Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada (Toronto)

Search the Rotenberg Ledger

We are pleased to provide you with a very valuable Toronto resource for Jewish genealogical research. The Rotenberg Ledger provides passenger information of people, usually of Jewish origin, traveling between Europe and Toronto between 1911 and 1917. Previously, access to the information in this fragile document was only available by going to the Ontario Jewish Archives.

History

The Rotenberg Ledger, prepared by Rotenberg's Ltd. (bankers and steamship agents), is a handwritten record of steamship passengers.

The Toronto Jewish City and Information Directory of 1925 indicated that Louis Rotenberg Sr., President of Rotenberg's Ltd., resided at 118 Spadina Avenue. The other family members in the business were: Louis Rotenberg Jr., Treasurer and Manager (99 Kendal Avenue); Max Rotenberg, Vice President, (532 Christie Avenue, then in 1931 at 334 Rushton Road); Meyer Rotenberg, Secretary, (118 Spadina Avenue, then in 1931 at 138 Douglas Drive).

Each of the over 800 pages of this document was photographed by Harvey and Adena Glasner with a digital camera. They then entered the index of names into a spreadsheet which you can access to find possible family members.

How to access the information

The spreadsheet is now available as a Web page Index which you can view and search using your Web browser. All of the images are now also avaliable on this Web site and are linked from the Index . Note that the images are available in both full resolution 1600x1200 format and reduced resolution 800x600 format.

Note: The spelling of names is according to the actual written entries (as accurately as could be interpreted from the varied/frequently unclear cursive writing entries). Cross-reference to the information page(s) did not always help with clarification of spelling, in addition to the fact that names often do not appear on one or more of the many page numbers referenced in the index. Also, several names are listed in the ledger without any page number reference.

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