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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
Scotland Search for my namesake--Scottish style IV/1/18 Scottish-Jewish Archive Centre IV/2/23 Books on Scottish Jewish history V/1/19 Passage to America through Scotland V/4/07 Scottish Jewish records V/4/15 Books on Scottish Jewish genealogy VII/3/31 Cemetery burials in major Scottish cities VII/4/62 Research using the 1891 census VIII/2/43 Jewish roots in Scotland IX/1/37 Records of Janefield Cemetery found IX/1/43 Glasgow, Scotland Jewry X/2/49 Jewish refugees in Scotland during World War II XI/2/47 Historical database of Scottish Jewry XI/4/56 Jewish tombstone inscriptions in Scotland XI/4/56 Records of 5,000 Jewish burials now accessible XII/1/45 Scottish-Jewish historical database XII/2/42 Scottish Jewish Archives XIII/4/79
Jewish Genealogical Research in Scotland XIX/1/25
Scottish Civil Registration XIX/1/47
Scottish-Jewish Family History XIX/1/47
Online Database of Wills and Testaments XIX/3/52
Access to Public Records XX/3/47
General Register Office Places Vital Indexed Online XXI/1/47
Online Back Issues of Scotsman XXI/1/47
Online Family Histories XXI/1/47
Records of the Aberdeen Hebrew Congregation XXI/2/43
Seminars Availability of papers given at international seminar IV/1/20 Plans for Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy IV/2/33 Report on Seventh Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy IV/3/03 Report on plans for Eighth Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy V/1/11 Proceedings of Second International Seminar available V/2/17
Third International Seminar: An update VII/1/07
Eleventh Summer Seminar...to be New York Experience VII/4/16
President of JGS Moscow to speak at Twelfth Summer Seminar IX/1/05
Seminar will return to Jerusalem in May 1994 IX/2/14
Fourth International Seminar of Jewish Genealogy Supplement IX/3/31-38
Report on Jerusalem seminar X/2/03
1995 Seminar Planned for Washington, DC X/2/33
Fourteenth Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy--June 25-29, 1995 X/3/33
Seminar held in Washington attracts 628 attendees XI/3/08
Speakers at the 15th Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy XII/1/21
Report on Boston seminar XII/3/39
Fifth International Seminar on Jewish Genealogy: Paris, July 13-17, 1997 XII/4/29
Annual Genealogy Conferences and the Jewish Genealogist XV/3/11
Call for Papers: 2000 Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy XV/3/15
Jewish Genealogy Seminars: Then and Now XV/3/16
20th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy XV/4/36
Something for Everyone Is Content of Lectures at Salt Lake City Conference XVI/1/5
Annual Conference on Jewish Genealogy Attracts 625 Registrants to
Lectures and Family History Library XVI/2/10
21st International Conference on Jewish Genealogy XVI/2/18
21st International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Registration Form XVI/4/23
London Conference: The Most International to Date XVII/3/16
London Conference Tales XVII/4/22
2002 Jewish Genealogy Conference, Toronto, August 4-9 XVIII/1/13
Toronto Points Way to New Thoughts about Jewish Genealogy Conferences XVIII/3/25
Call for Proposals: 23rd IAJGS International Conference on
Jewish Genealogy July 20-25, 2003--Washington, D.C. XVIII/3/29
Highlights of 2003 Conference Program in Washington DC XIX/1/16
Preview of 2004 International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Jerusalem XIX/2/27
Annual Jewish Genealogy Conference Is Where It Is All At XIX/3/14
A Small Taste of What to Expect at the Jerusalem Conference XX/1/21
Jerusalem Conference a Great Success XX/2/47
A Glimpse of What to Expect at the Las Vegas Conference XXI/1/27
Annual Conference Set for New York August 13-18, 2006 XXI/3/25
Sephardic Sephardic Jewry; recommended readings VI/4/52 Sources for researching my Sephardic ancestors VII/1/18 Spanish Inquisition in Americas VII/1/19 Biography of Sephardic Jews and the Holocaust VII/2/17 The Ottoman Empire and Jewish genealogy VIII/1/17 Ottoman Empire resources VIII/1/18 The Marrano Diaspora VIII/1/09 Additional resources for Sephardic genealogy VIII/2/59 Resources for Sephardic genealogy VIII/3/48 Book review: The Sephardic Journey: 1492-1992 VIII/3/63
Book review: Sephardim in America IX/4/65
Sephardic electronic archive developed X/1/64
Sephardic genealogical research in Morocco X/3/40
Rosh-ha-shana memories and thoughts: Sephardic in form, Jewish in essence XII/3/27
Sephardic reference Sources XII/3/52
