jgsnews   11271    961225 Jewish Genealogical Newsletters
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                  JEWISH GENEALOGICAL NEWSLETTERS
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                                                   A JewishGen InfoFile
By Warren Blatt
June, 1993; updated November, 1995
{Adopted from an article by Jim Yarin in "Mass-pocha", Newsletter of the
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, II:1 (Winter 1992/93)}.

This is a catalog of journals and newsletters relating to Jewish
genealogy.  Most Jewish Genealogical Societies (JGSs) publish a
newsletter.  These vary greatly in their number of pages per issue (from
4 to 50 or more), tone (from chatty to scholarly), and production
quality (printing process, binding, paper type, etc.)

     Some of the smaller newsletters stress society administra- tive
matters.  Nearly all newsletters borrow from other newslet- ters.  Some
borrow a little information, some borrow a whole lot. Newsletters from
the larger cities (New York, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles, for example)
have a well-balanced selection of material, including feature articles
addressing specific aspects of research.  Some of the "meatier"
newsletters are published by the JGSs of Canada, Cleveland, Los Angeles
and Great Britain.

     Several newsletters, while not tipping any scales, are nevertheless
informative and pleasurable reading.  These include the Greater
Washington and San Francisco newsletters.

     I am purposefully avoiding recommending a subscription to any of
these publications with one exception: "Avotaynu, The International
Review of Jewish Genealogy".  "Avotaynu" is THE source for Jewish
genealogy.  By all means, check out the others, and if you like what you
find, or if you have an interest in the location served by those other
newsletters, subscribe.  Every newsletter offers something, and you
never know where you're going to find just the information that you
need.

     Following is a catalog of newsletters related to Jewish genealogy.
Unless noted otherwise, all newsletters are quarterly; payments are to
be made to the listed organization; the amounts are for a one year
subscription.  In nearly all cases, the subscription amount is
considered the payment of dues for a non-local member; local subscribers
or memberships will probably cost more. Overseas subscribers should
expect to pay additional.  Some information may not be current.  Be
prepared for changes.

     Nearly all of the American-Jewish genealogy newsletters published
between 1977 and 1990 were microfiched by Avotaynu in 1991.  This set of
24 microfiche is available for purchase for $36.00 from Avotaynu, 155 N.
Washington Ave., Bergenfield, NJ 07621.  Telephone (201) 387-7200.  All
local JGSs should have a copy of these fiche. Newsletter titles in the
list below followed by an asterisk are on the microfiche.

INTERNATIONAL:
"Avotaynu"  *
The International Review of Jewish Genealogy
$29.00
Avotaynu, Inc.
155 N. Washington Ave.
Bergenfield, NJ  07621
NOTES: 2 years: $56.00; 3 years; $82.00.
Back issues $8.00 each. (2 in 1985, 3 in 1986, 4 in 1987-date)

AUSTRALIA:
"The Kosher Koala"
$AUST 30.00, $US 28.30
Australian Jewish Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 154
Northbridge 2063
Sydney, NSW
AUSTRALIA
(1994- )
NOTE: Back issues $AUS 5.00

BRAZIL:
"Geracoes / Brasil"
Sociedade Genealogica Judaica do Brasil
Rua Jardim Ivone, 17 #23
04105-020 Sao Paulo SP 
BRAZIL
(1994- )
NOTE: Each article in both Portuguese and English.

CANADA:
"Shem Tov" 
$25.00
J G S of Canada
P.O. Box 446, Station A
Willowdale, Ontario
M2N 5T1 CANADA
(1983- )
NOTE: $4.00 each back issue

FRANCE:
"Revue Trimestriel"
cost unknown
Cercle de Genealogie Juive
Centre Edmund Fleg
bis Rue de L'Eperon
F75006 Paris
FRANCE

GREAT BRITAIN:
"Shemot"
œ16 (œ20 overseas) (about $8.00)
Jewish Genealogy Society of Great Britain
36 Woodstock Road
Golders Green
London NW 11 8ER
GREAT BRITAIN
(1992- )

ISRAEL:
"Sharsheret HaDorot"
$36.00
Israel Genealogy Society
Harav Uziel 50
Jerusalem 96424
ISRAEL
NOTE: Half in English, half in Hebrew.
Amount is for overseas subscribers.

