Notes:
• Although these lectures and interviews were done when Internet
research was only in its infancy, the information is still pertinent
since the documents in some town and most of the village archives are
not accessible by the Internet. I would suggest that you try the
Internet as your first step and then use the suggestions I give to
further your research.
• You will hear the story of the portraits at the opening of each
program or interview. After that introduction, the materials presented
are different for each event.
German-Language
Archives:
A Blueprint for Researchers, 23rd IAJGS International Conference
on Jewish Genealogy hosted by JGS of Washington, DC, 2003.
Basic Jewish Genealogical Lecture. Even if
you do not read German, you can find fascinating information in
the local, regional, and state archives in Germany. Emily Rose
shares her experiences gathered over five summers doing archival
research. During those years she researched her family, the
local Jewish communities, and the history of the Jews in the
Kingdom of Württemberg from 1730 to 1880, uncovering over 2,600
primary documents.
In a nuts and bolts presentation Rose will explain how to find
documents in the local, regional, and state archives. She will
use overheads or slides of original documents to illustrate how
to read the documents, and what information the researcher would
find in the documents. The techniques, suggestions, and hints
would help anyone doing research in German-speaking regions
(including the Czech Republic and Poland).
• Documents located in the local and county archives: community
and town council minute books, contract registers, property
registers, trade tax registers, contracts (marriages and
inheritance), death registers, fire insurance registers, lists
of citizens, lists of partial citizens, debt registers, court
protocols, guardian registers, emigration registers, address
books, maps, old photographs, local newspapers.
• Documents located in the state archives: tax lists, lists and
applications for “protection,” applications and petitions
regarding individuals and the Jewish communities, personal
petitions, the Jewish emancipation process.
• Family information and other personal details: Jewish family
registers, cemetery documentation.
• Other important resources found in the archives: population
figures, important resource books, law digests.
German-Language
Archives:
Uncovering the Life and Times of Your Ancestor: Names, Dates,
and Beyond: How to use German-Language Archives, 22nd IAJGS
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy hosted by JGS of
Toronto, 2002.
Even if you do not read German, you
can find fascinating information in the local, regional, and
state archives in Germany. Emily Rose shares her experiences
gathered over five summers doing archival research. During those
years she researched her family, the local Jewish communities,
and the history of the Jews in the Kingdom of Württemberg from
1730 to 1880, uncovering over 2,600 primary documents.
In a nuts and bolts presentation
Rose explains how to find documents in the local, regional, and
state archives. The techniques, suggestions, and hints will help
anyone doing research in German-speaking regions (including the
Czech Republic and Poland).
Ms. Rose presents examples of the
following types of documents:
• Documents located in the local and county archives: community
and town council minute books, contract registers, property
registers, trade tax registers, contracts (marriages and
inheritance), death registers, fire insurance registers, lists
of citizens, lists of partial citizens, debt registers, court
protocols, guardian registers, emigration registers, address
books, maps, old photographs, local newspapers.
• Documents located in the state archives: tax lists, lists and
applications for "protection," applications and petitions
regarding individuals and the Jewish communities, personal
petitions, the Jewish emancipation process.
• Family information and other personal details: Jewish family
registers, cemetery documentation.
• Other important resources found in the archives: population
figures, important resource books, law digests.
Tracing Your Family Roots, with Professor
Arline Sachs, 2002.
Emily Rose's Jewish
genealogical research interview.
Materials in American and German Archives,
37th Annual Association of Jewish Libraries Convention, 2002.
Emily Rose gives a general lecture
on Jewish research sources in American and German archives.
German-Language Archives: A Blueprint for Researchers,
Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Annual Conference,
2003.
Emily Rose discusses sources and
documents for all researchers that can be found in the German
archives.
German-Language
Archives:
Materials in American and German Archives,
37th Annual Association of Jewish Libraries Convention, 2002.
German-Language Archives: A Blueprint for Researchers,
Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Annual Conference,
2003.
