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Maryland Genealogy Resources

The Jewish Museum of Maryland

15 Lloyd Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
(410) 732-6400 or (877) 376-7190
info@jewishmuseummd.org

Library and archives open by appointment only.

 

Books | Records | Periodicals | Other

BOOKS
TitleDates
Shtetl Finder 
Where Once We Walked 
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire 
Migration from the Russian Empire 
List of Passengers Arriving at the Port of New York, V1 and V2January 1875 to June 1891

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RECORDS
TitleDates
Baltimore City Directories on microfilm/fiche1752-1935
Federal Census for Baltimore1900, 1910, 1920
Published and unpublished genealogies (indexed by surname) 
People Finder from Avotaynu 
Index of passenger lists of vessels arriving at Baltimore1897 to July 1992
Passenger Manifests1891-1948
Passenger lists of Vessels1820-1891
Index to letter M600 (soundex for Maryland)1820-1897
Circumcision Records1836-1870, 1940-1967
Midwife Records1892-1919 (few)
Rabbis' Marriage Records1850-1944 (few)
Jack Lewis Funeral Home Records1924-1939, 1955-1965
H.I.A.S. Arrival Records1911-1914, 1938-1953
WWII Restitution Records of H.I.A.S.1946-1990
Yiskor Memorial Books (120 + to catalog) 
Pinkas books of some small synagogues (some translated) 
Archival collections from numerous synagogues including:
Beth Israel
B'nai Israel
Har Sinai
Oheb Shalom
Rogers Avenue (Ohr Knesseth Israel Anse Sphard)
Shaarei Tifloh
Shomrei Mishmeres
 
Some cemetery burial records 
Records pertaining to many Jewish agencies, institutions and businesses 

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PERIODICALS
TitleDates
Baltimore Jewish Times1919 to present
Jewish Comment1895-1918
Jewish Chronicle1875
Jewish Exponent1887-1888
Sinai1856-1860
American Jewish Year Book1899-1985
American Jewish Historic Quarterly1963 to present
American Jewish Archives1960 to present

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OTHER
Title
Oral histories of Baltimore
Clipping files related to Maryland
Personal papers of prominent individuals
Photograph collection related to immigration, Jewish Life in Maryland, and the many Institutions of Maryland Jewry

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