Genealogy links (NY, MA, CT, general, Jewish)

Files you can download

As long as you give credit to the sources, you are welcome to use these for noncommercial purposes ONLY. They are not for resale in any manner.
• EllisIsland_Lvov-Lwow-Lemberg.tar.gz: immigrants from Lvov/Lwow/Lemberg found in the Ellis Island records using Steve Morse's blue form", in .tar.gz'd Excel file
• EllisIsland_myGaliciantowns-xc-Lvov.tar.gz: immigrants from Bialykamin, Gologory, Nowy Sacz/Nysont, Przemysl (and some from Premyslany, because some spelling variants could have been either), Sasov, Zloczow/Zlutchif/Zolochev and similarly-spelled places found in the Ellis Island records using Steve Morse's blue form", in .tar.gz'd Excel file
• EllisIsland_Wolfs-.tar.gz: Wolfshaut and similar names I've found in the Ellis Island records, in .tar.gz'd Excel file

• New upload as of 6/28/05! EllisIsland_strangespellings-list.txt: strange spelling variations, typos, misinterpretations, etc. of some Galician towns that I've found in the Ellis Island records, in a text file. Most seem to be messed-up versions of Bialy Kamien, Bialystok, Przemysl or Przemyslany, and Zloczow and similar-sounding towns. Please remember that I am *not* an expert on any of these town names or on Galician geography. I know several are not what I thought they were. However, you might make the same mistakes I did - you're welcome to use these to filter your results in any way you like.
• In a similar vein: Ada Green (Greenblatt) told me that a few years ago she compiled this listing of all known Bialy Kamien variants in the EIDB that she could find.

Belarus (aka Byelorus), particularly the Minsk area

• Belarus Static Index (searchable) at JewishGen
• the JewishGen's scanned, searchable list of people in the Brest Ghetto
• info the LDS has on Belarus
• Virtual Guide to Belarus,
• Maps of Belarus, both historical and recent,
• Links in/about Belarus, from WWW Belarus
• FHL Microfilms of Jewish congregations in Belarus and Russia (as far back as 1839 for some areas)
• Belarus Revision Lists (Poll Tax Lists) from the Historical Archiv of Minsk, Belarus
• RAGAS (Russian-American Genealogical Archival Service) will do research in Russia, the Ukraine, and Belarus
• IAJGS Cemetery Project, Belarus mentions a cemetery in Luban

Poland

• PolishRoots
• The Grodno Genealogy Group's searchable database of the 1912 Grodno Gubernia Voters List
• the JewishGen's scanned, searchable list of people in the Brest Ghetto
• Polish Genealogical Society of America
• read/post "looking for people" genealogy ads on Explore Poland's web site
• Rafal Prinke's surname database/searching, in English
• Rafal Prinke's surname database/searching, in Polish
• UC Davis' maps of Poland, ca. 1880
• Links in/about Poland, from WWW Belarus
• jjnowicki's genealogy page, which has general Polish and Polish genealogy links
• Polish Army in France, WWI, aka. "Haller's Army" - searchable index
• IAJGS Cemetery Project, Poland has info on many different Polish cemeteries

New York research

As with many Jewish families, I have ancestors who lived in New York when they immigrated. Some stayed there; others moved to nearby states. I'm researching my roots in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and (later this century) Queens and Long Island.
• Suffolk County, LI searchable databases
• Local records on microfilm in the New York State Archives
• index to National Archives microfilms of immigrant and passenger arrivals
• JewishGen's Burial Societies in the New York Metro Area
• Specific cemeteries:
  I do not do lookups for any of these cemeteries.
  • Map of Beth David Cemetery, Nassau County, Long Island, with directions (127k)
  • Huge version of the above map (443k)
  • Map of Wellwood Cemetery, Suffolk County, Long Island, with directions (118k)
  • Huge version of the above map (266k)
  • Map of New Montefiore Cemetery, Suffolk County, Long Island (109k)
  • Huge version of the above map (347k)
• IAJGS Cemetery Project - New York City Metro Area
• IAJGS Cemetery Project - Long Island
• IAJGS Cemetery Project - New York State

Massachusetts, mostly the Boston area

One branch of my mother's family lived in the Boston area during the mid-1900s, and may still be there. I'm trying to track them down.
• Resources for Jewish Genealogy in Boston
• Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts
• IAJGS Cemetery Project, Massachusetts lists a number of Jewish cemeteries in Massachusetts as well as contact info for JCAM (the Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts), who will do lookups of people buried in Boston-area cemeteries (they have this info in a database; no fee, but donation requested).

