Chasing Memories: Anatomy of a Family Search
Chasing Memories is about a journey. Its goals are to inspire other fellow travelers while sharing with them the knowledge I gained on how to conduct a genealogical research, starting from zero. The realization that one is only a link in a long chain and the pressing need to find the missing connections are so unique, and personal, that no one story is like another while at the same time, so universal that each one can find pieces of himself in other people journeys.
Genealogy has become in the past few years, due to the prevalent online sources, an approach that everyone can choose to connect with his family's history. The vast amount of knowledge at one's fingertips can be both exciting and intimidating. As in any other online media the know-how of the pitfalls and detours, can shorten the way considerably, while the awareness of the gains will sustain the drive.
Many books were written about genealogy but a lot less specifically on Jewish genealogy, and of those the most are how-to guides on the way to conduct a research. Only handful of them is personal accounts relaying a sole family story. While some might argue that a guide has a wider approach, I believe that it is easier to connect with a personal story and draw inspiration from it.
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Chasing Memories: Anatomy of a Family Search
Chasing Memories is about a journey. Its goals are to inspire other fellow travelers while sharing with them the knowledge I gained on how to conduct a genealogical research, starting from zero. The realization that one is only a link in a long chain and the pressing need to find the missing connections are so unique, and personal, that no one story is like another while at the same time, so universal that each one can find pieces of himself in other people journeys.
Genealogy has become in the past few years, due to the prevalent online sources, an approach that everyone can choose to connect with his family's history. The vast amount of knowledge at one's fingertips can be both exciting and intimidating. As in any other online media the know-how of the pitfalls and detours, can shorten the way considerably, while the awareness of the gains will sustain the drive.
Many books were written about genealogy but a lot less specifically on Jewish genealogy, and of those the most are how-to guides on the way to conduct a research. Only handful of them is personal accounts relaying a sole family story. While some might argue that a guide has a wider approach, I believe that it is easier to connect with a personal story and draw inspiration from it.
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Chasing Memories: Anatomy of a Family Search

Chasing Memories: Anatomy of a Family Search

by Ariela Levia Zucker
Chasing Memories: Anatomy of a Family Search

Chasing Memories: Anatomy of a Family Search

by Ariela Levia Zucker

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Chasing Memories is about a journey. Its goals are to inspire other fellow travelers while sharing with them the knowledge I gained on how to conduct a genealogical research, starting from zero. The realization that one is only a link in a long chain and the pressing need to find the missing connections are so unique, and personal, that no one story is like another while at the same time, so universal that each one can find pieces of himself in other people journeys.
Genealogy has become in the past few years, due to the prevalent online sources, an approach that everyone can choose to connect with his family's history. The vast amount of knowledge at one's fingertips can be both exciting and intimidating. As in any other online media the know-how of the pitfalls and detours, can shorten the way considerably, while the awareness of the gains will sustain the drive.
Many books were written about genealogy but a lot less specifically on Jewish genealogy, and of those the most are how-to guides on the way to conduct a research. Only handful of them is personal accounts relaying a sole family story. While some might argue that a guide has a wider approach, I believe that it is easier to connect with a personal story and draw inspiration from it.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780615881089
Publisher: Paper Dragon
Publication date: 11/25/2013
Pages: 156
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Growing up in Israel I never had the need to research my family history, until recently, when I realized how little I was told by my parents, and that only few faded documents, and yellowing pictures remained from my mother's deceased family. It was up to me to look for the missing information. Chasing Memories documents the four years research I started at 2009 and the information gathered. I hope that by doing so, I helped to preserve their story before it will be lost forever.
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