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
United States Book review: The Source I/1/16
Russian consular records to be indexed I/2/04
Addresses and publications of United States societies II/2/27
HIAS--Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society II/3/02
HIAS--New York II/3/03
HIAS--Philadelphia II/3/06
HIAS--Boston II/3/10
HIAS--Baltimore II/3/11
List of Jewish genealogical societies throughout the world III/1/33
HIAS offices, continued III/2/18
Search publishes research guides to many cities III/2/26
Recent acquisitions at YIVO Institute III/2/29
Book planned--Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy III/2/34
Lesser known resources at the U.S. National Archives IV/1/07
A network of people finders IV/2/11
USSR/US archival exchange takes initial step IV/2/15
American Jewish Yearbook: A genealogical resource IV/3/16
Naturalization and Visa records at U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service V/1/12
National Archives branches acquire additional microfilms V/1/22
Book review: Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area V/1/29
Search . publishes resource guides V/2/24
Planning continues for Polish-Jewish archives at University of Connecticut V/3/15
AJHS acquires early printed American Judaica V/4/06
Holocaust material at the American Jewish Archives V/4/08
INS success story V/4/22
Public access to U.S. Naturalization index sought VI/1/06
More on Sean Ferguson legend VI/1/42
Mokotoff appointed to FGS Board of Directors VI/2/39
Miriam Weiner wins columnist award VI/2/39
Book review: The Library of Congress VI/3/32
Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy to make debut VI/3/37
Jewish Genealogical Family Finder now available on 11 bulletin boards VII/2/16
SAGAS update VII/2/38
Map resources...at the U.S. Library of Congress VII/4/43
Texas company offers computerized tracing services VII/4/65
History of the US-USSR Archival Exchange Program VIII/1/03
New microfilms available from U.S. National Archives VIII/1/36
Leo Baeck Institute resources await seminar attendees VIII/1/39
Greater access to U.S. naturalization records VIII/1/41
Social Security Death Index new genealogical resource VIII/1/42
Book review: The Center: A Guide to Genealogical Research VIII/1/55
Corrections to microfilming of Russian Consular Records completed VIII/1/57
Expands on Library of Congress map article VIII/1/58
AJGS plans to assist Russians looking for American relatives VIII/1/58
AJGS to maintain list of European researchers VIII/2/06
Klau Library and the American Jewish Archives VIII/2/30
Book review: First American Jewish Families VIII/2/53
The elusive Russian Consular Records VIII/3/13
Balch Institute to publish Russian arrivals 1880-87 VIII/3/56
Book review: Ancestry's Red Book VIII/3/63
Book review: State Census Records VIII/4/62
Library of Congress catalogues genealogies VIII/4/64
U.S. Holocaust Museum Archives and Library to open April 23 IX/1/03
Mark Twain: On the Jews IX/1/0
Recent acquisitions of the LDS (Mormon) Family History Library IX/1/11
The Social Security Death Index IX/1/13
RAGAS inquiries producing results IX/1/16
Some guidelines on completing the new RAGAS forms IX/1/18
Clarifies FAST prices IX/1/67
Book review: American Passenger Arrival Records IX/2/60
Russian Consular Records microfilm to be available at regional archives IX/2/66
Death of Berl Kagan represents serious loss to Jewish scholarship IX/2/67
AROS staff to visit Washington, available for JGS meetings IX/2/67
U.S. historical societies as genealogical resources IX/3/05
AJGS plans to index Jewish cemeteries IX/3/06
New sources at the U.S. Holocaust Museum archives IX/3/07
AROS archivists visit U.S. IX/3/42
Russian Consular Records revisited IX/3/45
Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern (1915-1994) IX/4/03
A conversation with the LDS Family History Library's "Jewish expert"--Daniel M.
