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The Jacobi Papers – now in eBook format,
for individual families
The original Jacobi Papers: Genealogical Studies of Leading Ashkenazi Families (4 volumes), by Paul J. Jacobi and edited by Emanuel Elyasaf, represent the life’s work of a pioneering Jewish genealogist.
Jacobi (1911–1997) spent half a century meticulously tracing the lineages of over 450 leading Ashkenazi families, with a special focus on rabbinic dynasties. While he completed in-depth studies of over 100 families, none of his research was published during his lifetime. His work is now available in print, offering 2,298 pages of detailed family trees and historical data—an invaluable resource for scholars and family historians.
Introducing eBook format
IIJG’s aim is to make The Jacobi Papers more accessible to a wider audience and therefore is investing in the conversion of the entire 4 volumes to an eBook format. Each eBook features a specific family and are available (as they are completed) for purchase on Amazon for $9.99 per family.
Options to buy entire volumes or the complete 4-volume set as eBooks will also be offered in the future.
Surname Index – User Guide
Within the 106 monographs of rabbinical families in Jacobi’s corpus, thousands of additional surnames appear, beyond those featured in the chapter titles.
To locate a specific surname (e.g., Aaron), please follow these three steps:
1. Search the Surname List
Begin by consulting the Surname List to identify which family chapters include the surname you’re looking for. For example, the surname Aaron appears in the chapters for Badt, Kara, and Segal.
2. Refer to the Short Index
After identifying the relevant family chapters, use the Short Index (located directly after the Surname Index) to find the volume numbers and page numbers where the Badt, Kara, and Segal chapters appear.
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Click here to view Surname Index and Short Index
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