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Jewish Genealogy:
Learning the Tools to Help Discover Your Jewish Roots
Jessie Klein, Carol Clingan, Debbie Lerner and Judy Izenberg
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
www.JewishGen.org
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
Home-Page Searches
Home Page Name Search
Home Page-Name Search
Home Page-Town Search
Home Page-Town Search
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JewishGen Home Page
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JewishGen Drop-Down Menus
InfoFiles
JGFF
JGFF
Accessing the Databases
Searching Poland
All Poland Database
1907 Duma Voting List
All Poland Database
JRI-Poland
JewishGen Drop-Down Menus
KehilaLinks
KehilaLinks
Viewmate
Special Interest Groups(SIGs)-Countries, Cities, Topics
SIGs
Discussion Groups
Getting the Most out of JewishGen
Explanation of using JewishGen resources can be found at:
tinyurl.com/MostOutofJewishGen
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
HOMEPAGE
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SEARCH
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Home
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.
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
Steve Morse One-Step Web Pages www.stevemorse.org
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