In 1990 , Weiner founded the company , Routes to Roots , which offered archival research services to individuals throughout the world . Through Routes to Roots , Weiner organized customized tours to ancestral towns for individuals and groups interested in Poland and the former Soviet Union , including Ukraine , Moldova , Belarus , Lithuania , and Poland . Weiner undertook these tours of ancestral towns at a time when there was little to no technology , and difficulties specific to Jewish genealogy included the lack of surnames until the late 1700s , the fluidity of surnames due to immigration and language , and the destruction of documents during The Holocaust . Through Routes to Roots , Weiner has conducted genealogical research in the archives of Poland and the former Soviet Union
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Miriam Weiner (genealogist)