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by Genie Milgrom (Author)
In her first book, My 15 Grandmothers, Genie takes the reader through her entire journey from growing up Catholic until she finds her Crypto-Jewish lineage dating back to Pre-Inquisition Spain and Portugal. In this book, she was able to compile all the steps she took to locate that lineage through on line resources and archives in Spain and Portugal. Some of those are Church archives, others are land records and Inquisition court cases. This is the first guide of its' kind which allows the reader to actually follow in her footsteps and trace their own lineage. This method has proven successful for many who have been able to locate their Crypto-Jewish roots. Genie has served as President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami, The Society for Crypto Judaic Studies at Colorado State University in Colorado Springs and Tarbut Sefarad Fermoselle. Her books have been recipients of the Latino Author Book Award as well the Literary Titan Award. Genie has been awarded the Medal of the Four Sephardic Synagogues from Jerusalem for her untiring work on behalf of the Crypto-Jews. More information can be found on her websites, geniemilgrom and sephardicancestry.En su primer libro, Mis 15 Abuelas, Genie Milgrom nos cuenta sobre su trayectoria de haber nacido Catolica y su regreso al Pueblo Judio despues de encontrar su linaje maternal directo hasta antes de la Inquisicion en 1405. En este libro, Genie fue capaz de transmitir todas las herramientas necesarias para seguir sus pasos y encontrar linajes Cripto-Judios en los expendientes de la Iglesia Catolica en Espa a y Portugal. Esta es la primera vez que existe una guia de este indole para poder lograr una genealogia de los Judios Conversos de aquella epoca. Estos metodos han sido comprobados por muchas personas buscando sus propios linajes . Genie ha sido Presidente de la Sociedad de Genealogia Judia de Miami, Presidente de la Sociedad de Estudios Cripto-Judaicos en la Universidad de Colorado y Presidente de Tarbut-Sefarad Fermoselle. Sus libros han sido galardonados con premios de Autora Hispana y Literary Titan Book Award. Tambien le prrsentaron la medulla de las 4 Sinagogas Sefaradi de Jerusalen por su continuo trabajo con los Cripto-Judios . Mas informacion esta disponible en sus sitios de internet, geniemilgrom y sephardicancestry.
