Ancestry Library Edition is a comprehensive online resource for family history which includes many collections, such as the U.S. Immigration Collection, the U.S. Census Collection, and the Jewish Family History Collection. It is geared toward genealogists and family history researchers.
Record types include, but are not limited to: Census Records, Vital Records, Military Records, Naturalization Records, Directories, Jewish Welfare Board Chaplaincy Records, Jewish Welfare Board War Records, Records of the Hebrew Orphan Asylum of the City of New York, Records of the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphan Asylum, Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society.
The Mormon Church has the largest collection of genealogical source material in the world. Its Family History Library has microfilmed vital records from around the world, and their catalog may be searched at this website.
"Fold3.com formerly Footnote.com is a valuable resource to genealogists and family historians. It includes millions of digitized historical documents from various resources such as U.S. National Archives and the Library of Congress." --Fold 3
This resource includes, but is not limited to: Revolution Records 1700s-1815, A New Nation Records 1815-1860, Emerging America Records 1880-1920, Civil War Records 1860-1880, World War II Records, Post War Records 1950s-2000s.
Alternative Name: Fold3
Keywords: Genealogy, History, Military, Veterans, War of 1812, WWI/WWII/World War I/World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Revolutionary War, Mexican American and Early Indian Wars, Civil War, Spanish-American War
This non-profit site is the central location for Jewish genealogy on the Internet. It consists of a great number of Research tools and databases, like the JewishGen Family Finder; the Holocaust Database, the Family Tree of the Jewish People, Town Finder, and various databases.
JSTOR is an archive of important scholarly journals. In addition to a comprehensive list of general interest titles, we provide access to Jewish Studies and Hebrew Journals.
The ProQuest Historical Newspaper Database of The New York Times is a searchable database of full page, full text articles from 1851 to 2015. "This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time." --ProQuest
Alternative Names: NY Times, NYT
Keywords: Biography, Genealogy, History, HNP, New York, NY, NYC, Periodicals, Press, ProQuest Historical Newspapers, Social Studies
"ProQuest’s Historical Newspapers: American Jewish Newspapers compilation enables researchers to investigate Jewish immigration, genealogy, history and so much more. [...] The Historical Newspapers: American Jewish Newspapers is comprised of four historical U.S. Jewish newspapers: The American Hebrew & Jewish Messenger (1857-1922), The Jewish Advocate (1905-1990), The American Israelite (1854-1922), and Jewish Exponent (1887-1990)." --ProQuest
"The Historical Newspapers: American Jewish Newspapers collection enables researchers to investigate the rise of Zionism and the formation of U.S. policies toward the state of Israel, complemented by Historical Newspaper titles." --ProQuest.
Related Titles: American Hebrew and Jewish Messenger, Jerusalem Post, Jewish Advocate, American Israelite, Jewish Exponent
Keywords: Biography, Genealogy, History, Jewish Newspapers, Jewish Press, Jewish Studies, Jewish-American Response to the Holocaust, Jewish-Americans and Israel, Social Studies, The Americas
This is the searchable online version of the Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary edited by Solon Beinfeld and Harry Bochner, published by Indiana University Press in 2013.
This dictionary includes: "Broad coverage of Yiddish words of all origins: Hebrew-Aramaic, Slavic, and Romance as well as Germanic. More words, and more idiomatic usages than in previous Yiddish-English dictionaries. More user-friendly, without the complicated abbreviations and signs found in older works. Many regional and dialectal variants are included alongside standard literary Yiddish forms." --Verterbukh
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History Vault: American Jewish Congress Records
The American Jewish Congress, founded in 1918 under the leadership of Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, is one of the most important organizations dedicated to advocating for the interests of the American Jewish community and defending the civil rights of all Americans. The American Jewish Congress Records span from 1915-2009 and document the American Jewish Congress’s impact on the United States legal system, civil rights and liberties, the fight against discrimination and antisemitism, and support for the State of Israel. The records of the American Jewish Congress are digitized by ProQuest from the holdings of the American Jewish Historical Society. This module represents the first seven series of the collection, covering the history of the American Jewish Congress, the proceedings of its governing committees, the files of the Executive Directors, and records of the organization’s national conventions.