David, Jo. How to Trace Your Jewish Roots: Disovering Your Unique History. New York: Kensington Pub., 2000. Call no. Local History Ref CS21.D38 2000 (2nd floor open shelf).
Jewish Genealogy Yearbook 2000. International Association for Jewish Genealogical Societies, 2000. Call no. folio E184.312 .I77 2000. Handouts from the 20th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
JewishGen (Web site) http://www.jewishgen.org/. This free website has a number of helpful research tools.
Kurzweil, Arthur. From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 2001. Call no. Local History Ref CS21.K87 2001 (2nd floor open shelf).
Regenstein, Janice Mendenhall. Jewish Genealogy Worldwide: An Annotated Bibliography of Books on Jewish Local History and Other Subjects of Use to Genealogists. Wichita, KS: Family Heritage Institute, 1981. Call no. folio Z6366.R44.
Rottenberg, Dan. Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy. New York: Random House, 1977. Call no. CS3010.R57 (2nd floor open shelf).
Schwartzberg, Jenny. A Catalog of Judaica in the Newberry Library. Newberry Library, 1998. Call no. Ref Z6621.N662 J49 1998 (3rd floor, checklist table.)
Schwarzberg, Jenny. Hebrew Books in the Newberry Library. Newberry Library, 1998. Call no. Ref Z6621.N662 H43 1998 (3rd floor, checklist table.).
Singerman, Robert. Judaica Americana: A Bibliography of Publications to 1900. 2 vols. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. Call no. Ref Z6373.U5 S58 1990 (3rd floor open shelf).
Zubatsky, David S. Jewish Genealogy: A Sourcebook of Family Histories and Genealogies. New York: Garland Pub., 1984-1990. Call no. Local History Ref Z6374.B5 Z79 1984 (2nd floor open shelf).
Blatt, Warren. Resources for Jewish Genealogy in the Boston Area. Boston: Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston, 1996. Call no. folio Z6374.B5 B53 1996.
Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area. Ed. Estelle M. Guzik. New York: Jewish Genealogical Society, 1989. Call no. Local History Ref Z5313.U6 N523 1989 (2nd floor open shelf).
Beare, Arlene. A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Latvia and Estonia. London: Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain, 2001. Call no. DS135.L3 B43 2001.
Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Germany and Austria. Ed. Thea Skyte et al. London: Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain, 2001. Call no. DS135.G3 G854 2001.
Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists and Other Jewish Holdings in the Lithuanian Archives. Comp. Harold Rhode and Sallyann Amdur Sack. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1996. Call no. folio CS879.6 R48 1996.
Sack, Sallyann Amdur. A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel. Rev. ed. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1995. Call no. Local History Ref Z6374.B5 S23 1995 (2nd floor open shelf).
Weiner, Miriam. Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories. Secaucus, NJ: Miriam Weiner, 1997. Call no. folio DS135.P6 W37 1997.
Weiner, Miriam. Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories. Secaucus, NJ: Miriam Weiner, 1999. Call no. folio DS135.U4 W46 1999.
Wenzerul, Rosemary. A Beginner's Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Great Britain. London: Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain, 2000. Call no. Local History Ref DS135.E5 B43 2000 (2nd floor open shelf).
Wynne, Suzan F. Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia: A Resource Guide. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1998. Call no. Local History Ref CS878.G35 W96 1998 (2nd floor open shelf).
Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1996. Call no. Local History Ref CS3010.B419 1996 (2nd floor open shelf).
Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1993. Call no. Local History Ref CS3010.B43 1993 (2nd floor open shelf).
Also see http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com for biographical entries circa 1900.
Cohn-Sherbok, Dan. The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica. Oxford: Blackwell Reference, 1992. Call no. Ref Ref BM50.C615 1992 (3rd floor open shelf). Includes some biographical entries.
A Directory of Distinguished British Jews, 1830-1930, with selected compilations extending from 1830-2000. Comp. Michael Jolles. London: Jolles Publications, 2000. Call no. folio DS135.E55 J65 1999.