NETHERLANDS:
"Mispoje"
Amount unknown
Nederlandse Kring voor Joodse Genealogie
c/o Rudi Cortissos
da Costalaan 21
3743 HT Baarn, HOLLAND
(1988- )

RUSSIA:
"150, The Bulletin of the Jewish Genealogical Society in Moscow"
Amount unknown
Jewish Genealogical Society in Moscow
VAAD
71 Varshavskoye Str.
113556 Moscow, RUSSIA
(1994- )

SWITZERLAND:
"Maajan - Die Quelle"
Fr. 100.--
Schweizerische Vereinigung fur Judische Genealogie
P.O.B. 876 
CH-8021 Zurich
SWITZERLAND
(1986- )


UNITED STATES:

CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES:
"Roots-Key"
$20.00
J G S of Los Angeles
5921 Simpson Ave.
North Hollywood, CA  91607
NOTE: No designation for out-of-town membership.
(1981- )

CALIFORNIA, ORANGE COUNTY:
"Avi Avot (Forefathers)"  *
$9.00
J G S of Orange County
2100 Falling Leaf Circle
Brea, CA  92621
(1983- )

CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO:
"J G S of Sacramento Newsletter"
$15.00
J G S of Sacramento
2351 Wyda Way
Sacramento, CA  95825-1198
(1988- )

CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO:
"Discovery" *
$15.00
San Diego J G S
255 South Rios Ave.
Solana Beach, CA  92075
(1985- )
NOTE: Back issues: $3.00 each

CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO:
"ZichronNote"
$10.00
San Francisco Bay Area J G S
c/o S. Laszlo, Treas.
34 Craig Ave.
Piedmont, CA  94611
NOTE: Back issues: $5.00 each
(1980- )

CALIFORNIA, SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY:
"Shorashim (Sources)"
Amount unknown
South Orange County J G S
2370-1D Via Mariposa West
Laguna Hills, CA  92653

CONNECTICUT:
"Quest"  *
$24.00
J G S of Connecticut
17 Salem Walk
Milford, CT  06430
(1988- )

WASHINGTON, D.C.:
"Mishpacha"  *
$10.00
J G S of Greater Washington
3128 Brooklawn Terrace
Chevy Chase, MD  20815  
NOTE: Back issues: $3.00
(1980- )

FLORIDA, BROWARD COUNTY:
"Family Gatherings"
Amount unknown
J G S of Broward County
P.O. Box 17251
Ft. Lauderdale, FL  33318

FLORIDA, MIAMI:
"Branches"  *
$15.00
J G S of Greater Miami
c/o Leslie Chassman-Smith, Treas.
12830 S.W. 101 Avenue
Miami, FL  33176
NOTE: 8 issues per year.
Amount is for residents outside of Dade County.
(1988- )

FLORIDA, ORLANDO:
"Etz Chaim"
$15.00
J G S of Greater Orlando
P.O. Box 520583
Longwood, FL  32752
(1991- )
NOTE: Back issues: $3.00

FLORIDA, PALM BEACH COUNTY:
"Scattered Seeds"
$10.00
J G S of Palm Beach County, Inc.
6037 Pointe Regal Circle #205
Delray Beach, FL 33484
(1991- )
NOTE: Back issues: $3.00

GEORGIA:
"Yichus Y'All"
$12.00
J G S of Georgia
245 Dalrymple Road
Atlanta, GA 30328
(1992- )
NOTE: Back issues: $3.00

ILLINOIS (CHICAGO):
"Morasha" (Heritage) *
$21.00
J G S of Illinois
P.O. Box 515
Northbrook, IL 60065-0515
(1984- )

ILLINOIS / INDIANA:
"Illiana J G S Newsletter"
$20.00
Illiana J G S
c/o Sharon Blitstein
3033 Bob-O-Link
Flossmoor, IL  60422
NOTE: Monthly, Sept-May

MARYLAND:
"L'Chaim"
Amount unknown
Genealogy Department
Jewish Historical Society of Maryland
2707 Moores Valley Drive
Baltimore, MD  21209

MASSACHUSETTS, BOSTON:
"Mass-pocha"
$12.00
J G S of Greater Boston
P.O. Box 610366
Newton Highlands, MA  02161-0366
NOTE: Back issues: $3.00
(1992- )

MICHIGAN:
"Generations"
$15.00
J G S of Michigan
P.O. Box 251693
West Bloomfield, MI  48325-1693
(1983- )

MISSOURI, St. LOUIS:
"Generations"
$20.00
J G S of St. Louis
13147 Strawberry Way
St. Louis, MO  63146-4321
(1995- )

