The JGSI Jewish Chicago Database (JJCD)

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The JGSI Jewish Chicago Database (JJCD) includes information compiled from cemeteries, obituaries, memorial plaques, retirement homes, and other Jewish organizations. JGSI is proud to offer free access to both members and non-members. This database is the result of many volunteer hours, and new information is added over time, so please check back.

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JGSI's name database, JJCD, along with JCRP (our subject database containing over 7,800 historical records and public resources), makes a great first place to look as you pursue your family history.

Cemeteries (* indicates grave photos available)

• Anshe Motele Congregants (not buried in Waldheim Cemetery Gate 40)
• Beverly Cemetery (Blue Island, IL)
• Jewish Graceland Cemetery: Sections 1 & 4; Sections 2 & 3: Hebrew Benevolent Society (Chicago)
  
• Kehilath Jacob Anshe Drohiczen Cemetery, also known as Beth Jacob Cemetery (Morton Grove, IL)
• Kneseth Israel Cemetery (Hammond, IN)
• New Light Cemetery (Lincolnwood, IL)
• Oakridge-Glen Oaks Cemetery: Chewra Kadischa Esras Nedochim (Hillside, IL)
• Oak Woods Cemetery (Chicago)
• • - Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol central section
  • - Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol north section *
  • - Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol south section *
  • - Congregation Rodfei Zedek (Eternal Light Memorial; currently no records)
  • - Ohave Sholom Mariampol section 
• Rockford Hebrew Cemetery
• Skyline Cemetery (Monee, IL)
• Waldheim Cemetery (Gate Numbers and Cemetery Maps) (Forest Park, IL)
• • Anshe Motele Cemetery * Gate 40
  • Anshe Ticktin No. 1 Gate 58
  • Anshe Yanova  * Gate 125
  • Emanuel Congregation Cemetery Gate 46
  • Erster Krinker Verein (First Krinker Aid Society) Gate 225
  • Goldfaden Landsmanship Farband Gate 236
  • Kadaner Unterstuetzung Verein Gate 233
  • Laghisoner Congregation * Gate 7A
    
  • Lida & Pinsk Congregations * Gate 129
  • Logishiner Cemetery Assn * Gate 117 
  • Logishiner Cemetery Assn * Gate 239 
    
  • Mikro Kodesh Pinsk * Gate 240
  • Ostrower (No. 1, 2 & 3) Gates 120 & 130
  • Pinsker Independent Society  * Gate 238
  • Satinover Unterschttizungs Verein Gate 115
  • South Side Hebrew Congregation  (Mt. Nebo) Gate 44
• Westlawn Cemetery (Norridge, IL)
  

• Agudas Achim
• Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel
• B'nai Zion and Shaare Tikva (Chicago)
• Beth Itzchok (Bais Yitzchok)
• Congregations Beth Hamrdrosh Hagodol Kesser Maariv Ansha Luknik
• Ezras Israel
• Kehilath Jacob Beth Samuel
• Lawn Manor Beth Jacob Congregation (Chicago)
• Temple Beth El
• Temple Judea Mizpah

Obituaries/Biographies/Institutions/Organizations

• A Priceless Heritage by Morris A. Gutstein
• A Walk To Shul by Bea Kraus and Norman D. Schwartz
• Am Echod Dedication 1968 25th Anniversary Book
• American Brotherhood of Moghileff
• Bridges to an American City by Sidney Sorkin
• Bridges to an American City - Landsmanshaften Members by Sidney Sorkin
• The Book of Chicagoans edited by Albert Nelson Marquis
• Chicago and its Jews  by Philip P. Bregstone
• Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans
• Chicago Obituaries 1994-1998
• Drexel Home for the Jewish Aged (Chicago)
• Erster Krinker Anniversary Books (1940, 1945 and 1951)
• History of the Jews of Chicago by Hyman L. Meites
• The Jews of Chicago by Irving Cutler
• JUF Obituaries Published June-Dec. 1994 through August 2025 
• Marks Nathan Jewish Orphans Home (Alumni Directory, Census links, Memories and Oral History)
• Roumanian Congregation-30th Anniversary Memorial Book (1929)
• Selfhelp Home Resident Interviews
• Temple Judea Mizpah (Death Index Cards, Family Records, Marriage Records)

Notice and Disclaimer:
The purpose of the information on this site is to assist members and other interested parties in locating the burial places of possible relatives. However, the information provided about family names and locations, at all except the Westlawn Cemetery, was developed by volunteers who assembled the information by physical inspection without any information from the cemetery or its records. Accordingly, neither JGSI, the cemetery nor any of the volunteers warrant or certify the accuracy of the names or locations. It is strongly recommended that anyone who finds information that may be of interest personally visit the cemetery before reaching any final conclusions.

JGSI is looking for additional indexing projects of the Chicago Jewish community. If you can suggest other records that should be indexed, or want to volunteer, e-mail us at Projects@jgsi.org