Books
These reference books pertaining to Jewish Genealogy, listed in alphabetical order by the author's last name,  are available in the Special Collections department. All of these titles are shelved in open stacks. The department also has yizkor books for Jewish research that are held in closed stacks and must be requested at the reference desk. 

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R 947.93/A456M
Alpert, Joel
The Memorial Book for the Jewish Community of Yurburg, Lithuania Sefer HaZikaron LeKehilat Yurburg-Lita 

R940.5318/A456D
Alpert, Nachum
The Destruction of Slonim Jewry: the Story of the Jews of Slonim during the Holocaust

R976.3/A825B
Ashkenazi, Elliott
The Business of Jews in Louisiana, 1840-1875

R 973.049/B254B
Barkai, Avraham
Branching Out : German-Jewish Immigration to the United States, 1820-1914 

R943.83/B259J
Barnanova, Galina
Jews Evicted from Suwalki Gubernia in the Summer of 1915

R929.42/B422J
Beider, Alexander
Ancient Ashkenazic Surnames: Jewish Surnames from Prague (15^th - 18^th Centuries)

R929.42/B422
Beider, Alexander
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia

R929.42/B422D
Beider, Alexander
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland

R929.408/B422D
Beider, Alexander
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire

R940.5318/B587L
Bielawski, Shraga
The Last Jew from Wegrow: the Memoirs of a Survivor of the Step-by-Step Genocide in Poland

R929.1/B644F 
Blatt, Warren 
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about Jewish Genealogy

R974.44/B644R
Blatt, Warren
Resources for Jewish Genealogy in the Boston Area

R977.5 /724I
Bookstaff, Manning M.
Index to Deaths Reported in the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

Q978.197/B766

Bourbon County, Kansas, Cemetery Inscriptions: v. 1. Evergreen Cemetery, Pine Lawn (Jewish) Cemetery

R929.1/G37
Brandt, Edward R.
Germanic Genealogy: A Guide to Worldwide Sources and Migration Patterns

R976.399/B864J

Brock, Eric J.

The Jewish Cemeteries of Shreveport, Louisiana

R974.62/C378J
Cohen, Edward A.
Jewish Cemeteries of Hartford, Connecticut: the Cohen/Goldfarb Collection

R947/C678S 
Cohen, Chester G. 
Shtetl Finder Gazetteer: Jewish Communities in the 19^th and Early 20^th Centuries in the Pale of Settlement of Russia and Poland, and in Lithuania, Latvia, Galicia, and Bukovina, with Names of Residents

R974.6/H378J

Cohen, Edward A.

Jewish Cemeteries of Five Counties of Connecticut

R973.08991/D213L 
Daraska, Jessie Ecker
The Lithuanian Pioneers: A Study of Lithuanian Immigration to the United States Before World War I

R929.1089/D249H
David, Jo. (Rabbi)
How to Trace your Jewish Roots: Discovering your Unique History

R947.41 D988M
Dvorzetsky, Mark Meir, 1908-1975
Mahanot ha-Yehudim be-Estonyah, 1942-1944 [Jewish Camps in Estonia, 1942-1944]

R929.343/E23G 
Edlund, Thomas Kent 
The German Minority Census of 1939: an Introduction and Register

R943.71 E33O
Ehl, Petr
Old Bohemian and Moravian Jewish Cemeteries

R977.866/E33Z 
Ehrlich, Walter 
Zion in the Valley: the Jewish Community of St. Louis

Q971.3 E36J 
Eker, Glen
Jews Resident in Ontario According to the 1851 to 1901 Censuses of Canada

R929.3089/E47L 
Ellman-Krüger, Angelika G. 
Library Resources for German-Jewish Genealogy

R909.04/E563 
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 17 Volumes, 1996

R909.04/E563 
Encyclopaedia Judaica - Decennial Book

R909.04/E563 
Encyclopaedia Judaica Yearbook, 1990-1991

R929.1/E56
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy

R940.5318/E56
Encyclopedia of the Holocaust

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R947.5 F174H
Faitelson, Aleks
Heroism & Bravery in Lithuania, 1941-1945

R929.4 F312R 
Feldblyum, Boris 
Russian-Jewish Given Names: Their Origins and Variants

R 974.71 F834L

Franks, Abigail

The Lee Max Friedman collection of American Jewish Colonial Correspondence: Letters of the Franks Family, 1733-1748

R943.8/F848T
Frazin, Judith R
A Translation Guide to 19th-Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents: Birth, Marriage and Death Records

R947.5 F853E
Freedman, Chaim
Eliyahu's Branches : the Descendants of the Vilna Gaon (of Blessed and Saintly Memory) and His Family

