Articles on archival and genealogical research by Boris Feldblyum
Breaking Through the Brick Wall (1.5MB pdf file)
An adaptation from a talk delivered at the 18th Annual Seminar on Jewish Genealogy held in Los Angeles , July 12-17, 1998
Selected topics discussed:
- uniqueness of Jewish genealogical research
- we already have what we seek
- comprehensive approach - there is no substitute
- misconceptions
- no substitute for knowledge
- forgeries
- finding living relatives
FAST Genealogy Service is Looking
for Missing Ancestors
Text of the article published
in a 1993 issue of
Avotaynu.
Jewish Treasures in the Former Soviet Archives: Opportunities and Problems
An adaptation from a talk delivered at the 15th
Annual Seminar on Jewish Genealogy in Washington , DC and reprinted in the Summer, 1995 issue
of
Avotaynu.
Our Elusive Ancestors
An article published in the Spring, 1996 issue of
Avotaynu.
Russia
Chapter on archival research in post-Soviet Russia in Avotaynu Guide to Jewish
Genealogy. Bergenfeld, NJ, 2004
Russian Revision Lists [Fiscal Census]: A
History (0.8MB pdf file)
An adaptation from a talk delivered at the 18th Annual Seminar
on Jewish Genealogy. Los Angeles , July 12-17, 1998
Russian Archival Research: Challenges and Strategies for Success
Presentation at the 23rd International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy. Washington, DC, July 24, 2003
Some Problems in Researching Eastern European Records
An article published in the Fall, 1993 issue of
Avotaynu.
Ukrainian Archives in the 21st Century
(1MB pdf file)
An article published in the Spring, 2003 issue of
Avotaynu.
Understanding Russian-Jewish Given
Names (2.5MB pdf file)
An article published in the Summer, 1997 issue of
Avotaynu.
Successful Photography
for Genealogists
Technical and cultural
tips for taking high quality photos under (almost) any conditions
Interpreting old family
photos as a source of genealogical information
Adaptation of a 2003 Northern
Virginia TV program.
Using the Russian "Memorial" database (1.5MB pdf file)
English-speaker's
guide to using Russian-language database of the victims of Stalin's terror.
An article
published in the Spring, 2006 issue of
Avotaynu