Library

The JGSS has assembled an outstanding library of genealogy-related books, video tapes, and other media, including journals and newsletters from around the world. All of these materials are available for checkout by members at meetings.

The following table lists the books and maps that are in the JGSS library as of 11 May 2006. The “JGSS Category” column indicates the location of the material in the library. Or, you can simply search on a topic, such as “Lithuania”, to find out which books pertain to that subject.

TITLE

AUTHOR

JGSS CATEGORY

DATE

NOTES

 14th Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy Washington DC June 1995

JGSGW

Conferences

1995

 Binder, Syllabus and Family Finder

 22nd IAJGS International Conference of Jewish Genealogy: Syllabus

 Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto)

Conferences

 25th IAJGS Conference on Jewish Genealogy: Syllabus and Yearbook

Bookbinder, Hal (Editor)

Conferences

 4th International Seminar on Jewish Genealogy

IAJGS

Conferences

 9th Annual Seminar of Jewish Genealogy

JGSLA

Conferences

Binder

 A Beginner's Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Great Britain and Ireland

Wenzerul, Rosemary

Great Britain

Apr-00

 A Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Jewry 1909-1914: From the Canadian Jewish Times

 Tapper, Lawrence F. (Editor)

Canada

Jul-92

 A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names : Their Origins, Structure, Pronunciations, and Migrations

Beider, Alexander

Dictionary

Jul-01

 A Dictionary Of Jewish Surnames From Galicia

Beider, Alexander

Galicia

Jun-04

 A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland

Beider, Alexander

Poland

Jun-96

 A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire

Beider, Alexander

Russia

Jan-93

 A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Female Ancestors : Special Strategies for Uncovering Hard-To-Find Information About Your Female Lineage

Carmack, Sharon Debartolo

How to

Mar-98

 A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant & Ethnic Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage (Genealogist's Guides to Discovering Your Ancestor...)

Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo

How to

Jul-00

 A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel

Sack, Sallyann Amdur

Israel

Oct-95

 A guide to Jewish genealogy in Latvia and Estonia : no. 3 in series - a guide to Jewish genealogy

Beare, Arlene

Latvia - Estonia

 A History of the Jews

Grayzel, Solomon

History

 A Jewish Tourist's Guide to the U.S.

Postal, Bernard

Travel

 A Translation Guide to 19th-Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents: (Birth, Marriage, and Death Records)

Frazin, Judith R

Poland

1984

 AAA New York City and Vicinity including Long Island Map

AAA

Maps

Folded Map

 Aid to Finding Addresses in 1890 New York City Police Census

Jensen, Howard M.

United States - New York

Dec-03

 American Jewish Yearbook, Vol. 41

Schneiderman, Harry (Editor)

United States

 Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy

Willard, Jim

How to

3-Mar-97

 Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 2nd Edition

Dollarhide, William

United States

1992

 Annals and Deeds in Family History: Research and Sources, Number 2

Israel Genealogical Society

How to

1989

 Auswandererhafen Hamburg : = Emigration port Hamburg

Schmoock, Matthias

Germany

2003

 Bielorussia: International Road Map/With Separate Index

Verlag, Ravenstein

Maps

Sep-96

Folded Map

 Birthright : The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees, Birthparents, and Adoptive...

Strauss, Jean A. S.

How to

1-Jun-94

 Cite Your Sources: A Manual for Documenting Family Histories and Genealogical Records

Lackey, Richard S.

How to

Feb-86

 CodeName Snake: The Evil We Kill

Rumberg, M. M.

Fiction - Germany

2005

 Czechoslovakia - The East Central Provinces: Bohemia, Moravia & Silesia 1844, M8

Unknown

Maps

Folded Map

 Czechoslovakia -The Kingdom of Bohemia with Silesia, Moravia & Lusatia 1794, M19

Unknown

Maps

Folded Map

 Denying the Holocaust

Lipstadt, Deborah E.

Holocaust

19-Jun-93

 Dicionário Sefaradi De Sobrenomes/Dictionary Of Sephardic Surnames: Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos, Berberes E Sua Historia Na ... Christianized Jews, Converso

Faiguenboim, Guilherme

Sephardic

31-Jan-05

 Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History

Kaganoff, Benzion C.

Dictionary

13-Sep-87

 Doing Research at the Library of Congress: A Guide to Subject Searching at a Closed Stacks Library

Mann, Thomas

How to

 English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary

Abelson, Paul

Dictionary

 European History Atlas, Ancient, Medieval and Modern European and World History

 Breasted, James Henry (Editor)

Maps

1937

 Evreii din Transilvania în epoca emancipæarii : 1790-1867 = The Jews of Transylvania in the age of emancipation : 1790-1867

Gyemant, Ladislau

Romania - Transylvania

2000

 Evreii din Transilvania. Destin istoric/The Jews of Transylvania: A Historical Destiny

Gyemant, Ladislau

Romania - Transylvania

2004

 Facing the New World: Jewish Portraits in Colonial and Federal America

Brilliant, Richard (Editor)

History

Nov-97

 Family Roots: Discovering the Past in the Public Record Office

Colwell, Stella

Great Britain

Mar-92

 FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions About Jewish Genealogy

Blatt, Warren

How to

Jan-97

 Finding our fathers: A guidebook to Jewish genealogy

Rottenberg, Dan

How to

1977

 Finding Your Canadian Ancestors...

