Sallyann Sack-Pikus ( Amdur; born March 13, 1936) is an American

genealogist Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their Lineage (anthropology), lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family ...

and

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, and editor of ''

Avotaynu Magazine ''Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy'' was a magazine that focused on Jewish genealogy and family history published by Avotaynu Inc. (New Haven, Connecticut). It was established in 1985. An index to the first 24 volumes is ava ...

'', a journal of

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genealogy Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kin ...

and scholarship. Sack is the only genealogist listed in ''Jewish Women in America''. Born on March 13, 1936, in Cleveland, Ohio, the elder daughter of Max and Frances (Steinsnider) Amdur, Sallyann Amdur was instrumental in founding the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy (currently chairperson of the board), Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington (founding president),

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, and

Avotaynu ''Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy'' was a magazine that focused on Jewish genealogy and family history published by Avotaynu Inc. (New Haven, Connecticut). It was established in 1985. An index to the first 24 volumes is ava ...

. Sack 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. A recipient of

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Lifetime Achievement Award, she resides in

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, where she is a clinical psychologist in private practice, having received her degrees from

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and

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Published works

*''Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy'' *''

Where Once We Walked ''Where Once We Walked'' (full title: ''Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in The Holocaust''), compiled by noted genealogist Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack with Alexander Sharon, is a gazetteer of 37,000 tow ...

, a Guide to Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust''. Winner of Best Reference Book of the Year of the

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. *''Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel'' *''Russian Consular Records Index and Catalog'' *''Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists and Other Jewish Holdings in the Lithuanian Archives'' *''Some Archival Sources for Ukrainian Jewish Genealogy'' *''Search for the Family''

References

External links

Guide to the Sallyann Sack Papers
at the

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, New York. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sack-Pikus, Sallyann American genealogists Jewish genealogy Jewish scholars 1936 births Living people American clinical psychologists American women historians Jewish American historians Writers from Cleveland Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni George Washington University alumni Historians from Ohio 20th-century American psychologists 20th-century American historians 20th-century American women academics 20th-century American academics