Genealogical Resources in Israel By Daniel Horowitz http://www.SearchingForMyRoots.com - [email protected]
Sites mentioned in the lecture:
Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) http://genealogy.org.il Israel Genealogical Society - IGS - Eretz Israel Records Indexing (www.isragen.org.il) Yad Vashem (www.yadvashem.org) International Tracing Service - ITS - Bad Arolsen (www.its-arolsen.org) International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - IAJGS (www.iajgs.org) JewishGen - (www.jewishgen.org) MyHeritage Genealogy Search (www.myheritage.com/research) Bezeq 144 - Israel phone directory (English: http://english.b144.co.il or Hebrew www.b144.co.il) Israel Phone Directory http://israelpb.com Izkor - Fallen Soldiers in Service of the IDF (www.izkor.gov.il) (www.stevemorse.org/hebrew/izkor.html) Izkor Soldados Latinos http://izkorsoldadoslatinos.wordpress.com/ Civilian Terror Casualties http://www.laad.btl.gov.il/ Chevra Kadisha - Burial societies (www.dat.gov.il/religion/console/mng/kadisha_search.aspx) Ashdod (www.ashdod-kadisha.co.il) Tel-Aviv/Yafo (www.kadisha.biz) (www.stevemorse.org/hebrew/kadisha.html) Haifa (www.kadisha.net) Tirat Carmel (www.mdt.org.il) Petach Tikva (www.sgula.org) Jerusalem (www.mountofolives.co.il) Dinur Center for Research Hebrew University of Jerusalem (www.dinur.org) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (www.huji.ac.il) Central Zionist Archives (www.zionistarchives.org.il) The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People - CAHJP (http://sites.huji.ac.il/archives/) Jabotinsky Institute in Israel (www.jabotinsky.org) Museum of the Jewish soldier in WW2 (www.jwmww2.org) ITIM http://itim.org.il/?CategoryID=209&ArticleID=495 Jews of Peru http://cjp.salamon.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5884&Itemid=10&lang=en
Translation Tools:
Stephen Morse www.stevemorse.org/hebrew/eng2heb.html Google Translate translate.google.com Hebrew http://www.rtrfoundation.org/webart/ForeignAlphabets--Hebrew.pdf Yiddish http://www.rtrfoundation.org/webart/ForeignAlphabets--Yiddish.pdf Hebrew Alphabet:
Numerical Numerical Name Phonetic Letter Name Phonetic Letter value value
Alef 1 Lamed L 03
Bet B / V 2 Mem M 03
Gimel G 3 Nun N 03
Daled D 4 Samech S 03
Hey H 5 Ayin 03
Vav V / O / U 6 Pei / Fei P / F 03
Tzadik TZ 03 Zain Z 7
Kuf K Het J 8 033
Tet T 9 Reish R 233
Yud Y 10 Shin / Sin SH / S 333
Caf K 20 Tav T 433
Other Keywords: English Phonetics Hebrew חיפוש Search chipuz שם Name shem שם פרטי Given Name shem prati שם משפחה Family Name shem mishpacha אבא Father ava אמא Mother ema בן/בת זוג Spouse ben/bat zug בן Son ben בת Daughter bat אח Brother ach אחות Sister achot בן דוד/דודה Cousin ben dod/doda חמה Father in law cham חמות Mother in law chamot םבא Grandfather saba םבתא Grandmother safta תעודת זהות I.D. Number teudat zehut מין Sex min לידה Birth leida פטירה Death ptira בית עלמין Cemetery beit almin תאריך Date taarich יומ Day yom חודש Month chodech שנת Year shana מקומ Place makom ערי/ישוב City yishuv/yir מדינה Country medina