It Only Takes One Document
A JDC record cracks a genealogist’s case wide open Doing family research can be both fun and exciting, and tedious and frustrating. There will be times in your research when you keep finding new leads, family members, and records, and there will be other times when...
Learning More about the Children of Cyprus
Genealogical resources available in JDC’s Cyprus Collection Women with their newborns in the Cyprus detention camps Cyprus, c.1947; photograph by Al Taylor During the summer of 1946, the British Mandate in Palestine had to address the problem of an increasing...
Do You Have a JDC Story?
The JDC Archives wants to hear from you–what’s your JDC story? Jewish genealogy and genealogy in general have always been a subject of interest to many. However, in recent years, there has been a surge in interest in the wake of the many genealogy...
Genealogical Resources on Immigrants to Eretz Yisrael
Several lists of refugees assisted by JDC from 1944 to 1949 now indexed. Are you looking for information about individuals who immigrated to Palestine, and later to the State of Israel? Several lists of adults, children, and entire families who received JDC assistance...