What's New on JewishGen

This page highlights recent developments on the JewishGen web site, in reverse chronological order.

Note that this page highlights only major new developments.  JewishGen projects such as KehilaLinks and the Yizkor Book Project have new pages added nearly every day; various Regional Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and databases are expanded daily.

• February 11, 2013 — JewishGen 2012 Review.

  The JewishGen 2012 Review is now available.

• February 6, 2013 — Update: KehilaLinks.

  Announcement –there are 25 new KehilaLinks pages, updates to 5 other KehilaLinks pages and 3 “orphaned” pages waiting to be adopted.

• February 4, 2013 — IRA Rollover Opportunity.

  Announcement – You can now “rollover” your IRA to JewishGen and have it treated as a Qualified Charitable Distribution.

• January 31, 2013 — Success!.

  New member Sharon found success using JewishGen to research her husband’s family.

• January 17, 2013 — Tree of Life Society.

  The JewishGen Tree of Life Society recognizes those who support JewishGen's important work by including us in their will.

• January 15, 2013 — New Content Added to JewishGen's Burial Registry.

  Update to JewishGen’s Burial Registry - approximately 94,000 new records and 40,000 new photos. Including 216 new cemeteries and updates and additions to 129 other cemeteries.

• January 9, 2013 — Update: Warszawa Research Group.

  Data indexed and images are now available from the University of Warszawa website. As well as indexing of the death notices are continuing again.

• January 7, 2013 — New Education Class: KehilaLinks.

  The fifth “How to Create KelhilaLinks Webpages” course beginning February 1, 2013.

• January 7, 2013 — New Project: Jewish settlements in Kherson Province (Ukraine).

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  New project with The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People - includes documents relating to Novopoltavka and nearby Jewish settlements in Kherson province.

• December 30, 2012 — JewishGen Awarded the Seton Shields Genealogical Award.

  JewishGen has been awarded the November 2012 Seton Shields Genealogical Award.

• December 25, 2012 — Important Letter from Gary Mokotoff.

  With more than 1,000 volunteers and 21 million records we urge you to support JewishGen’s important work.

• October 19, 2012 — KehilaLinks Update.

  There are 5 new KehilaLinks pages, updates to 18 other KehilaLinks pages, and 4 "orphaned" KehilaLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• October 19, 2012 — JewishGen Discussion Groups.

  We are in the process of fixing the discussion group messages; in the interim they will be posted to the blog.

• October 15, 2012 — New JewishGen Course.

  New Course - “Advanced JewishGen Genealogy” November 1-30. Class focuses on finding family records in Eastern Europe.

• October 1, 2012 — Yizkor Book Project, September 2012.

  There are 700 Yizkor Book projects going with 72 books already translated. Thank you to the 350+ volunteers. During the last month 6 new projects have been added.

• September 12, 2012 — Wishing You a Sweet New Year.

  This last year in review - 1 million new records, 41,000 new users, nearly 8,000 donors. Project with the most enthusiasm is “Memorial Plaques.”

• September 10, 2012 — KehilaLinks Update - September 2012.

  There are 8 new KehilaLinks pages, updates to 9 other KehilaLinks pages, and 4 “orphaned” KehilaLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• September 4, 2012 — Yizkor Book Update - September 2012.

  There are just over 700 books in the Yizkor Book Project with different online translations; 200,000 pages of text within the books. Bessarabia from the Pinkas Romania has been added to the project. As of August 7 new projects, 7 new entries, and updates to 26 existing projects.

• August 7, 2012 — JGS of Phoenix upcoming meetings and events.

  The 2012 - 2013 Schedule has been set for Phoenix – including Sunday meetings and classes.

• August 6, 2012 — Yizkor Book Update.

  “Rabka Four – Instruments of Genocide and Grand Larceny” is completely online. Long standing arrangement with Yad Vashem, Jerusalem enables us to receive Excel files of a wide range of Yizkor Books. 5 new projects have been added since July and updates to 25 existing ones.

• July 25, 2012 — A Journey to Africa and Beyond – A Few Vignettes.

  Vignettes reflecting the journey of Ann Rabinowitz’s family.

• July 24, 2012 — Mazal Tov to the JGS of Great Britain.

  JGS of Great Britain won the IAJGS “outstanding publication” award for their journal, Shemot.

• July 24, 2012 — KehilaLinks Update.

  There are 6 new KehilaLinks pages, updates to 7 KehilaLinks pages and 4 “orphaned” KehilaLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• July 23, 2012 — Yizkor Book Project.

  There are 2 Yizkor books projects now online adding to the 80+ projects that are complete books. In the last month, a number of new Translation Fund have been set up including 3 new projects. Month of June updates include - 4 new projects and updates to 30 existing projects.

• July 23, 2012 — Success Stories.

  Announcement - latest issue of JewishGen’s SUCCESS! STORIES webzine is out.

• June 28, 2012 — Pre-Conference Update.

  Update to JewishGen’s JOWBR - 105,000 new records and 21,000 new photos. Including 244 new cemeteries have been added along with updates to 343 other cemeteries.

• June 18, 2012 — Independent Study Class.

  JewishGen is offering an Independent Study class from July 1- July 30 with Nancy Holden.

• June 15, 2012 — New InfoFile.

  Announcement - New InfoFile called “A Guide to Canadian Jewish Genealogical Research.”

• June 14, 2012 — New Addition to JewishGen.

  Announcement - New Special Interest group – the JewishGen Sub-Carpathia SIG. This SIG focuses on parts of thre pre-WWI Hungarian megyek of Bereg, Maramaros, Ugocsa and Ung, today located in Sub-Carpathia, Ukraine.

• June 11, 2012 — Bessarabia Jewish Business Directory.

  1924 Bessarabia Jewish Business directory project is complete. With 13,056 records that represent 705 cities, towns, villages and hamlets.

• June 11, 2012 — Board of Governers: New Member.

  Announcement - Max Polonovski has just been appointed to JewishGen’s Board of Governors.

• June 10, 2012 — Ukraine- SIG Update.

  Website found called Center for Genealogical Research by the Russian Language. The site consists of short biographical paragraphs about an individual including names of spouses or children. Website contains 420,000 primary surnames. Need translators to extract Jewish entries.

• June 10, 2012 — New member to Ukraine SIG Board of Directors.

  Announcement - Bena Shklyanoy has been appointed to the Ukraine SIG’s Board of Directors.

• June 7, 2012 — KehilaLinks Update June 2012.

