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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 FamilySearch Library, for example the Calendar of the Plea Rolls 1218-1272 in {{FSC|374206|item|disp=FS | 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 Catalog book 942 B4j}}. | ||
=== Jewish Registers === | === Jewish Registers === | ||
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<br> ''Circumcision (brit or bris)'' of males took place at age eight days as a mark of the covenant Abraham made with God, and at this time the boy’s name was announced. Circumcision records were the property of the community surgeon ''(mohel)'' rather than the local synagogue. For a girl, there was just an announcement of her name within a week of her birth. Biblical names were popular for both boys and girls, partly because of the custom of naming after ancestors. A useful note is that Ashkenazim would only do this if the father, grandparent etc. was already dead, but Sephardim also if still living. Rodrigues-Pereira and Loewe, from which the example below is taken, have an introduction describing names and naming practices amongst the Jews, as well as the Sephardim registers themselves. Records of ''baptism'' were usually only made for admitting converts. | <br> ''Circumcision (brit or bris)'' of males took place at age eight days as a mark of the covenant Abraham made with God, and at this time the boy’s name was announced. Circumcision records were the property of the community surgeon ''(mohel)'' rather than the local synagogue. For a girl, there was just an announcement of her name within a week of her birth. Biblical names were popular for both boys and girls, partly because of the custom of naming after ancestors. A useful note is that Ashkenazim would only do this if the father, grandparent etc. was already dead, but Sephardim also if still living. Rodrigues-Pereira and Loewe, from which the example below is taken, have an introduction describing names and naming practices amongst the Jews, as well as the Sephardim registers themselves. Records of ''baptism'' were usually only made for admitting converts. | ||
'''Chart: Birth and Circumcision Register 1767-1881 of Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation, London-''' {{FSC|707161|item|disp=FS | '''Chart: Birth and Circumcision Register 1767-1881 of Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation, London-''' {{FSC|707161|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.1/l1 K35S}} | ||
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*Index to Bevis Marks records on {{FSC|259045|item|disp=FS Library film 0978426}}. | *Index to Bevis Marks records on {{FSC|259045|item|disp=FS Library film 0978426}}. | ||
*Printout (index) to Hambro Synagogue births and christenings 1770-1860 on {{FSC|629077|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6903808 (1)}}. | *Printout (index) to Hambro Synagogue births and christenings 1770-1860 on {{FSC|629077|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6903808 (1)}}. | ||
*List of Jewish residents in Leeds, Yorkshire from the 1891 census in {{FSC|723804|item|disp=FS | *List of Jewish residents in Leeds, Yorkshire from the 1891 census in {{FSC|723804|item|disp=FS Catalog book 942.74/L1 X22}}*. | ||
Keyword searches using ''Jew, Jewish cemeteries, Jewish customs'' etc., and Subject searches for ''Jewish, Concentration Camps, Holocaust, Inquisition,'' or ''Minorities'' will bring up further categories and hundreds of other records. An indispensable aid for Jewish research using the FamilySearch Catalog is the inexpensive FS Library Research Outline ''Jewish Genealogy'' #36383. | Keyword searches using ''Jew, Jewish cemeteries, Jewish customs'' etc., and Subject searches for ''Jewish, Concentration Camps, Holocaust, Inquisition,'' or ''Minorities'' will bring up further categories and hundreds of other records. An indispensable aid for Jewish research using the FamilySearch Catalog is the inexpensive FS Library Research Outline ''Jewish Genealogy'' #36383. | ||
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