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This guide highlights some of the materials available from the Public Libraries of Saginaw's Hoyt Main Library. If you are interested in knowing more about the resources available, please call (989) 755-0904, or visit the library. We are also happy to answer inquiries by mail or email. Click here for a copy of this Jewish Guide in PDF format.

Local History and Genealogical Collection (held as reference material in the second floor of  Hoyt Main Library and not available for checkout)

Non-Circulating Books (Reference Only)
929.4
Be
Beider, Alexander

A Dictionary of Ashkenazic Given Names: Their Origins, Structure, Pronunciation and Migrations
R 929.4   
Be
Beider, Alexander

A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames From the Kingdom of Poland
R 929.4  
Be
Beider, Alexander

A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames From the Russian Empire
R 929.4
Be
Beider, Alexander

Jewish Surnames in Prague (15th-18th Centuries)
R 929.1 
Be
Berent, Irwin M. and Zubatsky, David S. 

Jewish Genealogy: A Sourcebook of Family Histories and Genealogies
R 974.71
Bi
Birmingham, Stephen

“Our Crowd”: The Great Jewish Families of New York
R 325 
Ca
Cantor, Judith Levin

Jews in Michigan       
(MI Room)
R 929.3  
Sh
Cohen, Chester G. 

Shtetl Finder: Jewish Communities in the 19th and    Early 20th Centuries in the Pale of Settlements of Russia and Poland, and in Lithuania, Latvia, Galicia, and Bukovia, With the Names of Residents
R 335.97
C66i
Cohen, Joseph J. 

In Quest of Heaven: The Story of the Sunrise Cooperative Farm Community
(Saginaw Room)
R 296
De
Demetriou, Karen Kritz and Weinstein, Fran Rubin

Temple B’Nai Israel 100 Years 1890-1990
(Saginaw Room)
R 325
De
Devlin, Dennis S. 

Muskegon’s Jewish Community: A Centennial History 1888-1988
(MI Room)
R 016.929
El
Ellmann-Kruger, Angelika

Library Resources for German-Jewish Genealogy
R 929.4
Fe
Feldblyum, Boris

Russian-Jewish Given Names
R 929.4 
Gu
Guggenheimer, Heinrich W. and Eva H.
 
Jewish Family Names & Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary
R 973.0492
Ho
Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas

The Jewish American Family Album
R 929.4
Ka
Kaganoff, Benzion C. 

A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History
R 296
K158b
Katz, Irving I. 

The Beth El Story With a History of the Jews in Michigan Before 1850
(MI Room)
R 973.7474
K159j
Katz, Irving I. 

The Jewish Soldier From Michigan in the Civil War
(MI Room)
R 929.1
Kr
Krasner-Khait, Barbara

Discovering Your Jewish Ancestors
R 929.1 
Ku
Kurzwell, Arthur

From Generation to Generation: How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and Family History
R 929.1
Mo
Mokotoff, Gary and Blatt, Warren

Getting Started in Jewish Genealogy
R 940.53
Mo
Mokotoff, Gary

How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust
R 947
Mo
Mokotoff, Gary and Sack, Sallyann Amdur

Where Once We Walked: A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust
R 296.09 
Pr
Preisler, Julian H. 

Pioneer American Synagogues: A State By State Guide
R 016.929
Rh
Rhode, Harold and Sack, Sallyann Amdur

Jewish Vital Records, Revision Lists and Other Jewish Holdings in the Lithuanian Archives
R 977.4  
Ro
Rockaway, Robert A.

The Jews of Detroit From the Beginning: 1762-1914
(MI Room)
R 920
R723b
Rosenbloom, Joseph R.
 
A Biographical Dictionary of Early American Jews, Colonial Times Through 1800
R 929.1 
Ro
Rosenstein, Neil and Weber, Dov.

Stones of Remembrance
R 929.1
Ro
Rosenstein, Neil 

The Unbroken Chain: Biographical Sketches and the Genealogy of Illustrious Jewish Families From the 15th-20th Century
R 929.1
Ro
Rottenberg, Dan

Finding Our Fathers: A Guidebook to Jewish  Genealogy
R 929.1
Sa
Sack, Sallyann Amdur and Israel Genealogical Society

A Guide to Jewish Genealogical Research in Israel
R 296 
Sh63w
Shinedling, Abraham I.

West Virginia Jewry: Origins and History,1850-1958. 3 volumes.
R 296 
Si56j
Simonhoff, Harry

Jewish Notables in America, 1776-1865
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R 929.2 
St
Stern, Malcolm H. 

First American Jewish Families: 600 Genealogies, 1654-1988
R 920
Bi
Tapper, Lawrence F. 

A Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Jewry  1909-1914
From the Canadian Jewish Times
R 929.3
We
Weiner, Miriam

Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages From the Past and   Archival Inventories
R 929.3 
We
Weiner, Miriam

Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages From the Past and Archival Inventories
R 929.1
Wo

World Conference on Records, Volume 3: “Jewish Families: Their Assimilation Into North American Culture”
R 929.1 
Wo

World Conference on Records, Volume 4: American Jewish Family History”
R 929.1 
Wy
Wynne, Suzan F. 

Finding Your Jewish Roots in Galicia: A Resource Guide
R 973.0492 
Ho
Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas

The Jewish American Family Album
 

 

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