Genealogy Guide: Resources at the Center for Jewish History

Key: Collection in CJH Family History Databases = FHD       Collection in Ancestry.com = A [Free access on-site only]

American Jewish Committee, Office of Jewish War Records, I-9: Holdings include over 4,000 questionnaires completed by Jewish servicemen after World War I and lists of the war’s Jewish casualties and honors, 1918-1921. FHD; A.  

National Jewish Welfare Board, Bureau of War Records, I-52: Holdings include approximately 85,000 individual service files that document Jewish (and some non-Jewish) servicemen who earned awards, suffered casualties, or were party to newsworthy events during World War II, 1942-1947. It also includes the master card index, which summarizes the data contained in the service files on individual cards, organized alphabetically. A: Master card index, 1942-1947.