1. Using JewishGen
Max Heffler
September 6, 2018

2. JewishGen.Org

3. JewishGen Mission

4. Getting Started

5. FAQ

6. InfoFiles

7. Tools

8. Databases

9. Databases (cont’d)

10. Databases (cont’d)

11. My Current Volunteer Projects
The JewishGen USA Database  More than 1.75 million records for the United States, from a variety of sources, including: cemetery records, passenger lists, synagogue records, newspapers, organizational records, and others.
The JewishGen Memorial Plaques Database  Information from synagogue yahrzeit plaques and other memorial records.  177,000 records from 263 synagogues.
The JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)     More than three million entries from cemeteries and burial records worldwide, from 7,500 cemeteries in 128 countries.
The Yizkor Book Project Database  Eastern European Memorial books — bibliographic database.
The Yizkor Book Necrology Database     More than 350,000 entries from lists of Holocaust martyrs, published in Yizkor Books.

12. USA Database Search

13. USA Database Search (cont’d)

14. USA Database Search (cont’d)

15. JRI-Poland Search

16. JRI-Poland Search (cont’d)

17. JRI-Poland Search (cont’d)

18. JRI-Poland Search (cont’d)

19. JRI-Poland Search (cont’d)

20. JRI-Poland Search (cont’d)

21. JRI-Poland Search (cont’d)

22. Memorial Plaque Search

23. Memorial Plaque Search (cont’d)

24. Memorial Plaque Search (cont’d)

25. JOWBR Search

26. JOWBR Search (cont’d)

27. JOWBR Search (cont’d)

28. New JewishGen Unified Database Search

29. JewishGen Unified Database Search (cont’d)

30. JewishGen Unified Database Search (cont’d)

31. JewishGen Unified Database Search (cont’d)

32. JewishGen Unified Database Search (cont’d)

33. JewishGen Unified Database Search (cont’d)

34. JewishGen Unified Database Search (cont’d)

35. Yizkor Book Project

36. In Andrychów with my GGM August 15, 2018

37. Questions?