The JewishGen Webmasters provide quite concise and very useful descriptive detail to assist one in effectively searching their data files. There are additional features of the JewishGen Web site that are worthy of mention. They include the International Jewish Cemetery Project, numerous informational files on various aspects of genealogical research, numerous family data files, linkes to other worthwhile eastern European sites, and the JewishGen College-an exemplary mentoring program. The JewishGen Mentor Programme was designed to give beginners a more effective way of tapping the knowledge and experience of others. Along with the other JewishGen links, this one makes surfing the 'Net for eastern European ancestors fun and productive.
Biographical collections can be sources rich in genealogical data for family historians.
In many respects, these collections resemble the genealogical vignettes we are accustomed to finding in published town and county histories. Collected biographical works are frequently overlooked by genealogists because they are typically housed in general collection areas or are a part of reference collections. The Jewish Biographical Archive , available in a microfiche format, provides, in an alphabetical sequence, the full text of a wide variety of informative sources. This extensive set of microfiche is not limited to one country or region, but rather, gathers its data from a global representation of sources. One hundred and twenty-three works are included in this archive, listing more than 150,000 individuals in nearly 300,000 biographical entries.