Jewish Genealogy Resources

LINKS TO THE PAST

Trace your Jewish roots back through generations. These tools will take you to free genealogy search engines and discount or free genealogy software. Through these links, this author was able to locate dozens of new relatives and trace back several generations of his own family tree. These links will open in a new window so you can always keep this page available to check other links. If you find a broken link, please email: [email protected].

Research for Jewish family records in Europe is often difficult because of numerous spellings, incomplete, lost or destroyed records. But, as more records are being put online everyday, it is possible to find new connections not available a year or few months ago.

The premiere Jewish genealogy research site is JewishGen.org. This site continuously adds new records and lets participants add comments and data. Also visit our section on Jewish resources.

• Routes to Roots: http://www.routestoroots.com/

• Cyndi's Jewish Geneology List comprehsive source

• Cross Pages to Jewish Genealogical Links: FREEHS

• East European Jewish Genealogy

• JewishGEN: Offical Home of Jewish Genealogy.

• Jewish Genealogical Resources on the Internet by Chris Gaunt

• Genealogical Resources: links to Jewish sites

• Polish Jewish Records Info.txt

• Research Center for Jewish History and Culture at the Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland

• JGSR Jewish Genealogical Page

• The Ultimate Jewish/Israel Link Launcher with genealogical links

• VIVO Institute for Jewish Research: Eastern Europe

Jewish Genealogical/Historical/Theological Societies

• American Jewish Historical Society

• Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies

• Jewish Genealogical Home Page Dallas Jewish Historical Society

• Jewish Genealogical Society of Brazil

• Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britian

• Jewish Historical Society of Maryland

• Jewish Genealogical Society of Rochester, New York (JGSR) searchable database

• Jewish Theological Society of America: Searchable online catalog

• San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society

• Southwest Jewish Archives (from the Publisher's hometown)

• UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources in: Jewish Studies

Jewish Genealogy Publications

• Avotaynu

• Stammbaum Journal of German-Jewish Genealogy

Searchable Databases & Info

• Avotaynu search database for volumes 1-XI (1985-1995)

• Jewish Surname Index (Avotaynu)

• JGSR Searchable Databases

• JGFF JewishGen Searchable database by surname and town

• Mendele Records searchable records

• Search the database of US Holocaust Memorial Museum

• The NIZKOR Search

Tools

• JOS Calendar Conversions

• JOS Soundex Calculator

Shetls

• Shtetl Locator Resources

• SheteLocator from JewishGen

• Virtual Shtetl: Yiddish Language and Culture Home Page on World Wide Web

Yizor Books

• Yizkor (Memorial) Book Project

• Yizkor Book Database from JewishGen