Genealogy Institute Reference Collection Books Below is a list of books in the Genealogy Institute’s open-stack, browsable reference collection. Subjects General Guides Arnold, Jackie Smith. Kinship: It’s All Relative. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1990. GN 480 .A75 Beller, Susan Provost. Roots for Kids: A Genealogy Guide for Young People. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1989. CS 15.5 .B45 Carter, Fran. On Teaching Genealogy. Heritage Quest Pr., 1989. CS 21 .C37 1989 Clifford, Karen. The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Genealogy, the Internet, and Your Genealogy Computer Program. Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. CS 14 .C56 Dollarhide, William. Managing a Genealogical Project. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. CS 16 .D64 Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 5 th Ed. Modern Language Association of America , 1999. LB 2369 .G53 1999 Howells, Cyndi. Netting Your Ancestors: Genealogical Research on the Internet. Genealogical Publishing Co, 1997. CS 21 .H75 Kobrin, David. Beyond the Textbook: Teaching History Using Documents and Primary Sources. Heinemann, 1996. D 16.3 .K641996 Legacy 6.0 Family Tree: User’s Guide . Millenia Corporation, 2005. Mills, Elizabeth. Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian. Genealogical Publishing Co, 1997. CS 16 .M63 Mills, Elizabeth. Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, andLibrarians. Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. CS 9 .P76 Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn. Preserving Archives and Manuscripts. Society of American Archivists, 1993. Z 110 .C7 R58 1993 Rubincam, Milton. Pitfalls in Genealogical Research. Ancestry, 1987. CS 14 .R83 Stephenson, Jean. Heraldry for the American Genealogist. National Genealogical Society, 1959. CS 42 .N43 no. 25 Stevenson, Noel. Genealogical Evidence. Aegean Park Pr., 1989. CS 14 .S73 Stratton, Eugene . Applied Genealogy. Ancestry, 1988. CS 16 .S854 Sturdevant, Katherine. Bringing Your Family History to Life Through Social History. Betterway Books, 2000. CS 16 .S862 Summer, Esther Yu. The Official Guide to Family Tree Maker 2005. MyFamily.com 2004. CS 14 .S86 2004 Wolfman, Ira. Climbing Your Family Tree: Online and Offline Genealogy for Kids. Workman, 2002. CS 15.5 .W64 Atlases and Gazetteers Auslander , Jordan . Genealogical Gazetteer for the Kingdom of Hungary . Avotaynu, 2004. DB 904 .G387 2004 Barnavi, Eli, ed. Historical Atlas of the Jewish People – Patriarchs to Present. Schocken Books, 1992. DS 117 .J8513 Cohen, Chester . Shtetl Finder Gazetteer. Heritage Books, 1989. DS 135 .R9 C58 Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. Atlas of Jewish History. Routledge, 1994. G 1030 .C559 Lelkes, György. Magyar Helysegnev-Azonosito Szotar. Kosa Pal, 1998. DB 904 .L44 Majtan, Milan . Nazvy Obci Slovenskej Republiky. VEDA, 1996. DB 2708 .M34 1998 Meyrat, J. Dictionnaire national des communes de France et d’Algerie, colonies francaises, pays de protectorat. A. Michel, 1950. DC 14 .M57 1950 Mokotoff, Gary. Where Once We Walked Companion: A Guide to the Communities Surrounding Central and East European Towns. Avotaynu, 1995. DJK 6 .M65 Mokotoff, Gary and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust. Avotaynu, 1991. DS 135 .E83 M65 Mokotoff, Gary and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust, Revised Ed.. Avotaynu, 2002. DS 135 .E83 M65 2002 Gilbert, Martin. Atlas of the Holocaust. Michael Joseph Ltd., 1982. G 1797.21 .E29 G58 Gilbert, Martin. Jerusalem History Atlas. MacMillan Publishing Co., 1977. G 2239 .J4 G5 Gilbert, Martin. Jewish History Atlas. Collier Books, 1969. G 1030 .G5 1977 Gilbert, Martin. Jewish History Atlas, Revised Edition. MacMillan, 1976 . G 1030 .G5 Jensen, Howard M. Aid to finding addresses in the 1890 New York City Police census. Willow Bend Books, 2003. G 3804 .N4 1890 J4 2003 Magocsi, Paul Robert. Historical Atlas of E. Central Europe Vol. 1. U. Washington Pr., 1998. G 2081 .S1 M3 Magocsi, Paul Robert. Ukraine – A Historical Atlas. U. Toronto Pr., 1987. G 2151 .S1 M34 McEvedy, Colin. The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History. Penguin, 1992 . G 1034 .M2 McEvedy, Colin. The Penguin Atlas of Modern History. Penguin, 1972 . G 1035 .M4 Poganowski, Iwo Cyprian. Poland : A Historical Atlas. Dorset Pr., 1988 . G 1951 .S1 P34 Romania , autosatlasza. Agat Kft., 1999. G 2036 .P2 A3 1999 Room, Adrian. Place-Name Changes Since 1900: A World Gazetteer. Routledge, 1980. G 103.5 .R66 Slovakia autosatlasza 1:360,000. Agat Kft. [2000]. G 1949.51 .P2 T6 2000 Thorndale, William and William Dollarhide. Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. G 1201 .F7 T5 U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum . Historical Atlas of the Holocaust. MacMillan, 1996. G 1797.21 .E2945 Dictionaries and Translation Guides Frazin, Judith. A Translation Guide to Polish-Language Civil Registration Documents, 2 nd Ed. JGS Illinois, 1989. CS 871 .F73 Shea, Jonathan D., and William F. Hoffman. In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide… Volume I: Polish. Language & Lineage Pr., 2000. CS 873 .S49 2000 Shea, Jonathan D., and William F. Hoffman. In Their Words: A Genealogist’s Translation Guide… Volume II: Russian. Language & Lineage Pr., 2002. CS 844 .S49 2002 Suess, Jared H. Central European Genealogical Terminology . Everton, 1978. CS 6 .S9 Wynne, Suzan F. Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia : A Resource Guide . Avotaynu, 1998. CS 878 .G35 W96 Shea, Jonathan D., and William F. Hoffman. Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide. Avotaynu, 1994. PB 268 .S46 Lapidus, B. A., and S. V. Shevtsova. The Learner’s Russian-English Dictionary. MIT Pr., 1963. PG 2640 .L42 Sivan, Reuven, and Edward A. Levenston. The New Bantam-Megiddo Hebrew & English dictionary. Bantam Books, 1975. PJ 4833 .S56 Oral History Brown, Cynthia Stokes. Like It Was: A Complete Guide to Writing Oral History. Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1988. D 16.14 .B76 1988 Dept of Oral History. Oral History Interview Guidelines. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum , 1998. D 16.14 .O744 1998 Galt, Margot Fortunato. The Story in History: Writing Your Way into the American Experience. Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1992. E 175 .G27 1992 Ritchie, Donald A. Doing Oral History: A Practical Guide. Oxford U. Pr., 2003. D 16.14 .R57 2003 Sommer, Barbara W., and Mary Kay Quinlan. The Oral History Manual. Altamira Pr., 2003. D 14 .S69 2003 Zietlin, Steven J., et al. A Celebration of American Family Folklore: Tales and Traditions from the Smithsonian Collection. Yellow Moon Pr. 1982. GR 105 .C34 1992 Zimmerman, William. How to Tape Instant Oral Biographies. Guarionex Pr., 1988. CT 22 .Z55 Research in the U.S. Cerny, John and Arlene Eakle. Ancestry’s Guide to Research: Case Studies in American Genealogy. Ancestry, 1985. CS 49 .C46 Chapin, David A. Dallas Jewish Genealogical Guide. Dallas Jewish Historical Society, 1993. F 394 .D219 .J53 Dollarhide, William. The Census Book. Heritage Quest, 2000. CS 49 .D65 Douglas, Marilyn. NYS Census Records – 1790-1925, Bibliography Bulletin 88. NYSED, 1981. Z 1009 .N56 no88 Eichholz, Alice. Red Book: American State , County, and Town Sources . Ancestry, 1992. CS 49 .A55 Greenwood, Val. The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy. Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000. CS 47 .G79 Johnson, Richard. How to Locate Anyone Who Is or Has Been in the Military. Military Information Enterprises, 1988. UA 23 .J58 Kaufman, Isidor. American Jews in World War II, Volume 2. The Dial Pr. D 810 .J4 K3 Lainhart, Ann S. State Census Records. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. Z 5313 .U5 L37 Meitzler, Leland K. United States County Courthouse Address Book, 2 nd Ed. Heritage Quest, 1990. KF 8700 .A19 U53 1990 Neagles, James. U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources. Ancestry, 1992. Z 1249 .M5 N43 Silverman, Marlene. Poles and Russians in the 1870 Census of New York City . Landsmen Pr., 1993. F 128.9 .P7 S57 1993 Szucs, Juliana. The Ancestry Family Historian’s Address Book. Ancestry, 1997. CS 44 .S65 Szucs, Loretto Dennis. Chicago and Cook County – A Guide to Research . Ancestry, 1996. F 548.25 .S97 Immigration and Naturalization ( U.S.) Colletta, John. They Came in Ships: A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor’s Arrival Records. Ancestry, 1989/1993. CS 49 .C63 Morton Allan. Morton Allan Directory of European Passenger Steamship Arrivals. Genealogical Publishing Co., (1931) 2000. HE 945 .A2 D5 Moser, Geraldine and Marlene Silverman. Hamburg Passengers from the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Empire. Landsmen Pr., 1996. E 184 .J5 M667 1996 NYS Council of Genealogical Organizations. Naturalization Records in New York State : Corrected Edition. Hilton , NY , 2003. F 118 .N38 2001 Schaefer, Christina K. Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States . Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. CS 49 .S28 Szucs, Loretto. Ellis Island : Tracing Your Family History Through America ’s Gateway. Ancestry, 2000. CS 49 .S98 Tepper, Michael. American Passenger Arrival Records. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. CS 49 .T46 1988 Wellauer, Maralyn. German Immigration to America in the Nineteenth Century – Genealogists’ Guide. Roots International, 1985. E 184 .G3 W42 Yans-McLaughlin , Virginia , and Marjorie Lightman. Ellis Island and The Peopling of America: The official Guide. New York Pr., 1997. JV 6484 .Y35 1997 Glazier, Ira. Migration From The Russian Empire Books 1 – 6 (1875-1891). Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995-1998. JV 6858 .N5 M5 Newman, John J. American Naturalization Processes and Procedures 1790 – 1985. Indiana Historical Society, 1985. KF 4710 .N49 1985 Archives and Libraries – U.S. & Canada Blatt, Warren. Resources for Jewish Genealogy in the Boston Area. JGS of Greater Boston . Z 6374 .B5 B53 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum . Archival Guide to the Collections of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum . 2002, 2003 US Holocaust Memorial Museum . Z 6374 .H6 U55 Tapper, Lawrence F. Archival sources for the study of Canadian Jewry. National Archives of Canada , 1987. Z 6611 .J48 N38 1987 Consider the Source: Historical Records in the Classroom. State University of NY, 1995. CD 3404 .C65 1995 Guide to Records in the New York State Archives . State Archives and Records Admin., 1993. CD 3404 .N493 Knapp, Fred. New York Public Records Guides: Southern N.Y. Region, 5 th Edition . Reyn, 1994. CD 3404 .K53 1994 National Center for Health Statistics. Where To Write For Vital Records. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1990. HA 38 .W18 Szucs, Loretto and Luebking, Sandra. The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches. Ancestry, 1988. CD 3026 1988 Warren, Paula Stuart and James W. Your Guide to the Family History Library. Betterway Books, 2001. Z 733 .C55 W37 Epstein, Belle Marie. Guide to Family History Sources in the New Jersey State Archives. NJ Dept. of State, 1990. Z 1313 .B37 National Archives and Records Administration. Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives. National Archives Trust Fund Board. Z 5313 .U5 U54 National Archives and Records Administration. Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States , 3 rd Ed.. NARA , 2000. Z 5313 .U5 U54 2000 Guzik, Estelle M. Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area . Jewish Genealogical Society, 1989. Z 5313 .U6 N523 Guzik, Estelle M. Genealogical Resources in New York . Jewish Genealogical Society, 2003. Z 5313 .U6 N524 2003 Research Outside the U.S. Baxter, Angus. In Search of Your European Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in Every Country in Europe . Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001. CS 403 .B39 Baxter, Angus. In Search of Your German Roots. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994. CS 614 .B39 Ginger, Basile. Guide Pratique de Genealogie Juive, En France et a L’Etranger . Cercle de Genealogie Juive, 2002. CS 596 .J4 G56 Herber, Mark D. Ancestral Trails: the Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History. Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000. CS 414 .H47 2000 Hoskins, Janina W. Polish Genealogy and Heraldry, An Introduction To Research. Hippocrene Books, 1990. CS 872 .H67 Kemp, Thomas Jay. International Vital Records Handbook: Births, Marriages, Deaths. Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000. CS 42.7 .K46 Misjpoge: Verenigingsblad van de Nederlandse Kring Voor Joodse Genealogie. Uitgave, 1995. DS 135 .N4 M56 1995 Pelling, George. Beginning Your Family History in Great Britain . Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987. CS 5414 .P45 Suess, Jared H. Handy Guide to Hungarian Genealogical Records. Everton, 1980. CS 563 .S93 Tapper, Lawrence F. A Biographical Dictionary Of Canadian Jewry 1909-1914 from the Canadian Jewish Times. Avotaynu, 1992. F 1035 .J5 F76 1992 Thode, Ernest. Address Book for Germanic Genealogy, 6th Ed. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. CS 611 .T48 Vuillet, Bernard, et al. Sur Les Traces De Vos Ancetres A Paris: la recherché des origines. Archives de Paris, 1997. CS 597 .P4 A57x Archives and Libraries – Europe & Israel Ellman-Kruger, Angelika. Library Resources for German Jewish Genealogy. Avotaynu, 1998. Z 6373 .G3 E55 Kielbicka, Aniela. Archiwum Panstwowe w Krakowie – 1951-1980. Warsaw/Lodz, 1989. CD 1757 .K73 K53 Kollarova, Zuzana, and Jozef Hanus. A Guide to the Slovak Archives. Universum, 1999. CD 1169.6 .K65 Kronik, Aleksander and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Some Archival Sources for Ukrainian-Jewish Genealogy. Avotaynu, 1997. DS 135 .U4 K76 Miscellanea Historico-Archivistica T.III . Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. CD 1741 .M57 Rhode, Harold, and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists & Other Jewish Holdings in the LithuanianArchives. Avotaynu, 1996. CS 879.6 .R48 Volovici, Hanna. Sources on Polish Jewry at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People. Avotaynu Foundation, 2004. Z 6373 .P7 S68 2004 Weiner, Miriam. Jewish Roots in Poland : Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories. Routes to Roots and YIVO, 1997. CS 877 .J4 W45 Weiner, Miriam. Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova . Routes to Roots and YIVO, 1999. DS 135 .U4 W37 Zielinskiej, Teresy. Archiwum Glowne Akt Dawnych w Warszawie – Informatur o Zasobie. Warsaw , 1992. CD 1743 .A89 Jewish Genealogy Beare, Arlene. A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Latvia and Estonia . JGS of Great Britain , 2001. DS 135 .L3 B43 Cutter, Charles and Micha Falk Oppenheim. Jewish Reference Sources: A Selective, Annotated Bibliographic Guide. Garland , 1982. Z 6366 .C87 International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies. Conference Syllabi, 1997-2005. Kay, Dr. Alan A. A Teachers Guide for My Generations; A Course in Jewish Family History. Behrman House 1984. CS 15.5 .K87 1983 TG Krasner-Khait, Barbara. Discovering Your Jewish Ancestors. Heritage Quest, 2001. CS 66 .J4 K73 Kurzweil, Arthur. From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History, Revised Edition. HarperCollins, 1994. CS 21 .K87 1994 Kurzweil, Arthur. From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History, Updated Edition with Online Resources. Jossey Bass, 2004. CS 21 .K87 2004 Kurzwell, Arthur. My Generations: A Course in Jewish Family History. Behrman House 1983. CS 15.5 .K87 Malka, Jeffrey S. Sephardic Genealogy: Discovering Your Sephardic Ancestors and their World. Avotaynu, 2002. CS 21 .M35 Mokotoff, Gary and Blatt, Warren. Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy. Avotaynu, 1999/2000. CS 21 .M65 Rottenberg, Dan. Finding Our Fathers. Random House, 1977. CS 21 .R58 Sack, Sallyann Amdur and Gary Mokotoff. Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy. Avotaynu, 2004. CS 21 .G85 2004 Skyte, Thea, et al. A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Germany & Austria . JGS of Great Britain . DS 135 .G3 G85 Stern, Malcolm H. Americans of Jewish Descent. Hebrew Union College Pr., 1960. CS 59 .S75 Stern, Malcolm H. First American Jewish Families, 3rd Edition. Ottenheimer, 1960. CS 59 .S76 Wenzerul, Rosemary. Genealogical Resources within the Jewish Home and Family. JGS of Great Britain , 2002. CS 21 .W46 2002 Wenzerul, Rosemary. Jewish Ancestors? A Beginner’s Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Great Britain . JGS of Great Britain , 2000. DS 135 .E5 B3 Wigoder, Geoffrey. Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Simon and Schuster, 1991. DS 115 .W49 Zubatsky, David and Irwin Berent. Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories. Avotaynu, 1996. Z 6374 .B5 Z83 Names Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names. Avotaynu, 2001. CS 3010 .B18 Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia . Avotaynu, 2004. CS 3010 .Z9 G353 2004 Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland . Avotaynu, 1996. CS 3010 .B419 Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Avotaynu, 1993. CS 3010 .B43 Beider, Alexander. Jewish Surnames in Prague . Avotaynu, 1994. CS 3010 .B44 1994 Demsky, Aaron, et al. These are the Names: Studies in Jewish Onomastics (4 volumes). Bar Ilan University Pr., 1997. CS 3010 .T45 1997 Edelstein, Benjamin. Diccionario De Apellidos Judios. Dunken, 2003. CS 3010 .Z9 L3834 2003 Faiguenboim, Guilherme. Dicionario sefaradi de sobrenomes. Fraiha, 2003. CS 3010 .F35 2003 Feldblyum, Boris. Russian-Jewish Given Names. Avotaynu, 1998. CS 3010 .F45 1998 Gorr, Shmuel. Jewish Personal Names: Their Origin, Derivation, and Diminutive Forms. Avotaynu, 1992. CS 3010 .G67 Guggenheimer, Heinrich and Eva. Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. Ktav, 1992. CS 3010 .G84 Kaganoff, Benzion. A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. Jason Aronson, 1996. CS 3010 .K28 Kolatch, Alfred, J. Complete dictionary of English and Hebrew first names . J. David, 1984. CS 2367 .K63 1984 Menk, Lars. A Dictionary of Jewish German Surnames. Avotaynu, 2005. CS 3010 .Z9 G476 2005 Shoumatoff, Alex. The Mountain of Names : a History of the Human Family . Vintage Books, 1990. GN 487 .S56 1990 Singerman, Robert. Jewish and Hebrew Onomastics: A Bibliography. Garland , 1977. Z 6824 .S5 Synagogues and Rabbis Freedman, Chaim. Beit Rabbanan: Sources of Rabbinical Genealogy. Chaim Freedman, 2001 BM 750 .F64 2001 Freedman, Chaim. Eliyahu’s Branches:Descendants of the Vilna Gaon. Avotaynu, 1997. BM 755 .E6 F74 1997 Israelowitz, Oscar. Synagogues of New York City . Dover Publications, 1982. BM 225 .N49 I85 Rosenstein, Emanuel and Neil. Latter Day Leaders, Sages and Scholars. Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy, 1983. BM 750 .L3 Rosenstein, Neil. The Lurie Legacy: the House of Davidic Royal Descent. Avotaynu, 2003. CS 409 .L87 2003 Rosenstein, Neil. Rabbi Elijah (1720-1797), the Gaon of Vilna and His Cousinhood. Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy, 1997. BM 755 .E6 R67 1997 Rosenstein, Neil. The Unbroken Chain (2 volumes). Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy, 1990. CS 432 .J4 R67 Rosenstein, Neil and Dovberish Weber. Stones of Remembrance (Avnei Zikaron). Computer Center for Jewish Genealogy, 1999. CS 873 .R67 Wisniewski, Tomasz. Boznice Bialostcczyzny = Heartland of the Jewish Life: Synagogues and Jewish Communities in Bialystok Region . Bialystok , David, 1992. BM 337 .W57 1992 Wolfe, Gerard R. The Synagogues of New York’s Lower East Side. New York University Pr., 1978. BM 225 .N49 F46 Wigoder, Geoffrey. The Story of the Synagogue. Harper & Row, 1986. NA 4690 .W44 Cemeteries Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo. Your Guide to Cemetery Research. Betterway Books, 2002. CS 21 .C36 2002 Gould, Alice Perkins. The Old Jewish Cemeteries of Newark . Avotaynu, 2004. F 144 .N69 J538 2004 Keister, Douglas. Stories in Stone: a Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography. Gibbs Smith, 2004. NB 1800 .K45 2004 Krajewska, Monika. A Tribe of Stones: Jewish Cemeteries in Poland . Polish Scientific Publishers, 1992. BM 337 .K73 Poplack, Alvin M. Carved in Granite: Holocaust Memorials in Greater New York Jewish Cemeteries. Jay Street , 2003. D 804.175 .N49 P672003 Jewish History and Culture - U.S. & Canada Birmingham, Steven. The Grandees: America’s