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JGS Toronto
JGS Toronto Library (Toronto Reference Library)
Our library contains many volumes of local Jewish family history, Who’s Who in Canadian Jewry, genealogical research guides, titles on Jewish surnames, numerous Yizkor books, and chronicles of the Holocaust. In addition, items relevant to Jewish communities in Canada, United States, and Europe enhance the collection.
The collection is housed at the Toronto Public Library, in the Toronto Reference Library, at 789 Yonge Street, just north of Bloor Street. It is a reference, non-circulating collection, and is held in closed stacks on the 2nd floor in the Humanities and Social Sciences Department.
An index to our Society’s library resources is found at https://oldsite-2022-10.jgstoronto.ca/jgstoronto-library-collection/ Link Above
.To view the catalogue of our holdings, click on the Author, Title, and Subject tabs. (to be updated after the pandemic allows free access by our librarian, to the stacks and to the cataloguing system at the Toronto Reference Library)
August 26, 2022
JGS Toronto Library (Toronto Reference Library) Our library contains many volumes of local Jewish family history, Who’s Who in Canadian Jewry, genealogical research guides, titles on Jewish surnames, numerous Yizkor books, and chronicles of the Holocaust. In addition, items relevant to Jewish communities in Canada, United States, and Europe enhance […]
July 13, 2022
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto has created a new project, entitled the Virtual Memorial Plaques Project. This is an opportunity for you, at no cost, to memorialize deceased family members by creating one or more virtual memorial plaques. The information that you create will be stored in databases at […]
July 13, 2022
Past Presentations and Workshops Audio and video recordings of previous presentations and workshops since 2018 are accessible to members of our Society. They include recordings of monthly programming and Special Interest Group meetings. If you are not a member, you may join our Society and have access to presentations that […]
July 13, 2022
Shem Tov Shem Tov is the quarterly newsletter of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto. We have indexed back issues that include the very first newsletters published in 1985. Members have access to all indexed issues, via our Member’s Page on this website. Recent issues are available here, while back issues […]
July 13, 2022
Polish Records Translation project The JGS Toronto Polish Records Translation Project funds and manages the translation of Jewish vital records from Poland. The translation of these vital records is a valuable service, as it helps genealogists use essential information about their ancestors, which is normally available only in the language […]
July 13, 2022
Memorial Plaques (JewishGen) The JewishGen Memorial Plaques Project (MEMPLAQs) is a searchable database of names and other identifying information from Jewish synagogue and memorial records (“Yahrzeit Plaques”) worldwide. It is a compilation of two linked databases: a database of memorial plaques, and a database of information about each synagogue. The Memorial Plaques […]
July 13, 2022
Mentors and Mavens Are you new to genealogy? Have you hit a brick wall? Do you need assistance with a translation? We are here to help you! The Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto has many knowledgeable members who can offer fellow members one-on-one genealogy mentoring by phone or email. We […]
July 13, 2022
The Cemetery Project is one of the oldest JGS Toronto projects, beginning with the creation of the Society in 1985. Members of JGS Toronto undertook to document the burials in the earliest Jewish cemeteries in Toronto, beginning with the Pape Avenue (Jew’s) Cemetery, first by manually transcribing the information recorded […]
July 13, 2022
Book: “Tracing our Roots, Telling our Stories,” published 2011 (JGS Toronto) The book was self-published for our Society’s 25th anniversary in 2011 and is now out of print. A copy is in our library collection at the Toronto Reference Library. It can used on-site.
September 19, 2021
Toronto Jewish Families History Project – Goldenberg Scrolls (MyHeritage) The Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto, in partnership with MyHeritage, has created a searchable on-line database of more than 2,700 names taken from the family trees recorded by the late Toronto physician, Dr. Henry Goldenberg. The Goldenberg scrolls were the first […]