The following resources have been supplied by the Jewish Genealogy Society of Washington State which meets regularly on Mercer Island, the second Monday of every month. Contact Lyn for more information.
The only Jewish Genealogy Blog: http://tracingthetribe.blogspot.com
RESEARCH AND RESOURCES TURKEY & RHODES
Many references to Rhodes are found in resources for Greece
Jeff Malka’s Sephardic Resources Pages
www.orthohelp.com/genealogy
By country: www.orthohelp.com/geneal/sefardim.htm
General Sephardic resources
www.orthohelp.com/geneal/general_sites.htm
JewishGen
www.jewishgen.org
Sephardic resources
www.jewishgen.org/sephardicsig/ Name Index: Osmanli ve Turk Yahudileri, Yusuf Besalel www.jewishgen.org/sefardsig/besalel.htmOne of the newest and best books (1999) dealing with Jews in Istanbul, focusing on individual persons and families, with a major portion devoted to biographical information. Turkey
Descriptions and information on many Turkish Jewish cemeteries with more links
www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/turkey.htm
Greece (including Rhodes):
www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/mem/greece.html
International Sephardic Leadership Council
www.sephardiccouncil.org
Istanbul Jewish Genealogy Project: Professor Dan Kazez (Wittenberg University, OH) created the Istanbul Jewish Genealogy Project, and organized dozens of volunteers who typed and proofed thousands of records of the Turkish, Ashkenazi and Italian Congregations, as well as thousands of burial records from the various communities.
www.sephardicouncil.org/istanbul/
Jewish Web Index – many resources, many categories
www.jewishwebindex.com/turkey
“Ashkenazi Jews and a 100-year-old synagogue in Yuksekkaldirim”
Turkish National Archives (English): www.archimac.org
National Archives - Ankara: www.archimac.org/Organizations/DAGM.spml
Sephardic House: many books, specialized lists
Institute for Researching and Promoting Sephardic History and Culture
www.sephardichouse.org
ETSI – Sephardi Genealogical and Historical Society
www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/1321
Jewish Community of Turkey
www.jewishsitesvisited.com/articles.com
Fleurs de l’Orient – Genealogy database of major Ottoman families – Alain Farhi
www.farhi.org
Sephardim.com – thousands of names from many resources, active discussion group
www.sephardim.com
American Sephardi Federation – many relevant periodicals
www.americansephardifederation.org/sub/library/periodicals.asp
European Sephardic Institute – varied resources, including Los Muestros
www.sefarad.org/institut.php?safa=en
Rhodes Jewish Museum – Aron Hasson
www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org
Cemetery: Inscriptions, Photographs
www.rhodesjewishmuseum.org/cemetery.htm
List of people born on Rhodes – 41 page list with birthdate, spouse, immigration
http://jomodad.com/rhodeslies/
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