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JewishGen: The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy
The mother of all Jewish Genealogy sites - so eat up.
JewishGen - Shtetl Seeker
Search for ancestral villages, locations and facts.

Other Jewish Genealogy Links

Ancestors of the Eastern European Jews
Genetic study of the Ashkenazim.
Aronson.com Jewish Books
Arthur Kurzweil's book company.
Avotaynu, Inc. Home Page
The leading publisher of information and products of interest to persons who are researching Jewish genealogy and Jewish family history.
American Jewish Historical Society
Self-explanatory.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Jewish
Huge list of Jewish Genealogical links.
Mailgate - soc.genealogy.jewish newsgroup
Searchable Jewish genealogical newsgroup database.
Routes to Roots Foundation
Miriam Wiener's Eastern European records database.
Sephardic Genealogy Sources
Sephardic Genealogy
The largest single database of Sephardic names and research references combined with the largest list of Sephardic heraldry on the Internet.
Stammbaum - Journal of German-Jewish Genealogical Research
Articles, etc. on German-Jewish genealogical interest.
Synagogue Art Research
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Holocaust

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Searchable Death records.
Holocaust - How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors
Basic steps, a case study and more to help you research people caught up in the Holocaust.
JewishGen Holocaust Database
Incorporates 74 databases, which contain over 900,000 entries.
Nevek-Klarsfeld
Access to details concerning over 350,000 Jews of Greater Hungary and their fate during and following the Holocaust.
Yad Vashem
Vashem has been entrusted with documenting the history of the Jewish people during the Holocaust period.
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Jewish Software and Tools

PilotYid
List of Jewish-specific software for handheld computers (PDAs).

United States Resources

AnyBirthday.com
Find birthdays of living people (some deceased). May take some detective work to assure you have the correct individual.
CDC - Where to Write for Vital Records
To use this valuable tool, you must first determine the State or area where the birth, death, marriage, or divorce occurred, then click on that State or area.
Obituary Depot
Newspapers by state with on-line obituaries.
National Archives and Records Administration - NARA
Main site for NARA.
Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA
Social Security Death Index at Ancestry.com
Information provided by the Social Security Administration through the end of February 2000.
Social Security Death Index at Rootsweb
Soundex Converter
Surname to Soundex Code
Veterans Benefits and Services - Nationwide Gravesite Locator
Virtual Chase
Links to many public records

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Immigration/Emigration

Emigration
Links and lists regarding ships, passengers and emmigration.
Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: All about immigration and migration
Several Immigration articles and other info.
German Roots: Emigration & Immigration: Passenger Lists, Naturalization Records
Not just for Germans.
Mayflower Descendents
New England, Pilgrim and Plymouth resources.
Passenger List info
Information about researching passenger lists.
US Ports of Arrival & their Passenger Lists 1820 - 1957
This is a list of nearly every port in the United States that has published immigration records (passenger arrival lists) 1820-1957, organized by state.

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International

Babel Fish
On-line translations. Simply amazing. French, German, Italian, Portuguese, French, Russian, and English combinations.
Canada - inGeneas
On-line searches for Canadian ancestors.
Canadian Genealogy Centre Web site
The Canadian Genealogy Centre is a single window providing electronic access to genealogical resources in Canada.
GENUKI Home page
The UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service.
travlang's Translating Dictionaries
Great resource for finding English translations of words in vital records. 
Warning - Annoying pop-up windows.
Ukrainian Info
Genealogical resources on the Ukraine. The home page has many general Ukraine resources.
 

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New York Specific

Brooklyn Eagle Online
The BPL presently has the Eagle from 1841 to 1902 ready for use and they will be adding later years as the OCR work is done.
The Italian Genealogical Group
Naturalization Records Index for Southern District Court of NY, Suffolk and Nassau Counties
New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
Access to New York Times articles (with membership).

Photographs

Visual Fashion Dictionary
Date old photos by searching clothing style by Time, Subject or Geographic Area

Searchable Databases

Ancestry.com
Searchable databases, indexes, and more. Free databases and membership charge for other databases.
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
From the Church of Latter Day Saints, the most experienced documenters of vital records information. The site is fairly new and getting many hits so be patient, there is an incredible amount of info here.
Online Searchable Military Records & Databases
 
Repositories of Primary Sources
A listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholars.
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
Free, free free.

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Tutorials/Publications

How To Use Google More Effectively For Genealogy Searches
More Google Tips
Treasure Maps - The How-to Genealogy Site
Very interesting primers and articles on getting started with genealogy, the Federal Census, Family History Libraries and others.

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General Genealogy Links-to-Links

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
More links than you can ever imagine.
The Genealogy Home Page
Because it's there.

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Commercial Sites

Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Home Page
Home of the popular software package. Many free resources.
Hungarian Jewish Roots Research
Lineages, Inc. - info@lineagesnet.com
Searchable, but must register (free). Other services/products cost.
 

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