The database, which was compiled by Stuart Rosenblatt, president of the Irish Jewish Genealogical Society, includes everything from burial and birth records, compiled by a Jewish midwife in the late 19th century; police registries of immigrants in the early 20th century to and other sources stretching from the 1700s until today.

“These volumes are a living history of people who have now no voice,” Rosenblatt said in a statement from the National Library, which held a ceremony celebrating the archives on Monday.

“Births, marriages, deaths, census, alien registration, synagogue memberships, home and business addresses, grave details and inscriptions are just a sample in the 22 volumes for families to discover their rich Irish heritage.

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