Sephardic Databases for genealogy

CISS

CISS - Consolidated Index of Sephardic Surnames, from the Sephardic Databases on this website

52,827 Name Database Compiled by Jeffrey Malka
Includes names from the following Databases:

Constantine (Algeria) Voters 1880, Egypt Annuaire 1942-1943, Egypt Fargeon 1938, Faro Cemetery in Portugal, Index of Gaon's [Oriental Jews in Erets Israel], Montefiore 1839 Erets Israel Census (includes Sidon, Lebanon), Montefiore 1840 Alexandria Census, Index of Galante's Histoire des Juifs de Turquie, Index of Nehama's Juifs de Salonique, Index of Recanati Salonika 1943, Saloniki 16th century Synagogues and their memberships, Sephardic Ketubot from Diaspora, Mogador Illuminated Ketubot, Alexandria (Egypt) Rabbinate Marriage authorizations, Russe (Bulgaria) weddings (1898-1929), Arditti: Prominent Jews of Bulgaria in the 19th & 20th Centuries.

Rabbis: Sephardic Chief Rabbis Erets Israel, Chief Rabbis of Turkey, Bulgaria Chief Rabbis, Rabbis of Algeria, Malkhei Rabbanan [Rabbis of Morocco], Rabbis buried in Damascus 1650-1933 CE, Rabbis buried in Izmir 1540-1860 CE, Rabbis buried in Saloniki 1521-1800.

Deportees from France during WW II of Jews from: Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.

Surname Lists: North African surname database, All Balkans surname database, and lists at Sephardic Surnames

Sephardic Names

Jewish Surnames in North Africa by Mathilde Tagger

Over 12,000 surnames. Based on the onomastic studies of Maurice Eisenbeth, Abraham Laredo, Paul Sebag, Jacques Taieb, and Joseph Toledano.

Jewish Surnames in the Balkans by Mathilde Tagger

5,372 surnames. Based on several onomastic studies.

Sephardic Surnames of Northern European Communities by Mathilde Tagger

2,721 surnames. Based on several sources.

Sephardic Surnames of the Caribbean Communities by Mathilde Tagger

1,335 surnames. Based on several sources.

Sephardic Surnames of the Portuguese Isles by Mathilde Tagger

126 surnames. Based on several sources.

Sephardic Surnames from a number of Jewish Sephardic sources    by Jeffrey Malka
Sephardic Family Trees   Links to Sephardic Family Websites by Jeffrey Malka
Les Fleurs de l'Orient   (Link off-site) Sephardi families from the Ottoman Empire and Middle-East, 80,000+ individuals by Alain Farhi
List of 41,000 Sephardic Surnames   (Link off-site) by Harry Stein
Sepharades et Barbaresques    by Lionel Levi
Sephardic Studies   Contains a number of name lists

Databases by Country

Algeria
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )

Voters List in Constantine (Algeria) and its District in 1880

Rabbis of Algeria Database Annotated Index of Eliahu R. Marciano. Malkhei Yeshurun. Jerusalem, 2000

Jews from Algeria Deported from France in WWII

Austria

The Turkish Community of Vienna; Birth Register (1848-1938)

The Turkish Community of Vienna; Wedding Register (1846-1938)

Sephardic Graves - Vienna, Zentralfriedhof (Link off-site)

Bulgaria

Jews from Bulgaria Deported from France in WWII

Bulgaria's Chief Rabbis

Russe (Rutschuk) Wedding Register (1889-1929)

Index of Arditti: Prominent Jews of Bulgaria in the 19th & 20th Centuries ( Enlarged version)

Bulgarian Surnames - A Dictionary In Preparation

Egypt
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )

Prominent Jews in Egypt (1942-1943) (Annuaire des Juifs d'Egypte 1942 & 1943)
Fargeon, Maurice. Les Juifs d'Egypte des origines a nos jours. Cairo, 1938. Annotated Index.

Jews from Egypt Deported from France in WWII
Refugees from Erets Israel to Alexandria in WWI   (Link off-site)
1840 Montefiore Alexandria Census online   (Link off-site)
Marriage Authorizations by Alexandria rabbinate 1934-35   (Link off-site)

Eretz Israel (Land of Israel)
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )

Montefiore 1839 Census of Eretz Yisrael (Sephardim in the Montefiore 1839 Census)

Database Compiled by Mathilde Tagger and Rose Feldman

Gaon, Moshe David. [Oriental Jews in Eretz Yisrael], Jerusalem, 1938

Annotated Index Compiled by Mathilde Tagger

Sephardic Chief Rabbis in Erets Yisrael for the Period 1665-2007 by Mathilde Tagger

Index of Family Trees in the JNUL archives (Link off-site)

EIRI-Eretz Israel Records Indexing (Link off-site) by the Israel Genealogical Society.

