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JGSCO Library Inventory Updated February 5, 2009

Methodology l U.S. Research l Jewish Names l Colorado Genealogical Resources U.S Regional Genealogical Resources l International Genealogical Resources l Holocaust Sephardic/Crypto-Jewish l Jewish History l Language l Oversized Materials Location: Congregation Emanuel 51 Grape Street Denver, CO  80220 (303) 388-4013 Call for current hours. Methodology Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy, Sallyann Sack, Gary Mokotoff, editors, Avotaynu 2004. From Generation to Generation Revised Edition, Arthur Kurzweil, Jossy-Bass Pulisher, 2004. From Generation to Generation First Edition, Arthur Kurzweil, Jossy-Bass Pulisher, 1980. 2 copies. Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy, Gary Mokotoff and Warren Blatt. Avotaynu, Inc. 1999. The Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy, Edited by Arthur Kurzweil & Miriam Weiner, Jason Aronson, Inc. 1991.  3 copies. Finding Our Fathers, Dan Rotenberg, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1986.  2 copies. Google Your Family Tree, Daniel M. Lynch, FamilyLink.com Inc., 2008. Jewish Genealogy: A Sourcebook of Family Histories and Genealogies, Zubatsky and Berent, 1984. Organizing Your Family History Search, Sharon Bartolo Carmack, Betterway Books 1999.  Documents of Our Ancestors, Michael J. Meshenberg, Avotaynu, Inc. 1996.  Following The Paper Trail, Jonathan D. Shea & William Hoffman, Avotaynu, Inc. 1994.  Shtetl Finder, Chester G. Cohen, Heritage Books, Inc. 1989. 2 copies. Where Once We Walked Revised Edition, Mokotoff and Sack, Avotaynu.  Filed elsewhere in library. Where Once We Walked Companion Guide, Gary Mokotoff, Avotaynu.  When Your Ox Is In A Ditch: Genealogical How-To Letters, Vera McDowell, Genealogical Publishing Co. 1995.  Scattered Seeds, Friedman Morris, 1998. U.S. Research They Came In Ships, John P. Colletta, Ph.D. Ancestry, Salt Lake City, Utah 1989, 1993. Morton Allen Directory of European Passsenger Steamship Arrivals 1890-1930, Genealogy Publishing Co. N.Y. 1931, Reprinted 1979-1980, 1987-1993.  Immigrant & Passenger Arrivals, National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1991.  The 1930 Federal Population Census, NARA. Guide to Naturalization Records of the U.S., Christina K. Schaefer, Genealogical Publishing Co.  Guide to YIVO Archives, Fruma Mohrer and Marek Web, YIVO Institute For Jewish Research, M.E. Sharpe 1998.  The American Pocket Medical Dictionary, 1942. Jewish Names A Dictionary of German Jewish Surnames,  Lars Menk, Avotaynu, 2005.  A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia, Alexander Beider, Avotaynu 2004.  A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames From The Russian Empire, Beider, Avotaynu, Inc. 1993.  A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland, Alexander Bieder, 1996. Dictionary of Sephardic Surnames. A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names, Alexander Beider, Avotaynu, 2001.  Russian Jewish Names, Boris Feldblum, Avotaynu, 1998.  Jewish Personal Names, Rabbi Shmuel Gorr, Avotaynu, Inc. 1992.  Colorado Genealogical Resources A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research at the Denver Public Library, 1997.  Colorado Resource Handbook, Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies, Denver, Co. 1998.  Images of Jewish Denver 1859-1940, Jeanne Abrahms, 2007. The Cotopaxi Colony, Thesis by Flora Jane Scott, 1950. JGSCO Newletters and Past Program Announcements. JGSCO Forms Book.  U.S Regional Genealogical Resources Genealogical Resources in New York, Estelle Guzik and JGS NY, 200?. New York Jews and the Quest for Community-The Kehillah Experiment 1908-1922, Arthur a. Goren l970, Columbia University Press.  Carved in Granite: Holocaust Memorials in Metro New York Cemeteries, Alvin Poplack, 2003. Resources For Jewish Genealogy In the Boston Area, Warren Blatt, Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Boston, 1996.  