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Try these links to learn more about Jewish family history:

Research Help

Local Boston Organizations

Names

Further Reading

  • Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, Inc., 1996.
  • Gorr, Shmuel. Jewish Personal Names: Their Origin, Derivation, and Diminutive Forms. Ed. Chaim Freedman, Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, Inc., 1992.
  • Guggenheimer, Heinrich W. and Eva H., Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. Hoboken, NJ: Ktav Pub House, 1992.
  • Rottenberg, Dan. Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy. NY: Random House, 1977.
  • Sarna, Jonathan D. and Smith, Ellen, editors. The Jews of Boston, Boston: The Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, Inc., 1995.

 

 

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