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July 15, 2022
Non-governmental Organizations Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives (formerly Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives) – Montréal, QC The Canadian Jewish Archives collects and preserves documentation on all aspects of the Jewish presence in Quebec and Canada. Notable aspects of the Canadian Jewish community reflected in the collections include immigration, […]
July 15, 2022
Archives and Libraries Provincial and territorial archives hold many sources of direct interest to genealogists. Library and Archives Canada has a web page called Place that provides information about sources for genealogy research held by provincial and territorial archives. Records include civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths, adoption, divorce, […]
July 15, 2022
Bill Gladstone is a Toronto-based journalist, author, publisher, public speaker, and noted genealogist. He has written numerous short stories for Parchment, the Canadian Jewish literary journal, written and published books on the history of Toronto families and synagogues, the Jewish community of London, Ontario, and the exploration of Jewish genealogy. […]
July 15, 2022
Federal institutions Canadian Museum of History – Gatineau, QC. In addition to its over 25,000 square metres of museum exhibition space, the Canadian Museum of History is a centre for historical and cultural research about Canadian history and identity. Its National Collection consists of more than four million artifacts, […]
July 13, 2022
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto has created a new project, entitled the Virtual Memorial Plaques Project. This is an opportunity for you, at no cost, to memorialize deceased family members by creating one or more virtual memorial plaques. The information that you create will be stored in databases at […]
July 13, 2022
Past Presentations and Workshops Audio and video recordings of previous presentations and workshops since 2018 are accessible to members of our Society. They include recordings of monthly programming and Special Interest Group meetings. If you are not a member, you may join our Society and have access to presentations that […]
July 13, 2022
Shem Tov Shem Tov is the quarterly newsletter of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto. We have indexed back issues that include the very first newsletters published in 1985. Members have access to all indexed issues, via our Member’s Page on this website. Recent issues are available here, while back issues […]
July 13, 2022
Polish Records Translation project The JGS Toronto Polish Records Translation Project funds and manages the translation of Jewish vital records from Poland. The translation of these vital records is a valuable service, as it helps genealogists use essential information about their ancestors, which is normally available only in the language […]
July 13, 2022
Memorial Plaques (JewishGen) The JewishGen Memorial Plaques Project (MEMPLAQs) is a searchable database of names and other identifying information from Jewish synagogue and memorial records (“Yahrzeit Plaques”) worldwide. It is a compilation of two linked databases: a database of memorial plaques, and a database of information about each synagogue. The Memorial Plaques […]
July 13, 2022
Mentors and Mavens Are you new to genealogy? Have you hit a brick wall? Do you need assistance with a translation? We are here to help you! The Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto has many knowledgeable members who can offer fellow members one-on-one genealogy mentoring by phone or email. We […]