More than 100,000 records and around 20,000 different surnames of individuals (click on "pdf file" to see records):
- Records from the Ottoman period (Mount of Olives gravestones, 2 Montefiore censuses British consulate records)
- WW II Records (Refugees in Alexandria, Jewish Legion soldiers, US citizens 1917)
- Records from the British Mandate (1922 British Mandate census, Name changes from 1921-1948 Palestine Gazette, 1929 riot victims, etc.)

Great Britain

JGS of Great Britain and JewishGen's searchable UK Databases (Link off-site)

British Protégés and Subjects in Erets Israel 1839-1914 (Link off-site)

Greece
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )

Nehama J. Histoire des Israelites de Salonique. Thessaloniki: 1936-1978. 7 vols.   Annotated Index. Compiled by Mathilde Tagger
Jews from Greece Deported from France in WWII
Rabbis buried in Saloniki 5281 - 5460 (1521 - 1800 C.E.)
Recanati, Aure. The Jewish Community of Salonika, 1943
16th Century Saloniki Synagogues and their memberships
Rhodes Jewish Cemetery - Names   (Link off-site)
Janina Holocaust Victims   (Link off-site)

Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, and Syria
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )

Jews from Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, and Syria Deported from France in WWII
Montefiore 1839 Census of Eretz Yisrael (Jews of Sidon (Saida) in Lebanon were counted in the Montefiore 1839 Census)

Database Compiled by Mathilde Tagger and Rose Feldman

Rabbis buried in Damascus 5410 - 5693 (1650 - 1933 C.E.)
Aleppo, Syria: Marriages and Burials (Link off-site)

Morocco
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )

Jews from Morocco Deported from France in WWII

Index of Ben Naim. Malkhei Rabbanan [Rabbis of Morocco]

Mogador (Essaouira) Illuminated Ketubot- Index of Book (1789-2003)

Essaouira - Mogador Cemeteries (Link off-site)

Searchable database of names and other identifying information from the cemeteries of Essaouira (Mogador), Morocco.

Casablanca Jewish Cemetery (5800+ tombstone photos) (Link off-site)

Agadir Jewish Cemetery (Link off-site)

Click on "Cimetiere Israelite d'Agadir" for photos and tombstone inscriptions.

1000 Maghrebians (Index of book by Abraham Elharar) - Searchable database (Link off-site)

Netherlands
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )

Beth Haim at Ouderkerk aan de Amstel Jewish Cemetery (Link off-site)

Searchable databases of Jewish Cemetery at Ouderkerk, Marriages in Mokum, Family Name adoptions, Portuguese marriages, etc.

Portugal
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )

Faro Cemetery in Portugal. Index of Burials (1838-1932)

Spain
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )

Search Ancient Toledo Tombstone Inscriptions

Tunisia
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )

Jews from Tunisia Deported from France in WWII

Malkhei Tarshish- Biographical Dictionary of Tunisia Rabbis; An annotated Index In Preparation

Turkey
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )

Jews from Turkey Deported from France in WWII
Chief Rabbis of Turkey: 1454-2007
Rabbis buried in Izmir 5300 - 5620 (1540 - 1860 C.E.)
Galante, A. [History of the Jews of Turkey]. Istanbul, 1941. 9v. Annotated index of the first four volumes

Istanbul Rabbinate Jewish Records (Marriage and Burial) (Link off-site)

35,000 Name Database Transcribed and Compiled by Dan Kazez and Volunteers

General Databases Off-site

French Archives in Aix en Provence

Online indexes of birth/wedding/death from French civil registers

Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP)

Database (on JewishGen). You will need to register and login to search this database.
Though mostly Ashkenazi families, there are Sephardic families too.
This is a very useful tool for researchers of the same families to find each other. While there register the families you are searching so others can contact you.

JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)

Searchable database of names and other identifying information from cemeteries and burial records worldwide, from the earliest records to the present.

Steve Morse's search engines

Permits you to easily search passenger ship records of immigrants to the US, US census records, etc.