Conversations with My Ancestors: The Story of a Jewish Family in Hungary (Hardcover)

from wearylibrarian

As someone who is deep into my family's history, this book was a must read. The author takes known facts and mixes them with speculation of what took place, then adds conversations with long dead relatives (oh how I wish I could actually do that!) and winds up with a fascinating book about his ro...

from CLMCQ57

This is a must read for anyone who has caught the "genealogy bug". How many times have we wished we could talk with our ancestors to learn about their lives? The author did just that and then tied in the facts to what he speculated happened in their lives. I expected that the book would address m...

from iddrazin

Andrew Sanders tells the story of Hungarian Jewry, a now destroyed but once thriving community, and his own ancestors who lived there. He does so in two ways. First by describing what he found by researching, looking at documents, by visiting the country, seeing the places his ancestors lived, an...

from JanaRose1

Through a wealth of documents, researchers and luck, Andrew Sanders has managed to trace his Jewish ancestors to the mid eighteenth-century. The book alternates between his "conversations" with the deceased and his detailed research rail. Although I have an interest in genealogy, I found this boo...

from shsb

I was eager to read this book, as a Jewish woman of Hungarian descent. Unfortunately, this book did not meet my expectations. For one, the author repeatedly stated that he discovered something, but that he'd tell us about it later. Later, later, later. One time there were three instances of this ...