Jewish Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

[[Image:{{YadV}}]]'''Archives''' collect and preserve original documents created by governments or religious institutions. '''Libraries''' collect published sources such as books, city directories, and maps. This section describes repositories of records for Jewish historical and genealogical research.  

If you plan to visit one of these repositories contact the organization and ask for information about their collection, hours, services, and fees.

<u>Remember, the FamilySearch Library may have a printed or microfilmed copy of the records you need.</u>

*Archivum: Revue Internationale des Archives Publiée avec le Concours Financier de l’UNESCO et sous les Auspices du Conseil Internationale des Archives (Archivum: International Listing of Archives Published with Financial Assistance of Unesco and under the Authority of the ICA). Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1992. (FS Library book 020.5 Ar25 v. 38). Much of the text is in English.

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), established in 1914, is the world’s leading Jewish humanitarian assistance organization. JDC works in more than 70 countries and in Israel. Comprising the organizational records of JDC, the overseas rescue, relief, and rehabilitation arm of the American Jewish community, the [https://archives.jdc.org/ JDC Archives] includes text documents, a large photograph collection, audio recordings, video recordings, and a research library. More than 2.6 million digitized pages of documents are available in PDF form through the [https://search.archives.jdc.org/ searchable online database]. The [https://archives.jdc.org/our-collections/names-index/ Names Index] holds more than 500,000 names and is a major source of information for genealogists and family historians. The [https://archives.jdc.org/our-shared-legacy/ Our Shared Legacy] page includes photograph galleries and a names search from the WWII era by location.

The '''American Jewish Archives''' has organizational records, family and personal papers, and synagogue records (many of the synagogue records have been filmed by the FamilySearch Library). An online catalog of the Archives’ holdings is available at:<br>  

[http://www.jmaw.org The Jewish Museum of the American West]: virtual museum with exhibits for every western state. Work in progress. They have indexes that are searchable by name and location. They publish a quarterly journal called '''''Western States Jewish History Quarterly''''' (since 1968) Copies are available at the Salt Lake FamilySearch Library and the the Los Angles Family Search Library (Santa Monica, CA). Copies are also available for purchase from the museum.<br><br>

*Bernard, Gildas. Les Familles Juives en France XVIe siècle–1815, Guide des Recherches Biographiques et Généalogiques (Jewish Families of France 14th century–1815, Guide to Biographal and Genealogical Research). Paris: Archives Nationales, 1990. (FS Library book 944 D27bg.) An inventory of Jewish records in the Departmental Archives of France.

*Elyashevich, Dmitri A. oymehtahe matepa o ctop ebpeeb b apxbax CH ctpah at (Documentary Sources on Jewish History in the Archives of the CIS and the Baltic States). Sankt-Peterburg: Akropol’, 1994. (FS Library book 943 A3e.) This is an inventory of records for the countries of the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States, which includes all the former Soviet Union except the Baltic states) and the Baltic states.

*Guzik, Estelle M. Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area. New York: Jewish Genealogical Society, 1989. (FS Library book 974.71 A3ge; fiche 6100654.)

*Rhode, Harold and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists, and Other Jewish Holdings in the Lithuanian Archives. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1996. (FS Library book 947.5 F23r.)

*Sallis, Dorit and Marek Web. Jewish Documentary Sources in Russia, Ukraine &amp; Belarus: a Preliminary List. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1996. (FS Library book 947 A3sd.)

*Weiner, Miriam. Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories. New York: YIVO, c 1997. (FS Library book 943.8 F2wm.)

*Weiner, Miriam. Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories. New York: YIVO, 1999. (FS Library book 947.71 F2w.)

The FamilySearch Library has copies of other published guides, catalogs, and inventories of some archives and libraries. Check for these records in the FamilySearch Catalog. Volunteers at the FamilySearch Library are also making an inventory of Jewish records in the collection.