  There are 5 new KehilaLinks pages, updates to 5 other KehilaLinks pages, and 3 “orphaned” KehilaLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• June 1, 2012 — Yizkor Books Update: May 2012.

  There are 700 books in the project some still waiting for volunteers to translate them. The month of May updates - 8 new projects, 4 new entries, and updates to 20 existing projects.

• May 24, 2012 — Update: Romanian SIG.

  Announcement - new Co-Coordinator of the Rom-SIG. Jeni Armandez will replace the late Stephanie Weiner as Co-Coordinator of the Rom-SIG.

• May 3, 2012 — KehilaLinks Update April 2012.

  There are 28 new KehilaLinks pages and 4 “orphaned” KehilaLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• May 2, 2012 — Yizkor Books Update: April 2012.

  Growth in the Yizkor Book Project including completion of “The Martyrdom and Extermination of the Jews in Kielce During World War II” and the addition of the Hebrew section from the Vishnevets, Ukraine Yizkor book, and more. April updates include - 7 new projects and updates to 26 existing projects.

• April 25, 2012 — New Book about Brzezin (Brzeziny).

  New series of English translations of Yizkor books called Brzezin which is 466 pages with all images from the original included.

• April 16, 2012 — New Project from the Rom SIG.

  Announcement from ROM-SIG - new project - in the process of obtaining vital records from towns in Suceava Judet; over 4710 pages of records with about 10-12 records per page. Need to raise money to obtain these records. Donate today!

• April 9, 2012 — I Like "Barbara Warmwater".

  JewishGen and hosted database Jewish Records Indexing - Poland were instrumental in the discovery of Barbara Walters’s family name originally being Warmwasser.

• April 5, 2012 — Update: KehilaLinks.

  There are 11 new KehilaLinks pages, updates to 3 other KehilaLinks pages, and 3 “orphaned” KehilaLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• April 2, 2012 — Success!.

  Ron found relatives he didn’t know about through JewishGen.org.

• April 2, 2012 — JewishGen Success Stories.

  Announcement - latest issue of JewishGen’s SUCCESS! STORIES webzine is out.

• April 2, 2012 — New JewishGen Course: Exploring JewishGen.

  Class offered called “JewishGen - An Essential Resource” will be help from April 15th - April 30th.

• March 14, 2012 — How To Engage the Next Generation of Genealogists (JewishGen Projects - A Model for Student Involvement).

  Nolan Altman talks about his experience getting the younger generation involved in genealogy.

• March 12, 2012 — Update: KehilaLinks.

  There are 7 new KehilaLinks pages, updates to 1 other KehilaLinks page, and 4 “orphaned” KehilaLinks pages in need of being adopted.

• March 1, 2012 — Yizkor Books Update: February 2012.

  There are 5 new translation project funds were initiated this last month. February updates- 8 new projects and updates to 27 existing projects.

• February 13, 2012 — New JewishGen Courses.

  Announcement- two new advanced courses: Ever dream of a genealogical search companion? From February 22 - March 25 2012 and Breaking Down Brick Walls in the United States beginning March 12th.

• February 9, 2012 — Update: KehilaLinks.

  There are 9 new KehilaLinks pages, updates to 6 other KehilaLinks pages, and 2 “orphaned” KehilaLinks pages in need of being adopted.

• February 1, 2012 — Yizkor Books Update: January 2012.

  All entries received from “Litvak Heritage” are uploaded. January update- 8 new projects and updates to 27 existing projects.

• January 19, 2012 — New Project: Jewish Cemetery of Miskolc, Hungary.

  Goal of the project is to photograph 18th and 19th century headstones and photograph 20th century cemetery books for the Jewish Cemetery in Miskolc, Hungary.

• January 19, 2012 — New JewishGen Course: Create Family History Pages.

  New class called Create Family History Pages. Learn how to create your very own family history page.

• January 19, 2012 — New Kehilalinks Page for Nasielsk, Poland.

  There is a new KehilaLinks page for Nasielsk, Poland.

• December 28, 2011 — New Content Added to JewishGen's Holocaust Database.

  Completed 2011 update of JewishGen- including 36 new collections with more than 200,000 records.

• December 23, 2011 — "How to Make KehilaLinks Webpages" class to begin January 22, 2012.

  Announcement - Fourth “How to make KehilaLinks Webpages” will begin January 22, 2012.

• December 14, 2011 — New Content Added to JOWBR (JewishGen's Burial Registry).

  Year-end update to JOWBR: approximately 60,000 new records and 16,000 new photos as well as adding 120 new cemeteries and updates to 225 others.

• December 9, 2011 — JewishGen Bessarabia SIG.

  Announcement - new regional Special Interest Group – JewishGen Bessarabia SIG!

• December 9, 2011 — Yizkor Books Update: December 2011.

  November update – includes 4 new projects, 60 new entries to already existing projects and updates to 26 existing projects.

• December 9, 2011 — KehilaLinks Update: December 2011.

  There are 8 new KehilaLinks pages, updates to 1 KehilaLinks page, and 2 “orphaned” KehilaLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• December 5, 2011 — Ghosts in Soroca.

  A story about Brock Bierman’s experience at the Soroca Jewish Cemetery.

• November 22, 2011 — Technical Difficulties-Resolved.

  JewishGen is experiencing technical difficulties and is working to resolve them.

• November 18, 2011 — New Project: Stowbtsy, Belarus Yizkor Book.

  New project being initiated to translate the one volume, 537 page Yizkor book called “Memorial volume of Steibtz-Swerznie and the neighboring villages Rubezhevitz, Derevna, Nalibok.

• October 31, 2011 — Update: Yizkor Book Project.

  Several projects are getting closer to having the translation of whole books online.

• October 26, 2011 — New JewishGen Course: Using JewishGen for European Research.

  New advanced course for finding family records from Eastern Europe. Class dates are from November 11 - December 11.

• October 25, 2011 — 12 Years.

  The collective amount of time spent on JewishGen is amounted to more than 12 Years! There are more than 20 million records and numerous family connections have been made. Donate Today!

• October 17, 2011 — Next JOWBR Update.

  JewishGen’s JOWBR will be updated at year-end and will include submissions received through November 30th 2011.

• October 6, 2011 — Update: KehilaLinks.

  There are 10 new KehilaLinks pages and 2 “orphaned” KehilaLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• October 6, 2011 — Update: Yizkor Book Project.

  A number of new books have been added including "The History of Jews in Ujpest." September updates include 4 new projects, 47 new entries, and updates to 22 existing projects.

