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Re: Update to the Family Tree of the Jewish People #JewishGenUpdates

Jill Chozen
 

Thank you, Avraham, and the whole team for all the time, effort, and true devotion to this project!  It means so much to 
all of us!  Thanks to you, I know my family members are mentioned in the Skalat Yizkor Books, and I can’t wait to read
the newly translated versions!  Thank you all SO MUCH again…Shabbat Shalom & Chag Sameach…Jill Chozen

On Oct 9, 2020, at 2:16 PM, Avraham Groll <agroll@...> wrote:


JewishGen is pleased to announce a significant upgrade to the Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP), enabling the addition of 555 new family trees, representing 454,416 individuals. In total, the Family Tree of the Jewish People now includes 7,684 trees which represent approximately 8,642,345 individuals. 

While small in comparison to Family Tree collections at major commercial sites, the JewishGen Family Tree of the Jewish People provides researchers with unique access to vital Jewish family history information that is available in no other facility. We encourage everyone to utilize this valuable resource that we hope will continue to grow on an ongoing basis.

Improving the FTJP was labor intensive and required the navigation of many complex systems and processes. In this regard, please join me in expressing our gratitude to volunteers Gary Sandler (Director of Systems Administration) and Iris Folkson (FTJP, Support and IT Coordinator) for the dozens of hours they spent analyzing and upgrading our system, adding trees for the first time since in 2018, and ensuring that the FTJP can be updated on a monthly basis going forward.

The FTJP can be searched by visiting: https://www.jewishgen.org/gedcom/ftjp.asp
To submit a Family Tree, please visit: https://www.jewishgen.org/gedcom/

Shabbat Shalom & Chag Sameach.

Avraham Groll
Executive Director

 
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