Jewish ancestry research is getting a boost from one of the largest online genealogy websites. FamilySearch now offers listings of Jewish Family History Resources, accessible from its main page.

The resources include the Knowles Collection, links to JewishGen and the Center for Jewish History, or CJH, as well as an in-depth guide for tracing Jewish ancestors from the U.S. to Europe between 1850 to 1930, and a Jewish Genealogy Research Outline, offering research strategies.

The Knowles Collection contains information for thousands of Jews from the British Isles, and more are being added continuously. The collection is available as a PAF or a Gedcom file that can be viewed and edited with the free PAF genealogy software, as well as most other genealogy software programs.

To being using these Jewish ancestry resources, go to FamilySearch.org