Sephardic Genealogy: Israel, Jewish Genealogy

Genealogy oriented

Israel Genealogy Society
Registration of Births, Marriages, Divorces & Deaths, 19th Century Eretz Yisrael

Sharsheret Hadorot article by S. Shamir (Vol.18, No.2, May 2004)

Censuses in Eretz Yisrael End of 19th-20th century

Sharsheret Hadorot article by S. Shamir (Vol.18, No.1, February 2004)

Beth Hatefutsoth
Yad Vashem - name search online

Databases

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

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.)

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

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Bibliography

For a more complete extensive bibliography

Malka, Jeffrey S.

Sephardic Genealogy:
Discovering Your Sephardic Ancestors and Their World.
Avotaynu, 2002. Click here for Table of Contents and to order.
Indispensible. The ONLY comprehensive book for Sephardic Genealogy. -- History, research methods, archives, surnames, maps, bibliography, and more.

Tagger, Mathilde and Kerem, Yitchak

Guidebook for Sephardic and Oriental Genealogical Sources in Israel .
Avotaynu, 2006.
Order from Avotaynu now. Thorough detailed guide to resources available in Israel. A must before a trip to Israel.

Sack, SallyAnn Amdur

Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Israel .
Avotaynu, 1995.
Order from Amazon Books now. Very useful guide to resources available in Israel. A must before a trip to Israel.

Gaon, Moshe David

Yehudei ha-Mizrah be-erets Yisrael.
Jerusalem. 1938.
Vol II is a biographical dictionary of Oriental Jews in Eretz Israel.

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