• September 22, 2011 — Wishing You a Sweet New Year.

  More than one million records were added to JewishGen including more than 300,000 new entries for JOWBR.

• September 21, 2011 — JewishGen LostNFound.

  JewishGen’s LostNFound desk is up and running again.

• September 15, 2011 — Jewish Records from Perm.

  Ukraine SIG has become aware of 405 pages containing 1500 records of Jewish Births, marriages, divorces and deaths in Prem. They are looking for a volunteer to help catalog them.

• September 12, 2011 — Project Update: Ukraine SIG.

  People who are researching family in the Ukraine are encouraged to help the Ukraine SIG.

• September 9, 2011 — Vilnius, Lithuania Internal Passport Records.

  Another 734 Vilnius Internal Passport records have been received, with a total of 1,039 records translated so far.

• September 9, 2011 — Technical Difficulties.

  JewishGen Family Finder is experiencing technical difficulties but we are working on getting them resolved.

• September 1, 2011 — The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker is now the JewishGen Gazetteer.

  Warren Blatt announced that JewishGen ShtetlSeeker is now becoming JewishGen Gazetter.

• September 1, 2011 — In the News: JewishGen Helps Reunite Family Torn Apart by the Holocaust.

  Excerpts from an article by Peter Kash – published in the Jewish Week.

• August 25, 2011 — New JewishGen Course: Breaking Brick Walls in the United States.

  New course offered beginning September 1st.

• August 25, 2011 — Update: Yizkor Book Project.

  These were an impressive 73 new books, entries, and updated projects during July 2011. July updates include 9 new projects, 38 new entries, and updates to 26 existing projects.

• August 24, 2011 — IAJGS Honors JewishGen VPs Michael Tobias and Phyllis Kramer.

  Congratulations to Michael Tobias and Phyllis Kramer on their recent awards from the International Association of Jewish Genealogy Societies.

• August 23, 2011 — JewishGen 2011 Update.

  JewishGen published its 2011 update issue today.

• August 23, 2011 — Introducing KehilaLinks.

  Warren Blatt announced that JewishGen ShtetLinks is now renamed to JewishGen KehilaLinks.

• August 10, 2011 — In the News: JewishGen Yizkor Books.

  An article about JewishGen Yizkor Books in the Jewish Tribune.

• August 1, 2011 — JewishGen Basics: Town Information.

  Navigating finding town information on JewishGen explained.

• July 14, 2011 — New Education Class: Independent Study.

  New independent study class offered with Nancy Holden from July 29th to August 26.

• July 6, 2011 — Update: Yizkor Book Project.

  June was another “hyperactive” month for the Yizkor Book Project. June updates include 9 new projects, 27 new entries, and updates to 26 existing projects. The Yizkor Book Project now contains 1,301 entries, 627 books, 9,468 pages, 20,023 images.

• July 1, 2011 — Update: JewishGen helps to identify WW2 Photos.

  Update to the article written on Oct. 29, 2009 by Bruce Sadler about his research into a photo album his father recovered after Dachau was liberated.

• June 28, 2011 — JewishGen Basics: JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR).

  Navigating JewishGen’s online worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) explained.

• June 22, 2011 — New Project: Des, Hungary Yizkor Book.

  Announcement – New project for the translation of the 684 pages of a two volume set Yizkor Books set in Des, Hungary.

• June 13, 2011 — Aleppo Britot Database Released on JewishGen.org.

  Announcement – the database of 7500 Aleppo Britot from 1868-1945 in now available on JewishGen.org.

• June 13, 2011 — Update: ShtetLinks.

  There are 8 new ShtetLinks pages, updates to 8 ShtetLinks pages and 3 “orphaned” ShtetLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• June 10, 2011 — JewishGen Screencasts.

  Announcement – new learning tool on JewishGen.

• May 25, 2011 — Update: Hungarian Vital Records Project.

  Announcement – major update to JewishGen Hungarian Database; approximately 150,000 records bring the total number to over a half million.

• May 2, 2011 — Project Update: Yizkor Books.

  There have been 8 new projects, 22 new entries, and updates to 23 existing projects for the month of April.

• March 23, 2011 — New Education Class Forming: US Jewish Genealogy.

  Announcement – new course calls JewishGen’s Basic U.S. Jewish Genealogy course. Course includes 6 online text lessons which you can read/download at your own pace.

• March 21, 2011 — Wartime London - An Evacuees Memories.

  A four part series on YouTube about experiences during World War II in the UK as told by Gerry Wiseman.

• March 18, 2011 — In the news: JewishGen BOG Co-Chair Karen Franklin.

  An article about Karen Franklin written by Tanyanika Samuels from the New York Daily News.

• March 17, 2011 — Update: ShtetLinks.

  There are 8 new ShtetLinks pages, updates to 1 ShtetLinks page and 3 “orphaned” ShtetLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• March 2, 2011 — Update: Yizkor Book Project.

  There have been 4 new projects, 28 new entries, and updates to 28 existing projects for the month of February.

• February 7, 2011 — Update: Yizkor Book Project.

  The Ruzhany Yizkor Book has now been completed. There have been 6 new projects, 17 new entries, and updates to 19 existing projects for the month of January.

• January 25, 2011 — Update: ShtetLinks.

  There are 4 new ShtetLinks pages, updates to 1 ShtetLinks page and 4 “orphaned” ShtetLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• December 29, 2010 — JOWBR Update.

  The 2010 year-end update is in and includes – 171,000 new records and 32,700 new photos and added 360 cemeteries along with updates or additions to 213 cemeteries.

• December 9, 2010 — Update: Yizkor Book Project.

  There have been 4 new projects, 17 new entries, and updates to 23 existing projects for the month of November.

• November 30, 2010 — ShtetLinks Update.

  There are 4 new ShtetLinks pages, updates to 3 ShtetLinks pages and 4 “orphaned” ShtetLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• November 10, 2010 — Success!.

  Thanks to JewishGen.org Beverly Bienstock Margolies has confirmed 3 separate connections within six weeks.

• November 2, 2010 — Update: Yizkor Book Project.

  There have been 4 new projects, 5 new entries, and updates to 32 existing projects for the month of October.

• November 1, 2010 — French Jewish Genealogy.

  An interesting article was found on French Genealogy blog that includes an image of Napoleon’s 1808 edict requiring Jews to choose a surname.

• November 1, 2010 — Only 2 survivors remain from Nazi death camp Treblinka.

