Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island

Some Links of Interest

Some of these sources may charge for their products or services.
As always, be careful before giving out personal information over the Internet.

JGSLI thanks Ron Arons for contributing many of the links contained here.

Our Hosts
International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies
JewishGen Web Site: Databases, JGFF, FAQs
Mid-Island Y/JCC

Archival Supplies
Archival Methods
Archival Suppliers (University Products)
Creative Memories
Gaylord Bros.
GlobalGenealogy.com Inc.
Huntington Business Products
Metal Edge, Inc.
Talas

Beginner’s Guides
Beginner’s Guide to Family History Research Desmond Walls Allen and Carolyn Earle Billingsley
FamilyTree Maker’s Genealogy “How-To” Guide
Genealogy “How-To” Guide
JewishGen Frequently Asked Questions About Jewish Genealogy
RootsWeb Info and Tips for Beginning Genealogy

Births, Marriages, & Deaths
Soc. Security Death Index
State vital record ordering info
British Vital Registration Index (from 1837; fee based)
One step SSDI searching

Cemeteries / Funeral Homes / Burial Societies
IAJGS - Cemetery Project
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)
Jewish Funeral Directors of America
NYC Death Records, 1891-1929
NY Jewish cemeteries
Searchable Death Indexes

Databases
The LI Italian Genealogy Group’s Naturalization & Vital Records Database
Steve Morse’s gateway to the Ellis Island Database

Directories (Current Telephone & Address)
American Medical Assoc. listing of doctors
Anybirthday.com – Provides birthdates for individuals in the U.S.
Classmates.Com – High school grads who have put their names into this database
JewishGen Family Finder
KnowX – Free and fee-based components; lists names of couples together
Links to international telephone directories
Look-Up-USA
Martindale-Hubble directory of U.S. attorneys
PeopleData – Free and fee-based components; lists individuals’ ages, cities
People Finders – Free and fee-based components; lists individuals’ ages, cities
Old City Directories
UK voter registrations
US Search – Free and fee-based components; lists individuals’ ages, cities
Wedding registries
White Pages
Yellow Pages
An easy way to find businesses and people

Galleries, Historic Sites, & Museums
Children’s Galleries for Jewish Culture
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Museum
The Holocaust Memorial and Educational Center of Nassau County
The Jewish Museum
Moscow Jewish Heritage Center
Lower East Side; Birthplace Of Dreams a self-paced walking tour
The Museum of Family History website
Museum of Jewish Heritage
The Tenement Museum
Ukrainian Museum
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Yeshiva University Museum

Language Translators / Services
English <=> Fr, Sp, Port, Ital, German
Rudy’s List of Archaic Medical Terms
English <=> Polish
English => Russian
Photos, Letters, Documents, etc. for analysis or translation.

Libraries & Archives
American Jewish Archives
Automated Library Information System of Nassau County
Brooklyn Public Library
Databases by state
Hebrew Union College Library
Holocaust Resource Center & Archives, Queensborough Community College
Jewish Division of New York Public Library
Jewish Theological Seminary Library
Jewish Virtual Library
LDS Family History Library
Library of Congress
Nassau County Library
National Archives & Record Administration (NARA)
New York City Public Library (includes the Bronx and Staten Island)
New York State Library & Archives (Albany)
Queens Borough Public Library
Suffolk County Library
US Holocaust Memorial Museum Library

Lists of Links
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Digital Librarian: Genealogy
Genealogy Resources on the Internet
Helm’s Genealogy Toolbox
Jewish Genealogy Links
Jewish Web Index
Long Island Genealogy
MavenSearch – Jewish Web Directory
Nechama’s List of Jewish Records in the Family History Library Catalog
Shamash – The Jewish Network
ShtetLinks

Maps – Fee & Free
Avotaynu
Current street maps of US; maps of other countries
Current street maps of UK; maps of other countries
Digital Sanborn Maps (All U.S. states)
Generations Press
Many old maps
Many old maps of Eastern Europe
Old Ordnance Survey Maps towns throughout Britain and Ireland
Postaprint
Rallymaps of West Wellow
Sanborn Maps for CA Login: sjplremote, Password: welcome

Newspapers
Ancestry.Com; Many papers; unfortunately part of Plus (fee-based) membership
Brooklyn Eagle newspaper online for 1841-1902
NY Gen & Bio Society ($60 annual membership includes remote access to ProQuest online New York Times database)

Online Censuses / Finding Aids
Censuses for many years
1880 U.S., 1881 U.K. censuses
1930 Finding aids
1901 U.K. census

Other JGS Groups
JGS Bergen County (NJ)
JGS Central Jersey
JGS, Los Angeles (JGSLA)
JGS New York City
JGS North Jersey
JGS Rochester (NY)
JGS San Francisco Bay Area
Complete List

Passenger Ship Websites / Immigration / Naturalization
Ellis Island home page
Hamburg Passenger Lists
Various tools for researching Ellis Island database
Canadian immigration records
Brooklyn naturalizations
Steamship Historical Society of America

Photos
Photos indexed by keyword
Library of Congress collections

Publishers and Booksellers
Avotaynu: Books, maps, journal article index
Bookfinder – Locating Books (Old & New)
Family Chronicle
Heritage Books, Inc.
J & W Enterprises
Compare new and used book prices
Find new and used books with price comparisons

Sephardic Links
American Sephardi Federation
KahalLinks - the Sephardic version of ShtetlLink
Sephardic Genealogy Resources
Sephardim.Com
SefardSig

Societies
American Jewish Historical Society
Center for Jewish History. – Home to:
Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies – A source for maps, Databases, etc.
Genealogy Federation of L. I.
The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
Jewish Family History
The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
Routes to Roots Foundation

Software
Cindi’s List of Software
Daubnet Ages! English & German
FamilyTree Legends
FamilyTree Maker
Heritage Family Tree
Legacy Family Tree (Standard Edition is FREE)
Roots Magic

Miscellaneous
Ancestry.com
Family Search
Genealogy.com
Heritage Quest
I Dream of Genealogy®
National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
Roots Web
Russian Empire Genealogy
Soundex Indexing Calculator (JewishGen)
Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
USGenWeb Project

Members, if you would like to see a website listed, please send the web address (URL) to the webmaster@jgsli.org.
If you find a listed site that is no longer valid, please send the name of the site(s) to the webmaster@jgsli.org.

This file last modified: 18 March 2008.
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