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 over one 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
Over 43,000 entries by Jewish genealogists researching families in the USA.
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry
Over 500,000 burial records for cemeteries in the USA.
Jewish-American Civil War Veterans
Over 7,000 Jewish-American U.S. Civil War Veterans, both Union and Confederate.
American Jewish Year Book Obituary Index
Index to over 3,000 obituaries of prominent Jews, 1948-1998.
The Rabbi Samuel Langer Database
Over 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 over 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.
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 over 8,800 obituary notices from an Illinois newspaper, 1994-1998.
Chicago Marriages - Sinai Congregation
Index to over 500 marriages by Rabbi Bernhard Felsenthal, Chicago, Ilinois, from 1861 to 1905.
Massachusetts:
The Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database
Index to over 24,000 obituary notices from this Massachusetts newspaper, 1905-2007.
The Boston Jewish Advocate Wedding Announcements Database
Index to over 27,000 wedding announcements from this Massachusetts newspaper, 1905-2007.
Boston Marriages - Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz
Index to nearly 1,000 marriages performed by Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz of Boston, 1910 to 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 over 24,000 Jewish immigrant arrivals via Boston, 1882-1929.
Ohio:
The Cleveland Jewish News Obituary Database
Index to over 27,000 obituary notices from this Ohio newspaper, 1964-2007.
Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Obituary Database  
Index to over 34,000 obituary notices from this newspaper, 1887-2006 (in progress).
Blitzstein Bank Passage Order Records
An index of over 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 over 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 60,000 events from this Texas newspaper, 1908-2006.

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