Selected Websites of Genealogical Interest International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS)

Government Archives With Documents/Index On-Line


Australian National Archives
Austrian National Archives
Library and Archives of Canada
France National Archives
German National Archives
New Zealand on-line vital records
Poland's National Archives
ScotlandsPeople – National

Government Source for genealogical data for Scotland

National Archives of the United Kingdom

General Interest

Avotaynu
Cyndi's List of genealogical sites
Family History Library
Family History Library Pilot for new data on–line
Easy Google Genealogy
Hebrew Immigrant Aide Society (New York City)
Jewish Encyclopedia
NY Public Library Digital Collection - Photographs and Maps
Phone Book of the World
Steve Morse - variety of helpful tools
MyHeritage Genealogy Super Search Engine

European Websites

Italian Jewish Genealogy Added on Nov 2009
Internet Archive of Jewish Periodicals (German) 1806 -1938
Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies
Grand Duchy of Lithuania Project
Jewish Historical Institute (Warsaw, Poland)
Museum of Family History - A virtual, multimedia website created by Steven Lasky dedicated to those searching their Eastern European roots.
The Virtual Shtetl Project - Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Poor Jews Shelter - Immigration from Eastern Europe to South Africa with temporary stay in England
Foreign Directories, Yizkor Book Search- Logan Kleinwaks
Free and pay site on different databases Jewish sites in Poland
Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Eastern European Archival Database

Holocaust Websites

Auschwitz Database
Alternate Auschwitz Database Site
Warsaw Ghetto Database
International Tracing Service - Bad Arolsen
Documentation Center for Austrian Resistance
Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation
Yad Vashem Central Database Shoah

Israel Websites

Beth Hatefutsoth
Jewish National Library
Central Zionist Archives of Israel

Latin America Websites

Center for Studies Latin American Immigration - Buenos Aires (Spanish)
Argentina Jewish Cemetery Indices (Spanish) AMIA, Buenos Aires Kehila
Brazil immigration indexed database arrival records for the Port of Santos (Portuguese)

Maps

Library of Congress Map Library
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Google Maps
University of Toronto Map Collection

Newspapers

Canadian Jewish Review
Google Newspapers historical archives
Library of Congress Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers
Newspapers archives on line
NYState Newspapers including Brooklyn Eagle to 1950 and NY Times to 1920’s
Directory of newspapers on-line free and pay sites

Sephardic Websites

Sephardic Genealogy Resources
Sephardic Name Search Engine plus more

South African Websites

South African Jewish Database-Kaplan Centre for Jewish Migration and Genealogy Studies
Poor Jews Shelter - Immigration from Eastern Europe to South Africa with temporary stay in England

United States Websites

American Jewish Archives (Cincinnati, OH)
Castle Garden (New York City)
Center for Jewish History (New York City) Houses American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, Yeshiva University Museum and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Ellis Island (New York)
Google Newspaper Search - some are fee for service
NYC Public Library Dorot Jewish Collection
NYC Municipal Archives
NYC and LI index to vital and naturalization records
National Archives (USA)
NARA Genealogy Site
NARA database
NARA military records (USA)
Military records - US Personnel Center St Louis, MO (USA)
United States Citizenship and Immigration Service

Prepared by Jan Meisels Allen, Director, IAJGS on 7/02/09 for 29th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy Resource Room

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