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[[Image:Tbilisi Synagogue at Hanukkah.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tbilisi, Georgia, Synagogue at Hanukkah.]]''[[Jewish Genealogy Research|Jewish Genealogy ]] > Synagogue Records''<br> | [[Image:Tbilisi Synagogue at Hanukkah.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Tbilisi, Georgia, Synagogue at Hanukkah.]]''[[Jewish Genealogy Research|Jewish Genealogy ]] > Synagogue Records''<br> | ||
Records kept by officials of the synagogue varied from place to place. In the United States and some other countries these records often included:<br> | Records kept by officials of the synagogue varied from place to place. In the United States and some other countries these records often included:<br> | ||
*Minute books of congregational, board, and other meetings. | *Minute books of congregational, board, and other meetings. | ||
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*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=45982&disp=St.+Thomas%2C+Virgin+Islands++ ''St. Thomas, Virgin Islands: Records of Jews from Various Sources'']. Kingston, Jamaica: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. (FHL film 1012748.) Records of births, circumcisions, marriages, and burials from St. Thomas and Jamaica.<br> | *[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=45982&disp=St.+Thomas%2C+Virgin+Islands++ ''St. Thomas, Virgin Islands: Records of Jews from Various Sources'']. Kingston, Jamaica: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. (FHL film 1012748.) Records of births, circumcisions, marriages, and burials from St. Thomas and Jamaica.<br> | ||
Check for these records in the Family History Library Catalog using the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search], [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=generalsubjectsearch&columns=*,0,0 Subject Search], and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=keywordsearch&columns=*,0,0 Keyword Search]. | Check for these records in the Family History Library Catalog using the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0 Place Search], [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=generalsubjectsearch&columns=*,0,0 Subject Search], and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=keywordsearch&columns=*,0,0 Keyword Search]. | ||
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Revision as of 09:23, 4 August 2009
Jewish Genealogy > Synagogue Records
Records kept by officials of the synagogue varied from place to place. In the United States and some other countries these records often included:
- Minute books of congregational, board, and other meetings.
- Account books containing lists of members.
- Congregational and communal histories.
- Vital records including birth, circumcision, bar and bat mitzvah (coming of age ceremony for boys and girls), marriage, and death records.
Not all synagogues have these types of records. Many have been lost or destroyed or never existed. Those that did survive may be with the synagogue or may have been deposited in a Jewish archive or historical society.
The term Synagogue Records is not a library catalog subject heading. Synagogue records that are part of the Family History Library are cataloged under the subject Jewish Records. Many synagogue records from the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati have been microfilmed (see “Jewish Archives and Libraries”). Examples of synagogue records include:
- Synagogue birth records, 1786–1954 Cincinnati: American Jewish Archives, 1972. (FHL film 882930.) Birth records from the Jewish congregation on St. Thomas.
- St. Thomas, Virgin Islands: Records of Jews from Various Sources. Kingston, Jamaica: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977. (FHL film 1012748.) Records of births, circumcisions, marriages, and burials from St. Thomas and Jamaica.
Check for these records in the Family History Library Catalog using the Place Search, Subject Search, and Keyword Search.