IGRA has added three new databases and updated three others, adding over 49,712 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/ .
Jewish Deportees in Alexandria, Egypt 1915 – update (images available)
The Turkish government forced many Jewish residents without Turkish citizenship to leave Palestine during World War I. There were others that left of their own free will. The nearest safe port was Alexandria. This is a collection of a few documents in various languages. The 790 names listed are only a portion of the deportees. One of the lists is of those deportees traveling to Australia. A few years ago, two other documents from this file were added to the IGRA collection. These documents are from one of the archives of the National Library of Israel.
Burial Ledgers of the Sephardic Jews in Jerusalem – (images available)
This is the first installment of the collection in the Jerusalem Municipal Archives. There are two kinds of registries: the Parnas registries and the registries of the Sephardic Community Committee in Jerusalem. This installment includes 9,065 names buried during the years 1925-1948. The original registries were transcribed into modern Hebrew script by Efraim Levy.
Donations to Misgav Ladach 1925-1930 – (images available)
It is a list of donors and their donations to the Misgav Ladach hospital in Jerusalem and includes 1,176 names. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
Employees in Labor Office (Lishkat Ha’avoda) 1948-1957 – (images available)
This list contains the names of 291 people employed in the Labor Bureau in various parts of Israel. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
Voters’ List for the First National Elections of Israel 1949 – Tel Aviv – update
In January 1949 the first national election called the “Constituent Assembly” was held in Israel. Many of the lists are handwritten and some names are illegible. This is the first installment for Tel Aviv containing 25,658 voters, and for Jerusalem containing 8,616 voters. The IGRA collection already includes voters’ lists for other parts of the country.
Immigration 1966-1967 – (images available)
A list is of immigrants from Romania, and includes 1,558 names. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
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