Genealogical Online Data Resources
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Online collection of more than 700 Yizkor Books produced by the NYPL and the National Yiddish
Book Center. Displays individual page images for each book.
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The first database to include immigration to the United States through Ellis Island. This link
will take you to a search form designed by Dr. Stephen Morse, computer whiz, which is easier to
use and more flexible than the one provided at the Ellis Island website.
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The FHL records span billions of names across hundreds of collections—including birth, marriage,
death, probate, land, military, IGI extracted, and more.
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Database of ancestral towns and surnames currently being researched by Jewish genealogists
worldwide. You can find there others who are seeking ancestors of the same surname or town of
origin.
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A database of Jewish graves, with
transcribed
matzevah (gravestone) data, and sometimes photos.
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More than one million records for Ukraine,
from a variety of sources, including: voter lists, business directories, vital records,
diplomatic records, yizkor books, and others. The database is a work in progress and
new entries are being added regularly.
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Yizkor (Memorial) Books are a tribute to the towns and the people who were murdered during the
Holocaust. They were written by groups of former residents, or landsmanshaftn.
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Russian website dedicated to the Jewish Genealogy.
Has a big database plus a forum with plenty of links and information.
Language: Russian
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Genealogy Indexer adds full-text and soundex search capabilities to important genealogical
resources available elsewhere online.
Search more than 200,000 pages of historical directories (business, address, telephone, yizkor
books, lists of Polish military officers, community and personal histories, schools annual
reports and other school sources, etc.). More genealogical resources are being added daily.
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A database detailing the Jewish-genealogy-related inventory of many archives in Ukraine.
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A listing of
cemeteries with Jewish burials,and innformation about the cemeteries.
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New York City Landsmanshaftn
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According to the website, they cover the European territory of the former Russian Empire, people
born before 1918. We estimate that the Center's website has more than 6 million individual name
entries ... between 500,000 and 1 million Jewish name entries.
Language: Russian
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The Jerusalem Museum of Holocaust, has a searchable database with the names and biographical
details of half of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their accomplices.
Language: English
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Other Research & Data Resources
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The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) were established in 1939.
They hold the archives of hundreds of Jewish communities, as well as of local, national and
international Jewish organizations and the private collections of many outstanding Jewish
personalities. The Archives now hold the most extensive collection of documents, pinkassim
(registers) and other records of Jewish history from the Middle Ages to the present day.
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Tulchin History
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Life in Old Tulchyn
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Maps & Gazetteers
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Reserved
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Tools
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After Dr. Stephen Morse designed a better Ellis Island search form, he realized there was a need
for similar access to many databases. This link has all of them.
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