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[[Image:Eliezer Ben Jehuda at work.jpg|right|Eliezer Ben Jehuda (1858-1922 | [[Image:Eliezer Ben Jehuda at work.jpg|thumb|right|Eliezer Ben Jehuda (1858-1922) at work helping to restore Hebrew as a mother tongue.]] | ||
Most records used in Jewish research are written in the language of the country. In past centuries Jews did not generally keep birth, marriage, and death records unless required to do so by the laws of the country of residence. These laws also dictated the language records were to be kept in. Depending on the time period, information for Jews who appear in church records may also be in Latin. You do not need to speak or read these languages to do Jewish research, but you will need to know some key words and phrases to understand the records. | Most records used in Jewish research are written in the language of the country. In past centuries Jews did not generally keep birth, marriage, and death records unless required to do so by the laws of the country of residence. These laws also dictated the language records were to be kept in. Depending on the time period, information for Jews who appear in church records may also be in Latin. You do not need to speak or read these languages to do Jewish research, but you will need to know some key words and phrases to understand the records. | ||