Sephardic Elite. Syracuse University Pr., 1971. E 184 .J5 B552 Flade, Ronald. The Lehmans: From Rimpar to the New World : A Family History, 2nd Enlarged Ed. Königshausen & Neumann, 1999. E 184.37 .A135 1999 Frazier, Nancy. Jewish Museums of North America . John Wiley and Sons, 1992. E 184 .J5 F63 Friedman, Reena Sigman. These Are Our Children: Jewish Orphanages in the United States, 1880-1925. Brandeis U. Pr./U. Pr. of New England, 1994. HV 983 .F75 1994 Joselit, Jenna Weissman. Lending Dignity: The First One Hundred Years of the Hebrew Free Loan Society of New York. Hebrew Free Loan Society of New York, 1992 F 128.9 .J5 J66 Kehillah of NYC. The Jewish Communal Register of New York City 1917-1918. Lipshitz Pr., 1918. HV 3192 .N5 Kliger, Hannah. Jewish Hometown Associations and Family Circles on New York: The WPA Yiddish Writer’s Group Study. Indiana U. Pr., 1992. F 128.9 .J5 J574 Marinbach, Bernard. Galveston : Ellis Island of the West. State University of New York Pr., 1983. F 395 .J5 M37 Postal, Barnard and Lionel Koppman. Jewish Landmarks in New York . Fleet Pr., 1978. F 128.9 .J5 P63 Soyer, Daniel. Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York , 1880-1939. Wayne State U. Pr., 1997 (Paper, 2001). F 128.9 .J5 S69 The German Jews of Washington Heights : an Oral History Project. Yeshiva U. Museum, 1987. F 128.9 .J5 G4 1987 Weingarten, Roman, and Norbert Friedman. Silver Anniversary 1965-1990. New Cracow Friendship Society, 1990. E 184 .J5 N48 1990 Weisser, Michael. A Brotherhood of Memory: Jewish Landsmanshaftn in the New World . Basic Books, 1985. F 128.9 .J5 W45 Wolf, Simon. The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier, and Citizen. Levy Type Company, 1895. E 184 .J5 W8 Yiddish Writers Group, Federal Writers Project. The Jewish Landsmanshaften of New York (in Yiddish). I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers Union , 1938. F 128.9 .J5 F5 Jewish History and Culture - Europe Adler, Cyrus. The Voice of America on Kishineff. Jewish Publication Society of America , 1904. DS 135 .R9 A2 Berger, Natalia. Where Cultures Meet: the Story of Jews of Czechoslovakia . Beth Hatefutsoth , 1990. DS 135 .C95 W48 Bloch, Abraham. Day by Day in Jewish History. Ktav, 1983. DS 114 .B5 Blue, Brian and Yale Strom. The Last Jews of Eastern Europe . Philosophical Library, 1986. DS 135 .E83 S75 Burchard,Przemyslaw. Kultury Zydowskiej w Polsce. Warszawa, 1990. DS 135 .P6 B87 Chorzempa, Rosemary A. Korzenie Polskie: Polish Roots. Genealogical Publishing Co., 1993. E 184 .P7 C5 Dobroszycki, Lucjan and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. Image Before My Eyes: Photographic History of Jewish Life in Poland , 1884-1939. Schocken Books, 1977. DS 135 .P6 D62 Duda, Eugeniusz. Krakowskie Judaica = Cracow’s Judaica. Wydawnictwo Pttk “Kraj,” 1991. DS 135 .P6 K68218 Eliach, Yaffa. There Once Was A World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshok. Little, Brown, 1998. DS 135 .L2 E36 Faks, Marian, et al. The Polish Jewry, History and Culture. Interpress, 1982. DS 135 .P6 P58 Frank, Ben. A Travel Guide to Jewish Europe . Pelican, 1992. DS 135 .E8 F7 Greenbaum, Masha. The Jews of Lithuania : A History of a Remarkable Community 1316-1945. Gefen Publishing House, 1995. DS 135 .L5 G73 Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Jewish Heritage Travel: A Guide to East-Central Europe . Jason Aronson, 1999. DS 135 .E83 G68 Gruber, Ruth Ellen. Upon the Doorposts of Thy House: Jewish Life in East-Central Europe , Yesterday and Today. John Wiley & Sons, 1994. DS 135 .E8 G78 Gupinska, Anka and Bogna Burska. Zydzi Warszawy: 1861-1943 = Jews of Warsaw : 1861-1943 = Warschauer Juden: 1861-1943. Zydowski Instyltyt Historyczny, 2003. DS 135 .P62 W2773 2003 Gursan-Salzmann, Ayse. The Last Jews of Radauti. Dial Pr., 1983. DS 135 .R72 Hundert, Gershon David and Gershon C. Bacon. The Jews in Poland and Russia : Bibliographical Essays. Indiana U. Pr., 1984. Z 6373 .P7 H86 Kagan, Joram. Hippocrene Insider’s Guide to Poland ’s Jewish Heritage. Hippocrene Books, 1992. DS 135 .P6 K327 Lacave, Jose Luis. Sefarad, Sefarad La Espana Judia. Lunwerg Editores, 1987. DS 135 .S7 S43 1987 Lerski, George and Halina. Jewish-Polish Coexistence, 1772-1936 A Topical Bibliography. Greenwood Pr., 1986. DS 135 .P6 Levitats, Isaac. The Jewish Community in Russia , 1844-1917. Oisner and Sons, 1981. DS 135 .R9 L44 Luft, Edward David. The Naturalized Jews of the Grand Duchy of Posen in 1834 and 1835, Rev. Ed. Avotaynu, 2004. DS 135 .P62 P636 2004 Magosci, Paul Robert. Galicia : A Historical Survey and Bibliographic Guide . U. Toronto Pr., 1983. DK 511 .G14 M34 Patai, Raphael, The Vanished Worlds of Jewry. Macmillan., 1980. DS 134 .P39 Porter, Ruth & Nili Kadari. Journey to Poland : Insearch of a Vanished Jewish World. Beth Hatefutsoth, 1990. DS 135 .P6 M32713 Postal, Barnard, and Lionel Koppman. The Landmarks of a People: A Guide to Jewish Sites in Europe . Hill and Wang, 1962. DS 135 .E8 P6 Rosin, Josef. Preserving Our Litvak Heritage. JewishGen, 2005. DS 135 .L5 R67 2005 Roskies, Diane and David. The Shtetl Book. Ktav, 1975. DS 112 .S485 Serotta, Edward. Out of the Shadows: A Photographic Portrait of Jewish Life in Central Europe Since the Holocaust. Carol Publishing Group, 1991. DS 135 .E835477 Shulman, Abraham. The Old Country: The Lost World of East European Jews. Scribners, 1974. DS 135 .E83 S58 Silvain, Gerard and Henri Minczeles. Yiddishland. Gingko Pr., 1999. DS 135 .E83 YS3 Vinecour, Earl. Polish Jews: The Final Chapter. McGraw-Hill, 1977 . DS 135 .P6 V47 Wiesenthal, Simon. Every Day Remembrance Day. Henry Holt & Co, 1987. DS 123 .W47 Zborowski, Mark, and Elizabeth Herzog. Life is With People: The Jewish Little Town of Eastern Europe . International U. Pr., 1955. DS 112 .Z37 Holocaust Arad , Yitzhak. Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka: The Operation Reinhard Death Camps. Indiana U. Pr., 1987. D 805 .P7 Z727 Arad , Yitzhak. Ghetto in Flames: the Struggle and Destruction of the Jews in Vilna in the Holocaust. Ahva Cooperative Printing Pr., 1980. DS 135 .R93 V39913 Arad , Yitzhak. Pictorial History of the Holocaust. Macmillan, 1990. D 804.3 .P53 Arad , Yitzhak, et al. Documents on the Holocaust: Selected Sources on the Destruction of the Jews of Germany & Austria , Poland & the Soviet Union . Yad Vashem and Ktav , 1981. D 810 .J4 D63 Baker, Zachary M. Bibliography of Eastern European Memorial (Yizkor) Books. [Estelle Guzik, Genealogical Resources in New York , Appendix A]. Jewish Genealogical Society, 2003. Z 6374 .H6 B34 Benjamin and Vladka Meed Registry of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, 2000. D 804.3 .N37 Berenbaum, Michael. The World Must Know: A History of the Holocaust. Little, Brown, 1993. D 804.3 .B464 Bielawski, Shraga Feivel. The Last Jew from Wegrow: the Memoirs of a Survivor of the Step-by-Step Genocide in Poland . Praeger Publishers, New York , 1991. DS 135 .P62 W613 Czech, Danuta. Auschwitz Chronicle 1939-1945: From the Archives of the Auschwitz Memorial and the German Federal Archives. Henry Holt and Company, 1989. D 805 .P7 C87 Edelheit, Abraham J., and Herschel Edelheit. Bibliography on Holocaust Literature. Westview Pr., 1986. Z 6374 .H6 B48 Edelheit, Abraham J., and Herschel Edelheit. Bibliography on Holocaust Literature: Supplement. Westview Pr., 1990. Z 6374 .H6 E33 Edlund, Thomas. The German Minority Census of 1939: An Introduction and Register. Avotaynu, 1996. Z 7553 .C3 E34 Ehrenburg, Ilya and Vasily Grossman. The Black Book: Documents of the Nazis’ Destruction of 1.5 million Soviet Jews. Holocaust Library, 1980. DS 135 .R92 C4713 Eliach, Yaffa. We Were Children Just Like You . Center for Holocaust Studies, 1990. D 804.3 .W394 Gaon, Dr. Solomon and Dr. M. Mitchell Serels. Del Fuego: Sephardim and the Holocaust. Sepher-Hermon Pr., 1995. D 804.3 .D46 Gilbert, Martin. Final Journey: The Fate of the Jews in Nazi Europe . Mayflower Books, 1979. D 810 .J4 G52 H.K.P. Jewish Labor Camp: 1943-1944: Documents. Valstybinis Viniaus Gaono zydu muziejus, 2002. DS 135 .L52 V55895 2002 Holocaust, The Documentary Evidence. National Archives & Records Administration, 1990. D 804.3 .H655 Jagendorf, Siegfried. Jagendorf’s Foundry: A Memoir of the Romanian Holocaust, 1941-1944. Harper Collins, 1991. DS 135 .R7J3 Klarsfeld, Serge. Memorial to the Jews Deported from France 1942-1944 . Beate Klarsfeld Foundation, 1983. DS 135 .F83 K4313 Klevan, Abraham. Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust, plus addenda. Alpha Pr., 1982. D 810 .J4 K35 Kugelmass, Jack and Jonathan Boyarin. From a Ruined Garden: The Memorial Books of Polish Jewry, 2nd Ed. Indiana U. Pr., 1998. DS 135 .P6 F77 Meirtchak, Benjamin. Jews-Officers in the Polish Armed Forces, 1939-1945, Rev. Ed. Avotaynu, 2004. DS 135 .P63 A1515 2004 Mishell, William W. Kaddish for Kovno: Life and Death in a Lithuanian Ghetto 1941-1945. Chicago Review Pr., 1988. DS 135 .K93 K286 Mokotoff, Gary. How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust. Avotaynu, 1995. D 804.3 .M65 Spector, Shmuel, ed. Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust (3 volumes). Yad Vashem and NYU Pr., 2001. DS 135 .E8 E45 2001 Tory, Avraham. Surviving the Holocaust: The Kovno Ghetto Diary. Harvard U. Pr., 1990. DS 135 .R93 K288 Warszawskie Getto, 1943-1988 : w 45 rocznice powstania = The Warsaw Ghetto, 1943-1988: 45 th Anniversary Uprising. Interpress, 1988. DS 135 .P62 W394 Wasserstein, Bernard. Britain and the Jews of Europe , 1939-1945 . Clarendon Pr., 1979. D 810 .J4 W372 Yahil, Leni. The Holocaust: The Fate of European Jewry, 1932-1945. Oxford U. Pr., 1990. D 804.3 .Y3413 Periodicals Below is a list of periodicals in the Genealogy Institute’s open-stack, browsable reference collection. International Journals - Avotaynu: International Journal of Jewish Genealogy
- Stammbaum: Newsletter of German-Jewish Genealogical Research
- Toledot: Journal of Jewish Genealogy, 1977-1981
Jewish Genealogical Societies and Special Interest Groups - Journals and Newsletters - Foreign Argentina Australia Brazil - Boletim Informativo
- Geracoes/Brasil
Canada - Dor L’Dor ( British Columbia )
- Forum ( Montreal )
- Roots ( Alberta )
- Shem Tov( Toronto )
France - Cercle de Genealogie Juives
Galicia - The Galitzianer (Gesher Galicia )
Great Britain Grodno - Jewish Grodno Gubernia (Grodno SIG)
