<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0cm;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0cm;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
{mso-style-priority:34;
margin-top:0cm;
margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:0cm;
margin-left:36.0pt;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.emailstyle17
{mso-style-name:emailstyle17;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.balloontextchar0
{mso-style-name:balloontextchar;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle23
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=WordSection1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>The press release below is nearly two weeks old but may be new to
some of you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Roger Lewry</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>FFHS Archives Liaison</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'>archives.liaison@ffhs.org.uk</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'>The
Federation of Family History Societies is a Company Limited by Guarantee</span></i><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'>Company
Number 2930189 (England & Wales) - Registered Charity Number 1038721</span></i><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'>Registered
Office: Artillery House, 15 Byrom Street, Manchester, England M3 4PF<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><img width=624
height=72 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:1.493432979@web87010.mail.ird.yahoo.com"
alt="News Release - Header"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'></span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'>Popular Database for Jewish Family History Research
Expands </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Free Resource Now Includes Records of 115,000 People</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For Immediate Release</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>July 7, 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>SALT LAKE CITY–</span></b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>A valuable resource for Jewish genealogical research
has expanded to include records from all over the world. The popular Knowles
Collection from FamilySearch is a free database connecting Jewish records of
115,000 people in 30 countries. The combining of those records into one
collection makes it easier for researches to find family sources.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“One
of the biggest problems with Jewish records is that they are held all over the
place and one person can have records in multiple locations,” FamilySearch
research consultant and the collection’s manager, Todd Knowles, said. “That
means someone just starting to research their Jewish ancestry will have to
drive from archive to archive and from synagogue to synagogue to find what they
are looking for. What this collection does is put all the records in one
location, which is an incredible time and cost savings for patrons.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Knowles
started the database in 2007 to help him find his own Jewish ancestry. The
collection began with 6,500 records from the British Isles, but has now rapidly
expanded into five geographically-based databases with over 115,000
names: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>
</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Jews of the British Isles
(82,000 names)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>
</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Jews of the Americas
(10,300 names)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>
</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Jews of Europe
(18,697 names)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>
</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Jews of the
Caribbean
(2,200 names)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>
</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Jews of Africa and the
Orient (367 names)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Knowles Collection is
compiled from over 200 different sources that have been transcribed and
combined by volunteers. There is also a complete list of where the original
records can be found. The entire collection is now linked electronically as
families and fully searchable on FamilySearch’s Community Trees project, found
at </span><a href="http://histfam.familysearch.org/" target="_blank"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://histfam.familysearch.org</span></a><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>. Researchers can also download GEDCOM versions of
each collection from </span><a href="http://www.familysearch.org/"
target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>www.familysearch.org</span></a><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>According to Knowles, much of
the growth of the collection is due to the continued donations of family
records by people throughout the world. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“We have received donations
from families in the British Isles, Germany, Russia, Jamaica, and many places
in the United States,” Knowles said. “We also have a great collection of
synagogue records from Mattersdorf, Hungary, as well as burial records from
Charleston, South Carolina, and New Orleans, Louisiana. It seems as word spreads,
more and more custodians of these types of records want to be involved by
donating copies of their related work to help expand the collection. ”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Those
interested in donating their Jewish family records to the Knowles Collection
can contact Todd Knowles at </span><a href="mailto:knowleswt@familysearch.org"
target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>knowleswt@familysearch.org</span></a><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>ABOUT FAMILYSEARCH
INTERNATIONAL<br>
FamilySearch International is the largest genealogy organization in the world.
Millions of people use FamilySearch records, resources, and services to learn
more about their family history. To help in this great pursuit, FamilySearch
has been actively gathering, preserving, and sharing genealogical records
worldwide for over 100 years. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored
by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Patrons may access
FamilySearch services and resources free online at </span></i><a
href="http://www.familysearch.org/" target="_blank"><i><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>FamilySearch.org</span></i></a><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> or
through over 4,600 family history centers in 132 countries, including the
renowned Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>###</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>