Tracing Your Jewish Ancestors

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Tracing Your Jewish Ancestors is written by Rosemary Wenzerul and published by Pen and Sword. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1526712989 (ISBN 10) and 9781526712981 (ISBN 13).

This fully revised second edition of Rosemary Wenzerul's lively and informative guide to researching Jewish history will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to find out about the life of a Jewish ancestor. In a clear and accessible way she takes readers through the entire process of research. She provides a brief social history of the Jewish presence in Britain and looks at practical issues of research – how to get started, how to organize the work, how to construct a family tree and how to use the information obtained to tell the story of a family. In addition she describes, in practical detail, the many sources that researchers can go to for information on their ancestors, their families and Jewish history.