Category: For Researchers

MS 125 The Mansbach Family Papers

Family collections can take genealogy beyond the family tree.  Not only can genealogists dig out familial connections, birth and death dates, but they can sometimes see objects that their ancestors

MS 113 Lena Barber Midwife Records

Not long ago I posted the finding aid for MS 180 the Rosa Fineberg midwife records.  Midwife records are a rich resource for genealogists.  Besides the expected birthdates, the books

The Kraus Family Papers: The Photographs

A blog post by Photo Archives Intern Ginevra Shay. Since starting my internship at The Jewish Museum of Maryland I’ve had the pleasure of working on a number of fascinating

MS 37 Rabbi Benjamin Szold Papers

Over the fifty years that the Jewish Museum of Maryland has been in existence we have received a large number of materials related to Benjamin Szold and his descendents, which

MS 198 The Straus-Hecht Family Collection

A large portion of the collections at the Jewish Museum of Maryland document families and organizations centered around the city of Baltimore.  But we do have objects, photos and archives