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May is Jewish American History Month (JAHM). This year's theme is American Jews in Entertainment. Resources are available at the JAHM.us web site, the most interesting found under the Education…

If you're looking to learn more about genealogy, then the Internet is a great place to be. There are a plethora of genealogy groups broadcasting webinars on a variety of…

Ancestry.com is offering free access to some of its 2012 collections until December 29th. Just a few of the databases in the free collection include: 1940 US Federal Census 1892…

Who isn't always on the look-out for new recipes to try? If you're interested in some traditional Jewish recipes, then the JGS of Montreal has you covered. Their members have…

Indexing continues on the 1940 US Census. FamilySearch now has 14 states searchable: Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming. Ancestry.com has…

FamilySearch and it's partners (findmypast.com and Archives.com) and volunteers (us!) have completed the indexing of six states: Delaware, Colorado, Kansas, Oregon, Virginia, and New Hampshire. They are all searchable by…

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Washington (JGSGW), in partnership with the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington (JHSGW), is raising funds to design, print, and distribute a new brochure…

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness is back! Begun in 1999, RAOGK was online for just over a decade, providing genealogists a list of volunteers in the US and internationally who…

MyHeritage has just announced that they have two million 1940 US Census images online, and the first searchable index. From their press release: MyHeritage, the most popular family network on…