Archives & Other Resources
Prepared by the Israel Genealogical Society
Updated 3 May 2004
Archives & Libraries by Areas of Specialization
Archives & Libraries by Geographical Location
General
Countries
Eretz Israel
Holocaust
Zionism
General
Beit Hatefusoth - The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv
Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem
Jewish National and University Library - Jerusalem
Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Eran Leor Cartographic Collection
Microfilm Room
Jewish National Library & IGS FAMILY TREE Joint Project
Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives Jerusalem
Kiddush Hashem Archives Bnei Braq
Oral History Department, Hebrew University Jerusalem
Rambam Library, Beit Ariela, Tel-Aviv Tel-Aviv
S.L. Shneiderman Archives at the Diaspora Research Institute Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv
The Andrea & Charles Bronfman Center for the Media of the Jewish People Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv
The Aviezer Yellin Archives of Jewish Education in Israel and the Diaspora Originated by the Teachers Union Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv
Countries
Archives of the Association of Latvian and Estonian Jews in Israel Hof Hasharon Shefayim
Center for Research on Dutch Jewry Jerusalem
Leo Baeck Institute (Jerusalem Branch) Jerusalem
Memorial Museum of the Hungarian Speaking Jewry Safed
The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center Or Yehuda
The Yemenite Jewish Heritage House Rosh Haayain
Eretz Israel
"Bintivi-Ha'apla" The Illegal Immigration Database Atlit
Hagana Archive Tel-Aviv
Haifa Municipla Archive Haifa
Israel State Archives Jerusalem
Israel Defence Forces Archives, Ministry of Defence Tel-Aviv
Jerusalem City Archives Jerusalem
Jewish Battalions Museum (Beit Hagedudim) near Netanya
The "Khan" Museum Hadera
Kolel Galicia or "Kolel Hibat Yerusalayim" Jerusalem
Petach Tikvah Archives Petach Tikvah
Safed - The Ancient Cemetery, British registration records from the British Mandate period, Passport registration records from the British Mandate period, names of records available in Beit HaMeiri Museum, Yahrzeit List from the Safed Old Age Home
The Israeli Documentation Center for the Performing Arts (IDCPA) Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv
The Lavon Institute for Labour Research Tel-Aviv
Tel-Aviv - Yaffo City Archives
Tuviyahu Archives of the Negev Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva
Yad Tabenkin Archives Ramat Efal
Yad Yaari Kibutz Research Center & Kibutz Haartzi Movement Archive - Givat Haviva
Holocaust
Beit Theresienstadt Givat Haim - Ihud
Ghetto Fighters House "Beit Lohamei Hagetaot" between Akko (Acre) and Nahariya
Institute for the Study of Holocaust "Massuah" near Netanya and Bet Yehushua
The Central School for Holocaust Studies - Beit Wolyn Givatayim
Yad Le Zehava (Holocaust Research Institute) Kedumim (Samaria)
Yad Vashem Archives Jerusalem
Zionism
Beit Haedut Nir Galim near Ashdod
Central Zionist Archives Jerusalem
Dr. Zerah Warhaftig Institute for the Research on Religious Zionism Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan
Jabotinsky Institute in Israel Tel-Aviv
The Religious Kibbutz Movement (Hakibbutz Hadati) Archive Kibbutz Yavne
Updated Appendices from A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel 1994
Appendix A - Yizkor (Memorial) Books in the Library at Yad Vashem updated 2004
Abbreviations
Genealogies
Yizkor (Holocaust Memorial) Books
Dorot Jewish Division - The New York Public Library
Appendix G - Files on Germany and the Netherlands at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People updated 2004
Appendix K - Montefiore Censuses at the Jewish National and University Library
Appendix L - The 19th Century Montefiore Censuses
Appendix P - Hevrot Kadisha (Burial Societies) updated 2004
Appendix R -
Arabic Alphabet, new
Cyrillic Alphabet,
Hebrew Alphabet,
Old German Alphabet
Recent Sephardic Hebrew Scripts new
Sephardic Cursive Alphabet new
Other Resources
Annotated Bibliography of Published Books on Jewish Cemeteries found in the Jewish National and University Library, The Library of the Ben Zvi Institute and the Library of the Israel Genealogical Society.
This is an enlarged and revised edition of the 1997 edition covering nearly 250 books, by Mathilde Tagger. Available on the special CD for the 2004 conference.
Aliyat HaNoar
Burial Societies (Hevrot Kadisha) in the State of Israel
Available on the special CD for the 2004 conference.
Censuses Conducted in Eretz Israel till the foundation of the State of Israel. - article
Available on the special CD for the 2004 conference.
Cumulative Index Sharsheret Hadorot Volumes 1-17
Available on the special CD for the 2004 conference.
Digitizing of Name Changes published in the Palestine Gazette (1921-1948)
Available on the special CD for the 2004 conference.
Check "Israel Genealogical Society Consolidated Surname Index"
Early Hebrew Newspapers
The Jewish National and University Library, David and Fela Shapell Family Digitization Project, is pleased to offer access to its Historic Hebrew Newspapers project.
The first stage of the project, now completed, contains:
Halevanon (1863-1886), Hamagid (1856-1903), Havazelet (1863-1911).
The search engine is on the Hebrew site.You can search by date, volume, subject and author.
Exhibits & Museums
Helkat Mehokek
Available on the special CD for the 2004 conference.
Check "Israel Genealogical Society Consolidated Surname Index"
Index of family and Personal Archives at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Available on the special CD for the 2004 conference.
Check "Israel Genealogical Society Consolidated Surname Index"
Index of Names found in Paul Jacobi's Genealogical Monographies
Available on the special CD for the 2004 conference.
Check "Israel Genealogical Society Consolidated Surname Index"
Landsmanshaften in Israel updated April 2005
Memorials to the Vanished Communities
Available on the special CD for the 2004 conference.
Researching Jewish Genealogy in Holland
Segula Cemetery, Petach Tikva
"We Shall Remember Them All" - "Nizkor Et Kulam"
The offical government site for those who fell in the defense of Israel. The site is in Hebrew. The database includes a picture of each soldier and his story. It can be searched by the first letter of the family name, the hebrew date of soldier died, or the community he lived in. This last option allows you to find the soldier without typing in Hebrew.
1875 Montefiore Census in Eretz Israel
Available on the special CD for the 2004 conference.
Check "Israel Genealogical Society Consolidated Surname Index"