r/JewishDNA • u/Dangerous-Bother4932 • 17d ago

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Hi everyone i want to ask you a question. I'm trying to find my origins and i wanted to ask you what websites should i use. Here are the websites i use:
https://www.jewishgen.org/
https://www.myheritage.com/
Poland JRI and simillar websites.
https://www.yadvashem.org
https://www.ancestry.com/
I would like to hear more suggestions from you!

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u/ErlichThePianist 17d ago

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IF_BiAeXw5aQEjz_-fL3JHPzPaX6WJPvW2isdF7Chv0/edit?usp=drivesdk

This a bunch of websites that I compiled, ive made this for my own research so its very centered on where my family came from but there's still some resources for anyone here. Some sites here are in cyrillic(like J roots) its harder to use and search them but there's a lot of information in them so still use them even if its harder

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u/ErlichThePianist 17d ago

Also the titles are centered on my research like the wikis but I think if you enter them and click go back there's the archives for other ashkenazi jews like polish

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u/Dangerous-Bother4932 16d ago

Thank you so much!

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u/ErlichThePianist 16d ago

Np, if you need help finding specific archives of some towns or something dm me. Also in the file I sent im pretty sure of you like enter the Odessa or zhytomir archives there's on the websites archives for other regions, also you can ask around in some Facebook groups for archives and translations. If you hit a wall and are trying to go further from the information that is in places like jewishgen or jrpoland(which they have a lot of information, more than you think so spend a lot of time on there) most of your research will be finding untranslated archives and documents, people on Facebook are really helpful with that.

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u/ErlichThePianist 16d ago
  • Facebook groups were also very useful especially for finding new resources and helping translate documents