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So You Want to Research
Jews first came to Britain in 1066, at the invitation of William the Conqueror, England, Scotland and Wales Genealogy The Jewish community of England, in 2006, numbers about 290,000. There have been eight Jewish Lord Mayors of London.
There are many books and CDs offering information and help on researching your Jewish roots. I have teamed up with Amazon.com.uk to make it easy to find these sources. All you need do is click here > Jewish Genealogy etc. "A History of the Jews of England" - authored by Cecil Roth "Anglo-Jewish Notabilities: Their Arms and Testamentary Dispositions" authored by Jewish Historical Society of England and published in London by Union College in 1949 "Building Jerusalem - Jewish Architecture in Britain" - authored by Sharman Kadish and published in 1996 by Vallentine Mitchell in London. It's more than an architectural book since it intertwines Jewish history with the buildings that were produced for the Jewish community and has chapters on cemeteries, mikvot and other subject that could be of genealogical interest. It lists the names of many families. Posted on JewishGen by Joel Ives in 1996 "Children of the Ghetto" - authored by Israel Zangwill - a picture of the Jewish Ghetto life in London in the late 19th century. "The Earl of Petticoat Lane" - authored by Andrew Miller and published by Random House in the UK. The story is about the author's grandparents, Jewish immigration to London and assimilation among British Jews in the first half of the twentieth century and about his visit to the family homes in Poland and Galicia. "Essays and Portraits in Anglo-Jewish History" - authored by Cecil Roth and published in Philadelphia by the Jewish Publication Society of America in 1962 "Expulsion: England's Jewish Solution" - authored by British historian Richard Huscroft and published by Tempus looks at the period of 1066 to 1290. "From Here to Obscurity" - the story of London's East End Yiddish speaking
community from 1933-45 - authored by Yoel Sheridan and published by Tenterbooks "Harfield's Commercial Directory of the Jews of the United Kingdom" - published in 1804Jewish Genealogy etc. "Hebrew Deeds of English Jews Before 1290" - authored by Myer David Davis and published in London "The History of the Jews in Great Britain" - authored by Moses Epstein Margoliut and published in 1857 "History of the Great Synagogue" (London) "In our Own Hands: The Hidden Story of the Jewish "Internment, the Diaries of Harry Seidler May 1940 - October 1941" - authored by Harry Seidler and edited by Janis Wilton. Published by Allen & Unwin in 1986., provides a very personal and detailed account of the daily happenings during his internment by the Canadians (July 1940 to October 1941 as well as by the British from May 1940. ISBN 0 86861 915 9 "The Jewish Communities of North-East England" authored by Lewis Olsover. The author's definition of northeast England included Newcastle, Tyneside, Teesside, and Wearside. Jewish Genealogy etc. "Jewish Immigrant in England 1870 - 1914" - authored by Lloyd P Gartner in 1973. "The Jewish Victorian" - Genealogical Information from the Jewish Newspapers 1871-80 Names in books "Jews of Angevin England" - authored by Joseph Jacobs and published in London by David Nutt Publisher, 1893 "The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000". by Todd M. Endelman, University of "The Jews of Georgian England, 1714-1830" by Todd M. Engelman, University "Jews of Medieval Oxford" - authored by Cecil Roth and published in Oxford by Clarendon Press in 1951 "The Jews of the Restoration" authored by Lucien Wolf. A facsimile of this document was published in the Transactions of the Jewish Historical Society of England. It does not have many names. British Museum manuscripts dated 1660 are probably more useful. Jewish Genealogy etc. "King of the Schnorrers" - authored by Israel Zangwill of Jewish life in the 18th century. "The London Jewry" - authored by Joseph Jacobs "Shakespeare and the Jews" - an interesting book about the Jews in England, who were allowed in England in the 1600s. Catholics were also not appreciated, so Sephardim often posed as Huguenots, who, as Protestant refugees from the continent, were allowed to be 'non-Anglican'. "Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History" - authored by James Picciotto and published in 1877. Jewish Genealogy etc. "Uniting the Tailors" authored by A. J. Kershen and published by Frank Cass & Co., in 1995 Jewish Genealogy etc. "Well-suited - A History of the Leeds Clothing Industry" authored by Katrina Honeyman and published by Oxford University Press, in 2000) Jewish Genealogy etc.
Five Leaves Publications - a small UK publisher with an interest in Jewish secular culture, and many other subjects General 1649 Petition to Oliver Cromwell - "In Volume 19 of TJHSE there is an article about the first Sephardic "Resettlement Cemetery" with a diagram of the people buried there and the dates of burial. I would imagine that a number of them may have been around during 1649!"
