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Jewish Genealogical Resources at the New England Historic Genealogical Society Jewish Genealogical Resources at the New England Historic Genealogical Society New England Historic Genealogical Society 101 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02116 617-536-5740 [email protected] AmericanAncestors.org Revised March 2015 NEHGS Library Jewish Resources Page 1 TITLE AUTHOR LOCATION CALL NUMBER Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Bevis Marks records; being contributions to the history of the Spanish Congregation (London, and Portuguese Congregation of London. England) 5th floor BM295.S7 L6 1940 - ay leaders, sages, and scholars: born between late 18th and early 20th century Rosenstein, Emanuel. 7th floor Reference BM750 .R67 1983 Eliyahu's branches: the descendants of the Vilna Gaon (of blessed and saintly memory) and his family Freedman, Chaim. 5th floor BM755.E6 F74 1997 Sources for Roman Catholic and Jewish genealogy and family history Steel, D. J. 7th floor reference CD1068.A2 N3 v.3 4th floor microfiche Index to the Jewish vital statistic records of Slovakia [microform] Auslander, Jordan collection CD1167.S58 I53 1993 Inventory of the church and synagogue archives of Mississippi. Jewish Mississippi Historical Records congregations and organizations. Survey. 5th floor CD3320.H48 J4 1940 FAQ: frequently asked questions about Jewish genealogy Blatt, Warren S. 7th floor Reference CS21 .B53 1997 Kurzweil, Arthur and Miriam The Encyclopedia of Jewish genealogy Weiner 7th floor Reference CS21 .E53 1991 Discovering your Jewish ancestors Krasner-Khait, Barbara. 1st floor rotunda CS21 .K73 2001 From generation to generation: how to trace your Jewish genealogy and family history Kurzweil, Arthur. 1st floor rotunda CS21 .K87 2004 Getting started in Jewish genealogy Mokotoff, Gary. 1st floor rotunda CS21 .M65 2013 Finding our fathers: a guidebook to Jewish genealogy Rottenberg, Dan. 7th floor Reference CS21 .R58 1977 Tracing your Jewish roots Stern, Malcolm H. 1st floor rotunda CS21 .S74 Who's who in world Jewry; a biographical dictionary of outstanding Jews. Kerpman, I. J. Carmin 7th floor Reference CS21 .W49 1972 Jewish genealogy [videorecording]: a common-sense approach to Microtext Floor finding your ancestors. Woodle, Alexander. Video Collection CS21 .W66 2003 Video Weimarer historisch-genealoges Taschenbuch des gesamten Adels jehudäischen Ursprunges. Vault CS28 .S4 Avotaynu. 1st floor rotunda CS31 .A9 Microtext Floor CD Family tree of the Jewish people [electronic resource]. Collection CS31 .F36 2000 CD 4th floor microfiche Jewish cemeteries throughout the world [microform]. collection CS31 .J49 1995 Jewish records in the Family History Library catalog [electronic Microtext Floor CD resource]: as of 1 February 2001. Collection CS31 .J54 2001 CD 4th floor microfiche List of 56,000 Jewish burials [microform]. collection CS31 .L57 1995 4th floor microfiche People finder [microform]. collection CS31 .P46 1995 Toledot: the journal of Jewish genealogy. 1st floor rotunda CS31 .T64 1977 7th floor Reading Sourcebook for Jewish genealogies and family histories Zubatsky, David S. Rm Ref CS31 .Z83 1996 Resources for Jewish genealogy in the New York area Guzik, Estelle M. Vault CS48.N6 R4 1985 NEHGS Library Jewish Resources Page 2 TITLE AUTHOR LOCATION CALL NUMBER Americans of Jewish descent Stern, Malcolm H. 7th floor CS59 .S73 1958 7th floor oversize Americans of Jewish descent; a compendium of genealogy. Stern, Malcolm H. flat CS59 .S75 1960 Sephardic genealogy: discovering your Sephardic ancestors and their world Malka, Jeffrey S. 7th floor CS66.J4 M35 2009 The impact of the frontier on a Jewish family: the Bibos Fierman, Floyd S. 7th floor CS71 .B5792 1970 History and genealogy of the German emigrant Johan Christian Kirschenmann: anglicized Cashman. With references to other Cashman surnames in America of German, Irish, Jewish, other, and Weaner, Arthur and William F. unknown origins Shull 7th floor CS71 .C337 1957 Menton, Arthur F. 7th floor CS71 .C474 1996 Ancilla to Toledot Charlap: [Toldo Menton, Arthur F. 7th floor CS71 .C474 1999 The Korn legacy: two centuries: volume II. Korn, Jean Millicent. 7th floor CS71 .C812 1990 The Davidows: the experiences of an immigrant family Boonin, Harry D. 7th floor CS71 .D2515 1995 Gamsu. 7th floor CS71 .G19235 1987 Hoopskirts & huppas: a chronicle of the early years of the Garfunkel- Trager family in America, 1856-1920 Gottesman, Milton M., 1922- 7th floor CS71 .G2315 1999 The Krupp family chronicles: l'dor v'dor Lobel, Martin, 1941- 7th floor CS71 .K9555 1995 The Lehmans: from Rimpar to the New World: a family history / Roland Flade. Flade, Roland. 