LibGuides: Family History and Genealogy: Jewish Genealogy

Published Genealogy Guides

Manuscripts

Brith Sholom Beth Israel (Charleston, S.C.) congregational records, 1888-2012 (Special Collections A – Manuscripts)
- Brith Sholom congregational records, 1888-1956:
  Includes: Membership/Financial records, 1888-1955; Membership correspondence, 1912-1955; Daughters of Israel sisterhood records, 1890-1958
- Beth Israel congregational records, 1911-1956:
  Includes: Membership ledger, 1926-1929
- Brith Sholom Beth Israel congregational records, 1922-2012 (bulk 1954-2012):
  Includes: Membership records, 1955-1998; [Membership] Financial records, 1955-1977; Sisterhood records, 1954-2002; Cemeteries, 1945-1998
Temple Sinai (Sumter, S.C.) records, 1789-2012 (bulk 1920-1996) (Special Collections A – Manuscripts)
- Families and individuals:
  Includes: Genealogical information, undated; Goldstein, Joe, 1986, 1989; Levi, Wendell Mitchell, 1932-1991; Moïse family; Moses family
- Ledgers:
  Includes: Information on membership and dues, cemetery accounts, cash accounts, and receipts and disbursements from 1881 to 1993 (with gaps).
- Cemetery:
  Includes: Plot lists and maps, 1920s-1940s; Burial permits and interment notes, 1921-1991
- Events and worship services, 1918-2000:
  Includes: Bar and Bat Mitzvah services, undated; Confirmation services, 1932-1975, undated; Confirmation photographs, 1950s, 1990s
- Sisterhood:
  Includes: Membership lists, 1930s, 1960s, 1991; Yearbooks, 1952-2001
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim congregation records, 1798-2002 (20th century) (Special Collections A – Manuscripts)
- Financial records (1800-1999)
  Includes: Information on members, fines, income, salaries, pew assignments, various projects, estates, religious school finances, etc.
- Employee, Member and Congregant records (1901-1999)
  Includes: Some vital statistics, member lists, payroll, and some sermons
- Cemeteries (1798-1999, bulk 1887-1991)
  Includes: Data on numerous KKBE cemeteries, plats, finances, and images
- Religious School and Youth Program:
  Includes: Data on confirmations (1884-1948)
- Sisterhood (1869-1995) and Brotherhood (1928-1984):
  Includes: Activities of the Congregation's men and women

Burial information

Burials at KKBE Coming Street Cemetery
The compiler (Solomon Breibart) provides the following information for those buried in the Coming Street Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina: family name, first name, gravesite location, date of birth, date of death, age at death, historical sources, and other notes. The titles of the historical sources mentioned are included on an unnumbered page at the end of the document and include standard genealogical references, newspapers, funeral home records, etc. A letter of transmittal from Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim accompanies the file.
The old Jewish cemeteries at Charleston, S.C.
A transcript of the inscriptions on their tombstones, 1762-1903.
The Jewish cemeteries of Congregation Berith Shalome at Charleston, S.C. (Special Collections A – Pamphlets)
The Jewish cemeteries of South Carolina (S.C. Historical Society pamphlet)
An index to the inscriptions on their tombstones.
The Jewish cemetery at Sumter, S.C. (Special Collections A – Pamphlets)

Marriage Notices

Jewish marriage notices from the newspaper press of Charleston, S.C. (1775-1906)

Online Resources

College of Charleston Online Resources
Other Online Resourses

Barnett Abraham Elzas Books (selected)

Barnett Abraham Elzas (1867-1936) was a prolific writer and compiler of Jewish history. Special Collections and the SC Historical Society have a large quantity of his publications that can be found here. A selection of his work is presented below: