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JewishGen USA Database

Welcome to the JewishGen USA Database. This is a multiple database search facility which incorporates all the databases listed below. These databases have been contributed by individual donors. The combined databases have more than 1.5 million entries. The database is a work in progress and new entries are being added regularly.

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All USA:

JewishGen Family Finder
More than 50,000 entries by Jewish genealogists researching families in the USA.
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry
More than 960,000 burial records for cemeteries in the USA and Canada.
Jewish-American Civil War Veterans
More than 7,000 Jewish-American U.S. Civil War Veterans, both Union and Confederate.
American Jewish Year Book Obituary Index
Index to more than 3,000 obituaries of prominent Jews, 1948-1998.
The Rabbi Samuel Langer Database
More than 5,000 entries from personal notebooks — births, Bar/Bas Mitzvahs, marriages, funerals/unveilings, etc. Eastern USA, 1930s-1960s.
1890-1891 New York Immigrants from Poland, Austria and Galicia
An index to more than 96,000 passenger arrivals.
Jewish Names in Selected U.S. State Department Files, 1910-1929
Nearly 10,000 entries from the Central Decimal Files of the U.S. Department of State, Record Group 59.
Emergency U.S. Passport Applications, 1915-1926
6,000 Emergency Passport Applications, at various U.S. Consular Posts.

Colorado:

The Intermountain Jewish News Obituary Database
Index to 15,000 obituary notices from this Denver newspaper, 1918-2011.
Jewish Consumptive Relief Society, Denver
Records of 7,190 patients at this TB sanatorium in Denver, Colorado, 1904-1940.

Connecticut:

The Connecticut Jewish Ledger Obituary Database
Index to 5,000 obituary notices from this New Haven newspaper, 1975-2002.

Illinois:

The Chicago Obituary Database
Index to 8,800 obituary notices from an Illinois newspaper, 1994-1998.
Chicago Marriages - Sinai Congregation
Index to 500 marriages by Rabbi Bernhard Felsenthal, Chicago, Ilinois, from 1861 to 1905.

Massachusetts:

The Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database
Index to more than 24,000 obituary notices from this Massachusetts newspaper, 1905-2008.
The Boston Jewish Advocate Wedding Announcements Database
Index to more than 27,000 wedding announcements from this Massachusetts newspaper, 1905-2008.
Boston Marriages - Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz
Index to nearly 1,000 marriages performed by Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz of Boston, 1910-1956.
The Rabbi Ber Boruchoff Marriage Database
Records of 1,423 marriages, 1906-1939, performed by Rabbi Ber Boruchoff of Malden.
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Boston Arrivals
Records of 24,000 Jewish immigrant arrivals via Boston, 1882-1929.

Ohio:

The Cleveland Jewish News Obituary Database
Index to more than 30,850 obituary notices from this Ohio newspaper, 1964-2012.

Pennsylvania:

Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Obituary Database
Index to more than 57,000 obituary notices from this newspaper, 1887-2012 (in progress).
Blitzstein Bank Passage Order Records
An index of more than 30,000 immigrants who had steamship tickets purchased for them at this Philadelphia bank, 1899-1930.
Lipshutz/Peoples Bank Passage Order Records
An index of more than 25,000 immigrants who had steamship tickets purchased for them at this Philadelphia bank, 1906-1949.
Rosenbaum Bank Passage Order Book Records
An index of nearly 83,000 immigrants who had steamship tickets purchased for them at this Philadelphia bank, 1890-1934.

Texas:

The Houston Jewish Herald-Voice Database
Index to more than 64,500 events from this Texas newspaper, 1908-2012.

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