CREATE YOUR OWN INTERNET RESEARCH LIST
BLOGS, WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Below are the Blogs, Websites and Facebook Accounts I Use
Jacqueline Fineblit, SIG LEADER: Great Britain
FACEBOOK (including web sites)
IAJGS Jewish Genealogy www.iajgs.org/
Jewish Family History http://www.jewishgen.org/
Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain (JGSGB) www.jgsgb.org.uk/
Jewish Genealogical Society-New York (JGSNY) www.jgsny.org/
Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island (JGSLI) jgsli.org/
Jewish Genealogy Surname Project (closed group—sign up)
Litvak Portal elirab.me/litvak-portal/ The gateway to Litvak Jewish Life
Jewish History, Jewish Culture, Jewish Archaeology (closed group-sign up)
The Jewish East End of London (closed group—sign up) www.jewisheastend.com
Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain (JGSGB) www.jgsgb.org.uk/
Technology for Genealogy (closed group—sign up)
Jewish Genealogy Portal
DISCUSSION GROUPS, BLOGS, NEWSLETTERS
Jewishgen Discussion Groups www.jewishgen.org/ (20-25 different areas)
to sign up go to Jewishgen.org—click on RESEARCH then Discussion Groups
jri-pl digest
ukraine digest
litvaksig Digest
Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain (JGSGB)
British-Jewry Digest http://www.British-jewry.org.uk/.
Ancestry Insider http://www.ancestryinsider.org/
Ancestry Blog ( http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry)
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (http://blog.eogn.com/)
Spitalfields Life (spitalfieldslife.com)
Findmypast (http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/)
Lost Cousins Newsletter (http://lostcousins.com/newsletters2/midsep15news.htm )
GenealogyInTime Magazine Newsletter (www.genealogyintime.com/)
My Genealogy Hound http://www.mygenealogyhound.com/
Genealogy's Star genealogysstar.blogspot.com
National Archives http://www.archives.gov/social-media/blogs.html
NARAtions
The National Archives Blogs Information.
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WEBSITES AND ARCHIVES
JewishGen www.jewishgen.org/
 DATA BASES (complete list of all data bases with records from many countries Family Finder,
Family Trees, Jowbr)
The JewishGen & JGSGB United Kingdom Database More than 370,000 records for
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and Gibraltar from a variety of
sources, including marriage and cemetery records, census records, business directories and
others.
 RESEARCH (Discussion groups, Regional SIGS, Family Pages, and more)
Family Search: https://familysearch.org/ (free):
 Wiki Jewish Genealogy
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Jewish_Genealogy_Research
Introduces records and strategies that help you learn more about your Jewish ancestors.
 Knowles Collection : the Jews of the British Isles
familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/The_Knowles_Collection:_the_Jews_of_the_British_Isles
Ancestry Ancestry.com ($)
Expensive, but one of the top genealogy program to date.
My Heritage www.MyHeritage.com ($) (some info free)
Excellent source for sharing worldwide family trees
findmypast.co.uk ($) www.findmypast.co.uk
Excellent program devoted to United Kingdom data
National Archives (London) Jewish Records
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/jews-and-jewishcommunities-18th-20th-centuries/
Some records now on line more are being digitized. National Archives share some records with
Ancestry and Find my Past.
National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/
.Research and explore United States history through documents, photos, and records.
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