Re: Searching the American Jewish Year Book #lithuania
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Jerry Zeisler <jzeisler@...>
Although the index to the AJYB is searchable, the index is not perfect. My
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great-grandfather, Rabbi Joseph Zeisler, is listed in the 1922-1923 book on page 103 (Appendix IV, Necrology), but there is no listing for his entry in the index. I've tested this with several names and it appears that there is an index listing ONLY if there is a bio associated with the name. The index doesn't cover a name in the Appendices if that's the only entry. Therefore, don't be discouraged if the name you are searching for doesn't appear in the Index. Search in the books for the name in the appropriate years. Jerry Zeisler Leesburg, Virginia USA
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From: Joel Ratner [mailto:Joelrat1@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 10:17 PM To: LitvakSIG Subject: [litvaksig] Searching the American Jewish Year Book I have been asked to expand on my comment about the searchable nature of the American Jewish Year Book which is online at www.ajcarchives.org . Each volume of the AJYB is in a searchable PDF format. Once opened, the volume can be searched for any text of your choosing within Adobe Reader by selecting "Search", entering your search criteria and letting Adobe Reader do the rest. Just be advised you must have the exact spelling for this to work. The spellings I have encountered for towns of interest to Litvaks include Vilna, Kovno and Gedrovitch [this one was new to me]. It is useful to do a search on Vilna and Kovno even if these are not your towns of interest, because in many cases, other towns are listed as [town, Kovno gub.] or something similar. A search on Kovno and Vilna would therefore capture most instances of other Lithuanian towns.
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