Internet Links

Getting Started Guides

Beginner's Guide to Family History Research - Desmond Walls Allen and Carolyn Earle Billingsley
Genealogy "How To" Guide - Family Tree Maker
Getting Started in United Kingdom and Ireland Genealogy - Gen Uki
Info and Tips for Beginning Genealogy - RootsWeb
The JewishGen FAQ - Getting Started - Warren Blatt
Website Information from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain -Lorna Kay


Jewish Gen

The JewishGen Discussion Group - Chat with others about your research.
The JewishGen FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) - A must-read for Jewish Genealogists.


Sites with Lots of Genealogy Links Across the Web

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - over 188,000 links
Federation of East European Family History Societies
GenealogyLinks.net - over 18,000 links
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
Jewish Genealogical Societies - Information about all JGS's, Worldwide
Jewish Genealogy Web Index
National Genealogical Society
Rand Genealogy Club
RootsWeb.com
Search Systems - links to over 15,000 free public records databases
United States Genealogy Sleuth
Yahoo Genealogy Index

Search Engines (use to find most anything on the Web)

Answers.com
Webmaster's preferred search engine: Google
Other search engines: Hotbot Infoseek - - Lycos - - Webcrawler - - Yahoo

Interesting Information

Family

1930 Federal Population Census - Availablity date, questions asked, indexing
1920 & 1930 Federal Population Census - Stephen Morse's Enumeration District Identification Facility
The American Immigrant Wall of Honor - How to include the name of your immigrant ancestor in the Ellis Island memorial
American Jewish Historical Society - Learn about the research resources of the AJHS
Ancestry's Social Security Death Index (and other indices) - Find SS#, birth, and death dates for deceased persons
Any Birthday - Search for birthdays for more than 100 million Americans
Archives (Worldwide) - Contact information for national, regional, state & municipal archives all over the world
Avotaynu Home Page - Publications and resources available from Avotaynu
Avotaynu's Consolidated Jewish Surname Index - Search for your family name in numerous databases
Beit Hatefutsoth - Jerusalem's Museum of the Jewish Diaspora
The Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives - Historical information about Jews of the Southwest
The Board for Certification of Genealogists - Interested in becoming a "Certified Genealogist"?
Calendar Conversions, BAYT Hebrew (Jewish) Calendar - Converts Hebrew to Civil dates and vice versa
California State Vital Records - Information on obtaining Birth, Death, and Marriage Records
Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History - Resources on this ancient Jewish community
The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center - Learn about Beit Hatefutsoth's genealogy resources
Eastern European Archival Database - Miriam Weiner's searchable catalog of archived records by town
Ellis Island Database - Search the Ellis Island database for passenger arrivals between 1892 and 1924
Ellis Island Database - One-step search - Stephen Morse's facilities to enhance searches of the Ellis Island Database
England & Wales 1901 Census - Search this census from your computer
French genealogy - The Cercle de Généalogie Juive is the first Jewish Genealogical Society in France
French cemeteries - Lorraine - Judéo-Lorraine et mon arbre regroupe entre autres, les patronymes suivants: WORMS, CAHEN, etc...
Genealogy.com Data Online - Search Genealogy.com's online catalogue of over 300 million names
Grand Duchy of Lithuania(GDL)Research Project - Documents about Jewish families in the Grand Duchy in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Hamburg Emigration Search - Search Direct and Indirect Lists for 1890-1898 (with more to come!)
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) - Information on an organization which assisted many of our immigrant ancestors
Jewish History - A century-by-centry synopsis of the major events in Jewish history over the ages
Jewish History - Jewish Literacy, A crash course in Jewish History
JewishGen Databases - Access a wide range of databases available for your Jewish genealogical research
JewishGen Family Finder - Find others who are researching the same surnames that you are
Jewish Genealogical Societies - Information about all JGS's, Worldwide
Jewish Studies Program at UCLA
Jewish Web Index - A free compendium of links in alphabetical order by Country
Judaica Archives in the U.S. - Locations and collections for Jewish research
The Khazaria Info Center - Resource for Turkic and Jewish History in Russia and Ukraine
Latin America and the Caribbean - Links to Internet resources on Jews, by region and country
Library of Congress Home Page - Searchable databases of LOC holdings
Los Angeles County Vital Records - Information on Birth, Death, Marriage, and Real Estate Records
Los Angeles Regional Family History Center - Information about the Center in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Regional Family History Center (Unofficial version) - Jon Schweitzer's site on the LARFHC
Los Angeles Public Library - Information about LAPL Genealogical Holdings
National Address Server - Find 9 digit zip code for any US Address
National Archives Home Page - Information about the NARA, including microfilm indices
Polish Genealogy - A Guide - Where to write for records and more
Reverse Phone Directory - Find names and addresses from telelphone numbers or find names and telephone from address
Sephardic Genealogy Sources - Where to go to research your Sephardic roots
Steve Morse's One-Step Search Engines
Telephone Directory - U.S. - Find businesses, people, including reverse look up
Telephone Directory - White Pages for South Africa - These white pages are not in the prior link as of 6/2002
Transcribe Old German Script into Roman letters - Suetterlinstube at the Foerderverein of the Ansgar-Center for the Aged
UK & Ireland Genealogy - Genealogical information pages for England and Ireland
Yizkor Books Online at the New York Public Library - Digital images of complete Holocaust memorial books

Sites

Algaze - Research experience in Istanbul
Belinkoff - Story of four ordinary Jewish families from Russia in mid-Nineteenth Century
Blumenfeld - Traces the family from Courland in 1770 to many countries
Frank - THE WERNER L. FRANK FAMILY HOME PAGE
Gold and Roth - Gold and Roth Family Family of Moische GOLD and Esther ROTH of Riga
Klotchman - Family of Yidel Leib KLOTCHMAN of Medzhibozh
Pollack - A Pollak Family of NagyKanizsa
Sachs - Family of David and Sarah SACHS of St. Petersburg
Zweiback - The ZWIEBACK Family Name


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