  An article from the Associated Press by Aron Heller about the only 2 survivors remaining from Treblinka.

• October 29, 2010 — Success!.

  Angie Elfassi talks about the success she had while on JewishGen.

• October 27, 2010 — Update: Hungarian Vital Records Project.

  Announcement – major update to JewishGen Hungarian Database including approximately 80,000 new vital records bring the total to over 360,000.

• October 20, 2010 — Help Preserve our History for Future Generations.

  Help preserve our Jewish family history. Donate today!

• October 4, 2010 — Yizkor Books - Update.

  There have been 4 new projects, 3 new entries, and updates to 29 existing projects for the month of September.

• October 4, 2010 — JewishGen in the News.

  An article from the NY Times by David Laskin about JewishGen.

• September 7, 2010 — Wishing You a Sweet New Year.

  More than one million records were added to JewishGen including more than 200,000 new entries for JOWBR. The website redesign is 90% complete.

• August 23, 2010 — ShtetLinks Update.

  There are 8 new ShtetLinks pages, updates to 5 ShtetLinks pages and 6 “orphaned” ShtetLinks pages waiting to be adopted.

• August 4, 2010 — Yizkor Books - Update.

  There have been 9 new projects, 2 new entries, and updates to 31 existing projects for the month of July.

• August 4, 2010 — Success!.

  The July 2010 edition of JewishGen Success! Stories is now available.

• July 22, 2010 — Journal of a Lifetime.

  An article about JewishGen from the Los Angeles Jewish Journal.

• July 19, 2010 — JewishGen.org named one of Family Tree Magazine’s 101 Best Websites.

  Congratulations to JewishGen for making Family Tree magazine’s 101 best websites!

• July 13, 2010 — Press Release: JewishGen and MyHeritage.com collaborate to build the Family Tree of the Jewish People.

  MyHeritage.com and Jewishgen.org are now working together to invigorate the Family Tree of the Jewish People project.

• February 12, 2010 — ShtetLinks Update.

  There are 10 new ShtetLinks pages.

• November 13, 2009 — A DNA Success Story.

  Ann Rabinowitz found an mtDNA match with the help of FamilyTreeDNA and JewishGen.

• October 30, 2009 — JewishGen helps to identify WW2 Photos.

  Bruce Sadler’s story about how he is trying to unravel the mystery of the haunting Nazi photos his father found in the Dachau concentration camp.

• September 24, 2009 — Online Jewish Genealogy Class: How to Make a ShtetLinks Page.

  Announcement – 6 week course about how to make your own ShtetLinks page.

• September 24, 2009 — JewishGen Discussion Group Success Story.

  Article from Ancestry Magazine about a success story with the help of JewishGen.

• September 14, 2009 — Mapping the Family of Man.

  An article by Haaretz about the fascination with both general and Jewish genealogy.

• September 9, 2009 — SUCCESS!.

  A friend of Joan Adler has found his Knoller family with the help of JewishGen.

• September 3, 2009 — GeoCities Closing Octobver 29th - Let JewishGen Host Old GeoCities Pages.

  GeoCities is closing and JewishGen is eager to assume full responsibility for any information valuable to people researching their Jewish roots.

• July 28, 2009 — Announcement: New JewishGen Website Design.

  Announcement – JewishGen has completed the first phase in their redesign of the JewishGen website.

• July 27, 2009 — JewishGen Holocaust Database Update - July 2009.

  Announcement – updates to JewishGen Holocaust Database includes more than 93,000 new records making the holdings exceed 2 million.

• July 24, 2009 — Volunteer Spotlight: Joanna Leefer.

  Thank you Joanna Leefer for all the help you have given to JewishGen!

• July 23, 2009 — High Tech Sparked Genealogy Buzz.

  David Mink’s had made a discovery of some family information and shows how the internet can now make the same discoveries possible.

• July 22, 2009 — 9,000 entries added to the Hungarian Jewish Census Records 1770-1850 database.

  Announcement – 9,000 entries have been added to the Hungarian Jewish Census Records 1770-1850 database.

• June 16, 2009 — Hungarian Vital Records.

  The benefits of transcribing the Hungarian Vital Records.

• June 16, 2009 — IAJGS 2009 Conference Update.

  All optional programs for the conference are now on the website. Feel free to obtain your tickets today.

• June 15, 2009 — Join the JewishGen Basic Genealogy Course.

  Announcement – consider taking the 8 text lesson on basic Jewish genealogy.

• June 12, 2009 — Press Release: JewishGen Board of Governors.

  Announcement – JewishGen re-energizes Board of Governors by electing 10 New Members.

• June 5, 2009 — Volunteer and Help Thousands!.

  JewishGen needs a Genealogy Instructor and a LYRIS/PERL trained technician.

• May 21, 2009 — Warren Blatt to Speak at June 14th JGSNY Meeting.

  Warren Blatt is to speak at the Jewish Genealogical Society meeting June 14th.

• May 20, 2009 — The Jewish Year Book, An Annual Record of Matters Jewish (9th September, 1907 – 31 December, 1908) A Resource for Jewry of the British Empire Including South Africa.

  Announcement – a new resource has been found for Jewry in Southern Africa.

• May 7, 2009 — Social Networking.

  Social networking for Genealogists.

• April 13, 2009 — Old Jewish tombstones unearthed in central Brest.

  Old Jewish tombstones unearthed near an outpatient clinic in central Brest earlier this month.

• March 16, 2009 — JewishGen Learning Center - Basic Genealogy Course.

  Announcement – 8 text lesson on basic genealogy.

• March 5, 2009 — Beginner's Guides.

  A beginner’s guide to genealogy.

• February 9, 2009 — JewishGen: Update.

  While databases are up and running we are still experiencing technical difficulties with emails; we are working on fixing the issues.

• February 8, 2009 — JewishGen...On Facebook.

  Announcement – JewishGen is now on Facebook. Check us out!

• February 3, 2009 — JewishGen.

  The re-hosting of the JewishGen servers from Texas to their new location at Ancestry.com in now in progress.

• January 18, 2009 — JewishGen.

  Beginning January 28th 2009, JewishGen.org will undergo a major upgrade.

• January 4, 2009 — JewishGen.

  Beginning January 28th 2009, JewishGen.org will undergo a major upgrade.

• December 30, 2008 — Submit Your Special Tax-Deductible Year-End Gift TODAY!.

  Donate today!

• December 30, 2008 — JEWISHGEN.

