JGS Toronto Archives - Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto

6 April 2026

Artificial Intelligence Resources

This growing public resource is designed to help genealogists, researchers, and family historians make practical use of artificial intelligence tools in their research and writing projects. The AI resource library includes: A growing collection of ready to use AI prompts for genealogy and research AI guidebooks and instructional materials Research […]

13 July 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 […]

13 July 2022

Past Presentations and Workshops

Past Presentations and Workshops Audio and video recordings of previous presentations and workshops since 2018 are accessible to members of our Society. They include recordings of monthly programming and Special Interest Group meetings. If you are not a member, you may join our Society and have access to presentations that […]

13 July 2022

Shem Tov – Past Issues

Shem Tov is the award-winning quarterly newsletter of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto. Back issues of the newsletter dating back to the very first newsletter printed in 1985 can be accessed on our website. Members have access to all indexed issues, via the Members Area on this website. Recent issues […]

13 July 2022

Polish Records Translation Project

Polish Records Translation project The JGS Toronto Polish Records Translation Project funds and manages the translation of Jewish vital records from Poland. The translation of these vital records is a valuable service, as it helps genealogists use essential information about their ancestors, which is normally available only in the language […]

13 July 2022

Memorial Plaques

Memorial Plaques (JewishGen) The JewishGen Memorial Plaques Project (MEMPLAQs) is a searchable database of names and other identifying information from Jewish synagogue and memorial records (“Yahrzeit Plaques”) worldwide. It is a compilation of two linked databases: a database of memorial plaques, and a database of information about each synagogue. The Memorial Plaques […]

13 July 2022

Mentors and Mavens (members only)

Mentors and Mavens Are you new to genealogy? Have you hit a brick wall? Do you need assistance with a translation? We are here to help you! The Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto has many knowledgeable members who can offer fellow members one-on-one genealogy mentoring by phone or email. We […]

13 July 2022

Cemetery Records (JewishGen)

The Cemetery Project is one of the oldest projects, beginning with the creation of the Society in 1985. Members of JGS Toronto document the burials in the earliest Jewish cemeteries in Toronto, beginning with the Pape Avenue (Jew’s) Cemetery, first by manually transcribing the information recorded on the headstones, and […]

13 July 2022

Books: Tracing Our Roots

“Tracing Our Roots, Telling Our Stories”, published 2011, Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto) “Tracing Our Roots, Telling More Stories”, published 2025, Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto For over forty years – since March 1985 – the members of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto have been gathering to share […]

19 September 2021

Toronto Jewish Families History Project

Toronto Jewish Families History Project – Goldenberg Scrolls (MyHeritage) The Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto, in partnership with MyHeritage, has created a searchable on-line database of more than 2,700 names taken from the family trees recorded by the late Toronto physician, Dr. Henry Goldenberg. The Goldenberg scrolls were the first […]

19 September 2021

Special Interest Groups

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto’s special interest groups (SIGs) and networking forums allow members with particular interests to share knowledge, ideas and information. Our SIGs help you connect with other members of JGS Toronto who have similar goals and challenges. Multiple SIGs have been established: Global Heritage (geographic focus, […]

19 September 2021

Rotenberg Ledger

Rotenberg Ledger This valuable resource for Jewish genealogists with roots in Toronto was indexed by JGS Toronto. The Rotenberg Ledger provides passenger information for people, many of Jewish origin from Central and Eastern Europe, traveling to Toronto between 6 June 1911 and 19 January 1915. The information contained in the […]