Top Ten Israeli Given Names from 1948 to 2021 |
Another look at Jewish given names in the Ultra-Orthodox community |
An Ultra-Orthodox view of Jewish Names |
101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2020 |
101 Most Popular Jewish Boys Names in Israel in 2020 |
Seven women, and a detour to Morocco |
Jewish cemeteries in Poland |
Given names from British Mandate Palestine |
A look at British Mandate Palestine name changes |
Updates to Polish archive links |
Watching my Rootstech Session |
Speaking at Rootstech Connect |
Ten Year Site Anniversary |
Photos handed down through different family branches |
Updated Immigrant Census Form (1940 added) |
101 Most Popular Jewish Boys Names in Israel in 2019 |
101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2019 |
1925 Female Yiddish and Hebrew Names (Harkavy) |
1925 Male Yiddish and Hebrew Names (Harkavy) |
Deciphering Jewish Gravestones |
US Rabbinical Guide to Female Jewish Names from 1939 |
US Rabbinical Guide to Male Jewish Names from 1939 |
Female Jewish Names in Poland from 1866 |
Male Jewish Names in Poland from 1866 |
Pre-War Female Jewish Names in Poland |
Pre-War Male Jewish Names in Poland |
A look at Hebrew resources on this site |
Figuring out the Polish State Archive changes |
B&F Honored by the IAJGS |
Polish State Archives Contact List |
101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2017 and 2018 |
101 Most Popular Jewish Boys Names in Israel in 2017 and 2018 |
Changes at the Polish State Archives |
JDC Warsaw Office Locality Files 1939-1941 |
Watch my FB Live video explaining how to use the B&F Compendium of Jewish Genealogy |
More newspapers, Landsmanshaft cemetery sections, and convenience |
Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy |
Learning from Okopawa St. |
Links to local Jewish newspapers added to the Compendium |
Communities tied to Rzeszów (Reisha), Poland via marriage |
Practical suggestions when photographing cemeteries |
Get ready to photograph – The Okopowa St. Project begins |
Okopowa St. Cemetery Maps and Statistics |
The challenges of online cemetery research |
An experiment in collaborative genealogy |
Hebrew Genealogy Forms |
101 Most Common Surnames in Israel (in 2016) |
Yad Vashem Shoah Names Database |
101 Most Popular Jewish Boys Names in Israel in 2016 |
101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2016 |
Hebrew family and genealogy terms |
B&F has a new server |
Black Friday sale on Avotaynu books |
Introducing archival records info in the Compendium |
Improved notes for Polish towns |
Ukrainian towns with Jewish records in Polish archives |
101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2015 |
101 Most Popular Jewish Boys Names in Israel in 2015 |
The Encyclopedia is now the Compendium |
When was the last time you updated your JGFF listings? |
Over two hundred new Polish towns added to the compendium |
New Polish cemetery resources |
Bad places for snails, and the ephemerality of the Internet |
1,000,000 database records passed at IGRA |
A year on from introducing the B&F Compendium of Jewish Genealogy |
Stolpersteine in memory of Mindel and Aron Salzman |
TreeSync end-of-life announced, with under two weeks left of service |
Tracking down a couple that disappeared during the Holocaust |
When my grandfather traveled to Nazi Germany to save his family |
Google PhotoScan - a genealogists best friend? |
A reminder about the B&F Forms System |
Don't get stuck inside the box |
How you can help |
About those 10,000 Polish resources |
A bit about how the compenidum came to be (and where it's going) |
Introducing the B&F Compendium of Jewish Genealogy |
Jewish Names from the Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics (1917) |
Jewish Surnames: An instructive and suggestive essay on an interesting subject (1904) |
Casual racism and onomastics from a century ago |
Is a third option for transitioning from FTM on the horizon? |
Ancestry comes up with solutions for FTM users |
