The month of September has many Jewish days of remembrance, and if you have Jewish ancestors, this week's blog is for you.
In this week's blog at Legacy Tree Genealogy, Jewish Genealogy and Family Tree Research you will gain a greater understanding of the basics of Jewish Genealogy and the historical context that is vital to finding your ancestors.
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Jewish Genealogy
Understanding the basics of Jewish genealogy is essential for writing your family history and bringing your ancestors to life. Here are some of our tips on finding your ancestor’s hometown and helping to navigate your research.
In the last several hundred years, there were three major influxes of Jews into the United States (and countries like England and Canada). The Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal were the first to arrive, coming during the Colonial years of American history. The second wave was of Jewish families from Germany (Ashkenazic Jews), who began arriving in serious numbers in the 1840s. The last major wave of Jewish immigration into the United States was the Eastern European Jews (also Ashkenazic Jews). This wave of immigration began around 1880 and continued until about 1924, when the United States began setting immigration quotas to restrict the number of immigrants arriving. During this third wave of Jewish immigration, over 2,000,000 Jewish immigrants arrived in America from Eastern Europe.
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