JDC Archives Names Database. [Internet resource] (ID: 39256)
Authorship or Source:
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Archives.
Year:
[2012?-]
Title or Main Description:
Search Our Names Index / American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. [Internet resource]
Place Published or Holding Institution:
[New York : American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives]
Description:
Number of Names or Other Entries-- Approx. 500,000 Names.
Type of Work:
HTML document with searchable names database
Alternate or Series Title:
- JDC Archives Names Database. [Internet resource]
- Joint Distribution Committee Archives Names Database. [Internet resource]
Keywords:
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. --Sources.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Sources.
Jews --Emigration and immigration --Indexes.
Jews --Emigration and immigration --Sources.
Refugees, Jewish --Indexes.
Refugees, Jewish --Sources.
Humanitarian assistance --Sources.
World War, 1939-1945 --Jews --Rescue --Sources.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Sources.
Jews --Emigration and immigration --Indexes.
Jews --Emigration and immigration --Sources.
Refugees, Jewish --Indexes.
Refugees, Jewish --Sources.
Humanitarian assistance --Sources.
World War, 1939-1945 --Jews --Rescue --Sources.
Abstract:
"Our database currently includes 500,000 names found in our historic documents and client lists, with more being added regularly. To assist you, our search engine will automatically show alternate or similar spellings to the one you enter."--http://archives.jdc.org/sharedlegacy/search-names/.
"The JDC Archives Names Database includes more than 500,000 names of individuals who have received assistance from “the Joint.” This important resource for genealogists and those searching their family history is drawn from JDC client lists and index cards from JDC operations across the globe. The Names Index includes numerous lists from the World War II era from as far and wide as British Mandate Palestine, Spain, China, Australia, Germany, and South America, among others. The database contains primary source documents as well as an index and covers activities ranging from 1915-1973."--"Searching for Relatives in the JDC Names Database" [excerpted from an 29 October 2015 email invitation from the JDC announcing the 1 November 2015 public program "Searching for Relatives in the JDC Names Database"].
"The JDC Archives Names Database includes more than 500,000 names of individuals who have received assistance from “the Joint.” This important resource for genealogists and those searching their family history is drawn from JDC client lists and index cards from JDC operations across the globe. The Names Index includes numerous lists from the World War II era from as far and wide as British Mandate Palestine, Spain, China, Australia, Germany, and South America, among others. The database contains primary source documents as well as an index and covers activities ranging from 1915-1973."--"Searching for Relatives in the JDC Names Database" [excerpted from an 29 October 2015 email invitation from the JDC announcing the 1 November 2015 public program "Searching for Relatives in the JDC Names Database"].
Language and Other Notes:
Last Accessed: 4 December 2013.
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