Galveston; Ellis Island of the West, Bernard Marinbach, State University of N.Y. Press, 1983.  Dallas Jewish Genealogical Guide, David A. Chapin, Dallas Jewish Historical Society 1993.  The Early Jews of New Orleans, Bertram Wallace Korn, American Jewish Historical Society, 1960. The Jews of Charleston, Charles Reznikoff, Jewish Publication Society of America 1950.  International Genealogical Resources Jewish Sites of Bohemia and Moravia, Jiri Fiedler, Sefer Prague 1991.  The Destruction of the Dutch Jews, Jacob Presser, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. l965.  Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia - A Resource Guide, Suzan F. Wynne Avotaynu, Inc. l998. The German Minority Census of l939, Thomas Kent Edlund, Avotaynu, Inc. l996.  Der Grosse V.A.G. Atlas (German language atlas of Europe), Riverlag, 91/92.  Genealogical Gazeteer of the Kingdom of  Hungary, Jordan Auslander, Avotaynu 2005. Zeiger Sassy Es Herskovits Mihaly Csaladi Albuma (Family book in Hungarian). A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel, Sally Amdur Sack, Ph.D. Genealogical Publishing Co.Inc. l987.  An American Rabbi in Korea, Milton  J. Rosen, Edited by Stanley R. Rosen 2004, Univ. Of Alabama Press.  Description of the Latvian Database, Mary Barkan.  Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists & Other Jewish Holdings in the Lithuanian Archives, Compiled by Harold Rhode and Sally Ann Amdur Sack, Avotaynu, Inc. l996.  Not Strictly Kosher-Pioneer Jews in New Zealand, Odeda Rosenthal, Starchand Press l988.  Jewish Roots in Poland, Miriam Weiner, Miriam Weiner Roots to Roots Foundation, Inc. & YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, l997. Second copy elsewhere in library.  Jewish Bialystok and Surroundings in Eastern Poland, Tomas Wisniewski, 1998. The Cantonists: The Jewish Children's Army of the Tsar, Larry Domnitch, 2003. Carved Memories Heritage in Stone from the Russian Jewish Pale, Goberman, Hundert.  The Wayfarers, (Romania) Stuart Tower.  Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova, Miriam Weiner, 1999. Holocaust How To Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust, Gary Mokotoff Avotaynu, Inc. l995.  The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust, Martin Gilbert,  3rd Edition 2002. Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, 4 volumes, 1990. Sephardic/Crypto-Jewish Discovering Your Sephardic Ancestors and Their World, Jeffrey S. Malka, MD, Avotaynu 2002.  To The End of the Earth, A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico, Stanley Hordes, Columbia University Press. Jewish History Encyclopedia of Jewish Life, 3 volumes, edited by Samuel Spector. There Once Was A World, Yaffa Eliach, Back Bay Books, Little, Brown & Co. 1998. World of Our Fathers, Irving Howe, Simon & Shuster, 1976.  A History of Russia, Jesse D. Clarkson, Random House, 1961.  Jewish Women in America Volumes I and II, Hyman and Moore, 1998. Language Concise Dictionary of 26 Languages, Peter M.Bergman, Bergman Pulishers, 1968.  German-English Dictionary, Edited by The Langenscheidt, 1976.  Dictionary of the Polish-English Languages, W. Kierst & Prof. O. Callier, 1944.  The Pocket Polish Dictionary, Langenscheidt.  Engels Nederlands, Walters'.  Kramer's Engels Nederlands, Dr. F.P. Van Wely.  Russian-English Dictionary, 1987.  Webster's French & English Dictionary, Galahad Books, 1967.  Oversized Materials - Filed on top shelf. Avotaynu-The International Review of Jewish Genealogy, Spring 1991-Fall 1995, Full year 2000 issues, 2002-Present.  Many back issues from the 1980's.  Jewishgen Network-Yizkor Book Lists, 1996.  15th Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy Syllabus, Boston 1996.  A World of Records-FGS/UGA 2000, 6-9 Sept. 2000 Salt Lake City, Utah.  Dor L’ Dor,  IAJGS Conference Syllabus, London.

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