  We are experiencing some technical difficulties and working on resolving the problem.

• December 16, 2008 — JewishGen Learning Center - Upcoming Courses.

  Announcement – upcoming course – Basic Jewish Genealogy

• October 30, 2008 — JewishGen in Announcement with Ancestry.com and AJJDC.

  Announcement – JewishGen now has an arrangement with Ancestry.com and American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

• September 14, 2008 — Hurricane Ike.

  We are currently experiencing technical difficulties due to Hurricane Ike.

• September 7, 2008 — What are JewishGen Value-Added Services?.

  Explanation of what value-added services are with JewishGen.

• August 27, 2008 — Our New Logo - Important Letter.

  Announcement – JewishGen has a new logo.

• August 21, 2008 — JewishGen.org and Ancestry.com – An Exciting Opportunity (II).

  Dr. Marwell explains the JewishGen.org and Ancestry.com agreement.

• August 20, 2008 — IAJGS Jewish Genealogy Conference – Everyone Has A Story To Tell.

  Addressing the questions about the JewishGen agreement with Ancectry.com.

• Aug 8 2008 — JewishGen and Ancestry.com announce partnership.

• Apr 15 2008 — JOWBR Milestone - One million records.  The JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry reached a milestone of one million records.  We now have records for nearly 2,000 cemeteries in 40 countries.

• Apr 1 2008 — Press Release — Susan King, Founder, To Leave JewishGen.

• Jun 24 2007 — Updates to the JewishGen Holocaust Database — Eight new datasets, including:

  • Jewish Refugees in Tashkent: Data on 152,000 Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union who were evacuated to Tashkent and other localities in Uzbekistan in 1941-1942.
  • Claims Conference Hungary and Romania: Data on 135,544 Hungarian Jews and 167,815 Romanian Jews whose names appear in records held in the Central Zionist Archives and Yad Vashem.

• Jun 12 2007 — Updates to the JewishGen USA Database — Two new datasets for Philadelphia:

  • Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Obituaries  (1887-2006, 34,000 records).
  • Rosenbaum Bank Passagenger Order Book Records  (1890-1934, 83,000 records).

• Aug 15 2006 — Introducing the JewishGen Communities Database — a master database of European Jewish communities, which links together all of JewishGen's resources.

• Feb 14 2006 — Danzig/Gdańsk SIG website and mailing list formed — concerning Jews in Danzig/Gdańsk, and its precursor communities of Alt Schottland, Langfuhr, Mattenbuden, Weinberg, and Danzig in der Breitgasse, and Tiegenhof (Nowy Dwór Gdański).

• Jan 27 2006 — New datasets in the JewishGen Lithuania Database — Introducing the Lithuania Vital Records Database - Births, Marriages, Divorces and Deaths.  The inital set of over 9,000 records, primarily from Kupiškis, Panevėžys, Pušalotas and Rokiškis.

• Jan 25 2006 — Updates to the JewishGen Hungary Database — Nearly 30,000 new records, including updates to the Births, Marriages and Deaths datasets, 1848 Census and 1869 Census.

• Oct 6 2005 — Updates to the JewishGen Holocaust Database — Added 37,000 new records, including data from Dachau, Łódż, Győr, Dés, Kisvárda, Iaşi, Kozienice, Subotica, Balta, and other localities.  New total is over one million records.

• Sep 20 2005 — Updates to the JewishGen Latvia Database — Two new datasets:

  • Riga Marriages, 1854-1921  (Livland gubernia, 9,200 records).
  • Jewish Family Lists of Rēzekne, 1898  (Vitebsk gubernia, 6,600 records).

• Sep 5 2005 — Updates to the JewishGen Hungary Database — Over 20,000 new records:

  • Completion of the 1828 Property Tax Census.
  • 16,000 additional records for the 1869 Census.
  • 4,000 additional records for the Holocaust Memorials Database.

• Sep 1 2005 — Updates to the JewishGen Romania Database — Over 80,000 new records for Bessarabia:

  • 56,000 additional records in the 1906-1907 Duma Voters Lists for Bessarabia, completing this project.
  • 25,000 additional records for the Kishinev Vital Records.

• July 12 2005 — Three new JewishGen "All Country" Databases (Germany, Ukraine, USA);  Advanced search features in the "All Country" Databases;  More data integration in the "All Country" Databases;  and new user interface features (MenuBar header).  For details, see the full Announcement.

• July 1 2005 — New version of the JewishGen ShtetlSeeker, and updates to the JewishGen Family Finder program.  Many improvements.  See the full Announcement and Release Notes.

• Oct 21 2004 — Updates to the JewishGen Holocaust Database — Added 100,000 new records, including Sharit HaPlatah (61,000 survivors), Tîrgu Mureş (Maros-Vásárhely) ghetto and deportation lists, Polish children survivors, Hungarian Civilian Labor Service (Munkaszolgálat) deaths, additional records in the Dachau database, as well as data from Transnistria, Germany, and Serbia.  New total is over 900,000 records.

• Oct 6 2004 — Updates to the JewishGen Hungary Database — Added over 30,000 new records, including 1828 Property Tax Records, 1869 Census Records, other Census Records for 1795-1850, Birth Records, and Hungarian Holocaust Memorials.  New total is over 180,000 records.

• Jul 1 2004 — Updates to the JewishGen Romania Database — Over 40,000 new records, including:

  • 17,000 additional records for Bendery and Soroki districts in the 1906-1907 Duma Voters Lists for Bessarabia.
  • 25,000 additional records for the Kishinev Vital Records.

• May 7 2004 — Updates to the JewishGen Belarus Database — nearly 20,000 new records, including:

  • 1897 Census for Grodno Gubernia — Detailed family data for 8,000 individuals, as recorded in the "All Russia Census" of 1897.
  • Revision Lists — Over 11,000 records from Reviska Skazka, 19th century Czarist tax censuses, from Minsk, Slutsk and Vileika districts.

• Feb 17 2004 — Yizkor Book Necrology Database updated — 16,000 additional entries, from 15 Yizkor Books.

• Feb 15 2004 — The Houston Jewish Herald-Voice Database — Nearly 5,000 life-cycle event notices in this Texas newspaper, 1908-1921.

• Feb 13 2004 — Two new databases on American-Jewish immigration:

  • Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Boston Arrivals — Records of over 24,000 Jewish immigrant arrivals via Boston, 1882-1929.
  • Blitzstein Bank Passage Order Records, Port of Philadelphia — An index of over 30,000 immigrants who had steamship tickets purchased for them at this Philadelphia bank, 1899-1930.

