The JGSGB has many reference works which may be valuable to your genealogical research, including:
The JGSGB brings its resources to most monthly meetings, where there is time available for open research.
Between meetings, you can access copies of these materials at various local libraries: Brandeis University's Goldfarb Library in Waltham, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and the Boston Public Library in Boston, Harvard University Libraries in Cambridge, and Hebrew College Library in Brookline. Library call numbers for these materials at each of these libraries are noted in this bibliography. Other local libraries also have copies of these materials.
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Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from
the Kingdom of Poland. (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, Inc., 1996).
570 pages. {Scholarly survey of 30,000 Jewish surnames in
Russian Poland}. Table of Contents.
At Brandeis: [CS3010 .B419 1996], At BPL:
[CS3010.B419 1996], At NEHGS: [REF/CS3010/B419/1996],
At Harvard: [WID-LC CS3010.B419 1996].
Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from
the Russian Empire. (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, Inc., 1993).
784 pages. {Compilation of 50,000 Jewish surnames from the
Russian Pale of Settlement, including meaning of each name
and geographical distribution circa 1900}. Table of Contents.
At Brandeis: [CS3010 .B43 1993], At NEHGS:
[Ref CS 3010 B43 1993], At Hebrew College: [Ref CL B4d],
At Harvard: [WID-LC CS3010.B43 1993].
Blatt, Warren. Resources for Jewish Genealogy in the
Boston Area. (Boston: Jewish Genealogical Society of
Greater Boston, 1996). 275 pages. {Combines detailed
descriptions of Boston-area facilities and their holdings with
the "how-to" of doing research in Boston or elsewhere.
Information about libraries, government repositories and
the American Jewish Historical Society (with a comprehensive
list of AJHS manuscript collections); plus a merged
yizkor book bibliography of 529 titles held at Boston area
repositories; an appendix listing Jewish periodicals in the
Brandeis Library system; and a listing of passenger ships
entering the port of Boston 1891-1903}.
At Brandeis: [Z6374.B5 R469 1996], At BPL:
[Z6374.B5B53 1996], At NEHGS: [REF/E184/J5/R36/1996],
At Harvard: [WID-LC F73.9.J5 B53 1996x], At the National
Archives in Waltham and Pittsfield, and all Massachusetts
LDS Family History Centers.
Cohen, Chester G. Shtetl Finder Gazeteer - Jewish
Communities in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the Pale
of Settlement of Russia and Poland, and in Lithuania, Latvia,
Galicia, and Bukovina, with names of residents.
(Los Angeles: Periday Co., 1980). 145 pages.
{A gazetteer of some Eastern European towns}.
[Where Once We Walked (1991) is a more complete source.]
At Brandeis: [DS135 .R9 C58], At BPL:
[DS135.R9C58 1989], At NEHGS: [Ref DS 135 R9 C58 1989],
At Hebrew College: [Ref XU C6s], At Harvard:
[WID-LC DS135.R9 C58].
Colletta, John. They Came in Ships: A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993). 2nd ed. 98 pp. {Helps navigate researcher through various indexes to passenger arrival records}.
Edlund, Thomas Kent, compiler. The German Minority Census
of 1939: An Introduction and Register. (Teaneck, NJ:
Avotaynu Monograph Series; Avotaynu, Inc., 1996). 56 pages.
Table of
Contents.
At Harvard: [HNBC7Y]
Ellmann-Krόger, Angelika G., with Edward David Luft.
Library Resources for German-Jewish Genealogy.
(Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1998). 88 pages.
{A translation of a 1992 work in German, on library and
archival resources in Germany}.
Table of
Contents.
Feldblyum, Boris. Russian-Jewish Given Names: Their
Origins and Variants. (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1998).
138 pages. {A translation of a 1911 work on Jewish first names
used in the Russian Empire}.
Table of
Contents.
At Harvard: [WID-LC CS3010.F45 1998], At Brandeis:
[CS3010 .F45 1998], At NEHGS: [REF/CS3010/F45/1998].
