IGRA has added three new databases and updated four databases, adding over 40,000 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/ .
1890-1892 Residents of First Aliyah Settlements – (images available) 174
The is from a ledger from Odessa dated 1890-1893 of reports on the settlement of Gedera, Petah Tikvah, Rehovot, Vadi Al Hanin (later Nes Tsiyyona) and Mishmat Hayarden and people in Russia who donated money for the cause.
1910-1911 Old Age Home for Sepharadim in Jerusalem – (images available) 287
These records are from a private source. The pamphlet is from the fifth year of the institution.
1935-1939 Students Admitted to Palestine – (images available) 455
These records are from the Israel State Archives. It may include the name of the settlement where they studied and the institution.
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 2,802 listings for family names starting with Yud. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
1946 Bricha Movement (no images available, a URL link to the original file) update
Bricha was a clandestine movement to bring Jews from Eastern and Central Europe to Palestine following the Holocaust. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) helped provide support to the migrants as they passed through the American zones in Germany and Austria. This specific list documents Jews who had reached the border town of Nachod in June-December 1946. Information includes name (rendered in Czech), birthdate, and birthplace. It is the third of three parts of the document containing 12,100 persons. The documents are from the JDC Archives in New York.
1949 National Voters Tel Aviv– (images available) update
The first national elections in Israel were held on 25 January 1949. The election was for the Constituent Assembly, with the name changed from Assembly to Knesset later. According to a census held in preparation for the election, the number of eligible voters consisted of half a million people. Due to the number of voters, this is a work in progress and therefore released in sections. This release includes an additional 7,927 voters eligible to vote in Tel Aviv-Yafo. The documents are from the Israel State Archives.
Name Changes 1971, 1972 – update
Official name changes were published in the government publication Yalkut HaPirsumin (Official Gazette). There can be many reasons for a name change and all official changes go through the Ministry of Interior. This release includes the publications of 1971 and 1972 and includes 15,540 people who have changed their name. These publications are in the National Library of Israel, law libraries and offices, and partially on the internet.
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