Archives

The following archives have been generously donated to the Sephardic Genealogical Society:

Kevin Martin Digital Archive

Our late friend Kevin Martin devoted years to the study of Jewish, particularly Sephardic, genealogy and history. His family have generously donated his digital records to the Sephardic Genealogical Society. Our limited resources mean that we don't yet have the ability to post much of Kevin's archive online, but we plan to do so. 

Julian Kemper Archive of the De Sola Family

In 2023 the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain library moved from the Jewish Museum in London. Needing to downsize they have passed much of Julian Kemper's research on the De Sola family to us, whilst retaining key documents.

The collection is in hard copy in nine files. The collection includes correspondence, notebooks, family trees, and copies of archival documents including Inquisition processes. When we have the resources, we shall scan the documents. 

ETSI - Sephardic Genealogical and Historical Review

ETSI was a magazine published in France between 1998 and 2009. Issues can be found in Jewish genealogical society libraries and major reference libraries. Most of the articles are in French. We do not hold their archives, but want to highlight their trailblazing and valuable work. Laurence Abensur-Hazan deserves credit for the high standards in Sephardic genealogical research.

Table of contents of the Review:

Issue n°1, Vol.1 - Spring-Summer 1998

• Etymology of Sefarad, by Mathilde Tagger [in French, English summary]

• The Jewish cemetery of Tetuan - yesterday, today, tomorrow, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish "solitreo", by Haim-Vidal Sephiha [in French, English summary]

• How to find five generations through the Italian Consulate archives at Izmir - the example of the Hazan family, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Sephardic Genealogy on the Internet, by Jeff Malka [in English, French summary]

• Bibliography : The Jews of Egypt, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan

• Information, Forum, Books, Index

Issue n°2, Vol.1 - Autumn 1998

• Berber matter in onomastics of Maghreb Jews, by Jacques Taïeb [in French, English summary] List of Jewish roots of Berber origin

• A genealogical source for Salonika : the newspaper "La Epoca", by Claude Missistrano [in French, English summary]

• Using the internet as a tool for Sephardic Genealogy, by Jeff Malka [in English, French summary]

• Bibliography : The Jews of Bulgaria, by Mathilde Tagger

• Forum, Books, Index

Issue n°3, Vol.1 - Winter 1998

• Present condition of the Jewish cemeteries of Algeria, from Roger Latapie [in French, English summary]

• Some tombstones of old Jewish cemeteries in Algier in 1888, from Isaac Bloch (index by Philip Abensur)

• Jews of the Sudan, by Jeff Malka [in English, French summary]

• The Sephardi community of Manchester and its sources, by Morris L. Bierbrier [in English, French summary]

• Bibliography : The Jews of Venice, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French]

• Journals, Forum, Books, Index

Issue n°4, Vol.2 - Spring 1999

• The Jewish cemetery of La Tour-de-Peilz in Switzerland, by Anne-Marie Faraggi Rychner [in French, English summary]

• Vital records for the Jews of Algeria, from Roland Gozland [in French]

• "La Boz del Puevlo" : A Judeo-Spanish newspaper of Smyrna before World War I, by Henri Nahum [in French, English summary]

• Genealogical data records from "La Boz del Puevlo", by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Os Cristaos Novos - The New Christians : The de Sola family, by Julian Kemper [in English, French summary]

• Bibliography : The Jewish Community of Rhodes, by Myriam Pimienta-Benatar [in French]

• Journals, Forum, Information, Index

Issue n°5, Vol.2 - Summer 1999

• Chasing the Altaras family - An archival survey, by Morris Bierbrier [in English, French summary]

• Some Jewish cemeteries of Morocco, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• Is the Purim Sarahussa from Saragossa or Syracusa? Or how to find a possible origin with the help of a family tradition, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Sephardi ketubbot : bibliography and index by countries, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan and Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• Journals, Information, Index

Issue n°6, Vol.2 - October 1999

• Sephardic genealogical information available from Ottoman, Balkan and Levant postal history, by David Sheby [in English, French summary]

• Sephardic genealogical investigations in Amsterdam, by Vibeke Sealtiel Olsen [in English, French summary]

• Archives : The move of the Jewish cemetery of Fez, Morocco, by Philip Abensur [in French]

• Bibliography : The Sephardis of Romania, by Michael Halevy

• Journals, Books, Index

Issue n°7, Vol.2 - December 1999

• Dengue fever in Smyrna in 1889, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• A sample of the Jewish population of Tangier in 1955 from Isaac Pimienta's note-book, by Sidney Pimienta [in French, English summary]

