Durham (england)
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It is a cathedral city with a fine Norman Castle, dating from 1073 (currently a college of Durham University and the oldest student accommodation in the world) and lies within a loop of the River Wear, locally known as The Peninsula.
Bill Bryson was quite taken by Durham, writing in Notes from a Small Island (1995), "Why, it's a perfect little city. If you have never been to Durham, go there at once. Take my car. It's wonderful." The compliment was returned in 2004 when Durham University made Bryson its Chancellor.
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Jerome E. Anderson
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Reference librarian member of the
New England Historic
Genealogical Society since 1987, Anderson previously was
director of the Society's Enquiries Service. A nationally known
lecturer on a wide range of English, American and Canadian
genealogical topics, Anderson is an editorial consultant to
The New England Historical Genealogical Register and
contributing editor to The American Genealogist.
He is a member numerous genealogical societies in Pennsylvania,
New York, and New England. A former industrial and academic
research chemist originally from Wisconsin, Anderson holds a B.A.
in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an A.M.
in chemistry from Harvard University. Anderson lives in
Somerville, MA.
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Alexander Beider
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| | | Published by man in the hill on 20.10.2006 at 23:19. |
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Dr. Beider has been studying the etymology and geographic
distribuion of Jewish names from Eastern and Central Europe
for nearly ten years. His contribution to Jewish onomastics
include two major works: A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames
from the Russian Empire (1993) and A Dictionary of
Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland (1996), one
monograph Jewish Surnames in Prague (1995), as well as
several articles published in the USA, Poland, Russia and
Israel. A Moscow-born scholar, he currently lives in France.
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By Air
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Newcastle Airport is around 40km North of Durham and is served by many carriers and offers many domestic and medium-haul routes. It is connected to Newcastle Central Station by the Tyne and Wear Metro. Journey time to Durham is around one hour and will cost around £7. There is an easyCar car hire location at the Airport.
Durham Tees Valley Airport (formerly Tees-side Airport) is around 40km South of Durham and is served by mostly charter airlines, though some "low-cost" carriers offer services to domestic and short-haul locations in Western Europe. It is connected to Darlington Railway Station by the free SkyExpress bus service. Trains run between Darlington and Durham up to four times an hour and a single fare is around £5. (Durham Tees Valley Airport has its own railway station, but as of 2006, plans to start a service have yet to get off the drawing board).
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Get Around
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The centre of Durham is compact, with small roads and the only congestion charge in the UK outside London (actually the first congestion charge in the UK, beating London by a few months). There is no need to drive, and parking away from the Park & Ride sites is expensive and in short supply. Traffic can also be extremely heavy in the City Centre at peak times, owing to Durham's cramped mediaeval town planning and, for the non-initiated, driving can be daunting.
For visitors with reduced mobility a Shopmobility scheme operates from the Prince Bishop's Shopping Centre Car Park, but disabled visitors should bear in mind that Durham's pavements are narrow, winding and in some places very steep and many roads are cobbled.
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Jeffrey K. Cymbler
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Mr. Cymbler is a professional genealogist with an
extensive knowledge of Polish genealogical records. He has
successfully traced his own family back to the early 18th
century in Poland. He has been Vice President of the JGS of
New York, cochaired the Eleventh Summer Seminar on
Jewish Genealogy, and is currently a member of the Executive
Committee of the JGS of NY. His article, "Polish-Jewish
Genealogical Research - A Primer," appeared in
Avotaynu.
He lives and practices law in NY.
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