Sephardic Studies Material Arranged by Country of Origin

Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you;
your elders, and they will tell you. -- Deuteronomy, 32:7

Note: The number in the brackets i.e. (75) indicates the number of persons listed in the associated table. Sephardic Genealogy Resources Sample of an Ottoman/Turkish identity record Form SS-5: A Useful Genealogical Resource Understanding the SOUNDEX Code [including code generator] Sephardic Jews: An Annotated Bibliography of Articles Published in the Jewish Press Ottoman Sephardic Genealogy: An Introduction (Page 1) Ottoman Sephardic Genealogy: An Introduction (Page 2) Ottoman Sephardic Genealogy: An Introduction (Page 3) A Concise List of Place Name Alternatives for Sephardic Genealogists Sephardic Family Trees found in the Jewish Encyclopaedias A surname index of Sephardic Immigrants Arriving at Ellis Island (1100) [Includes names of ships] Printed Books On Cemeteries Of Sephardic Communities Among The Collections of The Jewish National and University Library and the Ben Zvi Institute Library Jerusalem - An Annotated Bibliography. Modern Turkish Republic       Chief Rabbis of the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey Akhisar The Sephardic Community of Akhisar Notable Persons of the Akhisar Community (15) Izmir (Smyrna) Rabbis Prior to 1937 [with notes] (137) Epitaphs of the Rabbis from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey found in Laniado's Book (17th - 19th Century) (187) Manisa (Magnasia) The Sephardic Community of Manisa Anatolian mainland Jewish Communities in Anatolia (Mainland Turkey in Asia) Prior to 1937 (116) Turkish Sephardim Deported from France (1662) Ottoman Successor States     Bulgaria Introduction to Sophia, Capital of Bulgaria Bulgarian Jewish (Sephardic) Soldiers Killed 1912-1918 (1878) Bulgarian Jewish Troops (Active and Reserve) 1911 (50) Bulgarian Jewish Troops Sent to the Front in 1917 (246) Bulgarian Jewish Officers, Active 1918 (18) Surnames of Ruse, (Rustshuk) Bulgaria (355) Prominent Sephardic Jews of Bulgaria (226) WWII Bulgarian Sephardim Deportees from France (178) Bulgaria Chief Rabbis Bulgarian Jewish Names Burials in the Jewish Cemetery of Shumen, Bulgaria (628) Chios Kahal Kadosh Chios Page 1. Kahal Kadosh Chios Page 2. Kahal Kadosh Chios Page 3. (52) Index of Surnames of the Appearing in the Book Histoire des Juifs de Rhodes, Chio, Cos, etc." (By Surname) (By Page #) (651) Monastir Apellidos de los Judíos de Monastir (in Spanish) (76) Sephardic Households of Monastir 1884-1885. (104) Jewish Families of Monastir Gallipoli The Sephardic Community of Gallipoli (Gelibolu) (Page 1) The Sephardic Community of Gallipoli (Gelibolu) (Page 2) Indexes of the [including Gallipoli Life & Charity Plot] Sephardic Plots of Mt. Hebron Cemetery (Queens, New York) Greece An Index to the 7 Volumes of "Histoire des Israelites de Salonique" by Joseph Nehama. Published between 1935 and 1978. (1260) Bibliography of prominent Greek families (24) WWII Greek Sephardim Deportees from France (1646) Jewish Community of Thessaloniki (Salonika) Part 1. Jewish Community of Thessaloniki (Salonika) Part 2. Jewish Community of Thessaloniki (Salonika) Part 3. Jews of Thessaloniki who perished in the Holocaust (Greek & English) (13,000) Surnames from the book Les Juifs de Salonique 1492-1493 (860) A Listing of Jewish Merchants of Salonika & Damascus (with Details) (27) Rhodes (Rodos) Photo of plaque in Rhodes of those deported (JPG) Names of Those Deported During the Holocaust (1,477) Listing of the 1,167 tombstones in the Jewish cemetery (External Link) Index of Surnames of the Appearing in the Book Histoire des Juifs de Rhodes, Chio, Cos, etc." (By Surname) (By Page #) (655) Romania Sephardic Jewish Community of Romania Rabbis of the Capital of Romania (Bucharest) (42) Struma: A Romanian Tragedy (768) Iran A Brief History of Iranian Jews PART 1. A Brief History of Iranian Jews PART 2. IRAN: Life of Jews Living in Iran: Iran remains home to Jewish enclave.   