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Ellis Island Overview: Which Ellis Island Search Form to useCastle Garden years (1855-1891) plus other New York Arrivals
Ellis Island White Form (1892-1924): Main Form for Searching for Ellis Island Passengers in One Step
Ellis Island Gold Form (1892-1924): Enhanced Form for Searching for Ellis Island Passengers in One Step
Ellis Island Manifests (1892-1924): Direct Access to Ellis Island Manifests in One Step
Ellis Island Ship Lists (1892-1924): Searching for Ships in the Ellis Island Microfilms in One Step
Ellis Island Additional Details (1892-1924): Obtaining Additional Passenger Information in One Step
All NY Passengers (1820-1957) : Searching for Ellis Island and Castle Garden Passengers in One Step
All NY Manifests (1820-1957): Direct Access to Ellis Island and Castle Garden Manifests in One Step
All NY Ship Lists (1820-1957): Searching for Ships in the Ellis Island and Castle Garden Microfilms in One Step
Morton Allan Directory: Searching for Ships in the Morton Allan Directory in One Step
Ship Pictures: Obtaining Pictures of Ellis Island Passenger Ships in One Step
Ships & Fleets: Obtaining Details on Ships and Fleets in One Step
NARA/FHL Roll Numbers: Obtaining NARA and FHL Roll Numbers for NY Ship Arrivals in One Step
Ancestrylibrary.com/Ancestryinstitute.com: Using Ancestry from a Library or Institute in One Step
All NY Passengers (1820-1957): Searching for Ellis Island and Castle Garden Passengers in One StepOther Ports of Immigration
All NY Manifests (1820-1957): Direct Access to Ellis Island and Castle Garden Manifests in One Step
All NY Ship Lists (1820-1957): Searching for Ships in the Ellis Island and Castle Garden Microfilms in One Step
Castle Garden Manifests: Direct Access to Castle Garden Manifests in One Step (ancestry.com)
Castle Garden Ship Lists: Searching for Ships in the Castle Garden Microfilms in One Step (ancestry.com)
Castle Garden Browser: Browsing the Castle Garden Database in One Step (castlegarden.org)
Castle Garden Passengers: Searching the Castle Garden Database in One Step (castlegarden.org)
Castle Garden Destination Codes: List of Destination Codes (castlegarden.org)
Ancestrylibrary.com/Ancestryinstitute.com: Using Ancestry from a Library or Institute in One Step
Baltimore Passengers (1820-1948): Searching the Baltimore Passenger Lists in One StepUS Census and Soundex (1790-1940)
Baltimore Manifests (1820-1948): Direct Access to Baltimore Manifests in One Step
Baltimore Ship Lists (1820-1948): Searching for Ships in the Baltimore Microfilms in One Step
Boston Passengers (1820-1943): Searching the Boston Passenger Lists in One Step
Boston Manifests (1820-1943): Direct Access to Boston Manifests in One Step
Boston Ship Lists (1820-1943): Searching for Ships in the Boston Microfilms in One Step
Galveston Passengers (1893-1948): Searching the Galveston Passenger Lists in One Step (ancestry.com)
Galveston Manifests (1893-1948): Direct Access to Galveston Manifests in One Step
Galveston Ship Lists (1893-1948): Searching for Ships in the Galveston Microfilms in One Step
New Orleans Passengers (1820-1945): Searching the New Orleans Passenger Lists in One Step
New Orleans Manifests (1820-1945): Direct Access to New Orleans Manifests in One Step
New Orleans Ship Lists (1820-1945): Searching for Ships in the New Orleans Microfilms in One Step
Philadelphia Passengers (1800-1945): Searching the Philadelphia Passenger Lists in One Step
Philadelphia Manifests (1800-1945): Direct Access to Philadelphia Manifests in One Step
Philadelphia Ship Lists (1800-1945): Searching for Ships in the Philadelphia Microfilms in One Step
San Francisco Passengers (1893-1957): Searching the San Francisco Passenger Lists in One Step
San Francisco Manifests (1893-1957): Direct Access to San Francisco Manifests in One Step
San Francisco Ship Lists (1893-1957): Searching for Ships in the San Francisco Microfilms in One Step
Hamburg Passengers (1850-1934): Searching the Hamburg Outbound Passenger Lists in One Step
Hamburg Manifests (1850-1934): Direct Access to Hamburg Outbound Manifests in One Step
Canadian Border Crossings (1895-1956): Searching the Canadian Border Crossings Lists in One Step
Canadian Passengers (1865-1935): Searching the Canadian Passenger Lists in One Step
Germans to America (1850-1897): Searching the NARA Archival Germans to the US Database in One Step
