JewishGen

{{Short description|International electronic resource for Jewish genealogy}}

{{Short description|International electronic resource for Jewish genealogy}}

{{Infobox organization

{{Infobox organization

| name = JewishGen

| name = JewishGen

| image = Museum of jewish heritage.jpg

| formation = {{start date and age|1987}}

| caption = [[Museum of Jewish Heritage]] – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City

| image = Museum of jewish heritage.jpg

| caption = [[Museum of Jewish Heritage]] – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City

| type = Non-Profit

| logo = JewishGenLogo.jpg

| type = Non-Profit

| headquarters = New York City, New York

| logo_caption = Preserving Our History for Future Generations

| logo = JewishGenLogo.jpg

| founded_date = {{start date and age|1987}}

| logo_caption = Preserving Our History for Future Generations

| founder = Susan E. King

| key_people = Avraham Groll

| founder = Susan E. King

| leader_title = Executive Director

| num_employees = 2 full time staff<br/>300+ volunteers - worldwide

| leader_name = Avraham Groll

| resources = Databases<br/>Family finder<br/>Discussion groups<br/>Social Media<br/>Yizkor book translations<br/>Worldwide burial registry<br/>Blog

| board_of_directors = [[Bruce Ratner]] (chairman)

| homepage = {{URL|JewishGen.org}}

[[Peter Kalikow]]

Jack Kliger

[[E. Randol Schoenberg]]<ref name="Bios">[https://www.jewishgen.org/bios/ JewishGen Bios]</ref>

| volunteers = 1000+ (worldwide)

| website = {{URL|JewishGen.org}}

| resources = Databases<br/>Family finder<br/>Discussion groups<br/>Social Media<br/>Yizkor book translations<br/>Worldwide burial registry<br/>Blog

}}

}}

In 2008, in a partnership with JewishGen, [[Ancestry.com]] took over the data center hosting of the JewishGen computerized assets.<ref name=JewishGen-Ancestry-2008>{{cite web|title=Ancestry.com and JewishGen Align to Provide More Online Access to Millions of Jewish Historical Documents|url=http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/PR/Ancestry.08.08.htm|website=JewishGen|access-date=23 October 2015|date=19 August 2008}}</ref> The agreement improved the JewishGen website's performance, which had been problematic, and created a licensing agreement with Ancestry.com for database access that created a revenue stream for JewishGen.<ref name=Avotaynu-Nu-JewishGenAncestry-2008>{{cite news|last1=Mokotoff|first1=Gary|title=JewishGen and Ancestry.com Form an Alliance|volume=9|url=http://www.avotaynu.com/nu/V09N20.htm|access-date=23 October 2015|work=Nu? What's New? The E-zine of Jewish Genealogy From [[Avotaynu]]|issue=20|date=24 August 2008}}</ref> The partnership increases Ancestry.com's access to and integration of Jewish genealogical resources from JewishGen.<ref name=Ancestry-Partnership-2008>{{cite news|last1=Szucs|first1=Juliana|title=Ancestry.com and JewishGen to Provide Online Access to Millions of Jewish Historical Documents|url=http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2786|access-date=23 October 2015|work=[[Ancestry.com]]|date=20 August 2008}}</ref>

In 2008, in a partnership with JewishGen, [[Ancestry.com]] took over the data center hosting of the JewishGen computerized assets.<ref name=JewishGen-Ancestry-2008>{{cite web|title=Ancestry.com and JewishGen Align to Provide More Online Access to Millions of Jewish Historical Documents|url=http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/PR/Ancestry.08.08.htm|website=JewishGen|access-date=23 October 2015|date=19 August 2008}}</ref> The agreement improved the JewishGen website's performance, which had been problematic, and created a licensing agreement with Ancestry.com for database access that created a revenue stream for JewishGen.<ref name=Avotaynu-Nu-JewishGenAncestry-2008>{{cite news|last1=Mokotoff|first1=Gary|title=JewishGen and Ancestry.com Form an Alliance|volume=9|url=http://www.avotaynu.com/nu/V09N20.htm|access-date=23 October 2015|work=Nu? What's New? The E-zine of Jewish Genealogy From [[Avotaynu]]|issue=20|date=24 August 2008}}</ref> The partnership increases Ancestry.com's access to and integration of Jewish genealogical resources from JewishGen.<ref name=Ancestry-Partnership-2008>{{cite news|last1=Szucs|first1=Juliana|title=Ancestry.com and JewishGen to Provide Online Access to Millions of Jewish Historical Documents|url=http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2786|access-date=23 October 2015|work=[[Ancestry.com]]|date=20 August 2008}}</ref>

In October 2022<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holocaust |first=Museum of Jewish Heritage-A. Living Memorial to the |date=2022-10-19 |title=MJH and JewishGen Announce the Peter and Mary Kalikow Jewish Genealogy Research Center |url=https://mjhnyc.org/press/mjh-and-jewishgen-announce-the-peter-and-mary-kalikow-jewish-genealogy-research-center/ |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust |language=en-US}}</ref>, JewishGen and the Museum of Jewish Heritage announced the establishment of the Peter and Mary Kalikow Jewish Genealogy Research Center. Located within the Museum, the Center functions as the physical home of JewishGen<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peter and Mary Kalikow Jewish Genealogy Research Center |url=https://mjhnyc.org/genealogy/ |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust |language=en-US}}</ref> and is staffed on rotation by eight professional genealogists with diverse areas of expertise, as well as a full-time director<ref>{{Cite web |title=JewishGen - The Global Home for Jewish Genealogy |url=https://www.jewishgen.org/ |access-date=2025-07-08 |website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref>.