Distinguished Jews of America. Vol. 2. Toledo, OH: Distinguished Jews of America Pub. Co., 1918. Call no. E461.237.
Rosenbloom, Joseph R. A Biographical Dictionary of Early American Jews: Colonial Times Through 1900. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1960. Call no. Ref E184.J5 R63 (3rd floor open shelf).
Stern, Malcolm H. First American Jewish Families: 600 Genealogies, 1654-1988. Baltimore, MD: Ottenheimer Pub., 1991. Call no. Local History Ref CS59.S76 1991 (2nd floor open shelf).
Who's Who in American Jewry, 1938-1939. Ed. John Simons. New York: National News Association, 1939. Call no. E461.965.
Who's Who in the State of Israel. Ed. Alex M. Aurel-Ariely. Tel Aviv: Near and Middle East Who's Who Pub. Co., 1949. Call no. E461.616.
Wigoder, Geoffrey. Dictionary of Jewish Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. Call no. Ref DS115.W49 1991 (3rd floor open shelf).
Wininger, Salomon. Gross Judische National-Biographie. Cernauti: Druck "Orient", 1925-1932. 6 vols. Call no. E461.97. In German. Please specify surname on call slip.
Also see online Map Bibliographies at:
http://www.newberry.org/collections/mapoverview.html
JewishGen also has an online gazetteer at:
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker
LC G&M Austria-Hungary 1:75,000. Vienna: K.u.K. Militargeographisches Institut, 1873-1918. Call no. Microfiche 1179. Please specify fiche number. Fiche number cans be determined by using the index map (2nd floor, on top of bookcase near computers.)
Central and Eastern European Maps Selected from the Andrees Allgemeiner Handatlas of 1913. Call no. Microfiche 2818. Search by town name in indexes.
Cohen, Chester G. Shtetl Finder: Jewish Communities in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries in the Pale of Settlement of Russia and Poland, and in Lithuania, Latvia, Galicia, and Bukovina, and with names of residents. Los Angeles: Periday Co., 1980. Call no. folio DS135.R9 C58.
Mapa Polska. Warsaw: Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny, 1915-1939. Call no. Microfiche 1195. Please specify fiche number and number of editions. Fiche number and editions can be determined by using the index map (2nd floor, on top of bookcase near computers).
Mokotoff, Gary. Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust. Rev. ed. Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2002. Call no. DS135.E83 M65 2002 (2nd floor open shelf). Contemporary towns are listed alphabetically and by Soundex.
Also see online Passenger List Guide at:
http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/passengers.html
Germans to America, 1850-1897 (ongoing). Ed. Ira A. Glazier et al. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1988-. Call no. E184.G3 G38 1988 (2nd floor open shelf).
Index (Soundex) to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, July 1, 1902-Dec. 31, 1943. Call no. Microfilm 1042. Ask at the 2nd floor reference desk for the reel number for your Soundex code and for the guide to using this source. Note: The print on this microfilm is extremely small and very hard to read.
Migration from the Russian Empire: Lists of Passengers Asrriving at the Port of New York, 1875-1891. Ed. Ira A. Glazier. Call no. Local History Ref E184.R9 M54 1995 (2nd floor open shelf).
Moser, Geraldine. Hamburg Passengers from the Kingdom of Poland and the Russian Empire: Indirect Passage to New York, 1855-June 1873. Landsmen Press, 1996. Call no. folio E184.J5 M667 1996. Names are listed alphabetically and by date.
Sack, Sallyann Amdur. The Russian Consular Records Index and Catalog. New York: Garland, 1987. Call no. Local History Ref CS856.J4 S23 1987 (2nd floor open shelf). Indexes immigration, passport, visa, and related consular records of Russian citizens, primarily between 1917-1926.