Italians to America (1855-1900): Searching the NARA Archival Italians to the US Database in One Step
Russians to America (1834-1897): Searching the NARA Archival Russians to the US Database in One Step
Ancestrylibrary.com/Ancestryinstitute.com: Using Ancestry from a Library or Institute in One Step
Overview: Which Census Search Form to useCanadian and British Census
1900-1940 Census ED Finder: Obtaining EDs for the 1900 to 1940 Census in One Step
1900-1940 Census Street Finder: Obtaining Streets in the 1900 to 1940 Census in One Step (Large Cities)
1880-1940 ED Definitions: Obtaining 1880 to 1940 ED definitions in One Step
1930 Census Codes: Deciphering Codes Appended to the 1930 Census
1920-1930-1940 ED Finder/Converter: Obtaining and/or Converting 1920/1930/1940 Census EDs in One Step
1790-1930 Census Rolls: Obtaining Microfilm Rolls for the 1790 to 1930 Census in One Step
1790-1930 Census Browser: Browsing the US Census Microfilms in One Step
1790-1930 Census Descriptions: Description of US Census Microfilm Rolls
Determining Counties: Determining US Counties in One Step
Census Search by Name: Searching by name in various Census Years in One Step (ancestry.com)
Census Search by Name: Searching by name in various Census Years in One Step (genealogy.com)
Changed Street Names: Obtaining Street Name Changes in One Step
Soundex: Generating Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex Codes and Beider-Morse Phonetic Tokens in One Step
Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching: Open-Source code for doing Phonetic Matching
Ancestrylibrary.com/Ancestryinstitute.com: Using Ancestry from a Library or Institute in One Step
1851-1911 Canadian Census: Searching the 1851/1901/1906/1911 Canadian Census in One StepNew York Census
1881 Canadian Census: Searching the 1851/1901/1906/1911 Canadian Census in One Step
1901 Canadian Census: Searching the 1901 Canadian Census in One Step
1841-1901 British Census: Searching the 1841 to 1901 British Censuses in One Step
1901 British Census: Searching the 1901 British Census in One Step
Ancestrylibrary.com/Ancestryinstitute.com: Using Ancestry from a Library or Institute in One Step
NY Census AD/ED Finder: Obtaining AD/ED for the 1890-1925 NY State Census in One StepBirths, Deaths, and other Vital Records
Brooklyn 1925 Name Index: Searching the Brooklyn 1925 Census in One Step
Birthdays: Obtaining almost Anyone's Birthday in One Step (birthdatabase.com)Calendar, Sunrise/Sunset, Maps
Ages, Related Persons, and Locations: Finding Ages, Related Persons, and Locations in One Step (intelius.com)
Birthdays and Related Persons: Finding Birthdays and Related Persons in One Step (privateeye.com)
Birthdays and Addresses: Finding Birthdays and Addresses in One Step (zabasearch.com)
Ages and Related Persons: Finding Ages and Related Persons in One Step (myfamily.com, longlostpeople.com)
Social Security Death Records: Searching the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) in One Step
Social Security Numbers: Decoding Social Security Numbers in One Step
Credit Card Numbers: Validating Credit Card Numbers in One Step
Footnote Naturalization Records: Searching Footnote Naturalization Records in One Step
New York Naturalization Records: Searching New York Naturalization Records in One Step
New York Incarceration Records: Searching New York State Prison Records in One Step
New York City Birth Records (1891-1902): Searching the New York City Birth Index in One Step (ancestry)
New York City Birth Records (1901-1907): Searching the New York City Birth Index in One Step (IGG)
New York City Groom Index (1864-1936): Searching the New York City Groom Records in One Step
New York City Bride Index (????-1937): Searching the New York City Bride Records in One Step
New York City Death Records (1862-1948): Searching the New York City Death Index in One Step
New York Cemeteries: Searching Cemetery Data in One Step (Mount Hebron, Mount Carmel, Mount Zion)
Suffolk County Marriage Index (1905-1935): Searching the Suffolk County NY Marriage Records in One Step
Chicago Vital Records: Searching Cook County Genealogy in One Step
Illinois Death Records (pre 1916): Searching the pre-1916 Illinois Death Index in One Step
Illinois Death Records (1916-1950): Searching the 1916-1950 Illinois Death Index in One Step
Tilden HS Brooklyn Yearbooks (1942-2009): Searching the Jefferson High School Yearbooks in One Step
