JewishGen is a non-profit organization founded in 1987 as an international electronic resource for Jewish genealogy.[1] In 2003, JewishGen became an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City.[2] It provides amateur and professional genealogists with the tools to research their Jewish family history and heritage.[3]
JewishGen was founded in 1987 by Susan E. King in Houston, Texas, as a Fidonetbulletin board with approximately 150 users interested in Jewish genealogy. To access the bulletin board, users dialed into the connection via telephones. Annual donations of $25 were requested to fund the service.[4]
Around 1989 to 1990, JewishGen moved to the internet as a mailing list and online forum, and was called the Jewish Genealogy Conference.[2] It was loosely managed by founding members and volunteers that included Warren Blatt, Susan E. King, Bernie Kouchel, Gary Mokotoff, Michael Tobias, and others active in the community.[5] JewishGen had a website by 1995.[6][7]
At the end of 2002, King announced that in 2003 JewishGen became an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage. In 2005, the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) gave King an IAJGS Achievement Award for her work with JewishGen, citing the organization's worldwide impact.[8] In March 2008, King retired, and JewishGen moved their administrative office to the museum's facilities.[2]
In 2008, in a partnership with JewishGen, Ancestry.com took over the data center hosting of the JewishGen computerized assets.[9] The agreement improved the JewishGen website's performance, which had been problematic, and created a licensing agreement with Ancestry.com for database access that created a revenue stream for JewishGen.[10] The partnership increases Ancestry.com's access to and integration of Jewish genealogical resources from JewishGen.[11]
JewishGen's website is designed to provide a simple and easy interface, and is offered as a free public service.[12] Over 1,000 active volunteers throughout the world contribute to its ever-growing collection of databases, resources, and search tools. It lists more than 21 million Jewish records, hundreds of translated yizkor (memorial) books, research tools, a family finder, educational classes, historical components, and other resources.[13] It has a user base of over 500,000 registered users worldwide.[14]
Databases
JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF):[15] a compilation of surnames and towns currently being researched by over 100,000 Jewish genealogists worldwide. It contains over 500,000 entries, including 140,000 ancestral surnames and 18,000 town names, and is indexed and cross-referenced by both surname and town name. The Family Finder, like JewishGen's other databases, uses Daitch–Mokotoff Soundex, Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching[16] and Damerau–Levenshtein distancefuzzy technology to yield results on all the different spellings of the name being searched. It connects users who are researching the same surnames and towns.[13][17]
Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP):[18] a database of Jewish family trees. The central purpose of the FTJP is to enhance Jews' ability to connect and re-connect their families and to increase interest in Jewish genealogy.
JewishGen Gazetteer:[19] (formerly the "ShtetlSeeker") a database containing the names of all localities in 54 countries in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. The data is based on the U.S. Board on Geographic Names databases and contains more than 3 million names.
JewishGen Communities Database:[20] contains information on over 6,000 Jewish communities in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, together with Jewish population figures, historical town names and jurisdictions, inset maps, and links to JewishGen resources.
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR):[21] a database of names and other identifying information from cemeteries and burial records worldwide. Contains more than three million burial records from 7,300 cemeteries in 128 countries, as of January 2018.
JewishGen's Holocaust Database:[22] a collection of databases containing information about Holocaust victims and survivors. It currently contains more than 2.75 million entries, including concentration-camp lists, transport lists, ghetto records, census lists, and ID cards.
All country databases
JewishGen's All Country Databases contain historical records, including birth, marriage and death records, census records, military records with new data added regularly.[23] Country databases currently exist for the following areas:
Yizkor Books:[38] Translates Yizkor Books, predominantly written after the Holocaust, into English. There are currently hundreds of completed or partially completed translated books online.
KehilaLinks:[39] Creates "virtual" Yizkor Books online, by creating specific pages for towns and uploading information such as pictures, maps, personal recollections, and research data.
Family Pages:[40] Allows family researchers to create their own webpage for free in order to help connect with relatives and learn about their history.
ViewMate:[41] Allow users to post photographs and documents online, and request help in translating or identifying information.[13][42]
JewishGen Discussion Groups:[43] Provide researchers with the opportunity to connect, ask questions, exchange information and learn from others. Discussion groups are categorized by general and specific areas/topics of interest.
