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: Friday December 15 2023

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Contents

  1. The JewishGen Site
  2. The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies
  3. Avotaynu, Inc.
  4. Ancestry Jewish Family Collection
  5. FamilySearch Jewish Genealogy Resources
  6. The Federation of East European Family History Societies
  7. Museums and Research Facilities for Jewish Genealogy
  8. Holocaust Sites
  9. Jewish DNA Research
  10. Other Useful Jewish Genealogy Pages
  11. Jewish Research of Romania (for my own research)
  12. Jewish Research of Turkey (for my own research)
  13. Jewish Research of the Russian Empire - areas that are now Ukraine (for my own research)
  14. Jewish Research of Manitoba and Saskatchewan (for my own research)

Help! How Do I Use These Links?

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1. The JewishGen Site

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.
https://www.jewishgen.org/new/
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The JewishGen Fact Sheet
Information about JewishGen, and a historical account of their activity.
https://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/factsheet.htm
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JewishGen 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.
https://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.
https://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/
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JewishGen Discussion Group
An internet forum allowing Jewish genealogical researchers worldwide to discuss and share information. The forum software was updated and as of 2021, this page is out of date, with the actual forum now being at: https://groups.jewishgen.org/g/main
https://www.jewishgen.org/Jewishgen/Discussiongroup.htm
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JewishGenDiscussion Group Archives Search
Search discussion group messages from Sept 1993 to Nov 2018.
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~archpop
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JewishGenDiscussion SIG Lists Archives Search
Search discussion Special Interest Group messages from July 1998 to Nov 2018.
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsys~sigspop
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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.
https://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.
https://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.
https://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.
https://www.jewishgen.org/gedcom/faq/
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The JewishGen KehilaLinks Project
Collections of information and links for people interested in particular ancestral towns. Formerly was called "ShtetlLinks".
https://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.
https://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.
https://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.
https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/
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JewishGen Learning Centre
JewishGen offers online interactive courses in Jewish genealogy.
https://www.jewishgen.org/education/
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JOS Calculator
Several tools to calculate soundex codes, convert calendar dates, and determine distances between towns.
https://www.jewishgen.org/jos/
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2. The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies

The IAJGS Home Page
The Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies promotes Jewish genealogical research throughout the world and coordinates the efforts of individual member societies.
https://www.iajgs.org/
home
IAJGS International Jewish Cemetery Project
Here is information about all the Jewish cemeteries in the world.
https://iajgscemetery.org/
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Past Conferences
The IAJGS hosts annual conferences. This site give info on past conferences as well as links to their web pages if they still exist.
https://www.iajgs.org/conferences/past-conferences/
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Future Conferences
Future conferences are listed here with links to their websites.
https://www.iajgs.org/conferences/future-conferences/
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3. Avotaynu, Inc.

Avotaynu, Inc. Home Page
Avotaynu is the main publisher of products of interest to Jewish genealogists.
https://www.avotaynu.com/
home
Avotaynu Online
The online journal of Avotaynu that reports on events and discoveries in all areas of interest to genealogists.
http://avotaynuonline.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.
https://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!
https://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.
https://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!
https://www.avotaynu.com/recommend.htm
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Avotaynu Index Summary
This is an index to most of the past volumes of Avotaynu.
https://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.
https://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.
https://www.avotaynu.com/soundex.htm
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4. Ancestry Jewish Family Collection

Jewish Family History Collection
Partnering with JewishGen and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), they've created the world's largest online collection of Jewish historical records. These collections will remain free as long as they exist on Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.ca/cs/jewishgen-all
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5. FamilySearch Jewish Genealogy Resources

FamilySearch.org - Jewish Genealogy Resources
The LDS church maintains the world's largest genealogy collection. They have some material not available elsewhere. This is their Resources page for Jewish researchers.
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Jewish_Genealogy_Research
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Research Outline - Jewish Genealogy
An excellent guide to everything you need to know for Jewish Genealogy research.
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/2/24/Jewish_Genealogy_Research_Outline.pdf
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6. The Federation of East European Family History Societies

The FEEFHS Home Page
This worldwide organization concentrates on aiding Genealogical research for those with roots in Eastern Europe - no matter what their ethnicity.
https://feefhs.org/
home
FEEFHS's Map Library
A large collection of historical maps of various regions in Eastern Europe in different years.
https://feefhs.org/map/library
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7. Museums and Research Facilities for Jewish Genealogy

