Program Reports: Seminar on Jewish Genealogy, Boston, July 1996; Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War; Twentieth Century Immigration and Naturalization Records. Features: NY State Dept. of Health Index to Vital Records; Genealogy on TV; New Finds in Three Polish Archives; Restitution Agencies in Germany. Book Reviews: Hamburg Passengers from the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Empire: Indirect Passage to New York: 1855-June 1873; Book of Destiny: Toledot Charlap.