OTHER RESEARCH RESOURCES

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JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy
Created to assist those researching their Jewish ancestry and based on the concept of free sharing of information, JewishGen is staffed primarily by volunteers. It is now an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.

Ancestry.com

"The largest collection of family history records on the web." Searchable US Census collections, 1790 - 1930, immigration data, searchable birth, marriage and death records, and more.

A five-minute guide to Jewish Genealogical Research

A very useful section of the Avotaynu (our fathers) website.

Cyndi's List Jewish Resources

A huge, well organized and annotated collection of links to genealogical sites on a website started by Cyndi Howells in 1996.

Avotaynu

Avotaynu, Inc. publishers products and information of interest to persons who are researching Jewish genealogy, Jewish family trees and Jewish roots. Publishes AVOTAYNU, the International Review of Jewish Genealogy.

International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies

We are members of this independent non-profit umbrella organization of the more than 75 national and local Jewish genealogical societies around the world. The IAJGS website includes current and past issues of their newsletter.

The Dachau List

David Cooper of the Cleveland JGS translated this list of more than 2,800 Dachau "residents" and the possessions removed from them.

Abba Hillel Silver

Developed by a CJGS member, this is the only website dedicated to Cleveland's Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver (1893-1963).

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