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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
[[Image:{{YadV}}]]'''Archives''' collect and preserve original documents created by governments or religious institutions. '''Libraries''' | [[Image:{{YadV}}]]'''Archives''' collect and preserve original documents created by governments or religious institutions. '''Libraries''' collect published sources such as books, city directories, and maps. This section describes repositories of records for Jewish historical and genealogical research. | ||
If you plan to visit one of these repositories contact the organization and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. | If you plan to visit one of these repositories contact the organization and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees. | ||
<u>Remember, the FamilySearch Library may have a printed or microfilmed copy of the records you need.</u> | <u>Remember, the FamilySearch Library may have a printed or microfilmed copy of the records you need.</u> | ||
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=== JDC Archives === | === JDC Archives === | ||
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), established in 1914, is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization. JDC works in more than 70 countries and in Israel. Comprising the organizational records of JDC, the overseas rescue, relief, and rehabilitation arm of the American Jewish community, the [ | The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), established in 1914, is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization. JDC works in more than 70 countries and in Israel. Comprising the organizational records of JDC, the overseas rescue, relief, and rehabilitation arm of the American Jewish community, the [https://archives.jdc.org/ JDC Archives] includes text documents, a large photograph collection, audio recordings, video recordings, and a research library. More than 2.6 million digitized pages of documents are available in PDF form through the [https://search.archives.jdc.org/ searchable online database]. The [https://archives.jdc.org/our-collections/names-index/ Names Index] holds more than 500,000 names and is a major source of information for genealogists and family historians. The [https://archives.jdc.org/our-shared-legacy/ Our Shared Legacy] page includes photograph galleries and a names search from the WWII era by location. | ||
The JDC Archives is located in two centers; one at JDC’s NY headquarters, and the second in Jerusalem. It is open to the public by [https://request.archives.jdc.org/VisitorRequest/VisitorRequest.aspx appointment]. | The JDC Archives is located in two centers; one at JDC’s NY headquarters, and the second in Jerusalem. It is open to the public by [https://request.archives.jdc.org/VisitorRequest/VisitorRequest.aspx appointment]. | ||