Schlyter IX/4/05
Database of names at Holocaust Museum IX/4/17
Romanian records at the Holocaust Memorial Museum; Research strategies for records
still held in Romania IX/4/18
Book review: Sephardim in America IX/4/65
Why it takes so long to get answers from RAGAS IX/4/70
Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern--His associates remember him X/1/24
Report from Salt Lake City, Utah X/1/10
Searching for World War I draft registration records X/1/33
Book review: They Came in Ships X/1/63
Division of still photographs at the U.S. National Archives is a genealogical resource X/1/65
Reports AJGS cemetery project has computer X/1/67
Using U.S. visa records to find post-World War I immigrants X/2/35
A report about RAGAS X/2/46
New sources at the U.S. Holocaust Museum X/2/47
Jewish sources for genealogy at the U.S. Library of Congress X/3/21
Aerial reconnaissance photographs in the National Archives X/3/27
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum as a genealogical resource X/3/28
Researching post-1906 naturalizations in Washington, DC X/3/30
JGSGW indexes more State Department records X/3/37
Book review: Bridges to An American City: A Guide to Chicago's Landsmanshaften,
1870 to 1990 X/3/64
AJGS cemetery project update report X/4/59
Book review: The Concise Dictionary of American Jewish Biography X/4/75
Book review: An Index to Publications of the American Jewish Historical
Society X/4/77
Book review: A Guide to U.S. Military Records X/4/79
List compiled of 1920 residents of Hebrew Orphan Asylum X/4/80
Citizenship records of drafted WWI soldiers who were aliens located in Maryland
Archives X/4/82
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections XI/1/27
Book review: Vom Shtetl an Die Lower East Side: Galizische Juden in New
York XI/1/65
Using U.S. archival records to locate a residence before immigration XI/2/15
Using non-microfilmed records at the U.S. National Archives XI/2/35
Roots-Key wins national award XI/2/52
Book review: Judaica Americana XI/2/62
Has Database of Sullivan County (NY) Jewish Cemetery Information XI/2/65
AJHS Responds to Complaint About Access to Child Care Records XI/2/65
Finds List of Galveston Jews XI/2/67
Cites Veteran Administration records as good genealogical sSource XI/2/67
Seminar held in Washington attracts 628 attendees XI/3/08
The Golden Door: Genealogical research in New York City XI/3/11
New and future acquisitions at the Leo Baeck Institute XI/3/21
Genealogical resources at the American Jewish Historical Society XI/3/33
Genealogy resources in the Boston Area XI/4/17
A treasure at the American Jewish Historical Society XI/4/20
New York Orphan Asylum holdings at the American Jewish Historical Society XI/1/28
Interpreting U.S. Immigration Manifest Annotations XII/1/10
Library of Congress needs published catalogs of foreign archives XII/1/67
New edition of Guide to National Archives Records planned XII/2/50
Locates Lower East Side voter registration lists XII/2/67
Research on-line or in person at the Library of Congress XII/3/41
Book review: Genealogical Resources in the Atlanta Area XII/3/70
in the National Capital Area XII/3/70
Book review: Capital Collections: Resources for Jewish Genealogical Research in
Washington, DC, Area XII/3/70
Book review: Resources for Jewish Genealogy in the Boston Area XII/3/70
Book review: San Francisco Bay Area: Gold Mine for Jewish Genealogical
Research XII/3/71 Second YIVO shipment arrives in New York XII/4/70 Certificates of Arrival and the Accuracy of Arrival Information Found in U.S. Naturalization Records XIV/2/18 The Location of U.S. Naturalization Records XIII/1/36 Index to Georgia's Federal Naturalization Records to 1950 XIII/1/64 The Jewish Year Book 1997 XIII/1/64 The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy XIII/1/64
AJHS Reviews Books on Jewish Communities XIII/2/63
