The JGSI Jewish Chicago Database (JJCD)

The JGSI Jewish Chicago Database (JJCD) includes information compiled from cemeteries, obituaries, memorial plaques, retirement homes, and other Jewish organizations. Many volunteer hours were spent compiling this information.  JGSI is proud to offer free access to both members and non-members. New information is added over time, so please check back.

If you can suggest other records that should be indexed, want to volunteer to index records or take photographs, or you know of a data source that could be added to the database, contact JJCD@JGSI.org

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Chicago Area Cemetery (CAC) database. A searchable database for researching cemetery,
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Cemeteries

• Anshe Motele Congregants (325) Not buried in Waldheim Cemetery Gate 40
• Beverly Cemetery (1,048)
  
• Chewra Kadisha Cemetery (2,586)
• Jewish Graceland Cemetery : Hebrew Benevolent Society, Sections 2 & 3 (2,198)
  
• Jewish Graceland Cemetery: Sections 1 & 4 (1,491)
• Kehilath Jacob Anshe Drohiczen Cemetery, also known as Beth Jacob Cemetery (129)
  
• Knesset Israel Cemetery (610)
  
• New Light Cemetery burials through Sept 19, 2017 (1,945)
  
• Oakwoods Cemetery
• • - Ohave Sholom Mariampol section with grave photos (1,323)
  • - Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol south section with grave photos (333)
  • - Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol central section with grave photos (393)
  • - Beth Hamedrosh Hogodol north section  with grave photos (815)
  • - Congregation Rodfei Zedek (Eternal Light Cemetery: As of 2018, there are no burial records in the database)
• Rockford Illinois Hebrew Cemetery (364)
• Skyline Cemetery (11)
  
•  Waldheim Cemetery (Gate Numbers and Cemetery Maps)
• Anshe Motele Cemetery with grave photos Gate 40 (1,278) 
• Anshe Ticktin No. 1  Gate 58 (813)
• Anshe Yanova with grave photos Gate 125 (460)  
• Emanuel Congregation Cemetery Records transcription in process.
• Erster Krinker Verein (First Krinker Aid Society)  Gate 225 (371)
• Keidaner gravestones Gate 233 (94)
  
• Lida & Pinsk Congregations with grave photos Gate 129 (370)
• Laghisoner Congregation with grave photos Gate 7A (170)
  
• Logishiner Cemetery Assoc with grave photos Gate 117 (224)
• Logishiner Cemetery Assoc. with grave photos Gate 239 (54)
  
• Mikro Kodesh Pinsk with grave photos Gate 240 (58)
  
• Ostrower Gates 120  & 130 (Formerly Gates 109 & 110A) known as Ostrower No. 1, 2 & 3 (364) 
• Pinsker Independent Society  with grave photos Gate 238  (388)
• Satinover Unterschttizungs Verein Gate 115 (203)

• Westlawn Cemetery (46,121)
  

• B'nai Zion and Shaare Tikva (Chicago) (3,267)
• Lawn Manor Beth Jacob Congregation (Chicago) (635)

• The Book of Chicagoans (196)
• Chicago Obituaries 1994-1998 (9,347)
• Chicago Jewish Orphans Home Records transcription in process.
• Chicago Marks Nathan Jewish Orphans Home Records transcription in process.
• Drexel Home for the Jewish Aged (Chicago) (709)
• JUF Death Notices & Obituaries Published 1994-2017 (16,579)
• Roumanian Congregation-30th Anniversary 1929 Memorial Book (119) 

Notice and Disclaimer:
The purpose of the information on this site is to assist members and other interested parties in locating the burial spaces 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 or 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.