The ANU Meuseum of the Jewish People Home Page
The Museum of the Jewish People holds Israel's major collections of Jewish Genealogical Information.
https://www.anumuseum.org.il/
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The Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center
The primary Genealogical resource site in Israel.
https://www.anumuseum.org.il/databases/jewish-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.nli.org.il/
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The Israel Genealogy Research Society (IGRA)
The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) is the largest genealogy society in Israel. They work with dozens of archives to make records available online, from where they’ve added over a million records to their database.
https://genealogy.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.
https://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
https://www.cjh.org/
home
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.
https://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.
https://ajhs.org/
home
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.
https://www.yivo.org/
home
The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe (x)
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.
https://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.
https://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.
https://www.statueofliberty.org/
home
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.
https://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.
https://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.
https://www.statueofliberty.org/support/wall-of-honor/
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Museum of Family History
A virtual (Internet-only), multimedia, and interactive creation that was designed for those who are interested in learning more about modern Jewish history, as well as those who were a part of this history, who now grace the many branches of our family tree. They have a blog.
https://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/
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Links
An excellent extensive collection of Jewish Genalogy links.
https://www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/links.htm
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8. Holocaust Sites

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The national museum for the Holocaust - in Washington, D.C. is collecting much information of interest to researchers.
https://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.
https://www.ushmm.org/collections/the-museums-collections/browse
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Yad Vashem Home Page
The Holocaust Memorial of the Jewish people in Jerusalem.
https://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.
https://yvng.yadvashem.org/
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Arolsen Archives
An international centre on Nazi persecution, who work to clarify fates and look for missing persons.
https://arolsen-archives.org/en/
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Arolsen Archives Search
Here you can search and explore their comprehensive online archives, containing millions of administrative files from concentration camps, German companies and authorities, or created by the Allies for displaces persons.
https://arolsen-archives.org/en/search-explore/
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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://sfi.usc.edu/
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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.
https://www.wiesenthal.com/
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Cybrary of the Holocaust
A rememberance site. Lots of information of various types here.
https://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.
https://mjhnyc.org/
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9. Jewish DNA Research

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.
https://www.jewishgen.org/DNA/
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The Avotaynu DNA Project
A collaboration of experienced Jewish DNA experts whose mission is to develop an online knowledge base to illuminate the history of the Jewish People.
http://avotaynuonline.com/avotaynu-foundation-dna-project/
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Genetic Studies on Jews
by Wikipedia
A classification and listing of the many genetic studies on the Jewish people done as part of population genetics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_studies_on_Jews
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Q&A About Jewish Genealogy
by FamilyTreeDNA
Basic information about specifics of DNA research for Jewish genealogy.
https://learn.familytreedna.com/dna-testing-jewish-ancestry/
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Jewish DNA for Genetic Genealogy and Family Research
A Facebook group to discuss DNA for Jewish genealogy purposes.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/DNAHelpJewishJourney/
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10. Other Useful Jewish Genealogy Pages

Compendium of Jewish Genealogy
by Philip Trauring
Jewish Genealogy inks of online resources for all countries in the world.
https://bloodandfrogs.com/compendium
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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.
https://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.
https://stevemorse.org/
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The Genealogy Indexer
by Logan Kleinwaks
Allows searches of historical directories primarily from Central and Eastern Europe, Yizkor books, and other documents of interest to Jewish genealogists.
https://genealogyindexer.org/
home
Tracing the Tribe - Jewish Genealogy on Facebook
by Schelly Talalay Dardashti
A consolidation of Facebook pages where 4,000 global talented members delight in assisting those with questions, helping with translations and brick walls and having vibrant conversations all focused on Jewish genealogy
https://www.facebook.com/groups/20364215746/
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Jewish Virtual Library
by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE)
The most comprehensive online Jewish encyclopedia in the world.
https://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.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/virtual-jewish-history-tours
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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.
https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/
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Encyclopedia Judaica
The 26 volume English language encyclopedia of the Jewish people and of Judaism, 2nd edition published in 2007 no longer appears to be online. It may still be possible to find physical copies or the CD-ROM version for sale. Jewish libraries may have it in their reference section.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopaedia_Judaica
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Deciphering Jewish Gravestones
by Philip Trauring on B&F: Jewish Genealogy and More
A really nice visual article to help interpret Jewish gravestones with excellent examples.
https://bloodandfrogs.com/2020/03/deciphering-jewish-gravestones.html
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Lara's Jewnealogy
by Lara Diamond
This is the blog of Lara Diamond, a Jewish Genealogy expert and speaker
https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/
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Finding eastern European Records - Collection of Posts
Lara's excellent 7 part article on Finding Eastern European Records. It's from 2015 but it's still very relevant.
https://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/10/FindingEasternEuropeanRecords.html
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11. Jewish Research of Romania (for my own research)

