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==Online Resources== | |||
'''JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Register (JOWBR)''' - A massive Jewish burial database with over 4.2 million entries from 143 countries. Includes 712 cemeteries in Israel with over 1.6 million burials recorded. | |||
''Must be logged in to access search results. Membership is free, donations are encouraged'' | |||
* [https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ Search engine] | |||
* [https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.php Index] of all cemeteries included in the database, including Israel | |||
*[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ | '''Billion Graves''' - World's largest headstone database with digitized images and transcriptions. According to the website, all of the cemeteries in Israel have been digitized and are included in this database. | ||
''Open access, no membership required'' | |||
* | * [https://billiongraves.com/ Search engine] | ||
* [https://billiongraves.com/search/cemetery Cemetery search] | |||
'''Mount of Olives Cemetery -''' A website dedicated to the Mount of Olives Cemetery, including a grave search, stories about the deceased, maps, and other resources. | |||
* [https://mountofolives.co.il/en/ Website] | |||
[[ | ==Burial Societies== | ||
*[http://genealogy.org.il/resources/burial-societies/ Burial Societies in Israel] - Very helpful information if you are trying to find where someone was buried in Israel. Each burial society maintains their own records of burials and can be contacted for more information. | |||
*[http://www.kadisha.biz/showitem.aspx?levelid=59868 Tel Aviv Burial Society Database Search Engine] | |||
*[http://www.stevemorse.org/hebrew/kadisha.html Steve Morse Translating Aid] | |||
==For Further Reading== | |||
*Read the [[Jewish Cemeteries|'''Jewish Cemeteries''']] article. | |||
*[http://genealogy.org.il/tidbits-graves-israel/ '''Tidbits about Graves in Israel,''' by Dahn Cukier] | |||
*[http://genealogy.org.il/resources/ '''Hebrew Acronyms on Tombstones and Death Registers'''] Downloadable Chart. | |||
*[https://bloodandfrogs.com/2020/03/deciphering-jewish-gravestones.html '''Deciphering Jewish Gravestones'''], by Philip Trauring. Long article on understanding Hebrew epitaphs, including a 34-page PDF version. | |||
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In other languages: עבריתOnline Resources[edit | edit source]
JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Register (JOWBR) - A massive Jewish burial database with over 4.2 million entries from 143 countries. Includes 712 cemeteries in Israel with over 1.6 million burials recorded.
Must be logged in to access search results. Membership is free, donations are encouraged
- Search engine
- Index of all cemeteries included in the database, including Israel
Billion Graves - World's largest headstone database with digitized images and transcriptions. According to the website, all of the cemeteries in Israel have been digitized and are included in this database.
Open access, no membership required
Mount of Olives Cemetery - A website dedicated to the Mount of Olives Cemetery, including a grave search, stories about the deceased, maps, and other resources.
Burial Societies[edit | edit source]
- Burial Societies in Israel - Very helpful information if you are trying to find where someone was buried in Israel. Each burial society maintains their own records of burials and can be contacted for more information.
- Tel Aviv Burial Society Database Search Engine
- Steve Morse Translating Aid
For Further Reading[edit | edit source]
- Read the Jewish Cemeteries article.
- Tidbits about Graves in Israel, by Dahn Cukier
- Hebrew Acronyms on Tombstones and Death Registers Downloadable Chart.
- Deciphering Jewish Gravestones, by Philip Trauring. Long article on understanding Hebrew epitaphs, including a 34-page PDF version.