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Jewish Genealogy
Please note: The
location designation Immigration History
Research Center refers to a non-circulating collection, not located
in Wilson Library, which is an international resource on American immigration
and ethnic history.
Handbooks
and Manuals
- Brandt, Edward
R. Germanic Genealogy: A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration
Patterns. With a chapter on Jewish genealogy by George E. Arnstein.
St. Paul, MN: Germanic Genealogy Society, 1995.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto CS614 .G47 1995b
- Encyclopedia
of Jewish Genealogy. Edited by Arthur Kurzweil and Miriam Weiner.
Northvale, N.J.: J. Aronson, c1991-
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto CS21 .E53 1991
- Kurzweil, Arthur.
From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy
and Family History. New York: HarperCollins, c1994.
- Location:
Wilson Reference CS21 .K87 1994
- Mokotoff, Gary.
How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust.
Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, c1995.
- Location:
Wilson D804.3 .M65 1995
- Rottenberg, Dan.
Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy. New York:
Random House, c1977.
- Loction: Wilson
Reference CS21 .R58
- Sack, Ceylon
Amour. A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel. Baltimore:
Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987.
- Location:
Immigration Hist Res Ctr Z6374 .B5 S23 1987
- Schleifer, Jay.
A Students Guide to Jewish American Genealogy. Phoenix, Az.:
Oryx Press, 1996.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E184 .J5 S33184 1996
Bibliography
- American Jewish
Archives. Cincinnati. v. 1- June 1948- Semiannual.
- Location:
Wilson Periodicals
- American Jewish
Archives. Guide to the Holdings of the American Jewish Archives.
James W. Clasper and M. Carolyn Dellenbach. Cincinnati: The Archives,
c1979.
- Location:
Wilson 016.296 H3535
- Goldschmidt-Lehmann,
Ruth P. Anglo-Jewish Bibliography, 1971-1990. Edited and augmented
by Stephen W. Massil and Peter Shmuel Salinger. London: Jewish Historical
Society of England, 1992.
- Location:
Wilson Reference DS135 .E5 G75x 1992
- Regenstein, Janice
Mendenhall. American Jewish Genealogy: An Annotated Bibliography
of Books of Jewish Local History and Other Subjects of Use to Genealogists.
Wichita, Kan.: Family Heritage Institute, c1981.
- Location:
Immigration Hist Res Ctr quarto Z6373.U5 R44
- Reshimat ma'amarim
be-mada`e ha-yahadut (Index of Articles on Jewish Studies). Yerushalayim,
Hotsa'at Sefarim al Shem Y. L. Magnes Hov. 1- 1966- 2 no. a year,
<1990>-
- Location:
Wilson Reference DS101 .R44x
- Schwa, Mise.
Index of Articles Relative to Jewish History and Literature Published
in Periodicals, From 1665 to 1900. With an introduction and edited
list of abbreviations, by Zona Szajkowski. New York, Ktav Pub. House,
1972.
- Location:
Wilson Reference DS102.95 .S3x 1972
- Zubatsky, David
S. Jewish Genealogy: A Sourcebook of Family Histories and Genealogies.
New York: Garland Pub., 1984.
- Location:
Wilson Reference CS31 .Z83x 1984
Maps
and Gazateers
- Bacon, Josephine.
The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilization. London : Deutsch,
1990.
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map quarto G1030 .B25x 1990
- Cohen, Chester
G. Shtetl Finder: 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. Bowie,
Md.: Heritage Books, 1989.
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map (Gazetteer) quarto DS135 .R9 C58 1989
- Friesel, Evyatar.
Atlas of Modern Jewish History. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1990.
- Location:
Wilson Reference (Atlas) folio G1030 .F6513 1990 and Wilson Borchert
Map folio G1030 .F6513 1990
- Gilbert, Martin.
The Dent Atlas of Jewish History. London: J.M. Dent, 1993.
- Location:
Wilson Reference
- "Notes on Transformation
of Place Names by European Jews," by Max Markreich, in Jewish Social
Studies (October 1961), pp. 243-267. Includes specific information
about family names and their origins.
- Location:
Wilson Periodicals
- Wayne, Suzan.
