We are pleased to announce that SynagogueScribes subscribes to the Genealogy Quality Code a voluntary code for compilers and users of genealogy databases. You...
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We are pleased to announce that SynagogueScribes subscribes to the Genealogy Quality Code a voluntary code for compilers and users of genealogy databases. You will find their logo on each of our pages. After events detailed here in our warning we are delighted to be able to join this code.
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This will fascinated us to such an extent that we attempted to transcribe it all. The vast amount of information covering people, places, trade, possessions and a little family intrigue make it the most interesting we have come across so far. We are publishing here extracts from our transcription, but stress that it is...
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We have added a further 200 new will extracts to the collection found here There are many fascinating insights to be found amongst the wills, accounts of business transactions, married life, possessions and of course for the genealogist lots of family connections!
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Heneage Lane, Bevis Marks When Henry VIII dissolved the monastries the eastern half of the town palace of the Abbot of Bury St Edmonds was given to the Duke of Norfolk and became known as Duke’s Place.The western section including the Abbot’s palace was given to Sir Thomas Heneage, becoming Heneage House and the...
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We have been robbed!. Not once, but twice! Firstly, by a Very Large, Highly Respectable, Organisation. We still aren’t clear what possessed them. Over-enthusiasm? Naievete? Or sheer thoughtlessness? Whatever the cause, the result has been highly damaging. Whole datasets from our SynagogueScribes database and large amounts of data from our CemeteryScribes website have been copied...
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Preparing records for our website SynagogueScribes consists of several operations. First comes the transcription of the original. This is followed, in turn, by the transliteration \ translation of the Hebrew content; the conversion of Hebrew Dates into Civil dates; the quest for identification of individuals, followed by additional research, including linking to persons already...
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We have been sent the following list of 394 individuals buried at Green Lane, Jewish Cemetery Liverpool. This Jewish cemetery was acquired in 1839 and used until about 1921 although there was a later burial there in 1952. Unfortunately none of the entries include dates – can you help?? If you can identify the...
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The following is an extract from a post on Jewishgen, published here with the kind permission of Dick Plotz. Dick posted this in answer to a query about a Hebrew inscription which was hard to read. We thought this excellent answer and background description of the name Shraga Feivush would be of interest to...
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Over 100 further Will extracts have been added to SynagogueScribes Secular database. These can be searched here Plus we are already collating a third batch of extracts to be added soon. Amongst them was a lucky find, which we can’t wait to mention. You don’t normally expect to find detailed information of an individual’s...
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SynagogueScribes are delighted to announce a brilliant new addition to our special section featuring Secular Records. Ranging from 1682 to the late Nineteenth century, from towns across the United Kingdom and places as far afield as New York, Jamaica, and Australia, from the wealthy slave-owner to the humble general dealer, from Silversmiths and Quill...
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I was reading the other day on Dick Eastman’s Genealogy Newsletter that the number of individuals it would take to make up 42 generations is 4,398,046,511,102. Just 20 generations would be over a million, and a more manageable 10 generations would be 1,022 individuals. Given that, in an ideal world, you would need to...
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Following the very recent addition of over 1,000 Great Synagogue burial records to SynagogueScribes we have now add Hambro Synagogue burial records from 1788 to 1814. Please note that although the transcript is complete, the original record itself may only be a partial coverage of the period. Please see ‘sources‘ for more information. Or...
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We are delighted to announce the addition of over 1,000 burial records to SynagogueScribes.com There are now over 21,000 records available! These records, from our DPL series, have been transcribed from the Great Synagogue Register of Burials at the German Jews Burying Ground – the New Cemetery Ducking Pond Lane Bethnal Green (Brady Street)...
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We have just loaded up our new look site and hope you like it. The new style allows us more space and opportunity for detailed announcements and articles as well as all all the information you are used to finding on SynagogueScribes.
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We are delighted to announce that more burial records for 1788, 1789, 1791 and 1792 have been added to SynagogueScribes.com. This is an interim upload whilst we prepare for a much larger addition of data. We hope this helps to expand your Jewish genealogy research!
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Some suggested words, and their spellings, that may be found in the records, often as an extension of an individual’s name. Avoid words that form part of a name, such as Gold or Berg, as these will produce too many results. ALMANAC APPLE BAKER \ BEKER BARBER BRILLENSCHLEIFFER BUTCHER CAKE CANTOR \ CHAZAN COBBLER...
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Some suggested words, and their spellings, that may be found in the records, often as an extension of an individual’s name. Avoid words that form part of a name, such as Gold or Berg, as these will produce too many results. AMSTERDAM ATLESDORF \ ATILSDORF BEMBERG \ BEMBURG BERLIN BIRMINGHAM BRAMEDSHAM BRENFORT BRENTFORD BRESLAU...
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English versions of Hebrew names vary widely: this list shows a broad range of the spellings used in this database. Abigail Adel Bathsheba Beila Bena Benka Benla Benvenida Bila, Bilah Blanca, Blanka Bloomah, Bluma, Blumah, Blume Breina Breindel, Breindela Brenlah Bryna, Brynah, Brynla, Bryblah Chana, Channa, Channah Chava, Chavah Chyla Clara, Klara Czarna Debera,...
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English versions of Hebrew names vary widely: this list shows a broad range of the spellings used in this database. Aaron, Ahron Abner Abraham, Avrahom Aharon Akiba, Akiva Aleksander Angel Anschel, Anshel Arbilai Areal, Ariel Ari Aryeh, Ary Asher Avidgor Azrael, Azriel Baruch Behr, Ber Bendit, Benedit Benjamin Bentseven Bezalel, Bezaliel Bunem, Bunim Calman...
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New to CemeteryScribes