• Bibliography : Sephardi families, history and genealogy. Books at the Jewish National and University and at the Ben Zvi Institute libraries in Jérusalem, by Mathilde Tagger

• Journals, Books, Index

Issue n°8, Vol.3 - April 2000

• Genealogical data in the Alliance Israélite Universelle archives: myth and reality, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan and Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• A family research at the Alliance Israélite Universelle, by Yves Carmona [in French, English summary]

• Information, Journals, Books

Issue n°9, Vol.3 - August 2000

• Jewish genealogical research in Alexandria (Egypt), by Richard Léon [in French, English summary]

• The genealogical story of the Modiano family from 1570 to our days, by Mario Modiano [in English, French summary]

• Benefits and damage of Internet : for a deontology in genealogy, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Archives : About the Italian nationality or protection of the Jews of Smyrna, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan

• Journals, Books, Index

Issue n°10, Vol.3 - October 2000

• Lists of names in the archives of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan and Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• Sephardic family names in Amsterdam, 1598-2000, by Vibeke Sealtiel Olsen [in English, French summary]

• Archives : The Jews of Malta in 1891

• Sephardi subjects at the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy of London (8-13 July 2001)

• Journals, Books, Index

Issue n°11, Vol.3 - December 2000

• Sol Hachuel (1820-1834) : history and genealogy, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• First experiences of an amateur arboriculturist, or how to graft a new branch on one's genealogical tree, by Francis Amar [in French, English summary]

• Jewish cemeteries in Algeria (continued), by Anne-Marie Faraggi Rychner [in French, English summary]

• Sephardi Program at the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy of London (8-13 July 2001)

• Journals, Books, Index

Issue n°12, Vol.4 - March 2001

• Aliases in Amsterdam, by Vibeke Sealtiel-Olsen [in English, French summary]

• Sephardic Varons : historical background and distribution, by Bension Varon [in English, French summary]

• Ketubot catalogues available on the internet, by Philip Abensur [in French and in English]

• Report of the London International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Bibliography : The Jews of Morocco, by Philip Abensur

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, Index

Issue n°13, Vol.4 - June 2001

• French naturalization files of Ottoman Jews, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• The Jews of Leghorn : Archival sources, by Nardo Bonomi [in French, English summary]

• Bibliography : Genealogical information about Sephardi families in the Alliance Israélite Universelle Archives, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan and Philip Abensur

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Journals, Forum, Index

Issue n°14, Vol.4 - September 2001

• "Short" stories of a "great" family : About some Toledanos in Tangier, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• Marriages and engagements announcements records from the newspaper " El Tiempo " of Istanbul, by Claude Missistrano [in French, English summary]

• The Jewish Community of Zante in the 1890's, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

Journals, Forum, Information, Index

Issue n°15, Vol.4 - December 2001

• Izmir and Rhodes: Taranto family origins, archives, and links to other Sephardim, by Leon Taranto [in English, French summary]

• The Jewish Community and family names of Sephardic Jews in Ruschuk (Russe), Bulgaria, by Joseph Covo [in English, French summary]

• Genealogical records of the Alliance Israélite Universelle about Smyrna (Turkey), by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Forum, Books, Index

Issue n°16, Vol.5 - March 2002

• Jewish family names in Smyrna, by Roland Taranto [in French, English summary]

• Baghdad Alliance school pupils between 1865 and 1879, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, Index

Issue n°17, Vol.5 - June 2002

• The Jews of Aleppo, by Sarina Roffé [in English, French summary]

• The pupils of the Alliance Israélite Universelle school of Aleppo before 1879, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• The Jewish Museum of Turkey, by Naim Avigdor Güleryüz [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish/Ladino, Language and Culture : stakes and outlooks (June 2002 UNESCO Conference report), by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, Journals, Index

Issue n°18, Vol.5 - September 2002

• European traveller's views of the Jews of Smyrna during the 19th and early 20th centuries, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• The Pimienta's route from Tangier to Oran : a child's game..., by Léo Amar [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, Journals, Information, Index

Issue n°19, Vol.5 - December 2002

• Paleographical study of Jewish marriages records in Smyrna between the beginning of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, by Roland Taranto [in French, English summary]

• An example of the contribution of the Alliance Israélite Universelle archives for the history of Jewish communities in Algeria, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Sephardi lectures at the 23rd Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Washington DC, 20-25 July 2003

• A new website devoted to Sephardi genealogical data: www.sephardicstudies.org/entrance.html, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, Index

