The Jewish Genealogical Society of Philadelphia (JGSGP) will co-sponsor the 29th annual International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) conference on Jewish genealogy in August 2009. To help researchers prepare for the conference, this article outlines the history of Jewish […]
Coming to America through Hamburg and Liverpool Part II: Crossing the Atlantic
In Part I of the saga, “Coming to America Through Hamburg and Liverpool,” in AVOTAYNU, Vol. XXII, No. 4, (Winter 2006), pp. 15–22, we tracked the six Boonin children across Europe to Hamburg, their crossing of the North Sea, their […]