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Resources by Region - Genealogy Guide: Resources at the Center for Jewish History - LibGuides at Center for Jewish History

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Resources by Region - Genealogy Guide: Resources at the Center for Jewish History - LibGuides at Center for Jewish History

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This web page is a specialized genealogical research guide hosted by the Center for Jewish History, specifically focusing on resources from the American Sephardi Federation organized by geographic region. The page serves as a comprehensive bibliographic resource for researchers tracing Sephardic Jewish ancestry across Europe and North Africa, providing detailed citations for historical records, cemetery documentation, marriage registers, and onomastic studies (name origin research) spanning several centuries. The content is meticulously organized by country and region, offering researchers access to primary source materials in multiple languages including Hebrew, Dutch, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Notable resources include the "Bevis Marks records" documenting the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation of London from 1940-49, which contains abstracts of birth, circumcision, and death registers along with Jewish marriage contracts (ketubot). For the Netherlands, the guide features extensive marriage records from The Hague and Amsterdam dating from the 17th to 19th centuries, while Greek resources include tombstone records from Salonica's Jewish cemetery. North African materials encompass demographic studies and naming patterns of Jewish communities in Morocco, Tunisia, and broader North African regions, with some records dating back to the 17th century. This resource represents significant academic and cultural value for Jewish genealogical research, particularly for those tracing Sephardic lineages dispersed after the 1492 Spanish expulsion. The target audience includes professional genealogists, academic researchers, and individuals conducting family history research within Sephardic communities. The materials documented here represent centuries of Jewish communal record-keeping and provide crucial links to understanding migration patterns, naming conventions, and community structures across the Sephardic diaspora. What makes this guide particularly valuable is its inclusion of call numbers for physical materials housed at the Center for Jewish History, along with specific notations about language, content scope, and indexing availability. The page also references supplementary resources available in the Genealogy Institute, such as name indexes on microfiche, making it a practical research tool rather than merely a bibliographic listing. The breadth of geographic coverage—from England to Turkey to North Africa—reflects the extensive dispersion of Sephardic communities and the Center's comprehensive collecting mission in preserving Jewish historical documentation.

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Resources by Region - Genealogy Guide: Resources at the Center for Jewish History - LibGuides at Center for Jewish History. (2025, 11 22). libguides.cjh.org. https://libguides.cjh.org/genealogyguides/cjh_resources/asf/resources_by_region

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Domain libguides.cjh.org
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Archived 2025-11-22T15:54:47.005733
Document ID #106
Languages 5 available