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Tips for Jewishgen researchers

Editor Maria Farber
A lot of you know how to use JewishGen. Or you think you do.

First of all you have to register at JewishGen:
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen/FirstTimer.html

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Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 1

Basic search & tricks

A lot of you know how to use JewishGen. Or you think you do.
Here is a little lesson with "tips and tricks" to save time and cut your research time from hours to seconds.
Here I am showing how to search using any last name. And then searching the listed records (indexes) using the first name, or a known date, or a profession,or a a name of a town, any word you know might narrow down your research...
I used Belarus database as a research example. You will have to use database appropriate to your family research. HOWEVER, I strongly recommend you check ALL the databases available on Jewishgen using "tips and tricks" I have shown you here. You never know we're your ancestors really lived. Jews moved A LOT!!

Lesson 2

How to connect to other researchers on Jewishgen who are looking for the same families (or looking for your family.

Lesson 3

 How to create your own list of researched surnames so other researchers on jewishgen could connect with me if they are looking for the same family (or looking for my own family)

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