A MESSAGE FROM IAJGS PRESIDENT

It is great sorrow that I share the news that Howard Margol, z”l, passed today. Howard was IAJGS President from 1999 - 2001. In 2008, Howard was awarded the IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award “in recognition of his pioneering work in Lithuanian Jewish Genealogy research, his personal efforts on behalf of Lithuanian record access and translation, and his many years of guiding genealogists back to their roots. The American Fund for Lithuanian-Latvian Jews, which Howard created, provides much needed help to the Jewish community of the Baltic States. He has served in many roles, including president of the JGS of Georgia, president of the IAJGS, and chair of the Litvak SIG…” Howard’s work lives on.

We are all in sympathy with Howard’s family and the Jewish genealogical community. To his everlasting memory.

Marlis Humphrey

IAJGS President