Family History Resources

Robert L. Weinberg Family History Center

The family history collection at the Robert L. Weinberg Family History Center contains many primary source materials, including:

• Burial listings of Jewish cemeteries in Maryland: Rosedale, Baltimore Hebrew Cemeteries, Beth Jacob- Finksburg, Beth Tfiloh, Chevrah Ahavas Chesed, Etting Cemetery, Mikro Kodesh-Beth Israel, Oheb Shalom-Berryman's Lane, Workmen's Circle, Other East Baltimore Cemeteries, West Baltimore cemeteries, Eastview Cemetery-Cumberland, Beth Israel Cemetery-Salisbury, and Frederick Maryland.

Note: These files are searchable by name on the JewishGen website: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/cemetery/. Other websites with useful information on Baltimore Jewish burials and cemeteries are:

Fram Monument Company: http://www.frammonument.com/rules.html
Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home: http://www.sollevinson.com/

• Baltimore Jewish Times obituaries, 1919 to present
• Jack Lewis Funeral Home records, 1924-1939, 1956-1965
• Published and unpublished genealogies of Maryland Jewish families
• Baltimore City directories on microfiche/film, 1752-1930 (some years missing)
• U.S. manuscript census, Baltimore and other parts of Maryland, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
• Passenger index for ships that arrived in the Port of Baltimore, 1820-1952
• Passenger manifests of ships that arrived in the Port of Baltimore, 1840-1920
• Memoirs of Jewish Life in Maryland and Europe
• Records of Jewish cemeteries in the Greater Baltimore area
• Circumcision (1836-1870, 1924-1926, 1940-1967), midwife (1892-1919), and marriage (1850-1944) records of individual Baltimore-area mohels, midwives and rabbis
• H.I.A.S. arrival records (1911-1914, 1938-1953)
• Historical Database of Baltimore Religious Personnel
• Yizkor (Memorial) books of East European towns
• Hebrew Orphan Asylum records, 1873-1917
• Registries of Maryland military personnel in World Wars I and II

Additional resources include: archival collections from several Baltimore-area synagogues; records of local Jewish agencies, institutions and businesses; personal papers of prominent individuals; profiles of individuals and families in A History of the Jews of Baltimore (Blum, 1910) and other locally-published books; biographical, institutional and subject files related to Baltimore and Maryland Jewry; and oral histories of Maryland Jews.  Periodicals that offer information on Maryland Jewry include the Baltimore Jewish Times (1919 to present), Jewish Comment (1895-1918), Jewish Chronicle (1875), Jewish Exponent (1887-1888), Sinai (1856-1860), Generations (1978 to present) and American Jewish Year Book (1899-1985).  We also maintain a photograph collection related to immigration, Jewish life in Maryland, and the many institutions of Baltimore Jewry.

Our library contains publications on Jewish genealogy, including Shtetl Finder, Where Once We Walked, A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames From the Russian Empire, Jewish Roots in Poland, and the periodical Avotaynu.  We also maintain a collection of publications and newsletters from genealogical societies across the nation.

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