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These pages list books of genealogical relevance which have been indexed by name. In most cases, the names are people's last names or place names.
Do you have a book at home which merits this type of indexing? Or have you borrowed a suitable book from a library? Please help the Society with this unique information source. Just type up your contribution using a word processing package. For further details on becoming a contributor, please send an email to enquiries@jgsgb.org.uk
If you want to buy any of these books, you may prefer to begin your search with a professional bookshop. In the case of modern books, you can try internet based booksellers, including www.amazon.co.uk and www.amazon.com
To view the names index for a book, click on the book's title below.
| Title | Genesis - A Latvian Childhood |
| Author | Chaim Bermant in 1998 |
| Publisher | Robson Books, London |
| Price | 16.95 pounds |
| Comments | Memoir recalling childhood spent in the Latvian shtetl of Barovke in 1932-1938. The author was born in Breslev, but moved to Barovke at a young age. |
| Title | Records of the Western Synagogue 1761- 1932 |
| Author | Cecil Roth in 1932 |
| Comments | This book contains a section by Matthias Levy which contains a large number of names. It is this section which has been indexed. |
| Title | The Kalish Book |
| Editor | I. M. Lask |
| The Societies of Former Residents of Kalish and the Vicinity in Israel and the USA. Published in Tel Aviv in 1968. | |
| Translation
Information |
The Kalish Book is an English language version of Sefer Kalish,
which was published in Tel Aviv in two volumes 1964 & 1968. |
| About the
Book |
The Kalish Book relates to Kalisz in Poland located at 51°45' N,
18°5' E.
The index contains the names (in alphabetical sequence) of 1,075 Jewish people mentioned in The Kalish Book, together with the names of six non-Jews who, at great danger to themselves, helped Jews to escape from the Germans during the Holocaust. |
| Comments | For information on finding a library which has a copy of The Kalish
Book, refer to
The Jewishgen Yizkor Book Database ( do a search for Kalish "town -exact spelling" ) |
| Title | CHASING SHADOWS - Memories of a Vanished World |
| Author | Rabbi Hugo Gryn with Naomi Gryn |
| Publisher and ISBN | Viking Press (Penguin Books) in 2000 (ISBN 0-670-88793-5) |
| Price | £ 16.99 |
| Comments | Rabbi Hugo Gryn (25th June 1930 to 18th August 1996) was born in the Carpathian town of Berehovo which was in Czechoslovakia. |
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