Connecticut, mostly New London

• Polish Genealogical Society of the Northeast (PGSNE, formerly "...of Connecticut")
• IAJGS Cemetery Project, Connecticut lists a number of Jewish cemeteries in New London and elsewhere in Connecticut

Jewish Benevolent Societies and cemeteries

When they came to the U.S., immigrants from the same town or area would often group together for social and financial support. Members of the same benevolent society were often buried in the same part of a particular cemetery.
• general info on landsmanschaften organizations
• IAJGS (Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies) - International Jewish Cemetery Project home page
• Essay/history of benevolent societies, c.1880s-1920, by Daniel Levine

Jewish genealogy info

What I've found out about my family; general sites that could be of interest to other genealogy researchers.
• My family's genealogy, including pictures of documents and a Tiny Tafel
• American Jewish Year Book Obituary Index - The American Jewish Committee and The Jewish Publication Society. Index to over 3,000 obituaries of prominent Jews, 1948-1994.
• The Poor Jews' Temporary Shelter Database - covers 1896 thru 1914.
• The Landsmanschaftn Archive at the YIVO Archive for Jewish Research in New York City. Records may be in Yiddish and/or English.
• Netherlands Society for Jewish Genealogy
• Jewish Genealogy FAQ
• descriptions of over 100 JewishGen InfoFiles on various topics
• The ShtetLinks Directory
• The Shtetl Finder
• Gesher Galicia [Bridge to Galicia] SIG
• Routes to Roots (Miriam Weiner for hire for personalized research in Belarus, Poland, and nearby areas)
• the Jewish Genealogical Society of Rochester, NY has many useful links
• this bookstore has the occasional Yizkor book
• Avotaynu has many useful books as well as microfiche; you can also do a soundex search on a particular name
• The soc.genealogy.slavic home page
• soc.genealogy.slavic
• soc.genealogy.jewish

Fairfax County &/or Virginia

(where I live, but I don't have much research to do around here myself)
• The Fairfax Genealogical Society of Fairfax County, Virginia's Fairfax County and Vicinity resources page

General genealogy info

Stuff that many genealogists would find interesting
• FreeBMD: putting indexed records from England and Wales online; freely searchable Note: being upgraded; has had some software problems with searching
• The Tombstone Transcription Project - for cemeteries in the United States and for cemeteries abroad which contain the remains of Americans
• Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration site
• RootsWeb:
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA):
  • NARA home page
  • How to access NARA's records
  • Military records (not a complete list, just those of interest to me in my research):
    • (From ) 'Inquiries about compiled military service records should be submitted on NATF form 80, "Order for Copies of Veterans Records." Instructions for its use and an explanation of how orders are processed are printed on the form.' Page also notes that soldiers from different states/territories often served in the same regiment, so researchers may have to check several indices.
    • Civil War records:
      • Union volunteers (ctd. in parts 6-8)
      • Confederate soldiers
    • National Personnel Records Center (NPRC), to obtain 20th century (and later :->) military records. You'll need to fill out SF 180 - Request Pertaining to Military Records or mail them a letter containing similar info. It can take up to six months to hear back. Unfortunately, you have to already know a lot about the person to get a copy of their record.
  • Genealogy page
    • Immigration records
    • Naturalization records
    • NARA's Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals microfilm catalog list
    • NARA's Census Records microfilm catalog list
    • index to National Archives microfilms of immigrant and passenger arrivals
    • How/where to find NARA's records for the Port of New York, 1820-1957 (index to the passenger list, by name)
  • Gopher at NARA.gov
• Immigrant arrival research reference book list (from the Library of Congress; no links for searching the actual books)
• Ancestry.com - search the SSDI, online databases, etc.
• Ellis Island American Immigrant Wall of Honor (searchable)
• Ellis Island's immigration records (searchable)
• Pam Middleton-Lee's "Best Genealogy Links on the WWW" site
• Royal and Presidential genealogies
• The "Hamburg-Amerika Linie" (Hamburg-Amerika Line), via Hamburg, included the ship Pretoria
• soc.genealogy.surnames
• National Genealogy Society
• The Social Security Death Index [SSDI] (you can search it here yourself!)
• e-mail the Polish genealogy mailing list (to subscribe, put subscribe genpol in the body of your message)
• RAND corporation (they have a surnames list)
• Global Heritage Center sells genealogy CD-ROMs and software
• LOC (the Library of Congress)
• FEEFHS (Federation of East European Family History Societies, in Utah, with a huge searchable index
• MEL - U. Mich library info
• Everton Publishers
• German-Russian
• A list of books on German passenger liners (non-German ancestors, such as mine from Minsk, may have come over on German ships)
• The Globe Corner Bookshop, which sells many maps of Poland and other countries
• U. Texas maps of Europe (modern maps)
• Stephen A. Wood's The Genealogy Home Page
• On-line Russian course (free)
• Railroad Retirement Board web site
• WhoWhere?'s homepages about genealogy

Phone and e-mail directory searching

Look up your relatives' names
• AccuMail/InfoSpace (U.S. and International e-mail)
• American Directory Assistance (USA)
• AnyWho Directory Service
• Four11 (e-mail and phone searches)
• Switchboard
• WhoWhere? (phone/address/reverse phone number searches)

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