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Acknowledgement:
Almost all the databases below were provided to SephardicGen by Mathilde Tagger.
They are the result of many years of careful dedicated work and we all bear an enormous debt of gratitude to Mathilde Tagger.

Menu of Database Groups:
Consolidated Index of Sephardic Surnames (CISS)   Index to databases
Sephardic Names
Gazetteer of Sephardic communities
Databases by Country
Shoah (Holocaust)
Sephardic ketubot
General Databases Off-site


The Databases

CISS
CISS - Consolidated Index of Sephardic Surnames, from the Sephardic Databases on this website   
73,882 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 * Calcutta Cemetery * 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 * Shumen cemetery burials, Bulgaria * Turkish Community of Vienna birth records * Turkish Community of Vienna marriage registers * Tombstones in Antique Cemetery of Venice * Sefarad Periodical Articles * Regne, Jews of Aragon * Leroy, Jews of Navarre * Assis, Jews of Santa Coloma * Castellon, Burriana & Villareal * Jews of Valencia * Lacave, Medieval Ketubot.

Rabbis: Sephardic Chief Rabbis Erets Israel * Chief Rabbis of Turkey * Bulgaria Chief Rabbis * Rabbis of Algeria * Malkhei Rabbanan [Rabbis of Morocco] * Index of Ovadia's Fes Rabbis (Fez vehakhamekha) * 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.
Deportees from France exterminated in Concentration Camps from Egypt, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey.
Sephardic dead at Bergen Belsen.

Surname Lists: North African surname database * All Balkans surname database * Northern European Surname database * Caribbean Surname database * Portuguese Isles 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

Gazetteer
Gazetteer of Localities with Jewish Communities in the Sephardic Diaspora   
Database Compiled by Mathilde Tagger
Search the Database for Communities and Places of Your Roots
(including alternative and old place names)

Databases by Country

Algeria
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )
Voters List in Constantine (Algeria) and its District in 1880
Philippeville cemetery - Click on "Inhumations" for burials data (names, dates, etc.)
Old Cemeteries of Algiers: Tombstone Inscriptions Annotated Index of Rabbi Isaac Bloch book (Paris, 1888)   
Algerian cemeteries - Click on registres.  (Link off-site)
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)   
Some Sephardim Buried in the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria   
Sephardic Graves - Vienna, Zentralfriedhof   (Link off-site)

Bulgaria
Jews from Bulgaria Deported from France in WWII
Bulgarian Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps
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 Jewish Casualties in Balkan Wars and WW1   
Burials in Shumen Cemetery   
The 1919 Directory of the Kingdom of Bulgaria   
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
Egyptian Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps
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.)
Helkat Mehokek: 8,092 tombstones from the Mount of Olives   (Link off-site)

France
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" and SHOAH section below )
French Jews exterminated in Concentration Camps

Great Britain
JGS of Great Britain and JewishGen's searchable UK Databases   (Link off-site)
British Proteges 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
Greek Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps
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)

India
Calcutta Cemetery Inscriptions
500 Tombstone pictures from 39 cemeteries in India by Isaac Solomon   (Link off-site)

Iraq, Lebanon, and Libya
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )
Jewish Surnames in Lebanon   
Jews from Iraq, Lebanon, and Libya 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

Italy
Venezia Ancient Cemetery
Name Index of Luzzatto's Gal Avanim, Trieste, 1851   
Surnames in Italy (Searchable)   (Link off-site)

Morocco
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )
Jews from Morocco Deported from France in WWII
Moroccan Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps
Index of Ben Naim. Malkhei Rabbanan [Rabbis of Morocco]
Index of Ovadia. Fas vehakhameiha [Fes and Her Rabbis]
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" )
Poor Sephardic Jews given Sedaka in Amsterdam to move elsewhere   
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.
Vaz Dias Index of Sephardic Name aliases   
93 Sephardic burials at Middleburg, Netherlands   (Link off-site)
Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands   Dutch Shoah victims (Link off-site) click on "news"

Portugal
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )
Faro Cemetery in Portugal. Index of Burials (1838-1932)   

Romania
Craiova War Memorial for Jews who perished in 1913, 1916-19.   

Spain
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )
Search Ancient Toledo Tombstone Inscriptions   
Jewish Surnames from the Periodical Sefarad 1941-2007   
Jewish names extracted from Hispania Judaica v.1: Regne, History of the Jews in Aragon   
Jewish names extracted from Hispania Judaica v.4: Leroy, Jews of Navarre   
Jewish names extracted from Hispania Judaica v.6: Assis, Jews of Santa Coloma de Queralt   
Jewish names extracted from Hispania Judaica v.8: Castellon, Burriana, Villareal   
Jewish names extracted from Hispania Judaica v.9: Valencia   
Jewish names extracted from Hispania Judaica v.11: Medieval Ketubot   

Syria
Jews from   Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, and Syria Deported from France in WWII
Rabbis buried in Damascus 5410 - 5693 (1650 - 1933 C.E.)
Aleppo, Syria: Marriages and Burials   (Link off-site)

Tunisia
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )
Jews from Tunisia Deported from France in WWII
Tunisian Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps

Turkey
(see also section "WEBSITES BY COUNTRY" )
Jews from Turkey Deported from France in WWII
Turkish Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps
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

Shoah (Holocaust)
Jews from Sephardic Lands Deported from France in WWII - Description
Jews from   Algeria Deported from France in WWII
Jews from   Bulgaria Deported from France in WWII
Jews from   Egypt Deported from France in WWII
Jews from   Greece Deported from France in WWII
Jews from   Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, and Syria Deported from France in WWII
Jews from   Morocco Deported from France in WWII
Jews from   Tunisia Deported from France in WWII
Jews from   Turkey Deported from France in WWII
Sephardim Interned in Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp
Bulgarian Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps
Egyptian Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps
French Jews exterminated in Concentration Camps
Greek Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps
Moroccan Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps
Tunisian Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps
Turkish Jews from France exterminated in Concentration Camps
Dutch Jews exterminated in Concentration Camps   (Link off-site)

Ketubot
Ketubot from the Sephardic Diaspora   
Mogador (Essaouira) Illuminated Ketubot- Index of Book (1789-2003)
Marriage Authorizations by Alexandria rabbinate 1934-35   (Link off-site)

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.


� Jeffrey Malka, 2007

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