Special Interest Groups:[44] Web pages and organized groups for Special Interest Group (SIGs) that focus on common geographic regions of origin or special topics.[45]
Education
Beginner Pages:[46] Web pages that explain the basics of Jewish genealogy and how to navigate JewishGen.[47]
JewishGen Education Center:[48] Online interactive courses in Jewish genealogy to help researchers learn methodology, research techniques and organization of information for proper analysis.
^Shown Mills, Elizabeth (13 November 2013). "Advice on How to Research Family History, Part 2". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^ abcMokotoff, Gary (1 April 2008). "Special Edition: Susan King Retires from JewishGen". Nu? What's New? The E-zine of Jewish Genealogy From Avotaynu. Vol. 9, no. 8. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^Talalay Dardashti, Schelly (2 April 2008). "JewishGen: How it all began". Tracing the Tribe. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^Gostin, Ted (Spring 1995). "Accessing the JewishGen Bulletin Board" (PDF). DOROT. 16 (3): 9–10. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^Krasner-Khait, Barbara (1 October 2004). . Genealogical Computing. Ancestry.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^King, Susan (December 1995). "A JewishGen InfoFile: JewishGen Tidbytes". JewishGen. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^"IAJGS Achievement Awards 2005: IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award: Susan King". IAJGS. 2005. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^"Ancestry.com and JewishGen Align to Provide More Online Access to Millions of Jewish Historical Documents". JewishGen. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^Mokotoff, Gary (24 August 2008). "JewishGen and Ancestry.com Form an Alliance". Nu? What's New? The E-zine of Jewish Genealogy From Avotaynu. Vol. 9, no. 20. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^Szucs, Juliana (20 August 2008). "Ancestry.com and JewishGen to Provide Online Access to Millions of Jewish Historical Documents". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^Krasner-Khait, Barbara (March 2003). "Beginning Jewish Research". Ancestry Magazine. pp. 34–39. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^ abcBurstyn, Rochel (3 January 2013). "Connecting with the Past: Jewish genealogy". Hamodia Magazine. pp. 26–27.
^Stein, Steve (14 June 2009). "What's New on JewishGen?" (PDF). DOROT. 30 (4). Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^"JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF)". www.jewishgen.org.
^"Beider-Morse Phonetic Matching". Retrieved 11 March 2016.
^"News About the Jewish Genealogical Family Finder" (PDF). DOROT. 17 (3): 2. Spring 1996. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^"Family Tree of the Jewish People". www.jewishgen.org.
^"Notes from All Over: National Archives Ship List Catalog On-Line, Lithuanian and Latvian Databases On-Line, New or Expanded JewishGen Sites: Boston, Poland, Belarus, Westphalia, AJHS" (PDF). DOROT. 20 (3–4): 6–10. Spring 1999. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^Besser, James D. (3 May 1996). "Genealogy's Net Gain: The Internet allows amateur historians to pull up family information by the roots". Baltimore Jewish Times. Vol. 229, no. 1. p. 78. ISSN 0005-450X. ProQuest 222832658.
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JewishGen is a non profit organization founded in 1987 as an international electronic resource for Jewish genealogy 1 In 2003 JewishGen became an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City 2 It provides amateur and professional genealogists with the tools to research their Jewish family history and heritage 3 JewishGenPreserving Our History for Future GenerationsMuseum of Jewish Heritage A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York CityFounded1987FounderSusan E KingTypeNon ProfitKey peopleAvraham GrollEmployees2 full time staff300 volunteers worldwideWebsitejewishgen wbr org Contents 1 History 2 Databases 2 1 All country databases 3 Resources and research tools 4 Education 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory Edit The old JewishGen logo JewishGen was founded in 1987 by Susan E King in Houston Texas as a Fidonet bulletin board with approximately 150 users interested in Jewish genealogy To access the bulletin board users dialed into the connection via telephones Annual donations of 25 were requested to fund the service 4 Around 1989 to 1990 JewishGen moved to the internet as a mailing list and online forum and was called the Jewish Genealogy Conference 2 It was loosely managed by founding members and volunteers that included Warren Blatt Susan E King Bernie Kouchel Gary Mokotoff Michael Tobias and others active in the community 5 JewishGen had a website by 1995 6 7 