• Jan 12 2004 — The All U.K. Database — Over 50,000 records for England, Scotland and Wales, from a variety of sources, including: marriage and cemetery records, census records, business directories, and others.

• Dec 16 2003 — Updates to the JewishGen Hungary Database — Added over 30,000 new records, including 1869 Census Records, other Census Records for 1795-1850, and Hungarian Jewish Concentration Camp Survivors.  New total is over 125,000 records.

• Dec 3 2003 — Updates to the JewishGen Holocaust Database — Added over 15,000 new records, including Polish Martyred Physicians, North Bavarian Jews, Hungarian Jewish Concentration Camp Survivors, and additional records in the Dachau database.  New total is over half a million records.

• Nov 13 2003 — Updates to the JewishGen Romania Database — 40,000 new records, including:

  • 25,000 additional records for Bieltsy, Khotin and Orgieev districts in the 1906-1907 Duma Voters Lists for Bessarabia.
  • 5,000 additional records completing the 1942 Census of Jewish Males Born Between 1881-1892.

• Jul 30 2003 — Bialystok Region Research Group mailing list — A forum for Jewish genealogical research in northeastern Poland.

• Ju1 22 2003 — Three major new databases:

  • The All Romania Database — Over 40,000 records for Romania and Moldova (Bessarabia), from a variety of sources, including: voter lists, census records, business directories, vital records, diplomatic records, yizkor books, and others.
  • The All Poland Database — Over two million records for Poland, from a variety of sources, including: vital records, business directories, voter lists, passenger manifests, Yizkor books and other Holocaust sources.  A joint project of Jewish Records Indexing — Poland and JewishGen.
  • The JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) — A database of over 300,000 entries from cemeteries and burial records worldwide, from the earliest records to the present.  The initial set of data contains over 600 cemeteries from 25 countries.

• Jul 21 2003 — Success! Stories of Connections — A new "JewishGen Testimonials" site, containing stories of connections made via JewishGen.

• Jul 20 2003 — Kiev Gubernia Duma Voters Lists Database — Our first major database for Ukraine. Over 32,000 Jewish men living in Kiev gubernia, eligible to vote in the Czarist State Duma elections of 1906-1907.

• Jun 25 2003 — Updates to the JewishGen Holocaust Database — Added over 70,000 new records, including lists of 62,000 survivors in Europe (Pinkas HaNitzolim I), and over 10,000 additional records in the Dachau database.

• Jun 16 2003 — 1897 "All Russia" Census Database — Update to the All Latvia Database: Records for nearly 2,000 Jews residing in the city of Riga, Latvia. From the 1897 census of the Russian Empire.

• Jun 5 2003 — Jewish Names in Selected U.S. State Department Files — Nearly 10,000 entries from U.S. Department of State, Record Group 59, pertaining to the "Protection of Interest", 1910-1929, primarily from Palestine, Romania & Austria.

• Jun 1 2003 — Two new databases for Romania / Moldova:
  • Bessarabia Duma Voters Lists, 1906-1907 — Over 5,000 men of Bessarabia Gubernia (today, Moldova), eligible to vote in the Russian parliamentary elections of 1906 and 1907.
  • 1942 Census of Jewish Males Born Between 1881-1892 — Census of 3,200 "Older Jewish Males" in 1942.

• May 27 2003 — Yizkor Book Necrology Database updated — 15,000 additional entries, from 8 Yizkor Books.

• May 7 2003 — Updates to the JewishGen Holocaust Database — Added over 30,000 new records, including six new datasets and 8,000 additional records in the Dachau database.

• Mar 16 2003 — The All Hungary Database — Over 40,000 records from many different sources: births records, property tax records, census records, etc., for current and former areas of Hungary, including Slovakia and Croatia.

• Feb 24 2003 — 1897 Lithuania Census Database — Names of 13,465 Jews residing in Kovna and Vilna Gubernya, from the 1897 census of the Russian Empire.

• Feb 11 2003 — Jewish Communities and Records — United Kingdom (JCR-UK) website launched.

• Feb 10 2003 — Yizkor Book Necrology Database updated — Over 11,000 additional entries, from 10 Yizkor Books.

• Feb 10 2003 — Questions & Answers About JewishGen's new relationship with the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.

• Jan 22 2003 — Updates to the JewishGen Holocaust Database — Added over 90,000 new records, including a list of 57,000 survivors in Poland (Pinkas HaNitzolim II), and 33,000 additional records in the Dachau database.

• Jan 13 2003 — Two new databases:
  • Jews in Würzburg, 1900-1945 — A collective biographical dictionary of over 13,000 Jews living in Würzburg, Lower Franconia, Germany
  • The Connecticut Jewish Ledger Obituary Database — Nearly 5,000 obituary notices in this New Haven newspaper, 1975-2002.
  Five updated databases:
  • 1891 New York Immigrants from Austria, Poland and Galicia — Formerly covering just 1890, we've now added all of 1891 — 52,647 additional records.
  • Hungary 1828 Property Tax Census — Added 8,000 records.
  • Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database — Added 2,000 obits for 2001 and 2002.
  • Boston Jewish Advocate Wedding Announcements Database — Added 7,000 announcements for 1905-1938 and 2001-2002.
  • Cleveland Jewish News Obituary Database — Added 500 obits for 2002.

• Dec 31 2002 — JewishGen to join Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.  Effective January 1, 2003, JewishGen will become a division of the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City.

• Nov 7 2002 — Scandinavia SIG website and mailing list formed — an expansion of the former JewishGen Denmark SIG, to encompass Norway, Finland, Sweden, and former Danish colonies and protectorates.

• Oct 20 2002 — Ellis Island Foundation Database — One-Step Search Tools — enhanced search capabilities for easier access to data on www.ellisisland.org.

• Sep 29 2002 — Manifest Markings - A Guide to Interpreting U.S. Passenger List Annotations. A comprehensive InfoFile, by historian Marian L. Smith.

• Sep 27 2002 — 1828 Hungarian Property Tax Census Database.  Our first major database of data from Hungary.

• May 1 2002 — Three new databases:
  • Warszawa Gubernia Duma Voters Lists, 1907 — Over 10,000 Jewish men living in Warszawa Gubernia (Warsaw province, of the Russian Kingdom of Poland), eligible to vote for the Czarist State Duma.
  • The Rabbi Samuel Langer Database — Over 5,000 entries from personal notebooks — births, Bar/Bas Mitzvahs, marriages, funerals/unveilings, etc. Eastern USA, 1930s-1960s.
  • U.S. Consular Post, Bucharest, Romania — Emergency Passport Applications and other records. Our first standalone database for Romania — nearly 1,000 records from the U.S. State Department, 1860-1941.