Jefferson HS Brooklyn Yearbooks (1927-1967): Searching the Tilden High School Yearbooks in One Step
Montreal City Directories: Searching the Montreal City Directories in One Step
Locating Couples: Finding Pairs of People in One Step
Phonebook Lookups: US Phonebook Lookups in One Step
Relationship Calculator: Calculating Relationships in One Step
Ahnentafel Calculator: Decoding Ahnentafel Numbers in One Step
Elapsed Time: Determining Time between Two Events in One Step
Where's Grandpa: Finding your great Grandfather in One Step
Jewish Calendar Demystified: APGQ September 2007Dealing with Characters in Foreign Alphabets
Jewish Calendar Conversions: Jewish Calendar Conversions in One Step
Printable Jewish Calendar: Displaying Yearly Jewish Calendar in One Step
Tombstone Dates: Deciphering Hebrew Tombstone Dates in One Step
Molads and Torah Portions: Determining Molads and Torah Portions of Jewish Year in One Step
When did ... ?: Answering "When did?" Calendar Questions in One Step
Elapsed Time: Determining Time between Two Events in One Step
Easter Calculator: Calculating Easter using the Jewish Calendar in One Step
Muslim Calendar Conversions: Muslim Calendar Conversions in One Step
French Calendar Conversions: French Revolutionary Calendar Conversions in One Step
Sunrise, Sunset: Computing Sunrise and Sunset in One Step
Template (Jewish date): Template for adding Jewish date to your website
Template (sunrise/sunset): Template for adding time of sunrise and sunset to your website
Maps: Getting Road Maps and Aerial Photos in One Step
US Zip Codes: Obtaining US Zip Codes in One Step
Canadian Postal Codes: Decoding Canadian Postal Codes in One Step
Latitude/Longitude/Altitude: Converting Address to/from Latitude/Longitude/Altitude in One Step
Batch Forward Geocoder: Batch converting of Address to Latitude/Longitude in One Step
Batch Reverse Geocoder: Batch converting of Latitude/Longitude to Address in One Step
Batch Altitudes: Batch converting of Latitude/Longitude to Altitudesd in One Step
Deg/Min/Sec: Converting between Degrees/Minutes/Seconds and Decimal in One Step
Distance: Computing Distance between Latitudes/Longitudes in One Step
US/Can Phone Area Codes: Determining US/Canadian Telephone Area Codes in One Step
International Phone Codes: Decoding International Phone Numbers in One Step
Country Codes: Determining Two-Character Country Codes in One Step
Where's NARA: Finding the Nearest National Archives Location in One Step
Hebrew Translation: Translating between Hebrew and English in One StepHolocaust and Eastern Europe
Yiddish Translation: Translating between Yiddish and English in One Step
English to Hebrew: Transliterating names from English to Hebrew in One Step
Hebrew to English: Transliterating names from Hebrew to English in One Step
Hebrew Cursive to Print: Converting from Hebrew Cursive to Print in One Step
Hebrew Print to Cursive: Converting from Hebrew Print to Cursive in One Step
Israeli Phone Directory (English): English front-end for Bezeq's Israeli Phone Directory
Israeli's Fallen (English): English front-end for Izkor Database
Chevra Kadisha (English): English front-end for Tel Aviv Burial Database
Hebrew Google: Googling on Hebrew Text in One Step
Hebrew Soundex: Generating Hebrew-Alphabet Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex Codes in One Step
English to Russian: Transliterating names from English to Russian in One Step
Russian to English: Transliterating names from Russian to English in One Step
Russian Cursive to Print: Converting from Russian Cursive to Print in One Step
Russian Print to Cursive: Converting from Russian Print to Cursive in One Step
Russian Phone Directory (English): English front-end for old Russian Phone/Military Records
Russia's Fallen (English): English front-end for Database of Russia's Fallen
Russian Google: Googling on Russian Text in One Step
English to Greek: Transliterating names from English to Greek in One Step
Greek to English: Transliterating names from Greek to English in One Step
English to Japanese: Transliterating names from English to Japanese in One Step
Japanese to English: Transliterating names from Japanese to English in One Step
English to Arabic: Transliterating names from English to Arabic in One Step
Arabic to English: Transliterating names from Arabic to English in One Step
Unicode and UTF-8: Displaying Unicode and UTF-8 Encodings in One Step
