Biography Briefs:
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First Jewish genealogist certified by the Board for Certification of Genealogists (Certification)
and (Letter from Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern)
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Syndicated columnist of Roots and Branches published in over 100 Jewish newspapers and periodicals
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Creator of customized family tours to the "old country"
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"The Genealogist Who Lifted the Archival Iron Curtain"
-- an article published on page 2 of the New York Jewish Week, June 28, 1991.
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The National Genealogical Society presents the
Individual Achievement Award
to Miriam Weiner at its annual conference in 1991. It was the first time
that award was given.
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Recipient of award for
"Outstanding Contribution to Jewish Genealogy via Print: Miriam Weiner for her book Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova
from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies in 2000 (IAJGS) at its annual conference.
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Co-editor of
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy
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The American Red Cross Holocaust Victims Tracing Center has nominated
Miriam Weiner to the Advisory Board at the Center in Baltimore, MD, August 1992.
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Author of Jewish Roots in Poland
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Author of Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova
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Former Executive Director of the
American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
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Collaboration with Alex Haley on PBS Series, 1991.
Click here for additional information & images.
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Miriam Weiner makes copy of her grandmother's birth record in Priluki town hall in 1991.
Click here.
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President of Routes to Roots, a customized family research service in Poland and the former Soviet Union
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Creator of the Eastern European Archival Database
which includes Jewish and civil records from archives in Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Moldova and Ukraine
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Recipient of "Lifetime Achievement Award"
from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies in 2003
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Miriam Weiner was invited to write the article entitled:
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS)
for the updated Encyclopedia Judaica, Volume 9, 2nd edition,
published in Jerusalem, Israel, 2007.
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Miriam Weiner is awarded "Emeritus Status"
by the Board for Certification of Genealogist, based upon her 30 years as a Certified Genealogist
and her accomplishments in the field (December 2015).
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Miriam Weiner and JRI-Poland sign agreement
wherein archival material and inventories collected by Miriam during her 25+ years
of working in Poland (including the former Galicia) will be indexed and accessible
via the JRI-Poland website.
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Miriam Weiner & the Routes to Roots Foundation and JewishGen, Inc. sign license agreement
wherein extensive material will be transferred to the JewishGen website including:
Maps (towns in Eastern Europe)
Name lists (Holocaust victims/survivors, cemetery data, etc.)
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