Databases and Lists
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Ancestry.com Card Catalog - search "Jewish" with "USA" - requires a subscription to view.
FamilySearch "Hebrew" USA Browsable Image Collections to date for Helena (under Deer Lodge) MT; Jefferson City, MO; Charleston, SC; Atlanta, GA; Akron, OH; and 30,000 images for Hebrew Union College Archive, Inventory, and Library Records, References, and Registers.
FamilySearch "Jewish" USA Browsable Image Collections to date for Harrison, TX; Providence, RI; Fort Wayne, IN; New Orleans, LA; Trinidad, CO; and misc. American Jewish Archives collections 1700-1960 including Brooklyn, NY; Sandusky, OH; New Orleans, LA; Albany, OR; Savannah, GA; and Detroit, MI.
First American Jewish Families, 3rd ed., Malcolm Stern - book is digitized and can browse by page.
First American Jewish Families Searchable Database or browse surnames in an alphabetical index and linked to page pdf.
First American Jewish Families on Geni - this is a partial and unverified tree.
Jewish Atlantic World Image Archives by Laura Leibman
JewishData.com - requires a subscription to view.
JewishGen USA Database
- AJHS Manuscript Collection
- JOWBR Burial Registry
- Memorial Plaques DatabaseModern-Day List of Jewish Organizations and Jewish Virtual Library List
Preliminary List of Jewish Soldiers and Sailors Who Served in the Spanish-American War (pub. 1900 in Amer. Jew. Yrbk.)
Works Progress Administration (WPA) American Guide Series - digitized by state and often included "church" inventories including synagogues.
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Southern Jewish Mayors (ISL)
NYC Area Landsmanshaften Burial Database - NYC Area
YIVO Landsmanshaftn Collection - NYC Area
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FamilySearch "Jew" USA Browsable Image Collections to date for California synagogues and Jewish groups held at Judah Magnes Collection, Berkeley.
Naturalizations of Jews in New York Under the Act of 1740 - NY