Database Description

Our information has been consolidated into a master bibliographic database.  This database attempts to list all Yizkor Books known to exist, as well as many other books written about a particular community.  The database currently contains the titles of over 1,000 books.

When you search for a particular town or region in the database, you will receive following information:

• A description of Yizkor Books for that location.
• Libraries with those books.
• Links to any translations that may exist on the Yizkor Book Project's web site.

Many communities that do not have individual Yizkor Books are covered by national or regional books, which are listed under the name or the country or region.  Regional books are particularly important for Latvia and Lithuania.  Other regions in the database include: Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria, Bessarabia, Crimea, Galicia, Hesse, Karpatalja, Maramures, Polesie, Salaj, Silesia, Transylvania, and Volhynia (Wolyn).

Library Holdings

We are in the process of collecting Yizkor Book call numbers from libraries and archives with significant Yizkor Book collections.  Although this component of the database is by no means complete, it currently includes call numbers from the following libraries:

California     Los Angeles - Hebrew Union College     Los Angeles - Simon Wiesenthal Center/Yeshiva University Library     Los Angeles - UCLA Research Library     Los Angeles - University of Judaism     San Francisco - Holocaust Center of Northern California Florida     Gainesville - Price Library of Judaica, University of Florida Massachusetts     Boston - Boston Public Library     Brookline - Hebrew College     Cambridge - Harvard University Library     Waltham - Brandeis University Library Maryland     Baltimore - Joseph Meyerhoff Library Michigan     Ann Arbor - Univ. of Michigan Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library     Farmington Hills - Holocaust Memorial Center New York     New York - American Jewish Historical Society     New York - Bund Archives (collection at YIVO)     New York - Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Library     New York - Jewish Theological Seminary Library     New York - New York Public Library, Jewish Division     New York - Yeshiva University Library     New York - YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Library Oregon     Portland - Congregation Neveh Shalom

Great Britain     Cambridge - Cambridge University Library     Finchley - JGS of Great Britain, Finchley Synagogue     London - University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies     London - Wiener Library Israel     Ramat-Gan - Bar-Ilan University     Tel Aviv - Ahad Haam Library     Tel Aviv - Hitachdut Yotzei Polin     Tel Aviv - Moadon Ha'Bund     Tel Aviv - Rambam Library

Additional libraries, which are not included in the Database, our listed in our InfoFile, Libraries with Yizkor Books.

Types of Searches

You have a choice of three different types of searches:

• Town - Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex will find towns (or regions) that sound similar to the name you enter, according to the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex system. (For example, "Lvov", "Lebow", and "Lubawa" will all be found if you request the D-M Soundex search of "Lvov").  This type of search will also check the database for former or alternative names.  (For example, a search for "Stanislawow" will find "Ivano-Frankivsk.")
• Town - Exact Spelling will find towns (or regions) in the database with the exact spelling that you enter.  As with the previous method, this type of search will also check for database for alternative names.
• Global Text Search will search for text in all fields in the database.  For example, searching for the name "Kagen" will find all books written by anyone named Kagen, all books with publishers containing the name Kagen, and all books with a contact person named Kagen.

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Updated 9 Dec 2024   LA