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This database is an index of 24,562 obituary notices which appeared in the Boston Jewish Advocate, compiled by David Rosen and volunteers from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Boston. This index covers the entire run of the Jewish Advocate, 1905 thru Dec 2007. For each entry, the index contains the deceased\'s name, maiden name (if given), birthplace (if given), age, the date of the issue of the Boston Jewish Advocate in which the obituary appeared, and surnames of related family members mentioned in the obituary.

The Boston Jewish Advocate is published weekly. To view the actual obituaries which this database indexes, consult back issues of the Jewish Advocate on microfilm. Microfilms of the back issues (110+ reels) are available at several libraries, including: Boston Public Library (Boston, MA): [AN2.M4J4]; Hebrew College Library (Newton, MA); Lamont Library, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA): [Film NC 497]; Goldfarb Library, Brandeis University (Waltham, MA): [AJHS Depository]; New York Public Library (New York, NY): [*ZAN-*P41]; Library of Congress (Washington, DC): [96/4713].

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For more information about this database, please visit the JewishGen website:
The Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database
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David Rosen, comp. The Boston Jewish Advocate Index to Obituary Notices, 1905-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Jewish Advocate. Boston, MA: Jewish Advocate, 1905-2007. This data is provided in partnership with JewishGen.org.
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