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From: "Donalyn Snelling" <>
Subject: [SEPHARDIM] Dr. Marka's New Sephardic Genealogy Book
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 03:34:30 +0000


Hi List,

Dr. Jeff Marka has announced his new Sephardic genealogy book on the
FrenchSIG list. It sounds like a great one! See the description below.

Cheers,
Donalyn


Dear fellow newslist members,

I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book:
"Sephardic Genealogy: Discover your Ancestors and their World",
Avotaynu,
2002
(for ordering information see
http://www.avotaynu.com/books/sephardic.htm
and http://www.avotaynu.com/catalog.htm)

The first and only book in English to focus on Sephardic genealogy, this
384
page, extensively documented book is divided into 4 parts and would be
of
benefit to both the beginner and advanced researcher of Sephardic
genealogy.

Part I deals with a brief review of Sephardic history, the status of
Jews
under Islam, Sephardic languages, and the evolution of Sephardic names
from
biblical times to the present.

Part II covers the methodology for valid genealogical research including
record keeping and date conversions from a variety of calendars.

Part III discusses the known archives and resources for genealogical
research in 20 countries where Sephardim have lived, from pre-expulsion
Spain to North Africa, Turkey, the Balkans, Egypt, Syria, and more.

Part IV contains a directory, sorted by country, of internet sites and
resources of interest to Sephardic genealogists.

An appendix provides a dictionary of many Sephardic surnames giving
their
etymological meanings and origins. Eleven other appendixes offer
reference
tables of Arabic and of Sephardic Hebrew cursive alphabets, Islamic
calendars, genealogy forms, archival resources, and similar. An
extensive
bibliography, 19 illustrations and maps, 8 tables, separate person and
topic
indexes make for easy reference and use.

Jeff Malka, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.O.S. <>
"SefardSIG: Sephardic Genealogy at JewishGen" website:
http://www.jewishgen.org/sefardsig/

"Resources for Sephardic Genealogy" website:
http://www.orthohelp.com/geneal/sefardim.htm
(Jewish Agency for Israel TOP TEN; Britannica 2 STARS)








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