101 Most Popular Jewish Boys Names in Israel in 2014 |
101 Most Popular Jewish Girls Names in Israel in 2014 |
Most popular boys names in Israel, by city, for 2014 |
Most popular girls names in Israel, by city, for 2014 |
Managing the FTM transition |
Ancestry just killed off Family Tree Maker |
What DPI should I scan my photos, and in what format do I save them? |
Some thoughts on day one of #IAJGS2015 |
Typical name distribution? A preview of my lecture on Monday. |
Newly searchable newspapers in Belgium |
Attending the Int'l Conf. on Jewish Genealogy in Jerusalem this summer? |
The Israel State Archives are heading online |
Looking for a house in Germany |
Using Nikud (Vowels) in Hebrew on a Mac |
2015 IAJGS Int'l Conference on Jewish Genealogy in Jerusalem |
Free access to 23andMe – if you have Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's Disease |
MyHeritage announces integration with 23andMe |
Family Tree DNA sale (until Sept. 3) |
Historical Maps of the Hapsburg Empire |
Find A Grave goes mobile |
Ordering a SS-5 Social Security Application |
I'm sorry if you couldn't comment in the past |
Family Tree Maker 3 for Mac available (and at a discount) |
23 and You |
Thank you for three years |
Our grandparents had more fun than us |
New records indexed from Vienna, even more on microfilm |
Mac genealogy software updates |
Remembering my grandfather |
Transitioning from Blogger to Wordpress |
The problem of borders... |
Scanning documents and photos using your phone |
Tarnów and Thüer (Thier) |
Routes to Roots, improved |
Genealogy Software for the Mac |
Four New Israel Databases |
Two genealogy software discounts |
Collaborating without having to be in sync |
New Memorial Plaque Database |
Evidence-based Genealogy |
Heredis for Mac and PC, on sale for $10.99 until July 7 |
The Ring of Trust |
Racism and Commonality as Reasons for Name Changes |
MacFamilyTree 7 Released - upgrade pricing for everyone |
Introducing Lexigenealogy – a new blog |
What does New Zealand have against Justice? |
Jewish names, red herrings, and name changes |
How surnames change – research into one name over two centuries |
From Despair to Celebration |
Bring It Home |
Pursuing Genealogical Red Herrings |
Wacky Wednesday: Fire Extinguisher Hand Grenades |
iPad Users – free app today that can fill out B&F genealogy forms |
Fascinating Headdress – where is this family from? |
Trick to use Hebrew and Yiddish in Adobe InDesign |
A Major Breakthough for Jewish Polish Records |
Genealogy Apps in the Mac App Store (Update) |
Finding Hebrew Fonts |
International Jewish Genealogy Conference in Boston |
Useful Document for Researching Belgian Immigrants to US |
Mac indexing software for World Archives Project |
Database of Polish Victims of the Nazis |
The launch of the all new All Israel Database |
Two years of Blood and Frogs |
FamilyTreeDNA Sale - through end of year |
Database of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland |
A look at new Israeli databases |
Friends from Antwerp - and is that a famous Yiddish poet? |
L'Shana Tova (from 1948) |
Who's in that photo? |
RootsMagic joins FHISO effort to improve genealogy standards |
FamilyTree DNA Summer Sale |
Around the World in 40 Blogs |
Jewish Databases from Aleppo, Syria |
New York records from 1940 Census now searchable! |
Linda Chavez Discovers Her Converso Roots |
Ancestry.com Launches Autosomal DNA Test |
FamilyTree DNA Sale Today and Tomorrow |
First 1940 Census Images are online! |
New Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Search |
The 1940 Census is just 12 days away... |
A look at progress on the USHMM records indexing |
Israel Through Photographs |
Researching people born in Israel, but who moved |
Food as Genealogy – Iraqi Kubbe |
Genealogy standards, another look |
Win a Free Trip to Your Family's Homeland |
New Genealogy Society in Israel (and major new website) |
Changes in Access to the SSDI and Vital Records |