Bourrie, Doris

Canada

 Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide

Shea, Jonathan D.

How to

Apr-94

 French Children of the Holocaust: A Memorial

Klarsfeld, Serge (Editor)

Holocaust

Nov-96

 From a Ruined Garden: The Memorial Books of Polish Jewry

 United States Holocaust Memorial Musuem (Corporate Author)

Poland

May-98

 From Generation to Generation : How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History

Wiesel, Elie (Foreword)

How to

7-Apr-04

 From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Family History and Genealogy

Kurzweil, Arthur

How to

Mar-80

 From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History

Kurzweil, Arthur

How to

Jun-94

 Gathering the Generations - A guide to Family Reunions

 Better Homes and Gardens Family Network

How to

 Genealogical Resources in New York

 Guzik, Estelle M. (Other Contributor)

United States - New York

Jan-03

 Genealogical Resources in Northern California

Smith, Lester (Editor)

How to

Oct-99

Binder

 Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area

 Jewish Genealogical Society of New York

United States - New York

Jun-89

 Genealogy Online, 5th Edition

Crowe, Elizabeth Powell

How to

24-Jan-01

 Genealogy Vocabulary Aids

Williams, Dorothy Lazelle

Dictionary

1987

 German-American Business Biographies: High Finance and Big Business

Haller, Charles R.

Dictionary

Sep-01

 Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy

Mokotoff, Gary

How to

Dec-99

 Going to Salt Lake City to Do Family History Research

Parker, J. Carlyle

How to

Jan-96

 Guide to genealogical research in the National Archives of the United States

No author

How to

2000

 Guide to Jewish Cemeteries

Schlossberg, Bruce

How to

1994-1995

 Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States

Schaefer, Christina K.

How to

Jan-97

 Guides to the Archives in Israel, Volume 1

Alsberg, P.A. (Editor)

Israel

 Hadassah Austin TX 1990 Yearbook of Known Jewish Families

Austin Chapter of Hadassah

United States - Texas

1990

 Hammond Medallion World Atlas

No author

Maps

 Help ! There's A Skeleton in my Closet

Bourrie, Doris

How to

2000

 Historical Atlas of the World

 Palmer, R.R. (Editor)

Maps

 How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust: Documenting Victims, Locating Survivors (Avotaynu Monograph)

Mokotoff, Gary

Holocaust

Jun-95

 How to Find Your Family Roots

Beard, Timothy Field

How to

Jan-78

 How to Locate Anyone Anywhere: Without Leaving Home

Gunderson, Ted L.

How to

Nov-96

 How to Trace Your Family Tree in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Chater, Kathy

Great Britain

2003

 How to Trace Your Jewish Roots: Discovering Your Unique History

David, Rabbi Jo

How to

Aug-00

 In Their Words . . .: A Genealogist's Translation Guide to Polish< German, Latin and Russian Documents: Russian

Shea, Jonathan D.

How to

Jan-03

 Information for researchers: Using the Library of Congress

No author

How to

1998

 International Vital Records Handbook (International Vital Records Handbook)

Kemp, Thomas Jay

How to

Aug-94

 Island of Hope, Island of Tears : The Story of Those Who Entered the New World through Ellis Island-In Their Own Words

Brownstone, David M.

History

31-Dec-03

 Jewish Ancestors?: A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Germany and Austria

Skyte, Thea

Germany

2001

 Jewish Genealogy Yearbook 2000

 Bookbinder, Hal (Editor)

Conferences

 Jewish Personal Names: Their Origin, Derivation and Diminutive Forms

Gorr, Shmuel

Dictionary

Jul-92

 Xerox copy w/ permission of author; looseleaf binder

 Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories

Weiner, Miriam

Poland

Jan-98

 Jewish Surnames in Prague: (15Th-18th Centuries) (15th-18th Centuries)

Beider, Alexander

Czechoslovakia

Sep-94

 Jewish Travel Guide, 1984

Lightman, Sidney

Travel

Jan-84

 Jewish Vital Records: Revision Lists And Other Holdings In The Lithuanian Archives (Avotaynu Monograph Series)

Rhode, Harold (Compiler)

Lithuania

31-Jul-96

 Jews in Germany: From Roman Times to the Weimar Republic

Gidal, Nachum Tim

Germany

Jun-98

 JEWS IN RUSSIA (The Struggle for Emancipation) (Studies in the Life of Women)

Greenberg, Louis

Russia

1-Jan-87

 Keeping Family Stories Alive: A Creative Guide to Taping Your Family Life & Lore

Rosenbluth, Vera

How to

Oct-90

 Konin : One Man's Quest for a Vanished Jewish Community

Richmond, Theo

History

27-Aug-96

 Let's Go the Budget Guide to Eastern Europe 1997 (Annual)

Eelkema, Anne I. (Editor)

Travel

Nov-96

 Library Resources for German-Jewish Genealogy (Avotaynu Monograph Series)

Ellmann-Kruger, Angelika G.

Germany

Jun-98

 Locating Lost Family Members & Friends : Modern Genealogical Research Techniques for Locating the People of Your Past and Present

Hinckley, Kathleen W.

How to

Aug-99

 Long-Distance Genealogy

 Crawford-Oppenheimer, Christine

How to

Sep-00