The following additional resources can provide valuable information on finding a Jewish community or a Yizkor book.
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Locating a Jewish Community
JewishGen Communities Database →
Soundex searching of the U.S. Board of Geographic Names database of central and eastern European communities. Gives current name, latitude and longitude, and map location.
BookWhere Once We Walked →
A Guide to the Jewish Communities Destroyed in the Holocaust. Revised Edition, by Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack with Alexander Sharon (Bergenfield, NJ: Avotaynu, 2002). Locates 23,500 towns in Central and Eastern Europe where Jews resided.
Historical Atlas of East Central Europe
By Paul Robert Magocsi (Seattle & London: Univ. of Washington Press, 1993). Describes historical boundary changes for countries and administrative districts in East Central Europe.
Additional Jewish Community Information
JewishGen KehilaLinks →
Information and resources on a number of communities, as provided by JewishGen members.
DatabaseJewishGen Family Finder →
Lists genealogists interested in a particular Jewish community.
External IndexJewish Records Indexing – Poland →
An online index of Jewish vital records for Poland.
Locating Yizkor Books
National Yiddish Book Center →
Catalog of digitized Yizkor book reprints for sale.
Resources for Jewish Genealogy in the Boston Area
By Warren Blatt (Newton, MA: JGS of Greater Boston, 1996).
Holocaust Memorial Center →
Memorial Book Collection of the Holocaust Memorial Center, Zekelman Family Campus.
IsraelA Guide to Genealogical Resources in Israel →
Revised Edition, by Sallyann Amdur Sack and the Israel Genealogical Society (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1995).
New Haven, CTYale University Libraries →
Judaica Collection, Yizkor books.
New York, NYGenealogical Resources in New York →
Jewish Genealogical Society of New York.
New York, NYNew York Public Library, Dorot Division →
Online digital images of entire Yizkor books.
San Francisco, CAJFCS Holocaust Center →
Yizkor books in the Holocaust Center library collections.
St. Louis, MOSt. Louis County Library →
Yizkor books in the Special Collections Department.
Washington, DCU.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Library →
Online catalog.
Washington, DCLibrary of Congress →
Online catalog.
Other Yizkor Book Lists
From a Ruined Garden →
The Memorial Books of Polish Jewry. Second Expanded Edition, edited and translated by Jack Kugelmass and Jonathan Boyarin, with Geographical Index and Bibliography by Zachary M. Baker (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1998).
BookHow To Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust →
By Gary Mokotoff (Teaneck, NJ: Avotaynu, 1995). See Appendix A, Towns with Published Yizkor Books.
Once There Was a Town
The Memory Books of a Lost Jewish World. By Jane Ziegelman.
From Generation to Generation
Revised Edition, by Arthur Kurzweil (New York: HarperCollins, 1994).
Maintained by the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project. Updated 21 Jul 2025.