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September 5, 2018
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Long Island provides a series of informative and valuable training videos for researchers. Sharing a family tree with friends and family can be boring for many unless you provide some anecdotes about the lives of ancestors past. Occupations can offer a font of knowledge about […]
September 5, 2018
Can anyone explain what this chart means? https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/research_resources/shared-cm-project/
September 5, 2018
This is an article from an early issue of Shem Tov that may be helpful for members researching relatives that went missing in the Holocaust. Researchers, here is the link to the Search Bureau. http://: https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/research_resources/ontario-archives/
September 5, 2018
If your family member came through the Province of Ontario a primary source for researchers is the Ontario Archives. Toronto was the preferred destination for many immigrants, therefore searching the City of Toronto Archives is a key resource. https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/research_resources/ontario-archives/
September 5, 2018
The newly formed Jewish Genealogy Society of Brooklyn has some wonderful links to important websites. This includes # 36, Emily Anne Croom’s lengthy treatise on the importance of citing your sources in either footnotes or endnotes. If you are going to pass your research to the next generation, as you […]
September 5, 2018
https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/links/how-to-read-a-jewish-tombstone/ Headstones are important primary sources of information for family researchers. Unfortunately, not enough of us are able to interpret the Hebrew text. Here are some basics on how to decipher a tombstone or matzeyva מַצֵבָה.
September 5, 2018
David Price’s “Beginners Guide to Jewish Genealogy Websites” https://drive.google.com/file/d/105o0kf-uFcIqaOJ4A3kUzvJV7ekcTXT0/view?usp=sharing
August 30, 2018
Housed in the Lipa Green Centre of the Jewish Federation of Ontario, the Jewish Archives is a vast repository of vital information. One can find landsmanshaften publications and records, shul memberships, Society magazines, histories of Mount Sinai, Brunswick St., Baycrest Hospitals, newspaper and magazine articles that related to well-known Jewish […]
August 30, 2018
The JDC was founded to support Jewish communities dislocated by war and natural disasters. Genealogists may be very interested in searching their Archives for family members who were uprooted as a consequence of World Wars 1 and 2, or who may have emigrated to Palestine before the creation of the […]
August 30, 2018
Many immigrants came to Canada through the Port of Halifax. Pier 21 was the entry point after 1921. The Pier 21 Museum in Halifax is a very interesting visit for researchers. They have a website that offers valuable information re ship schedules and arrivals. Ship’s manifests can also be accessed. […]