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Best Sellers & Featured Books
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 Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and Their
Variants
by Alexander Beider
15,000 given names, their root
name, derivation of root name, and how given name derived from root
name. Shows origin and evolution of
735 root masculine and feminine Ashkenazic given names and a
tree-like structure of all 15,000 name variants which shows how they were
derived from the root name. $39.00 at www.avotaynubooks.com.
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 Where Once We
Walked: Revised Edition
by Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann
Amdur Sack with Alexander Sharon
The award-winning Where Once
We Walked (WOWW) identifies more than 23,500 towns where Jews lived
before the Holocaust. Includes 17,500 alternate names, soundex index
and "nearby town" index.
$85.00
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 Sephardic Genealogy:Second Edition
by Jeffrey S. Malka
Award-winning comprehensive guide to doing Sephardic research. The first edition, which won the
“Best Judaica Reference Book” (2002) of Association of Jewish Libraries,
has been completely updated and improved. Nearly 100 pages longer,
$55.00
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 Following
the Paper Trail:
A Multilingual Translation Guide
by Jonathan Shea & William
Hoffman
Guide to translating genealogy
records of 13 European languages: Czech, French, German, Hungarian,
Italian, Latin, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish
and Swedish. An indispensable reference source for anyone whose research
involves European languages.
$39.00
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 Getting Started
in Jewish Genealogy
by Gary Mokotoff
Primer on Jewish genealogical research that explains the great resources on
the Internet to get going with your Jewish family history. It alerts the
reader to what types of documents of their ancestors will aid in their
research— such records as birth, marriage, death, Immigration, census and
naturalization records. $29.00
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Sephardic Genealogy
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Translating Documents
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 Sephardic Genealogy:Second Edition
by Jeffrey S. Malka
Award-winning comprehensive guide to doing Sephardic research.
55.00
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Dictionary of
Sephardic Given Names
by Mathilde Tagger
Nearly 2,000 Sephardic given names
have been compiled by the author from hundreds of sources.
$34.00
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 Following the Paper Trail:
A Multilingual Translation Guide
by Jonathan Shea & William
Hoffman
Guide to translating genealogy
records of 13 European languages.
$39.00
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 Dictionary of Sephardic Surnames: Second Edition
by Guilherme Faiguenboim, et al
17,000 surnames from more than 24 countries where Sephardim lived. Softcover
$65.00
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 Guidebook for Sephardic
and Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel
by Mathilde Tagger & Yitzhak Kerem
Resources on Sephardic history and genealogy in Israeli archives. Organized by
country of origin.
$45.00
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 In Their Words: A Genealogist's Translation Guide -- Polish
by Jonathan Shea & William
Hoffman
Detailed guide to translating
Polish documents.
$45.00
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 Dictionary of Bulgarian Jewish
Surnames
by Mathilde A. Tagger
882 surnames showng etymology and spelling variants. Softcover
$30.00
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 A Dictionary of
Jewish Surnames from Maghreb Region, Gibralltar, and Malta
by Alexander Beider
Comprehensive collection of Jewish surnames from North Africa.
$99.00
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 In Their Words: A
Genealogist's Translation Guide -- Russian
by Jonathan Shea & William
Hoffman
Detailed guide to translating
Russian documents.
$45.00
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Jewish Names
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Holocaust
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 Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names
by Alexander Beider
Magnum opus describes origin and
evolution of 15,000 given names.
$99.00
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 Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia
by Alexander Beider
Latest work of Dr. Beider
identifies 35,000 surnames from the region.
$99.00
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 Chinese Exile
by Horst "Peter"
Eisfelder
German Holocaust survivor recounts
experiences as teenager in Shanghai/Nanking during World War II.
$45.00
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 A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the
Russian Empire: Revised Edition
by Alexander Beider
Comprehensive collection of Jewish
surnames from czarist Russia.
Two vols. $138.00
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A Dictionary of
Jewish Surnames from Maghreb Region, Gibralltar, and Malta
by Alexander Beider
Comprehensive collection of Jewish surnames from North Africa.
$99.00
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 Jews-Officers in the Polish
Armed Forces 1939–1945
by Benjamin Meirtschak
Identifies nearly 5,000 Jews who
served as officers in the Polish Army during WWII. $40.00
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 Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and
Their Variants
by Alexander Beider
15,000 given names, derivation of their root name, and how given name
derived.
$39.00
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Dictionary of Sephardic Surnames: Second Edition
by Guilherme Faiguenboim, et al
17,000 surnames from more than 24 countries where Sephardim lived. Softcover
$65.00
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Dictionary of
Bulgarian Jewish Surnames
by Mathilde A. Tagger
882 surnames showng etymology and spelling variants. Softcover
320.00
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Dictionary of
Sephardic Given Names
by Mathilde Tagger
Nearly 2,000 Sephardic given names
have been compiled by the author from hundreds of sources.
$34.00
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 Russian Jewish Given
Names
by Boris Feldblyum
Comprehensive collection of Jewish given names used in Russia at the turn of
the 20th century. Hardcover
$19.95
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Lands and Towns of Our Ancestors
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 History of the Jews in Russia and Poland
by Simon Dubnow
One of the great histories of the
Jews of Eastern Europe. Originally published in 1918. Republished by
Avotaynu.
$49.50
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 Polish Sources at the Central Archives for
the History of the Jewish People
Annotated list of the inventory of this important archives for interwar
Poland.
$25.95
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 Genealogical
Gazetteer of the Kingdom of Hungary
by Jordan Auslander
Information about 12,000 towns of
this vast area. $56.00
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 Until the Final
Solution: The Jews of Belgrade 1521–1942
by Jennie Lebel
History of the Jewish presence in
the capital of Serbia.
