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

 Making the Most of your Research Trip to Salt Lake City

Warren, Paula Stuart

How to

 Managing a Genealogical Project Updated Edition

Dollarhide, William

How to

1-May-99

 Migration from the Russian Empire Lists of Passengers Arriving at the Port of

Glazier, Ira A. (Editor)

Russia

Jun-95

 Migration from the Russian Empire, Lists of Passengers Arriving at the Port of New York : October 1882-April 1886

Glazier, Ira A. (Editor)

Russia

Jun-95

 Migration from the Russian Empire. Vol. 5 (June 1889-July 1890)

Glazier, Ira A. (Editor)

Russia

1-Nov-98

 Migration from the Russian Empire. Vol. 6 (Aug. 1890-June 1891)

Glazier, Ira A. (Editor)

Russia

1-Jan-98

 Migration from the Russian Empire: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports

Glazier, Ira A. (Editor)

Russia

Jun-97

 Migration from the Russian Empire: Lists of Passengers Arriving at U.S. Ports, May 1886-December 1887

Glazier, Ira A. (Editor)

Russia

Jun-97

 Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals For the Years

Morton, Allen

United States - Ships

1998

 Motorists Guide to the Soviet Union

Zadvorny, Leonid

Travel

1980

 My Jewish Roots: A Practical Guide to Genealogy and Album of Family Records

Kranzler, David

How to

Jul-81

 National Yellow Book of Funeral Directors

No Author

United States

 New York Genealogical Research

Schweitzer, George K.

United States - New York

Jun-88

 New York State Census Records, 1790-1925

Douglas, Marilyn

United States - New York

 New York State Probate Records: A Genealogist's Guide to Testate and Intestate Records

Remington, Gordon Lewis

United States - New York

1-Jun-02

 Ocean Liners of the 20th Century

Newell, Gordon

United States - Ships

 Organizing Your Family History Search: Efficient & Effective Ways to Gather and Protect Your Genealogical Research

Carmack, Sharon

How to

Apr-99

 Overseas Emigration and Family Research (Veroffentlichungen Aus Dem Staatsarchiv Der Freien Und Hansestadt Hamburg, Bd. 18.)

Sielemann, Jurgen (Editor)

Germany

Dec-03

 Poland 1799, M28

Unknown

Maps

Folded Map

 Poland Between the Wars

Unknown

Maps

Folded Map

 Polish Roots

Chorzempa, Rosemary A.

Poland

Jan-00

 Poor Cousins

Manners, Andre

History

 Preserving Our Litvak Heritage - A History of 31 Jewish Communities in Lithuania

Rosin, Josef

Lithuania

Jan-05

 Protect Your Precious Documents

St Denis, Louise J.

How to

 Public Records Online, Fifth Edition : The National Guide to Private & Government Online Sources of Public Records (Public Records Online)

Sankey, Michael L.

How to

Jun-04

 Ravenstein Road Atlas: Eastern Europe Atlas

 Verlag, Ravenstein (Corporate Author)

Maps

Apr-94

 Remembering Ottynia

Spiegel, Philip

Galicia

2000

 Research Guide to German-American Genealogy

Bellingham, Mary

How to

 Researching Canadian census records

Bourrie, Doris B

Canada

1998

 Researching Canadian Vital Statistics Records--: Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Murphy, Sharon L.

Canada

Jan-03

 Resources for Jewish Genealogy in the Boston Area

Blatt, Warren

United States - Boston

1996

 Rural Russia Under the Old Regime : A History of the Landlord-Peasant World and a Prologue to the Peasant Revolution of 1917

Robinson, Gerold T.

History

1-Aug-67

 Russia in Europe 1845, 2 sheets, X10

Unknown

Maps

Folded Map

 Russia in Europe West 1835, M29

Unknown

Maps

Folded Map

 Russia, Eurasian States, and Eastern Europe 1997 (28th ed)

Shoemaker, M. Wesley

Russia

Aug-97

 Russian-Jewish Given Names

Feldblyum, Boris

Russia

Jan-98

 Scattered Seeds: A Guide to Jewish Genealogy

Freedman-Morris, Mona

How to

1-Nov-98

 Searching for your Ancestors: The How and Why of Genealogy

Doane, Gilbert H.

How to

 Searching for your Ancestors: The How and Why of Genealogy

Doane, Gilbert H.

How to

 Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering Your Sephardic Ancestors and Their World

Malka, Jeffrey S.

Sephardic

Jan-03

 Shell New Jersey Road Map

Shell

Maps

Folded Map

 Shtetl Book

Roskies, Diane K.

History

Jun-90

 Title page has incorrect ISBN: 0-87068-456-6

 Shtetl Finder Gazette

Cohen, Chester G.

Maps

 Shtetl: The Life and Death of a Small Town and the World of Polish Jews

Hoffman, Eva

History

Oct-97

 Simplified Genealogy for Americans

Kirkham, E. Kay

How to

 Some Archival Sources for Ukrainian Jewish Genealogy (Avotaynu Monograph Series)

Kronik, Aleksander (Editor)

Ukraine

Nov-97

 Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories

Zubatsky, David S.

How to

Aug-96

 Sources On Polish Jewry At The Central Archives For The History Of The Jewish People

Volovici, H.

