Avotaynu Home PageAVOTAYNU maintains an index to selected articles that have appeared in the first eighteen volumes (1985-2005) of the publication. Only shown are major articles and some excerpts from the sections "From Our Contributing Editors" and "From Our Mailbox." Not shown is the "U.S. Update" column, which is a digest of articles that appeared in publications of the Jewish genealogical societies and special interest groups. The articles in Volume III, Number 4 and many in Volumes IV-XXI, Number 4, were human interest features and, therefore, are not part of the index. Each entry is the title of the article followed by the volume/number/page. Back issues can be purchased for $10 each ($12 outside North America) from Avotaynu, Inc.,155 N. Washington Ave, Bergenfield, NJ 07621. Note: Most earlier back issues are available in photocopy version only. All back issues from 1985-2005 are available on CD-ROM for $99.95 plus shipping. An annual subscription to Avotaynu is $35.00. Subscribe now!
Volume/Year: I/1985, II/1986, III/1987, IV/1988, V/1989, VI/1990, VII/1991, VIII/1992. IX/1993, X/1994, XI/1995, XII/1996, XIII/1997, XIV/1998, XV/1999, XVI/2000, XVII/2001, XVIII/2002, XIX/2003, XX/2004, XXI/2005
Galicia (see also Poland and Ukraine) About Galicia II/3/18 A research trip to Galicia II/3/19 Sources of information about Galicia V/3/22 Location of western Galicia vital statistic records VII/2/14 The Kollel Galicia Archive (in Jerusalem) VII/3/23 More on location of Galician records VII/3/43 Vital statistic records for eastern Galicia now in Warsaw archives VIII/2/11 Demographic records of Galicia, 1772-1919 VIII/2/07 Work continues on Encyclopedia of Galician Rabbis and Scholars VIII/4/65
Special interest group planned for Galitzianers IX/2/65
A Galician success story X/1/40
Vom Shtetl an Die Lower East Side: Galizische Juden in New York XI/1/65
A Return to Galicia: Shtetl Life at the turn of the twenty-first century XI/4/46
Some Discoveries in Galician Records XIII/4/45
Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia: A Resource Guide XIV/3/87
Little-known Rabbis in Small Galician Towns XIX/1/47
Jewish Surnames in Russia, Poland, Galicia and Prussia XIX/3/28
General Archival publications (List of Jewish archives worldwide) I/1/07 Suggestions if planning to visit European Jewish cemeteries II/2/20 AVOTAYNU travel file planned II/3/34 Our 1,048,576 ancestors IV/1/37 Comments on AVOTAYNU articles (family and place names) V/1/03 Tracing Jewish ancestors--a pioneer looks back V/3/03 Book review: Family Diseases: Are You At Risk? V/3/34
AVOTAYNU to publish gazetteer of Eastern Europe V/3/38
Seeking descendants of the Baal Shem Tov V/4/22
UN War Crimes Files are genealogical source V/4/23
Genealogy and electronic bulletin boards VI/1/13
Jewish Genealogical Family Finder used to try to save a life VI/1/14Supp
Proposed standard numbering system for individuals, generations and charts in Jewish
genealogy VI/3/03
No one can do my research as I can! VI/3/06
Improvements made to Family Finder VI/3/37
Disputes king-for-a-day legend VI/3/38
Gazetteer of Eastern Europe nearing completion VI/4/13
Landslayt groups as a complement to Jewish genealogical societies VI/4/14
Genealogical networking VI/4/16
Biography of Jewish genealogy VII/1/22
Jewish genealogical societies worldwide VII/1/31
Plans for Jewish Genealogical People Finder VII/3/03
Concludes a generation equals 24 years VII/3/45
Jewish Travel Guide 1991 VII/3/47
Sources for study of the urban Jewish immigrant experience VII/4/55
