IGRA adds new databases

Nov 24, 2025
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The Israel Genealogy Research Association added seven new databases and updated another, adding over 42,000 new records, many of them with images, in April. Those new databases:

1760-1763 Jewish Names in Jerusalem – (images available)
1918 Magen David Adom – (images available)
Founders Nahalal – (images available)
Immigration 1946 – update (images available)
Fallen Soldiers from the War of Independence 1948 – partial list (images available)
Prisoners of War in Egypt & Jordan 1948-1949 (images available)
Name Changes 1970-1971 & 1976 – update

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