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*International Genealogical Index, which lists the names of deceased individuals from all over the world. This index includes names extracted from birth and marriage records and from submissions of private individuals. While it may include only limited information on Jewish families, it is certainly worth searching. | *International Genealogical Index, which lists the names of deceased individuals from all over the world. This index includes names extracted from birth and marriage records and from submissions of private individuals. While it may include only limited information on Jewish families, it is certainly worth searching. | ||
'''Ancestral File.''' This file, part of FamilySearch and on the FamilySearch.org Internet site, contains family history information linked in family groups and pedigrees that has been contributed by patrons since 1979. Although it contains the names of millions of people, few are of Jewish descent. Ancestral File allows you to print pedigree charts, family group records, details about the submitters, and individual summary sheets for any person in the file. It was closed in 2004 and was replaced by the Pedigree Resource File. The data, however, is still available online and on CD-ROM at many Family History Centers.<br> | '''Ancestral File.''' This file, part of FamilySearch and on the FamilySearch.org Internet site, contains family history information linked in family groups and pedigrees that has been contributed by patrons since 1979. Although it contains the names of millions of people, few are of Jewish descent. Ancestral File allows you to print pedigree charts, family group records, details about the submitters, and individual summary sheets for any person in the file. It was closed in 2004 and was replaced by the Pedigree Resource File. The data, however, is still available online and on CD-ROM at many Family History Centers. Notes and sources are not included online or in the CD-ROMs.<br> | ||
'''Vital Records Index British Isles, and Vital Records Index North America.''' These two sets of CD- ROM indexes contain information from millions of birth, christening, and marriage records for the British Isles (1538–1888) and the United States and Canada (1631–1888). Both indexes can be purchased from the Distribution Center (see "Introduction" for the address).However, most data in these two sets has since been posted at familysearch.org, <br> | '''Vital Records Index British Isles, and Vital Records Index North America.''' These two sets of CD- ROM indexes contain information from millions of birth, christening, and marriage records for the British Isles (1538–1888) and the United States and Canada (1631–1888). Both indexes can be purchased from the Distribution Center (see "Introduction" for the address).However, most data in these two sets has since been posted at familysearch.org, <br> | ||