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Zakhor
Zakhor offers a genealogy service based on archives, including Jewish records, burial registers, manuscripts and foundational texts.
About Zakhor
Zakhor is a genealogy service based on archives, including Jewish records, burial registers, manuscripts and foundational texts. It lets users search several registers at once, add personal testimony to an individual's record, and collaboratively write sourced family histories called Grands Livres. The homepage states that starting is free and immediate, with an account requested only at the final submission, and that nothing is published without human review. Its archive covers 7,108,041 names, 3,323,228 recorded burials, 412,992 people in the people tree, and 17,506 documented families. The site's text is in French. The records are not exhaustive: 1,564 cemeteries have been recorded out of 11,582 catalogued. A recorded burial gives a name, a date and a plot number; fuller accounts depend on user-submitted testimony.
Key features
- Search five registers at once: burials, people tree, families, notable figures, testimonies.
- Handle name spelling variants such as Cohen, Kahn, Kogan, Cahen, and כֹּהֵן.
- Add testimony to a person's record; account only needed at final submission.
- Co-write sourced family histories, reviewed by a human before publication.
- Browse 3,323,228 burials recorded from 1,564 cemeteries in 127 countries.
- Link a person to burial, place, community, tree, lineage, figure, or archival items.
Best for: People researching Jewish family history who want to search burial and family records and contribute personal testimony.
Good for
- Free archive of 7,108,041 names, including 3,323,228 recorded burials.
- Free to start; an account is requested only at final submission.
- Search handles spelling variants across scripts, such as Cohen, Kahn, Kogan, Cahen and כֹּהֵן.
Watch out for
- Only 1,564 of 11,582 catalogued cemeteries have been recorded.
- Burial records provide only a name, a date and a plot number; fuller accounts depend on user-submitted testimony.
- The site is in French.
Zakhor at a glance
- Website
- zakhor.ai
- Category
- Research & Data › Academic Search
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- French
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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Zakhor FAQ
Is Zakhor free to start?
The homepage says starting is free and immediate. An account is requested only at the final submission.
Do I need an account to add testimony?
No, you can begin without an account; it is only requested at the final step of deposit.
Is contributed content published automatically?
No. The homepage says nothing is published without human review, and each fact carries a status such as established, transmitted or hypothetical.
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