Microfiche now available through AVOTAYNU VII/4/57
Jewish Genealogical Family Finder marks tenth anniversary VIII/1/42
Jewish Genealogical People Finder acquires 50,000 entries VIII/1/50
Comments on naming convention VIII/2/56
WOWW wins awards VIII/2/59
JGPF adds new capabilities VIII/3/59
WOWW is wow! VIII/3/66
Using an independent research service: costly results VIII/4/49
Using an independent research service: FAST works VIII/4/50
Suggests alternate codes for Jewish months VIII/4/64
Pioneer praises publication (AVOTAYNU) VIII/4/66
AVOTAYNU to publish summaries of family books IX/2/54
Dictionary of Jewish Surnames in the Russian Empire has secondary benefits IX/2/66
What's in a date? A study of various calendars IX/3/24
Lists IX/4/21
Family books in print IX/4/63
Book review: The Jewish Travel Guide IX/4/68
Mormons baptize Holocaust victims X/1/11
Plan screening program for Canavan disease X/1/64
Using a rare mutation to find a relative X/2/37
Some additional uses for A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian
Empire X/3/09
Some comments on Beider's dictionary X/3/11
Book review: From Generation to Generation X/3/59
Consanguinity or the relationship of "removed" cousins X/4/37
New family books in print X/4/73
Guest Editorial: A Call to Arms XI/1/03
The Search for ??ialundzie: Locating hard-to-find-places XI/1/17
Archival research basics for beginning genealogists, Part I: Microfilm XI/1/23
Bar-Zev answers (on consanguinity) XI/1/35
Consanguinity revisited XI/1/35
Names and their origins XI/1/41
Suggested behavior code for genealogists XI/1/45
Two surnames may be calques XI/1/67
The Mormon/Jewish controversy: What really happened XI/2/03
The problems with names XI/2/23
What a genealogist can learn from hospital records XI/2/37
Genealogy in its historical context XI/2/41
Book review: The Jewish Traveler: Hadassah Magazine's Guide to the World's Jewish
Communities and Sights XI/2/63
Book review: Eat and Be Satisfied, A Social History of Jewish Food XI/2/63
Book review: Yiddish Cuisine: A Gourmet's Approach to Jewish Cooking XI/2/63
Book review: Who's Who in My Family XI/2/63
Lawrence Tapper Is Right: A Case Study--Trying to Save a Cemetery XI/2/66
Comments on Tapper's "A Call to Arms" XI/2/66
Re: Lawrence Tapper's Editorial: Genealogy Can Connect Individuals to Their
Community of the Past and Present XI/2/67
Genealogy as a Spiritual Pilgrimage XI/3/16
Enigmas and Idiosyncrasies XI/3/24
Fifteenth Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy XI/3/43
An Adventure with the Saints XI/3/47
Expanding the Universe of Jewish Archival Treasures XI/3/82
Jewish Genealogical Societies and Special Interest Groups XII/1/54
Indexing and record acquisition projects abound XII/1/61
A Daitch-Mokotoff soundex approach to misspelled names XII/2/13
Genealogists can't count XII/2/26
Call for human interest stories and family books in print XII/2/30
Genetics and Jewish law XII/2/38
Former YIVO librarian lauds genealogy XII/2/65
Gorr book lacks Sephardic variants XII/2/66
Genealogical word lists available XII/2/67
Learning about Jewish immigrant women: fact and fiction XII/3/24
A Call to Arms--continued XII/3/40
FAST needs help XII/3/75
CJSI To Be Updated and Expanded XIV/2/17
19th Annual Seminar on Jewish Genealogy and the 21st Century Coming Soon to New
York! XIV/3/40
A Small Piece on the Evolution of Given Names XIII/2/14
AJGS Announces Plans for a Family Tree of the Jewish People XIII/4/3