Frazin, Judith R. A Translation Guide to 19th-Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents (Birth, Marriage and Death Records). (Northbrook, IL: Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, 1989), 311 pp. {Examples of birth, marriage, and death records and how to translate them. Vocabulary for occupations, dates, etc.}
Glazier, Ira A. Migration from the Russian Empire: Lists of
Passengers Arriving at the Port of New York. (Baltimore:
Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995-1998). {Six-volume index of
Russian immigrants arriving in the U.S. from January 1875 to
June 1891. Information extracted from original ships' passenger
lists. Name, age, sex, occupation, country of origin, place of
residence and destination included for each person.}
Vol. 1, Jan 1875 Sep 1882 (published 1995)
Vol. 2, Oct 1882 Apr 1886 (1995)
Vol. 3, May 1886 Dec 1887 (1997)
Vol. 4, Jan 1888 May 1889 (1997)
Vol. 5, Jun 1889 Jul 1890 (1998)
Vol. 6, Aug 1890 Jun 1891 (1998)
Guzik, Estelle M., editor. Genealogical Resources in the
New York Metropolitan Area. (New York: Jewish Genealogical
Society, Inc., 1989). 404 pages. {A detailed guide to every
agency in New York City and environs that could provide data
useful to genealogical research}.
At Brandeis: [Z5313 .U6 N523 1989], At BPL:
[Z5313.U6N523 1989], At NEHGS: [Ref F128.25 G46],
At Hebrew College: [WO G36] [Ref WO G9r], At Harvard:
[WID-LC F128.25.Z99 G46 x 1989].
JewishGen Family Finder, 1996, 1997 and June 1998
editions. Gary Mokotoff, editor, published by JewishGen, Inc.
{Database of ancestral towns and surnames being researched by
some 15,000 Jewish genealogists throughout the world.
Indexed by ancestral town name and surname.
[Available online at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff].
Kronik, Aleksander and Sack, Sallyann Amdur, Some Archival
Sources for Ukrainian-Jewish Genealogy. (Teaneck, NJ:
Avotaynu Monograph Series, 1997). 94 pages. {Inventory,
by town, of records and where they are held: Jewish community
records, police records, vital records, revision lists and
tax records}.
At Brandeis: [DS135.U4 K5 1997], At Harvard:
[DS135.U4 K76 1997].
Kurzweil, Arthur, and Miriam Weiner, editors. Encyclopedia
of Jewish Genealogy: Sources in the United States and Canada.
(Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1991). 226 pages.
{A summary of North American record repositories and their
holdings, with some useful appendices}.
At Brandeis: [CS21 .E53 1991], At NEHGS:
[Ref CS21 E53 1991], At Hebrew College: [Ref WO E5],
At Harvard: [WID-LC CS21.E53 1991].
Laszuk, Anna. Ksiegi metrykalne i stanu civilnego w archiwach panstwowych w Polsce. [Metrical and civil registration documents in the State Archives in Poland]. (Warsaw: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Panstwowych [Head Office of the State Archives], 1998). 469 pages. {Inventory, in Polish, of the vital records holdings of all religions, held at the branches of the Polish State Archives}.
Moher, Fruma and Marek Web, compilers and editors. Guide to the YIVO Archives. (New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 1998). 323 pp. {Inventory of collections, plus 75 page index}.
Mokotoff, Gary, How to Document Victims and Locate
Survivors of the Holocaust. (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, Inc.,
1994). 194 pages. Table of Contents.
At Brandeis: [D804.3 .M65 1995], At BPL:
[D804.3.M65 1995], At NEHGS: [REF/D804.3/M65/1995],
At Harvard: [D804.3.M65 1995].
Mokotoff, Gary, and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Where Once We
Walked - A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the
Holocaust. (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu Press, 1991). 514 pages.
{A gazetteer of over 21,000 Central and Eastern European
localities, arranged alphabetically and phonetically, with
references for each locality}.
