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Ancestry.com - Beginning Jewish Research

Article by Barbara Krasner-Khait.

Ancestry.com - Jewish Family History Collection ^FREE

Partnered with JewishGen, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the American Jewish Historical Society, the Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation, Inc., the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the USC Shoah Foundation, and Arolsen Archives to create a collection of over 20 million Jewish historical records.

Ancestry.com Wiki - The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy

The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy is a reference book published by Ancestry Publishing. The first edition was published in 1984 and was edited by Arlene H. Eakle and Johni Cerny. A revised edition, edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, was published in 1997. The current edition, the third, was published in 2006 and was also edited by Szucs and Luebking. In 2010, Ancestry.com digitized the content of The Source and made it available in wiki format as one of the foundational sources for the Ancestry.com Wiki. Each chapter has been broken into one or more series of articles. This wiki is a free service of Ancestry.com.

Avotaynu, Inc. Home Page

Products and information for Jewish genealogy.

B&F Compendium of Jewish Genealogy

Over 15,000 resource on Jewish genealogy covering over 200 countries and 80 provinces worldwide. Discuss the resources and share your experiences using them in the comments.

FamilySearch Wiki - Jewish Genealogy Research

FEEFHS - Foundation for East European Family History Studies

IAJGS Ethics for Jewish Genealogists

Ethics code of International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.

Israel GenWeb - Jewish Genealogy Resources

Jewish Genealogy resources for the State of Israel.

Jamaican Jewish Genealogy

Jewish Genealogy Links

Jewish Genealogy News

Jewish Genealogy News is a central distribution point for all news related to Jewish Genealogy. News is distributed through the mailing list, Twitter, Facebook and on the Google Calendar (for events). The web site also contains a directory of Jewish Genealogy links and a directory of professional Jewish genealogists.

Jewish Genealogy Research Photos search Translation - Polish Jews Heritage

Polish Jews genealogy, translation, photos, documents, family research, old documents translation, Jewish Poland, Holocaust synagogues cemeteries research.

Jewish Genes

This site provides an Annotated Guide to Jewish Ancestry and Heritage Research, with selective descriptive links to both premier websites and resources and to some lesser-known but invaluable sites and collections. Compiled and curated by Constantine Kaniklidis, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME).

Jewish Genetic Diseases

Mazornet's staff is dedicated to compiling helpful information and resources concerning Jewish genetic diseases.

Jewish/Israel History: Genealogy, Archeology, Diaspora, Israel History...

JewishGen: The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy

JGeneWiki

Jewish Genealogy Wiki (in Hebrew) with terms, articles, guides and people and family pages.

Louis Kessler's Jewish Genealogy Links

A list of the web pages that are of the greatest use to Jewish Genealogists.

SefardSIG

A JewishGen resource for researchers of Sephardic genealogy and history. (Sephardim are Jews who are descendants of the former Jews of Spain and Portugal). The site features 'KahalLinks' where individuals create genealogy web pages devoted to a Sephardic community (kahal). 'Sefard Forum' is the companion discussion group.