Routes to Roots

RELATED WEBSITES

	1. Links to Other Resources for Family History Research
	2. Jewish Genealogy Societies and Special Interest Groups
	3. JewishGen Internet URLs
	4. Archives in Eastern Europe
	5. Other Sites of Interest
	6. Polish and Eastern European Genealogical Societies

LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES FOR FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH

The Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation, Inc., 73 Harbor Key, Secaucus, NJ 07094 <http://www.rtrfoundation.org>

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

There are more than 70 Jewish genealogical societies (JGSs) worldwide, with the number increasing at a rapid rate. For a current list, see:

International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies
<http://www.iajgs.org>

In addition to the JGSs, the following Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are composed of genealogists interested in a specific geographic region.
See http://www.jewishgen.org/listserv/sigs.htm for more information about SIG groups.

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JEWISHGEN INTERNET URLS

JewishGen, Inc. Edmond J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280 <http://www.jewishgen.org>

JRI-PL [Jewish Records Indexing Poland] <http://www.jri-poland.org>

ShtetLinks <http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlinks>

ShtetlSeeker <http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlseeker>

JGFF [JewishGen Family Finder] <http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/>

Belarus SIG <http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/>

Galicia SIG <http://www.jewishgen.org/Galicia/>

Litvak SIG <http://www.jewishgen.org/litvak/>

Ukraine SIG <http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/>

Ten Steps to JewishGen <http://www.toldot.net/jewishgen.html>

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ARCHIVES IN EASTERN EUROPE

National Center For Archives and Records Management (Belarus) <http://www.archives.gov.by/eindex.htm>

Lithuanian Archives Department, <http://www.archyvai.lt/archyvai/index.jsp>

Polish State Archives, <http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/?CIDA=43>

Ukraine State Archives, <http://www.archives.gov.ua/Eng/>

Archives Worldwide,
<http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/index.shtml>

Repositories of Primary Sources,
<http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html>

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OTHER SITES OF INTEREST

Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute, 15 West 16th Street,
New York, NY 10011 http://www.cjh.org/family/

American Red Cross, The Holocaust and War Victims Tracing and Information Center, 4800 Mount Hope Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215-3231
http://www.redcross.org/services/intl/holotrace/index.html

Ancestry, Incorporated, 266 West Center Street, Orem, UT 84058 <http://www.ancestry.com>

Auschwitz Jewish Center, Pl. Ks. Jana Skarbka 3-5, 32-600 Oswiecim, Poland
http://www.ajcf.org

Avotaynu, Inc., 155 N. Washington Avenue, Bergenfield, NJ 07621 <http://www.avotaynu.com>

Beth Hatefutsoth - Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, Ramat Aviv, P.O.B. 30359, Tel Aviv 61392, Israel. <http://www.bh.org.il>

Beth Hatefutsoth Direct Link
http://www.bh.org.il/links.asp

Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
http://www.cjh.org

Central Archive for the History of the Jewish People, P.O. Box 1149,
Jerusalem 91010, Israel. http://sites.huji.ac.il/archives/

Cyndi’s List. More than 128,300 links in 119,950 categorized and cross-referenced links; more than 150 categories. http://www.cyndislist.com/

Douglas E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center (located at Beth Hatefutsoth,
see above). <http://www.bh.org.il/Genealogy/index.asp>

Ellis Island Foundation, 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017-3898
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/

Family History Library, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 <http://www.lds.org>

Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C.
<http://www.embassy.org/embassies/index.html>

Hebrew Immigration Aid Society (HIAS), 333 Seventh Avenue,
New York, NY 10001 http://www.hias.org;
(Location Search: http://www.hias.org/Find_Family/location.html)

International Survey of Jewish Monuments, 123 Clarke Street,
Syracuse, NY 13210 http://www.isjm.org

Jewish Genealogical Society (New York), P.O. Box 6398, New York, NY 10128 <http://www.jgsny.org>

Jewish Historical Institute, ul. Tlomackie 3/5, 00-090 Warsaw, Poland <http://www.jewishinstitute.org.pl>

Judaica Foundation: Center for Jewish Culture
ul. Meiselsa 17, 31-058, Krakow, Poland http://www.judaica.pl/

Leo Baeck Institute, 15 West 16th Street,New York, NY 10011-6301 <http://www.lbi.org>

Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, Second Street SE, Washington, D.C. 20540 <http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage>

New York Public Library, 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 <http://catnyp.nypl.org>

Polish Roots: The Polish Genealogy Source. http://www.polishroots.org/

The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation – Poland: Jewish Genealogy Project,
ul. Tlomackie 3/5, Warszawa 00-090 Poland
http://www.jewish.org.pl/english/foundati/Lauder1.html

United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad
1101 Fifteenth Street NW, Suite #1040, Washington, DC 20005 <http://www.preservationcommission.org>

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, D.C. 20024 <http://www.ushmm.org>

United States National Archives, Cartographic & Architectural Branch, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001 <http://www.nara.gov>

United States National Archives – The Genealogy Page,
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20408
<http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/genindex.html>

World Monuments Fund, 95 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10016
<http://www.wmf.org/>

Yad Vashem, P.O. Box 3477, Jerusalem 91034 Israel
<http://www.yad-vashem.org.il>

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011-6301 <http://www.yivoinstitute.org>

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POLISH AND EASTERN EUROPEAN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES

Networking with other Polish genealogists, even if not Jewish, could be helpful. You may find someone else researching the history of your town and other related documentation.

East European Genealogical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 2536, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 4A7

Federation of Eastern European Genealogical Societies, P.O. Box 510898, Salt Lake City, UT 84151-0898 <http://feefhs.org>

There are numerous active Polish genealogical societies throughout the United States, including the following:

Polish Genealogical Society of America, 984 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 <http://members.aol.com/pgsamerica>

Polish Genealogical Society of Connecticut and the Northeast, 8 Lyle Road, New Britain, CT 06053-2104 http://www.pgsctne.org

Polish Genealogical Society of Greater Cleveland, 906 College Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113 <http://feefhs.org/pol/frgpgsgc.html>

Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts, P.O. Box 381, Northampton, MA 01060-0381 <http://feefhs.org/pol/frgpgsma.html>

Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan, Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202-4067 http://www.pgsm.org

Polish Genealogical Society of Minnesota,5768 Olson Memorial Highway, Golden Valley, MN 55422 <http://feefhs.org/pol/frgpgsmn.html>

Polish Genealogical Society of Texas, 15917 Juneau Lane, Houston, TX 77040-2155

Polish Genealogical Society of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 342341, Milwaukee, WI 53234-2341 <http://feefhs.org/pol/frgpgswi.html>

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