embroidery by Polina Olsen

Web Links and Research Tools

ORJGS| Names Searchable Databases |Other Searchable Databases and Resources| General Info & Tools 

You will need Adobe Acrobat for some of these files.

Get it here.

ORJGS 

Getting Started in Jewish  Genealogy: A  Handbook for Beginners, by Ron Doctor.

Oregon Jewish Cemeteries Database   - Created and donated by Elliot Axel.  Search Oregon records only:   Select OR,  All Counties from the drop-down list on the search screen.  Search surnames starting with one letter:  Type leading letter only  into the surname box on the search screen.

Decoding Matzevot (Gravestones), by Dr. Ronald D. Doctor.  Abbreviations, acronyms and keywords used in the presentation. Get Adobe Reader here.

JGSO Library List at Neveh Shalom Congregation Library 

Yizkor Books at Congregation Neveh Shalom - compiled by Michael Steinore.

Sephardic Genealogy Web Sites: Resource list from Abby Menashe

Names - Searchable Databases

Jewish Encyclopedia: -1906 Jewish Encycyclopedia, complete with images, is on-line and available free

JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF)" Start here to get a "researcher code"

Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP): Almost 2 million searchable names: Access requires a JGFF researcher code

JewishGen Discussion Group Archives: Search by name, subject, keyword.click on Discussion Group Message Archives hyperlink

Country-specific databases: Includes the major databases listed below plus many, many more

Consolidated Jewish Surname Index: Indexes more than 370,000 Jewish surnames from more than 31 different databases. These databases, combined, include more than 2,000,000 entries.

Jewish Records Indexing - Poland: Indexes to 1.2 million 19th-century Jewish birth, marriage and death records from over 200 Kingdom of Poland towns, including towns in Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine. Also Check separate Surname Lists under your town name & other JRI-Poland projects.

Vsia Rossia Database: Over 32,000 entries from Russian Empire business directories, 1895-1911.

All Belarus Database: Over 150,000 records: vital records, voter lists, business directories, ghetto records. Be sure to check other Belarus SIG projects.

All Latvia Database: 50,000 records for Courland, Livland and Vitebsk gubernias: voter lists, tax records, newspaper articles, police and military records, Memorial Books, and extracts from the Extraordinary Commission lists.

LitvakSIG, All Lithuania Database: 300,000 records: complete Revision Lists as well as vital records, tax, voters, and cemetery lists. Be sure to check other Litvak SIG projects.

Ellis Island Database: Steve Morse's consolidated input form

Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild: Volunteers creating free on-line databases of passenger lists. 4000 ships completed so far. Includes extensive links to other passenger ship resources. Excellent site.

Galveston Immigration Database: Index to 130,000 immigrants arriving through Galveston, TX, 1846-1948.

Index of 1890 New York Immigrants from Austria, Poland, and Galicia: Howard M. Relles lists 44,000 immigrants

Hamburg Departure Lists: Ongoing project to computerize the lists. Currently 1890-1894 lists are on-line, free.

Poor Jews Temporary Shelter, London

U.S. Department of State Consular Post Records: Index to over 9,000 records of U.S. Consulates in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa, 1857-1935.

Yizkor Book Necrology Database: Over 115,000 entries from lists of Holocaust martyrs, published in Yizkor Books.

Holocaust Databases: Database of unclaimed Swiss bank accounts and other Holocaust-era assets, by surname

New York City World War I Draft Board Database: A JGSNY project that includes part of #150, all of 151 and 152)

Index To Naturalization Records. Kings County (Brooklyn, NY) Clerk's Office: A JGSNY project that includes indexes to the records of 1907-1924

Hebrew National Orphan Homes: Good site with lists of late 19th century & early 20th century orphans in orphanages across the nation

US Holocaust Memorial Museum: Home page for USHMM. Be sure to check the Survivors' Registry.

Yad Vashem: Check back with this website. They are computerizing their Holocaust lists and eventually will put them on-line.

US Genweb: Home to some significant free databases and other resources. Be sure to check it out.

LDS FamilySearch: Gateway to resources available through the LDS. Includes on-line surname searching.

Other Searchable Databases and Resources

JewishGen Yizkor Book Project Database: East European Memorial books - bibliographic database & on-line translations.