R943/F931
From a Ruined Garden: the Memorial Books of Polish Jewry

R943.155/G295
Gedenkbuch Berlins der judischen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus

R929.374/G326
Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area

R909.049/G465I 
Gilbert, Martin 
The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilization: 4,000 years of Jewish History

R929.4 G673J
Gorr, Shmuel
Jewish Personal Names: Their Origin, Derivation, and Diminutive Forms

R947.5 G798J 
Greenbaum, Masha 
The Jews of Lithuania: A History of a Remarkable Community, 1316-1945

R947/G885J
Gruber, Ruth Ellen
Jewish Heritage Travel: Guide to Central and Eastern Europe

R929.374/G326 
Guzik, Estelle M. 
Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area New York, NY: Compiled and Published by the Jewish Genealogical Society, 1989

973.0431/G373

Helbich, Wolfgang & Kamphoefner, Walter D.

German-American Immigration and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective

R976.369/H659F 
Hinchin, Martin I. 
Fourscore and Eleven: a History of the Jews of Rapides Parish, 1828-1919 

R976.369/H659I 
Hinchin, Martin I. 
An Index of "Four Score and Eleven": a History of the Jews of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, 1828-1919 

R949.618/I8

Istanbul Ulus Askenaz Mezarligi Gomu Listesi

Note:  Ashkenazim Jewish epitaphs; Turkey, Istanbul

R929.1/J59F
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston
15th Summer Seminar on Jewish Genealogy: Boston, Beacon of Heritage, Syllabus

R929.1/ J59T
Jewish Genealogical Society of St. Louis
Tracing your Jewish Family Tree: its Roots and Branches

R947.5/V762 
Jewish State Museum of Lithuania 
Vilniaus Getas (Vilna Ghetto); List of Prisoners

R929.42/J77G 
Jones, George 
German-American Surnames 

943.155 J92
Judische Friedhofe in Berlin [Jewish Cemeteries in Berlin]

R929.4/K11D 
Kaganoff, Benzion C.
A Dictionary of Jewish Names and their History

R947.78/K15 
Kaminits-Podolsk and its Environs: A Memorial Book of the Jewish Communities in the Cities of Kaminits-Podolsk, Balin, Dunivits, Zamekhov, Zhvanets, Minkovitz, Smotrich, Frampol, Kupin, and Kitaygorod Annihilated by the Nazis in 1941 

731.549 K27S

Keister, Douglas.

Stories In Stone: A Field Guide to Cemetery Symbolism and Iconography

R929.4 K81C
Kolatch, Alfred J.
Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names

R944/K631 
Klarsfeld, Serge 
Memorial de la Deportation des Juifs de France

R944/K63A 
Klarsfeld, Serge 
Additif au Memorial de la Deportation des Juifs de France

R940.5318/K63F
Klarsfeld, Serge
French Children of the Holocaust: a Memorial

R976.335/K84E
Korn, Bertram Wallace
The Early Jews of New Orleans

R929.3089/K93S 
Kronik, Aleksander
Some Archival Sources for Ukrainian-Jewish Genealogy

R929.1/K96 
Kurzweil, Arthur 
From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History

R929.1/E56 
Kurzweil, Arthur and Weiner, Miriam, editors 
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Genealogy

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R943.83/L263
Landsmen : Quarterly Publication of the Suwalk-Lomza Interest Group for Jewish Genealogists

975.8724/L668S

Levy, B. H.

Savannah's old Jewish Community Cemeteries

R978/L696W 
Libo, Kenneth, and Howe, Irving 
We Lived There Too: In their own Words and Pictures - Pioneer Jews and the Westward Movement of America 1630-1930

R941 L722S
Lifshitz, Jacob
Sefer ha-Brigadah ha-Yehudit [History of the Jewish Infantry Brigade Group]

R943.858/M152S
Maciagowski, Marek and Kotlicki, Yaacov 
Sztetl Łopuszno--pamięć przetrwała = Shtetl Łopuszno--the Memory Survived  

R929.2/ P554M

Makovsky, Donald I.