Interview with the Archivist of the United States XIII/3/10
U.S. Immigration Records to Be Indexed XIII/3/37
Patterns of Migrations, 1850-1914 XIII/3/63
Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia XIII/4/98
NARA Federal Records Guide Published XIII/4/98
How to Find a Post-1906 U.S. Immigrant Ancestor XIV/1/41
Freedom of Information Request to INS XIV/2/65
An Analysis and Guide to Beider's Sources in the United States XIV/3/33
A Tip for Locating Pre-1906 Immigrants to the United States XIV/3/42
Jewish Given Names in Eastern Europe and the U.S. XIV/3/9
Green Card Applications Accessible XIV/3/90
U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities Supports Genealogy XIV/3/90
Crypto-Jews of the U.S. Southwest XIV/4/31
Oswego, New York: Wartime Haven for Jewish Refugees XIV/4/46
They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins XIV/4/85
Genealogical Resources in New York City Abound for 19th Annual Conference XIV/4/9
Oswego, New York, Refugee Comments on Article XV/1/66
American Jewish Historical Society Library and Archives Close Temporarily XV/2/46
Book Review: The Jewish Quarter of Philadelphia XV/2/65
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Plans to Create
Searchable Index to Naturalization Records XV/3/3
By Way of Canada: U.S. Records of Immigration across the
U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954 XV/3/4
Jewish Salt Lake City of the Past XVI/1/37
A Proposal to Improve Service for Genealogists at INS XVI/2/29
Jewish Genealogical Research in Florida XVI/3/9
Yes, Lobby for Open Access to Archives--But Why Not in the U.S. Too? XVI/3/47
Ellis Island Passenger Arrival Database 98 Percent Complete XVI/4/3
WWI Draft Records Provide Lead XVI/4/29
Vermonter May Have Come Through Canada XVI/4/89
Book Review: The American Census Handbook XVII/1/73
Strategies for Using the Ellis Island Database XVII/2/3
Mexican-U.S. Border Crossing Records XVII/2/18
Baltimore Immigrant Lists Available XVII/3/40
Genealogy Institute at Center for Jewish History Provides Workshops and Group Visits XVII/3/61
Between the Lines: Morris Citron and the Early INS XVII/4/5
The Ellis Island Database: From the Micro to the Macro Level:
The Cases of Lechovich and Baranovich XVII/4/8
Using the American Jewish Year Book XVII/4/in Family History Research XVII/4/17
Bibliography of Books about North American Jewish Communities Now Online XVII/4/70
World War II U.S. "Old Mens" Draft Registration XVIII/1/10
"Likely Public Charge" XVIII/1/67
Subtleties in Using the One-Step Ellis Island Website XVIII/2/6
Using The New York Times Online Backfile XVIII/2/22
Subtleties in Using the One-Step 1930 Census Website XVIII/3/3
Wills and Probate Estates in the United States XVIII/3/36
HIAS Location and Family Service XVIII/4/5
HIAS Boston Individual Arrival Cards, 1882-192 XVIII/4/7
U.S. National Archives II Highlights XVIII/4/17
Center for Jewish History Offers Genealogy Fellowship XIX/1/08
Book Review: Going Greek: Jewish College Fraternities in the United States, 1895-1945 XIX/3/65
Pacific Crossings: Europe to America Via the Trans-Siberian Railroad XIX/3/18
A Day at the Center for Jewish History XIX/4/03
Who Rests in the Philadelphia Cemetery? A HIAS/INS Case Study XIX/4/06
Persecution or Immigration Politics? Esther, Max and President Wilson XX/1/19
Secret Jews of the American Southwest XX/1/29
Children Under 16 Unaccompanied by a Parent: The Family Zuser XX/2/43
Genealogical Resources at the American Jewish Archives XX/3/15
New Acquisitions at U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum XXI/1/13
U.S. Courthouse Records Hold Valuable Genealogical Information XXI/2/15
The Port of New York Before Ellis Island XXI/3/27
Venezuela Venezuelan Jewry: A Brief History XVIII/3/42
Zimbabwe
Jews of Zimbabwe XIX/2/54
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