Announcing Revised Edition of "A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire"

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Come to the
28th IAJGS International Conference
on Jewish Genealogy
Chicago August 17-22, 2008 www.chicago2008.org
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The long-awaited Revised Edition of "A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from
the Russian Empire" by Alexander Beider will be published this summer by
Avotaynu.

The Revised Edition has:
* more than 20,000 additional surnames or variants-72,000 in total
* a 200-page introductory portion that is the definitive work on the
origin and evolution of Jewish surnames in Eastern Europe
* an index to the more than 5,000 Russian Jewish surnames referenced in
the introductory portion of the book. Their description in this portion
gives greater insight into the particular surname
* references in the Dictionary portion to the other works by Beider when
the surname likely migrated from other portions of Eastern Europe to the
Russian Empire
This is in addition to the contents that existed in the original work:
* the etymology (origin) of nearly all of the 72,000 surnames
* in which districts in Czarist Russia the surname was found (expanded
based on additional research)
* within the description of a root surname, a list of all other surnames
derived from the root name

In the 19th-early 20th centuries, authors of scholarly works often solicited
advanced subscribers as a means of financing the publication of their work.
In consideration of becoming an advanced subscriber, the person's name and
town of residence were listed in the book. Avotaynu is bringing back the
tradition. It plans to list in the book all presubscribers to "A Dictionary
of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire."

Additional information can be found at http://www.avotaynu.com/nu/V09N13.htm

Gary Mokotoff

MODERATOR NOTE: This is the permitted one-time sales mention of a
new book of genealogical interest.
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