The SynagogueScribes and CemeteryScribes websites were born out of our personal interest in Anglo-Jewish genealogy. We put our work out there on the Web in the hope that others will find it useful. But forget about altruism: we do it…
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Hildesheimer & Co
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The German born Hildesheimer brothers along with the Tuck family [http://www.emotionscards.com/museum/raphaeltuck.html] were at the forefront of the fast expanding trade in Greetings Cards in Victorian England. Siegmund Hildesheimer was born in 1832 in Hallberstadt Germany and settled in Manchester in…
Searching SynagogueScribes.com – Basic Search
by CemeteryScribes •
First in the series of our step-by-step guides to searching SynagogueScribes and getting the best results. Example 1: Finding a Burial Record for Sarah Nathan CemeteryScribes ref I970 In SynagogueScribes, using basic search which is the search present on every…
Willesden Cemetery; Art, Music and Literature
by CemeteryScribes •
Willesden Cemetery , consecrated in 1873, acts as a bridge between the intimacy of the old, historic London Ashkenazi Burial Grounds – Aldernery Road, Brady Street and Lauriston Road – enclosed within high brick walls, their modest, fading stones haphazardly…
Wolverhampton Old Jewish Burial Ground (Cockshutts Lane)
by CemeteryScribes •
We were recently contacted by Alan Isaacs who asked whether we would like copies of some photos taken at Wolverhampton Jewish Cemetery. Our readers will know that the answer was a resounding “Yes please!” Alan, whose interests lie in electronics,…
33 Jewish Charities in London -1850.
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According to “The charities of London. Comprehending the benevolent, educational, and religious institutions. Their origin and design, progress, and present position (1850)”, there were 33 specifically Jewish charities in London at the time of its publication. Each charity is listed…
Bath Jewish Burial Ground – Restoration
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A recent article in the Jewish Chronicle reports that the first stage of the £50,000 restoration work at the old Jewish Burial Ground at Combe Down had been completed. For more information go to the Jewish Chronicle article here CemeteryScribes…
Postcards from London (and other places)
by CemeteryScribes •
While this has little to do with Cemeteries or the people buried in them its losely connected because those of us interested in genealogy like to know where our family lived, went on holiday, what they may have aspired to,…
Bancroft Road Jewish Cemetery – Restoration Update!
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The good news keeps coming! Today we received confirmation from Leonard Shear that the restoration work is definitely being undertaken by the United Synagogue Burial Society. They will be levelling the ground, clearing all the rubbish, turfing the areas that…
Memorial Plaques from Choa Chu Kang, Singapore Jewish Cemetery
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In 1974 the government provided space for a Jewish Cemetery at Choa Chu Kang, a large burial ground for people of all faiths and ethnic groups. Approximately six years later the older Jewish Cemeteries in Singapore, Orchard and Thomson Road…