At the end of 2002 King announced that in 2003 JewishGen became an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage In 2005 the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies IAJGS gave King an IAJGS Achievement Award for her work with JewishGen citing the organization s worldwide impact 8 In March 2008 King retired and JewishGen moved their administrative office to the museum s facilities 2 In 2008 in a partnership with JewishGen Ancestry com took over the data center hosting of the JewishGen computerized assets 9 The agreement improved the JewishGen website s performance which had been problematic and created a licensing agreement with Ancestry com for database access that created a revenue stream for JewishGen 10 The partnership increases Ancestry com s access to and integration of Jewish genealogical resources from JewishGen 11 JewishGen s website is designed to provide a simple and easy interface and is offered as a free public service 12 Over 1 000 active volunteers throughout the world contribute to its ever growing collection of databases resources and search tools It lists more than 21 million Jewish records hundreds of translated yizkor memorial books research tools a family finder educational classes historical components and other resources 13 It has a user base of over 500 000 registered users worldwide 14 Databases EditJewishGen Family Finder JGFF 15 a compilation of surnames and towns currently being researched by over 100 000 Jewish genealogists worldwide It contains over 500 000 entries including 140 000 ancestral surnames and 18 000 town names and is indexed and cross referenced by both surname and town name The Family Finder like JewishGen s other databases uses Daitch Mokotoff Soundex Beider Morse Phonetic Matching 16 and Damerau Levenshtein distance fuzzy technology to yield results on all the different spellings of the name being searched It connects users who are researching the same surnames and towns 13 17 Family Tree of the Jewish People FTJP 18 a database of Jewish family trees The central purpose of the FTJP is to enhance Jews ability to connect and re connect their families and to increase interest in Jewish genealogy JewishGen Gazetteer 19 formerly the ShtetlSeeker a database containing the names of all localities in 54 countries in Europe North Africa and the Middle East The data is based on the U S Board on Geographic Names databases and contains more than 3 million names JewishGen Communities Database 20 contains information on over 6 000 Jewish communities in Europe North Africa and the Middle East together with Jewish population figures historical town names and jurisdictions inset maps and links to JewishGen resources JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry JOWBR 21 a database of names and other identifying information from cemeteries and burial records worldwide Contains more than three million burial records from 7 300 cemeteries in 128 countries as of January 2018 JewishGen s Holocaust Database 22 a collection of databases containing information about Holocaust victims and survivors It currently contains more than 2 75 million entries including concentration camp lists transport lists ghetto records census lists and ID cards All country databases Edit JewishGen s All Country Databases contain historical records including birth marriage and death records census records military records with new data added regularly 23 Country databases currently exist for the following areas JewishGen Austria Czech Database 24 JewishGen Belarus Database 25 JewishGen Canada Database 26 JewishGen France Database 27 JewishGen Germany Database 28 JewishGen Hungary Database 29 JewishGen Latvia Database 30 JewishGen Lithuania Database 31 All Poland Database 32 in partnership with JRI Poland JewishGen Romania Database 33 includes Romania and Moldova JewishGen Scandinavia Database 34 JewishGen Ukraine Database 35 United Kingdom Database 36 in partnership with Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain JGSGB JewishGen USA Database 37 Resources and research tools EditYizkor Books 38 Translates Yizkor Books predominantly written after the Holocaust into English There are currently hundreds of completed or partially completed translated books online KehilaLinks 39 Creates virtual Yizkor Books online by creating specific pages for towns and uploading information such as pictures maps personal recollections and research data Family Pages 40 Allows family researchers to create their own webpage for free in order to help connect with relatives and learn about their history ViewMate 41 Allow users to post photographs and documents online and request help in translating or identifying information 13 42 JewishGen Discussion Groups 43 Provide researchers with the opportunity to connect ask questions exchange information and learn from