Who passed down your name to you? Trace the thread of the generations — each branch recovered illuminates ten others.
Genealogy holds a central place in Jewish tradition, from the earliest lists of descent in the Torah to modern community registers. Zakhor aims to build a collaborative genealogical database, linking families to manuscript sources and archival documents.
Reconstruct your family tree by drawing on community registers, rabbinic acts, and archives.
The pinqasim (registers) of Jewish communities constitute a precious source of genealogical data.
Chains of transmission (shalshelet ha-qabbala) linking masters to disciples across the generations.
Mapping population movements — from Spain to the Maghreb, from Eastern Europe to the Americas and Israel.
Already have a digital family tree or family documents? Import them directly onto the platform to integrate them into our collaborative database and link them to historical sources.
GEDCOM (.ged)
Standard genealogy format — compatible with Geneanet, MyHeritage, Ancestry, Gramps, etc.
PDF / Images
Handwritten trees, ketubot, civil records, photos of family documents.
Spreadsheets (.csv, .xlsx)
Lists of names, dates, and places exported from a spreadsheet or genealogy software.
Geneanet / MyHeritage links
Simply share the link to your public tree on existing platforms.
Guaranteed confidentiality
Your data remains private by default. You choose what you wish to share with the community. Files are stored securely and will never be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent.
Share your family trees, archival documents and genealogical information to enrich our collective database.
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