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Blood and Frogs: Jewish Genealogy and More

A blog on topics related to Jewish genealogy, genealogy topics like photo and document preservation, and genealogy on the Mac.

Chaim Freedman

Genealogy and family history articles, family trees, photos, documents, links by Chaim Freedman. Chaim is a noted genealogist having lectured at numerous genealogical and historical conferences including The International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Jerusalem 1984,1994 and 2004.

Dig­ging Into Your Family’s Roots: Why You Should Chase History

By Lisa Brahin, author of Tears Over Rus­sia: A Search for Fam­i­ly and the Lega­cy of Ukraine’s Pogroms.

Homestead Hebrews

Preserving the history of the Jewish community of Homestead, Pennsylvania. By Tammy Hepps.

Jewish Gem's Genealogy: Mining For Your Elusive Ancestors

I like to find and use foreign language sites for information to present to you, particularly from, but not limited to Eastern Europe and Russia. I provide Jewish people's names found on school lists, in archives, in articles & books, on foreign language forums, etc.

Sephardic Nationality Blog

The Knowles Collection: Connecting jewish families

A blog with updates, family histories and information on Jewish families worldwide. The collection links the records of Jewish people. Read more about the collection here: FamilySearch Blog - Popular Online Jewish Genealogy Collection Surpasses One Million Entries

Tracing the Tribe - The Jewish Genealogy Blog

Established in mid-August 2006, in conjunction with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (www.jta.org), a news agency, which asked Jewish genealogy journalist Schelly Talalay Dardashti to begin the new venture. Tracing the Tribe will cover events, publications, resources, methodology, answer reader queries and more. Dardashti was the genealogy columnist for the Jerusalem Post (1999-2005), is genealogy contributor to www.ynetnews.com and writes for JTA, The Forward, Avotaynu, NGS Quarterly and other media. A researcher since 1989, her personal quest covers Spain, Belarus and Iran, Ashkenazic and Sephardic genealogy.