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EIRI - Databases


EIRI - Eretz Israel Records Indexing

 The volunteers of the Israel Genealogical Society (IGS) have produced genealogical databases with more than 100,000 records and around 20,000 different surnames of individuals. The first of these databases were made available on a CD produced for the 2004 Jerusalem conference. Since then the IGS has continued to search for documents to enlarge this database that will cover the period of the resettlement of Eretz Israel. IGS thanks all the volunteers who have helped us in this project.

  • People can be listed in different ways in different documents.
  • Documents that were originally in English, can be searched in English only.
  • The search can be done only by family name or given name unless other specified.
  • The search can be done by
    • "exact" spelling.
    • "starts with" -3 letters,
    • "contains", and
    • "ends with" - 3 letters. 
  • Try different spellings for the name.
  • If the given name is made up of two names, try each name separately. Try searching the second name in "contains".
  • The search is for each name separately. If you try doing a combined search of surname and first name, the results with be for surname OR first name, not a combination.
  • The results are at the bottom of the page.
  • "Click Here" in the right column means that there is additional information available. After reading the additional information, you can click on "Click Here" to close the additional information.


Ottoman Empire Period

Helkat Mehokek

Index of 8,092 tombstone inscriptions found on Mount of Olives Cemetery in Jerusalem.
Please read the instructions carefully before using the search engine.  
NEW on website as of May 31, 2009         

Montefiore Censuses

British Proteges and Subjects

The British Consulate in Jerusalem opened its doors in 1839 as a result of increasing interest in Eretz Israel by European missionaries that coincided with the onset of immigration by Jews especially based on nationalist reasons.

Ledgers of the Mukhtarim in Jerusalem

New Project started in August 2009  for MEMBERS ONLY 
World War One

Eretz Israel Refugees in Alexandria, Egypt

From December 19, 1914 to September 23, 1915, a total of 11,277 refugees from Eretz Israel reached Alexandria. This is the only list found so far.

1915 Census of Tel-Aviv

NEW on website as of August 1, 2009 for MEMBERS ONLY

American Citizens in Eretz Israel in 1917

Based on a handwritten list of American citizens living in Jerusalem in 1917 from the US State Department.
British Mandate

Change of Names in the Palestine Gazette (1921-1948)

List of 28,256 changes of names registered in the Palestine Gazette during the British Mandate over Palestine

British Mandate Census 1922 - Petah Tikva & Tel Aviv - Jaffa

In 1922, the British undertook the first census of the mandate. At that time, the population stood at 752,048 individuals, including 589,177 Muslims, 83,790 Jews, 71,464 Christians and 7,617 persons belonging to other groups. At the moment we have only the list of Petah Tikva and Tel Aviv-Jaffa residents. TEL AVIV-JAFFA UPDATED MARCH 2010 - OPEN TO PUBLIC

Death Registry Petah Tikva 1923 - 1939

This database is completely in Hebrew and can be searched only in Hebrew. New on website as on March, 25, 2010, for MEMBERS ONLY

Americans in Palestine in 1929

List of Americans Citizens residing in Palestine in 1929 from the US State Department (1929). 

Victims of the 1929 Riots

133 victims of the 1929 riots in Jerusalem, Motza, Hebron, Tel Aviv, Beer Tuvia, Hulda, Haifa, Safed and Ein Zeitim.

1937 Book of Residents of Rehavia quarter, Jerusalem (Hebrew)

NEW on website as of March 19, 2009        July 1937 

Medical Practitioners

NEW on website as of November 3, 2009 for MEMBERS ONLY  

Various Registries from the Petah Tikva Archives

New on website as of November 16, 2009 for MEMBERS ONLY - Database in HEBREW only
State of Israel

Name Changes in Israel 1949-1979 - Database

Yalkut Hapirsumim, Minstry of Justice - volunteers needed for the project to start in Fall 2010.

Memorials for Vanished Communities

NEW additions of Martyrs's Forest, Eshtaol - March, 2010
NEW additions of Polish Jewry Memorial Forest, Nataf - April 2010       


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