Holy Land / Middle East and The Lost Communities   Israel Chief Sephardic Rabbis of Erets Israel: The Rishon Le'sion Moshe David Gaon: Oriental Jews in Erets Yisrael: An Index of 2,882 Sephardic Souls, Never Previously Published in English  Introduction to Sir Moses Montefiore. For an explanation of the source material, please read the introduction prior to examining the data tables below. Acre (92) Haifa (47) Hebron (114) Jaffa (67) Jerusalem (1374) Nablous [Shechem] (52) Safed (363) Shefaram (32) Tiberias (148) Sidon [now in Lebanon] (130) Lebanon Lebanese Sephardim Deportees from France (16) Syria Surname index of biographies of Rabbis of Aleppo (153) Rabbis of Damascus, 5410-5693 (1650-1933) (196) The Ottoman Sephardim Data and Information on post-expulsion Kehillot of the Communities of the former Ottoman Empire: Jewish Physicians of the Ottoman Empire: Ottoman (Turkish) Physicians at the Imperial Court (90) 1451 - 1928 CE Ottoman (Turkish) Empire Jewish Community Physicians (32) 1685 - 1903 CE Ottoman Army Physicians Late 19th and Early 20th Century (29) 1877 - 1934 CE Ottoman (Turkish) Medical Officers Killed in Action (15) 1451 - 1918 CE Miscellaneous Files Relating to the Ottoman Empire & Turkey Istanbul vs. Constantinople: Why two different names? Ottoman Sephardic Foreign Affairs Officers 1574 - 1918 (27) Ottoman / Turkish Jewish Printers 1453 - 1782 CE (23) Chief Rabbis of the Ottoman Empire and Republic of Turkey 1452 - Present (32) Surnames Indexed from: 'Haskoy Cemetery: Typology of Stones' by Minna Rozen (222) Western Europe (Amsterdam Experience, Western Europe Experience, New World) Temuco: Génesis de una Comunidad [Sephardic Life in Temuco, Chile] (Spanish) Gibraltar and North African Communities Index of A Jewish Wedding in Mogador; The Illuminated Ketuba from Mogador (600) Index of Voter Lists in Constantine (Algeria) and its District in 1880; (1781) Based on Document No. AL/CO-174 of The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Rabbis of Algeria (also from Iberia/North Africa, etc.) (883) Rabbis of Morocco (also: from Iberia/North Africa, etc.) (1700) Algeria Sephardim Deported from France or Executed in France during WWII (1089) Families of North Africa from Les Juifs d'Afrique du Nord (42) North African Jews from 'Une Histoire de Famille...' (1260) Prominent Egyptian Sephardim 1942 & 1943 (155) WWII Egyptian Sephardim Deportees from France (84) Representatives of the Synagogues of Egypt, 1942-1943 (69) Libyan Sephardim Deportees from France (8) Moroccan Sephardim Deported from France During (76) Tunisian Sephardim Deported from France During (149) Surnames of Gibraltar from Genealogia Hebraica: Portugal e Gibraltar (160) The Sephardim, their History, and the Pre-expulsion Communities History of the Jewish People on Iberian Tombstones: Graves of Rabbis and Notabilities of Toledo, Spain (14th Century) (79) Sephardim and Their History The Jews under Islamic Spain Significant World Events Related to the Plight of the Sephardim Edict of Expulsion from Spain History of the Ottoman Empire, an Islamic Nation Mustafa Kemal Ataturk: First President of the Modern Republic of Turkey

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