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[http://www.avotaynu.com/csi/csi-home.html Consolidated Jewish Surname List] is a gateway to 699,084 surnames in 42 databases. | [http://www.avotaynu.com/csi/csi-home.html Consolidated Jewish Surname List] is a gateway to 699,084 surnames in 42 databases. | ||
[http://knowlescollection.blogspot.com/ The Knowles Collection]. In the mid-20th century, a Jewish genealogist named Isobel Mordy collected and indexed a group of English Jewish records. Her collection is now available on microfilm at the {{FSC|329168|title-id|disp= | [http://knowlescollection.blogspot.com/ The Knowles Collection]. In the mid-20th century, a Jewish genealogist named Isobel Mordy collected and indexed a group of English Jewish records. Her collection is now available on microfilm at the {{FSC|329168|title-id|disp=FamilySearch Library}}. Todd Knowles has taken and built upon the Mordy collection and created an on-going database. | ||
[http://www.feeefhs.org Federation of East European Family History Societies]. | [http://www.feeefhs.org Federation of East European Family History Societies]. | ||
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=== Jewish Records === | === Jewish Records === | ||
The Jews kept meticulous records, were very reluctant to part with them, and were not requested to deposit them by the Registrar General in the mid-19th century, thus they remain with the Jewish community. They may be at synagogues, Jewish institutions, or Jewish cemeteries and burial societies. Some have been deposited into the care of local or county archives and much has been microfilmed, to be found under FamilySearch Catalog - COUNTRY - (COUNTY) - (TOWN) - JEWISH RECORDS, not under CHURCH RECORDS. The Exchequer Court of the Jews contains the early records of taxes for Jews and civil litigation between Jews and Christians. Many of their records have been transcribed and published by the Jewish Historical Society of England and are in the | The Jews kept meticulous records, were very reluctant to part with them, and were not requested to deposit them by the Registrar General in the mid-19th century, thus they remain with the Jewish community. They may be at synagogues, Jewish institutions, or Jewish cemeteries and burial societies. Some have been deposited into the care of local or county archives and much has been microfilmed, to be found under FamilySearch Catalog - COUNTRY - (COUNTY) - (TOWN) - JEWISH RECORDS, not under CHURCH RECORDS. The Exchequer Court of the Jews contains the early records of taxes for Jews and civil litigation between Jews and Christians. Many of their records have been transcribed and published by the Jewish Historical Society of England and are in the FamilySearch Library, for example the Calendar of the Plea Rolls 1218-1272 in {{FSC|374206|item|disp=FS Library book 942 B4j}}. | ||
=== Jewish Registers === | === Jewish Registers === | ||
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