And now for something a little different... introducing our Pioneers of Jewish Genealogy series, conversations with the folks who have dedicated their lives and their work to advancing the state of Jewish genealogy.
And what better way to kick off this series than with a conversation with Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack-Pikus.
You know them as the publisher and editor (respectively) of AVOTAYNU, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy. Gary created the JewishGen Family Finder (how many of you remember getting the printout every few months, long before the Internet changed everything). He and Sallyann also co-authored Where Once We Walked, and Gary is co-creator of the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex system. A former president of IAJGS, Gary is an author, lecturer and researcher.
Sallyann Amdur Sack-Pikus co-founded the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy. She and Gary co-founded AVOTAYNU, and she participated, along with Gary, in the founding of AJGS (which became IAJGS). She was founding president of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington. She has chaired or co-chaired seven of the annual conferences on Jewish genealogy, authored seven books of use to genealogists and has consulted on numerous projects. And she is a happily retired clinical psychologist.
And what better way to kick off this series than with a conversation with Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack-Pikus.
You know them as the publisher and editor (respectively) of AVOTAYNU, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy. Gary created the JewishGen Family Finder (how many of you remember getting the printout every few months, long before the Internet changed everything). He and Sallyann also co-authored Where Once We Walked, and Gary is co-creator of the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex system. A former president of IAJGS, Gary is an author, lecturer and researcher.
Sallyann Amdur Sack-Pikus co-founded the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy. She and Gary co-founded AVOTAYNU, and she participated, along with Gary, in the founding of AJGS (which became IAJGS). She was founding president of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington. She has chaired or co-chaired seven of the annual conferences on Jewish genealogy, authored seven books of use to genealogists and has consulted on numerous projects. And she is a happily retired clinical psychologist.
The recorded interview
This was a "5 things" interview, where we focus on 5 general topics:
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