Converted and Reconverted: History of the Jews Who Stayed in Portugal (1497-1997) XIII/4/9
Crypto-Jews of the U.S. Southwest XIV/4/31
The Current State of Sephardic Jewish Genealogy XV/1/37
Documentation on Sephardic and Balkan Jewry at the U.S. Holocaust
Memorial Museum and U.S. National Archives XV/4/20
Book Review: Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering Your Sephardic Ancestors and Their WorldXIX/1/60
New Website for Sephardic Studies XIX/1/33
The 500-Year History of a Sephardic Family XIX/2/37
Book reviews of Sephardic Diaspora XIX/3/52
Crypto-Jews XIX/3/52
Book Review: Dicionário Sefaradi de Sobrenomes XX/1/56
Communities of North Africa XXI/1/47
Major Sephardic Internet Site: Les Fleurs de l'Orient XXI/1/19
Book Review: Sephardic Onomasticon XXI/2/64
Sources for Ottoman Sephardic Genealogy: Turkey and Rhodes XXI/3/35
Serbia Projects to Document Jews of Turkey, Salonika, Bulgaria, and Belgrade XIV/2/40 Records of Belgrade Jewry Available XVII/2/53 Slovakia (also see Czech Republic) Book review: Zidovsk‚ N bozensk‚ obce na Slovensku IX/1/63
Slovakian Jewish research IX/4/14
Book review: Parish Registers in Slovakia IX/4/67
Gives hints on Slovak research X/3/65
On-Site Jewish genealogical research in the Czech and Slovak republics XII/3/15
Slovakian state archives XII/3/20
Two Guides to the Slovak Archives XVI/2/65
From Between Galicia and Hungary: The Jews of Stropkov XVIII/1/37
Slavonia Researching Jewish Family History in Croatia, Slavonia and Hungary XVII/3/28 South Africa Jewish community of South Africa--an outline II/2/13 Why so many South African Jews are Litvaks V/1/19 Assistance in locating South African relatives VI/2/28 Mormon resources in South Africa VIII/2/44 Addresses of government archives and Jewish organizations VIII/2/44 Augments South African resources VIII/4/67 South African Jewry IX/4/51 "Is the History of the South African Jewish Community Worth Saving?" X/3/46 Gives address for South African Jewry project X/4/82 Compiling list of genealogical resources XII/2/45 Lithuania on the Veldt: Jewish Migration to South Africa XIII/3/19 Addresses for South African research. XIII/3/49 Bank records XIII/3/49 Jews of Marquard XIII/3/49 South African Center for Jewish Migration and Genealogy Studies XVIII/1/33
Locating South African Relatives in the EIDB XIX/2/33
South African Center for Jewish Migration and Genealogy Studies XIX/2/35
German Jewish Migration to South Africa XX/3/25
South America (also see individual contries) Travelers guide to South America VII/2/39 Spain History of the Jews of Aragon IV/3/20
Sources for Spanish and Portuguese genealogy XII/2/43
Jews of Andalusia XII/4/62
Inquisition records XIII/1/39
Jews of Andalusia XIII/1/39
Jewish sources on the Iberian Peninsula XIII/4/79
Crypto-Jews around the world XIV/2/47
Notarial papers of pre-Inquisition Spain, records of rural Moselle communities, Alsatian
records XIV/3/69
Escape Into Spain: Hispanic Way Station on the Road to Freedom XXI/1/23
Legacy of the Spanish Civil War XIX/4/49
Sudan Jacob's Children in the Land of the Mahdi: Jews of the Sudan XIII/4/96
Sweden Resources for Jewish genealogy in Sweden XI/2/39 Jewish Migration from Eastern Europe to Sweden from the 1850s to World War I XIV/1/39 Jewish genealogical society formed in Sweden XIV/1/46 Jewish Immigration to Sweden XX/1/47
Thesis on "Eastern Jews and Other Immigrants in Sweden--1860-1920" XXI/2/43
Switzerland History of Jews of Switzerland II/1/26 Family names found in various locations IV/1/24 Public records offices in Europe V/1/21 Jews in the Fribourg Territory VI/2/28 Family trees deposited in Zurich VII/4/63 Jews of Berne VIII/2/45 Cemetery in Zwingen VIII/4/57 Towns of Hagenthal and Hegenheim VIII/4/57 Jews of Avenches IX/1/43 Jews of Endingen, Hohenems IX/3/53 Book on bibliography of Jewish family research IX/4/54 Book on Jewish cemetery in Endingen-Lengnau IX/4/54 Memor-Buch Gallingen X/3/47
Mohel book from Alsace/Sundegau region XII/1/45
Swiss Records of Jewish Refugee During the Holocaust XIII/2/49
Wahl family of Reguisheim XIII/4/79
Swiss deported from France during the Holocaust XIV/3/69
Jews of Stuehlingen (Guggenheim, Randegg and Tiengen) XX/1/47
Swiss Baliff Records XX/1/47
Stolpersteine project XX/3/47
Breisach Community XX/3/47
Swiss Victims of the Holocaust XX/4/62
Jews of Pannonia XXI/3/52
Muelheim cemetery XXI/3/52
Syria Spanish-Jewish "nobility" of Aleppo, Syria VII/2/17 Genealogies of 30 families from Aleppo documented VII/4/61
Dayan Family of Aleppo: Direct Descendants of King David XX/2/31
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