The Philipsons : the First Jewish Settlers in St. Louis, 1807-1858

R929.5/M534P
Menachemson, Nolan
A Practical Guide to Jewish Cemeteries

R929.4/M545D

Menk, Lars

A Dictionary of German-Jewish Surname

R929.1/M578D
Meshenberg, M. 
Documents Of Our Ancestors: A Selection of Reproducible Genealogy Forms and Tips for Using Them

R975.437/M613O
Meyer, Simon
One Hundred Years: an Anthology – Charleston Jewry

R929.1 M716G
Mokotoff, Gary
Getting Started in Jewish genealogy

R940.5318/M919H 
Mokotoff, Gary. 
How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust

R914.709/M716W 
Mokotoff, Gary 
Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust

R914.7/M716W
Mokotoff, Gary 
WOWW Companion: A Guide to Communities Surrounding Central & Eastern European Towns

R947/E13
Moore, Deborah Dash (Ed.)
East European Jews in Two Worlds: Studies from the Yivo Annual

R929.5/M87
Morris, Susan
A Traveler's Guide to Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries of the California Gold Rush

R929.3/M899H
Moser, Geraldine
Hamburg Passengers from the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Empire: Indirect Passage to New York, 1855-June, 1873

R920/O74P 
Ornish, Natalie 
Pioneer Jewish Texans: Their Impact on Texas and American History for Four Hundred Years, 1590-1990

Q974.9 O77I
Ortner, Peter
Images of MetroWest, 1985: Brief Documentation of our MetroWest Jewish Community in Photographs and Test

Q977.132 P778I
Polster, Gary Edward
Inside Looking Out: the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Asylum, 1868-1924 

975.1/P924

Preisler, Julian H.

Jewish cemeteries of the Delmarva Peninsula: A Burial Index for  Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore

Q977.17/ H217

Remler, Mary H., Ed.

Hamilton County, Ohio, Burial Records; v. 15. Walnut Hills United Jewish Cemetery, 1850-2002

R947.5/R475J 
Rhode, Harold & Sack, Sallyann 
Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists and Other Jewish Holdings in the Lithuanian Archives

R975.004/R813J
Rosen, Robert N.
The Jewish Confederates

R296.61 R815Z
Rosenstein, Emanuel
Latter Day Leaders, Sages, and Scholars: Born Between Late 18th and Early 20th Century

R929.2/R815U 
Rosenstein, Neil 
The Unbroken Chain: Biographical Sketches and Genealogy of Illustrious Jewish Families from the 15^th and 20^th Century

R929.1/R851F 
Rottenberg, Dan 
Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy

Q 949.8/R936

Rumania! Rumania! : Family Finder: Jewish Family Names and Ancestral Towns in Yesterday's Banat, Transylvania, Maramures, Wallachia, Bessarabia, Bukovina, Moldavia, Dobruja and Today's Romania, Moldova, Southwestern Ukraine

R929.1/A962
Sack, Sallyann Amdur and Mokotoff, Gary, editors
Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy

R929.1089/S121G 
Sack, Sally 
A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Resources in Israel

R929.2/I85S
Sackheim, George
Scattered Seeds: the Descendents of Rabbi Israel, One of the Martyrs of Rozanoi, Who Perished on the Second Day of Rosh Hashonah 5420.

R973.049/S215S 
Sanders, Ronald 
Shores of Refuge: a Hundred Years of Jewish Emigration

R929.1/S454F
Segal, Joshua L.
A Field Guide to Visiting a Jewish Cemetery

R973.8992/S582R 
Silberman, Shoshanah
Resource Guide: the Eastern European Immigration to the United States

R 976.335/ S611J 
Jews of New Orleans : an Archival Guide 

R929.4/S617J 
Singerman, Robert
Jewish and Hebrew Onomastics

R369.1/S761J
Spivak, Michele
Jewish War Veterans of the United States

941/S813N

Steel, Donald John

National index of Parish Registers: v. 3. Sources for Roman Catholic and Jewish Genealogy and Family History

R929.1/S839A 
Stern, Malcolm H. 
Americans of Jewish Descent; A Compendium of Genealogy

R929.1/S839F
Stern, Malcolm H.
First American Jewish families: 600 genealogies, 1654-1988

975.8724/S839S

Stern, Malcolm H.

The Sheftall Diaries: Vital Records of Savannah Jewry (1733-1808)

R971/B615 
Tapper, Lawrence F. 
A Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Jewry, 1909-1914: From the Canadian Jewish Times

R929.4/T413 
These are the Names: Studies in Jewish Onomastics. Vols. 1 & 2 

R943.8/U72M
Urbanski, Krzysztof
The Martyrdom and Extermination of the Jews in Kielce During World War II  

R943.8/V929S
Volovici, Hanna
Sources on Polish Jewry at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People

R929.438/W423J 
Weiner, Miriam
Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories

R947.71/ W423J 
Weiner, Miriam 
Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories

R943.83 W811J
Wisniewski, Tomasz
Jewish Bialystok and Surroundings in Eastern Poland: a Guide for Yesterday and Today

R929.1089/W989F
Wynne, Suzan F. 
Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia: a Resource Guide

R929.1089/Z93S
Zubatsky, David S. 
Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories

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