An Introduction to the National Library of Israel’s Genealogy rich collections. By Aviad Rosenberg

1. Introduction to the National Library of Israel’s Genealogy collections

2. Through the sands of time
• Jewish genealogy is a broad, multi-faceted
discipline.
• The researcher needs to be acquainted with
the history of cities, countries and their
changes throughout the ages;
• He has to know how to find archives
throughout the world, dig through cemetery
records, browse old newspapers and climb all
the branches of well-known family trees.

3. Background to genealogy in books.

4. Merhav search system
www.nli.org.il

5. When you
search for
“Family”

6. 0
JNUL Jewish Communities card index
The old way
– thinking
out of the
box to find
the right
subject

7. Biographies
• General Biographies (‫לדוגמה‬:‫רבנים‬:‫הרבנים‬ ‫אוצר‬,‫גליציה‬ ‫מאורי‬,
‫ישורון‬ ‫מלכי‬,‫רבנן‬ ‫מלכי‬;‫וסופריו‬ ‫רבניו‬ ‫דור‬,‫וכו‬ ‫ההספדים‬ ‫מפתח‬'.
• By profession or other factor :‫לחסידות‬ ‫אנציקלופדיה‬;‫רופאים‬,
‫ארץ‬ ‫של‬ ‫רופאיה‬-‫ישראל‬1799-1948‫בארץ‬ ‫והאמנים‬ ‫האמנות‬-‫ישראל‬
)
• By location: (‫תדהר‬,‫סוקולוב‬ ‫נחום‬,‫אישים‬‫קהילות‬ ‫פנקסי‬‫קהילת‬ ‫פנקס‬
‫פרנקפורט‬)
• Families ‫ארם‬ ‫בין‬ ‫העץ‬ ‫קורות‬-‫לצפת‬ ‫צובה‬
• Circumcision records ‫במחוז‬‫וירטמבורג‬
• Tombstones ‫מצבות‬‫שאלוניקי‬
• ‫טלפונים‬ ‫ספרי‬,‫ומוסדות‬ ‫ספר‬ ‫בתי‬ ‫של‬ ‫בוגרים‬ ‫ספרי‬
• Genealogical Records ‫יעקובי‬ ‫פאול‬ ‫אוסף‬‫גור‬ ‫שמואל‬ ‫ארכיון‬

8. The item in the library catalog
Biographical
info in
introductions

9. Bibliography of the Hebrew book - Author information

10. School records (Tachkemoni, Jaffa 1901)

11. Public records

12. Family trees
Family tree
collection

13. Archival materials
• Rabbi Elyashar Archive
• Shmuel Gorr archive
• Documents from the Yishuv - Jerrusalem
• Buckarian Jews Archive
• Meschulach collection
• Paul Jakobi collection
• Moroccan cemetery

14. Horodna Kollel, Jerusalem, 1886

17. Sefer ha-prenumeranṭn
Book Subscription lists

18. ‫הספר‬ ‫שער‬
‫למפעל‬ ‫קישור‬
‫לקטלוג‬ ‫קישור‬

22. His mother’s name, as
well as her
predecessors

23. Dedications
‫הספרייה‬ ‫בקטלוג‬ ‫הפריט‬ ‫הספרייה‬ ‫בקטלוג‬ ‫הפריט‬
A book about
circumcision
dedicated at
a wedding
A book about
marriage
dedicated at
a bar mitzvah

26. Historical Jewish Press

27. Historical Jewish Press

28. Historical Jewish Press

29. For further
information:
‫הדת‬ ‫מחזיקי‬
‫הלבנון‬

30. Old cemetery
records

32. Online Grave resources
• JOWBR
• Mt. of Olives,
• Tel Aviv Chevra Kadisha,
• ‫נשמה‬ ‫אתר‬
• ‫אהלי‬‫צדיקים‬

33. ephemera

34. From the Paul Jacobi Collection
International
Institute for
Jewish
Genealogy and
Paul Jacobi
Center (JNUL)

35. Kettubah
collection
A Ketubbah,
Morrocco, 1838

36. ‫עם‬ ‫עטר‬ ‫בן‬ ‫יעקב‬ ‫בת‬ ‫מרים‬ ‫של‬ ‫אירוסין‬ ‫שטר‬
‫נבון‬ ‫ניסים‬ ‫בן‬ ‫יוסף‬,‫יצחק‬ ‫הנשיא‬ ‫של‬ ‫הוריו‬
‫נבון‬;‫עטר‬ ‫אבן‬ ‫יעקב‬ ‫ארכיון‬

