Jewish Genealogy: Periods of Mass Emigration and Immigration
By Rachel Silverman Author’s Note: This series focuses on Jewish genealogy in Eastern Europe and North America, and is intended to offer advice for researching families of Ashkenazi heritage. The information provided will not necessarily apply to Sephardi or Mizrahi genealogy. In my most recent post, I imparted a sad account of many—but not all—hardships that were placed upon…