Galician Towns and Administrative Districts. Washington, D.C.:
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Washington, 1990. (microfiche)
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map Mfiche 90
- ShtetlSeeker
- Town Search. Searchable database of European towns from JewishGen.
- Location:
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm
Manuscripts
and Archival Sources
- Alsberg, P.A.,
ed. Guide to the Archives in Israel. Jerusalem: Israel Archives
Association, 1973.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto CD2012 .G84 1972
- Genealogical
Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area. Edited by Estelle
M. Guzik. New York, NY: Compiled and published by the Jewish Genealogical
Society, 1989.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto F128.25 .G45x 1989
- Kohn, Gary J.
The Jewish Experience: A Guide to Manuscript Sources in the Library
of Congress. Cincinnati, Ohio: American Jewish Archives, 1986.
- Location:
Wilson Reference E184.J5 K73x 1986
- Preserving
Memory: The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum. New
York: Viking, 1995.
- Location:
Wilson D804.3 .L56 1995.
- Marcus, Jacob
Rader. American Jewry: Documents; Eighteenth Century; Primarily
Hitherto Unpublished Manuscripts. Cincinnati, Hebrew Union College
Press, 1959.
- Location:
Wilson 296.0973 M334am
- Sanders, Ronald.
Shores of Refuge: A Hundred Years of Jewish Emigration. New York:
Halt, c1988.
- Location:
Wilson DS125 .S284 1988
- Western Reserve
Historical Society. History Library. A Guide to Jewish History
Sources in the History Library of the Western Reserve Historical Society.
Compiled by John J. Grabowski, Lucinda K. Arnold; edited by Kermit
J. Pike. Cleveland, Ohio: The Society, 1983.
- Location:
Immigration Hist Res Ctr quarto Z6373. U5 W47 1983
Names
- Beider, Alexander.
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck,
NJ: Avotaynu, Inc., c1993.
- Location:
Wilson quarto CS3010 .B43 1993 and Wilson Borchert Map (Gazetteer)
quarto CS3010 .B43 1993
- Kaganoff, Benzion
C. A Dictionary of Jewish Names and their History. New York:
Schocken Books, c1977.
- Location:
Wilson Reference CS3010 .K28.
- Kolatch, Alfred
J. Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names. Middle
Village, N.Y.: J. David Publishers, c1984.
- Location:
Wilson Reference CS2367 .K63 1984
- Unbegaun, Boris
Ottokar. Russian surnames. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1972. Contains
a name index as well as a 17-page section on names of Jewish origin.
- Location:
Wilson 929.4 Un105
Newspapers
and Periodicals
Go to Current
Newspapers Subscriptions in Wilson Library for a list of what is currently
available; check MNCAT for archival collection.
- Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion. American Jewish Periodical Center.
Jewish Newspapers and Periodicals on Microfilm. Cincinnati,
1957.
- Location:
Wilson Reference PN4888.J48 H4x 1957
- Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion. American Jewish Periodical Center.
Jewish Newspapers and Periodicals on Microfilm, Available at the
American Jewish Periodical Center. First supplement, by Herbert
C. Zafren. Cincinnati, American Jewish Periodical Center, 1960.
- Location:
Wilson Reference PN4888.J48 H4x 1957 Suppl. 1
- Joseph Jacobs
Organization. The Joseph Jacobs Directory of the Jewish Press in
America. New York: The Organization, 1990.
- Location:
Wilson Reference PN5650 .J67x 1990
General
Sources
- Bermant, Chaim.
The Cousinhood: The Anglo-Jewish Gentry. London, Eyre and Spottiswoode,
1971.
- Location:
Wilson 296.0942 B456co
- Birmingham, Stephen.
Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York. New York,
N.Y.: Dell Pub. Co., c1967.
- Location:
Wilson Rare Books (Kann) F128.9 .J5 B5 1968
- Birmingham, Stephen.
The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite. New York, Harper &
Row, 1971.
- Location:
Wilson 296.0973 B537
- Cahnman, Werner
Jacob. German Jewry: Its History and Sociology: Selected Essays.
Edited, with an introduction by Joseph B. Maier, Judith Marcus, and
Zoltan Tarr. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, c1989.
