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The San Diego Jewish Genealogical Society, also known as SDJGS, was formed to provide research resources for Jewish Genealogy. Our meetings are on the second Sunday of the month at 1pm. We normally meet at the Lawrence Family JCC at 4126 Executive Drive in San Diego.
For several years, Heidi Farkash organized the society's participation in the Del Mar Fair, where we displayed maps, books and family documents and offered free genealogical advice to fair patrons and made it known that there was, indeed, a Jewish genealogical society in San Diego.
Searchable database of the names and cemetery locations of all Jewish burial society [landsmanshaftn] plots in the New York metropolitan area. Indexes of Landsmanshaften records from YIVO, WPA records, Jewish Communal Register, and the American Jewish Year Book.
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Founded in 1982, the SDJGS has a specialized genealogical library which includes many valuable resource books, journals, maps, and other research material.
The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) is an independent non-profit umbrella organization coordinating the activities and annual conference of more than 90 national and local Jewish Genealogical Societies (JGS) around the world.
Genealogy is best done going backwards, one generation at a time. START YOUR ONLINE RESEARCH by searching sites such as: JewishGen, My Heritage, Ancestry, FamilySearch. JOIN A GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. Founded in 1982, the San Diego Jewish Genealogical Society meets monthly at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center in La Jolla.