Issue n°20, Vol.6 - March 2003

• Research on the origin and the genealogy of a Jewish Sephardi family of Tunis : the De Paz, by Gilles Boulu [in French, English summary]

• The arrival of the Salama family in Melilla : Jews of Tetuan in a Spanish land, 1864-1880, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Information, Index

Issue n°21, Vol.6 - June 2003

• Genealogy of the Jews of Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey) : main research sources, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• The pupils of the Alliance Israélite Universelle school of Ruschuk from 1872 to 1879, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• Apprentices in the Alliance Israélite Universelle Society of Andrianople in the years 1882-1883, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• 24th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Jerusalem 4-9 July 2004, by Jean-Pierre Stroweis [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, Journals, Index

Issue n°22, Vol.6 - September 2003

• The Amar family of Salonika - Meeting in Toledo, by Anne-Marie Rychner-Faraggi [in French, English summary]

• Digitisation of Algerian vital records at the Centre des Archives d'Outre-mer, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• The Cansino family, from Seville to Oran - Itinerary of a family of royal interpreters, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Sephardi events at the International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Washington DC, July 2003, by Leon Taranto [in English, French summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Journals, Information, Index

Issue n°23, Vol.6 - December 2003

• Research about the Sotto family of Oran, by Yves Sotto [in French, English summary]

• The situation of the Jews of Scio after the earthquake of 1881, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• The Museum of Jewish Moroccan Art in Brussels, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, Journals, Index

Issue n°24, Vol.7 - March 2004

• The Scemama or Samama caïds - A dynasty of personalities of the Tunis Regency, by Gilles Boulu [in French, English summary]

• Who's who in the graduates of the Alliance Israélite Universelle School in Ruschuk, Bulgaria , by Joseph Covo [in English, French summary]

• Record of the Jewish cemeteries of Essaouira (Mogador), Morocco [in French, English summary]

• Sephardi subjects at the 24th Conference on Jewish Genealogy (Jerusalem, 4-9 July 2004) [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Index

Issue n°25, Vol.7 - June 2004

• The Barki family of Smyrna, XVIIIth - XXth centuries, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• The circumcision register of Rabbi Habib Toledano of Tangier, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• Internet section : archives documents of the Etsi website ; Society of the Jews originating from Egypt (AJOE); "Nebi Daniel" Society, devoted to the Jews of Alexandria

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, Index

Issue n°26, Vol.7 - September 2004

• Jewish family names in Buenos Aires, by Roland Taranto [in French, English summary]

• Precisions regarding the family of Rabbi circumcisor Habib Toledano (Rebbi Hbibi) of Tanger, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• The 24th international conference on Jewish genealogy in Jerusalem, Israel, by Joseph Covo [in English, French summary]

• Elements of history and genealogy of Sephardi Jews in the series "Culte Israélite" of the French National Archives, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, Journals, Information, Index

Issue n°27, Vol.7 - December 2004

• The 1840 Montefiore census of Jews in Alexandria, by Yves Fedida [in French, English summary]

• Fez and other cities of Morocco - One thousand years of intellectual activity, by Vidal Serfaty [in French, English summary]

• A "mixed" couple in Djédeïda (Tunisia), or the meeting of Algeria and Turkey... in Tunisia, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, Journals, Information, Index

Issue n°28, Vol.8 - March 2005

• Some data about the Jewish community of Miliana (Algeria) at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• The "Tritl" (sack) of Fez in 1912, by Vidal Serfaty [in French, English summary]

• A list of donors of Algeria and Gibraltar in 1848, by Robert Attal [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, Journals, Information, Index

Issue n°29, Vol.8 - June 2005

• The Community of Fez and the Hassarfati family, by Vidal Serfaty [in French, English summary]

• Ventura - the origin of the name and the family, by Joseph Covo [in English, French summary]

• "Dictionary of the Judeo-Spanish" by Joseph Nehama, by Haïm-Vidal Sephiha [in French, English summary]

• Conference on the Jews of Algeria, by Mathilde Tagger [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Index

Issue n°30, Vol.8 - September 2005

• A list of members of the Burial Society in Oran (1867), by Robert Attal [in French, English summary]

• Gomel: a name, a family, par Mathilde Tagger [in French, English summary]

• The family of Rabbi Menahem Shemuel Halevy of Hamadan (Iran) [part I], par Nechama Kramer-[in English, French summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, index

Issue n°31, Vol.8 - December 2005

• Jewish family names in Rhodes, by Roland Taranto [in French, English summary]

• East in Rome, by Morris Bierbrier [in English, French summary]

