RESOURCES ONLINE FOR SEPHARDIC GENEALOGY

Schelly Talalay Dardashti

Resources Online

• Sephardim.com www.sephardim.com : Harry Stein, name search engine indexing

60+ books, very active discussion group, customs, traditions, Jewish heraldry.
• SephardicGen.com www.sephardicgen.com : Jeff Malka, diverse frequently updated
databases, consolidated name database, searchable, country resources, articles,
books.
• JewishGen.com/SephardicSIG www.jewishgen.com/sephardicsig/ : Started by Jeff
Malka, but not as extensive as his own SephardicGen.com, less active discussion
group, fewer resources.
• Sephardic Studies-HUC www.huc.edu/sephardic/ : Articles, journals, audio, PDFs,
maps, searchable, history, genealogy, digital archives, Ladino, many more links.
• SephardicStudies.org www.sephardicstudies.org Genealogy, history, Ladino,
Ottoman, Turkey, Israel, Middle East, France, Syria, Western Europe, South American,
North Africa, many databases, digital archives, academic papers and articles,
publication, books.
• American Sephardi Federation.org www.americansephardifederation.org : Books,
Sephardic Report, online articles, history, online database, family history, extensive
library, many links.
• CryptoJews.com www.cryptojews.com Annual conferences, HaLapid Journal,
articles, personal stories, books, plays, films, reviews, extensive global links page.
• Saudades.org www.saudades.org Portuguese Sephardim, history, resources,
memoirs, forum, many links.
• Bloom Southwest Archives, UofA http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/swja/
history, pioneer Jews, cryptojews, etc.

Databases

• Fleur d’Orient www.farhi.org – Alain Farhi -193,000+ names (5/28/10). Genealogy of

the major Sephardi families from the Ottoman Empire and beyond, a message board,
forum, personal articles and documents submitted by members of the Fleurs de
l'Orient project. Alain Farhi.
• Israel Genealogical Society www.isragen.org.il/

Journals

• Nashim www.muse.jhu.edu/demo/nashim/ Journal of Jewish Women’s Studies &

Gender Issues
• FIU Journal of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian Crypto Jews.
www.cryptojews.com/journal_SPICJ.htm
 • Avotaynu www.avotaynu.com

Books

• Jeff Malka: Sephardic Genealogy

• Pere Bonnin: Sangre Judia/Sangre Judia II
• Stan Hordes: To the End of the Earth
• Aaron Demsky: How pleasant are their names

DNA Projects - FamilyTreeDNA.com

• IberianAshkenaz DNA Project

www.familytreedna.com/public/IberianSurnamesofAshkenaz/
• Les Fleurs d’Oriente www.farhi.org 193,000+ names (5/28/10). Genealogy of the
Major Sephardi Families from the Ottoman Empire and beyond, a Message Board,
Forum & Personal articles and documents submitted by members of the Fleurs de
l'Orient project. Alain Farhi.
• New Mexico
• Sicily
• New DNA study of Ostrer

Societies & Groups

• American Sephardi Federation – see link above

• Fleurs d’Orient, Alain Farhi – see link above
• Society of Crypto-Judaic Studies www.cryptojews.com
• Tarbut Sepharad www.tarbutsefarad.com/ Cultural Association of Crypto-Jewish
Descendants, Lerida, Spain.

Conferences - all offer diverse Sephardic topics

• IAJGS www.iajgs.org
• Association of Jewish Studies www.ajsnet.org/
• Society of Crypto-Judaic Studies www.cryptojews.com
• Sephardic Anousim Conference
• American Jewish Libraries
• Italian Jewish Roots www.rabbibarbara.com/italian_jewish_roots.html

Persian Jewish Research

• Beheshtieh.com Teheran Jewish Cemetery www.beheshtieh.com - photographs,

Teheran Jewish graves