By Gary Mokotoff
Primer on Jewish genealogical research that explains the great resources on the Internet to get you started with your Jewish family history. It alerts the reader to types of documents that will aid in their research — such records as birth, marriage, death, immigration, census and naturalization records.  Updated for 2022.
 
7" x 10" 104 pp. softcover $29.00
 
Table of Contents 
INTRODUCTION
IF I CAN DO IT, SO CAN YOU  
Four Myths of Jewish Genealogy 
GET STARTED BY INTERVIEWING PEOPLE  
Ask for Documents 
Ask for Photos 
RECORDS OF YOUR ANCESTORS 
Vital Records 
Federal Census Records 
Non-Federal Censuses 
Naturalization Records 
Passenger Lists 
Other Resources 
JEWISHGEN: THE INTERNET HOME OF JEWISH GENEALOGY 
Searching JewishGen Databases 
STEPHEN P. MORSE ONE-STEP SITE 
A Strategy for Using the Morse Site to Search the Ellis Island Database 
SOME OTHER ONLINE GENEALOGY SITES 
FamilySearch and the Family History Library System 
Routes to Roots Foundation 
Jewish Records Indexing-Poland 
American Joint Distribution Committee 
SephardicGen.com 
Compendium of Jewish Genealogy 
Geni 
Cyndi's List 
Facebook Goups 
COMMERCIAL ONLINE GENEALOGY SITES 
Ancestry.com 
MyHeritage 
DNA Testing for Genealogy 
FindaGrave.com and Billion Graves.com 
Findmypast.com 
Fold3.com 
Association of Professional Genealogists 
JewishData.com 
IMPORTANT NON-INTERNET RESOURCES 
Jewish Genealogical Societies and Annual Conference 
Avotaynu 
HOLOCAUST RESEARCH 
Shoah Victims’ Names Database 
International Tracing Service (ITS) 
Yizkor Books 
Other Resources 
SPECIAL PROBLEM: MY NAME WAS CHANGED AT ELLIS ISLAND 
SPECIAL PROBLEM: FINDING YOUR ANCESTRAL TOWN 
GETTING STARTED PROPERLY 
Genealogy Software 
Cite Your Sources 
Standards 
Maintain a Research Log 
GLOSSARY 
APPENDIX A: HOW TO SEARCH ONLINE DATABASES 
APPENDIX A: DAITCH-MOKOTOFF SOUNDEX SYSTEM 
APPENDIX B: CASE STUDY– THE PATERNAL HISTORY OF BERNARD MADOFF 
ILLUSTRATIONS 
Birth Record 
Marriage Record 
Death Record 
Death Index: 
Russian Census 
Passenger Arrival Record 
Census Record 
Petition for Naturalization 
Tombstone Inscription 
Page of Testimony (Holocaust) 
Holocaust Document: 
JewishGen Discussion Group 
JewishGen Family Finder 
Consolidated Jewish Surname Index 
Social Security Death Index