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Resource Center 38 RESOURCE CENTER RESOURCE CENTER The Resource Center welcomes you to explore the variety of computer databases, reference books, and translation services available in our two Resource Center rooms, conveniently located across from each other on the 4th floor. Books & Translations Winthrop Room - 4th floor Databases & Consultations Whittier Room - 4th floor Hours (for both rooms) Sunday 1pm – 6pm Monday 9am – 6pm Tuesday Winthrop 9am – 6pm Whittier 9am – 9pm* Wednesday & Thursday 9am – 6pm Friday 9am – 12pm *ProQuest Databases are available only on Tuesday, 9am – 9pm BOOKS & TRANSLATIONS (WINTHROP ROOM – 4TH FLOOR) This room includes selected reference books that will help you start your research, discover your surname origins, learn about country-specific genealogical resources, understand Hebrew gravestone inscriptions, etc. A complete listing of the titles is available in the Syllabus and in the Winthrop Room. Books can be borrowed for use only in the Winthrop Room by leaving a government-issued photo ID or passport with Resource Center staff. Translation services will be provided by appointment only and the appointments are scheduled for 20 minutes each. Please come to the Winthrop Room to sign up. DATABASES & CONSULTATIONS (WHITTIER ROOM – 4TH FLOOR) 30 computers will be available for complimentary searching of more than 20 databases. Most of these databases are normally available only by subscription or membership fees. The computers are available on a first-come-first- served basis, and their use is limited to 30 minutes when there are people waiting to use them. Special research assistance will be provided by representatives of JewishGen, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Ancestry.com and the American Jewish Historical Society-New England Archives. The dates and times will be listed in the Whittier Room. RESOURCE CENTER 39 REFERENCE BOOK COLLECTION Located within the Resource Center are the following reference materials: -RESEARCH GUIDES Gorr, Rabbi Shmuel. Jewish Personal Names: Their Origin, Derivation and Malka, Jeffrey S. Diminutive Forms . Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering Your Sephardic Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 1992. Ancestors and Their World Teaneck, NJ.: Avotaynu, 2003. Menk, Lars. A Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames. Mokotoff, Gary, and Blatt, Warren. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2005. Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2013. Sack, Sallyann and Gary Mokotoff, eds. JEWISH COMMUNITIES Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy Cohen, Chester. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2004. Shtetl Finder. Segal, Joshua L, Rabbi. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1989. A Field Guide to Visiting a Jewish Cemetery. Nashua, New Mokotoff, Gary and Sack, Sallyann Amdur. Hampshire: Jewish Cemetery Publishing, 2007. Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Zubatsky, David S., and Berent, Irwin M. Destroyed in the Holocaust. Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories . Rev. ed. Bergenfield: NJ, Avotaynu, 2002. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, Inc. 1996. Spector, Shmuel. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust. DICTIONARIES OF NAMES New York, NY: New York University Press, 2001. Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland . Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1996. TRANSLATION GUIDES Beider, Alexander. Frazin, Judith R. A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names: Their Origins, A Translation Guide to 19th-Century Polish Language Civil Structure, Pronunciation, and Migrations . Registration Documents. (Including Birth, Marriage, and Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2001. Death Records) 3rd ed. Northbrook, IL: Jewish Genealogical Society of Beider, Alexander. Illinois, 2009. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2004. Shea, Jonathan D. & William F. Hoffman. Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide . Beider, Alexander. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, Inc., 1994. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Rev. ed. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2008. Shea, Jonathan D. & William F. Hoffman. In Their Words: A Genealogists Translation Guide to Polish, Faiguenboim, Guilherme, Paulo Valadares and Anna German, Latin, and Russian Documents. Rosa Campagnano. New Britain, Conn.:Language and Lineage Press, 2000. Dictionary of Sephardic Surnames. 2nd ed. Bergenfield, N.J.: Avotaynu, 2003. Feldblyum, Boris. Russian-Jewish Given Names: Their Origins and Variants. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1998. 40 RESOURCE CENTER COUNTRY RESEARCH Lithuania Aaron, Sam, ed., Austria A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Lithuania. Skyte, Thea, Randol Schoenberg and Rosemary Wen - London: Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain, 2005. zerul, eds., A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Germany & Austria. Rosin, Josef. ed. Joel Alpert. London: Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain, 2001. Preserving Our Litvak Heritage: A History of 31 Jewish Communities in Lithuania. Estonia League City TX: JewishGen Inc., 2005. 