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• Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland -- links to archives and databases with descriptions and evaluations. Provided by Mike Karsen, a member of JGSI.

• The JewishGen web site which hosts these pages is the major presence in Jedwish genealogy. You can search for shtetls and families, locate others who are doing the same, and post your own interest in order to attract exchanges of information. JewishGen offers memberships in and free subscriptions to newsletters from various (SIG) Special Interest Groups in Jewish genealogy-- Geographical areas of interest, etc.

• Post questions and receive local answers about Jewish genealogy in Illinois at the Jewish Geography Blog.

• Stephen P. Morse has developed and posted 'front-ends' that ease the search for data in a variety of online databases. These include free databases at Ellis Island and subscription databases at Ancestry.com. His portals are also available from the JewishGen site and at Avotaynu.

• Yad Vashem in Israel has established and opened its database of Testimony concerning victims of the Shoah.

• Books from the JGSI library are available before and after the presentations at meeting sites. A catalog is available on this website. Suburban libraries have varying genealogical collections. They are members of a library interchange service. Newberry Library is known for its genealogy collection.

• in Salt Lake City is the largest repository of genealogical records in the world. Copies of materials (or ordered materials from Salt Lake City) are available at local Family History Centers.

• Full census microfilms and other governmental information are available at the Midwest Region National Archives (75th and Pulaski in Chicago).