In Jan 2010 Cemetery Scribes reported on the Knowles Collection and the new site http://histfam.familysearch.org/index.php which includes ‘The Knowles Collection – The Jews of the British Isles’. Todd’s collection now holds over 75,000 people from 149 independant sources. Todd kindly…
Names, Other
Names and their origins
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This is the first in a short series we hope to be able to provide on names, family names and how they have changed over the years. Most Jews arriving in the UK following The Readmission would not have had…
Cemeteries & history, London - Mile End, Other, UK Cemeteries
Saving the past – Novo Sephardic Cemetery, Mile End
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We frequently receive comments from excited researchers who have found the tombstone of their great great ancestor on the CemeteryScribes web site. And we regularly get comments from our family and friends asking why we do it: why we spend…
Cemeteries & history, Gloucester, Other, UK Cemeteries
Gloucester Old Jewish Burial Ground
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The old Jewish Cemetery in Organ’s Passage Gloucester was finally cleared in 1938 when the land was transferred to Gloucester Council for use as a children’s recreation ground, and the remains transferred to the separate section in the new Gloucester…
main, Other
An Englishman in New York – Success story
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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…
Burial Records, Cemeteries & history, Restoration Projects, UK Cemeteries
Bancroft (Maiden Lane) Cemetery – More names found
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As our readers will know we have previously reported on the planned restoration to Bancroft (Maiden Lane) Jewish Cemetery, see here. Susie has continued in her mission to find as many names as possible of those buried in this cemetery…