At Brandeis: [DS135 .E83 M65 1991], At BPL:
[DS135.E83M65 1991], At NEHGS: [Ref DS 135 E83 M65 1990],
At Hebrew College: [Ref XKC M7w], At Harvard:
[MAP-LC DS135.E83 M65 1991].
Mokotoff, Gary, and Warren Blatt. Getting Started in
Jewish Genealogy. (Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, Inc., 1999).
http://www.avotaynu.com/gettingstartedbook.htm.
Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship
Arrivals (for the years 1890 to 1930 at the Port of New York and
for the years 1904 to 1926 at the ports of Philadelphia, Boston,
and Baltimore). (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co.,
1980. Reprint of 1931). 268 pages. {A complete list of
passenger ships and their arrival dates at major American ports
during the peak period of Jewish immigration. Useful for
locating passenger lists}.
At Brandeis: [HE945 .A2 D5 1979], At BPL:
[HE945.A2D5 1987x], At NEHGS: [CS 68 U542]
[CS 68 M67 1931], At Harvard: [WID-LC HE945.A2 D5 1979].
Rhode, Harold and Sallyann Amdur Sack, compilers. Jewish
Vital Records, Revision Lists and Other Jewish Holdings in the
Lithuanian Archives. (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu Monograph Series;
Avotaynu, Inc., 1996). 149 pages.
At Brandeis: [CS856.J4 R53 1996], At Harvard:
[CS879.6.R48 1996].
Rottenberg, Dan. Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to
Jewish Genealogy. (New York: Random House, 1977).
401 pages. {One of the pioneering "how-to" works of modern
Jewish genealogy}.
At Brandeis: [CS21 .R58 1986], At BPL: [CS21.R58],
At NEHGS: [Ref CS 21 R58], At Hebrew College: [WO R6f],
At Harvard: [WID-LC CS21.R58]
Sack, Sallyann Amdur, and Suzan Fishl Wynne. The Russian
Consular Records Index and Catalog. (New York: Garland
Publishing, Inc., 1987).
At Brandeis: [CS856 .J4 S23 1987], At BPL:
[CS856.J4S23 1987], At Harvard: [WID-LC CS856.J4 S23 1987],
At the National Archives in Waltham.
Also available on microfiche, as part of the
AJGS microfiche collection.
Sallis, Dorit, and Web, Marek, editors. Jewish Documentary
Sources in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus: A Preliminary List.
(New York: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1996).
164 pp.
At Brandeis: [Z6373.R9 J49 1996], At BPL:
[Z6373.R9J49 1996], At Harvard: [Judaica].
Schaefer, Christina. Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997). 406 pp. {Analysis of wide variety of naturalization documents. Identifies repositories of naturalization records by state, indicating types of records held there, dates of coverage and the location of original and microfilm records.}
Shea, Jonathan D. & William F. Hoffman. Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide. (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, Inc., 1994). 256 pp. {A guide to translating vital statistic records in 13 languages Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.}
Shea, Jonathan D. & William F. Hoffman. In Their Words: A Genealogists Translation Guide - Volume I: Polish. (New Britain, CT: Language and Lineage Press, 2000). 400 pp. {{rovides an in-depth discussion of translating Polish documents. Sections on Polish grammar, phonetics, spelling, relevant vocabulary.}
The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia; an Authoritative and
Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism since the Earliest
Times. (New York, 1941). 10-volume set (missing one
volume). {Not the "latest" in Jewish knowledge but contains
depth of information, especially historical}.
At Brandeis: [DS102.8 .U5], At BPL:
[DS102.8.U5 1948x], At Hebrew College: [Ref BZ U58],
At Harvard: [DS102.8.U5].
Weiner, Miriam, in cooperation with the Polish State Archives.
Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival
Inventories. (Routes to Roots Foundation and YIVO Institute
for Jewish Research, 1998). 446 pages. {A lavishly-produced
book, with over 500 black & white and color photographs, many
of pre-war scenes of Jewish Poland. Reports on 28 cities which
had a 1939 Jewish population of 10,000 or more. Archival
holdings, listed alphabetically, for over 1200 towns}. See
Book Review.
At Brandeis: [CS877.J4 W45 1997], At BPL:
[CS877.J4W45 1997x], At NEHGS: [REF/CS877/J4/W45/1997],
At Harvard: [WID-LC CS877 W45 1997x].
Weiner, Miriam, in cooperation with the Ukrainian State Archives
and the Moldovan National Archives. Jewish Roots in Ukraine and
Moldova: Pages From the Past and Archival Inventories.
(Secaucus, N.J.: Routes to
Roots Foundation, and New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research,
1999). 624 pages. {Contains comprehensive inventories of Jewish
records in Ukrainian and Moldovan archives and civil registration offices.
Lavishly illustrated}.
Wynne, Suzan F. Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia:
A Resource Guide. (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1998). 220 pages.
{An excellent source for researching Austrian Poland}.
Table of
Contents.
At Harvard: [WID-LC CS878.G35 W96 1998],
At Brandeis: [CS878.G35 W96 1998], At NEHGS: [REF/CS878/G35/W96/1998].
Zubatsky, David S., and Irwin M. Berent. Sourcebook for
Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories. (Teaneck, NJ:
Avotaynu, Inc. 1996). 480 pages. {Lists Jewish genealogies
and family histories, both published and unpublished, for over
10,000 family names. This bibliography include materials
available in Jewish collections in archives and libraries
worldwide}.
At Brandeis: [On Order], At BPL:
[Z6374.B5Z83 1996], At NEHGS: [REF/CS31/Z83/1996],
At Harvard: [WID-LC CS31.Z99 Z823 1996x].
Arbeiter, Nancy, and Warren Blatt, compilers. "Holocaust
Research: A Collection of Articles on Genealogical Research
and the Holocaust". (1992). Various articles and printed
matter.
[Also available at Hebrew College. Superceded
by Gary Mokotoff's How to Document Victims and Locate
Survivors of the Holocaust].
Avotaynu, Index to the First Ten Volumes
(1985-1996), 14 pages.
[Updated version available online:
http://www.avotaynu.com/indexsum.htm].
The complete set of Avotaynu are available at:
NEHGS: [CS 31 A9], At Hebrew College: [BD Avotaynu],
At Harvard: [WID-LC DS101.A87], At Brandeis: [CS3010 .A96].
Hirshfeld, Alan. Translation of the Prenumeraten List from: Arye D'vey Iloay by Arye Leib Lifshitz, published 1874, Przemysl. 1996. {Names from Galician area towns}.
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts, Guide
to Jewish Cemeteries: Restoration, Preservation, Continuity.
(1997). 68 pages.
At NEHGS: [REF/E184/J5/G85].
Annual guide, available free from JCAM.
Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts, Index
of 65,000 Burials in 60+ Boston area Cemeteries.
Database printout of May 1996. Includes name, date of
death, cemetery name, plot location. In nine loose-leaf
volumes.
[This data is available at
JCAM, and
is also incorporated into the
IAJGS Cemetery Project].
Massachusetts Archives at Columbia Point, Researching Your Family's History at the Massachusetts Archives, 1997, 22 pages.
Massachusetts State Archives (Dr. John Warner, Jr. and
William T. Milhomme), Massachusetts State Archives,
75 loose pages comprising a detailed, annotated catalogue
of the genealogical relevant holdings of the Massachusetts
State Archives, plus numerous examples of various records, 1997.
Available online at
http://www.state.ma.us/sec/arc/arcgen/genidx.htm
ROM-SIG Family Finder - Romania, Bessarabia
(Moldova), Bokovina (Southern Ukraine). ROM-SIG
News, 1996.
[Available online at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/romsig].
