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The Family History Library has over 2,000 microfilms of German Jewish vital records that list births, marriages, and deaths. These vital records are an excellent source for accurate information about Jewish ancestors. Jewish records ''Jüdische Urkunden'' include records of Jews or Jewish congregations. The Family History Library also has other types of Jewish records, including synagogue records, records of Jewish taxpayers, Holocaust victims, and censuses. | The Family History Library has over 2,000 microfilms of German Jewish vital records that list births, marriages, and deaths. These vital records are an excellent source for accurate information about Jewish ancestors. Jewish records ''Jüdische Urkunden'' include records of Jews or Jewish congregations. The Family History Library also has other types of Jewish records, including synagogue records, records of Jewish taxpayers, Holocaust victims, and censuses. | ||
[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/German_Jewish_Records#Gatermann_films Gatermann films] for the Prussian Poland and former East Germany regions are kept at the Saxon State Archive in Leipzig, and are available through familysearch.org. | |||
To determine whether the Family History Library has Jewish records for the locality your ancestor came from, search the Place Search of the catalog under each of the following: | To determine whether the Family History Library has Jewish records for the locality your ancestor came from, search the Place Search of the catalog under each of the following: | ||