MUTUAL AIDS

Mutual aids at CGJ

You will find the first CGJ assistance needed at all stages of the genealogy of each other. See especially at french home page next permanences and meetings of specialized groups, as well as our Q & A section. New members may apply to be supported by a Godfather. The members corner also contains some proposals for assistance, as the directory reconciliation of families. A few members put their translation skills in service of other participants. Do not hesitate, when your membership or later, to tell us about your special skills or your desire to invest as volunteer in the association.

Outside the CGJ, the Jewish & amateur genealogists are a large network in which it should move.

Mutual aids at JewishGen

Jewishgen is the richest site for international Jewish genealogy. It includes:

The JewishGen Family Finder (JGFF), similar to our rapprochement directory of Families. A large proportion of surnames sought relate to Eastern Europe, particularly Poland, Romania and the Russian Empire, but also Germany, Alsace, etc.. The consultation is free, but to enter information first must obtain a code (click Enter).

The Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP). This database of nearly one million family trees involving names provided by participants of JewishGen, the IAJGS (International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies), and Beth Hatefutsoth (Tel Aviv). To view it, it must first have its own information entered in the JGFF and have thus obtained an ID and a password.
The base shows no data on births and marriages of persons born within the last 100 years and not died.

The JewishGen FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions, FAQ, or Frequently Asked Questions).

The JewishGen InfoFiles (information files) are listed by subject (Topics), then by country (Countries): So many issues appear twice. The index contains 11 pages.

The JewishGen Discussion Group, requires free registration (JewishGen Forum): Its messages are received daily by tens of thousands of genealogists: the archives of this forum allow access to some 90,000 messages exchanged since 1993 (questions and answers ), on diverse subjects. Enjoy access using keywords and logical connections or, and, then, whose principle is so exposed. You can also register for the Forum, to ask questions and receive in your mailbox questions and answers as you or in groups once a day at your choice.

Readers interested in research in any country abroad will connect to the corresponding SIG website (Special Interest Group, our equivalent of Genealogical Interest Groups) and may register for the corresponding forum. It is very interesting to visit the Archives of GIS forums.

In particular, the French-SIG site concerns France. We urge you to subscribe and participate actively in discussions on this forum.

Heading ViewMate of JewishGen allows, provided you have a scanner, ask for help to "anycast" to interpret a picture, translate a short text, etc.., which is sent, in graphical form. Once the document online and referenced VM XXXXX. He is clever and recommended, excluding the most popular translations that work quite well without this precaution, to draft a request for help on a newsgroup or in a JewishGen SIG indicating the obtained reference.

For translations that are the most effective application of ViewMate, this site being very popular and qualified translators and volunteers in short supply, in practice only the vital records are likely translated. It should be the file has sufficient resolution: Do not send files therefore too small. Do not send either document extracts that isolate a few words of context, but the full documents. Finally, take the time to post your document with all relevant information on the act that you have in your possession, and of course your question. Do not fail when you get answers to thank your interlocutor by return email.

Even if you have language skills, you can help ViewMate on your turn ...

Reminder: CGJ members specialy put their language skills in service of other members of the association.

The ViewMate comes with a search engine by keyword. Try with the names and locations desired.

If you are wondering what section of JewishGen seek information or a name, a dedicated search engine proposes to directly enter a name, or a simple phrase in quotes.
Apart from your participation in the forums or ViewMate, you can consider making your contribution to JewishGen as volunteer by contacting its managers atvolunteers *****JRI-poland.org

Some other international Jewish genealogy sites

A French versatile site: Gen Ami

The Jewish pages of cyndislist.com.

Jewishwebindex: a very rich site, referring to a large number of sources, for the whole world; click in the left side of Countries.

FranceGenWeb

FranceGenWeb has a helping support for translation of German, Alsatian, Latin.
FranceGenWeb has a helping support for research in the archives.