Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

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The Library has a wide range of resources. It is divided into Family histories & Collected Genealogies, General Text Books, Computer Textbooks, Reference Books, Geographical Regions Overseas, U.K. General and U.K. by Town. The Society's collection of family trees has been indexed and is available for reference. There is also a large collection of Yizkor books and a collection of other items, including papers collected by individuals and also maps.

Library Catalogues

There is an extensive collection of Genealogical Magazines from Societies all over the world collected over the last ten years, which includes Avotaynu (the world's largest circulation magazine devoted to Jewish genealogy).

There is a substantial collection of memorial books, mainly Hebrew and Yiddish available on request. Recent acquisitions include books issued by the Dutch Genealogical Society giving Births Marriages and Deaths records for Amsterdam & Rotterdam from the 17th century for both Sephardim and Ashkenazim and a selection published by French Genealogical Societies. The library is constantly being added to by purchase and by gifts from members. We are also appealing to our members who have duplicates of Genealogical books, or ones they no longer require, to donate them to the Library.

The Library is located in Central London, near Marble Arch, and is for the use of members only, or those who pay £5 which is refundable against membership.  Members do not need to advise in advance if they plan to come to the Library on one of the regular opening days. The Library is open approximately three times per month. The dates of opening are shown on the current Programme of Activities.