Synagogue Scribes Jewish genealogy

Whether you are a genealogist or collector, online auctions often contain items and objects of interest. A current auction ending in the next day or so includes all of the above: Ketubah, Manuscr...

https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/auction-watch-ketubah-manuscripts-books-torah-pointer-bris-cup/

Green Lane Jewish Cemetery, Liverpool Anne has kindly given us permission to publish her research here. Over the years there are believed to have been nine Jewish cemeteries in Liverpool. Current...

https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/green-lane-jewish-cemetery-liverpool-by-anne-mulcahy/

The Marques Dower A short time ago a comment was placed on SynagogueScribes asking about the ‘Marques Dower’ due to a contribution of £50 made from the Mahil Sedaca’ for orphaned girls and...

https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/marques-dower-kevin-martin/

We have added numbers of Early American New York Jewish Wills to Synagogue Scribes Will Extracts. These wills date from the early 1700s-1799 and were originally published in 1915 with further res...

https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/early-american-new-york-jewish-wills/

We are delighted to say that with the recent additions to our Will extracts we now have over 2000 extracts searchable here Secular Records each of these can add so much to genealogy research. As ...

https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/will-extracts-over-2000-now-on-synagoguescribes/

We are delighted to announce that we have added over 600 new Will extracts to our Secular Records. The focus of these new additions are Sephardic Jews of London based on those buried at Nuevo Sep...

https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/will-extracts-over-600-wills-added-to-our-database/

We frequently receive inquiries from researchers looking for an ancestor’s Ketubah.  The original would have been given to the bride so it’s rare for it to be found unless it was retained by...

https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/finding-treasure-your-ancestors-ketubah-salomons-de-vahl/

Fascinating list which includes so much useful information. Our thanks to the anonymous donor for providing this, it will be of great use to researchers.

https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/bevis-marks-synagogue-alien-list-1803/

In memory of the help Angela Shire provided in my work on the Jewish “Hort” family, by Fred Barends, The Netherlands Angela Shire The first time I had contact with Angela Shire, was at least ...

https://synagoguescribes.com/blog/in-memory-of-the-help-angela-shire-provided/

We have added 673 circumcision records to SynagogueScribes. These records span the period between 1789 to 1837. The vast majority contain Hebrew and English names, addresses and the Sandak. The S...

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