Louis Kessler's
Jewish Genealogy Links
There are thousands of web pages out there of interest to Jewish
Genealogists.
My list below is made up of the pages that I think are of greatest use
to the most people.
I hope you can find something in this list that will help you in
your research.
Permission is granted to reprint or repost any or all of this information for any purpose,
as long as full credit is given to:
Louis Kessler's Jewish Genealogy Links at
http://www.lkessler.com/jglinks.shtml
along with the Last update date.
Last update: Wednesday January 23 2013
Search Jewish Genealogy Books at:
JewishGen: The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy
The main site for Jewish Genealogy, having a vast amount of information.
and links to just about everywhere else.
http://www.jewishgen.org
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The JewishGen Fact Sheet
Information about JewishGen, and a historical account of their activity.
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/factsheet.htm
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Jewish Gen FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
by Warren Blatt
The best online guide to Jewish Genealogy there is. This file is a
must-read for all Jewish genealogists.
http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/faq.html
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JewishGen InfoFile Index
Hundreds of information files covering a wide variety of topics to help you
in you Jewish Genealogical research.
http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/
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JewishGen Discussion Group
An internet forum allowing Jewish genealogical researchers worldwide to discuss and share information.
http://www.jewishgen.org/Jewishgen/Discussiongroup.htm
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The JewishGen Communities Database and Gazetteer
Pinpoint exactly where your ancestral towns in Eastern Europe are, find
out how to properly spell their names, and find all the small towns nearby them.
http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/
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The JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF)
Contains surnames and towns being researched by thousands of Jewish
researchers worldwide. You can search it, and add new entries to it
online.
http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/
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The Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP)
A searchable database of a vast amount of GEDCOM data contributed by
thousands of Jewish Genealogists. Submission to the JGFF is required for you to search.
http://www.jewishgen.org/gedcom/
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The FTJP FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions about the FTJP explain its workings. A link to the FAQ is not available
on the FTJP page, so it is necessary to list it here separately.
http://www.jewishgen.org/gedcom/faq/
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The JewishGen Family Links Database
A searchable list of surnames and links to the web sites of Jewish
researchers. If you have your family info on a website, add your surname interests to it online.
http://www.jewishgen.org/family/
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The JewishGen KehilaLinks Project
Collections of information and links for people interested in particular ancestral towns. Formerly was called "ShtetlLinks".
http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/
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The JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry
JOWBR is a database of names and other identifying information from cemeteries and burial records worldwide,
from the earliest records to the present.
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/cemetery/
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Yiskor Book Project
A searchable list of Yizkor (Memorial) books of Jewish shtetls in Eastern Europe destroyed during the holocaust, as well as information about where to find them.
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/
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JewishGen Databases
A list of, and links to the databases available on JewishGen, including those of general interest (given above) and others for more specific interests.
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/
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JOS Calculator
Several tools to calculate soundex codes, convert calendar dates, and determine distances between towns.
http://www.jewishgen.org/jos/
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JewishGen-ealogy by Genetics
Coordinates genetic research for all Jewish Genealogists with their partner Family Tree DNA.
A separate project page is organized by surname, location, society and other groupings.
http://www.jewishgen.org/dna/genbygen.html
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Avotaynu, Inc. Home Page
Avotaynu is the main publisher of products of interest to Jewish genealogists.
http://www.avotaynu.com
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Nu? What's New?
A bi-weekly Internet magazine published by Avotaynu providing information of interest to persons tracing their Jewish family history.
http://www.avotaynu.com/nu.htm
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Avotaynu Journal Page
Their quarterly journal Avotaynu is the defininitive source of up-to-date information and a must-subscribe-to!
http://www.avotaynu.com/journal.htm
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Books Published by Avotaynu, Inc.
A list of the valuable books Avotaynu publishes for genealogists, and information on how to order them.
http://www.avotaynu.com/allbooks.htm
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Recommended Material for a Jewish Genealogical Library
I just love the way they set up this list. Use it to recommend to your society what they should order!
http://www.avotaynu.com/recommend.htm
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Avotaynu Index Summary
This is an index to most of the past volumes of Avotaynu.
http://www.avotaynu.com/indexsum.htm
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Avotaynu Consolidated Jewish Surname Index
A search tool to find which databases contain particular surnames. More than two
million entries in dozens of databases are indexed.
http://www.avotaynu.com/csi/csi-home.htm
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Soundexing and Genealogy
by Gary Mokotoff
Here is the complete definition of how the Russell, American, and
Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex Systems are defined.
http://www.avotaynu.com/soundex.htm
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The Beth-Hatefutsoth Home Page
The Museum of the Jewish People holds Israel's major collections of Jewish Genealogical Information.
http://www.bh.org.il
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The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center
The primary Genealogical resource site in Israel.
http://www.bh.org.il/database-about.aspx?genealogy
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The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP)
In Jerusalem, they collect and preserve the archival remnants of Jewish
communities throughout the world. They are especially rich in material from
Central and Eastern Europe.
http://cahjp.huji.ac.il/
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The Israel Genealogical Society (IGS)
The IGS is the State of Israel's premiere genealogical organization, affording its members a full range of research materials,
guidance and support. It is a non-profit organization founded in 1983.
http://www.isragen.org.il/
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The American Jewish Archives
Seeks to preserve any documents illumination the history of Jews in the Western Hemisphere. Located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
http://www.americanjewisharchives.org/
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The Center for Jewish History
Comprised of the following four institutes of higher Jewish learning:
Leo Baeck Institute, the AJHS, Yeshiva University, and YIVO
http://www.cjh.org/
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The Leo Baeck Institute
The Leo Baeck Institute is a research, study and lecture center, a museum, a library and archives, devoted to the history of German-speaking Jewry.
http://www.lbi.org/
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The American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS)
Historical societies are valuable resources for genealogists. The AJHS is the national society for the collection of materials related to American Jewish History.
http://www.ajhs.org/
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Jewish Historical Societies in the United States and Abroad
A listing and links to Jewish Historical Societies world-wide.
http://www.ajhs.org/portal/other_hist_soc.cfm
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YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
The preeminent repository of library and archival materials on the history and culture of Eastern European Jewry and their
descendants in the United States. Located in New York City.
http://www.yivoinstitute.org/
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The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
The only resource of its kind, this encyclopedia provides the most complete picture of the history and culture of Jews in Eastern Europe from the beginnings of their settlement in the region to the present. This Web site makes accurate, reliable, scholarly information about East European Jewish life accessible to everyone.
http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/
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International Institute for Jewish Genealogy and Paul Jacobi Center
Opened in January 2006 in the Jewish National and University Library at Givat Ram, Jerusalem.
http://www.iijg.org/
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The Ellis Island Home Page
Ellis Island in New York is where a great number of Jewish immigrants
arrived to North America. They now have a comprehensive online searchable database
of all the immigrants.
http://www.ellisisland.org/
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Searching the Ellis Island Database
by Stephen Morse and others
A front-end developed for the Ellis Island Search Engine that will allow you to specify all
your search parameters at once and optimize the search for Jewish passengers.
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/
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Ellis Island Database FAQ
by Elise Friedman for JewishGen
A comprehensive description of what is available in the Ellis Island Database and how to best
access it.
http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/eidbfaq.html
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The American Immigrant Wall of Honor Page
This is a monument at Ellis Island that has inscribed on it over
500,000 names of immigrant ancestors. There is a search tool available
from this page to search the names on the wall.
http://www.wallofhonor.org/
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The Polish Jews Home Page
The main purpose of this site is to collect on photos all possible
remembrances about Polish Jews (like cemeteries, synagogues, monuments,
etc.), which remain today.
http://www.polishjews.org/
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Sephardim.com
A Research Tool for Sephardic Jewish Genealogy
http://www.sephardim.com/
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The national museum for the Holocaust - in Washington, D.C. is collecting much information of interest to researchers.
http://www.ushmm.org/
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Collections and Archives Search
Online queries to some of the Museum's catalogues and finding aids are available from this page.
http://www.ushmm.org/research/collections/
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Gateway to Electronic Resources on the Holocaust
... and there are a lot of them!
http://www.ushmm.org/research/library/eresources/
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Yad Vashem Home Page
The Holocaust Memorial of the Jewish people in Jerusalem.
http://www.yadvashem.org/
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The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names
A searchable computerized database containing information about approximately half of the Jewish victims
of the Holocaust. The actual Page of Testimony can also be viewed online, and you can submit new Pages of
Testimony online.
http://db.yadvashem.org/names/
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The Shoah Related Lists Database
Lists of data that Yad Vashem has that they are entering into the Names database.
http://www.yadvashem.org/lwp/workplace/listoflist?WT.mc_id=lolen
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USC Shoah Foundation California
The University of Southern California's site with information about Steven Spielberg's project of
videotaping and archiving interviews of Holocaust survivors all over the world.
http://dornsife.usc.edu/vhi/
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The Simon Wiesenthal Center
An international center for Holocaust remembrance and the defense of human rights and the Jewish people in Los Angeles.
http://www.wiesenthal.com/
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Museum of Tolerance Online
Includes an Online Multimedia Learning Centre, Virtual Exhibits, Teacher's Resources, and Special Collections.
http://motlc.wiesenthal.org/
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Cybrary of the Holocaust
A rememberance site. Lots of information of various types here.
http://remember.org/
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The Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
New York City's Holocaust and Jewish History Centre, and now the parent organization
for JewishGen.
http://www.mjhnyc.org/
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Holocaust Learning Links
An extensive collection of links to other Holocaust sites.
http://remember.org/cylinks.html
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The International Tracing Service
The American Red Cross has been providing tracing services to help people seeking the
fate of their loved ones missing during the Holocaust and WWII.
http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/holotrace/
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Jewish Genealogy Wiki
A wiki is a community-built resource. This wiki aims to bring together all Jewish genealogy links, resources
and databases. All registered users can update and contribute to this site.
http://www.jgene.org/
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Jewish Heritage Europe
A web portal with news, information and resources concerning Jewish monuments and heritage sites all over Europe. In particular, there
is information about Jewish cemeteries and synagogues here that you cannot get elsewhere.
http://www.jewish-heritage-europe.eu/
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Webpages by Stephen P. Morse
by Stephen Morse
Various tools for Jewish Genealogists developed by Stephen Morse, including database searches, Jewish Calendar conversions
and more.
http://www.stevemorse.org/
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The Genealogy Indexer
by Logan Kleinwaks
Allows searches of historical directories primarily from Central and Easterna Europe, Yizkor books, and other documents of
interest to Jewish genealogists.
http://www.genealogyindexer.org/
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Tracing The Tribe
by Schelly Talalay Dardashti
A JTA News Service blog about Jewish genealogy - the developments,
tools and resources to help you in your research.
http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com/
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Jewish Virtual Library
by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE)
The most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/
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The Virtual Jewish History Tour
Gives excellent information about the Jewish History of every country in the world.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/vjwtoc.html
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The Jewish Encyclopedia Online
Contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906.
It is public domain, free to access and is completely searchable.
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/
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Jewish Web Index
by Ted Margulis
An easy-to navigate site with excellent links and information that have a heavy emphasis
on Jewish Genealogy.
http://www.jewishwebindex.com/
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