Genealogy Links Archives - Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto

FindMyPast offers the “single best resource you may not be using”. The PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) enables you to easily locate key information about people and places. It contains over 2.5 million entries from thousands of historical, genealogical and ethnic publications, making it an invaluable, comprehensive family history resource.

PERSI provides a simple way to access articles, photos, and other material you might not find using traditional search methods. This can help to build the historical context around your personal research, and the world your ancestors lived in.

Most of PERSI’s articles are from periodicals covering the United States and Canada, but you can also find thousands of genealogy and local history entries (in both English and French) from Britain, Ireland and Australia.

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September 5, 2018

Periodical Source Index

September 5, 2018

Jewish Genealogy Websites (Nov 2016)

Click on the link below (see Read More) to open up an extensive list of Jewish Genealogy related websites. Thanks are extended to David Price for compiling and updating this list. More Jewish Genealogy Websites by David Price Revised 22Nov2016 https://practice.jgstoronto.ca/research_resources/additional-jewis…d-by-david-price/

September 5, 2018

The Genealogical Value of Cemetery Records

IGRA celebrates International Jewish Genealogy Month! The first lecture in our series was on the JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR) by Nolan Altman. This webinar explores the importance of patronymics and how headstones are one of the best sources for this information. You’ll have a chance to get to […]

September 5, 2018

Tips About Occupations or is Being Called a “Son of a “Knocker-Upper” an Insult

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 […]

August 21, 2018

JGS Organizations

Links to JGS Organizations https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JCAEjDJcfcA_ZLNlug4GE7b4Xvpi4XQl/view?usp=sharing

August 20, 2018

Best Genealogy Websites for 2017

Here are Family Tree Magazine’s best genealogy websites that they identify as their “best” for 2017. https://www.familytreemagazine.com/best-genealogy-websites/