NEW JERSEY:
"Yichus" *
$13.00
J G S of North Jersey
1 Bedford Road
Pompton Lakes, NJ  07442
NOTE: Amount is if over 100 miles away.
(1985- )

NEW MEXICO, SANTA FE:
"NMJHS Newsletter"
Amount unknown
New Mexico Jewish Historical Society,
Genealogy and Family History Committee
1428 Miracerros South
Santa Fe, NM  87501
NOTE: Frequency unknown

NEW YORK, ALBANY:
"AJGS Newsletter"  *
Amount unknown
Albany J G S
P.O. Box 3850
Albany, NY  12203

NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND:
"Lineage" *
$12.00
J G S of Long Island
c/o Linda Cantor, Pres.
1129 Linden St.
Valley Stream, NY  11580
(1988- )

NEW YORK, NEW YORK:
"Dorot"  *
$12.00
J G S, Inc.
P.O. Box 6398
New York, NY  10128
NOTE: $18.00 overseas
(1979- )

NEW YORK, ROCHESTER:
"J G S of Rochester Newsletter"
$10.00
J G S of Rochester
c/o Gabriel Braunstein, Treas.
90 Hibiscus Dr.
Rochester, NY  14618
NOTE: Payable to: JCC of Rochester
(1992- )

OHIO, CINCINNATI
"Ancestree"

OHIO, CLEVELAND:
"The Cleveland Kol"
Amount Unknown
Cleveland J G S
c/o 996 Eastlawn Drive
Highland Heights, OH  44143
(1986- )

OHIO, DAYTON:
"Gesher"
Amount unknown
JGS of Dayton
P.O. Box 338
Dayton, OH  45406
NOTE: Frequency unknown

OREGON:
"Shalshelet" (Chain)
$15.00
J G S of Oregon
Mittleman JCC
6651 SW Capitol Highway
Portland, OR  97219
(1989- )
NOTE: Frequency unknown

PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA:
"Chronicles" *
$12.00
J G S of Philadelphia
1279 June Road
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006-8405
NOTE: Amount is if beyond 100 miles.
Back issues $3.50 each.
(1981- )

PENNSYLVANIA, PITTSBURGH:
"Z'chor (Remember)"  *
$20.00
J G S of Pittsburgh
2131 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA  15219

TEXAS, HOUSTON:
"Dor to Door"
$12.00
Greater Houston J G S
5431 Paisley Lane
Houston, TX  77096
(1995- )

VIRGINIA:
"J G S of Tidewater Newsletter"
J G S of Tidewater
Amount unknown
JCC
7300 Newport Ave.
Norfolk, VA  23505

WASHINGTON, SEATTLE:
"J G S of Washington State Newsletter"
Amount unknown
J G S of Washington State 
c/o 14222 NE First Lane
Bellevue, WA  98007-6941

WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE:
"Family Finding"
Amount unknown
Wisconsin J G S
9280 N. Fairway Drive
Milwaukee, WI  53217
(1989- )


REGIONAL:
The following three newsletters are based upon a geographic
interest of the researcher, rather than those of genealogical
societies organized by the area in which the members live.

POLAND/LITHUANIA:
"Landsmen"
$22.00
Suwalk-Lomza Interest Group for Jewish Genealogists
3701 Connecticut Ave., N.W., #228
Washington, D.C. 20008
NOTE: Covers Suwalk and Lomza gubernias, two Polish provinces 
of the former Russian Empire. (Today northeastern Poland,
southwestern Lithuania).
(1990- )

GERMANY:
"Stammbaum"
$20.00
c/o Harry Katzman
1601 Cougar Court
Winter Springs, FL  32708-3855
(1992- )

ROMANIA:
"ROM-SIG News"
$20.00
c/o Gene Starn
P.O. Box 520583
Longwood, FL 32752
(1992- )

HUNGARY:
(and Hungarian-speaking regions):
"Magyar Zsido"
$10.00
H-SIG
c/o Louis Schonfeld
P.O. Box 34152
Cleveland, OH 44134-0852
(1994- )

GALICIA:
"The Galitzianer"
$20.00
c/o Suzan Wynne
3128 Brooklawn Terrace
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(1993- )


COMPUTERS

"Genealogical Computing"
$25.00
Ancestry, Inc.
P.O. Box 476
Salt Lake City, UT 84110
(1980- )


DEFUNCT PUBLICATIONS

"Search" *
J G S of Illinois
(1981-1992)

"Toledot" *
Toledot Press, Inc. (New York)
(1977-1981)

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