Poland

May-04

 South-West Russia 1860, M30

Unknown

Maps

Folded Map

 Spirit of the Ghetto

Hapgood, Hutchins

History

Dec-66

 State Census Records

Lainhart, Ann S.

United States

2000

 The Austrian Empire 1875, 2 sheets, M21

Unknown

Maps

Folded Map

 The Baltic States 1845, M7

Unknown

Maps

Folded Map

 The Beginner's Guide to Interpreting Ethnic DNA Origins for Family History: How Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi & Europeans Are Related to Everyone Else

Hart, Anne

DNA

Jul-03

 The Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy: Sources in the United States and Canada (Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy)

Weiner, Miriam (Editor)

How to

Feb-91

 The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust

Spector, Shmuel (Editor)

Holocaust

Jun-01

 The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust

Spector, Shmuel (Editor)

Holocaust

Jun-01

 The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust

Spector, Shmuel (Editor)

Holocaust

Jun-01

 The First Great Ocean Liners in Photographs : 193 Views, 1897-1927

Miller, William H., Jr.

United States - Ships

1-Jun-84

 The Genealogist's Companion & Sourcebook (Genealogist's Companion & Sourcebook)

Croom, Emily Anne

United States

Apr-94

 The German Empire 1875, 2 sheets, X11

Unknown

Maps

Folded Map

 The German Minority Census of 1939: An Introduction and Register (Avotaynu Monograph Series)

Edlund, Thomas Kent

Germany

Jun-96

 The Handy Book for Genealogists

 Everton, George. B., Sr. (Editor)

How to

 The Handy Handbook for Genealogists

 Everton, George. B., Sr.(Editor)

How to

 The Holocaust Chronicle

Harran, Marilyn

Holocaust

1-Sep-00

 The Jewish Settlement in Sacramento: A Pictorial History

Wyatt, Brett

History

 The Jews in America: A History

Learsi, Rufus

History

 The Jews of Germany : A Historical Portrait

Gay, Ruth

Germany

28-Sep-94

 The Land - How the United States Acquired the Land, Volume 1

Williams, Dorothy Lazelle

History

 The Land - How the United States Developed the Land, Volume 2

Williams, Dorothy Lazelle

History

 The Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1795-1918 (History of East Central Europe)

Wandycz, Piotr S.

Poland

Jun-75

 The Lurie Legacy: The House of Davidic Royal Descent

Rosenstein, Neil

History

Jul-04

 The New International Atlas

 Voisin, Russell (Editor)

Maps

 The Oreckovsky family =: Orekhovskaia sem§ia : from Russia to America

Traubman, Len

History - Genealogies

1994

 The Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collection

Altschuler, David (Editor)

Czechoslovakia

Nov-83

 The Rest of Us: The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews

Birmingham, Stephen

History

Aug-84

 The Second Jewish Catalog: Sources and Resources

Strassfeld, Michael

How to

Sep-76

 The Source : A Guidebook of American Genealogy

 Szucs, Loretto Dennis (Editor)

How to

Dec-96

 The Traveler's Guide to Jewish Landmarks of Europe

Postal, Bernard

Travel

Jun-71

 The Unwanted : European Refugees in the Twentieth Century

Marrus, Michael R.

Holocaust

1-Sep-85

 The Weekend Genealogist: Timesaving Techniques for Effective Research (PBS Ancestor)

Melnyk, Marcia Yannizze

How to

Aug-00

 Tourist Guide to Yugoslavia

Katusic, Ivan

Travel

 Tracing Your Roots

Publishing, Rh Value

How to

12-Dec-88

 Translation Guide to Nineteenth Century Polish Language Civil Registration Documents (Birth, Marriage & Death Records)

Frazin, Judith R.

Poland

Jun-88

 Uncle, we are ready!: Registering America's men, 1917-1918 : a guide to researching World War I draft registration cards

Newman, John J

United States

2001

 United States - State Maps (United States Department of Commerce - Bureau of Census Maps)

Williams, Dorothy Lazelle

Maps

 United States Military Bases during World War II and as of 1947

Williams, Dorothy Lazelle

United States

Potok, Chaim

History

12-Oct-87

 Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust

Mokotoff, Gary

Holocaust

May-91

 Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust

Mokotoff, Gary

Holocaust

Nov-02

 Where to Find Your Arab-American or Jewish Genealogy Records : Also: Mediterranean, Assyrian, Iranian, Greek & Armenian

Hart, Anne

How to

13-Oct-05

 Who was Who in America With World Notables: Index 1607-1985

Marquis Who's Who

United States

 William Alexander Leidesdorff - First Black Millionaire, American Consul and California Pioneer

Palgon, Gary

History

2005

 World of Our Fathers

Howe, Irving

History

Dec-89

 World of Our Fathers

Howe, Irving

History

Aug-80

 WOWW Companion : A Guide to the Communities Surrounding Central & Eastern European Towns (Avotaynu Monograph)

Mokotoff, Gary (Compiler)

Holocaust

Jun-95

 Yearning to Breathe Free: The Story of the Vinik, Mason, and Gatkin Families

Cohen, Shirley Mason

History - Genealogies

 Your Guide to the Federal Census: For Genealogists, Researchers, and Family Historians

Hinckley, Kathleen

How to

Feb-02