others Discussion groups are categorized by general and specific areas topics of interest Special Interest Groups 44 Web pages and organized groups for Special Interest Group SIGs that focus on common geographic regions of origin or special topics 45 Education EditBeginner Pages 46 Web pages that explain the basics of Jewish genealogy and how to navigate JewishGen 47 JewishGen Education Center 48 Online interactive courses in Jewish genealogy to help researchers learn methodology research techniques and organization of information for proper analysis See also EditAvotaynu Dor Yeshorim Committee for Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases Gesher Galicia IAJGS Where Once We WalkedReferences Edit Shown Mills Elizabeth 13 November 2013 Advice on How to Research Family History Part 2 The New York Times Retrieved 23 October 2015 a b c Mokotoff Gary 1 April 2008 Special Edition Susan King Retires from JewishGen Nu What s New The E zine of Jewish Genealogy From Avotaynu Vol 9 no 8 Retrieved 23 October 2015 Talalay Dardashti Schelly 2 April 2008 JewishGen How it all began Tracing the Tribe Retrieved 23 October 2015 Gostin Ted Spring 1995 Accessing the JewishGen Bulletin Board PDF DOROT 16 3 9 10 Retrieved 23 October 2015 Krasner Khait Barbara 1 October 2004 Susan E King Founder of JewishGen Genealogical Computing Ancestry com Archived from the original on 14 November 2004 Retrieved 23 October 2015 Kieval Sheila Fall 1995 JewishGen Potpurri PDF DOROT 17 1 Retrieved 23 October 2015 King Susan December 1995 A JewishGen InfoFile JewishGen Tidbytes JewishGen Retrieved 23 October 2015 IAJGS Achievement Awards 2005 IAJGS Lifetime Achievement Award Susan King IAJGS 2005 Retrieved 23 October 2015 Ancestry com and JewishGen Align to Provide More Online Access to Millions of Jewish Historical Documents JewishGen 19 August 2008 Retrieved 23 October 2015 Mokotoff Gary 24 August 2008 JewishGen and Ancestry com Form an Alliance Nu What s New The E zine of Jewish Genealogy From Avotaynu Vol 9 no 20 Retrieved 23 October 2015 Szucs Juliana 20 August 2008 Ancestry com and JewishGen to Provide Online Access to Millions of Jewish Historical Documents Ancestry com Retrieved 23 October 2015 Krasner Khait Barbara March 2003 Beginning Jewish Research Ancestry Magazine pp 34 39 Retrieved 23 October 2015 a b c Burstyn Rochel 3 January 2013 Connecting with the Past Jewish genealogy Hamodia Magazine pp 26 27 Stein Steve 14 June 2009 What s New on JewishGen PDF DOROT 30 4 Retrieved 23 October 2015 JewishGen Family Finder JGFF www jewishgen org Beider Morse Phonetic Matching Retrieved 11 March 2016 News About the Jewish Genealogical Family Finder PDF DOROT 17 3 2 Spring 1996 Retrieved 23 October 2015 Family Tree of the Jewish People www jewishgen org JewishGen Gazetteer www jewishgen org The JewishGen Gazetteer and JewishGen Communities Database www jewishgen org JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry www jewishgen org JewishGen s Holocaust Database www jewishgen org Notes from All Over National Archives Ship List Catalog On Line Lithuanian and Latvian Databases On Line New or Expanded JewishGen Sites Boston Poland Belarus Westphalia AJHS PDF DOROT 20 3 4 6 10 Spring 1999 Retrieved 23 October 2015 JewishGen Austria Czech Database www jewishgen org JewishGen Belarus Database www jewishgen org JewishGen Canada Database www jewishgen org JewishGen France Database www jewishgen org JewishGen Germany Database www jewishgen org JewishGen Hungary Database www jewishgen org JewishGen Latvia Database www jewishgen org JewishGen Lithuania Database www jewishgen org JewishGen Poland Database www jewishgen org JewishGen Romania Database www jewishgen org JewishGen Scandinavia Database www jewishgen org JewishGen Ukraine Database www jewishgen org Jewish Communities and Records United Kingdom Database www jewishgen org JewishGen USA Database www jewishgen org Yizkor Book Project www jewishgen org JewishGen KehilaLinks kehilalinks jewishgen org Login to JewishGen www jewishgen org ViewMate Home IAJGS Achievement Awards 2012 Outstanding Program or Project Award The ViewMate Project IAJGS 2012 Retrieved 23 October 2015 The JewishGen Discussion Group www jewishgen org Research Divisions www jewishgen org Danailova Hilary 17 June 2015 Roots Journeys Getting Ever More Specific The Jewish Week Retrieved 23 October 2015 JewishGen First Timer www jewishgen org Besser James D 3 May 1996 Genealogy s Net Gain The Internet allows amateur historians to pull up family information by the roots Baltimore Jewish Times Vol 229 no 1 p 78 ISSN 0005 450X ProQuest 222832658 JewishGen Learning Center www jewishgen org External links EditOfficial website Museum of Jewish Heritage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title JewishGen amp oldid 1100337177, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
