This site contains a list of links that point to genealogical research sites online that I use in my genealogical research. My research area covers primarily the Jewish Heritage of Eastern Europe (primarily Galicia and Romania) and Israel. — Michael Cohn
Israeli Resources
- Yad Vashem – Shoah Names Database
- Yad Vashem – Documents Archives
- השואה ברומניה, בסרביה, בוקובינה וטרנסניסטריה – יד ושם
- Israel Archives
- Beit Hatfutsot – The Museum of Jewish People
- Maapilim – Atlit Detention Camp Database
- The Central Zionist Archives
- המדור לחיפוש קרובים
- ויקיגניה – מיזם גנאולוגי שיתופי
- עיל”ם – העמותה הישראלית לחקר שורשי משפחה
- ישראל, רשימות עולים
- ארכיון המדינה – רשימות עולים
- Newspapers at the National Library of Israel
- Palyam, Aliya Bet Website
- Cemetery Research in Israel
- IGRA – Israel Genealogy Research Association
- Gravez – Searching for Deceased in Israel
Romanian Resources
- Forebears – Romania General Records
- JewishGen Romania-Moldova Database
- JewishGen Romania Research Division
- Geni Romanian Genealogy Resources
- Romania, Claims Conference
- The National Archives of Romania
- Ministerul Afacerilor Externe – Ghiseul Consular Online
- Online Romanian Directories at the Library of Congress
- Address/Telephone Directories from Romania at the Library of Congress
- Arcanum – Romanian Newspapers Archives
- Biblioteca Digitală a Publicațiilor Culturale
- National Library of Romania
- Biblioteca Digitala Nationala
- Bucharest Metropolitan Library
- Botosani Research Team’s website
- Muzeul Holocaustului Din Nordul Transilvaniei
- Romanian Genealogy Society
- Sephardic Jews in Romania
- Cercetare online – Arhivele Naționale ale României
- Cartea Memoriei
- Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database — Comunitatea Evreilor Din Romania – 1942-1943
- Jewish Federation Romania
- Fraternitatea Newspaper at The National Library of Israel
- Egalitatea Newspaper at The National Library of Israel
- Facebook – Romanian Genealogy
- Facebook – Romania Genetics, A Family Tree DNA Project
- Facebook – Romanian Genealogy Society Research Group
- Facebook – Bacau Jewish Heritage
- Facebook – Bucharest Jewish Community and Friends
- Facebook – The Barlad Jewish Heritage Organization
- Facebook – Jewish Genealogy in Romanian Moldova
- Facebook – Iasi Jewish Ancestors
- Facebook – JewishGen Romania research Division
Bukovina/Bessarabia/Czernowitz Resources
- Czernowitz BMD Index Database
- The Czernowitz Ehpes Website
- Jewish Galicia & Bukovina
- Bukovina Society of The Americas
- JewishGen Bessarabia Sig
- Facebook – Jews of Bukovina
- Facebook – Czernowitz Jewish Cemetery
- Facebook – Bessarabian/Moldavian Jewish Roots
Galicia (Poland/Ukraine) Resources
- Jewish Historical Institute of Warsaw
- The Central Archives of Historical Records of Warsaw
- Record books of Jewish communes from the areas of the so-called Beyond the Bug River, 1789-1943 (in Polish)
- The Organization of Drohobycz, Boryslaw, and Vicinity
- Facebook – The Organization of Drohobycz, Boryslaw, and Vicinity
- Virtual Shtetl – Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Simon Wiesenthal Commemoration and Genealogy Geolocation Initiative
- Rohel-Bach-Bohm-Loew + Associates Toolbox
- Gesher Galicia
- JRI Poland
- Free Databases – Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
- LitvakSIG: Lithuanian-Jewish genealogy databases and resources
- Facebook – Galicia Poland Ukraine Eastern and central Europe Genealogy Group
- Facebook – Jewish Genealogy Poland
- Facebook – Jewish Ancestry in Poland
- Facebook – Galician Genealogy Group
- Facebook – Jewish Ancestry in Ukraine
- Facebook – Genealogy in Ukraine – Research and Ancestry
- Facebook – Galicia Family History Group
- Facebook – Lithuania & Latvia Jewish Genealogy
Vienna Resources
- Jewish Cemetery in Vienna
- Tracing Your Ancestors in Vienna
- Austrian Victims of the Holocaust
- GenTeam – Vienna Records
- Vienna City and State Archives
- German Genealogy Server: German ancestry research (many sections in German)
French Resources
Africa Resources
