The following is a press release written by the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA):
IGRA announced the restart of its partnership with MyHeritage in conjunction with the beginning of the 2024 IAJGS Conference in Philadelphia, PA.
Jerusalem, August 18, 2024 – We are pleased to announce a strengthened partnership between The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA), Israel’s largest Jewish Genealogical Society, and MyHeritage, the leading global discovery platform for family history. This collaboration provides access to an index of more than 3.25 million records available in IGRA, to be available via search and matches to the millions of users of MyHeritage.
From now on, MyHeritage users will be able to receive results from IGRA when searching on the general search engine https://www.myheritage.com/research or specifically in the IGRA collection https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20862/israel-genealogy-research-association-igra. From here, they will be able to see the detailed record in the IGRA database [record details may require a fee]. MyHeritage users will receive matches on their trees with the IGRA records, allowing them to review the record and get more detailed information about their relatives in the IGRA database with just one click.
This is part of an ongoing commitment by IGRA to expand their reach and the availability of its Israel-related collections to a broader audience.
The Israel Genealogy Research Association has set as one of its primary aims the preparation of databases based upon various records, mainly found in Israel, for as wide an audience as possible. The large number of archives located in Israel dealing with communities in Israel and Jewish communities outside of Israel have records in a variety of languages but mostly in Hebrew and English. Our data comes from Archives as well as publications which are on open shelves in libraries.
IGRA Volunteers scan the materials, build databases with the pertinent information, and then link to the original scans, where archival permission has been granted. Surnames and first names are transliterated from Hebrew to English, and vice versa, depending on the language of the original material. This will enable researchers from around the world who are not familiar with the other language to find the families they are searching for.
About The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA)
The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) is focused on genealogy – helping people with their family research and making available to the public a wide variety of material from the Ottoman period through the early years of Israeli Statehood, as well as additional material about Jews from the Diaspora located in Israeli archives. We work with people of many nationalities and provide resources on countries around the world. www.genealogy.org.il
About MyHeritage
MyHeritage is the leading global discovery platform for family history. With billions of historical records and family tree profiles, and with sophisticated matching technologies, MyHeritagen gives users the joy of discovering their past and empowering their future. MyHeritage is the most popular family history service and DNA test in Europe, and is trusted by millions of users worldwide. Since 2020, MyHeritage is home to the world’s most advanced AI technologies for animating, repairing, enhancing, and colorizing historical photos. www.myheritage.com.