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RELATED WEBSITES

• Archives in Eastern Europe
• Jewish Genealogical Societies and Special Interest Groups
• JewishGen Internet URLs
• On-site Archive Research
• Other Sites of Interest
• Polish and Eastern European Genealogical Societies

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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ON-SITE ARCHIVE RESEARCH IN POLAND, UKRAINE, BELARUS AND MOLDOVA

Routes to Roots, 136 Sandpiper Key, Secaucus, NJ 070994
http://www.routestoroots.com

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JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

There are more than 80 Jewish genealogical societies (JGSs) worldwide, with the number increasing at a rapid rate. For a current list, contact:

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. 2951 Marina Bay Dr., Suite 130-472, League City, Texas 77573 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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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/

Doug las E. Goldman Jewish Genealogy Center (located at Beth Hatefusoth, 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

Galicia Jewish Museum, Dajwor Street 18, 31-052, Krakow, Poland
http://www.galiciajewishmuseum.org

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)

Hungarian Jewish Roots, Andor utca 22, 1119 Budapest, Hungary,
http://www.jewishroots.hu

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

Unit ed 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.yadvashem.org

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 http://www.eegsociety.org

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://www.pgsa.org/

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 o f 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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