Welcome to the Israel Genealogy Research Association
The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) is the largest genealogy society in Israel. We are constantly striving to be among the most technologically advanced genealogy organizations, bringing energy and innovation family research. We work with dozens of archives to make records available online, from where we’ve added over a million records to our database. We welcome you to our web site, and welcome your input on how we can improve the site.
Recent Posts
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IGRA offers new opportunities to connect and learn March 28, 2020 IGRA has two new opportunities for you to engage and be connected to the genealogy community. After Pesach we will be hosting a series of … |
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IGRA and the current situation March 17, 2020 Nothing is more important to us than the health and safety of our volunteers and members. Like many organizations, IGRA has had to … |
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Hitting the Jackpot! by Garri Regev March 1, 2020 In my “spare time” I volunteer at the Genealogy Center at the National Library of Israel. For seven years now there have been sessions … |
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Military Resources in Eretz Israel for the Genealogical Sleuth, by Rose Avigael Feldman January 29, 2020 For thousands of years Eretz Israel has been the crossroads of invasions and an arena for wars, but documentation of individual Jewish … |
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The Jews of Simferopol, by Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner December 12, 2019 Simferopol is the largest city in the Crimean peninsula with a Jewish community dating from 1240. Esther Rechtschafner, the author, has … |
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Updating the IGRA web site December 4, 2019 IGRA is in the middle of its largest web site upgrade since the site's initial launch back in 2011. There are a lot of changes going on … |
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Ada Holtzman - on the third memorial of her passing, by Ellen Stepak October 1, 2019 Ada Holtzman (1951-2016) was born on Kibbutz Evron, where she was buried. She had a tremendous influence on the Jewish genealogical … |
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Fall Events with IGRA - Heshvan Event registration September 2, 2019 Following the summer lull in lectures and activities in Israel (but a very full week at the 39th IAJGS Conference in Cleveland, OH) IGRA … |
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From Rotenburg an der Fulda to Huntington, Indiana and Points in Between, by Ellen Stepak July 25, 2019 Beginning with the history of my maternal ancestors In Hesse, I will follow my maternal family though generations, and migrations, until my … |
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Upcoming day of lectures followed by AGM May 26, 2019 On June 19, IGRA is hosting a day of lectures that were originally given at a variety of international conferences in the past year. We are … |