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	<title>Synagogue Scribes Jewish genealogy</title>
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	<description>one-stop gateway to Anglo-Jewish community records</description>
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		<title>Genealogy Quality Code</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>The Will of Diego Rodrigues Marques dated 1675</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 not complete and may contain errors given the difficulties experienced in reading it and as always it is best to view the original, held at the National Archives or to purchase a copy via their online service. You can find the extract of Diego&#8217;s wife Sara Auriques&#8217; will and other family members by searching our secular records for Family Name Marques. Diego Rodrigues Marques (SynagogueScribes Secular records, Wills NA1249) In the name of God Amen. London the 10th day of November 1675 I Diego Rodrigues Marques this 10/20 of November being my perfect understanding do declare by this my last will which after my life ended which God continue many years is to be performed as hereafter is mentioned. ITEM, I do owe **** of sterling to John Machado de Goa for two parcels of diamonds[1] which he sent me by the ship Falcon and Mary[2] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Extracts now total 1300</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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! &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Heneage Lane</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Place.The western section including the Abbot&#8217;s palace was given to Sir Thomas Heneage, becoming Heneage House and the narrow lane separating the two halves became Heneage Lane. Despite its palatial beginings the lane was also known as Lousy Lane in 1728 and in 1831 as Innage Lane. Upon readmission the Spainish &#38; Portguese Synagogue was founded in Heneage Lane and a larger synagogue built there in 1676. The present building in Bevis Marks was erected in 1699. Jewish residents of Heneage Lane, up to 1841 * individuals for whom we have found records but obviously their families may have been living there with them]]></description>
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		<title>Bevis Marks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Warning</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 to their website without permission or proper consultation.  Once alerted to these infringements, and, to their credit,  they are now acting to redress the situation.  And, because they are an organisation who are interested in the promotion of properly researched genealogy, the data has not been intentionally tampered with, although some of the Hebrew parts of the records appear to have been incorrectly entered. Unfortunately, at the same time as incorporating this material into their own searchable database, they also made it available in the form of a downloadable gedcom, with no immediately apparent restrictions on use.  We cannot know how many people have downloaded this gedcom  – which contains unauthorised transcripts from other providers, not just ourselves.  Nor what use they may put it to. Worse case scenario is that it could fetch up on a pay-to-view site and researchers will find themselves paying for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death on the streets of London, a poignant 18th century mystery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 on SynagogueScribes or its sister site CemeteryScribes ; finally the creation of an XL database and uploading onto the website.  All of these tasks take time and require a great deal of  concentration and patience, an enquiring mind. and helpful, knowledgeable friends.   Rarely do they demand an emotional response.  But two stark lines in our current work on the Ducking Pond Lane Burial Register (DPL) touched us deeply.   The records, which occur on the register page for the year 5550 (1789/90), consist of the month (Shevat\January) and two words ‘Shnei Kaddishim’.  Uncertain of the exact meaning, we wrote to the Professor, one of our most helpful and most knowledgeable friends, and our patient advisor in all matters relating to Hebrew translations and their meanings.  He replied as follows: A Kaddish is a male child, usually young; in Yiddish the term is sometimes the diminutive Kaddishel. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Lane Cemetery, Liverpool</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8211; can you help?? If you can identify the date or year of death of any of these individuals please use the comments section below. [Our sincere thanks to Susan who has provided so much of the 'notes' shown below] Thank you]]></description>
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		<title>Names and their history</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 others: &#8220;Many people had two apparently unrelated names for various reasons, but often the two names will be related in a characteristic way. If that&#8217;s the case, figuring out one of them will help you figure out the other. Another clue is the double yod in the second name, which suggests that the name may be Yiddish rather than Hebrew. Double names often consist of a Hebrew name and a related Yiddish name (called a kinnui). This name is Shraga Feivush. Shraga Feivush happens to be a combination with an interesting history. Shraga is an Aramaic name meaning lamp. It&#8217;s often paired with the Hebrew name Uri or Uriah, which carries the sense of light. Feivush actually comes from Chaim, through the Latin form Vives, but over the centuries that derivation has been largely forgotten. Instead, because of the similar sound, the name has become associated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Will extracts added!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 marriage in their will but the following just go to prove you can never be certain of anything. Esther Salomons’ (will written in 1803, Probate granted in 1811) In a long section at the beginning of her will Esther refers to a “certain indenture tripartite” dated “on or about 10th November, last past” (ie 1802) … “in contemplation of my marriage with my said husband”. The agreement between her intended husband Nathan Salomon and herself involved the transfer of “the capital sum of Thirty three thousand three hundred and thirty three pounds, six shillings and eight pence stock three percent consolidated bank annuities his own property” to four trustees  Edward Roberts of the Eschequer, Westminster; William Flaunteroy, Banker of Bowers Street; Asher Goldsmid, Broker of Leman Street and Benjamin Goldsmid Esq. of Rochampton” She states that according to the agreement the marriage was to be solemnized [...]]]></description>
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