Caribbean Jewish Family Resources

Books and other Publications

  • Precious stones of the Jews of Curaçao : Curaçaon Jewry 1656-1957 Emmanuel, Isaac Samuel, Call Number: 972.9 86 EMM Pub. Info: New York : Bloch, 1957.

  • Kol Shearith Israel : cien años de vida judia en Panama, 1876-1976 = Kol Shearith Israel : a hundred years of Jewish life in Panama. Call Number: 909.04 KOL Pub. Info: Panama : Igmar, 1977.

  • Through the sands of time : a history of the Jewish community of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Cohen, Judah M., Call Number: 972.9 722 COH ISBN: 1584653418 (cloth : alk. paper) Pub. Info: Hanover : Brandeis University Press ; Lebanon, N.H. : Published by University Press of New England, c2004.

  • Jewish historical development in the Virgin Islands, 1665-1959. Paiewonsky, Isidor. Call Number: 972.9 722 PAI Pub. Info: Saint Thomas : [s.n.] 1959.

  • The girls they left behind : Curaçao's Jewish women in the nineteenth century / Goldish, Josette Capriles. Call Number: 972.9 86 GOL Pub. Info: [New York, N.Y.? : Brandeis University,] 2002.

  • The Jewish nation of the Caribbean : the Spanish-Portuguese Jewish settlements in the Caribbean and the Guianas / Arbell, Mordehay. Call Number: 972.9 ARB ISBN: 9652292796 (alk. paper) Pub. Info: Jerusalem, Israel ; New York : Gefen Pub., c2002.

  • Once Jews : stories of Caribbean Sephardim / Goldish, Josette C. Call Number: 972.9 GOL ISBN: 9781558764941 (pbk. : alk. paper) Pub. Info: Princeton, N.J. : Markus Wiener Publishers, c2009.

  • Jews of the Dutch Caribbean : exploring ethnic identity on Curacao / Benjamin, Alan Fredric. Call Number: 972.986 BEN ISBN: 0415274397 Pub. Info: London ; New York : Routledge, c2002.

  • History of the Jews of the Netherlands Antilles / Emmanuel, Isaac Samuel, Call Number: 972.9 86 EMM Pub. Info: Cincinnati : American Jewish Archives, 1970.

  • 500 years in the Jewish Caribbean : the Spanish and Portuguese Jews in the West Indies / Ezratty, Harry A. Call Number: 972.9 EZR 2002 ISBN: 09422929187 Pub. Info: Baltimore, Md. ; San Juan, Puerto Rico, : Omni Arts, Inc., 2002.

  • A Short history of the Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas : Congregation of Blessing and Peace and Loving Deeds = [K.K. Berakhah ve-shalom u-gemilut hasadim] / Call Number: 972.9 722 SHO 1983 Pub. Info: St. Thomas, V.I. : Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas, c1983.

  • Jewish pirates of the Caribbean : how a generation of swashbuckling Jews carved out an empire in the new world in their quest for treasure, religious freedom--and revenge / Kritzler, Edward, Call Number: 972.9 KRI ISBN: 9780385513982 (hbk.) Pub. Info: New York : Doubleday, c2008.

  • Moses Levy of Florida : Jewish Utopian and antebellum reformer / Monaco, C. S., Call Number: 909.04 MON ISBN: 0807130958 (alk. paper) Pub. Info: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2005.

  • The Port Jews of Charlotte Amalia in 1803 / Caron, Aimery Call Number: 972.9 722 CAR Pub. Info: [St. Thomas, V.I. : unpublished], 2013. http://cgl.vi/pages/Caron/PortJews.pdf

  • The Jews of Spain : a history of the Sephardic experience / Gerber, Jane S. Call Number: 946 GER ISBN: 0029115736 Pub. Info: New York : Free Press, c1992.

  • Jewish pirates of the Caribbean : how a generation of swashbuckling Jews carved out an empire in the new world in their quest for treasure, religious freedom--and revenge / Kritzler, Edward, Call Number: 972.9 KRI ISBN: 9780385513982 (hbk.) Pub. Info: New York : Doubleday, c2008.

  • Transcript of 299 epitaphs from the Jewish Cemetry [i.e., Cemetery] in St. Thomas, W.I. : 1836-1916 ; with an index / Margolinsky, Jul. Call Number: 972.9 722 MAR Pub. Info: Copenhagen : [s.n.], 1957.

  • Sourcebook for Jewish genealogies and family histories / Zubatsky, David S., Call Number: 909.04 ZUB 1996 ISBN: 1886223033 Pub. Info: Teaneck, N.J. : Avotaynu, 1996.

  • Spanish and Portuguese Jews in the Caribbean and the Guianas : a bibliography / Arbell, Mordehay. Call Number: 972.9 ARB ISBN: 0916617521 Pub. Info: Providence, R.I. : The John Carter Brown Library ; New York, N.Y. : Interamericas, c1999.

  • The Jewish community of early colonial Nevis : a historical archaeological study / Terrell, Michelle M. Call Number: 972.973 TER ISBN: 0813027861 (alk. paper) Pub. Info: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2005.

  • Jews of the Dutch Caribbean : exploring ethnic identity on Curacao / Benjamin, Alan Fredric. Call Number: 972.986 BEN ISBN: 0415274397 Pub. Info: London ; New York : Routledge, c2002.

  • Monumental inscriptions in the burial ground of the Jewish synagogue at Bridgetown, Barbados / Shilstone, Eustace M. Call Number: 972.981 SHI Pub. Info: [n. p., 195-]

  • Jews and the American Revolution : Haym Salomon and others / Schwartz, Laurens R. Call Number: 909.04 SCH ISBN: 0899502202 (alk. paper) : Pub. Info: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1987.

  • The ties that bind : a Virgin Islands story / Kean, Nadine Marchena Call Number: 972.9 722 KEA ISBN: 978-0-9860161-6-5 Pub. Info: [S.l. : s.n.], 2012.

    Microfilms

  • Family History film #1001639, Birth records, 1786-1954, Virgin Islands (Danish West Indies)

  • Family History film #1012750, Nevis, West Indies: photographs and some translatiosn of old tombstones int eh cemetery at Nevis, 1684-1730

  • [Curaçao Jews : extracts from Family History film #38854] Call Number: 972.9 86 CUR

    Other resources

    Elisabeth Sharp Jewish Family Genealogies - 6 notebooks at Caribbean Genalogy Library

    Maria Smith St. Thomas Cemetery database

    Online resources

    HaChayim HaYehudim Jewish Photo Library - St. Thomas Savan Cemetery

    International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Caribbean

    Masonic Jews of St. Thomas

    Mongui Maduro Library - Judaic collection

    SephardicGen Resources - websites by Sephardic family name

    The Nevis Jewish Cemetery

    The Jewish Virtual Library - Caribbean homepage

    Henry Avi Ucko, Collection of writings about Dominican Republic Jewish history