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Industrial Removal Office. Records, n.d., 1899-1922The Industrial Removal Office placed struggling Jewish immigrants arriving and living in New York City into Jewish
communities throughout the United States and Canada, finding them work and often providing loans for travel and board.
Over 79,000 immigrants were assisted through the office during its operation between 1901 and 1922.
This database indexes immigrants' names recorded in ledgers that are located in Box 6 through Box 12 of the collection.
Additional material concerning individual immigrants may also be found in other areas of the collection. The database provides
the location of the immigrant's information in the ledger. The actual ledger record may include the following information: New
York address, new destination, date of distribution, name and age of the wife and children, immigrant's occupation, country of
birth, length of time in the U.S., present wages, IRO statistics, and status after his or her new residence.
Please note that the name indexing for this database was taken from handwritten entries, many of which were unclear. It is
recommended that one search under various alternative spellings and possible incorrect letters of a name. For instance, one may
wish to search for the last name Katzin as Kalzin or Kalzim.
The American Jewish Historical Society is deeply grateful for the support provided by the Jewish Genealogy
Society of New York, and for the efforts of the following volunteers:
Ronni Beer, Esther Brownstein, Bernard Cedar, Claire Cohen, Jacob Cohen, Jane Foss, Barbara Frank, Bobby
Furst, Shirley Gerstel, Ava Gorkin, Estelle Guzick, Sheila Heitner, Eden Joachim, Ken Kravitz, Jeffrey Levin,
Florette Lynn, Susan Mann, Robin Newman, Mark Polisar, Ann Rabinowitz, Carol Raispler, Renee Resky, Toby Sanchez,
Claudia Schellenberg, Charlene Segot, Doug Seidman, Rebecca Simmons, Alan Steinfeld, Greta Tedoff, Bruce Zatz,
and Paula Zieselman.
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