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Jewish Genealogy: Learning the Tools to Help Discover Your Jewish Roots Jessie Klein, Carol Clingan, Debbie Lerner and Judy Izenberg

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Jewish Genealogy:

Learning the Tools to Help Discover Your Jewish Roots

Jessie Klein, Carol Clingan, Debbie Lerner and Judy Izenberg

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Outline

• 1. 3 fundamental websites-JewishGen.org, Family History Library, Steve Morse One-Step website

• 2. Other online sources and local repositories

– What documents are important?

• 3. Using the resources-a case study

• 4. End of class-time for hands-on research

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www.JewishGen.org

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JewishGen

• Search by Surname

• Search by Town

• FAQ

• Infofiles

• Jewish Gen Family Finder

• Others Researching Your Surname or Town

• Gateway to Country Databases

• Translations, Photos

• Town Webpages

• Join Special Interest Groups

• Join Discussion Groups

• JOWBR-Burial Registry

• Memorial Plaque Project

• Yizkor Book Project

• Need Account, Mostly Free

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JewishGen Home Page

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Home-Page Searches

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Home Page Name Search

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Home Page-Name Search

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Home Page-Town Search

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Home Page-Town Search

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JewishGen Home Page

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JewishGen Drop-Down Menus

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InfoFiles

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JGFF

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JGFF

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Accessing the Databases

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Searching Poland

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All Poland Database

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1907 Duma Voting List

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All Poland Database

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JRI-Poland

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JewishGen Drop-Down Menus

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KehilaLinks

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KehilaLinks

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Viewmate

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Special Interest Groups(SIGs)-Countries, Cities, Topics

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SIGs

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Discussion Groups

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Getting the Most out of JewishGen

Explanation of using JewishGen resources can be found at:

tinyurl.com/MostOutofJewishGen

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Family History Library (FHL)

www.familysearch.org

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Family History Library

• Search by Surname

• Search by Location

• Indexed Collections

• Images Only-Browse

• Search within Collections

• Catalog Searches-Digitized Microfilm of Town Records

• Books

• Wiki-”How to” articles

• Free Website

• Some Collections are Same as Found on Subscription Sites

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HOMEPAGE

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SEARCH

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Home

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SEARCH

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NAME SEARCH of INDEXED RECORDS

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NAME SEARCH

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SEARCH BY LOCATION

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FILE NO.

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CATALOG SEARCH-FILM

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CATALOG

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Family History Centers-Weston, Franklin New England Historical Genealogical Society Boston Cary Memorial Library-Lexington Worcester Public Library Chelmsford Public Library

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Steve Morse One-Step Web Pages www.stevemorse.org

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Steve Morse One-Step Web Pages

• Site Does Not Have Databases

• Interface Between User and Databases for Searching

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Ellis Island Gold Form Search

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