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Jewish Genealogical Websites

Jewish Genealogical Society of Southwest Florida

JGSSWF web site: www.jgsswf.org

JGSSWF YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JGSSWF

JGSSWF .pdf speaker's handout archive: https://tinyurl.com/mr3d8jwt  

JGSSWF Facebook page: www.facebook.com/JGSSWF

DNA Services

23andMe - www.23andme.com

Ancestry.com - www.ancestry.com/dna/ethnicity

Family Tree DNA - www.familytreedna.com

GEDmatch - www.gedmatch.com

MyHeritage - www.myheritage.com

Facebook, Jewish Genealogy Pages for Posting Queries (free)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/JewishGenealogyPortal

https://www.facebook.com/groups/tracingthetribe

Family Trees, Fillable Templates (free)

Center for Jewish History - http://familychart.cjh.org

National Genealogical Society - https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/free-resources/charts

Blood and Frogs - https://bloodandfrogs.com/forms

Medical Family Tree - https://www.sutterhealth.org/pdf/incentive-content/medical-family-tree.pdf

Genetic Family Tree - https://www.familytreemagazine.com/dna/genealogical-vs-genetic

Family Trees, How to Build (free instructions)

National Genealogical Society - https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/free-resources/build-family-tree/

Online Display of a Variety of Family Trees (free article)- https://www.familytreemagazine.com/resources/family-tree-chart-types

Consolidated Jewish Surname List - https://www.avotaynu.com/csi/csi-home.htm

Family Trees, Jewish

Family History Collections at ANU Museum - https://dbs.anumuseum.org.il/skn/en/c6/bh

Ackman and Ziff Family Genealogy Institute - https://genealogy.cjh.org/familycollections.php

JewishGen Family Tree of the Jewish People - https://www.jewishgen.org/gedcom

Family Trees, Jewish, Submit Yours

ANU Museum - http://www.anumuseum.org.il/upload-gedcom

American Jewish Historical Society - https://ajhs.org/ajh-submission-guidelines/

JewishGen Family Tree of the Jewish People (click upload my Gedcom) - https://www.jewishgen.org/gedcom

Genealogy Websites, General (free)

Family Search - https://www.familysearch.org/en

United States Census Bureau - https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy.html

National Archives - https://www.archives.gov

Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov

New York Public Library - http://www.nypl.org

US GenWeb Project - http://www.usgenweb.org

Research Guides for Ship Passenger Lists and Immigration Records - https://www.researchguides.net/immigration/index.htm

Allen County Public Library - https://www.acpl.lib.in.us

Access Free Genealogy - https://accessgenealogy.com

Legacy.com - https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/local

Rootsweb - https://home.rootsweb.com

Cyndi’s List - https://www.cyndislist.com

Society of American Archivists - https://www2.archivists.org/usingarchives

People Search (names, ages, locations) - http://radaris.com

One-Step Webpages - http://stevemorse.org

Genealogy Websites, General ($$$)

Ancestry - https://www.ancestry.com (create family trees, search through historical records, DNA testing)

My Heritage - https://www.myheritage.com (create family trees, search through historical records, DNA testing)

Find My Past - https://www.findmypast.com (create family trees, search through historical records, DNA testing)

Geni - https://www.geni.com (create family trees, genealogy and social networking website, owned by MyHeritage)

Genealogy Websites, Jewish

Jewish Genealogical Society of Southwest Florida - http://www.jgsswf.org

International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - https://www.iajgs.org/membership/member-societies

JewishGen - https://www.jewishgen.org

Jewish Tree Charts and Sources - https://www.geni.com/projects/Important-Jewish-Family-Tree-Charts-Sources/13369

Projects Tagged with Jewish Family Trees - https://www.geni.com/projects/tag/Jewish_Genealogy_Family_Trees

List of Jewish Surnames - https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/browse-origin/surname/jewish

American Jewish Historical Society - https://www.ajhs.org

American Jewish Archives Catalog - https://www.americanjewisharchives.org/collections/catalog.php

Digitized Historic Jewish Newspapers, Periodicals, e-Journals - http://library.osu.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/Jewish-Press.htm

Avotaynu (publisher of products to those researching Jewish roots) - https://www.avotaynu.com

Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy (book) - https://www.avotaynu.com/books/GettingStarted.htm

Gravestone Locators (free)

Billion Graves - https://billiongraves.com

Find a Grave - https://www.findagrave.com

Miscellaneous

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives - http://archives.jdc.org/archives-search/?s=archivestopnav

Ancestral Findings - 10 Tips for Jewish Genealogy - www.ancestralfindings.com/jewishroots.htm

Avotaynu - www.avotaynu.com

Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group - www.crarg.org

International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) - www.iajgs.org

Israel Genealogical Society (IGS) - www.isragen.org.il

Jewish Appleseed - www.jewishappleseed.org/apple/gen.htm

Jewish Genealogy Links Page - www.jewishlink.net/genealogy.html

JewishGen - www.jewishgen.org

Jewish Web Index - www.jewishwebindex.com

Yad Vashem - www.yadvashem.org

Newspaper Archives, Jewish

Historical Jewish Press - https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/newspapers/jpress

The Detroit Jewish News - https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews

Newspaper Archives, Obituaries (free)

United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 - https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694

Online Resources List - https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Obituaries

Historical Newspapers Obituaries (1815-1911) - https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2860782

Legacy.com - http://m.legacy.com/ns/newspapers-browse.aspx

Published Sources such as city directories, books, school reports, etc. (some free)

WorldCat - https://www.worldcat.org

FamilySearch - https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697

MyHeritage Compilation of Published Sources - https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-90100/compilation-of-published-sources

Internet Archive - https://archive.org

Google Books - https://books.google.com/?hl=en

Online Historical Directories Website - https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home

Social Security Death Index (free)

Family Search - https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535

U.S. Census Records Online (free)

Family Search - https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Census

Vital Records (Birth, Death, Marriage, Divorce), Where to Write For

National Center for Health Services ($$$) - https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/index.htm

World War I Draft Registration Cards From 1917 and 1918 Online (free)

Family Search - https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530