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Jewish Genealogical Societies

Jewish Genealogical Societies, or JGS, are organizations formed to aid Jewish genealogical research in the area geographically near a specific JGS. Many JGS's have web pages. JGS's can give you addresses to write to, and tips on doing research in that locality. The below list is most of the JGS's that are online; many of the below plus many more are part of the Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.

• Newsletters published by JGS's - subscription prices and information
• Asociación de Genealogía Judía de Argentina - only in Spanish
• Australian Jewish Genealogical Society
• Belgian Society for Jewish Genealogy - inlcudes a complete list of genealogical holdings at the Jewish Museum of Belgium - aussi en français - also in Dutch
• Etsi - the first Sephardic Genealogical and Historical Society - located in Paris - version française
• Galil Genealogical Society - an Israeli JGS
• GenAmi - the French Jewish Genealogical Society - version française
• Grodno Genealogy Group - researching Jewish Family Histories in Grodno
• Israeli Genealogical Society - an Israel JGS
• Jewish Historical Society of Delaware - owns over 350 linear feet of records pertaining to the Jewish community in Delaware
• JGS of Alberta, Canada
• JGS of Argentina
• JGS of Boston
• JGS of Brazil - em Português
• JGS of Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)
• JGS of Great Britain
• JGS of Georgia
• JGS of Greater Houston
• JGS of Los Angeles
• JGS of Montreal
• JGS of New York City
• JGS of Philadelphia
• JGS of Rochester - version français
• JGS of Sacremento
• JGS of St. Louis
• JGS of the San Francisco Bay Area
• JGS of Greater Washington - the JGS of Washington D.C., southern Maryland, and northern Virginia
• JGS of Washington State
• Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven (Conn.)
• The Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada
• Meshi Center - an Israeli JGS
• Netherlands Society for Jewish Genealogy