Archives

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REGIONAL
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NATIONAL

• American Jewish Archives

- Genealogy Guide
- Search Catalog

• American Jewish Committee Archives

• American Jewish Historical Society

• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Archives

• Brandeis Library Judaica Collection

• Center for Jewish History

• Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) or (NSDAR)
  - DAR Genealogical Research System
  - DAR Ancestor Search
  - DAR Genealogical Records Committee Index
  - Search the DAR Library Catalo

• Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)

• Jewish Studies Archive Collection (JSTOR) - 50 Journal Titles

• Jewish Theological Seminary Library Special Collections - Makor Search

- Includes over 500 Ketubot

• Jewish Women's Archive

  • Colonial Period in the US

  • Colonial Entrepreneurs

• Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica at University of Pennsylvania

• National Museum and Archives of American Jewish Military History

• National Sephardic Library & Archives

• Temple University (Philadelphia) Libraries Special Collections Research Center

• University of Michigan Library Judaic Studies Collection

• Yale University Judaica Collection

REGIONAL

• The Breman Museum and Archive in Atlanta

  • Oral History Archives - 1000 interviews now searchable in JewishGen USA Database!

• Institute of Southern Jewish Life

  • Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities

• Library of Congress Religious Collections in Libraries and Archives: A Guide to Resources in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia

• Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience

  • Family Surname Finding Aid coming soon!

• New England Jewish History Collaborative

• Shapell Manuscript Foundation

• Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)

  • Jewish Genealogical Resources at NEHGS

STATE

• Brooklyn Jewish Center Digital Archives - NY

• Brooklyn Jewish Historical Initiative - NY

• Catskills Institute Archives at Northeastern University - NY

• Cleveland Jewish Archives at Western Reserve Historical Society - OH
  Library Catalog
  WRHS Genealogy Index

• Congregation Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives in Richmond - VA

• Detroit Jewish Community Archives - MI

• Documenting Maine Jewry - ME

• Early New York Synagogue Archives - Shearith Israel, B’nai Jeshrun, Ansche Chesed, Kane St. Synagogue, and Eldridge Street Synagogue

• Goldsmith Schiffman Archival Collection at the University of Alabama Huntsville Department of Archives and Special Collections

• Houston Jewish History Archive - TX

• Jewish Heritage Collection at the College of Charleston - SC

  • Field Work Files

  • Holocaust-Related Manuscript Collection

  • Library Catalog

  • Mapping Jewish Charleston

  • Oral History Archives

  • The Holocaust Quilt Project Surname Index

• Jewish Museum and Archives of Maryland - MD

• Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center at Temple University - PA

• Rauh Jewish Archives - PA

• Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project - NV

• Washington State Jewish Archives - WA