What's New
Please note we only add significant updates here, the site is
updated continuously.
12 August 2009
List of Marriages 1894 - 1928 at the
Sandys Row Synagogue,
London.
11 August 2009
Index of Marriages, 1897 - 1907, at the
Princelet (Princes) Street Synagogue,
London.
11 August 2009
Census Extracts for Oxford, from 1841
through 1891.
Census Extracts for Manchester, 1871.
5 July 2009
Article on the Jews of England:
From Expulsion (1290) to Readmission (1656) by Dr. Ariel Hessayon.
25 February 2009
New Database -
Novo (New) Cemetery (Spanish and Portuguese
Congregation, London).
Over 10,000 burials
(1733-1918).
20 January 2009
Article on the Jews
of Medieval Leicester.
24 November 2008
Extracts from the Jewish press relating to the Jewish communities of
Dudley and
Huddersfield.
12 October 2008
Searchable database now includes Burials
at three Birmingham Cemeteries (Brandwood End, and Witton, Old and New),
including images of gravestones.
9 September 2008
Photographs of many former London synagogues, provided by Leslie Bailey.
2 July 2008
Extracts from the Jewish press relating to the Jewish community of
Brynmawr. Wales.
1 July 2008
Extracts from the Jewish press relating to the Jewish community in Jersey,
Channel Islands 1834 to
1936, and from
1961.
3 February 2008
The greatly expanded
Bibliography section, containing
over 500 references, has been now totally reformatted.
18 January 2008
Extracts from the Jewish press relating to the Jewish communities of
Ammanford (1915 to 2004) and
Barry (1909 to 1943) in Wales.
9 January 2008
JCR-UK takes on new look.
26 November 2007
Webpages have now been added for more than eighty congregations in
Greater Manchester.
The congregations in Manchester may
also be viewed according to the
Metropolitan Borough and Locality
in which they are situated. A
Manchester Street Directory
has also been added listing Manchester congregations according to their
street address.
16 November 2007
Extracts from the Jewish press relating to the
Chester Jewish community
(1894 to 1906).
22 October 2007
Extracts from the Jewish press relating to the
Barrow-in-Furness Jewish community
(1877 to 1943) and North Shields Jewish community
(1907 to 1988).
7 August 2007
Separate webpages have now been added for more than one hundred former congregations in the
East End of London (London
Borough of Tower Hamlets). A
Street Directory
has also been added covering congregations in the East End as well as the City of London.
12 July 2007
Extracts from the Jewish press from 1899 to 1938 relating to the
Isle of Man Jewish community.
20 June 2007
Separate webpages have now been added for congregations in the
London Borough of Hackney
(including the
numerous ultra-orthodox
congregations in and around Stamford Hill). A
Street Directory
has also been added covering congregations in Stamford Hill, Clapton, Stoke
Newington and neighboring areas of North London.
31 May 2007
Extracts from the Jewish press from 1842 to 1959 relating to the
Dover Jewish community.
28 May 2007
An article has been added on "The
Establishment of Golders Green Synagogue".
17 May 2007
Separate webpages have now been added for congregations in the
London Borough of Barnet
(including Golders Green, Finchley, Hendon and Edgware).
11 May 2007
A large number of marriage and other records have now been added to the
searchable databases in respect of Manchester.
18 April 2007
Addition articles by Harold Pollins added in respect of the Jewish community in
Oxford.
28 February 2007
Extracts from the Jewish press from 1847 to 1970 relating to the
Great Yarmouth Jewish community.
Article added in respect of the Jewish community in
Addlestone.
10 December 2006
London synagogues may also now be viewed according to the
London Borough and locality in which
they are situated and according to the
synagogue organisation to which they are affiliated (the latter listing also
includes provincial synagogues affiliated to such organisations).
17 November 2006
Separate webpages have now been added for congregations in London Boroughs of the
City of Westminster
(including London's West End, Maida Vale and St John's Wood)
and
North and Eastern London
(Barking &
Dagenham, Camden,
Haringey,
Havering,
Islington,
Newham,
Redbridge,
Waltham Forest).
