Eliyahu's
Branches: The
Descendants of
the
Vilna Gaon and His Family by Chaim
Freedman
In commemoration of the 200th yahrzeit of Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalmen,
the Gaon of Vilna, Avotaynu has published a book documenting some
20,000 descendants of this great rabbi and scholar. Authored by the
noted Israeli genealogist, Chaim Freedman, it solves many of the
mysteries as to how various families are descended from the Gaon and
his siblings. The author does not merely identify individuals but
provides documentation and analyses to the links between them. Each
descendant is assigned a unique code which exactly identifies the
relationship between the individual and the Vilna Gaon. [Table of
Contents]
7" x 10" 704 pp. hardcover $69.50
Jewish Vital
Records, Revision
Lists And Other Jewish Holdings In the Lithuanian Archives by Harold
Rhode and Sallyann Amdur Sack
This
important
compilation is an index to all Jewish vital records in the Lithuanian
archives, some as early as 1808, and all revision lists (censuses),
some as early as 1795. There are 12,000 entries for more than 220
towns. Each entry includes the exact fond/file/ opus where the records
are located making it easy to order searches through the Lithuanian
Archives or independent search services.