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A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Ukraine using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation website.  
'''A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Ukraine using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation website.'''
== Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation ==
== Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation ==
[[File:Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives.png|alt=|left|thumb|500x500px|'''Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives in Ukraine,''' August 1991. '''Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.  ]][[File:Sudilkov sign.png|thumb|404x404px|'''Miriam visited Sudilkiv in 1991 where her paternal grandparents once lived. Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.  ]]The Routes to Roots Foundation was created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Weiner_(genealogist) Miriam Weiner], who is a genealogist specializing in the research of Jewish roots in Poland and the former Soviet Union. In her 30+ years of experience in Eastern European archives, she collected vast amounts of information and material. Much of her data was originally published in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Ukraine_and_Moldova Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Poland Jewish Roots in Poland],'' but is now available online through the [http://www.rtrfoundation.org Routes to Roots Foundation website.] The site includes many resources to help you research your Jewish roots including a town-by-town index/inventory of surviving Jewish records in archives, maps, surname and Holocaust list databases, informative articles, and much more!  
[[File:Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives.png|alt=|left|thumb|500x500px|'''Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives in Ukraine,''' August 1991. '''Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.  ]][[File:Sudilkov sign.png|thumb|404x404px|'''Miriam visited Sudilkiv in 1991 where her paternal grandparents once lived. Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.  ]]The Routes to Roots Foundation was created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Weiner_(genealogist) Miriam Weiner], who is a genealogist specializing in the research of Jewish roots in Poland and the former Soviet Union. In her 30+ years of experience in Eastern European archives, she collected vast amounts of information and material. Much of her data was originally published in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Ukraine_and_Moldova Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Poland Jewish Roots in Poland],'' but is now available online through the [http://www.rtrfoundation.org Routes to Roots Foundation website.] The site includes many resources to help you research your Jewish roots including a town-by-town index/inventory of surviving Jewish records in archives, maps, surname and Holocaust list databases, informative articles, and much more!  
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