Researching Shir Yaakov
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Records of Shir Yaakov on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Shir Yaakov in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Yaakov ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Shir Yaakov and the Yaakov Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Yaakov Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Yaakov family tree.
Study Parish Records for Shir Yaakov at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Shir Yaakov using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about Shir Yaakov.
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Yaakov Family History Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
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Find Shir Yaakov from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Yaakov Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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Miscellaneous Yaakov Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Shir Yaakov. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Shir Yaakov
Shir Yaakov
Sam Benjamin "Shir Yaakov" Feinstein-Feit (born February 27, 1978) is an American rabbi, composer, liturgist, singer and graphic designer. He currently serves Kol Hai, a Jewish Renewal community based in New Paltz, New York. He received rabbinical ordination in January 2020 from Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, the Jewish Renewal umbrella organization formed under the spiritual guidance of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi during the 1990s.
Since 2015, Shir Yaakov has led Kol Hai. From 2008 to 2012, he served as Musical Director at Romemu, the Manhattan congregation led by Rabbi David Ingber, who was also a student of Schachter-Shalomi. Earlier still, Shir Yaakov co-founded and led the Kol Zimrah minyan on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
While he records and performs primarily as a singer-songwriter, he has also worked with Darshan and The Epichorus. In 2016, his song Broken-Hearted, based on a verse from Psalm 147, won first place in the 2016 Soundtrack of our Spirit competition organized by the venerable Jewish-American media company The Forward. A number of his compositions remain in regular liturgical use at Romemu and other congregations in the US.
Feit's graphic design talents have been employed to design prayerbooks now in use at Romemu. He has also done the CD art (and lyric booklets) for Darshan's CD's.
He is married and the father of three daughters.
Source: Shir Yaakov, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Yaakov
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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