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FEEFHS Journal

For several years, FEEFHS published a top-quality journal filled with information about genealogical work in Eastern Europe. Back issues are available. Please contact , FEEFHS administrator. Here is a summary of the issues that are available, along with sample articles. Note that the samples are in PDF format and will require Adobe Acrobat Reader or something similar.
	Vol. XVI, 2008 Partial Contents: The Swabians in Central and Southeastern Europe, by Irmgard Hein Ellingson Wendish Genealogical Research, by Milan Tyler-Pohontsch Austrian Regiments and Where They Recruited, by Karen Hobbs Volga German Family History Research, 1763-1917, by Duane J. Kartchner Records of the Swedish St. Catherine Parish (part 2), by Ludmila and Orjan Werkström Understanding Surnames of Croatia and Bosnia, by Robert Jerin Back issue available. Price: US$30
	Vol. XV, 2007 Partial Contents: East European Archival Internet Sites, by Kahlile B. Mehr Surfing for Slovak Ancestors, by Lisa A. Alzo Pommern: Das Land am Meer -- Pommerania: the Land by the Sea, by Mary J. Manning European Gazetteers in the BYU Online Collection, by Daniel Schlyter Online Maps for Polish Research, by Ceil Wendt Jensen Who was Ludwig Holzmaister, by Juři Ošanec, translated by Miroslav Koudelka Records of the Swedish St. Catherine's Parish, by Ludmila and Orjan Werkström Back issue available. Price: US$30
	Vol. XIV, 2006 Partial Contents: A Family Historian's Guide to Discovering Carpatho-Rusyn Ancestry, by Richard D. Custer Germanic Origins in North Iowa, by Irmgard Hein Ellingson Slovaks Settled Here: A Look at Slovak Chain Migration in the United States and Its Role in Genealogical Research, by Lisa A. Alzo Polish Genealogical Research and Post-WWII Border Changes and Population Movements, by Matthew Bielawa Bulgarian Genealogical Profile, by Kahlile B. Mehr Genealogy Bridge Bulgaria-USA: Djebaroffs from Lovech-Ugurchin and the Ancestry of Linda Gebaroff, by Lolita Nikolova The Story of Sarah from Ivatzevichi, by Leonid Smilovitsky Re-creating a Slovak Village, by John Matviya Back issue available. Price: US$30
	Vol. XIII, 2005 Partial Contents: The Medieval Holocaust: The Approach of the Plague and the Destruction of Jews in Germany, 1348-1349, by Albert Winkler On the Road with Our Ancestors, by Dave Obee East Prussia on My Mind, by Jutta Missal Austria-Hungary, the Habsburg Heart of Europe: The Ethnic and Religious Nature of Austria-Hungary, by Irmgard Hein Ellingson How to Use DNA in Your Genealogical Research, by William Remus Moldova Genealogical Profile, by Kahlile Mehr The Celts in Moravia and the Vestiges They Left Us, by Franz Gerhard Soural Resources for Researching Saratov, by Mark W. Gardner Back issue available. Price: US$25
	Vol. XII, 2004 Partial Contents: Genealogical Records and Research in Ukraine, by Kahlile Mehr and Marek Koblanski The Imperial Austrian School System, by Franz Gerhard Soural Tracking Graves by Satellite, by Dave Obee Rabbi Arye-Leyb ben Meyshe ber Shifman from Pukhovichi, by Leonid Smilovitsky The Glagolitic Alphabet and Its Use in Croatian Church Records, by Gordon L. McDaniel The Molecular Genealogy Research Project, by Ugo A. Perego, Natalie M. Myres and Scott R. Woodward Piecing Together the Story: 19th Century German Immigration to America, by Adele Maurine Marcum Lutheran Church Records: Looking for Lake Wobegon, by Irmgard Hein Ellingson Ethics in Genealogy, More Than Being Nice, by G. Alvin Murray The Family History Library Catalog, by Steven W. Blodgett World War I Draft Registration Records, by Joanne M. Sher The Swabian Colonies in the South Caucasus, by Joseph B. Everett Molodia: Settlement and End of the Only Catholic Swabian Parish in Bukovina, by Norbert Gaschler Back issue available. Price: US$22
	Vol. XI, 2003 Partial Contents: 19th Century Travel in the Former Crownlands of the Austrian Monarchy, by Franz Gerhard Soural Albrechtsdorf (or Wojciechy, if You Prefer) Through the Ages, by Dave Obee The Rise and Fall of Latin in the Kingdom of Hungary, by Nathan W. Murphy Origins of Jewish Last Names in Turov, by Leonid Smilovitsky Catholic Vital Records in Galicia/Halychyna, by Matthew R. Bielawa Ukrainian Case Study of a Polish Officer, by Marek Koblanski A Beginner’s Guide to Slovak Research, by Lisa A. Alzo History of the Settlement of Karlsberg, by Erich Prokopowitsch Czechs in Volhynia: from the Settlement History, 1862-1947, by Nikolaus Arndt Four North European Female Educators’ Toil in Russian Alaska, 1805-1849, by Maria Jarlsdotter Enckell Back issue available. Price: US$20
	Vol. X, 2002 Partial Contents: Jewish Addresses in Rechitsa, by Leonid Smilovistsky Researching Stalin’s Victims, by Dave Obee Galicia: A Multi-Ethnic Overview and Settlement History, by Irmgard Hein Ellingson Estonian Genealogical Research, by Kahlile Mehr The Early German Settlement of North Eastern Moravia, by Frank Soural A Beginner’s Guide to Austrian Research, by Steven W. Blodgett The Dachau Indexing Project, by Nolan Altman Doukhobor Names and Naming Practices, by Jonathan Kalmakoff Zurich’s Militia Records in the Fifteenth Century, by Albert Winkler The Bukovina-Germans during the Habsburg Period, by Sophie A. Welsch A Finnish Sawmill Bookkeeper’s Daughter’s Journey to Alaska, by Maria Jarlsdotter Enckell Pre-World War I Migration Patterns of Banat Germans to North America, by David Dreyer and Anton Kraemer Back issue available. Price: US$18
	Vol. IX, 2001 Partial Contents: U.S. Immigration Records, by Jim Faulkinbury Volhynian Legacy, by Irmgard Hein Ellingson The Vital Records of Kremenets, by Ronald D. Doctor Komiža, Home of My Ancestors, by Gregory A. Felando East European Emigration and the EWZ, by Dave Obee A Beginner’s Guide to Finnish Genealogy, by Tim Vincent An Introduction to Austrian Military Records, by Steven W. Blodgett BONUS (Not in the Journal) -- Recruiting Soldiers Into the Austro-Hungarian Army, by Steven W. Blodgett A Beginner’s Guide to Swedish Research, by Roger Magneson When the Record is Incomplete, by Norman Carp-Gordon, Z. K. Tagged for Transport, by Penti Knuutinen; translated by Margarita Choquette The Archives of the Assistance Committee for the Children of Finland, by Rolf Linde Scandinavian Immigration to Russian Alaska, 1800-1867, by Maria Jarlsdotter Enckell Back issue available. Price: US$16
	Other back issues available: Volume VIII (2000) US$14 Volume VII/3-4 (1999) US$6 Volume VII/1-2 (1999) US$6 Volume VI (1998) US$10