JewishGen's website is designed to provide a simple and easy interface, and is offered as a free public service.<ref name=AncestryMag-Beginning-2003>{{cite news|last1=Krasner-Khait|first1=Barbara|title=Beginning Jewish Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JwHmJFw1464C&pg=PA35|access-date=23 October 2015|work=[[Ancestry Magazine]]|date=March 2003|pages=34–39}}</ref> Over 1,000 active volunteers throughout the world contribute to its ever-growing collection of databases, resources, and search tools. It lists more than 21 million Jewish records, hundreds of translated [[Yizkor Books|yizkor (memorial) books]], research tools, a family finder, educational classes, historical components, and other resources.<ref name=Hamodia-Feature-2013>{{cite news|last1=Burstyn|first1=Rochel|title=Connecting with the Past: Jewish genealogy|work=[[Hamodia|Hamodia Magazine]]|date=3 January 2013|pages=26–27}}</ref> It has a user base of over 500,000 registered users worldwide.<ref name=DOROT-WhatsNew-2009>{{cite journal|last1=Stein|first1=Steve|title=What's New on JewishGen?|journal=DOROT|date=14 June 2009|volume=30|issue=4|url=http://www.jgsny.org/assets/Documents/summer2009.pdf|access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref>

JewishGen's website is designed to provide a simple and easy interface, and is offered as a free public service.<ref name=AncestryMag-Beginning-2003>{{cite news|last1=Krasner-Khait|first1=Barbara|title=Beginning Jewish Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JwHmJFw1464C&pg=PA35|access-date=23 October 2015|work=[[Ancestry Magazine]]|date=March 2003|pages=34–39}}</ref> Over 1,000 active volunteers throughout the world contribute to its ever-growing collection of databases, resources, and search tools. It lists more than 21 million Jewish records, hundreds of translated [[Yizkor Books|yizkor (memorial) books]], research tools, a family finder, educational classes, historical components, and other resources.<ref name=Hamodia-Feature-2013>{{cite news|last1=Burstyn|first1=Rochel|title=Connecting with the Past: Jewish genealogy|work=[[Hamodia|Hamodia Magazine]]|date=3 January 2013|pages=26–27}}</ref> It has a user base of over 500,000 registered users worldwide.<ref name=DOROT-WhatsNew-2009>{{cite journal|last1=Stein|first1=Steve|title=What's New on JewishGen?|journal=DOROT|date=14 June 2009|volume=30|issue=4|url=http://www.jgsny.org/assets/Documents/summer2009.pdf|access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref>

=== All country databases ===

=== All country databases ===

JewishGen's All Country Databases contain historical records, including birth, marriage and death records, census records, military records with new data added regularly.<ref name=DOROT-Notes-1999>{{cite journal|title=Notes from All Over: National Archives Ship List Catalog On-Line, Lithuanian and Latvian Databases On-Line, New or Expanded JewishGen Sites: Boston, Poland, Belarus, Westphalia, AJHS|journal=DOROT|date=Spring 1999|volume=20|issue=3–4|pages=6–10|url=http://www.jgsny.org/assets/Documents/dorot20-3-4spring-summer1999.pdf|access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref> Country databases currently exist for the following areas:

JewishGen's All Country Databases contain historical records, including birth, marriage and death records, census records, and military records with new data added regularly.<ref name=DOROT-Notes-1999>{{cite journal|title=Notes from All Over: National Archives Ship List Catalog On-Line, Lithuanian and Latvian Databases On-Line, New or Expanded JewishGen Sites: Boston, Poland, Belarus, Westphalia, AJHS|journal=DOROT|date=Spring 1999|volume=20|issue=3–4|pages=6–10|url=http://www.jgsny.org/assets/Documents/dorot20-3-4spring-summer1999.pdf|access-date=23 October 2015}}</ref> Country databases currently exist for the following areas:

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* JewishGen Austria-Czech Database<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/AustriaCzech/|title=JewishGen Austria-Czech Database|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref>

* JewishGen Austria-Czech Database<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/AustriaCzech/|title=JewishGen Austria-Czech Database|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref>

* All Poland Database<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/|title=JewishGen Poland Database|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref> —in partnership with [[JRI-Poland]]

* All Poland Database<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Poland/|title=JewishGen Poland Database|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref> —in partnership with [[JRI-Poland]]

* JewishGen Romania Database<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Romania/|title=JewishGen Romania Database|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref> —includes Romania and Moldova

* JewishGen Romania Database<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Romania/|title=JewishGen Romania Database|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref> —includes Romania and Moldova

* JewishGen Sephardic Database<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/sephardic/|title=JewishGen Sephardic Database|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref> —including the Jeff Malka Sephardic Collection formerly hosted on SephardicGen<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/JeffMalka/|title=Jeff Malka Sephardic Collection|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref>

* JewishGen Scandinavia Database<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Scandinavia/|title=JewishGen Scandinavia Database|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref>

* JewishGen Scandinavia Database<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Scandinavia/|title=JewishGen Scandinavia Database|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref>

* JewishGen Ukraine Database<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Ukraine/|title=JewishGen Ukraine Database|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref>

* JewishGen Ukraine Database<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Ukraine/|title=JewishGen Ukraine Database|website=www.jewishgen.org}}</ref>