$49.00
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 Tide & Wreck: History of the Jews of
Vardar Macedonia
by Jennie Lebel
Detailed history of the Jews of
Macedonia until the Final Solution
$39.00
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 History of the Jewish
Community of Schneidemühl: From 1641 to the Holocaust
by Peter Cullman
History of the Jews of this town
(now Piła, Poland)
$56.00 [Order now]
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 Between Galicia and Hungary:
The Jews of Stropkov
by Melody Amsel
Yizkor book for this town in the
Slovak Republic. Numerous pictures. Necrology.
$49.00 [Order now]
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 Jews of Kopcheve
by Dorothy Leivers
History of the Jews of Kapciamiestis, Lithuania,
$45.00 [Order now]
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 Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Jewry:
1909–1914
by Lawrence Tapper
Births, bar mitzvahs, marriages,
deaths and other records of Canadian Jewry.
$15.00 [Order now]
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 Library Resources for
German-Jewish Genealogy
by Angelika Ellmann-Krueger
Concise directory of library
sources in Germany and the Internet.
$14.00 [Order now]
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 Naturalized Jews of
the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1834 and 1835
by Edward David Luft
Identification of Jews naturalized
during that period.
$44.95 [Order now]
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 History of the Jewish
Community of Schönlanke : 1736–1940
by Peter Cullman
History of the Jews of this town
(now Piła, Poland)
$56.00 [Order now]
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 Jews of the Kaišiadorys Region of Lithuania
by Rolandas Gustaitis
History of the Jews of the region
between Kaunas and Vilnius from the earliest days but primarily the 20th
century. More than 200 pictures, 400 named persons.
$55.00 [Order now]
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Attention Litvaks!!
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Beginners/General Guide
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 Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists....in
the Lithuanian Archives
by Harold Rhode & Sallyann
Sack
Inventory of Jewish records in the
Lithuanian State Archives.
$35.00 [Order now]
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 Road to Victory:
Jewish Soldiers in the 16th Lithuanian Division
by Dorothy Leivers
First-person accounts of the
participation of Jewish fighters during World War II. $39.00 [Order now]
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 Getting Started in
Jewish Genealogy
by Gary Mokotoff
Primer on Jewish genealogical
research that explains the great resources on the Internet to get going with
your Jewish family history.Perfect as a
getting-started book. $29.00 [Order now]
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Compiled Genealogies
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U.S.Cities
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 Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and
Family Histories
by David Zubatsky & Irwin
Berent
Reference to family trees of more
than 10,000 Jewish surnames.
$45.00 [Order now]
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 The Plaut Family:
Tracing the Legacy
by Elizabeth S. Plaut
Family trees of various
Plaut families from dozens of small villages in Germany.
$45.00 [Order now]
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 Lost Synagogues of
Brooklyn
by Ellen Levitt
Pictorial essay of 91 former
synagogues in Brooklyn providing their history past and present.
$35.00 [Order now]
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 The Unbroken Chain -
Third Edition
by Neil Rosenstein
Identifies descendants of Rabbi
Meir Katzenelenbogen. Includes numerous famous people.
$99.00 per volume
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 The Jacobi
Papers: Genealogical Studies of Leading Ashkenazi Families
by Paul Jacobi,
Tens of thousands of names on family tree of 450 Ashkenazic families.
Four volumes. $79.00 each.
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 Lost Synagogues of
The Bronx and Queens
by Ellen Levitt
Pictorial essay of 86 former
synagogues in The Bronx and Queens providing their history past and present.
$35.00 [Order now]
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 Diaries of Bernhard
Cahn
by Arline Sachs
19th century German-Jewish life in Kastel, Hesse, Germany.
$39.00 [Order now]
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 Shealtiel-Charlap Family of Eastern
Europe
by Andrew Charlap
The Christian author traces his family back to its Jewish origins
$29.00 [Order now]
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 Lost Synagogues of
Manhattan
by Ellen Levitt
Pictorial essay of 83 former
synagogues in Manhattan, Staten Island and Governors Island providing their
history past and present. $35.00 [Order now]
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 The Old Jewish
Cemeteries of Newark
by Alice Perkins Gould
History of Jewish presence in this
New Jersey city through its cemeteries..
$29.00 [Order now]
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Gazetteers
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 German Name-Change Gazetteer
by Otto Kredel & Franz Theirfelder
Name changes of towns after World War I formerly in Germany and
Austria-Hungary. Two volumes.
$89.00 [Order now]
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 Where Once We Walked:
Revised Edition
by Gary Mokotoff & Sallyann Amdur Sack with
Alexander Sharon
Award-winning gazetteer of Central and Eastern Europe.
$85.00 [Order now]
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Other
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 On Oldness: How to
Successfully Navigate Old Age
by Sallyann Amdur Sack PhD
With attention and planning—plus a
significant dose of health and good luck—old age can be a delightful,
rewarding and pleasurable final stage of life. $19.00 [Order now]
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 Taking Tamar
The experiences of a noted
genealogist bringing up her adopted daughter who
has Down syndrome. Described are her battles with officials and even the
birth family, but more importantly the incredible accomplishments she and her
daughter achieved in maximizing the girl's potential. $19.95 [Order now]
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 Every Family Has a
Story
Gary Mokotoff, Editor
Human interest stories published
in AVOTAYNU over the past 20 years—72 in all—about how genealogy affected people's lives. $25.00
[Order now]
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 Proceedings of the Symposium on Genealogy and
the Sciences
Lectures presented at the
symposium on genealogy and the sciences held in December 2018 at the Weizmann
Institute in Israel..
$19.00 [Order now]
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