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The Family Land Research Kit
Did someone in your family buy land in Eretz Israel between the 1920s and the 1950s? Start here. Our free 7-page kit shows you what to look for and where the records are.
- What to gather at home — a checklist of 13 papers and objects that can prove a purchase, and why each one matters.
- Every spelling of the name — a worksheet for the names that appear in different scripts and records.
- Where the records are — the land registry, the national and Zionist archives, city archives and more: what each holds and how to approach it.
- Words in old documents — a glossary of 31 terms, from kushan and Tabu to dunam, gush and helka.
- Family worksheet — bring everything you know together in one place.
General historical information, not legal advice. Written by the Jewish Lost Assets research team from public archival sources.