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}}A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from | }}'''<span style="color:red">A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Poland using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation website.</span> ''' | ||
== Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation == | == Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation == | ||
[[File:Miriam Weiner at Warsaw USC office, 1993.1.png|alt=|left|thumb|579x579px|'''Miriam Weiner at Warsaw USC office,''' 1993. '''Photo credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.]] | [[File:Miriam Weiner at Warsaw USC office, 1993.1.png|alt=|left|thumb|579x579px|'''Miriam Weiner at Warsaw USC office,''' 1993. '''Photo credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.]] | ||
[[File:Chelm Sign.png|thumb|505x505px|'''The town of Chelm, Poland welcomes Miriam Weiner in 1990.''']] | [[File:Chelm Sign.png|thumb|505x505px|'''The town of Chelm, Poland welcomes Miriam Weiner in 1990. Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives. ]] | ||
The Routes to Roots Foundation was created by 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 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! | The Routes to Roots Foundation was created by 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 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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'''Image Sources:''' Unless otherwise noted, all photos were taken by Miriam Weiner. | '''Image Sources:''' Unless otherwise noted, all photos were taken by Miriam Weiner. | ||
[[Category:Poland]] | [[Category:Poland]] | ||
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