MyHeritage, a genealogy data host, together with New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage and its affiliate JewishGen, which serves as a repository for Jewish genealogical records, have announced the publication of 5.8 million records from JewishGen on the MyHeritage platform. The 28 collections in this release represent the initial implementation of a licensing agreement that will ultimately make almost all JewishGen records accessible on MyHeritage.
JewishGen is a leading website for Jewish genealogy, featuring important collections of historical records relating to Jewish communities across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and North America. The first installment of JewishGen records on MyHeritage spans from the 18th century to the 21st. It consists primarily of vital records such and births, marriages and death and covers many geographic regions, including Poland, Hungary, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, and Germany.
This further expands the significant resources for Jewish genealogy offered by MyHeritage, which is also the only major commercial genealogy company to support Hebrew. Through its member base of one million users in Israel, MyHeritage is home to the world’s largest collection of Jewish family trees. MyHeritage’s collections of global historical records likewise include millions of records that are valuable to individuals researching Jewish heritage, such as passenger and immigration lists that document the wave of Jews seeking refuge in North America, South America, and Israel after their communities were devastated by the Holocaust.
The records in the newly published collections will now be integrated with from MyHeritage’s data management and web technologies, which automatically match historical records with the 83 million family trees on MyHeritage. Until now, JewishGen records were available to search and view in English only. But now, international users will benefit from MyHeritage’s Global Name Translation Technology™, which allows individuals researching in other languages, such as Hebrew, Russian, or Greek, to search and view these records, with the names translated into their native languages. The application of this cutting-edge technology to the genealogical resources offered by JewishGen will open new doors to those seeking information on their Jewish roots.
Gilad Japhet, Founder and CEO of MyHeritage commented “Our new collaboration with JewishGen is an important milestone that makes MyHeritage indispensable for every Jewish genealogist. Genealogy has been deeply important to the Jewish people for millennia. JewishGen is the key resource for Jewish genealogy and we are happy to bring its records to MyHeritage.”
“The agreement between JewishGen and MyHeritage furthers our goal to expand the availability of JewishGen’s valuable collection of historical records to genealogy researchers around the world,” says Jack Kliger, President & CEO of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. “We are pleased that this agreement will also contribute to the expanding interest in Jewish genealogy.”
“We are delighted that a significant percentage of our historical records will now also be available via MyHeritage,” said Avraham Groll, Executive Director of JewishGen. “The collaboration with MyHeritage will help millions of people across the world learn more about their Jewish roots.”
| Collection | Description | Number of Records | Link to Search |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus, Jewish Birth Records | Birth records of the Jewish community in Belarus | 319,764 records | Search |
| Belarus, Jewish Death Records | Death records of the Jewish community in Belarus | 66,240 records | Search |
| Index to Soviet Extraordinary Commission Pinsk Records | Records of Jewish Holocaust victims from Pinsk, Belarus. | 11,705 records | Search |
| Bessarabia, Jewish Births | Birth records of the Jewish community in Bessarabia from 1829 to 1915 | 297,265 records | Search |
| Bessarabia, Jewish Deaths | Death records of the Jewish community in Bessarabia | 76,225 records | Search |
| Bessarabia, Voter Lists, 1906-1907 | Voter lists for elections of the Russian Duma (parliament) | 230,556 records | Search |
| Germany, Dachau, Concentration Camp Records | Records from Dachau from 1933 to 1945 | 164,588 records | Search |
| Flossenbürg Prisoner Lists | Prisoners from the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp from 1938 to 1945 | 88,011 records | Search |
| Germany, Revoked Citizenships and Property Seizures | German citizens who have been revoked of their citizenship from 1933 to 1945 | 81,370 records | Search |
| Hungary, Jewish Vital Records | Birth, marriage, and death records of Jewish communities in Hungary | 2,266,404 records | Search |
| Hungary, Property Tax Census, 1828 | An index to the 1828 Hungarian Property Tax Census | 28,732 records | Search |
| Ireland, Jewish Birth Index | Birth records from Ireland | 61,503 records | Search |
| Latvia, Jewish Birth Records | Birth records of the Jewish community in Latvia | 254,178 records | Search |
| Latvia, Jewish Death Records | Death records of the Jewish community in Latvia | 49,037 records | Search |
| Lodz Ghetto List | Lodz Ghetto inhabitants from 1940 to 1944 | 242,690 records | Search |
| The Soviet Extraordinary Commission | Jewish Holocaust victims from the German-occupied Soviet Union Territories | 64,332 records | Search |
| Ukraine, Jewish Birth Records | Birth records of the Jewish community in Ukraine | 203,570 records | >Search |
| Ukraine, Jewish Death Records | Death records of the Jewish community in Ukraine | 44,535 records | Search |
| United Kingdom, Jewish Death and Burial Records | Death and burial records of the Jewish community in the United Kingdom from 1733 to 2012 | 78,904 records | Search |
| United States, New York, Immigration from Austria, Poland and Galicia, 1890-1891 | Records about immigrants coming to New York from Austria, Poland, and Galicia between 1890-1891 | 96,604 records | Search |
| Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Obituaries | Obituary notices from Philadelphia from 1887 to 2013 | 67,850 records | >Search |
| Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Jewish Refugees, 1941-1942 | Jewish refugees living in the Soviet Union during 1941-1942 who were evacuated to Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 300,626 records | Search |
| Pinkas HaNitzolim, Volume I, Register of Jewish Survivors | Jewish survivors rescued from camps and the ghettoes in various European countries | 66,773 records | Search |
| Pinkas HaNitzolim, Volume II, Register of Jewish Survivors | Jewish survivors rescued from camps and the ghettoes in various European countries | 55,886 records | Search |
| Sharit haPlatah, Holocaust Survivors | Jewish people who survived the Holocaust | 61,388 records | Search |
| World Jewish Congress Records | Holocaust survivors that were documented and archived by the World Jewish Congress (WJC) | 102,250 records | Search |
| JewishGen Memorial Plaques Database | Records that originates from Jewish synagogue and memorial records (“Yahrzeit Plaques”) in over 40 countries | 336,239 records | Search |
| Yizkor Book Name Index | Individuals included in Yizkor books ommemorating Jewish communities in Eastern Europe that were destroyed during the Holocaust | 105,563 pages | Search |