- Location:
Wilson DS135 .G3 C34 1989
- Costa, Isaac
da. Noble Families Among the Sephardic Jews. London, Oxford
university press, H. Milford, 1936.
- Location:
Wilson folio 296.0946 C823
- Fraenkel, Louis.
Forgotten Fragments of the History of an Old Jewish Family.
Translated from Danish by Malene Woodman. Copenhagen: Henry Fraenkel,
<eksp., Frederiksberggade 27>, 1975.
- Location:
Wilson Annex--Sub Basement 929.2 F841gE
- Gribetz, Judah.
The Timetables of Jewish History: A Chronology of the Most Important
People and Events in Jewish History. New York: Simon & Schuster,
c1993.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto DS114 .G68 1993
- Gruber, Ruth
Ellen. Upon the Doorposts of Thy House: Jewish Life in East-Central
Europe, Yesterday and Today. New York: J. Wiley, c1994.
- Location:
Wilson DS135 .E8 G78 1994
- Jacobson, Matthew
Frye. Special Sorrows: The Diasporic Imagination of Irish, Polish,
and Jewish Immigrants in the United States. Cambridge: Harvard
University Press, 1995.
- Location:
Wilson JV6477 .J33 1995
- Jewish Encyclopedia:
A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs
of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day.
Prepared under the direction of Cyrus Adler, Isidore Singer, managing
editor. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1901-06. Contains family
trees and/or articles on some 575 Jewish families.
- Location:
Wilson Annex--Sub Basement quarto 296 J55
- Jewish Genealogical
Family Finder. Compiled by Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater
Washington. Teaneck, NJ: Jewish Genealogical Society. Inc. ; c1993.
(microfiche)
- Location:
Wilson Borchert Map Mfiche 89
- Perera, Victor.
The Cross and the Pear Tree: A Sephardi Journey. New York:
Knopf, 1995.
- Location:
Wilson DS134 .P47 1995
- Rochlin, Harriet.
Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West. Boston, Mass.: Houghton
Mifflin, 1984.
- Location:
Wilson quarto F596.3 .J5 R63 1984
- Semigothaisches
genealogisches Taschenbuch ari(st) okratischjudischer Heiraten mit
Enkel-Listen (Descendenz-Verfolgen). Munchen <etc.> Kyffhauser.
- Location:
Wilson Annex--Sub Basement 929.1 Se52
- Singerman, Robert.
The Jews in Spain and Portugal: A Bibliography. New York: Garland
Pub., 1975.
- Location:
Wilson DS135 .S7 S56x 1975
- Who's Who
in World Jewry. New York: Pitman Pub. Corp. Began in 1955.
- Location:
Wilson quarto DS125.3 .A2 W5
- Wigoder, Geoffrey.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster,
c1991. Location: Wilson Reference
DS115 .W49 1991
- Wischnitzer,
Mark. To Dwell in Safety; the Story of Jewish Migration since 1800.
Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1948.
- Location:
Wilson 301.83 W748
Searching
MNCAT
You can use MNCAT,
the University Libraries' computerized catalog, to search for specific
subjects. The following are some examples of useful subject terms for
genealogists; other examples are found in the Library of Congress Subject
Headings books located in Wilson Reference.
holocaust, jewish
(1939-1945)
holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)--manuscripts
holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)--maps
holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)--research
holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)--sources
israel--historical geography--maps
jewish newspapers
jews--bibliography
jews--biography
- jews--[country,
region or state] for example:
- jews--europe,
eastern
jews--austria
jews--germany
jews--great britain
jews--soviet union
jews--united states
jews--new york (state)
jews--utah
jews--[country, region
or state]--history
jews--[country, region or state]--bibliography
jews--[country, region or state]--biography
jews--[country, region or state]--directories
jews--[country, region or state]--genealogy
jews--[country, region or state]--manuscripts
jews--genealogy
jews--history
jews--migrations
jews--periodicals
jews--persecutions
judaism--history
names, personal--jewish
refugees, jewish
sephardim--history
- sephardim--[country]
for example:
- sephardim--united
states
Internet
Resources
Cyndi's
List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: Jewish
Page comments: Janet
M. Roseen
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