The late Rabbi Shmuel Gorr, a well-known genealogist in Jerusalem (died 1988) who specialized in rabbinical genealogy, bequeathed his archive to the Jewish National and University Library (now the National Library of Israel).

With the generous assistance of Rabbi Gorr’s sister, Ms. Reeva Gorr, and in conjunction with the National Library, the Institute catalogued in great detail the larger part of the Archive, made up of research papers relating to the genealogies of the many families who availed themselves of Rabbi Gorr’s professional services. These papers contain a wealth of information which is now freely available through the National Library’s catalogue.

A General Description of the Gorr Archive is located here.