Australia Resources
- National Archives of Australia
- Melbourne Chevra Kadisha
- Sydney Chevra Kadisha
- Australian Jewish Historical Society
- NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
UK Resources
- Free BMD – UK Vital Records
- The Jewish British Community’s Humanitarian Agency
- The UK National Archives
- GOV.UK – General Register Office
- GENUKI – UK & Ireland Genealogy
- GOV.UK – Find a Will
- FreeCen: UK Census Online
Germany (Holocaust) Resources
- The Kindertransport Association
- Arolsen Archives
- Memorial Book of the Federal Archives for the Victims of the Persecution of Jews in Germany (1933-1945)
- Mapping the Life
- Tracing the Past
- Local family database Jews in the German Reich
North America Resources
- The Detroit Jewish News Digital Archives
- The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspapers Project
- Stephen Morse One-Step Search
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
- Leo Baeck Institute (LBI)
- Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites
- The Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation
- European Address/Telephone Directories at the Library of Congress
- The Library of Congress European Reading Room
- JDC Archives
- Search Old Newspapers from US & Canada
- Baron Hirsch Genealogical and Historical Archives
- Museum of Family History
- Library of Congress Historic American Newspapers
- JewishGen Given Names Database
- Genealogie Quebec
- Lara’s Jewnealogy
- LDS Genealogy – US Genealogy Directory
- National Archives Catalog Guide for Genealogists and Family Historians
- NJ State Archives Databases
- NY Genealogical and Biographical Society
- NY Heritage Digital Collection
- New York City Historical Vital Records
- New York City Marriage Records
- Shul Records America – JewishGen USA
- 75 Best State Genealogy Websites of 2022
- California Digital Newspaper Collection
- Center for Jewish History
- USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
- Fulton History: Historical Newspapers from the US and Canada
- USGenWeb Project: Massive free genealogy resource directory by US State and County
- Library and Archives Canada: official archives of Canada, census records, and more
- Ellis Island: immigration records, free indexes and original records, fee to download copies
- Chronicling America: giant database of archived US newspapers from the Library of Congress
- Italian Genealogical Group: Italian American genealogy resources and databases
- Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection: a vast number of archived US newspapers
- Historical Jewish American Newspapers Online
- United States Vital Records
- The National Archives Database
Miscellaneous Genealogical Resources
- Genealogical Translation Aids
- Facebook – Genealogical Translations
- RootsFinder
- Centropa
- Understanding Jewish Gravestones
- MyHeritage Knowledge Base
- BillionGraves
- Find a Grave
- 50 Free Genealogy Sites to Search Today
- NGS Recommends…17 Important Free Websites for Genealogy Research
- Ashkenazi names: The etymology of the most common Jewish surnames
- Free Genealogy Records at the Digital Public Library of America
- Yiddishland | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
- The Meaning of Some Common Jewish Last Names
- Historical Map Collection
- Academia.edu
- AncientFaces
- Guild of One-Name Studies
- Genealogy Indexer
- WorldGenWeb Project: Genealogy Resources by Country and Region
- Facebook – Jewish Genealogy Surname Project
- Facebook – Tracing the Tribe – Jewish Genealogy
- Facebook – GEDmatch.com User Group
- Facebook – Geni User Group
- Facebook – Eastern Europe Genealogy Research Community
- Facebook – Jewish DNA for Genetic Genealogy and Family Research
- Facebook – Gedmatch and Genetic Genealogy
- Facebook – AncestryDNA GEDmatch 23andMe FTDNA MyHeritage Genealogy LivingDNA
- Facebook – Children of Holocaust Survivors
- Facebook – The Genealogy Squad
- Facebook – Jewish Genealogy Portal
- Facebook – HSA – Holocaust Social Archive
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