Syllabus of 15th Annual Summer Seminar on Jewish
Genealogy, Boston: Beacon of Heritage, July 14-19,
1996, Boston, Massachusetts, edited by Sharla Levine.
(Boston: Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, 1996).
{Over 300 pages, includes: biographical sketches of speakers,
brief summaries of talks, speaker handouts and reference
materials, lists of registrants by name, surnames researched,
towns researched}.
At NEHGS: [E184/J5/B67/1996].
"Survey of Historic Jewish Monuments in Poland:
A Report to the United States Commission for the
Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad". Revised Report.
(New York: World Monuments Fund, March 1993). Samuel Gruber
and Phyllis Myers.
Available on the web at
<
http://www.preservationcommission.org/plrep.html>.
The 1920 Federal Population Census: Catalog of
National Archives Microfilm. (Washington, DC:
National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1991). 88 pages.
At NEHGS, At Hebrew College, At National Archives
in Waltham.
AJGS Minigraph No. 101, "Dead Souls of Satanov, Genealogical Knowledge from Documents Concerning the 1830-31's Cholera Epidemic", Anatoli Ilyich Chayesh, translated by Valery Aranov, edited by Robert Weiss, July 14, 1997.
AJGS Minigraph No. 102, "East European Archival Research
from your Home--A Bibliographic Guide," by Robert Weiss,
July 14, 1997.
[Similar material is available online
in the JewishGen
Eastern Europe FAQ].
Various indexes, databases and publications containing information of Jewish genealogical interest. Published on microfiche by Avotaynu, and distributed by the Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (AJGS) to member societies. There are instructions on the content and use of each series on the first few frames of the first microfiche of each set.
These microfiche are available for sale by Avotaynu, and are also available locally at: Brandeis, BPL, Harvard, Hebrew College, and NEHGS. Check their respective card catalogs under the title or author for call numbers.
Birth Index for Buda Jewry 1820-1852, 1868. Index to certain Jewish birth records of Buda section of Budapest. (2 fiches).
Black Book of Localities Whose Jewish Population Was Exterminated by the Nazis. Alphabetical list (independent of country) of 32,000 communities in Eastern Europe where Jews lived prior to the Holocaust. Compiled by Yad Vashem (Jerusalem, 1965). Shows pre-war town name, province, country and Jewish population. (2 fiches).
Consolidated Jewish Sumame Index, Avotaynu.
List of over 100,000 unique surnames, showing in which
of ten different databases each appear. Indexed using the
Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex System. Updated 1996 (3 fiches).
[Updated version available online at <http://www.avotaynu.com>].
Gazetteer of Central and Eastern Europe.
Consolidated listing of U.S. Board on Geographic Names for
350,000 place names in Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia,
East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, USSR (Jewish Pale
of Settlement Republics only: Byelorussia, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Moldavia, Ukraine), West Germany, Yugoslavia.
Shows place name, country code, latitude and longitude.
Three sequences: Alphabetical Sequence (8 fiches),
Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex Sequence (7 fiches),
Grid Location Sequence (6 fiches).
[Available online at
<http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker>].
Index to "Memorial to the Jews Deported From
France". Alphabetic list of 50,000 surnames that appear in
Klarsfeld's Memorial to the Jews Deported From France.
Shows surname and convoy number. 1996. (1 fiche). [2 copies]
See InfoFile for more
info.
Index to Russian Consular Records. Lists over 70,000 persons who transacted business with the Russian Czarist consulates in the United States from about 1849-1926. Shows surname, given name, place of residence and locator reference to microfilm in the U.S. National Archives that contains the original documents. Indexed using the Daitch Mokotoff Soundex System. (7 fiches).
Jewish Cemeteries Throughout the World. 1995, AJGS.
Information on more than 7500 cemeteries in 79 countries.
(2 fiches).
[Updated version available online at
<http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery>].