AJGS, Beth Hatefutsoth, and JewishGen Plan Cooperative Venture to Share Family
Tree Data XIV/1/3
Avotaynu Declares Jewish Genealogy Month XIV/4/3
Avotaynu Foundation Formed XIII/2/26
AVOTAYNU Editors to Head B'nai Brith Genealogy Effort XIV/4/3
Back Issues of AVOTAYNU Now Available on CD-ROM XIII/2/27
Before You Hire a Researcher XIII/2/18
How and Why I Created a Shtetl Map XIII/2/34
How to Organize a Shtetl Co-op XIV/1/13
Jewish Culture, History, and Religion: Keys to Understanding Our Ancestors' Lives and
to Asking the Right Questions XIV/1/4
Jewish Genealogical Societies and Special Interest Groups XIII/1/55
Jewish Genealogical Societies and Special Interest Groups XIV/1/54
Jewish Genealogy on the Eve of the 21st Century XIII/3/3
L.A. Seminar Attracts 800 Attendees XIV/3/18
Look to the Future and Start a Jewish Genealogical Society to Find the Past XIII/3/39
New Family Books in Print XIII/4/91
New Family Histories in Print XIV/4/87
Organized Jewish Genealogy: The Early Years XIII/1/3
Paul Jacobi (1911-1997) XIII/3/9
Shtetl-Based Jewish Genealogical Research XIV/1/9
Star-Studded Cast of Speakers Assembled for Los Angeles Seminar XIV/1/18
The Mysteries of Yiddish Given Names XIII/2/17
Two Scholarly Journals XIV/4/73
University Research Libraries: An Underutilized Genealogical Resource XIII/1/20
Verifying Oral Traditions, A Case Study: The Gaon of Vilna XIII/3/29
Paris Seminar to Feature Distinguished Speakers XIII/1/17
Hello, Cousin: The Mathematics of Ancestry XIII/1/34
Books on Jewish History XIII/1/38
When Is a Name Nothing More Than a Variant of Another Name XIII/1/49
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions About Jewish Genealogy XIII/1/64
Books About Towns XIII/2/63
Bremen Emigration Lists Found XIII/3/11
Report on the Seminar in Paris XIII/3/11
Top 10 Reasons to Attend the 18th Annual Seminar on Jewish Genealogy in Los
Angeles XIII/4/4
Databases Abound on JewishGen XIV/1/15
Gleanings from the Los Angeles Seminar XIV/3/19
Breaking Through the Brick Wall XIV/3/3
Special Supplement: A Beginner's Primer in U.S. Jewish Genealogical Research XIV/3/43
Proceedings of the 5th International Seminar on Jewish Genealogy XIV/3/87
Emigration from the Port of Hamburg, Germany XIV/4/19
1998 Cemetery Project on CD-ROM XIV/4/85
A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Female Ancestors XIV/4/85
These Are the Names: Studies in Jewish Onomastics XIV/4/85
The Family Tree of the Jewish People--One Year Later XV/1/27
AVOTAYNU Launches Internet Magazine for Jewish Genealogy XV/4/43
Jewish Genealogy Month 5760 XV/4/66
Nu? What's New? Attracts 3,000 XVI/1/42
Editorial: Genealogists Must Lobby for Open Access to Archives XVI/2/3
Personal Privacy as an Issue in Access to Historical Research Material XVI/2/5
Some Ethical Questions Raised by Genealogy XVI/2/9
Project Brings Genealogy into the Jewish Schools of Toronto XVI/3/42
Comments on Privacy Issue XVI/3/67
Jewish Genealogical Projects in Progress XVII/1/23
Avotaynu Wants Surname Databases XVII/1/34
Jewish Genealogy in the First Decade of the 21st Century XVII/4/3
Jewish Genealogy Projects in Progress XVII/4/76
Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy Planned for 2003 XVIII/3/37
Genealogist's Wish List XIX/1/23
New Book: Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy XIX/1/14
The Future of JewishGen: From the Person Who Helped Make It Happen XIX/1/07
The Future of JewishGen: The Museum's Perspective XIX/1/05
Two Approaches in Jewish Onomastics: Books by Menk and the General:
The Future of JewishGen: JewishGen's Perspective XIX/1/03
Urges Using Red Cross XIX/1/67
A Better Way to Record Locations for Genealogy XIX/2/19
Book Review: What's Behind a Name XIX/2/66
Descendants of King David XIX/2/54
Unclaimed Property Throughout the World XIX/2/54
Book Review: The Lost Tribes of Israel: The History of a Myth XIX/3/65
How to Publish a Family Tree on CD XIX/3/52
Genealogy and Social Structure: A New Course XIX/4/11
IAJGS Awards Reach for Greater Heights XIX/4/25
International Institute of Jewish Genealogy Formed XIX/4/05
K. G. Saur International Biographical Archives Series XIX/4/35
A One-Step Portal for Online Jewish Genealogy XX/1/03
Preserving Tape Recordings XX/1/47
The Small World of Jewish Genealogy XX/1/42
Ohel Not Identical to Mausoleum X X/2/70
Ancestry.com Offers Many Services and Products XX/2/21
Jewish Genealogy: The Past 25 Years XX/2/03
The Future of Jewish Genealogy XX/2/09
The Importance of Establishing a Family Genealogy Website XX/2/11
Pioneer Reminisces About Past 25 Years XX/3/67
The Next Step: Jewish Genealogy Goes Academic XX/3/03
eJewish.info Is Innovative Tool for Genealogical Research XXI/1/17
The State of Organized Jewish Genealogy XXI/1/28
Building a Family History Website XXI/2/24
Jewish Newspapers as a Genealogical Resource XXI/2/27
New Printing Technique is Boon for Genealogists XXI/2/13
Who Is a Jew?--and Related Topics XXI/2/32
Creates Family Tree Registry XXI/3/67
Fate of the Ten Lost Tribes XXI/3/67
The Role of Genealogy in the Jewish Community XXI/3/03
Germany Adoption of family names in Prussia (1804) I/2/23 German-Jewish Records at the Genealogical Society of Utah III/1/03 Gedenkbuch, list of 130,000 German Jews persecuted by Nazis III/1/24
Jews of Gleiwitz III/3/21
Availability of German maps circa 1888 IV/2/17
Wedding records in Berlin 1723-1813 IV/2/21
Condition of German Jewish cemeteries V/1/34
Availability of German-Jewish records V/2/12
More on condition of German Jewish cemeteries V/2/26
German-Jewish periodicals: A genealogical resource V/3/20
Book review: Jewish Community of Frankfurt V/3/34
East German Jewish archive to open by 1994 V/3/38
Jews of Blomberg V/4/15
Jewish records in East Germany VI/1/03
Plea to index Weissensee Cemetery VI/1/29
Jewish genealogical research in the German Democratic Republic VI/2/06
Hamburg records aid genealogists VI/2/30
German cemeteries documented VI/2/39
German-Jewish records in the Mormon library VI/3/04
Jews of Baden-W�rttemberg VII/1/28
History of personal records of Jews in Germany VII/2/09
Lesser known records...in the Hamburg State Archives VII/3/06
U.S. National Archives material on Jews from Bavaria and Bremen VII/3/16
Book review: Gedenkbuch VII/3/36
Jewish records held in Leipzig Archives VII/4/28
The Sephardim of the Altona Cemetery VIII/1/14
Comparing most common German-Jewish surnames with their American
counterparts VIII/1/30
East German genealogical records VIII/1/32
Twenty miles of Prussia archives VIII/1/33
Jewish Community Office in Leipzig has valuable records VIII/1/34
More Jewish holdings in East German archives VIII/2/13
Leipzig office has 1936 census (of Jews) VIII/2/55
Additional German resources given VIII/2/55
Translating Judeo-German VIII/3/28
Books and periodicals from Germany VIII/3/35
Book review: Address book for Germanic Genealogy VIII/3/62
Mormons have microfilmed 1938 German-Jewish census VIII/3/65
Germany yields finds from other European countries IX/1/27
The Complete Archives of the German Jews IX/1/28
How the Jewish cemeteries of Altona survived World War II IX/1/33
