Israel

This guide brings together a variety of sources for information in Israel that may help you find details about family who lived in or came through Israel at various points in time.  You will find listed here the categories that may be of assistance.  Not all places with a website have digitized their collections.  In some cases, you can learn about the kinds of information each place contains and plan to do research there when you are next in Israel.  Others do have digitized data that you can search from the comfort of your home.   As additional sites come to our attention we will update this list.  Don’t forget that you can use Google Translate to give you a basic translation of documents in Hebrew.  Steve Morse also has a tool that may help you with translation: http://www.stevemorse.org/hebrew/eng2heb.html

 Archives

A

  • Akevoth (Traces) Research of the family origins and heritage of Dutch Jewry (English)
  • Aliyah Bet – Palyam (Hebrew/English)
  • Arava Archive (Hebrew)
  • Kiriyat Atta Archive (Hebrew)

B

C

D

  • Damascus (Syria) Jewry Organization in Israel (Hebrew);

E

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

P

R

S

T

Y

Z

  • Historical Archive of the Zichron Yaacov Local Council (Hebrew)

Burial Societies/Cemeteries

Census records

  • Montefiore 1839, 1840, 1849, 1855, 1866 and 1875, including the institutions for the years 1855, 1866 and 1875 (Hebrew/English)

Civilians killed in terror attacks (Hebrew)

Genealogy Society Databases

Libraries

Museums

Phone numbers

 Soldiers

State Offices

Universities