Cohen, Rose Lerer and Saul Issroff. The Holocaust in Lithuania, 1941-1945: A Book of Remembrance. 4 vols. Hewlett, NY: Geffen Publishing House, 2002. Call no. folio DS135.L5 C55 2002. Vol. 1 contains a name index. Includes lists of victims, work camp lists, ghetto lists, and concentration camp lists.
From a Ruined Garden: The Memorial Book of Polish Jewry. Ed. Jack Kugelmass et al. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998. Call no. DS135.P6 F77 1998.
Mokotoff, Gary. How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1995. Call no. Local History Ref D804.3 M65 1995 (2nd floor open shelf).
Bregstone, Philip P. Chicago and Its Jews: A Cultural History. Philip P. Bregstone, 1933. Call no. F89621. J512.
The Chicago Jewish Community Blue Book. Chicago: Sentinel Pub. Co., ca. 1918. Call no. F548.9 J5 C54.
Chicago Jewish History. Chicago: Chicago Jewish Historical Society, 1977-. Call no. folio F548.9 J5 C57. Holdings: Vol. 1 (1977) - currently received.
Cutler, Irving. The Jews of Chicago: From Shtetl to Suburb. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996. Call no. folio F548.9 .J5 C87 1996.
Eliassof, Herman. The Jews of Illinois. Chicago: 1901. Call no. F896.258.
History of the Jews in Chicago. Ed. Hyman L. Meites. Reprint of 1924 ed. Chicago: Chicago Jewish Historical Society, 1990. Call no. folio F548.9 .J5 H57 1990. Includes biographical sketches and index.
Lane, George. Chicago Churches and Synagogues: An Architectural Pilgrimage. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1981. Call no. Ref NA5235.C4 L3 (3rd floor open shelf). Includes some photographs.
The Sentinel's History of Chicago Jewry, 1911-1986. Chicago: Sentinel Pub. Co., 1986. Call no. folio F548.9 J5 S3 1986.
Sorkin, Sidney. Bridges to an American City: A Guide to Chicago's Landsmanshaften, 1870-1990. New York: P. Lang, 1993. Call no. F548.9 J5 S67 1993.
The Standard Club's First Hundred Years. Chicago: Standard Club, 1969. Call no. folio HS2725.C4 S68.
Synagogues of Chicago. Chicago: Chicago Jewish Historical Society, 1991. Call no. folio BM225.C4 S9 1991. Historical information about synagogues extracted from Chicago city directories and telephone directories.
Avotaynu: The International Review of Jewish Genealogy. Teaneck, NJ: Gary Mokotoff, 1985-. Call no. Local History Ref CS3010.A86 (2nd floor open shelf).
Search. Niles, IL: Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, 1981-1991. Call no. Local History Ref CS3010.S43 (2nd floor open shelf). See Index in Vol. 11, No. 4.
Toledot: Journal of Jewish Genealogy. Flushing, NY: Toledot Press, 1977-1982. Call no. folio CS1.T65. Holdings: Vol. 1 (1977) - Vol. 4, No. 3 (1982).
Frazin, Judith R. A Translation Guide to 19th-Century Polish-Language Civil-Registration Documents. Northbrook, IL: Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois, 1989. Call no. Local History Ref CS871.F73 1984 (2nd floor open shelf).
Shea, Jonathan D. and William F. Hoffman. Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide. Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1994. Call no. Local History Ref CS14.S54 1994 (2nd floor open shelf).
This bibliography only contains a portion of the Newberry’s resources on Jewish history and genealogy. Search the online and card catalogs to find additional materials. The following subject headings may be helpful:
Jews – [locality]
Jews – [in locality]
Jews – Genealogy
Jews – [locality] – Genealogy
The Asher Library of the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, 618 S. Michigan Avenue (312-322-1749) has one of the best collections of Judaica in the Midwest. It also holds the Chicago Jewish Archives, a collection of papers from individuals, families, Jewish organizations, and synagogues.
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois has a small non-circulating research library. Call (847) 679-1995 for additional information. The 2000 edition of the Society's library catalog is available at the Newberry (Call no.folio Z6374.B5 J47).