Eastern Europe

A.L. Bell's Minsk Gubernya Translation Center - - First systematic effort to put translations of notices from the Russian Empire's official newspapers on the Internet. 19th century Jewish/non-Jewish Eastern European history.

Belarussian Jews Family Trees - - General guide to Jewish genealogy of this area.

A Brief History Of The Search For My Ancestors H. Daniel Wagner - - - Families Krell, Potaznik, from Warsaw and Zdunska Wola (near Lodz),Rechtdyner, Brunengraber, Herszkowicz, and Baum.

Felshtin Society - - Devoted to genealogical and historical information about the Jewish community of Felshtin, Ukraine, its residents and the pogrom of 1919. Includes bibliography.

Jewish Records Indexing - Poland - - A ground breaking project to create a computer database of indices to the 19th century Jewish vital records of Poland. Launched in early 1995, JRI - Poland is already the largest fully searchable database of Jewish vital records accessible through the Internet. Teams of volunteers around the world (called "Shtetl CO-OPs") are actively working to expand the database.

Lithuania-Jewish - - For anyone trying to trace their Jewish roots back to the surnames on the 18th century Grand Duchy of Lithuania censuses.

Polish Jews - - Jewish Polish genealogy and general information.

Routes to Roots - - Tracing Jewish Roots in Poland, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. Site of a U.S. firm with offices in Ukraine and Poland specializing in Jewish research in the archives of Eastern Europe and Customized Tours. Besides self-promotion, the site features a number of maps and pictures of various towns and places, synagogues, monuments, etc.

Turkish_Jews - - Sephardic Jewish genealogists with roots in the former Turkish Ottoman Empire including Turkey, Serbia, Greece, and Yugoslavia.

Vital Records in Poland - - A very good introductory text.