JewishGen Discussion Group: Sign up for Digest or individual messages

JewishGen Special Interest Group (SIG) Mailing Lists & Websites: Discussion groups/forums on specific regions & topics for the exchange of information, ideas, methods, experiences, and resources.

http://www.jewishgen.org/listserv/sigs.htm

http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/sigs.htm

ShtetLinks: Websites dealing with 431 specific towns

Avotaynu: Avotaynu is the premier publisher of Jewish genealogical resources. The website includes a number of important databases.

Maps of Central and Eastern Europe: Avotaynu's selection of the best contemporary and 19th-century maps maps

Images of turn-of-the-century postcards and photographs of Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, other countries of Europe and the United States

Burial Societies in the New York Metro Area: A JGSNY project. Includes 10,200 entries from 100 cemeteries in the greater NY area.

FEEGS Maps: 19th & 20th century maps from the Federation of Eastern European Genealogical Societies

Medieval Sourcebook: Medieval Jewish Life
Fascinating resource collection detailing how our ancestors lived in medieval times.

Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online
Collection of databases comprised of the Morton Allan Directory, M1066 Microfilm series from NARA, various newspaper articles, Internet sources, and personal contributions.

NARA Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals
Select Catalog of Microfilm Publications. Check NARA home page for more resources.

http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/immigrant/immpass.html

http://www.nara.gov/nara/

A.L. Bell's Genealogy Resource Center: Useful eclectic mix. Bell has helped translate vital records from Belarus & Ukraine.

Ancestry.com -  Ancestry.com is a commercial on-line publisher. 

JewishWeb Index Site: Ted Margulies' useful collection of Jewish genealogy websites

NYC Vital Records: NYC Dept. of Health Office of Vital Records. Order vital records on-line.

Cyndi's List: The Premier gateway to all genealogical resources.

US Genweb: Home to some significant free databases and other resources. Be sure to check it out.

LDS FamilySearch: Gateway to genealogical resources available through the LDS. Includes on-line surname searching.

Tax Rolls on the WWW: An index to tax rolls available on the web.

General Information & Tools

Jewish Encyclopedia: The Jewish Encyclopedia of 1901-1906, a 12-volume work of 15,000 articles.

JewishGen FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about Jewish Genealogy. How to do Jewish genealogical research. An extensive discussion of methods and resources.

JewishGen InfoFiles: Directory resources, organized by both topic and country.

Soundex: Both Daitch-Mokotoff and NARA

Town Names, geographical coordinates and distances

http://www.jewishgen.org/jos/josdist.htm

http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm

http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/locrad.htm

Jewish Calendar: Convert between Jewish & Gregorian dates Jewish Holidays in any year

http://www.jewishgen.org/jos/josdates.htm

http://www.jewishgen.org/jos/josfest.htm

JewishGen College - Mentor Program

Jewish Records at the Family History Library: Inventory of Jewish-specific resources at LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City.

Search the JewishGen Website: Find words  on any static page on the JewishGen web server.

Bibliography of North American Jewish Community Books: the most extensive yet produced on the subject, including over 1000 references across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.   

Jewish Genealogy Yearbook 2001: information about more than 100 organizations dedicated to Jewish Genealogy, including contacts and activities. 

How to Use the Census - article by George Morgan

Louis Kessler's Genealogical Program Links: Critical reviews of genealogical software.

Genealogical Software Report Card: Bill Mumford's reviews and ratings of genealogical software

Ancestry.com - Family History Made Easy: Step by Step: Ancestry.com is a commercial on-line publisher. These 16 free lessons in genealogy is  useful for all levels. See Ancestry's home page for free and fee-based databases.

Top| Home |Calendar| Membership | Family Finder|Tributes

This site contains links to third party sites that may be of interest to Oregon's Jewish genealogical community.
 ("THIRD PARTY MATERIAL"). This THIRD PARTY MATERIAL is not under the control of ORJGS and ORJGS is not responsible for its content. Inclusion of an advertisement or a link to another site does not imply any endorsement of that third party (or its products or services), information or linked web site by ORJGS. You link to any such web site or use such information entirely at your own risk.

In some instances, the THIRD PARTY MATERIAL will contain representations or offers by the third party which you can accept by linking to the third party's website and executing the relevant transaction. Such offers are not made by ORJGS, and the third party is solely responsible to you for the delivery of any goods or services you purchase on the third party web site.