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==Online Resources== | |||
==== Jewish Cemeteries ==== | |||
* [https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Register] (JOWBR) at JewishGen -- [https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/tree/CemList.php index]; The largest international Jewish burial database | |||
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'''BillionGraves''' | |||
[[ | * [https://billiongraves.com/ Search engine] - The 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. | ||
* [https://billiongraves.com/search/cemetery Cemetery search] | |||
'''Mount of Olives Cemetery''' | |||
* [https://mountofolives.co.il/en/ Website] - A website dedicated to the Mount of Olives Cemetery, including a grave search, stories about the deceased, maps, and other resources. | |||
==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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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
Jewish Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
- JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Register (JOWBR) at JewishGen -- index; The largest international Jewish burial database
BillionGraves
- Search engine - The 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.
- Cemetery search
Mount of Olives Cemetery
- Website - 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.