• Israelites assassinated in Tétouan and its surroundings between 1866 and 1880, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• The Jews of Salonika seen by Anglo-Saxon Christian missionaries in the beginning of the 19th century, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Archives : The Purim of the Saragossi family, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Journals, information, index

Issue n°32, Vol.9 - March 2006

• Life and contribution for the cause of Zion de Rabbi Menahem Shemuel Halevy de Hamadan (Iran), by Nechama Kramer-Hellinx [in English, French summary]

• The "true" history of Sol Hachuel told by her nephew, by Philip Abensur [in French, English summary]

• A family of notables from Salonika: the Allatini's, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Archives : Pilgrimage at the synagogue Ben Ezra of Old Cairo (Fostat), by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, index

Issue n°33, Vol.9 - June 2006

• The graduates of the Alliance school of boys of Smyrna from 1873 to 1879, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• A contested consistorial election in Constantine (Algeria) in 1880, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• A description of the Jews of Salonika in 1734, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• The Jewish Community of Gallipoli at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, by Laurence Abensur-Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Association of Jews Originating from Egypt Conference on the Suez Canal nationalization jubilee, by Isacco Hazan [in French, English summary]

• Judeo-Spanish summary, by Isacco Hazan [in Judeo-Spanish]

• Books, information, index

For Issue n°34 onwards, we have incomplete information.

Issue n°34, Vol.9 — September 2006

• Mariages juifs à Tanger, Philip Abensur

• La poésie de Rabbi Menahem Shemuel Halevy, Nechama Kramer-Hellinx

• 11 sources for genealogy of Tunis Jews, Robert Attal 

Issue n°35, Vol.9 — December 2006

• Les juifs d’Oran au 19ᵉ siècle, quelques sources originales d’informations généalogiques, Laurence Abensur-Hazan

• Summary article on Sephardic sessions at the 2006 New York IAJGS conference, Anne-Marie Rychner-Faraggi

Issue n°36, Vol.10 — March 2007

• Le prisonnier d’Aboukir, Yves Fedida

• Les familles séfarades à Nice au 19e siècle, aperçu des sources disponibles, Laurence Abensur-Hazan (also noted as “ETSI n.36, p.13” in a library index). 

Issue n°37, Vol.10 — June 2007

• Les noms juifs séfarades à Istanbul au 20ᵉ siècle, Roland Taranto

Issue n°38, Vol.10 — September 2007

• Les juifs de Chaouen (Maroc) en 1877, Philip Abensur

• Report on a July 2007 Fez symposium, Vidal Serfaty

• Case study of an Algeria-origin family whose descendants settled in Eretz Yisrael

Issue n°39, Vol.10 — December 2007

• Le “Pourim de Saragose”, Maggy Saragossi, proving the Zaragoza link

• Trois familles juives dans l’industrie du tapis à Izmir (XIXe–XXe), Laurence Abensur-Hazan (Habif, Polako, Pontremoli).

• Annotated bibliography of new works on Sephardic surname

Issue n°40, Vol.11 — March 2008

• Les “pérégrinations” des juifs séfarades de Salonique 

• Includes an article detailing “many traditions in Jewish marriages.” 

Issue n°41, Vol.11 — June 2008

• Education/A.I.U. article

Issue n°42, Vol.11 — September 2008

• Les Juifs d’Izmir et les réformes ottomanes (fin XIXe siècle), Laurence Abensur-Hazan

• Une famille juive de Tétouan installée à Mogador : notes généalogiques, attributed to Vidal Serfaty

Issue n°43, Vol.11 — December 2008

• À la recherche des racines familiales à Izmir (Turquie), Sonja Vansteenkiste-Bilé

• La situation des Juifs d’Aydin après le tremblement de terre de 1899, Laurence Abensur-Hazan

Issue n°44, Vol.12 — March 2009

• Les juifs ‘Dönme’ et leurs trajectoires au XXe siècle, attributed to Anne-Marie Rychner-Faraggi

• Announce-post lists articles “about Tangier (Morocco), the Dönme, and Algeria; ‘The graduates of the …’ ” [title truncated in excerpt] 

Issue n°45, Vol.12 — June 2009

• Salonique : les registres de circoncision dans les archives familiales

Issue n°46, Vol.12 — September 2009

• Les juifs de Fès à l’époque coloniale : esquisse généalogique, Anne-Marie Serfaty

Issue n°47, Vol.12 — December 2009

• Changements d’identité et listes électorales à Izmir (1920-1930), Laurence Abensur-Hazan. This article may be in an earlier issue.