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On the hotel premises, participants will enjoy
the Conference Computer Room, Resource Room, and Vendor (Exhibition)
Room. |
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The Israel Genealogical Society is proud to unveil an up-to-date
list
of the main Archives and Resources in Israel where genealogical
material can be found. This list is still being finalized. |
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Among the databases which institutions agreed
to make available to the Conference: |
- The Collection of Family Trees from Beit Hatfutzot
(The Diaspora Museum) in Tel-Aviv
- Clandestine Immigration Records from The Museum
of Illegal Immigration in Atlit
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Yad Vashem, repository of the world's largest documentation on
the Shoah, has arranged for Conference attendees to research their
archives. Among others: |
- The Pages of Testimony Database from the Hall
of Names, with some three million records
- The Arolsen Master Index, from the International
Red Cross, with some fourteen million records
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The major Jerusalem burial societies (Hevrot Kadisha) are prepared
to help you access their records simply and rapidly. |
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The Central Zionist Archives will provide some of the services
formerly undertaken by the now defunct Jewish Agency’s Search
Bureau for Missing Relatives. |
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IGS volunteers have compiled a number of data
repositories and novel databases that will be distributed in a
special Genealogy CD to the participants. This CD will include
the following: |
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