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Jewish (and Other) Genealogy Websites: Websites with links to many Jewish Genealogical Sites and Databases

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JGSLA Members Only Content: Member Resources

(Many are not specifically focused only on Jewish research, but nonetheless are of exceptional interest)

Prepared by Hal Bookbinder, JGSLA Director
April, 2013

http://jewishwebindex.com/genealogy.htm
(“This Genealogy page is a mish-mash of information that doesn’t seem to fit properly within the scope of the other pages, or is so general, that I have chosen toplace the information and/or links here. You should be able to learn a lot from this page – regardlessof whether you are a newbie or an experienced genealogist.”) contains links to 791 websites underwell over 100 categories.

http://www.cyndislist.com/jewish/
(“A comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online.”) contains links to 716 websites with short descriptions of their content categorized under the following headings:

  • Birth, Marriage, Death
  • Cemeteries & Funeral Homes
  • Census Directories
  • General Resources
  • History & Culture
  • Holocaust
  • Immigration, Emigration, & Migration
  • Jewish Calendar
  • Language, Names, Handwriting & Script
  • Libraries, Archives & Museums
  • Locality Specific
  • Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat
  • Maps & Geography
  • Military
  • Miscellaneous Records
  • Newspapers
  • Obituaries
  • People & Families
  • Periodicals & Pamphlets
  • Photographs & Memories
  • Professionals, Volunteers & Other Research Services
  • Publications, Software & Supplies
  • Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists
  • Societies & Groups
  • Taxes

http://www.iajgs.org/ (IAJGS website)
Select “Resources” and then “IAJGS Yearbook” for links to the websites of 147 organizations around the world involved in Jewish genealogy.

http://www.jewishlink.net/genealogy.html
(“Jewish Genealogy Links Page Websites”) contains links to 98 websites with short descriptions of their content categorized under the following headings:

  • Databases
  • Name Dictionaries
  • Organizations / Societies
  • Topics

http://www.lkessler.com/jglinks.shtml
(“Louis Kessler’s Jewish Genealogy Links”) contains links to 72 websites with short descriptions of their content categorized under the following headings:

  • The JewishGen Site
  • IAJGS
  • Avotaynu, Inc.
  • Ancestry Jewish Family Collection
  • FamilySearch Jewish Genealogy Resources
  • FEEFHS
  • Museums and Research Facilities for Jewish Genealogy
  • Holocaust Sites
  • Jewish Genealogical Conferences
  • Other Useful Jewish Genealogy Pages

http://248ancestors.com/
(“Best Websites for Jewish Genealogy”) contains links to 66 websites with short descriptions of their content categorized under the following headings:

  • The Big Ones
  • Jewish Research
  • Jewish Cemeteries
  • Major Gateways, Data, Research
  • Ship Arrivals
  • A Sampling of Location-Specific Web Sites
  • DNA
  • Other

http://www.avotaynu.com/wwwsites.html
(“Avotaynu presents a list of World Wide Web sites that might prove useful for Jewish genealogy research”) contains links to 49 websites with shortdescriptions of their content categorized under the following headings:

  • General Jewish Genealogy Information
  • Databases, Telephone Directories
  • Archives, Libraries and Gov’t Agencies
  • Maps and Locating Shtetls
  • General Genealogy Sites
  • Other Jewish Links

http://www.archives.com/genealogy/family-heritage-jewish.html
(www.archives.com “Jewish Family History Resources”) contains links to 42 websites with short descriptions of their contents

http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/
(Access to various databases hosted by JewishGen) contains links to 41 databases shown below:

http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/sigs.htm
Access to various regional or topical special interest groups, both JewishGen operated and hosted (indicated by *), contains links to 27 SIG websites, each with their own databases)

Regional SIGS:

Topical SIGS:

http://www.lookstein.org/resources/gene.htm
(“An Annotated Guide to Jewish Genealogy and Oral History Websites”) contains links to 25 websites with short descriptions of their content categorized under the following headings: • Jewish Genealogy Resources• Jewish and General Oral History• Other Valuable Resources

http://genealogy.about.com/od/jewish/tp/free_jewish.htm
(“Free Jewish Genealogy Databases Online”) contains links to 10 websites with short descriptions of their content.