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=== Did you know? === | |||
*Columbus took Jews with him in hopes they could translate Oriental languages. | |||
*Jewish births are sometimes [[Jewish Records in Other Denominations|listed in local church records]]. | |||
*Emma Lazarus, daughter of Sephardic Jews, wrote the famous poem inscribed on the [[Jewish Emigration and Immigration|Statue of Liberty]], "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..." | |||
*Jews are the oldest group with their national identity and cultural heritage intact. | |||
*Celebrities with Jewish mothers: Geraldo Rivera, Fiorello Laguardia, Winston Churchill, Cary Grant, David Bowie, Robert DeNiro, Harrison Ford.<ref>Joseph Aaron, "Fun Jewish Facts" in Jewish News Online at http://www.chicagojewishnews.com/forums/showthread.php?t=338 (accessed 15 August 2009).</ref> | |||
=== Key Internet Links === | |||
*[http://www.iajgs.org/ International Assoc. of Jewish Genealogical Societies] over 75 groups | |||
*[http://sephardim.com/ Sephardim.com] for Sephardic genealogy / Jewish genealogy research | |||
*[http://www.yadvashem.org/ Yad Vashem] - Israeli Holocaust Museum and database | |||
*[http://synagoguescribes.com/blog/ Synagogue Scribes] London Ashkenazi Synagogue records database | |||
*[http://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen] databases and tools to help find family members | |||
*[[The_Knowles_Collection|The_Knowles_Collection]] - 615,000 individuals with genealogical details and family connections. | |||
*[http://feefhs.org/ Federation of East European Family History Societies] fosters research | |||
*[http://www.ajhs.org/ American Jewish Historical Society] books, photos, art and artifacts | |||
*[http://www.cemeteryscribes.com/ Cemetery Scribes] recording tombstone inscriptions in the UK | |||
*Ancestry.com [http://landing.ancestry.com/jewishfamilyhistory/us/default.aspx Jewish Family History Collection] world's largest online | |||
*[http://www.cjh.org/ Center for Jewish History] databases, collections, guides, and events | |||
*[http://ellisisland.org/ EllisIsland.org] NY passenger lists of 20 million immigrants. See also: | |||
:*[http://stevemorse.org/ellis/passengers.php?mode=ny&firstkind=close&FNM=&lastkind=starts&LNM= Searching $ New York (all: 1820-1957) Passenger Lists in One Step] | |||
:*[http://stevemorse.org/ellis/passengers.php?mode=hamb&firstkind=starts&FNM=&lastkind=starts&LNM= Searching $ Hamburg Outbound Passenger Lists in One Step] | |||
*For more websites click [[Jewish Websites|here:]] | |||
=== '''Helpful Guides''' === | |||
*[[How to Start Your Family History|How to Start Your Family History]] Simple steps to begin your family history. | |||
*[[United States#States|State Research Guides]] Individual guides to finding records and indexes in each U.S. state. | |||
*[https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/2/24/Jewish_Genealogy_Research_Outline.pdf Research Outline Jewish Genealogy] | |||
=== Things you can do === | |||
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