About the Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto
Established as a registered charitable organization, JGS Toronto provides a forum for the exchange of genealogical knowledge and information through this website and also via its newsletter, Shem Tov, its collection of books at the Toronto Reference Library, regular monthly presentations, workshops and Special Interest Groups.
Shem Tov
Shem Tov is the quarterly newsletter of the JGS Toronto. Thirty years of back issues of Shem Tov have been indexed and are searchable by date, subject and author.
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Due to COVID-19, all in-person events have been cancelled or postponed. However, we will be holding some virtual programmes. Please consult this website to get updates on our events. We hope to see an early resolution of this situation and send best wishes to all for good health. For further details on an event, please click on its name.Our event calendar can be linked to your personal device as well.
Jewish Genealogical News
February 11, 2021
Newspapers.com, part of the Ancestry family of websites, is offering free access through February 15,2021 at 11:59PM MT. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view Publisher Extra papers using a Newspapers.com Publisher Extra subscription. To access the free site go to: https://go.newspapers.com/freeaccess You must register to access […]
February 9, 2021
A massive fire broke out its the Krakow City Archive over the weekend. 85 fire fighters took part in fighting the blaze in sub zero temperatures. Looks like the losses will be massive. Additional information from our man in Krakow: Just to confirm: the fire broke out at the Krakow […]
January 31, 2021
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has announced the recent acquisition of one of the earliest sources about the Holocaust to reach the Allies during the Second World War. The 16-page English-language report entitled The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland was published by the Polish government-in-exile in early […]
November 1, 2020
GenTeam has placed 500,000 new records online. There are approximately 21.2 million records online in total. Go to: https://www.genteam.eu/ You need to register in order to access the records, but access to all data is free. If you are unsure about the exact spelling of the name of a person or a […]
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Toronto Today is not the Toronto of 1911
