Eastern Europe Toolkit

Web Sites

• E-Transcriptum

<www.e-transcriptum.net/eng>: Free Russian and Lithuanian translations.

• Family History Library Catalog

<www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp>

• FEEFHS Map Room: Russian Empire

<feefhs.org/maps/ruse/mapiruse.html>

• GenForum: Countries Forums <genforum.genealogy.com/regional/countries>: Message boards for your ancestral country.

• JewishGen

<www.jewishgen.org>

• Mailing Lists

<www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html>: Click on your ancestral country.

• Petro Jacyk Resource Centre

<www.library.utoronto.ca/pjrc/pjrc.htm>: Find Cyrillic fonts and alphabets in the Fonts section of PJRC Resources.

Resources

• A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire by Alexander Beider (Avotaynu)

• Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide by Jonathan D. Shea and William F. Hoffman (Avotaynu)

• In Search of Your European Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in Every County in Europe by Angus Baxter (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• The Penguin Historical Atlas of Russia by John Channon with Robert Hudson (Viking)

• Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust, revised edition, by Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack with Alexander Sharon (Avotaynu) and WOWW Companion: A Guide to the Communities Surrounding Central and Eastern European Towns by Gary Mokotoff (Avotaynu)

Organizations

• East European Genealogical Society

Box2536, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 4A7 Canada, (204) 989-3292, <www.eegsociety.org>: Publishes East European Genealogist.

• Federation of East European Family History Societies

Box 510898, Salt Lake City, UT 84151, <feefhs.org>: Publishes FEEFHS Newsletter.

• Immigration History Research Center

University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, 311 Andersen Library, 222 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55455, (612) 625-4800, <www1.umn.edu/ihrc/profiles.htm>

• Interlink Bookshop

4687 Falaise Drive, Victoria, British Columbia, V8Y 1B4 Canada, (800) 747-4877, <www.genealogyunlimited.com>: Maps and atlases.

• Routes to Roots Foundation