Stephen Denker

About Stephen Denker

Now formally retired, Stephen Denker is active doing technical and business writing. He and his wife, Elayne, have been collaboratively researching their family histories for the past five years. Denker holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The 20th Century Jewish Community of Havana, Cuba

Filed Under Carribean By Stephen Denker on November 29, 2016

The organized Jewish community in Cuba lasted about 50 years during the first half of the 20th century and was composed of three essentially separate groups, the North Americans, the Sephardim and the European Ashkenazim. Together they built a vibrant […]

Finding Emigrants Who Sailed Under a Different Name

Filed Under Canada, Methods, United States By Stephen Denker on October 1, 2007

After five years of fruitless searching, I finally found the ship manifest for my grandfather and his parents. I had critical help. Someone else actually did it. The method used may be useful to others. A marine historian, Allan Jordan, […]