Jewish Genealogical People Finder. First Edition,
June 1992. Latest Edition, June 1995. Contains over 150,000
entries submitted by 100 Jewish genealogists. Contains
name, date and place of birth and death, parents' names,
spouse's name. Indexed using the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex system.
(22 fiches).
[Supplanted by the Family Tree of the
Jewish People].
Jewish Residents of Greater Quebec Province in the 1871-1901 Censuses of Canada. Glen Eker, 1994. (1 fiche).
Jewish Residents of the Maritime Provinces in the 1871-1901 Censuses of Canada. Glen Eker, 1995. (1 fiche).
Jewish Residents of Montreal and Quebec City in the 1861-1901 Censuses of Canada. Glen Eker, 1993. (2 fiches).
Jewish Residents of Toronto in the 1871-1901 Censuses of Canada. Glen Eker, 1993. (1 fiche).
Jewish Residents of Western Canada in the 1870-1901 Censuses of Canada. Glen Eker, 1994. (1 fiche).
List of 56,000 Jewish Burials. Initial submission to IAJGS Cemetery Project, 1995. (3 fiches).
Noms de Juifs du Maroc - Moroccan Jewish Surnames. (1 fiche).
Obuda Census of 1850: Index and Complete Census. Distributed by Avotaynu, 1996. (3 copies).
Palestine Gazette. List of about 28,000 persons (mostly Jews) who legally changed their name while living in Palestine during the British Mandate from 1921-1948. Shows original surname and given name, new surname and given name, nationality, city of residence, and date and page reference to the Palestine Gazette. Indexed by original surname, new surname. Combined surname index using the Daitch-Mokotoff Souridex System. (6 fiches).
Publications of the Jewish Genealogical Societies, 1977-1990. A complete set of all the newsletters and journals of member societies of the Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (AJGS), 1977-1990. Includes Avotaynu, Toledot, Search (Chicago), Dorot (New York), Mishpacha (Washington), and many others. (24 fiches).
Romanian Census Records. Index to the census of Jews in 1824-25, plus the 1852 census of Jews of Monesti. (1 fiche).
Burials in Adas Israel Congregation Cemetery in Washington, D.C., 1870-1919. (26 pages, 1 fiche).
Burials in the Old Section of the Washington Hebrew Congregation Cemetery, Washington, D.C. (16 pages, 1 fiche).
Four Indices to the 1784 Census of Alsatian Jews. Daniel Leeson, 1993. (1 fiche).
Index of Jewish Applicants for Emergency U.S. Passports, 1915-1924. Index to U.S. Department of State Records in the National Archives. Passport applications by U.S. citizens and derivative citizens. (100 pages, 2 fiches).
Index of Jewish Names from the U.S. Department of State Decimal File (RG 59) Series on Protection of Interests of U.S. Citizens in Germany, Poland and Romania, 1910-1929. U.S. State Department "Protection of Interests" files of correspondence and requests for assistance by U.S. citizens. (128 pages, 2 fiches).
Index of Jewish Names from the U.S. Department of State Decimal File (RG 59) Series on Protection of Interests of U.S. Citizens in Austria-Hungary, 1910-1939. U.S. State Department "Protection of Interests" files of correspondence and requests for assistance by U.S. citizens. (83 pages, 1 fiche).
Index of Jewish Names from the U.S. Department of State Decimal File (RG 59) Series on Protection of Interests of U.S. Citizens in Russia, 1910-1929. U.S. State Department "Protection of Interests" files of correspondence and requests for assistance by U.S. citizens. (180 pages, 1 fiche).
Index of Jewish Names from the U.S. Department of State Decimal File (RG 59) Series on Protection of Interests of U.S. Citizens - Part II. U.S. State Department "Protection of Interests" files of correspondence and requests for assistance by U.S. citizens. (1 fiche).
Index of Jewish Names from the U.S. Department of State Decimal File (RG 59) Series on Protection of Interests of U.S. Citizens, Part III - Palestine. U.S. State Department "Protection of Interests" files of correspondence and requests for assistance by U.S. citizens. (1 fiche).