1 November 2006
Separate webpages have now been added for congregations in West London,
comprising the congregations in the following London Boroughs:
Ealing,
Hammersmith & Fulham,
Harrow,
Hillingdon,
Hounslow and
Kensington & Chelsea.
26 October 2006
Extracts from the Jewish press, in many instances relating to the
early years of the communities, have been added in respect of the following
Jewish communities: Addlestone,
Aberdeen,
Ayr,
Blackpool, Burnley,
Dewsbury,
Doncaster,
Epsom,
Hinckley,
Hoylake,
Inverness,
North Shields,
South Shields,
Walsall,
Wigan,
Worcester and
Worksop.
24 October 2006
Separate webpages have now been added for congregations in South London,
comprising the congregations in the following London Boroughs:
Bromley,
Croydon,
Greenwich;
Kingston upon Thames;
Lambeth,
Lewisham;
Merton,
Richmond upon Thames,
Southwark,
Sutton
and
Wandsworth.
12 October 2006
Webpages have now been added for each of the congregations in the
London Borough of Brent (which
includes the Willesden area).
10 September 2006
A new searchable database has been added to the
Supplemental UK Database,
covering certain Jewish Civilian Casualties in East London during World
War II, plus an
explanation and introduction to four PDF files listing the
casualties.
27 August 2006
The section on the congregations in the
City of
London has been reorganized and expanded to include the old congregations
in the City.
7 August 2006
A new searchable database has been added to the Supplemental UK Database for the
Cemetery in Chatham, Kent, as well as
a brief
introduction.
13 June 2006
As all of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom until 1922, we have now included
reference to the communities in the Republic of Ireland.
Over twenty congregations in four towns (Dublin,
Cork,
Limerick and
Waterford) have been
added. In all cases, the Jewish communities in such towns were established
prior to 1922.
29 May 2006
A new section on the community in the Channel Islands
has been added and the section on the Isle of Man
community (including articles and list of grave inscriptions in browsable form) has been reorganized and updated.
23 May 2006
A number of new searchable databases have been added recently. With these,
there are now searchable databases for
Bournemouth,
Exeter,
Falmouth,
Grimsby,
Hull,
London,
Manchester,
Merthyr Tydfil,
Middlesbrough,
Newcastle‑upon‑Tyne,
Penzance,
Plymouth,
Portsmouth,
Sheffield,
Stockton‑on‑Tees,
Stroud,
Sunderland,
Torbay and
West Hartlepool.
9 May 2006
Communities throughout the South West England have
been reorganized and updated, with additional communities and congregations
added and fresh data inserted. The communities include
Bristol,
Exeter,
Falmouth,
Penzance,
Plymouth,
Torbay,
Totnes,
Truro,
Weston-super-Mare
and several others.
30 April 2006
Added many communities established, or expanded, during World War II, in most cases
by evacuees from London and other industrial areas. The communities include
Amersham,
Beaconsfield,
Berkhamsted,
Bletchley,
Dorking,
Dunstable,
Epsom,
Felpham,
Gerrards Cross,
Guildford,
High Wycombe,
Hemel Hempstead,
Hinkley,
Hitchin,
Ilfracombe,
Kettering,
Letchworth,
Macclesfield,
Newbury,
Penrith,
Peterborough,
Rickmansworth,
Slough,
Staines,
Swindon,
Tilehurst,
Walsall,
Welwyn Garden City,
Weston-super-Mare,
Windsor,
Woking,
Worcester,
Worthing,
and others.
7 March 2006
Communities throughout the South & South East England (Outside London) have
been reorganized and updated, with additional communities and congregations
added and fresh data inserted. The communities include
Aldershot,
Bedford,
Bournemouth,
Brighton,
Canterbury,
Chatham,
Dover,
Eastborne,
Letchworth,
Luton,
Milton Keynes,
Oxford,
Portsmouth,
Reading,
Southampton,
Thanet
and many more.
14 February 2006
Communities throughout the Eastern Counties of England have been reorganized and updated, with additional
communities and congregations added and fresh data inserted. The communities include, but are not limited to
Cambridge,
Chelmsford,
Colchester,
Harlow,
Ipswich,
King Lynn,
Norwich,
Peterborough and
Southend-on-Sea.