Great-Grandma's Cherry Pie: An entertaining look at copyright issues |
Books on Sephardi Jews |
The 1940 US Census |
Abandoned Jewish Cemetery in Belize |
1st Blogiversary: The Year in Review |
Why We Do Genealogy |
Paris 2012 |
FamilyTreeDNA 2011 Holiday Sale |
Tying together my last two posts |
Perceptions of Relationship |
The End of the Printed Book (coming soon, but not yet) |
Geneadaddyblogger |
A little known Facebook feature (for genealogy)... |
The Fate of the Sabbatarians |
Ancestry.com 15 Days of Free Access and Prizes |
36 Hour FamilyTreeDNA Sale |
A new addition to my family tree |
How do you do genealogy online? |
Volunteer Opportunity at the JDC |
More on Landsmanshaftn |
No More Shtetls |
Free Access to Ancestry.com's Immigration and Travel Records |
Some observations from the IAJGS Conference |
2000 Fans on Facebook! |
Learning about Landsmanshaftn |
$50 off 23andMe DNA Testing |
Utilizing Belgian Archives for Jewish Research |
Can't figure out what the real name of a town is? |
Did your family live in or pass through Antwerp, Belgium? |
JewishGen Basics: JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) |
Another look at GRAMPS |
Variations in Jewish Given Names |
FamilyTree DNA Upgrade Sale (June 15-22) |
Speaking on Genetic Genealogy next week in Modi'in |
1000 Fans on Facebook! |
Blood and Frogs +1 |
My new article series on the JewishGen blog |
Finding Information on US Immigrants |
For Memorial Day, BillionGraves App/Site Launches |
Finding local records |
Genealogy Basics: Up, Down and Sideways |
Hebrew Ethical Wills from JPS 70% off – for three days |
Animals and Name Pairs in Jewish Given Names |
Five Way To Follow Blood and Frogs |
Name Changes at Ellis Island |
Grave of the 'Unknown' Soldier |
World Memory Project: USHMM and Ancestry.com Team Up |
Project HEART: Database of Stolen Holocaust-Era Assets |
Jewish Telegraphic Agency Archives Go Online |
Footnote.com Holocaust Records Free for May |
JDC archives with over 500,000 names now online |
Speaking: The ABCs of DNA in Ra'anana, Israel on May 11 |
Using DNA for Genealogy: Y-DNA and mtDNA |
Thinking about trying genetic genealogy? |
Jewish Gravestone Symbols |
Finding US Naturalization Records |
British Mandate Publications |
New Genealogy Forms Posted |
Revising the B&F Forms System |
Introducing B&F Enhanced Genealogy Search |
Introducing the B&F Forms System |
Jewish Genealogy Basics: Mailing Lists |
Don't Trust What You Find on the Internet, and Cite All Your Sources |
Jewish Genealogy Basics: Ancestral Town (Shtetl) Information |
When you have an address but not a name... |
What's your favorite online family tree site? |
Ways to Follow This Blog |
Using FindAGrave.com to... |
Genealogy Basics: Historical Newspapers |
Finding and getting copies of Jewish records in Poland |
New iPhone and iPad App from Ancestry.com |
People lie, and so do documents |
Pruning Your Family Tree |
Yad Vashem teams up with Google |
Jewish Genealogy Basics: Yizkor Books |
New versions of MacFamilyTree and FamilyTreeMaker for Mac |
GRAMPS 3.2.5 released for Mac, but not ready for primetime |
Genealogy Folder Organization: The B&F System |
Religious marriages, civil marriages and surnames from mothers |
Jewish Genealogy Basics: The JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) |
Preserving Photographic Prints, Slides and Negatives |
The Mac App Store Launches, with 3 Genealogy Apps |
Preserving Paper Documents Through De-Acidification |
Blood and Frogs: Now on Twitter... |
Yad Vashem's Quest |
Giving Back Through Indexing |
The Search For...Books. |
The Future of Sharing (Genealogical Data) |
Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony and ShoahConnect.org |
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust |
Multimedia support in FTM for Mac - a bit lacking |
Researching Jewish Relatives Who Passed Through Belgium |
Launching Family Tree Maker for Mac and Importing a GEDCOM |
Should I switch from Reunion 9 to Family Tree Maker for Mac? |