Jewish Genealogy Research

Did you know?

 * Columbus took Jews with him in hopes they could translate Oriental languages.
 * Jewish births are sometimes listed in local church records.
 * Emma Lazarus, daughter of Sephardic Jews, wrote the famous poem inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."
 * Jews are the oldest group with their national identity and cultural heritage intact.

Key Internet Links

 * International Assoc. of Jewish Genealogical Societies over 75 groups
 * Sephardim.com for Sephardic genealogy / Jewish genealogy research
 * Yad Vashem - Israeli Holocaust Museum and database
 * Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database The Benjamin and Vladka Meed Registry of Holocaust Survivors at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
 * Synagogue Scribes London Ashkenazi Synagogue records database
 * JewishGen databases and tools to help find family members
 * The_Knowles_Collection - Contains the records of over 1,000,000 individuals in 6 different database with genealogical details and family connections.
 * Federation of East European Family History Societies fosters research
 * American Jewish Historical Society books, photos, art and artifacts
 * Cemetery Scribes recording tombstone inscriptions in the UK
 * Ancestry.com Jewish Family History Collection world's largest online
 * Center for Jewish History databases, collections, guides, and event
 * [http://www.avotaynuonline.com Avotaynu Online intends to stimulate collaboration among genealogists and historians in all its forms, with a particular focus on Jewish genealogy. In-depth reports on events and discoveries.
 * avotaynu.com/ Not the same as the website above. Avotaynu publishes books, newstetters and weekly emails for researches


 * EllisIsland.org NY passenger lists of 20 million immigrants. See also:


 * Searching $ New York (all: 1820-1957) Passenger Lists in One Step
 * Searching $ Hamburg Outbound Passenger Lists in One Step


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Helpful Guides

 * How to Start Your Family History Simple steps to begin your family history.
 * State Research Guides Individual guides to finding records and indexes in each U.S. state.
 * Research Outline Jewish Genealogy

Things you can do
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