ben Gurion.)In the early 1980s, I was approached by the late Rabbi Shmuel Gorr, a professional genealogist living in Jerusalem, asking if I would be willing to create a computerized listing of these persons. (At that time, I was in the computer services business.) The project was complete and copies of the list were made available to Jewish Genealogical Societies and the public. In looking at the list, it was obvious there were spelling variants of names that were phonetically similar (Moskowitz and Moskovitz). It was apparent to me that the soundex system used by American genealogists would not work for Jewish names. The project was the genesis of the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex System. Now Philip Trauring has published in his “Blood & Frogs” blog, an essay about these name changes. It can be found at https://tinyurl.com/wkxwrrwa. Library and Archives Canada Plans Collaboration with German National Library  Library
and Archives Canada (LAC) has announced the signing of a memorandum of
understanding with the German National Library (GNL), or Deutsche
Nationalbibliothek, that will shape future collaboration between the
two institutions. The announcement states that both organizations will
benefit through the following undertakings:• Sharing of information on organizational structures, systems, programs, services, collections, emergency preparedness plans, digitization of collections and management of digital resources • Sharing of information on the acquisition, description, access, preservation and storage of documentary resources in their national collections • Exploration of opportunities for co-operation in areas such as exhibitions and joint activities and projects The announcement can be found at https://tinyurl.com/awwsr94m. FamilySearch Adds More Than 1M Records This Week  A
list of recent additions to FamilySearch, more than 1M index records,
can be found at https://tinyurl.com/83apdush.
This site provides direct links to the individual collections. They
include records from Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, England, France,
French Polynesia, Germany, Guatemala, India, Martinique, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Samoa, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and
United States. 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.New Collections New York, York, U.S., Bodies in Transit, 1859–1894 Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864–1968 Peoria County, Illinois, U.S., Births 1878–1915 Peoria County, Illinois, U.S., Deaths 1878–1915 United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patents, 1970–2019 Updated Collections 1871 England Census Brazil, Civil Registration, 1870–2012 Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609–1999 Hawaii, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1822–1962 Kansas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1803–1987 Kentucky, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1906–1991 Nebraska, Wills and Probate Records, 1806–1989 New York State, U.S., Death Index, 1957–1969 Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582–1932 Vermont, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1749–1999 Washington, U.S., Naturalizations, 1853–1980 Wisconsin, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1800–1987
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