Video: A lecture on genetic genealogy by Richard Gussow
Matching Genes: How DNA testing can help you discover family and ancestry Richard Gussow IGRA Meeting in Tel Aviv January 29, 2012 Richard discusses genetic genealogy in general, and how he...
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The IGRA Voters’ List Project, by Dr. Martha Lev-Zion
The Israel Genealogy Research Association [IGRA] has been feverishly working on obtaining as many Israeli records as possible to database as an aide to your family research. It has been said that every...
View ArticleIGRA opens International Jewish Genealogy Month
IGRA opens International Jewish Genealogy Month with an event at Beit Hatfutsot on the Tel Aviv University campus – October 7, 2013 from 3:30-8 pm. Gilad Japhet, CEO of MyHeritage will be our guest...
View ArticleIGRA update
The November calendar should be checked on the IGRA website! There are a variety of lectures in different venues – Jerusalem, Petach Tikva, Ra’anana and Tel Aviv. Lots of interesting topics and...
View ArticleThe countdown to 1,000,000!
With the current release of databases IGRA has passed the 900,000 record mark! Our aim is to reach the million record mark by the upcoming IAJGS Conference this summer. All able to join us working to...
View ArticleCelebrating Spring – IGRA increases records on the All Israel Database
This latest release of databases has seven new databases and additions to four others. These span the years between 1922 and 1956. We have a preview of those being released and encourage you to look at...
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Theatrical Ancestors, by Daniel Wagner
Comedians are unusual characters. Quite a few of them populate my paternal line and this short article will clarify what I mean. In their profession, actors frequently change roles, names, and ages. It...
View ArticleOne more release of databases before we roll into 2018
Many thanks are due to our dedicated volunteers who helped prepare the following databases. Please check out the slide presentation with a preview of what you can anticipate to find (in both English...
View ArticleTu B’Shvat!! The holiday celebrating trees…
Today is the holiday of Tu B’Shvat where we celebrate trees…. and what better holiday could there be for genealogists? IGRA is bringing you additional databases today to help you grow your family...
View ArticleIGRA’s newest database releases – be sure to check them out!
IGRA has added five new databases and updated three others. The preview will give you a good idea about our latest additions. 1914-1915 USS Tennessee, Palestine to Alexandria – (images available) This...
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Time to check our AID collection again!
In the current release of databases we have five new databases and additional material added in four others. These databases cover a time span from 1916 to 1963 and include areas of the country from...
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The Urban Jewish Population in Eretz Israel from 1839 – 1948: Censuses and...
Until the founding of the State of Israel the Jewish and Arab populations had separate ruling bodies under the British government. This is the reason why separate censuses and voters’ lists for the...
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Upcoming day of lectures followed by AGM
On June 19, IGRA is hosting a day of lectures that were originally given at a variety of international conferences in the past year. We are bring those lectures together at the ZOA House in Tel Aviv,...
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