• Apr 17 2002 — Yizkor Book Necrology Database updated — Over 12,000 additional entries, from 11 Yizkor Books.

• Apr 9 2002 — JewishGen Family Finder FAQ - in Russian.

• Feb 13 2002 — New JewishGen documentation:
  • JewishGen Support Center — Help with using JewishGen services
  • Family Tree of the Jewish People — FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions about the FTJP
  • JewishGen Family Finder FAQ - in Spanish — Our first documentation en Español

• Feb 9 2002 — The All Latvia Database updated with 16,000 additional records — from Riga internal passports, and the 1897 Census.

• Jan 30 2002 — The JewishGen Holocaust Database — A new multi-source database, containing 37 datasets. Over 140,000 entries regarding Holocaust victims and survivors.

• Jan 15 2002 — 1929 Polish Business Directory — Town Index — An index to more than 34,000 locations in inter-war Poland, with links to directory pages for each city, town and village. From JRI-Poland.

• Dec 1 2001 — December 2001 Proclaimed Bernard Israelite Kouchel Month on JewishGen.

• Nov 26 2001 — Updates to Locality Index to Lithuanian Jewish Vital Records Microfilms.

• Nov 9 2001 — Yizkor Book Necrology Database updated — Over 10,000 additional entries, from 17 Yizkor Books.

• Nov 7 2001 — Vilna Gubernia Conscripts Photographs Database — Names and photographs of 1,222 Jewish conscripts from Vilna gubernia into the Russian army, 1900-1914.

• Jun 17 2001 — Three new databases:
  • Aufbau Holocaust Survivors Lists — Names of over 33,000 Holocaust survivors, published in the German-language newspaper Aufbau, New York, 1944-1946.
  • Warszawa Homeowners Lists — Data on over 9,000 homeowners in Warszawa (Warsaw) and Praga, 1852, 1869, 1870.
  • Belarus Names Database — Indices to over 43,000 names that appear on 76 different web pages of the Belarus SIG. An integral part of the "All Belarus Database".

• May 14 2001 — Rabbinic Genealogy SIG — A forum for those interested in Rabbinic genealogy or researching rabbinic ancestry in any geographic area or time period.

• Apr 5 2001 — Yizkor Book Necrology Database updated — Over 15,000 additional entries, from 12 Yizkor Books.

• Apr 4 2001 — French SIG mailing list — A forum for Jewish genealogical research in France and former French colonies, as well as other French-speaking areas such as Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

• Apr 3 2001 — Minsk Yizkor Book Index Database — Over 3,000 names from the index of the two-volume Minsk Yizkor Book Minsk, Ir va-em.

• Mar 25 2001 — Sephardic SIG web pages — A place where all researchers of Sephardic genealogy and history are welcome to learn and share.

• Mar 6 2001 — Oshpitsin Yizkor Database - Information on over 5,000 residents of the town of Oshpitsin (Oswiecim).

• Feb 22 2001 — Jewish Records at the Family History Library database — An inventory of the Jewish-specific microfilms, microfiche and books at the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

• Feb 19 2001 — The "All Latvia" Database updated with an additional 25,000 records from a variety of fascinating sources: Czarist government newspapers, Kurlander landsmanshaft, merchant and military recruit lists, Soviet Extraordinary Commission reports.

• Dec 28 2000 — The JewishGen Yizkor Book Necrology Database — An index of over 90,000 entries for Holocaust martyrs listed in the necrologies of Yizkor Books.

• Nov 30 2000 — Vsia Rossiia Database — Updated with over 3,600 entries from Vitebsk gubernia, 1911. (The area that was Vitebsk gubernia in 1911 is today in southeastern Latvia, northeastern Belarus, with some northeastern parts now in Russia).

• Nov 2 2000 — ViewMate — A facility for posting genealogy-related graphics. Here you can post photos for identification of people, buildings, artifacts, etc.; and letters and documents for analysis or translation.

• Sep 12 2000 — Ukraine SIG mailing list — A forum for researchers with family origins in the former Russian Empire gubernias now in the Ukraine; Podolia, Volhynia, Kiev, Poltava, Chernigov, Kharkov, Kherson, Taurida and Ekaterinoslav.

• Aug 9 2000 — Early American SIG and mailing list — A forum for those researching Jewish immigrants to the United States before 1880.

• Aug 8 2000 — Announcing the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Register (JOWBR), a project to index Jewish burial information worldwide.

• Aug 3 2000 — Pinsk Ghetto Database — Information on over 18,000 Jews in the Pinsk Ghetto in 1942.   Part of the "All Belarus Database".

• Aug 2 2000 — JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF) hits 200,000 entries.

• Jul 12 2000 — JewishGen and Yad Vashem sign a Data Sharing Agreement.

• Jul 11 2000 — 1999 Annual Report.

• Jul 3 2000 — The "All Latvia" Database — Nearly 25,000 records for Courland and Livland gubernias, from many different sources: voter lists, tax records, newspaper notices, residency permits, military records, etc.

• Jun 22 2000 — Kraków Ghetto Database — Names of over 18,000 Jews in the Ghetto of Kraków Poland in 1940.

• Jun 17 2000 — Vsia Rossiia Database — Updated with over 6,000 entries from the city of Odessa, 1895-1911.

• May 11 2000 — Genealogy By Genetics — DNA testing.

• Apr 18 2000 — The "All Belarus" Database — Over 75,000 records from many different sources: vital records, voter lists, business directories, ghetto records.

• Apr 16 2000 — 1890 New York Immigrants from Poland, Austria and Galicia — An index to over 44,000 passenger arrivals.

• Mar 31 2000 — Two new databases:
  • West Prussia 1812 Citizenship — Names of 2,400 Jews in 50 towns in West Prussia who were granted Prussian citizenship in 1812.
  • Nikolsburg Graveyard Register — Over 4,500 persons buried in the Jewish cemetery of Nikolsburg (now Mikulov, Czech Republic).

• Mar 8 2000 — Volhynia website — Covering the former Russian Empire gubernia of Volhynia, which was in eastern Poland between the world wars, now in northwestern Ukraine.

• March 1 2000 — The Forgotten Camps — The history of Nazi Concentration Camps, Work Camps, Police Camps, and Transit Camps.

