Links
Yiddish Book Center - Download yizkor book PDFs
NEW! Yiddish Book Center keyword search (OCR)
Genealogy Indexer.org - Search yizkor books, directories and more
New York Public Library - Read digitized yizkor books online
Find English translations, search bibliographic database
JewishGen Yizkor Book Necrology Index - search yizkor book necrologies (list of names of the dead)
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a yizkor book for my shtetl/town/city?
Check JewishGen’s bibliographic database.
Where can I find English translations?
- Check JewishGen
- Check the Library's catalog.
- Find a translator through Yiddish Book Center or YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
- Sponsor a translation.
Why aren't all of the Library's yizkor books online?
About 15% are not online, usually for copyright and/or formatting reasons, and must be used in person at the Library. Please contact us with questions: dorotjewish@nypl.org.
Can I do a word search within a yizkor book?
About half of the digitized yizkor books are keyword-searchable in the Hebrew, Latin and Cyrillic alphabet using OCR (optical character recognition), thanks to GenealogyIndexer.org . Please use the search box at the bottom of each letter page on this site, or visit their site.
Where can I buy my own copy of a yizkor book?
Buy reprints from the Yiddish Book Center.
May I donate a yizkor book to the Library's collection?
The Library welcomes yizkor book donations, but does not collect duplicates.
Please contact us at dorotjewish@nypl.org