All UK Database United Kingdom Jewish Website Alien Registration - there was registration in both WW I and WW II as a result of legislation passed in 1914 which included provisions for alien restriction and internment as well. Records from all localities in Great Britain are not always available as some have been destroyed, i.e. the city of Salford is available, but not the City of Manchester. The Home Office and the Public Record Office (PRO) have what records that are available. Some records may be found in the local constabularies. A book on this topic is "The Internment of Aliens in Twentieth Century Britain" - edited by David Cesarani and Tony Kushner. Archives - National Digital Archive of Datasets (NDAD) - archive of electronic data and related documents created by UK government departments; operated by the University of London on behalf of the UK Public Record Office Public Records Office - Kew, Richmond - The Public records Office (PRO) have made available, on-line, an index to the Wills that they are holding for the period 1850 to 1858, and also on-line access to the images of these Wills. The date refers to the date of probate, not the date of death. The site also offers an on-line image download of the Will at a flat rate per Will The index can be searched by surname, first name, occupation, parish or county (Hint: when looking for persons in London, try both London and Middlesex - but not at the same time). You will get some false hits (e.g. a search on Baker give persons with a surname of Baker; persons
living on Baker Street; and persons whose occupation was as a baker) Parish Registers - are mostly kept at the London Metropolitan Archives Note: "Holland" has been wrongly designated as a "parish or place" not a country, county or island -- presumably this is because there is a Holland in Lincolnshire, England. From a posting by Celia Male UK Passenger Lists at the PRO (UK Public Record Office) website. The list of people arriving in the UK by sea are kept by the Board of Trade's Commercial and Statistical Department and its successors. The information includes age, occupation, address in the United Kingdom and the date of entering the country. http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/TOO_TUM/TRADE_BOARD_OF.html http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk/ExternalRequest.asp? "There is no wonderful online resource for immigration to England in the same way that there is for Ellis Island. If only there were!!!! The nearest we get is thousands of cardboard boxes of incoming & outgoing manifests at the Public Records Office in London, none of which are indexed within themselves, & none of which are online." A useful source for records is the English archives network http://www.a2a.org.uk/ Probate Registry is located in High Holborn, London Bath - Jewish Cemeteries in West of England Beth Din - does not in any way hold all the records for Jewish events in the U.K. Birmingham (W. Midlands) - the Jewish community dates from 1730, if not earlier. Brandwood end Cemetery of Birmingham Phone: 0121 643 0884 Bishop Auckland: see Newcastle Upon Tyne Birth Certificates - to obtain birth certificates from the Family Records Center in London, once you know the borough in which the birth was registered (this appears in the birth listings) you can obtain a copy of the certificate, on the spot, at the Office of Registration in the borough itself i.e. a 20 minute wait by presenting your request, in person, at the Registration Office itself, rather than a 4 day wait at the Family Records Center). This step saving tip, would probably apply throughout England, and possibly also to other types of registration certificates. The cost of the copy is the same in both places. Another tip - by enquiring at one of the local libraries in the East End of London, one of the group of libraries in that area actually has a Family History Department which is open to the public and holds many local records, including census information, electoral registers and the entire London Jewish Chronicle http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/jcto1869.htm The Jewish Chronicle is the oldest Anglo-Jewish paper in the world that is still publishing. It is not cheap as a subscription starts at $55 and page downloads are extra. Searching the Hebrew University Library System web site British users of this site should be aware that correspondents from the USA are wise to ask what information is contained on British certificates. Birth, marriage and death registrations in the USA (depending on State) give more information than English/Welsh certificates and often provide information about the place of birth of parents. USA censuses similarly contain more information than censuses in UK and may show the place of birth and language spoken by parents of those listed. Evelyn Wilcock (London) English and Welsh also do not disclose the final resting place of the deceased, as US death certificates do. Follow the link to "ordering a certificate" and then the link to "ordering from the GRO" (General Register Office) - this service is available to overseas customers. As for the content of death certificates, see this link Family Records - this portal guides users to the primary UK family history sites and resources on the web. These are organized in two columns, by archive and by topic. The former include the Public record Office, the National Archives of Scotland, the India Office, the National Library of Wales and the Family Records Office. Clicking on each brings up a short description and a link to the site. The topical links include census, wills, migration, military records, adoption, parish registers, and births, deaths and marriages. Each of these also returns a brief description and links to several resources. This easy to use and clean site is an excellent starting point for anyone researching their family origins in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland The Office of National Statistics - can provide an application forms that can be used to request a Birth, Death or Marriage Certificate, and also a form listing all the fees. