Links Archive - Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto

August 30, 2022

Beth Tzedec Reuben and Helene Dennis Museum

Beth Tzedec Congregation formerly housed the fifth largest Judaica collection in North America. Along with ceremonial objects, the museum mounted numerous small exhibitions of these objects, photographs, documents, and texts to promote an understanding of Toronto’s Jewish history. One large exhibit was “A Common Thread: A History of Toronto’s Garment […]

August 30, 2022

City Archives in Ontario

Many municipalities in Ontario have archives with historical records of interest to Jewish family historians. A Directory to Municipal Archives in Ontario was published in 2008. Much of the information it contains is outdated, and new municipal archives have since been established. Even so, there is usefulness in the list of archives included […]

July 16, 2022

DNA Testing

23 and Me Ancestry.ca Family Tree DNA MyHeritage DNA

July 16, 2022

Databases

Ancestry Ellis Island Foundation Database Family Search Find My Past Genealogy Indexer Gesher Galicia Alex Krakovsky’s Ukraine Town records Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Records (JOWBR) Jewish Records Indexing – Poland (JRI-Poland) JewishGen Miriam Weiner’s Routes to Roots MyHeritage Virtual Shtetl Sephardic World – Netherlands Ukrainian Jewish Encounter – Kyiv, Ukraine […]

July 16, 2022

Blogs and Journals

All My Foreparents – Israel Pickholtz Avotaynu Blood and Frogs: Jewish Genealogy and More DNAeXplained Family Tree Magazine Finding Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family Genealogy à la carte Homestead Hebrews Jewish Gem’s Genealogy: Mining For Your Elusive Ancestors Kitty Cooper’s Blog Lara Diamond’s Jewnealogy Sephardic Nationality Blog The Genetic Genealogist […]

July 15, 2022

Archives, Libraries and Museums

American Jewish Archives Archives Nationales – France German National Archive – Bunhdesarchiv (BArch) Italy State Archives – Archivio Centrale dello Stato Latvian State Historical Archive – Latvijas Arhivi Lithuanian State Historical Archives Museum of Jewish Heritage – USA Museum of the History of Polish Jews (POLIN) Museum of the Jewish […]

July 15, 2022

Associations

International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) JGS Organizations Israel Genealogy Research Association

July 15, 2022

Non-governmental Organizations

Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives (formerly Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives) – Montréal, QC The Canadian Jewish Archives collects and preserves documentation on all aspects of the Jewish presence in Quebec and Canada. Notable aspects of the Canadian Jewish community reflected in the collections include immigration, integration into […]

July 15, 2022

Provincial Institutions

Archives and Libraries Provincial and territorial archives hold many sources of direct interest to genealogists. Library and Archives Canada has a web page called Place that provides information about sources for genealogy research held by provincial and territorial archives. Records include civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths, adoption, divorce, […]

July 15, 2022

Bill Gladstone Genealogy

Bill Gladstone is a Toronto-based journalist, author, publisher, public speaker, and noted genealogist. He has written numerous short stories for Parchment, the Canadian Jewish literary journal, written and published books on the history of Toronto families and synagogues, the Jewish community of London, Ontario, and the exploration of Jewish genealogy. […]

July 15, 2022

Federal Institutions

Canadian Museum of History – Gatineau, QC In addition to its over 25,000 square metres of museum exhibition space, the Canadian Museum of History is a centre for historical and cultural research about Canadian history and identity. Its National Collection consists of more than four million artifacts, specimens, works of […]

July 13, 2022

Virtual Memorial Plaques Project

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto has created a new project, entitled the Virtual Memorial Plaques Project. This is an opportunity for you, at no cost, to memorialize deceased family members by creating one or more virtual memorial plaques. The information that you create will be stored in databases at […]