Find a Grave website is no doubt of use to some but creates a wealth of ‘competitive contributors’ who reason to be exists solely to claim they have added more data to the site than others. Sometimes referred to ‘digital…
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CemeteryScribes on Flickr
We are posting tombstone photos from Streatham Jewish Cemetery on our new Flickr site. Many have names and Hebrew names in the photo description so can be searched. Currently 1300 photos with several thousand more to add. Its due to…
Lottery Funding for Falmouth Jewish Cemetery
https://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/18838437.lottery-funding-secures-future-ponsharden-burial-ground-falmouth/ The Jewish cemetery was founded in 1780 and the Dissenters in 1808 and together they were in active use for just over 100 years and contain over 700 burials, many unmarked. They give us a glimpse into Falmouth’s long…
Bath Jewish Burial Ground -Open day 20 Sept 2020
We are delighted to have been in contact with Christina Hilsenrath Craig, Chair, Friends of the Bath Jewish Burial Ground, who is studying and researching all those buried at Bath Jewish Burial Ground, Combe Down. With some exciting new finds.…
Lost but not forgotten
Admin: The following is a wonderful example of why researchers should never give up, written by Joanna D, London This story starts about 40 years ago when a determined family member living in Toronto, Canada (formerly of London) set herself…
Seeking Neville & Nathan Families
Willesden Jewish Cemetery (United Synagogue) want to trace descendants of the Neville family and Nathan family regarding the conservation work being carried out at the cemetery thanks to the National Heritage Lottery Fund. Mr Henry Nathan who died aged 60…
New book – Foreigners, Aliens, Citizens – Medway and its Jewish Community, 1066 – 1939 (by Irina Fridman)
The forthcoming book, Foreigners, Aliens, Citizens – Medway and its Jewish Community, 1066 – 1939 (by Irina Fridman), is due to be available Autumn 2020. The book provides a comprehensive history of one of the largest provincial Jewish community of…
Louisa Elliot nee Salomons 1778 -1811 (The Goldsmid, Prager and Elliot relationships)
We are delighted to publish the following article written by Dr Phillip Kirby . My interest in the Goldsmid, Prager Salomons families began when a researcher asked for help in identifying whether or not they were related to Jewish lines.…
Newport Synagogue & Cemeteries Open Day 22nd Sept 2019
We were recently contacted by Nicola Tucker, an art historian and artist with a passion for historic buildings. Nicola alerted us to the Newport Synagogue and Cemeteries Open Day being held on 22nd September 2019 and provided the following information:…
Do branches of your family tree lead you to Denmark?
Then you should pay a visit to the site “Danish-Jewish Funerals and Tombstones up to 1866” at http://tom.brondsted.dk/mosaiskebegravelser/?lang=en available in both English and Danish. The site covers all known Danish-Jewish funerals from the earliest ones in the late 17th century…