Hungary Israel - Moreshet (Galil)
- Sharsheret Hadorot
Latvia Poland - Kielce-Radom SIG Journal
- Landsmen (Suwalk-Lomza SIG)
Romania Sephardi Switzerland and Hamburg Jewish Genealogical Societies and Special Interest Groups - Journals and Newsletters - U.S. California - Los Angeles JGS. Roots-Key
- Orange County JGS . Avi Avot
- Orange County JGS . Shorashim
- Sacramento JGS. Nizkor
- San Diego JGS. Discovery
- San Francisco Bay Area JGS. Zichron Note
Colorado - Colorado JGS. Chai from Colorado
Connecticut Florida - Greater Miami JGS. Branches
- Greater Orlando JGS. Etz Chaim
- Palm Beach County JGS . Scattered Seeds
- South Florida JGS. Tayerer Landsman
- Southwest Florida JGS. Mishpochology
Georgia - Georgia JGS. Yichus Y'All
Illinois - Illiana JGS. Morasha Heritage
- Illinois JGS. Search
Louisiana - New Orleans JGS. Bayou Branches
Massachusetts - Greater Boston JGS. Mass-Pocha
Michigan - Michigan JGS. Generations
Missouri - St. Louis JGS. Generations
Nebraska - Nebraska JGS. JGS of Nebraska/Nebraska Jewish Historical Society Newsletter
Nevada - Southern Nevada West JGS. Family Legacies
New Jersey New York - Buffalo . Mekorot
- Long Island JGS. Lineage
- New York JGS. Dorot
- Rochester JGS. JGSR News Quarterly
Ohio - Greater Cincinnati JGS. Ancestree
- Cleveland JGS. The Cleveland Kol
Oregon Pennsylvania - Philadelphia JGS. Chronicles
Washington , D.C. - Greater Washington JGS. Mishpacha
Wisconsin - Wisconsin JGS. Family Finding
Electronic Resources Below is a list of online databases useful for genealogy that are available on the Reading Room's public access computers: - American National Biography
- Ancestry Library Edition
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index
- Biography Resource Center
- Chicago Tribune, 1849-1985
- Columbia Gazetteer of the World
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Academic Edition
- HeritageQuest
- JewishData.com
- Marquis Who’s Who
- New York Times, 1851-2000
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Wer ist Wer [Who’s Who in Germany ]
- Who’s Who 1897-1998
- World Biographical Information System (WBIS)
CD-ROMs Below is a list of CD ROMS which may be viewed on the Reading Room’s public access computers. - Australian JGS Resource CD
- Avotaynu
- Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies Cemetery Project
- Dachau Prisoner Information
- Dorotree
- Family Origins
- Family Tree Maker
- Family Tree of the Jewish People (IAJGS, 1999)
- Genealogist’s Address Book
- German Genealogy Research Guide
- Germans to America , 1875 to 1888.
- Legacy Family Tree
- Marriage Indexes: AZ, CA, ID, NV, 1850-1951; AR, MO, MS, TX, 1766-1981; MD, NC, VA, 1624-1915; IL, IN, KY, OH, TN, 1720-1926.
- Mortality Index , United States , 1850-1880.
- Naturalization Records, Philadelphia 1789-1880.
- Passenger and Immigration Lists, Boston 1821-1850.
- Passenger and Immigration Lists, New York 1820-1850.
- Roots Magic
- Russians to America , 1850 to 1896
Maps Below is a list of maps in the Genealogy Institute’s open-stack, browsable reference collection. Modern Road Maps Austria - Hallwag, 1:450,000
- Hoelzel, 1:200,000 (Regional maps – Vienna North & South)
Canada - American Automobile Association, 1:6,410,260
Caribbean , Central & South America - American Automobile Association, various scales ( South America , 1:9,187,000)
Czech Republic - Freytag & Berndt, 1:300,000
Czech & Slovak Republics - Freytag & Berndt, 1:500,000
- Ravenstein, 1:600,000
Eastern Europe Estonia Europe , Planning Map - American Automobile Association, 1:4,500,000
France & Benelux Countries - American Automobile Association, 1:1,250,000
Germany - ADAC, 1:500,000
- Michelin, 1:750,000
Great Britain & Ireland - American Automobile Association, 1:1,000,000
Greece , Hungary , & Adriatic Coast - American Automobile Association, 1:1,250,000
Hungary Italy , Austria , & Switzerland - American Automobile Association, 1:1,175,000
Latvia Lithuania Mexico - American Automobile Association, 1:3,675,000
Poland - Freytag & Berndt, 1:750,000
- Hoefer Verlag, 1:200,000 (7 regional maps of western Poland , 3 regional maps of “ East Prussia ”)
- RV Verlag, 1:300,000 (Northeast, Southeast, & Southwest Regions)
Romania & Bulgaria - Rand McNally/Hallwag, 1:1,000,000
Scandinavia & the Baltic States - American Automobile Association, 1: 2,600,000 (Northern) and 1:500,000 (Southern)
Spain & Portugal - National Geographic, 1:2,074,000
United States - American Automobile Association, 1:5,702,000
Western Soviet Union (Former) - Cartographia, 1:2,000,000
World - American Automobile Association
Historical Maps - Austrian Empire, 1875
- Baltic States , 1845
- Carpathians , Romania , Balkans, 1916
- Eastern Europe , 1915
- German Empire (East &West), 1875
- Hungary and part of Siebenburgen [ Transylvania ], 1845
- Hungary , 1774
- Kingdom of Bohemia , the Dutchy of Silesia , and the Marquisates of Moravia and Lusatia , 1794
- Middle Eastern Germany , 1844
- Poland , 1817
- Prussia and Posen, 1845
Microfiche
The Genealogy Fiche Collection includes Birth Indexes, Gazetteers, Census records and other records that were distributed by Avotaynu and other sources.