• Feb 15 2000 — Given Names Presentation — A slide-show and lecture on Jewish first names, with over 90 illustrations.

• Jan 29 2000 — Vsia Rossiia Database — Over 18,000 entries from Russian Empire business directories, 1895-1911.

• Dec 26 1999 — 1929 Polish Business Directory — Nowogrodek Province — Over 15,000 entries from an inter-war Polish business directory.  This area was in Grodno, Vilna and Minsk gubernias of the Russian Empire before WWI, and is now in Belarus.

• Dec 13 1999 — South Africa Jewish Yearbook Database — Index of "Who's Who" biographies from a 1929 directory.

• Dec 3 1999 — Lvov Ghetto Database — Names of over 10,000 Jews in the Ghetto of Lwów Poland, 1942-1945.

• Dec 1 1999 — Genealogy Forum on AOL selects JewishGen as the "Best Site Pick" for the month of December 1999, for "its comprehensive nature in providing a resource for people searching their Jewish heritage.  JewishGen also needs to be commended for realizing the effects of working as a team not only among their 200+ volunteers but with numerous other Jewish interest groups as well."

• Nov 11 1999 — New InfoFiles on Passenger List microfilms. Complete list of U.S. National Archives (NARA) microfilms of U.S. Passenger Arrival Manifests, with microfilm numbers for ordering via LDS Family History Centers.

• Nov 10 1999 — Bohemia-Moravia SIG website.

• Sep 30 1999 — Bohemia-Moravia SIG mailing list.

• Sep 14 1999 — Denmark SIG website and mailing list.

• Sep 13 1999 — Database of German Jews at Stutthof Concentration Camp — Information on over 2,750 German Jews at this concentration camp near Gdansk.

• Sep 7 1999 — Jewish Holiday Calendar — displays all Jewish holidays for any Gregorian or Jewish year.

• Aug 12 1999 — Infoseek Search Engine — a full-text search engine, which can find any word on any page on the JewishGen website.

• Aug 10 1999 — 1998 Annual Report.

• Aug 2 1999 — Southern Africa SIG web site.

• Jul 30 1999 — The 1906 Rechitsa Uezd Duma Voters List — Nearly 3,000 names from Minsk Gubernia (Belarus).

• Jul 15 1999 — JewishGen and Yad Vashem join to record names of Holocaust victims.

• Jun 1 1999 — The 1891 Galician Business Directory database — Over 12,000 names from over 1,000 towns throughout Galicia.

• May 28 1999 — The Yizkor Book Project's Translation Project uploaded its 100th translation.

• May 24 1999 — Boston Jewish Advocate Wedding Announcements Database — Index to thousands of notices from this Massachusetts newspaper.

• May 6 1999 — Mogilev Birth Index of boys, 1864-1894. Index of over 9,800 male births in Mogilev, listed by father's given name.

• Apr 28 1999 — Boston Marriages Database. Index to nearly 1,000 marriages performed by Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz of Boston, 1910 to 1956.

• Mar 30 1999 — The American Jewish Historical Society Manuscript Database. Full descriptions of over 1100 manuscript collections held by the AJHS.

• Feb 22 1999 — 1903 Vsia Rossiia Database for Minsk Gubernia. Jewish names from a Russian business directory.

• Feb 22 1999 — Index to The Last Eyewitness: Children of the Holocaust Speak.

• Feb 10 1999 — Email discussion groups for the Galicia SIG and Romania SIG.

• Feb 1 1999 — Revised edition of the Eastern Europe FAQ.

• Jan 26 1999 — New online version of the Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP). New software system.

• Jan 7 1999 — Minsk Surnames Database online. An index of surnames appearing in the LDS microfilms of the Jewish vital records of the city of Minsk.

• Oct 11 1998 — JewishGen now hosts the Missing Identity website, which helps child survivors of the Holocaust find their identity.

• Oct 9 1998 — German SIG web pages.

• Oct 6 1998 — The Yizkor Book Project's Translation Project is now one year old.   Translated portions of over 50 Yizkor Books are now online.

• Oct 1 1998 — The JewishGen SIG Mailing Lists Message Archive is now online. Search messages posted to the JewishGen SIG mailing lists.

• Aug 28 1998 — Belarus SIG web pages.

• July 31 1998 — JewishGen ShtetlSchleppers^SM — Visit your ancestral shtetl and share in preserving history for future generations.

• July 16 1998 — 1997 Annual Report.

• July 15 1998 — Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP) goes live.

• July 6 1998 — Newly redesigned Yizkor Book Project HomePage and Database.

• July 2 1998 — Chicago Marriages — Sinai Congregation — Index to over 500 Chicago marriages, 1861-1905.

• June 24 1998 — French Deportations Database — Index to Germans, Swiss and Austrians deported from France, 1942-1944.

• May 25 1998 — Hungarian SIG Web pages

• May 24 1998 — U.S. Consular Post Records Database — Index to over 9,000 records of U.S. Consulates in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa, 1857-1935.

• May 10 1998 — Grodno Gubernia 1912 Voters Database — Names of over 26,000 men eligible to voter in the Russian parliamentary elections of 1912.

• May 3 1998 — From a Ruined Garden — Chapters of book of Polish Jewry — Indiana University Press - Press Release.

• May 1 1998 — JewishGen announces the online version of the Family Tree of the Jewish People - Press Release.

• Mar 18 1998 — New re-designed Home Page.

• Mar 10 1998 — Three new databases:
  • Keidan Cemeteries — Tombstone inscriptions from seven cemeteries: in Lithuania, New York, Chicago.
  • Bristol Cemeteries - Indexes of three cemeteries in Bristol, England, with tombstone photographs.
  • Boston Jewish Advocate Obituaries — Index to thousands of obituary notices from this Massachusetts newspaper.

• Feb 24 1998 — New JGFF options:
  • A new "list" option, to easily view your own entries.
  • A new country filter for searches.

• Jan 26 1998 — Project Phoenix — A database of 12,000 residents of the Brest ghetto, Soviet victims of the Nazis.   Press Release.

• Jan 18 1998 — Kelmė Database — Over 2,000 records about residents of this Lithuanian town, 1816-1944.

• Dec 28 1997 — Press Release — JGFF hits 60,000 entries.

• Nov 11 1997 — JewishGen Holocaust Global Registry introduced.   Press Release.   LeMonde article.

• Jan 1 1996 — JewishGen 1995 Review, by Susan King.