Virtual Keyboard: Typing Special Characters of any Latin-based Alphabet in One Step
Bereza and Antopol: Information about the towns of Bereza and Antopol in BelarusGenetic Genealogy (DNA)
Dachau Concentration Camp: Searching the Dachau Concentration Camp Records in One Step
Siberian Refugee Camps: Searching the Polish "Index of the Repressed" in One Step
Soviet Gulags: Searching for People Interned in Soviet Gulags in One Step (1935-1955)
Jewish Traces: Searching the Jewish Traces Databases in One Step
Lodz Cemetery: Searching the Lodz Cemetery in One Step
Russian Phone Directory (English): English front-end for old Moscow and St Peterburg Phone Directories
Russia's Fallen (English): English front-end for Database of Russia's Fallen
Reference Books: Searching Reference Books for Jewish Surnames in One Step
From DNA to Genetic Genealogy: APGQ March 2009Creating your own Search Applications
FamilyTreeDNA Markers: Fetching Markers from FamilyTreeDNA Website in One Step
Updating Ysearch Markers: Updating Ysearch DNA Markers in One Step
Searching Sorenson Database: Searching for Markers in the Sorenson Database in One Step
Haplogroups: Predicting Haplogroups in One Step
Group Charts: Building a DNA-Group Chart in One Step
Distances: Obtaining DNA Distances in One Step
Migration Details: Determine Your Ancestor's Migration Details in One Step
Migration Map: Mapping Your Ancestor's Migration Route in One Step
Cartoon Guide: Viewing Cartoon Guide to Genetics in One Step
Create: Creating One-Step Search Forms and Search EnginesPublications
Demo using javascript search engine: US Presidents Search Application developed with above tool
Demo using PHP search engine: US Presidents Search Application developed with above tool
Demo using Perl search engine: US Presidents Search Application developed with above tool
Demo using SQL search engine: US Presidents Search Application developed with above tool
Demo using Hebrew Characters: US Presidents Search Application developed with above tool
Demo Database: Spreadsheet containing database of US Presidents
Blocking Deep Linking: Preventing unauthorized use of your search engine
One-Step Portal: Avotaynu 2004, APGQ 2006Awards
One-Step Portal (German): Presented in Hamburg, June 2007
One-Step Portal (Danish): Presented in Copenhagen, June 2007
Deep Linking & Deeper Linking: APGQ March 2007, Avotaynu November 2007
Jewish Calendar Demystified: APGQ September 2007
From DNA to Genetic Genealogy: APGQ March 2009
Phonetic Matching (descriptive): APGQ March 2010
Phonetic Matching (technical): Avotaynu Summer 2008
8086 Primer: Textbook published by Hayden Books, 1980
2003 IAJGS: Outstanding Contribution Award (Int'l Assoc of Jewish Genealogical Societies)Biographies and Interviews
2006 IAJGS: Lifetime Achievement Award (Int'l Assoc of Jewish Genealogical Societies)
2007 NGS: Award of Merit (National Genealogical Society)
2007 APGQ: Excellence Award (Assoc of Professional Genealogists Quarterly)
2008 UPGS: UPGS Dziekuje (Thank You) Award
2008 PGSA: PGSA Wigilia Award
Mensch: Article by Megan Smolenyak, Genealogical Computing, April 2004Miscellaneous
Morse's Code: Article by Barbara Krasner-Khait, Heritage Quest Magazine, June 2004
Roots Television: Interview by Dick Eastman, FGS Conference, August 2007
Father of the 8086: Interview by Benj Edwards, PC World, June 16, 2008
Birth of a Standard: The Intel 8086 Processor, by Benj Edwards, PC World, June 16, 2008
Making Search Simple: Interview by Melody Amsel Arieli, Ancestors Magazine, December 2009
Electrical Engineering & Popular Culture: Article by Michael Geselowitz, IEEE-USA Today's Engineer, February 2010
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In the Beginning: The 8086 Story
Blockers: Why not to Install Pop-Up Blockers and Spyware Blockers
Last-Minute Bidding: Silent Bidding (Sniping) on ebay in One Step
Bid History: Viewing ebay Bid History in One Step
Universal Bookmarks: Accessing your Bookmarks from anywhere in One Step
Googling by Date: Searching for Modified Web Pages in One Step
Googling Multiple Domains: Searching through several Website Domains in One Step
Flickr Pictures: Abstracts of Talks / Speaking Schedule
Counting Words and Chars: Counting Words and Characters in One Step
Lectures: Abstracts of Talks / Speaking Schedule
One-Step Archives: Changes to "Look & Feel" of One-Step Website