Other Resources


Published work on Genealogy and History
by Edward Gelles
2000-2011

BOOKS

  1. An Ancient Lineage : European Roots of a Jewish Family
    Gelles - Griffel - Wahl - Chajes - Safier - Loew - Taube
    Vallentine Mitchell, London, July 2006
    (ISBN 0 85 303 680 2 )

  2. Family Connections : Gelles – Horowitz – Chajes
    A Genealogical Study
    Shaker Publishing BV, The Netherlands, February 2008
    (ISBN 978 90 423 0338 6 )

  3. Family Connections : Gelles – Shapiro – Friedman
    Shaker Publishing, B.V, The Netherlands, June 2009
    (ISBN 978 90 423 0370 6)

  4. Ephemeral and Eternal : Josef Gelles – a brief life
    Shaker Publishing BV, The Netherlands, June 2010
    (ISBN 978 90 423 0392 8)

  5. Meeting my Ancestors : Genealogy, Genes, and Heritage
    Shaker Publishing BV, The Netherlands, March 2011
    (ISBN 978 90 423 0403 1)

    In Preparation


  6. From Spanish March to Russian Pale
    Some Jewish Strands in European History

ARTICLES

    2000
  1. Saul Wahl. A Jewish Legend. Judaism Today, No.14, Winter 1999-2000
  2. In Search of My Pedigree. Shemot, Vol. 8, No.2, June 2000
  3. The Wahls of Nadworna. Shemot, Vol. 8, No.3, September 2000
  4. Chief Rabbis in the Genes. Manna, No. 69, Autumn 2000
  5. All Quiet on the Eastern Front. Avotaynu, Vol. xvi, No.4, Winter 2000

    6. 2001

  6. Searching for Eve: A Methodological Lesson. Avotaynu, Vol.xvii, No.2, Summer 2001
  7. Galician Roots. The Galitzianer, Vol. 9, No.1, November 2001

    8. 2002

  8. Capitalists and Rabbis. The Galitzianer, Vol.9, No. 2, February 2002
  9. Economic Background to some Family Links. The Galitzianer, Vol.9, No.3, May 2002
  10. Finding Rabbi Moses Gelles. Avotaynu, Vol. xviii, No.1, Spring 2002
  11. Abraham Low’s Ship’s Manifest. Shemot, Vol. 10, No.2, June 2002
  12. Genealogy for Moral Support, The Galitzianer, Vol. 9, No. 4, August 2002,
  13. The Safiers of Tarnobrzeg. Shemot, Vol 10, No.3, September 2002
  14. My Mother’s People, Sharsheret Hadorot, Vol. 16, No. 4, October 2002
  15. A Tale of Two Cities, The Galitzianer, Vol.10, No1, November 2002

    16. 2003

  16. My Father’s People, Sharsheret Hadorot , Vol.17, No.1, February 2003
  17. The Wohls of Cracow, The Galitzianer, Vol.10, No.2, February 2003
  18. Davidic Descent, Sharsheret Hadorot , Vol.17, No.2, June 2003
  19. A 19th Century Pictorial Record of Brody, The Galitzianer, Vol.10, No.4, August 2003

    20. 2004

  20. David and Chaim Gans of Prague, Shemot, Vol 12, No.1, March 2004
  21. Rabbi Shmuel Hillman of Metz and his Family Connections, Sharsheret Hadorot , Vol.18, No.2, May 2004
  22. Chayes Family Connections, Shemot, Vol 12, No. 2, June 2004
  23. Jewish Community Life in Brody, Sharsheret Hadorot , Vol.18, No.4, November 2004

    24. 2005

  24. Genealogical Background of some Hasidic Sages, Sharsheret Hadorot , Vol.19, No.1, February 2005
  25. Rabbis of Solotwina near Stanislau, Sharsheret Hadorot , Vol.19, No. 4, November 2005

    26. 2006

  26. Gelles of Brody and some Fraenkel-Horowitz connections, Sharsheret Hadorot , Vol.20, No.1. February 2006
  27. Marriages between some Rabbinic Families in Galicia, The Galitzianer, Vol.14, No.1, November 2006

    28. 2007

  28. They met in Trieste, Everton’s Genealogical Helper, Sept / Oct 2007

    29. 2008

  29. From the Baltic to the Black Sea, Sharsheret Hadorot , Vol. 22, No.2 , May 2008
  30. Die Familie Chajes und ihre genealogischen Verbindungen, “ Adler “ Zeitschrift für Genealogie und Heraldik. Vol 25, No. 4, 2008
  31. End of the Gelles rabbinic line. The Galitzianer, Vol.16, No.1, November 2008

    32. 2010
    Postcards and other Ephemera in Genealogical Research

  32. Josef and Giza Gelles of Boryslaw. The Galitzianer, Vol. 17, No.2, February 2010
  33. Josef Gelles and the Solotwina Rabbinate. The Galitzianer, Vol.17, No.3, May 2010
  34. DNA tests in the search for common ancestors Genes and Genealogy of the Gelles and Polonsky families (with Jeffrey Mark Paull). The Galitzianer, Vol.18, No.1, November 2010

    35. 2011

  35. DNA tests and common ancestors. The Galitzianer, Vol. 18, No. 2, February 2011
  36. Mes liens ancestraux avec la France. GEN AMI, No. 57, September 2011
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