Home

JewishGen Links

JewishGen is the offical home of Jewish genealogy. It is the recommened starting point of genealogists around the world, with thousands using its free services. If this is the first time you have heard about JewishGen, I highly recommened that you thoroughly examine the site.

• JewishGen - the official home of Jewish Genealogy
  • Marketplace - genealogical products and services, many specific to Jewish Genealogy
  • Databases - an index of helpful Jewish Genealogy databases, including...
    • Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database - an index of over 20,000 obituary notices which appeared in the Boston Jewish Advocate
    • Discussion Group Archives - search all messages ever posted on the JewishGen Discussion Group
    • Family Finder - an index of Jewish Genealogists and the names and towns they are searching
    • Germans, Swiss and Austrians Deported from France - the 825 names in this database were taken from much larger lists of persons deported from France, published intermittently by the French government in the Journal officiel from 1987 through 1994
    • Jerusalem, Jaffa, and Haifa Consular Post Records Databases - the JGS of Greater Washington compiled this database of consular records
    • Grodno (Belarus) Gubernia 1912 Voters List Database - this database contains the names of over 26,000 men of Grodno Gubernia who were eligible to vote in the Russian parliamentary elections in 1912
    • Jewish Records Indexing Poland  - searchable database of over 200,000 19th century Jewish vital records in Poland
    • Sinai Congregation, Chicago, Marriages Database - this is a database of information on 526 marriages, originally contained in two small books with handwritten notations
    • Shtetl Seeker - find any town in eastern or central Europe
    • Yizkor Book Project - an index of who owns yizkor (memorial) books and how you can contact them
  • Infofiles - files created by JewishGen that have information on every Jewish Genealogy topic
    • Frequently Asked Questions - every Genealogist searching Jewish roots should read this first - en español
  • Translator Project - free translations of short texts
  • Calculator - calculates distances, converts soundex, and converts Gregorian and Hebrew dates
  • Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - includes 60 around the world
  • ShetlSchleppers - JewishGen's commerical travel service to eastern Europe