37. ‫יד‬ ‫וכתבי‬ ‫ארכיונים‬ ‫מחלקת‬
‫חברת‬ ‫פנקס‬"‫ואמת‬ ‫חסד‬"‫בעיר‬‫ריגייו‬
(REGGIO EMILIA)‫השנים‬ ‫מן‬‫תק‬"‫ב‬-‫תקל‬"‫ח‬;
‫מצבות‬ ‫על‬ ‫כתובות‬‫פרנקפורט‬ ‫בעיר‬
‫גורן‬ ‫נתן‬‫של‬ ‫האוטוגרפים‬ ‫באוסף‬‫שבדרון‬
‫גולדברג‬ ‫יעקב‬ ‫של‬ ‫האוטוגרפים‬ ‫אוסף‬
‫כנסת‬ ‫בית‬ ‫של‬ ‫חשבונות‬ ‫פנקס‬
‫משפחה‬ ‫עצי‬

38. Children
born
in the
detention
camp in
Cyprus

39. Pinkas of the Hevra Kaddisha of Slutzk, 1639-1924

40. Locations
• Ancient Maps of Jerusalem
Historical Maps of Israel
• World Maps
http://www.oldmapsonline.org/

42. CD-ROM Databases
•*‫של‬ ‫בירושלים‬ ‫הבינלאומי‬ ‫הגנאלוגי‬ ‫לכנס‬ ‫שהוכן‬ ‫התקליטור‬IAJGS‫על‬ ‫גנאלוגי‬ ‫חומר‬ ‫ובו‬
‫א‬"‫י‬(‫יעקבי‬ ‫של‬ ‫במונוגרפיות‬ ‫המוזכרים‬ ‫השמות‬ ‫כל‬ ‫את‬ ‫היתר‬ ‫בין‬ ‫כולל‬()‫מס‬'
‫מערכת‬:002393525,‫הקיטלוג‬‫התקליטור‬ ‫תוכן‬ ‫כל‬ ‫את‬ ‫מכיל‬)
•*‫אבני‬‫זכרון‬(001865976" :)Based on the manuscript Avnei zikaron by Samuel
Zvi Weltsman of Kalisz".Compiled from the original document located in the
Jewish National and University Library, Department of Manuscripts and
Archives, Ms. Heb. Octavo 1937 (1-2), and from a copy, Ms. 487 of the Jewish
Historical Institute, Warsaw
•*FRANK FAMILY TREE
•*‫הקראים‬ ‫היהודים‬ ‫של‬ ‫העלמין‬ ‫בית‬ ‫מצבות‬‫בצ‬'‫ופוט‬-‫קלעה‬,‫קרים‬(002624290)
•*Bibliography on German-Jewish family research
•*Russians to America, 1850-1896 [electronic resource] : passenger and
immigration lists.(002489974
•*Jewish records in the Family History Library catalog [electronic resource] : as
of 1 February 2001.(002489963
•* Family tree of the Jewish people [electronic resource2000(002489977).A
searchable compilation of family trees of Jewish researchers consisting of
approximately 1.8 million entries

43. Databases
•‫אבותינו‬
•http://www.jewishgen.org/
•‫היהודי‬ ‫החינוך‬ ‫אוצרות‬
•‫רא‬"‫י‬–‫ארץ‬ ‫רשומות‬-‫ישראל‬
•Jewish Link
•‫דינור‬,‫ישראל‬ ‫עם‬ ‫של‬ ‫להיסטוריה‬ ‫המשאבים‬ ‫מרכז‬
•‫סרוקים‬ ‫ספרים‬ ‫אתרי‬
•‫אוצר‬‫החכמה‬
•‫רשימת‬‫אתרי‬‫ספרים‬‫סרוקים‬‫ב‬‫איגוד‬‫ספרני‬‫היהדות‬

44. Encyclopedias
•‫דעת‬ ‫אנציקלופדיה‬
•Elektronnaia evreiskaia Entsiklopedia
•Encyclopaedia Judaica (Online edition)
Holocaust EncyclopediaUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
•Jewish EncyclopediaOver 15,000 articles and illustrations, originally published
between 1901-1906.
•Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia.
Over 1,700 biographies, 300 thematic essays, and 1,400 photographs and
illustrations on a wide range of Jewish women through the centuries.

45. •
YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
Provides the most complete picture of the history and culture of
the Jews in Eastern Europe.
Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World
The Encyclopedia covers an area of Jewish history, religion and
culture. It covers all five volumes of the print edition and includes
2000 illustrations and fills the gap in academic reference literature
on the Jews of Muslim lands particularly in the late medieval, early
modern and modern periods.
•‫ובוניו‬ ‫היישוב‬ ‫לחלוצי‬ ‫תדהר‬ ‫אנציקלופדיה‬. Compiled and published by
David Tidhar
A project of Touro College Libraries. (Hebrew with English
interface)
Encyclopedias