Internet Sites For Genealogy Research:

• JewishGen Inc.: Connects researchers of Jewish

ealog , — orldwide;
includes family finder, numerous databases, how-to help files:
www.jewishgen.org
• Ancestry.com: Vast databases and how-to help files
• Genealogy.com
• Rootsweb.com: Free genealogy Internet community, part of
ancestry.com
• Free downloads for genealogy charts and forms:
www.ancestry.com/treesicharts/ancchart.aspx
• Jewish Historical Society of Michigan: Includes the online Yearbook
Project, with more than 112,000 high school seniors names and photos:
www.michjewishhistory.org
• International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies:
www.iajgs.org
• Stevemorse.org: More than 400 search tools
• Ellis Island Database: www.ellisisland.org
• Jewish Funeral Directors of America: Cemeteries and burial informa-
tion: www.jfda.org
• LDS Family History Library: Salt Lake City, Utah, founded in 1894 to
gather genealogical records, including Jewish records. Worldwide help
information: www.familysearch.org
• Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit: Includes online Michigan
Jewish Cemetery Database: www.thisisfederation.org/cemetery/default.
asp
• Jewish Community Archives at the Reuther Library, Wayne State,
Detroit: www.reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/34
• Avotaynu Inc: Publisher of products and information for Jewish
genealogy research. Free online newsletter: (201) 287-7200 or
(800) AVOTAYNU (286-8296); www.avotaynu.com
• Franklin (Rabbi Leo M.) Archives at Temple Beth El: www.tbeonline.
org/education/archives/index.cfm
• Holocaust Memorial Center: www.holocaustcenter.org
• LibrarySpot.com: Virtual library resource center for exploring the
Internet
• Bentley Historical Library: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor:
http://www.bentley.umich.edu/
• Board for Certification of Genealogists: Washington, D.C.:
www.bcgcertification.org/aboutbcg/index.html
• Burton Historical Collection: Extensive Detroit and Michigan data:
www.detroit.lib.mi.us/burton/burton_index.htm
• Detroit Public Library: www.detroit.lib.mi.us/
• Family Tree Magazine: Online toolkit, forms, books, resource guides:
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/toolkit_intro.asp
• Michigan Genealogical Council, Lansing: www.mimgc.org
• Wayne State University Press, Judaica: www.wsupress.wayne.edu/
judaica/judaica.html
• JCC Detroit, Meyers Library: http://bit.Iy/nlULin
• The Lost Synagogues of Detroit: http://shtetlhood.com
• The Detroit Historical Museum: http://www.detroithistorical.org
• History Detroit: 1701 - 2001: www.historydetroit.com
• Historic Places in Detroit: www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/detroit/detlist.htm
• Detroit: History and Future: http://detroit1701.org
• Michigan County Histories: www.hti.umich.edu/m/micounty
• Historical Society of Michigan: www.hsmichigan.org

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