Nazi publication documents "Jews and Non-Aryans With Musical Abilities" IX/1/34
Determining an ancestral town in Germany IX/2/19
The families of Jewish private bankers Reflections on a genealogical study IX/2/40
Jewish genealogical society formed IX/2/49
Germany's finds from Eastern Europe IX/3/03
DP card file at the Central Archives in Heidelberg IX/3/13
Books document Jews in German communities IX/3/21
Book review: Bibliography of Projects on German Jewry and anti-Semitism IX/3/61
Book review: Bibliography of German-Jewish Genealogy IX/3/61
Reports on German emigration societies IX/3/65
Book review: Jews of Germany: A Historical Portrait . X/1/63
German laws regulating access to genealogical records X/2/25
Hamburg shipping X/2/53
German Emigration Society records available X/2/67
Book review: Inventory of Emigration Sources in the Bremen Archives X/3/62
Book review: Family Research for Jewish Ancestors from Baden Wurttemberg in
Hohenlohe District X/3/63
Describes Jewish history periodical of the Rhineland-Palatinate X/3/67
Conversions and mixed marriages in Germany X/4/58
Reports on documentation of Jewish tombstones in Baden W�rttemberg X/4/81
Book lists persons who lost German citizenship, 1933-1945 X/4/81
The G\1 Collection in Jerusalem's Central Archives for the History of the Jewish
People XI/4/25
Brilling archives in Frankfurt museum XI/1/34
History and Culture of the Jews in Swabia XI/1/64
Jewish first names in German Alemanic districts XI/2/48
Germanic Genealogy: A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns XI/3/79
The 1939 census of the Jews of Germany XII/2/31
Hamburg JGS founded XII/2/66
On-Site research in Germany XII/3/12
Searching the German catalog XII/3/45
Founding of a German-Jewish genealogical society XII/3/54
Book review: Cologne Gedenkbuch XII/3/71
Microfilmed German records XII/4/15
Hamburg Jewry XII/4/65
Civil Vital Records for Berlin Jews Discovered in the Potsdam Archives German and
Polish Place Names XIV/2/33
Alternate index to Hamburg emigrations XIII/1/39
Book on Jews of Posen XIII/1/64
Additional German Records Found XIII/1/67
Major change is acquisition policy for German records XIII/2/50
Taschenbuch f�r Familiengeschichtsforschung XIII/3/63
Genealogical Research in W�rttemberg, Germany XIII/4/29
Researching Famous or Near-Famous German Ancestors? XIII/4/98
Literary Sources for Genealogical Research on Jews with German Roots XIV/1/31
More About W�rttemberg Census XIV/1/67
Jewish Family Name Adoption in Mecklenburg XIV/2/35
Cemeteries and birth and death registers of Hamburg. XIV/2/47
German-Jewish family names XIV/2/47
News of Baden-W�rttemberg Cemeteries XIV/2/65
Palatinate name adoptions XIV/3/69
Library Resources for German-Jewish Genealogy XIV/3/87
Emigration from the Port of Hamburg, Germany XIV/4/19
Westphalian Jews and the Holocaust: An Amazing Find XV/1/31
Records for West Prussia Found in East German Archives XV/1/33
German-Jewish Gravestones on the Internet XV/1/66
Hamburg Emigration Lists Are Being Computerized XV/2/3
Primary Source Material for German-Jewish Genealogy at the
Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People XV/2/31
Resources Relating to the History of the Jews in the
Archives of the Former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) XV/3/23
Clarifies Location of German List XVI/1/67
German Name Adoptions XVI/2/43
Report on Brilling Collection in Frankfurt XVI/3/54
Searching for Louis Kirchner in the Hamburg Emigration Lists XVI/4/9
