JGSLA can help you accomplish your Jewish genealogical research
Suggested Links
Getting Started Guides
The JewishGen FAQ – Getting Started – Warren Blatt
Getting Started in United Kingdom and Ireland Genealogy – Gen Uki
Info and Tips for Beginning Genealogy – RootsWeb
Website Information from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain -Lorna Kay
JewishGen
The JewishGen Discussion Group – Chat with others about your research.
The JewishGen FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) – A must-read for Jewish Genealogists.
Sites with Other Genealogy Links
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet – over 188,000 links
Federation of East European Family History Societies
GenealogyLinks.net – over 18,000 links
Jewish Genealogical Societies – Information about all JGS’s, Worldwide
Search Systems – links to over 15,000 free public records databases
United States Genealogy Sleuth
Interesting Information
1930 Federal Population Census – Availablity date, questions asked, indexing
1920 & 1930 Federal Population Census – Stephen Morse’s Enumeration District Identification Facility
The American Immigrant Wall of Honor – How to include the name of your immigrant ancestor in the Ellis Island memorial
American Jewish Historical Society – Learn about the research resources of the AJHS
Ancestry’s Social Security Death Index (and other indices) – Find SS#, birth, and death dates for deceased persons
Any Birthday – Search for birthdays for more than 100 million Americans
Archives (Worldwide) – Contact information for national, regional, state & municipal archives all over the world
Avotaynu Home Page – Publications and resources available from Avotaynu
Avotaynu’s Consolidated Jewish Surname Index – Search for your family name in numerous databases
Beit Hatefutsoth – Jerusalem’s Museum of the Jewish Diaspora
The Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives – Historical information about Jews of the Southwest
The Board for Certification of Genealogists – Interested in becoming a “Certified Genealogist”?
Calendar Conversions,
Hebrew (Jewish) Calendar – Converts Hebrew to Civil
dates and vice versa
California State Vital Records – Information on obtaining Birth, Death, and Marriage Records
Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History – Resources on this ancient Jewish community
The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center – Learn about Beit Hatefutsoth’s genealogy resources
Eastern European Archival Database – Miriam Weiner’s searchable catalog of archived records by town
Ellis Island Database – Search the Ellis Island database for passenger arrivals between 1892 and 1924
Ellis Island Database – One-step search – Stephen Morse’s facilities to enhance searches of the Ellis Island Database
England & Wales 1901 Census – Search this census from your computer
French genealogy – The Cercle de Généalogie Juive is the first Jewish Genealogical Society in France
French cemeteries – Lorraine – Judéo-Lorraine et mon arbre regroupe entre autres, les patronymes suivants: WORMS, CAHEN, etc…
Genealogy.com Data Online – Search Genealogy.com’s online catalogue of over 300 million names
Grand Duchy of Lithuania(GDL)Research Project – Documents about Jewish families in the Grand Duchy in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) – Information on an organization which assisted many of our immigrant ancestors
Jewish History – A century-by-centry synopsis of the major events in Jewish history over the ages
Jewish History – Jewish Literacy, A crash course in Jewish History
JewishGen Databases – Access a wide range of databases available for your Jewish genealogical research
JewishGen Family Finder – Find others who are researching the same surnames that you are
Jewish Genealogical Societies – Information about all JGS’s, Worldwide
Jewish Studies Program at UCLA
Jewish Web Index – A free compendium of links in alphabetical order by Country
Judaica Archives in the U.S. – Locations and collections for Jewish research
Judaism 101 – Judaism 101 is an online encyclopedia of Judaism, covering Jewish beliefs, people, places, things, language, scripture, holidays, practices and customs. The goal is to make freely available a wide variety of basic, general information about Judaism, written from a traditional perspective in plain English.
The Khazaria Info Center – Resource for Turkic and Jewish History in Russia and Ukraine
Latin America and the Caribbean – Links to Internet resources on Jews, by region and country
Library of Congress Home Page – Searchable databases of LOC holdings
Los Angeles County Vital Records – Information on Birth, Death, Marriage, and Real Estate Records
Los Angeles Family History Library – Information about the Center in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Family History Library (Unofficial version) – Jon Schweitzer’s site on the LAFHL
Los Angeles Public Library – Information about LAPL Genealogical Holdings
National Address Server – Find 9 digit zip code for any US Address
National Archives Home Page – Information about the NARA, including microfilm indices
Newspapers- 250 small town newspapers – Small Town Newspapers gives you free access
Polish Genealogy – A Guide – Where to write for records and more
Reverse Phone Directory – Find names and addresses from telelphone numbers or find names and telephone from address
Sephardic Genealogy Sources – Where to go to research your Sephardic roots
Steve Morse’s One-Step Search Engines
Telephone Directory – U.S. – Find businesses, people, including reverse look up
Transcribe Old German Script into Roman letters – Suetterlinstube at the Foerderverein of the Ansgar-Center for the Aged
UK & Ireland Genealogy – Genealogical information pages for England and Ireland
Yizkor Books Online at the New York Public Library – Digital images of complete Holocaust memorial books
Family Sites
Algaze – Research experience in Istanbul
Belinkoff – Story of four ordinary Jewish families from Russia in mid-Nineteenth Century
Blumenfeld – Traces the family from Courland in 1770 to many countries
Frank – THE WERNER L. FRANK FAMILY HOME PAGE
Gold and Roth – Gold and Roth Family Family of Moische GOLD and Esther ROTH of Riga
Klotchman – Family of Yidel Leib KLOTCHMAN of Medzhibozh
Pollack – A Pollak Family of NagyKanizsa
Sachs – Family of David and Sarah SACHS of St. Petersburg
Zweiback – The ZWIEBACK Family Name