Five new databases and another five were updated this month on IGRA’s AID collection, adding over 33,509 new listings, many of them with images. With a variety of subjects, from immigration to military, from the Ottoman period to the Israel times after the British mandate, the following preview will give you a good idea about our latest additions. We invite you to find your family records in our search engine. https://genealogy.org.il/AID/ .
1898-1914 Requisitions Tekeres – (images available)
This release includes the names of 858 people that requested visas from the British Consulate to travel in Palestine and the surrounding areas during the years 1898-1905. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
Schülerlisten – Lamel Students 1909-1911 – (images available) update
An additional list of 684 students of the Lamel School in Jerusalem. The documents are from the Jerusalem Municipal Archive.
1926 Voters Sephardic Committees – (images available)
This list of 1,180 voters for the Sephardic committee of Jerusalem. It is found in the Jerusalem Municipal Archive.
1926-1947 Civil Servants – (images available) update
This list is of 4,074 civil servants in the British Mandate government during the years 1921-1947. This includes junior and senior staff. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
1937-1946 Muktar – (images available)
A list of 167 muktars (person in charge) in Jewish colonies and settlements during the years 1937-1946. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
1936-1948 British Mandate Guards Force (Notrim) Collection – (images available) update
The Notrim were Jewish auxiliaries, mainly police, set up in 1936 by the British in Mandatory Palestine during the 1936–39 Arab revolt. These ledgers are an everyday record of the administration of the guards through 1948 throughout the country. This month’s release includes 12,153 listings for family names starting with the letters Zadik, Vav and Lamed. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
1948-1953 Voters Local Authorities – (images available) update
The municipal elections in the first years of the State of Israel, were not all held at the same time. This update includes the voters for the elections that took place in Beit Dagon (1952), Hadar-Ramatayim (1952), Kiryat Yam (1952), Magdiel (1950), Migdal (1949) and Migdal Gas Askelon (1950). The release includes 11,875 voters from these settlements. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
1948-1956 Residents Rosh Haayin– (images available) update
This is the third release of the ledgers of the Yemenite residents of transit camps in Rosh Haayim. It includes 4,811 names from four ledgers. These ledgers can be found on the website of the Israel State Archive.
1949-1950 – Civil Servants – (images available)
The government publishes a year book almost every year. This list is of 1,746 people in national and local government offices. These books can be found on the website of the Israel State Archive.
1951-1955 Engineers Architects Surveyors – (images available)
The survey of engineers and architects consists of 1,299. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
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