Jewish Studies: Genealogy

Search Ellis Island passenger records and genealogy resources.

Provides reference services to over 100 million archival documents and a half million books, including family histories, memoirs, correspondence, personal papers, and records of communal, cultural, political and professional organizations. Among these sources are many documents with information about individuals and families.

A categorized index of genealogical resources on the internet.

From the Library of Congress, this bibliography, 'Genealogical Guides and Handbooks: Jewish,' lists the major published research tools.

Arthur Kurzweil's Malcolm R. Stern Memorial Lecture given at the 14th Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy, Washington, DC, June 28, 1995.

A portal for searching all aspects of your genealogy.

The Israel Genealogical Society offers a combination of research materials, guidance and support for those interested in Jewish family history.

Focuses on Jewish family history by collecting, preserving, and disseminating genealogy-related knowledge and information, including a 'Register of Roots.' Offers information on Philadelphia Jewish history, and has a South Jersey affiliate group.

Focuses on Jewish family history by collecting, preserving, and disseminating genealogy-related knowledge and information. Offers information on Washington Jewish history, getting started in genealogy, state and national resources, and research.

The primary Internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy. The most popular parts are its Discussion Group, Family Finder (a database of over 60,000 surnames and towns), Infofiles (comprehensive directory of information resources, organized by both topic and country) and a variety of other databases like the ShtetlSeeker. This excellent site also contains information on genealogical techniques and allows you to search by country as well as by topic.

Includes a list of websites by country, Sephardic surnames, family trees, forms and more.

A research tool for Sephardic Genealogy/Jewish Genealogy, including a Sephardic Names Search Engine.

This site, sponsored by the JewishGen genealogy group, features translations of more than 580 Yizkor books originally written in Yiddish. 'Yizkor books were written after the Holocaust as memorials to Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust. They were usually put together by survivors from those communities and contain descriptions and histories of the shtetl, biographies of prominent people, lists of people who perished, etc.' Also includes information about libraries with Yizko

At the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, you can search a database containing thousands of genealogies of Jewish families from all over the world and can also register their own family trees.