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Jewish Special Interest Group

J-SIG Logo The Jewish Special Interest Group (J-SIG) of St. Louis Genealogical Society began in June 2005 as a revival of the Jewish Genealogical Society of St. Louis, formerly associated with United Hebrew Congregation. In addition to its association with the St. Louis Genealogical Society, the J-SIG is a member of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies.  IAJGS Logo

Meetings


All meetings will take place in the East Room at
St. Louis County Library Headquarters, 1640 South Lindbergh Blvd.

 

Jewish Resources in St. Louis


There are many resources available in St. Louis for doing Jewish research.

Resources on the J-SIG website



St. Louis Jewish History


There have been Jewish people in St. Louis since 1807, when merchant, Joseph Philipson from Pennsylvania arrived in the territory and established a general merchandising store. For a complete timeline of Jewish history in St. Louis, click here. (This Jewish history courtesy of Joel Shedlofsky.)
A list of many of the Jewish congregations may be found by clicking here or by consulting the Jewish religion research page on congregations.

Cemetery Index


Many Jewish cemeteries have come and gone over the years, and Jewish cemetery information is being actively processed for all of the currently active ones. For a list of Jewish cemeteries in St. Louis, click here. To access names that have been indexed in some of these cemeteries, click here.

Funeral Homes


Two funeral homes in St. Louis have served the Jewish community in recent years. They are Rindskopf-Roth Funeral Chapel and Berger Memorial. Volunteers have been working with the records of both homes and have partially indexed them. To access names that have been indexed in these funeral homes, click here.

Monument Company


One monument company in St. Louis creates most Jewish tombstones. That company is Rosenbloom Monument Company, 7511 Olive Street Rd.; St. Louis, MO 63130; 314-721-5070. They do not have a website, but will answer queries in person, by writing, or phone.

Additional Resources


Newspapers that contain information useful to Jewish research can be found by clicking here.
Government agencies also possess information. Those agencies can be found by clicking here.
A number of local libraries also have resources to aid the Jewish researcher. Those libraries can be found by clicking here.

Jewish Newsletter


During its existence, the JGS of St. Louis had a monthly newsletter called Generations. Its first editors were founders, Art and Sylvia Jaffe. Then, for a brief time, it was edited by Gene Schneider, followed by Jerry Goldberg. In late 2000, Ilene Murray began her tenure as editor and remained in that position until the last issue, July 2005.

A complete set of all of the issues is available at St. Louis County Public Library Headquarters in Special Collections and at the Missouri Historical Society Research Library.

Electronic copies of issues from November 2000 until July 2005 can be found on this site. They are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format and can be downloaded, saved, and/or printed. To do so, click here.