Jewish Ancestry in Romanian Moldova
Facebook group for Jewish genealogy in the province of Moldova that was part of the old Kingdom of Romania.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1465078043774333/
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The JewishGen Romania SIG
Special interest group for Romania at JewishGen.
https://romania.jewishgen.org/
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12. Jewish Research of Turkey (for my own research)

A World Beyond: Jewish Cemeteries in Turkey 1583-1990
by the Goldstein-Goren Diaspora Research Center, Tel Aviv University
A computerized database containing over 60,000 Jewish tombstones from across Turkey, to aid scholars to paint a broader and richer picture of the past, and enable interested laypersons to search for their roots.
https://jewishturkstones.tau.ac.il/#
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Data of over 61,000 Turkish Jewish gravestones online in new database
by Alex Winstone, The Jerusalem Post
Info about the project being launched online.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/new-online-database-holds-data-of-over-61000-turkish-jewish-gravestones-633741
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13. Jewish Research of the Russian Empire - areas that are now Ukraine (for my own research)

Routes to Roots Foundation
by Miriam Weiner
A genealogical and family history guide to Jewish and civil records in Eastern Europe. Select "Begins With" and enter the first 3 letters of the Town to see what records are available in their archives.
https://www.rtrfoundation.org/index.shtml
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OCR Search
by Miriam Weiner
A search of some Russian records. Best part is you enter the surname in English and it gets translated to Russian for you.
https://www.rtrfoundation.org/ocrsearch.php
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Jewish Genealogy in Ukraine
Provides family tree building, FSU archives, a genealogical database, and excursions.
https://jewua.info/
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The Tsal Kaplun Foundation
Various resources with genealogical information from former Soviet Republics including translations of many Russian and Ukrainian documents
https://www.tkfgen.org/
home
Alphabetical Indexes of Surnames from the archives collection
This is what they have indexed, which is just a small proportion of their collection.
https://www.tkfgen.org/names_from_archives.html
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Jewish Documents Kept by Ukrainian Archives
This is the list in English, of the holdings available as well as links directly to the scans.
https://www.tkfgen.org/open_sources_ak_p01.html
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Alex Krakovsky on Facebook
Alex has been digitizing records in Ukrainian Archives, including Jewish metrical books and other vital records, school records, revision lists, poll tax censuses, and more. He then posts the records online to a wiki page which yields a massive amount of raw data for those interested in Ukrainian research. Alex uses high resolution scanning equipment to scan virtually all records in an archive.
https://www.facebook.com/alex.krakovsky
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Archive: Jewish Town
This is the index of Alex's resources of Jewish-specific records that have been made available by Province, County and Town. In Russian.
https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B2:%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE
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Jewish Ancestry in Volhynia / Wolyn District, Ukraine
Facebook group for Jews with ancestry in Wolyn district, also called Vohynia.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/583607605110480/
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Mezerich - Descendants of the Jewish Community of Mezhirichi
Facebook group to trace and share the Jewish history, customs, records and news of descendants of the town of Mezerich in the Korets Raion of the Rivne Oblast, Ukraine.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1419424225036363/
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The JewishGen Ukraine SIG
Special interest group for Ukraine at JewishGen.
https://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/
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Expert guide to using Google Translate in Russian and Ukrainian genealogy
by Vera Miller
Best aid I've seen for help in translating Russian or Ukrainian text.
https://lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2020/01/11/expert-guide-to-using-google-translate-in-russian-and-ukrainian-genealogy/
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Genealogical map of Volhynia province 1897
Drill down any marker to find websites connected to a particular shtetl
https://map4us.com/MapViewer/1585096864420?fbclid=IwAR1uIcJgH5A8Mx8MWXggY6I169jnbwVcv4t25qlYWpx6uyDzn4ixXKecCbM
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FamilySearch Wiki
Section with links to FamilySearch records and other information for the region of what is Ukraine today.
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Ukraine_Jewish_Records
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pra.in.ua
Database of the Ukrainian residents born between 1650 and 1920. In Russian (Ukrainian?). Includes some records and links.
https://pra.in.ua/
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Genealogy Indexer
A free genealogical search engine with millions of indexed records mostly from Central and Eastern Europe.
https://genealogyindexer.org/
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FamilySearch on its way to make many more Ukrainian archive records digital
by Vera Miller
June 6, 2020 blog post at the blog: Lost Russian Family, reporting on this deal.
https://lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2020/06/06/familysearch-on-its-way-to-make-many-more-ukrainian-archive-records-digital/
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How to use the online inventories of the regional state archives in Ukraine.
by Sergij Batogowski, experienced Ukrainian genealogist,
Presentation showing step by step how to use online inventories of regional state archives in Lutsk, Rivne and Zhytomyr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=rFTPqHOdXm8&fbclid=IwAR0phfc-Y_fHgXMC4xenVzHt0aHEwdaVe6yyngMiTCR1ujWffRtmSTKTZsc
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Reading Revision Lists
by FamilySearch
A very nice visual guide that includes the Russian alphabet.
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/2/2c/Russian_Revision_Lists_-_Instruction_E_Vance_2020-270229_Jan_2020_JMR_.pdf
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What are Revision Lists
by Ronald Doctor, Ukraine SIG, JewishGen
Lots of info on some of the Family History Library holdings of Revision Lists. This was printed in 2012, so the FHL likely has most than what's specified here.
https://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/files/infosheets/_R_What%20are%20Russian%20Revision%20Lists,%2024%20Mar%202012.pdf
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The Jewish Surname Process in the Russian Empire
by Jeffrey Briskman for Avotaynu Online
... and its effect on Jewish Genealogy.
https://avotaynuonline.com/2015/08/the-jewish-surname-process-in-the-russian-empire-and-its-effect-on-jewish-genealogy/
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Volyn Archives
The website for the province's website, in Ukrainian.
https://volyn.archives.gov.ua/elekt_archives/
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Toldot Cemetery Search
Search for Jewish gravestones in Russia (sort of like Find A Grave for Jewish Russia). As of 2021 it includes 110 thousand burials in 44 cemeteries in 27 cities of Russia, which is about 73% of information about graves in these regions.
https://toldot.ru/life/cemetery/
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The All Odessa Database
Indexes of different collections of documents related to Odessa individuals.
http://thefamilytree.info/odessa/RES_AODB_Home.asp
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14. Jewish Research of Manitoba and Saskatchewan (for my own research)

Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada Archives Search
Searches index of Articles, Artefacts, Books, Cemetery Burials, Manuscripts, Media, Photos and Clippings. Many photos are accessible.
https://www.jhcwc.org/search-the-archives/
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Jewish Post and News Archive Search
Goes back to at least 1950. Includes obituary search. PDFs of the articles are downloadable.
http://www.jewishpostandnews.ca/searchpdf
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Winnipeg Free Press Obituary Search
Goes back to about 1999.
https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/
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Chesed Shel Emes (Winnipeg) Records of the Deceased
This is the site of the Jewish Funeral home in Winnipeg. Digital records are from 1995 to present. Older paper records back to 1946 are scanned and available online but not indexed.
https://chesedshelemes.org/funerals-and-records/records-of-the-deceased/
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Help! How Do I Use These Links?

I have never really been happy with most of the other web-link pages that are out there. I have tried to make my links more useful with a number of differences. I hope you like what I have done:
  1. I link to individual pages, not just to home pages of sites. My links will identify good pages that are buried deep in a site.
  2. I have organized my links by site, and sub-site. This way you can see at a glance what a particular site has to offer.
  3. I set up a "Contents" and have navigation hot-links to make it easier to get between sections.
  4. I display the web addresses (also known as URLs). It is nice to know where you are going.
  5. I give a brief description of what I think is generally useful on each page.
And, for quick pigeon-holing, I classify each page into one of seven types as follows:

Home These are home pages of a web site or sub-site. Generally they act as a table-of-contents, containing mostly local links to the rest of the site.

News Up-to-date information about current activities and events. These pages are changed quite often, so check them regularly.

How to These pages give instructions on how to go on in your information quest, where to look next, and increase your level of overall expertise.

Tool A web page that is designed to help you find or do something. It may be an index, guide, or even an online program.

Data The pages most researchers get really excited about. This is real data that has been made available online.

Files Collections of files, not designed to be looked at online, but made for downloading (using FTP) to your own computer. May often contain useful software.

Links Pages with the best collections of links to the multitude of other web sites. If you want to, you can follow all these until the wee hours of the morning.

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