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) web site: Fax: +44-1704 550 013 Residents of England, Wales will be able to register births and deaths on-line, by phone, as well as in person according to the National Statistics office new plan they intend to implement. Some restrictions on privacy matters are of concern. The government will use the 100-year rule. Records of persons born more than 100 years ago, will have full public access. For those born within the last 100 years, there will be public access but certain information will be confidential, namely, address, occupation and cause of death. Bobey Tracey: Devon Has at least one Jewish burial in 1933 Bournemouth - Kinson & Boscombe Cemetery: Phone: 01202 557 433 Bristol - Jewish Community Links Hebrew Congregation Cemetery Database - one of the oldest provincial Jewish communities in Britain. Records exist of the Jewish community back to the 12th and 13th centuries. There were at least three Jewish cemeteries St. Philips; Temple (Rose Street) and Fishponds. The complete story exists at this site: British Company Information - plenty of information here at British Emigration - British-Jewry - an interesting discussion group dealing with Jews of Britain. The name probably speaks for itself. It's a forum for anyone researching British Jewry. Whether your ancestors were "passing through" or permanent members of British society, this is a place for you. Posts relating to all aspects of life for British Jews as well as research methods, success stories and genealogy will be welcomed. To sign up, send an e-mail to Archives of British-Jewry You can join RootsWeb using my quick link above. British Newspaper Library Catalogue - offers over 50,000 newspaper and periodical title holdings. They have copies of every paper published. It is in Colindale in North London and easily accessible by Tube. The catalogue includes all UK national daily and Sunday newspapers from 1810 to the present; most UK and Irish provincial newspapers, some from the early 18th century upwards; selected newspapers from around the world in western and Slavonic languages dating from the 17th century upwards, including extensive holdings from Commonwealth countries and many other nations, and a wide range of UK and Irish popular periodicals coverall subjects from fashion, pop music, and cinema, to sports, hobbies and
trades. http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/newspapers.html The British Library - Newspaper Library - Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HE, United Kingdom - Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7412 7353 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7412 7379
Brighton: Sussex - Jewish Cemetery British Jewry - great link site British Telecom has a web site at Bush: Watford, Hertfordshire - Jewish cemetery Cambridge Jewish Cemetery
Camp Kitchener - a 'refugee' camp outside of London, near the towns of Ramsgate and Sandwich, where refugees remained until they were able to emigrate to the United States or other locations outside of England. At one time it had been a military installation then known as Richborough Camp. It was transformed into an emergency home for 300 refugees from Germany in February 1939. There were classes in English after work which was from 8:30 a.m., to 5:30 p.m. They could also leave the camp after work, but had to return before the 10 p.m. roll call. Only two men were cited for misdemeanors, both for overstaying their leave. The camp was run on a self-sufficient basis. Of the sixty doctors in the camp, all but two performed ordinary camp tasks. Artists decorate the camp with pictures and mottoes. A former member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra organized a camp orchestra, and professional and amateur actors and singers provided the entertainment. Canterbury: Kent - Jewish Cemeteries Cemetery Information - International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project Census The first British census was in 1841 though some of this census was lost in 1851. Barbara Zimmer bravo.zulu@verizon.net asked: British censuses only started in 1841, so you may have difficulty getting much information without a lot of deep digging. BMD records were only centralized - at the Family Records Centre - from 1837. Before that you will have to depend on records by many church parishes. If your family is of Sephardi origin, the records of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, otherwise known as Bevis Marks, in London, go back to the late 1600s or early 1700s. From a posting by David Nathan The 1881 census available through the LDS was transcribed by members of local genealogical societies who should have been familiar with local surnames and place names. In fact it has many errors in it. http://www.british-genealogy.com/ BS on a census should mean "British Subject". But just because it is marked "BS" doesn't mean that the person really was a British subject. The 1841 census was the first full census. It is of interest being older, but most people prefer the extra information of the 1851 census. The 1851 Census surname index for the City of London include both parts 9within and without the walls). It covers piece numbers 1524-1532 inclusive and gives the surname, first name and age plus the folio number and then recto/verso as to which page of that folio. Sherry Landa sherry.landa@virgin.net offers to do lookups if one is patient. The 1881 census is the most commonly used one for Britain; mainly because it has been fully transcribed and indexed; a joint project of the Government, LDS Church and Family History Societies. This is now available on microfiche and CDs. The next most common census is the 1851 census. This is generally only available on microfilm. Many areas have now been indexed by local groups. Three counties only are on CD; this was a test run for the 1881 project. This was the first census to record place of birth. The 1891 census is available on microfiche (Ottawa LDS has a set). It is not indexed and finding anyone is difficult if you know their address and almost impossible, if you don't. Ancestry.com plans to post images and every name indexes for the census years of 1841 - 1891 for England, Wales, Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1861 and 1871 censuses are available on microfilm, but seem to be rarely used. When referring to Britain, I mean England, Wales and Scotland; Ireland is not included. 1901 On-Line Census for England and Wales - available from the 48 dedicated terminals installed at the Family Records Centre (FRC) in Islington, London - A list of libraries that hold the 1901 census on microfilm can be found at www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk The official genealogy site of the 1901 Census for England and Wales. The service is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Use these search facilities to find details of your ancestors and research your family tree. Census information can be accessed at The FRC will not have copies of the 1901 Census returns on microfiche or microfilm. These are the main features of the 1901 service at the FRC:
Should you plan on visiting the FRC, look at the website at The Family Records Centre {FRC], London has wonderful section for unusual records - inc. consular BMD records *Consular returns 1849 - 1965.* The LDS has microfiche of BMD indexes from 1837 to the 1980s for all of England and Wales. A new list for the discussion of aspects of the 1911 UK census which is due for release in 2012. Various questions about this census have started to be raised and the aim of the list is to discuss any queries about the 1911 census. The discussion list for the UK-1911-CENSUS can be found at: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Census-UK/ Change of Name in the UK - Chatham: Kent - Jewish cemetery | |||||||||||||||||
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