7th floor CS71 .L5 1999 Memoirs of I. Alan 'Pete' Lobel Lobel, I. Alan 7th floor CS71 .L797 1994 An American experience: Adeline Moses Loeb (1876-1953) and her early American Jewish ancestors Loeb, John L. et al. 7th floor CS71 .L81815 2009 Emigration from Württenberg, Germany: from the descendants of Jacob Ludwig Lutz and John Kiler in America Bunnelle, Phyllis M. 7th floor CS71 .L975 1997 The descendants of Akiva and Meiline Mühlhäuser / compiled by Thalhimer, William B. (William William B. Thalhimer III. Blum), 1945- 7th floor CS71 .M6527 1997 The Minis family of Georgia, 1733-1992 Kole, Kaye, 1935- 7th floor CS71 .M661 1992 Mordecai: an early American family Bingham, Emily. 7th floor CS71 .M8345 2003 The ancestry of Alexandra Feld and Jay Norwalk: genealogies of the Norwalk, Nowak, Eilenberg, Heilperin, Gutman, and Kronenberg families of New York and of Ciechocinek, Kalisz, Belchatow, Wiskitnow, Zgierz, Kleczew, and Suwalki, Poland Norwalk, Jay, 1940- 7th floor CS71 .N8887 2004 The Obermayers: a history of a Jewish family in Germany and America, Libo, Kenneth & Michael 1618-2009 Feldberg 7th floor CS71 .O1235 2009 The Oreckovsky family: from Russia to America Traubman, Len, 1939- 7th floor CS71 .O668 1994 The stories of eight families: Rechtman, Hoffman, Lewenson, Fogelman, Wybranczyk, Markusewitz, Levin (Sher), Miller Rechtman, Yigal M. 7th floor CS71 .R293 1999 Ancestors, descendants, and me: the story of the Fitchburg Romes Rome, David, 1914- 7th floor CS71 .R764 1994 Entrepreneurial spirit in America: Rudd, Kortz, Finkenstein, Levand Goldstein, Irene Saunders. 7th floor CS71 .R8873 2002 Ten generations: a family history Silver, Alan. 7th floor CS71 .S585 1992 Will of Nathan Simson: a Jewish merchant in New York before 1722, Oppenheim, Samuel, 1857- 7th floor Vertical File CS71 .S592 1917 NEHGS Library Jewish Resources Page 3 TITLE AUTHOR LOCATION CALL NUMBER and genealogical note concerning him and Joseph Simson / 1928. The Spiegelbergs of New Mexico: merchants and bankers, 1844-1893. Fierman, Floyd S. 7th floor Vertical File CS71 .S7513 1964 Remember me to the little ones: a family history Kravetz, Nancy R. 7th floor CS71 .W42585 2010 Jewish residents of Toronto in the 1861-1901 censuses of Canada 4th floor microfiche [microform] Eker, Glen. collection CS87.J4 E43 1993 Jewish residents of Montreal and Quebec City in the 1871-1901 4th floor microfiche censuses of Canada [microform] Eker, Glen. collection CS87.J4 E432 1993 Jewish residents of the Maritime Provinces in the 1871-1901 censuses 4th floor microfiche of Canada [microform] Eker, Glen. collection CS87.J4 E438 1995 Jewish residents of Western Canada in the 1870-1901 censuses of 4th floor microfiche Canada [microform] Eker, Glen. collection CS87.J4 E44 1994 Jewish residents of greater Québec Province, excluding greater Montréal and Québec City, in the 1871-1901 censuses of Canada 4th floor microfiche [microform] Eker, Glen. collection CS87.Q4 E433 1994 B.C. Jewish cemeteries: Lower Mainland and Victoria. 5th floor CS88.B74 B74 1990 v.1 A checklist of registers of Protestant & Jewish congregations in Quebec Broadhurst, Neil. 5th floor CS88.Q4 B76 1994 One hundred years in Canada: the Rubinoff-Naftolin family tree. Gladstone, Bill 7th floor CS90 .R72 2008 The Belmont - Belmonte family, a record of four hundred years, put together from the original documents in the archives and libraries of Spain, Portugal, Holland, England and Germany, as well as from Gottheil, Richard J. H. (Richard private sources James Horatio), 1862-1936. Oversize CS409 .B4 1917 Genealogical tables of Jewish families: 14th-20th centuries: forgotten International fragments of the history of the Frænkel family Frænkel, Louis, 1868-1935. Oversize CS409.A2 F713 1999 Rare Book Sources of Anglo-Jewish genealogy. Samuel, Wilfred Sampson. Collection CS410 .S61 v.6 Jewish lives: Britain 1750-1950: a guide for family historians Amsel-Arieli, Melody 1st floor International CS432.J4 A47 2013 The Jewish presence in early British records, 1650-1850 Dobson, David 1st floor International CS432.J4 D63 2014 Jewish Historical Society of Anglo-Jewish notabilities, their arms and testamentary dispositions. England. 1st floor International CS432.J4 J49 1949 The unbroken chain: biographical sketches and the genealogy of illustrious Jewish families from the 15th-20th century Rosenstein, Neil, 1944- 1st floor International CS432.J4 R67 1990 Tracing your Jewish ancestors: a guide for family historians. Wenzerul, Rosemary 1st floor International CS432.J4 W46 2008 The history and genealogy of the Jewish families of Yates and Samuel of Liverpool Samuel, Stuart Montagu Rare Book Oversize CS439 .Y45 1901 Edinburgh monumental inscriptions (pre 1855) Fleming, Stuart E. Research Library CS477.E2 E356 2003 Portobello & Restalrig monumental inscriptions: to which have been Torrance, D. Richard and added the Jewish inscriptions from Piershill cemetery Sidney Cramer, et al 1st floor International CS477.E2 P67 2004 Birth index for Buda Jewry [microform]:
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