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Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy
Table
of Contents to the 3rd Edition
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
Why do we do genealogy?
What do we do when we do genealogy?
What activities, tools, and resources
are available to us?
Some basic tips
JEWISH NAMES
Surname adoption
How did we get our surnames?
Given names
HOW TO BEGIN
Begin at the beginning
Interviews and oral histories
Beyond family interviews
Immigrant research — Finding your
ancestral town
The National Archives
JEWISHGEN WEB SITE AND DISCUSSION GROUP
Discussion groups
Special Interest Groups (SIGS),
research groups, & shtetlinks
Jewishgen databases
TYPES OF RECORDS
Family name and ancestral places
databases
JewishGen
Family Finder (JGFF)
Family Tree of
the Jewish People (FTJP)
Jewish
Resources Indexing – Poland (JRI-Poland)
Ellis Island
Database (EIDB)
Consolidated
Jewish Surname Index (CJSI)
JGS New
York’s Naturalization Indexes
Hamburg
Emigration Index
Yad Vashem Hall
of Names database
Vital Records
U.S. Vital
Records
Eastern Europe
Vital Records
Tips for Using
Vital Records
Immigration and Naturalization
Passenger Ship
and Immigration Records
US Passenger Ship Lists at the National Archives
Canadian Immigration and Passenger Lists
Ellis Island Database (EIDB)
Galveston Immigration Database
Hamburg, Bremen & Rotterdam Departure Lists
Computerized Indexes to Passenger Lists
Other Published Indexes to Passenger Lists
Naturalization
The Naturalization Process
Finding and Obtaining Naturalization Records
World War I
Draft Registration Records
Alien
Registration Records
Passport
Records
Census records
City Directories
Using City
Directories – An Example
Jewish orphanage records
Cemetery, death, and burial records
Social Security
Death Index
Jewish Online
Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)
New York Times
Historical Database
Onsite Research
at Synagogues and Cemeteries
Records from Eastern Europe
JewishGen
Eastern European Databases
LDS Family
History Center microfilms
JRI-Poland
Cemeteries and
Other Records in Eastern Europe
Holocaust Research
Yad Vashem
Other
Information about Holocaust Survivors
Yizkor Books
(Memorial Books)
Other records
COMPUTERS AND GENEALOGY
Selecting genealogy software
Using e-mail discussion groups
PREPARING FOR AND TRAVELING IN THE “OLD COUNTRY”
Picking a guide, setting an itinerary
Getting a Ukrainian visa
Medical issues
Odds and ends
A note about Ukraine, its people and
its archives
KEY REFERENCES
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Activities, Tools &
Resources
Attachment 2 - Sephardic genealogy web
sites
Attachment 3 - Interviewing family
members
Attachment 4 - Family relationships
(cousins) chart
Attachment 5 - Soundex coding
Attachment 6 - Genealogy forms
Pedigree chart
Family Group
record
Family and home
information sources checklist
Research log
Immigration and
Naturalization Service form G-639
Attachment 7 - Jewish genealogy on-line
Names –
Searchable databases
General Names Databases
Country & Area Specific Names Databases
Immigration & Naturalization Names Databases
Holocaust Names Databases
Other US Names Databases
Other
Searchable Resources
Gateways and Collections
Country & Area Specific Information
Education, Methodology & Communication
Tools, Reference Sites & Publications
US Records
Genealogy Organizations
Genealogical Software
Attachment 8 - U.S. Census
Data
Attachment 9 - Jewishgen
Databases
Attachment 10 - Current LDS microfilm
projects in Eastern Europe
Attachment 11 - Avotaynu databases in
Consolidated Jewish Surname Index
Attachment 12 - Genealogy clues in
census records, 1850-1930
Attachment 13 - Given names: Hebrew
& Russian and their transliterations
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