{"id":2415,"date":"2018-01-25T00:01:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T00:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2020-01-01T21:27:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T21:27:43","slug":"simmonds-family-prayer-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/synagoguescribes.com\/blog\/simmonds-family-prayer-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Simmonds family Prayer book"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many ways to find genealogy records online, but very few ways to find personal items belonging to our ancestors unless they were handed down through the family.<\/p>\n

Recently we were told of a prayer book being sold on ebay, the book is dated 1837 and carries the inscription ‘W Simmonds to J L Simmonds’<\/strong> as shown here, with the kind permission of the seller<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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We can not be certain but this would appear to be the same Simmonds family<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

And additional family information can be found on here by searching for Simmonds on SynagogueScribes<\/a><\/p>\n

Marriage of Wolf Simmonds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Synagogue Membership record<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

We sincerely hope that this beautiful prayer book will find its way home.<\/p>\n

You may also want to keep an eye out for other similar items being advertised on the various auction sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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