Index of U.S. Citizens Registering at the Consular Post in Jerusalem, 1914-1918. U.S. Department of State Consular Post Records of U.S. citizens visiting or living in Palestine. (54 pages, 1 fiche).
Index to the Jewish Vital Statistic Records of Slovakia. Jordan Auslander, 1993. (2 fiches).
Towns and Administrative Districts in Galicia, 1877. Alphabetical index of 6,000 towns in the province of Galicia (Austrian Poland), showing the administrative districts to which they belong, where vital records were collected. (119 pages, 2 fiches).
Family History Library Catalog™, March, 1996. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Locality catalog microfiche covering parts of North America: U.S. (19), CT (4), DC (1), IL (10), MA (7), ME (3), NH (3), NJ (6), NY (15), OH (9), PA (15), RI (2), VT (2); Canada (2), Alberta (2), British Columbia (6), Manitoba (1), New Brunswick (1), Newfoundland (1), Northwest Territories (1), Nova Scotia (2), Ontario (9), Prince Edward Island (1), Quebec (7), Saskatchewan (1), Yukon (1).
Family History Library Catalog™, March, 1996. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Locality catalog microfiche covering selected countries (underline denotes change from 1995 fiche held): Hungary (9), Poland (15), Belarus (1), Russian Empire (6), Russian Republic (3), Slovakia (2), Slovenia (1), Moldova (1), Czechoslovakia (1), Czech Republic (2), Lithuania (1), Estonia (2), Romania (2), Bulgaria (1), Latvia (1).
Family History Library Catalog™, February, 1995. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Locality catalog microfiche covering selected countries (1 fiche each unless otherwise noted, underline denotes countries not covered in 1996 fiche held): Hungary (8), Poland (15), Belarus, Russian Empire (4), Russia Republic (2), Slovakia, Slovenia, Moldova, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Germany (69), Ukraine (2), Georgia.
Also available at Hebrew College. NEHGS and all LDS Family History Centers (including Weston, Foxboro, Lynnfield, Worcester, Tyngsboro) have the complete set of FHLC microfiche. The FHLC is now also available online at www.familysearch.org.
Donated by JGSGB to National Archives, New England Region, Waltham, MA, December 1993. For use with the unindexed 1910 US Federal Census (11 microfilms, 5 cities). For details, see MassPocha III:1 (Winter 1993/94), page 8; and Resources for Jewish Genealogy in the Boston Area (Boston: JGSGB, 1996), page 13.
| Boston, MA | 1909 | FHL #1,605,879 | 1910 | FHL #1,605,880 | 1911 | FHL #1,605,881 |
| Fall River, MA | 1906-09 | FHL #1,611,558 | 1910-13 | FHL #1,611,559 |
| Lowell, MA | 1907-09 | FHL #1,611,717 | 1910-12 | FHL #1,611,718 |
| Worcester, MA | 1909 | FHL #1,612,172 | 1910-11 | FHL #1,612,173 |
| New York, NY | 1909/10 | FHL #1,606,129 | 1910/11 | FHL #1,606,130 |
Over 100 microfilm reels, placed on indefinite loan at the
LDS Family History Center
in Weston, 1993-97. For details, see Mass-Pocha II:3
(Summer 1993), pages 1 and 6. For information on how to use
these records, see the JewishGen InfoFile
Cassette Tapes of 15th Annual Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy, July 14-19, 1996, Boston, Massachusetts, Sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. (Hobart, IN: Repeat Performances, 1996). Complete set of 63 audio cassette tapes of presentations in six albums.
Five Cities: Jewish Life in Cracow, Vilna, Lwów, Bialystok, Warsaw, 1939. (National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA. Restored between 1989-1991). Black and white film, Yiddish with English subtitles, short translations made by Shaul and Yitzhak Goskind about Jewish communities in Poland.
Last Updated: February 2001 WSB.
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