| Microfiche Name |
# of Microfiche |
Comments |
| |
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| 1897 Census of Lithuania |
10 |
Labeled with FHL number on fiche and holder |
| Birth Index For Buda Jewry 1820-1852, 1868 |
2 |
Distributed by Avotaynu, 1994 |
| Black Book Of Localities Whose Jewish
Population Was Exterminated By The Nazis |
3 |
Copyright Avotaynu, 1989 |
| Burials In Adas Israel Cemetery, 1879-1919 |
1 |
Created by Suzan Wynne, Cemetery Documentation
Project |
| Burials In The Old Section Of Washington
Hebrew Congregation Cemetery |
1 |
Created by JGS of Greater Washington and Jewish
Historical Society of Greater Washington. |
| Contributors To The Jewish Genealogical
People Finder |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu, 1995 |
| Four Indices To The 1784 Census Of
Alsatian Jews, Quatre Tables Alphabetique Du Denombrement General Des Juifs
D’Alsace , 1784, |
1 |
Created by Avotaynu |
| Galician Towns And Administrative
Districts |
2 |
Created by Suzan Wynne |
| Gazetteer Of Eastern Europe, Alphabetic
Sequence |
8 |
Copyright Avotaynu, 1989 |
| Gazetteer Of Eastern Europe,
Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex Sequence |
7 |
Copyright Avotaynu, 1989 |
| Gazetteer Of Eastern Europe, Grid |
6 |
Copyright Avotaynu, 1995 |
| Gedenkbuch Name Sequence |
16 |
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| Index To “Memorial To The Jews Deported
From France” |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu, 1996 |
| Index To Jewish Names From “Protection Of
Interests Of U.S. Citizens-Part II U.S. Dept. Of State Central Decimal
File, 1910-29 (RG59) |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu, 1994 |
| Index To Jewish Names From “Protection Of
Interests Of U.S. Citizens-Part III U.S. Dept. Of State Central Decimal
File, 1910-29 (RG59) |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu, 1994 |
| Index To Name Changes In The Palestine
Gazette |
6 |
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| Index To Russian Consular Records |
7 |
|
| Index To The Jewish Vital Statistic
Records Of Slovakia |
2 |
Distributed by Avotaynu, 1993 |
| Index, Jewish Applicants For Emergency
U.S. Passports 1915-1924 U.S. Department Of State Records |
2 |
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| Index, Jewish Names In Protection Of
Interests Of U.S. Citizens In Austria-Hungary: U.S. Department Of State |
1 |
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| Index, Jewish Names In Protection Of
Interests Of U.S. Citizens In Russia: U.S. Department Of State |
1 |
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| Index, Jewish Names In Protection Of
Interests Of U.S. Citizens In Romania, Germany & Poland: U.S. Department
Of State |
2 |
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| Index, Registration Of U.S. Citizens:
Jerusalem, 1914-18 U.S. Department Of State Consular Post Records |
1 |
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| Jewish Cemeteries Throughout The World |
2 |
Copyright by Avotaynu, 1995 |
| Jewish Genealogical Consolidated Surname
Index |
3 |
Copyright by Avotaynu, 1989 |
| Jewish Genealogical Family Finder |
4 |
Distributed by Avotaynu, 1995 |
| Jewish Genealogical Societies Publications |
1 |
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies |
| Jewish Genealogical Societies Publications |
23 |
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies |
| Jewish Residents Of Greater Quebec
Province In The 1871-1901 Censuses Of Canada |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu 1994 |
| Jewish Residents Of Montreal & Quebec
City In The 1871-1901 Censuses Of Canada |
2 |
Distributed by Avotaynu 1993 |
| Jewish Residents Of The Maritime In the
1901 Census Of Canada |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu 1993 |
| Jewish Residents Of The Maritime Provinces
in the 1871-1901 Censuses Of Canada |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu 1995 |
| Jewish Residents Of Toronto In The
1861-1901 Censuses Of Canada |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu 1993 |
| Jewish Residents Of Western Canada In The
1870-1901 Censuses Of Canada |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu 1994 |
| List of 56, 000 Jewish Burials |
3 |
Distributed by Avotaynu 1995 |
| Noms Des Juifs Du Maroc-Moroccan
Jewish Surname |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu 1994 |
| Obuda Census Of 1850: Index And Complete
Census |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu 1996 |
| People Finder |
21 |
Copyright Association of Jewish Genealogical
Societies 1995 |
| Romanian Census Records |
1 |
Distributed by Avotaynu 1995 |
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