2 volumes. Beare, Arlene. A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Latvia and Estonia. Rosin, Josef. St. Albans, England: The Jewish Genealogical Society of Protecting Our Litvak Heritage: A History of 50 Jewish Great Britain, 2006. Communities in Lithuania. Edited by Susan Levy and Joel Alpert. Coral Cables, FL: France Friends of the Yurburg Jewish Cemetery, Inc., 2009. Klarsfeld, Serge. Memorial to the Jews Deported from France, 1942-1944: Moldova Documentation of the Deportation of the Victims of the Weiner, Miriam, in cooperation with the Ukrainian State Final Solution in France. Archives and Moldovan National Archives. NY: Beate Klarsfeld Foundation, 1983. Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories . Galicia New York: Roots to Roots Foundation and YIVO Institute Wynne, Suzan F. for Jewish Records, 1999. Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia: A Resource Guide. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1998. Poland Fifer, Susan. Germany A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Poland. Skyte, Thea, Randol Schoenberg and St. Albans, England: The Jewish Genealogical Society of Rosemary Wenzerul, eds., Great Britain, 2007. A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Germany & Austria. London: Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain, 2001. Luft, Edward David. The Naturalized Jews of the Grand Duchy of Posen Hungary in 1834 and 1835. Auslander, Jordan. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2004. Rev. ed. Genealogical Gazetteer of the Kingdom of Hungary. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2005. Weiner, Miriam, in cooperation with the Polish State Archives. Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Israel Inventories. Sack, Sallyann Amdur. New York: Routes to Roots Foundation and YIVO Insti - A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel. tute for Jewish Research, 1998. Rev. ed. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1995. South Africa Latvia Newman, Aubrey N., Nicholas J. Evans, et al., eds. Beare, Arlene. Jewish Migration to South Africa: The Records of the Poor A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Latvia and Estonia. Jews Temporary Shelter, 1885-1914. St. Albans, England: The Jewish Genealogical Society of Capetown, South Africa: University of Capetown, 2006. Great Britain, 2006. Ukraine Weiner, Miriam, in cooperation with the Ukrainian State Archives and Moldovan National Archives. Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories. New York: Roots to Roots Foundation and YIVO Institute for Jewish Records, 1999. United Kingdom Wenzerul, Rosemary. A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in the United Kingdom. London: Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain, 2006. RESOURCE CENTER 41 NEW ENGLAND RESOURCES Ross, Michael. Boston Walks' Jewish Friendship Trail. Connecticut Belmont: Boston Walks, 2003. Baulsir, Linda and Irwin Miller. The Jewish Communities of Greater Stamford. Sarna, Jonathan D., Ellen Smith and Scott-Martin Kosofsky. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2002. The Jews of Boston. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005. Hoffman, Betty N. A History of Jewish Connecticut: Mensches, Migrants and Haverhill Mitzvahs. Woodman, Bertha. Charleston: The History Press, 2010. From the Hill to Main Street. Haverhill, Mass.: Trustees of the Haverhill Public Library, Hoffman, Betty N. 1987 Jewish West Hartford: From City to Suburb. Charleston: History Press, 2007 Lawrence Franklin, Dora, Hymie Axelrod, Zidle “Reb” Hymanson Maine and Shirley Hymanson. Peck, Abraham J. and Jean M. Peck. History of the Jews of Lawrence, Sketches of the Lawrence Maine’s Jewish Heritage. Jewish Community. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2007. Andover, Massachusetts: Temple Emanuel, 1990.) Massachusetts Cemeteries Sandberg, Elizabeth Grady. Cohen, Rabbi Edward A. and Lewis Goldfarb. Lawrence in the Gilded Age. Jewish Cemeteries of Western Massachusetts. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Arcadia Publishing, 2004. Middletown, CT: Godfrey Memorial Library, 2005. Lowell Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts. Kolack, Shirley. History & Guide: Massachusetts Jewish Cemeteries. A New Beginning: The Jews of Historic Lowell, Massachusetts. Newton, MA: JCAM, New York: Peter Lang, 1997. Segal, Joshua L, Rabbi. New Bedford A Self-Guided Tour of Monuments of Jews Buried in the Farrar, Judy and Yoken, Cynthia. Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts . Historical Tour of Jewish New Bedford. Nashua, NH: Jewish Cemetery Publishing,2007. Dartmouth, Mass: University Library and Center for Boston Jewish Culture-UMass, 2005. Blatt, Warren. North Shore Resources for Jewish Genealogy in the Boston Area. Boston: Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, Pierce, Alan S. 1996. A History
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