The FamilySearch Library has collected some obituaries and published lists of obituaries. There are some searchable databases on the Internet for obituaries found in Jewish newspapers, such as an index to obituaries from the Boston Jewish Advocate from 1905 to November 1998 located at:Ī cumulative index of obituaries of over 3,000 notable Jews published in various volumes of the American Jewish Year Book between 19 is located at: An appendix describes obituary indexes available at major libraries. A bibliography of published obituaries for the U.S. Printed abstracts of obituaries can also be found in various published sources such as genealogical periodicals. Local genealogical and historical societies, public libraries, and some newspaper publishers maintain clipping files of obituaries. Obituaries are useful genealogical sources because they often contain birth dates and places names of parents, siblings, spouse, children, and other relatives death information and place of burial. Jews Found in Records of Other Denominations.
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