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* * * Select from CEMETERY COLLECTIONS below * * * Anshe Motele Congregants (Burial locations other than Waldheim - Gate 40); 325 records Beverly Cemetery; 1048 records Jewish Graceland Cemetery: Sections 1 & 4; 1491 records Jewish Graceland Cemetery: Sections 2 & 3 - Hebrew Benevolent Society; 2203 records Kehilath Jacob Anshe Drohiczen Cemetery also known as Beth Jacob Cemetery; 129 records Kneseth Israel Cemetery (Hammond IN); 611 records New Light Cemetery; 1945 records Oakridge-Glen Oaks Cemetery: Chewra Kadischa Esras Necochim; 2553 records Oak Woods Cemetery: Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol (Central Section); 393 records Oak Woods Cemetery: Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol (North Section); 815 records Oak Woods Cemetery: Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol (South Section); 333 records Oak Woods Cemetery: No stone; 21 records Oak Woods Cemetery: Ohave Sholom Mariampol section; 1323 records Rockford Hebrew Cemetery (Rockford IL); 364 records Skyline Cemetery; 11 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 7A - Laghisoner Congregation; 170 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 40 - Anshe Motele Cemetery; 1278 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 44 (Mt. Nebo) - South Side Hebrew Congregation; 550 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 46 - Emanuel Congregation; 823 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 58 - Anshe Ticktin No. 1; 813 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 115 - Satinover Unterschttizungs Verein; 204 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 117 - Logishiner Cemetery Assoc.; 224 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gates 120 & 130 - Ostrower No. 1, 2 & 3 (Formerly Gates 109 & 110A); 366 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 125 - Anshe Yanova; 460 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 129 - Lida & Pinsk Congregation; 370 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 225 - First Krinker Aid Society; 395 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 233 - Keidaner; 94 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 236 - Goldfaden Landmanship Farband; 108 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 238 - Pinsker Independent Society; 388 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 239 - Logishiner Cemetery Assoc.; 55 records Waldheim Cemetery: Gate 240 - Mikro Kodesh Pinsk; 58 records Westlawn Cemetery; 46121 records * * * Select from MEMORIAL PLAQUE COLLECTIONS below * * * Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel; 1145 records B'nai Zion Shaare Tikvah; 3267 records Congregations Beth Hamrdrosh Hagodol Kesser Maariv Anshe Luknik; 830 records Ezras Israel; 1399 records Lawn Manor Beth Jacob Congregation; 635 records Temple Beth El; 1046 records Temple Judea Mizpah; 1112 records * * * Select from OBITUARY, BIOGRAPHY, INSTITUTION and ORGANIZATION COLLECTIONS below * * * A Priceless Heritage; Morris A. Gutstein, Published 1953; 382 records A Walk To Shul; B. Kraus & N. Schwartz, Published 2003; 53 records Am Echod Dedication 1968; 560 records American Brotherhood of Moghileff; 424 records The Book of Chicagoans; 197 records Bridges To An American City; Sidney Sorkin, Published 1993; 2571 records Bridges To An American City; Landsmanshaften Members; Sidney Sorkin, Published 1993; 1520 records Chicago and Its Jews; Philip P. Bregstone, Private Published 1933; 1035 records Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans - 1900-1940; 935 records Chicago Obituaries; 1994 - 1998; 9356 records Drexel Home for the Jewish Aged; Chicago; 709 records Erster Krinker Anniversary Books 1940, 1945 and 1951; 484 records History of the Jews of Chicago; Hyman Meites; Published 1924; 702 records Judea Mizpah Death Index Cards; 1756 records Judea Mizpah Family Records; 579 records Judea Mizpah Marriage Records; 1126 records JUF Obituaries: Published 1994-December 2024; 23477 records Marks Nathan Jewish Orphan Home (Chicago); 1949 records Roumanian Congregation - 30th Anniversary Memorial Book (1929); 119 records Selfhelp Home - Interviews and Transcripts (CJH-2007); 57 records The Jews of Chicago; Irving Cutler, Published 1996; 547 records

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