"Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world."  Hans Margolius (No known relative)

Welcome to my web site. There are just a few things you should know, to make your navigating of my web site easier and without any frustrations. Let me have your attention for just a few minutes.

Choose a Country or a Subject button from the side bars to your left (on some pages, click on 'Home' and then select the Country or Subject) - - you will also find links running along the bottom of each page so you don't have to scroll up) and you will find a lot of help in the form of links and information as you research your ancestral roots. 

As you browse the various pages, you'll find thousands of links and bits and pieces of information relating to researching your Jewish genealogy, but you don't have to be Jewish to find value in using my site. But if you do find it useful, then please BOOKMARK my site and come back and visit it often. More links -- and more information will be added as fast as my fingers can type. My site will always be 'under construction'.

Note on your left side the names of Countries and Subjects currently available. If you click on any one of them with your mouse, you will be immediately taken to the page containing the Subject or Country you are interested in. Once you have finished reviewing a site, you can go onto any other web page by just clicking on another country or subject indicated on your left side of the page or at the bottom of each page. It is impossible to get lost, if you just click on Home at any time.  Some pages have additional links which show up in RED.  Those links will take you into more depth
on the subject or country you are reviewing at the moment.

Below, note the table of Countries and Subjects where more than one country is included on the same web page (i.e. Balkans contains Czech, Bosnia, etc.) or more than one subject is included on a particular page (i.e. Names, Surnames, Definitions, etc.) 

Frankly, the best way to view my site is to just to explore because what you have in front of you are thousands of bits and pieces that I have gleaned from surfing the web these many years. That's how I found many of these sites. You may  find pieces of information that you personally have submitted in the past. Now, perhaps someone else will benefit from your effort, as I hope you will from my own effort. All I have done these past ten or so years is put those pieces into a
logical and alphabetical order. You'll see what I mean as you explore. And if you do find an error, or an update, or should you have any kind of a comment, please don't hesitate to let me know by sending me an e-mail tmargulis@dc.rr.com or use my Feedback page

Any Subject or Country underlined below is a HYPERLINK and as such, you can just click on any underlined item and you will be taken to that page. The spelling of a country name is not necessarily the one you may have seen before, but I have tried to maintain some consistency in the spelling i.e. Bukowina vs. Bucovina

Underlined in Blue represents a link to the Internet Underlined in Red represents a link to another page in my web

Let this site be helpful and not intimidating to those who are just starting out.