All USA:
- AJHS Manuscript Collection
Descriptions of over 1,100 manuscript collections held by the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) in Boston as of 1996.
- American Jewish Year Book Obituaries, 1948-1998
Index to more than 3,000 obituaries of prominent Jews.
- Distinguished Jews in America Volume One, 1917
An index to a book with 428 biographies about prominent Jewish men in America. A second volume is in progress.
- Early American Jewish Portrait Index >1862
Name index and images for over 800 paintings and drawings of prominent Jews living in America during the British Colonial and Antebellum periods through 1862.
- Forward “Gallery of Missing Husbands” Column, 1908-1914
3,263 translated entries of the “Gallery of Missing Husbands” column which The Forward newspaper printed regularly to solicit community help in locating husbands who deserted wives and children (in progress through 1940s).
- The Forward: Seeking Relatives (1920-1960)
About 500 names from the “Seeking Relatives” column which The Forward newspaper published as one- or two-line advertising notices from those seeking friends, townsfolk and relatives who could help them relocate from life threatening situations such as pogroms and wars.
- German Refugee Rabbis in the United States, 1933-1990
Names of 176 German Jews in America who received education at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau (1854), the Hochschule f r die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin (1872), or the Orthodox Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin (1873).
- Jewish Civil War Veterans
More than 7,000 Jewish-American U.S. Civil War Veterans, both Union and Confederate from Simon Wolf’s book published in 1895. This list has been disputed. See more recent scholarship conducted by the Shapell Roster of Jewish Service in the American Civil War.
- Jewish Soldiers and Sailors in the Spanish-American War, 1898
2,531 names published in an article that appeared in The American Jewish Year Book 1900-1901. A revised and final list may be housed at the American Jewish Historical Society. “Jewish identity has not been established in every case.”
- JewishGen Family Finder
More than 55,000 entries by Jewish genealogists researching family surnames in the USA.
- JewishGen Memorial Plaques Database
Information from 248,025 synagogue yahrzeit plaques and other memorial records in the USA.
- JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry
More than 1.6 million burial records for cemeteries in the USA. Many with images.
- Rabbi Samuel Langer Database, 1930s-1960s
More than 5,000 entries throughout the eastern U.S. from personal notebooks including births, bar/bas mitzvahs, marriages, funerals, unveilings, etc.
- NEW! Shapell Roster of Jewish Service in the American Civil War
An ongoing reappraisal of Jewish military participation in the American Civil War - in partnership with The Shapell Manuscript Foundation. In progress.
- U.S. State Dept. Consular Post Records for Jerusalem, Jaffa & Haifa
9,000 U.S. State Department files from foreign service posts abroad in Jerusalem (1857-1935), Jaffa (1867-1917), and Haifa (1872-1917) from Record Group 84 stored at the U.S. National Archives II, College Park, Maryland.
- U.S. State Dept. Emergency U.S. Passport Applications, 1915-1926
6,000 Emergency Passport Applications, issued at various U.S. consular posts.
- U.S. State Dept. Holocaust Survivors Claiming American Citizenship
622 State Department applications filed in Zurich by Holocaust survivors claiming U.S. citizenship. NARA & USHMM RG226, E109, B21.
- UPDATED! U.S. State Dept. Jewish Names from RG59, 1910-1929
Over 14,000 entries (most with links to digitized material) from NARA Record Group 59 for correspondence primarily from Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary..
- NEW! AJY Rabbi & Cantor Bios 1903-1904
363 biographical sketches of rabbis and cantors from the 1903-1904 American Jewish Yearbook.
Colorado:
- NEW! Leadville, Colorado Jewish Names Collection 1879-1930
Names, birth dates, birth places, occupation, and educational information for 1,300 Jewish residents in historic Leadville, Colorado circa 1879-1930.
- NEW! Colorado Names Index
An ongoing compilation index including the names of Jews found in books about the history of Jews in Colorado as well as smaller unpublished lists. In progress.
- Denver Feldman Mortuary Database, 1936-2015
Records of 17,000 funerals in Denver.
- Denver Intermountain Jewish News Obituaries, 1918-2011
Index to 15,000 obituary notices from this Denver newspaper.
- UPDATED! Denver Jewish Consumptives Relief Society Patient Applications, 1904-1940
A names index to 9,184 patient applications found in the collection of the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society (JCRS) in Denver, Colorado. In progress.
- NEW! CO National Jewish Hospital Applicants 1899-1914
3,976 applicants to the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives in Denver circa 1899-1914. Status includes those admitted, admitted on trial, rejected, withdrawn, or cancelled.
Connecticut:
Georgia:
- Atlanta Breman Museum Oral Histories
More than 1,000 names relating to interviews collected by the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, focusing on the documentation of Jewish life in Georgia and Alabama.
Illinois:
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Massachusetts:
- Boston Arrivals Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), 1882-1929
Records of 24,000 Jewish immigrant arrivals via Boston.
- Boston Jewish AdvocateObituaries, 1905-2020
Index to more than 26,000 obituary notices from this Massachusetts newspaper.
- Boston Jewish Advocate"Seeking Kin" Announcements, 1916-1990
More than 5,000 names in "Seeking Kin" advertisements.
- Boston Jewish AdvocateWedding Announcements, 1905-2011
Index to more than 27,000 wedding announcements from this Massachusetts newspaper.
- Boston Jewish Weekly Times Obituaries, 1945-1992
Index of 5,288 obituary notices which appeared in the Boston Jewish Times.
- Boston Rabbi Registrations, 1893-1939
This database contains 540 registrations of rabbis issued by the city of Boston.
- Boston Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz Marriages, 1910-1956
Index to nearly 1,000 marriages performed by Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz of Boston.
- Chelsea Rabbi Icek Benkowitz Marriages, 1922-1954
This database contains 305 records from the Rabbi's personal notebooks.
- Malden Rabbi Ber Boruchoff Marriages, 1906-1939
Records of 1,423 marriages performed by Rabbi Ber Boruchoff of Malden.
- New! Boston Orphanage Residents 1900-1940
Orphan children and staff residents enumerated in U.S. Federal Censuses 1900-1940 at two Boston-area orphanages..
New York:
- NEW! NYC Jewish Ministers 1654-1860
A list of rabbis, lecturers, and hazzanim holding office in New York City from the earliest times until 1860.
- Central Islip State Hospital 1925 State Census
Data on more than 6,000 employees and patients at this State Hospital on Long Island, from the New York State 1925 census.
- Fort Ontario Safe Haven Refugees
Names of 989 refugees from World War II who were allowed into the United States as "guests" of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. These refugees were housed at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York, from August 1944 until February 1946.
- New York Immigrants from Poland, Austria, and Galicia, 1890-1891
An index to more than 96,000 passenger arrivals.
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