I was wondering if someone knows how the "Geneology" in Hebrew?

Im trying to do some family research and have exhausted all the available english websites. Im hoping that the Hebrew web sites might bring me more luck.

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In any event with a name like yomtov lipman (heller), it should be a snap. Just look up yomtov lipman heller in the Jewish Encyclopedia or any Jewish reference book like
תולדות חכמי ישראל
you should have no trouble tracing the family back to Rashi.

Before Rashi, there are no geneologies for Askenazic Jews. This is known as the missing three centuries.

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Before Rashi, there are no geneologies for Askenazic Jews. This is known as the missing three centuries.

Now thats a loaded statement, but i leave that for the other posters around here.

As for me, I actually looking to trace genealogy to Rabbi Aryeh Leib (loeb) Gunzberg (Gunzburg, Ginsburg) the Shagas Aryeh (Shaggat Aryeh). For all my searching i cant seem to find anybody that claims him as an ancestor. i thought that perhaps in hebrew there would be a site dedicated to rabbinic ancestry where i would have more luck, or at least find someone making a siilar claim.

Once upon a time people used something called books.
there are two series of books
תולדות חכמי ישראל
which is an encylopedia (several volumes) which has the lineage of all the talmedei chachamim.
there is עיץ החיים
a beautiful book full of diagrams of all the generations after Rashi.

My history teacher explained it to me as thus. When the Catholic church was finished with the pagans in the seventh century, it took on the Jews. All the Jews of Europe had to go underground (false batismal certificates, etc.) and did not emerge again till the century before Rashi. This is why Askenazim say that no one can prove they are a Cohen.
I have often wondered why we do not know who is a direct descendent of David HaMelech today. The Rosh HaGolah lasted in Damascus well into the twelve century. (The Rosh HaGolah was a direct descendent of the house of David.)
I am aware that several Askenazice families have a tradition of some sort that they are descended from David HaMelech but it is not documented.

Around my neighborhood, half the people are related to the Vilna Goan and the other half never heard of him.

Actually, we have several families descended from the Lavush and several families from the Nodeh Beyehuda. Never met anyone who was related to the Shaagat Aryeh.

Books, yes books. Ive heard of them.

Unfortunately for me these books only speak of the life of the individual and not about his off springs.

There are three interesting essays about Davidic Ancestry, here.

Lineage to the Vilna Goan should be provable thank to this book.

I also have never meet someone claiming lineage to the shaggat aryeh, and wonder why that is. I do have my theories though.