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Sallyann Amdur Sack is an American genealogist and psychologist, and editor of Avotaynu Magazine, a journal of Jewish genealogy and scholarship. Sack is the only genealogist listed in Jewish Women in America.[1] She was instrumental in founding the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy (currently chairperson of the board), Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington[2] (founding president), International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, and Avotaynu.[3] 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 IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award, she resides in Bethesda, Maryland, where she is a clinical psychologist in private practice, having received her degrees from Harvard University and George Washington University.

Sallyann Amdur Sack
Born	(1936-03-13)March 13, 1936 Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation	Genealogist, Psychologist
Education	PhD
Alma mater	Harvard University, George Washington University
Subject	Jewish history, Jewish genealogy
Notable works	Where Once We Walked, Avotaynu Magazine
Website
avotaynu.com

Published works

• Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy[4]
• Where Once We Walked, a Guide to Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust. Winner of Best Reference Book of the Year of the Association of Jewish Libraries.[5]
• Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel[6]
• Russian Consular Records Index and Catalog[7]
• Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists and Other Jewish Holdings in the Lithuanian Archives[8]
• Some Archival Sources for Ukrainian Jewish Genealogy[9]
• Search for the Family[10]

References

External links

• Guide to the Sallyann Sack Papers at the American Jewish Historical Society, New York.

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