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[br]The Benjamin and Vladka Meed Registry of Holocaust Survivors at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is seeking the names of all survivors of the Holocaust and Nazi-era persecution–whether or not currently living–in order to record their experiences for future generations, assist survivors and their families in attempts to trace missing relatives and friends, and provide reference to scholars of the Holocaust, genealogists and members of the public.
 * 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 events
 * 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

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