German Microfilms Prove Valuable XVI/4/29
Jews of Baden-Wuerttemberg Project XVI/4/89
Eastern European Jewish Emigration via Hamburg XVII/2/11
Book Review: The History of the Jews of Germany in Modern Times XVII/2/63
German and Polish Archival Holdings in Moscow XVII/4/11
How to Determine from Where and When an American Moved to Berlin XVII/4/20
Navigating Berlin Resources to Solve a Family Puzzle XVIII/2/29
Book Review Portraits of Our Past: Jews of the German Countryside XVIII/3/62
Updated Website for Berlin City Directories XVIII/4/91
Westphalian Jews and the Holocaust: An Amazing Find XV/1/31
Records for West Prussia Found in East German Archives XV/1/33
German-Jewish Gravestones on the Internet XV/1/66
Hamburg Emigration Lists Are Being Computerized XV/2/3
Primary Source Material for German-Jewish Genealogy at the
Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People XV/2/31
Resources Relating to the History of the Jews in the
Archives of the Former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) XV/3/23
Clarifies Location of German List XVI/1/67
German Name Adoptions XVI/2/43
Report on Brilling Collection in Frankfurt XVI/3/54
Searching for Louis Kirchner in the Hamburg Emigration Lists XVI/4/9
German Microfilms Prove Valuable XVI/4/29
Jews of Baden-Wuerttemberg Project XVI/4/89
Eastern European Jewish Emigration via Hamburg XVII/2/11
Book Review: <I>The History of the Jews of Germany in Modern Times</I> XVII/2/63
German and Polish Archival Holdings in Moscow XVII/4/11
How to Determine from Where and When an American Moved to Berlin XVII/4/20
Navigating Berlin Resources to Solve a Family Puzzle XVIII/2/29
Book Review Portraits of Our Past: Jews of the German Countryside XVIII/3/62
Updated Website for Berlin City Directories XVIII/4/91
Frankfurt/Main Jewry XIX/1/47
More Than a Book Review: Gedächtnis aus Stein: Die Synagoge in Kippenheim, 1852-2002 XIX/1/34
New Site for Berlin City Directories XIX/1/67
Sources for Jewish Family Research in the Hamburg State Archives XIX/1/47
My Ancestors Were Schutzjuden XIX/2/11
Jewish Surnames in Russia, Poland, Galicia and Prussia XIX/3/28
Sielemann Given Obermayer Award XIX/3/54
Book Review: Genealogical Guide to East and West Prussia XIX/4/75
Cites Sources of German, Austrian and Czech Holocaust Victims Names XIX/4/79
Book Review: Legacy: The Saga of a German-Jewish Family Across Time and Circumstance XX/1/56
Book Review: The Diaries of Bernhard Cahn: A Man of His Time XX/1/56
Sephardic community of Hamburg XX/1/47
Sources on Jews of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Nearby Areas XX/1/41
Jewish Genealogy in Germany XX/2/26
German Jewish Migration to South Africa XX/3/25
German Areas Bordering Switzerland XX/4/62
A Short History of Jewish Surnames in Germany XXI/1/05
Jacobi Center Acquires German Genealogies XXI/1/62
Book Review: A Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames XXI/2/64
Gibraltar
Toledano family of Gibraltar XXI/3/52
Greece Bibliography of Greek Jewry VIII/2/40 Greek Jewry VIII/4/56 Greek Jewish records in Moscow to be returned to Greece IX/3/52 Greek Jewry: Sources for genealogical research X/4/11 Projects to Document Jews of Turkey, Salonika, Bulgaria, and Belgrade XIV/2/40 How to Research Families from Turkey and Salonika XIV/1/28 Finding Relatives for a Survivor from Rhodes XVI/4/63 Finding Relatives for a Survivor from Rhodes XVI/4/63
Book Review: Memorial to the Jews Deported from Greece XXI/2/54
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