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Trace your Jewish roots back through generations. These tools will take you to free genealogy search engines and discount or free genealogy software. Through these links, this author was able to locate dozens of new relatives and trace back several generations of his own family tree. These links will open in a new window so you can always keep this page available to check other links.

Research for Jewish family records in Europe is often difficult because of numerous spellings, incomplete, lost or destroyed records. But, as more records are being put online everyday, it is possible to find new connections not available a year or few months ago.

JewishGEN is the Offical Home of Jewish Genealogy. This site is the major reference source for Jewish genealogy. Search free a surname, town or register for additional options. JewishGen has thousands of databases, research tools and other resources to help with Jewish ancestry research. http://www.jewishgen.org/

Cyndi's Jewish Geneology List is comprehesive source of links to a variety of web sites the have searchable databases and resources. http://www.CyndisList.com/jewish.htm

FREEHS is The Federation of East European Family History Societies and contains useful Jewish genealogical resources, conferences and workshops. FEEFHS will soon offer a couple of new directories -- one listing genealogical speakers, and one listing genealogical research services. http://www.feefhs.org/

Holocaust Records. The Czestochowa-Radomsko Area Research Group finds, translates, and types Holocaust survivor lists and death lists from around Poland. This database, with over 1/4 million records so far, covering hundreds of towns, consisting of more than 100 separate projects, is one of the largest on the web: http://www.crarg.org/search-holocaust-records.php

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has information on Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resources http://www.ushmm.org/

Ancestry.com connects families across distance and time. Every family has a story and Ancestry.com is committed to helping each family discover theirs. A premium membership provides access to over 27,000 record collections covering billions of people across the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Sweden. Free Trial - Ancestry.com US Deluxe Membership

More links to Jewish genealogy search resources on the Internet.

Links to Judaic Galicia resources.