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Jewish Genealogy On-Line Newsletters

See the list of JewishGen Special Interest Groups and Research Divisions, below.

IGRA Database

In honor of Aliyah Day, November 5, 2019, the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) is proud to present “The Immigration Collection”.

Since 2011 IGRA has been building databases of which 14% deal with immigration to Eretz Israel. This includes 211,548 listings which contain information indicating when a person immigrated to Palestine/Eretz Israel/Israel. It spans the period from before World War One to after the founding of the State of Israel.

The documents that the files were compiled from were obtained from various archives, both inside and outside of Israel.

A preview of the databases can be seen at:

https://www.slideshare.net/igra3/immigration-day-2019

Before viewing and searching the databases, please register for free on the IGRA website:

http://genealogy.org.il/

To search the databases, go to http://genealogy.org.il/AID/index.php

JGSI Meeting Handouts

Presenters at our meeting often provide handouts. One membership benefit is access to these. Please consider becoming a member and receive this additional membership benefit. Meeting handouts are available on the Members Only page.

Polish Translation Guide

judyfrazinbooks@gmail.com

Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland

JewishGen

JewishGen Link
Primary web resource for Jewish genealogical information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to navigate the JewishGen website: A YouTube video JewishGen Video Link

Polish Genealogy Society

www.pgsa.org

sephardicancestry.com

sephardicancestry.com
Accessing information in the Spanish archives.

Sponsored by Newberry Library. A great source of Chicago resources.

Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem Link
The central database of Shoah victims’ names

Avotaynu

Avotaynu Link
Publisher of paid subscription products for researching Jewish genealogy, Jewish family trees or Jewish roots

Jewish Records Indexing-Poland

Records Indexing Link

IAJGS International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies

IAJGS

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives

archives.jdc.org/archives-search/

An American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) database of anyone worldwide who has received JDC aid, financial or otherwise. Currently indexed material includes lists of people helped from 1914 to 1973.

The JDC Archives documents the relief, rescue and rehabilitation activities. Holdings include over 3 miles of text documents; over 100,000 photographs; a research library of 6,000 books; and approximately 1,500 audiovisual materials, including 200 oral histories.

History of Jews of Chicago - Online Book

http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00000592/00001

Webpages by Stephen P. Morse

Stephen Morse website Link
This site contains tools for finding immigration records, census records, vital records, and for dealing with calendars, maps, foreign alphabets, and numerous other applications. Some of these tools fetch data from other websites but do so in more versatile ways than the search tools provided on those websites.

LDS Family History Library Catalog

Library Catalog Link
Searchable catalog of LDS records

Route to Roots Foundation Database

Route to Roots Link
Database of Eastern European archival records

Federation of Genealogical Societies

www.fgs.org

National Genealogy Society

www.ngsgenealogy.org

StoryCorps SmartPhone App

The StoryCorps app—a free mobile application—seamlessly walks users through an interview by providing all the necessary tools for a wonderful experience. You will receive help preparing questions, finding the right environment for your conversation, recording a high-quality interview on your mobile device, sharing the finished product with friends and family, and uploading your conversation to the StoryCorps.me website.

storycorps.me

Regional Special Interest Groups

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Austria-Czech SIG