Additional articles added for
Oxford and
South Shields.
29 January 2006
The wording in English of inscriptions at the
Stoke-on-Trent and North
Staffordshire Hebrew Cemetery, including 233 headstones, together with a plan
of the cemetery, may now be viewed on line, as well as additional material
relating to Stoke-on-Trent.
Articles also recently added for
Preston and
Doncaster.
11 November 2005
Communities throughout the English Midlands have been reorganized and updated, with additional
communities and congregations
added and fresh data inserted. The communities include, but are not limited to,
Birmingham,
Coventry,
Derby,
Hereford,
Leicester,
Lincoln,
Northampton,
Nottingham,
Stoke-on-Trent,
and
Wolverhampton.
20 October 2005
The section on Scotland has been reorganized and has had a major update.
In particular, many congregations have been added and data inserted for
Glasgow and
Edinburgh.
21 September 2005
The section on the Leeds community has been reorganized and updated, with
many more congregations
added and data inserted.
28 August 2005
Congregations and communities in
Northern Ireland
have been reorganized, expanded and updated. The communities
comprise Belfast,
Londonderry and
Lurgan.
23 August 2005
Communities throughout North-West England, including Merseyside, Lancashire (not
including Manchester), Cheshire and Cumbria,
have been reorganized and updated, with additional communities and congregations
added and fresh data inserted. The communities include, but are not
limited to
Liverpool,
Barrow,
Blackburn,
Blackpool,
Burnley,
Chester,
Preston,
Macclesfield,
Sefton and
Wirral.
11 August 2005
Links for all communities to and from the cemetery information for such
communities on the International
Jewish Cemetery Project of the International Association of Jewish
Genealogical Societies. There are also now links for dozens of communities
to relevant articles in the on-line
Jewish Encyclopedia.com.
July 2005
Now linked from over forty communities - the respective sections of Cecil Roth's "
The Rise of Provincial Jewry",
available on JCR-UK as part of the Susser Archive.
May and June 2005
Communities throughout North East England, Yorkshire (except
Leeds) and Humberside (including, but not limited to,
Newcastle,
Sunderland,
Gateshead,
Hull,
Sheffield and
Grimsby)
have been reorganized and updated.
Additional congregations and fresh data inserted.
Many new entries under
Jewish Heritage and Property and
Places of Interest.
22 May 2005
Section on Wales has been reorganized and has had a major update. Many
more Welsh Communities and Congregations added. See
Communities
in Wales.
22 April 2005
New section added on the Medieval Communities in England and Wales. See
Jewish
Communities Prior to 1290
16 October 2004
United Kingdom Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates.
You can now add these certificates online and the data will be used in the
JCR-UK database.
Click here to add a
certificate.
21 February 2004
Added - papers from Provincial Jewry in Victorian Britain - for a conference at University College, London, convened by the Jewish
Historical Society of Great Britain -
prepared by Aubrey Newman for
Belfast,
Birmingham,
Blackburn,
Bradford,
Brighton,
Cambridge,
Chatham
and Coventry.
12 January 2004
ALL UK Database now online:
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/
27 December 2003
Stroud Jewish Congregation
added.
23 December 2003
Susser Archives added.
10 October 2003
West London Synagogue of British Jews
updated.
21 September 2003
Exeter Hebrew Congregation
updated.
07 September 2003
Webpages have now been created for each of the congregations in the
London Borough of Enfield.
03 September 2003
Jesmond Synagogue Pictures
added to Newcastle congregation.
01 September 2003
Our first Streaming Audio added, in respect of
Merthyr Tydfil (Wales):
See also Merthyr Tydfil Recitation.
05 August 2003
Smaller Scottish Communities added to the section on
Scotland
25 July 2003
A History of the Chatham Memorial Synagogue
has been added.
24 July 2003
The History of the Bayswater Synagogue
has been added.
14 June 2003
The history and other material added for the
Oxford Community.
14 June 2003
The Bristol Hebrew Congregation has had a major update
with much new data added.
25 May 2003
Additional information added for
Merthyr Tydfil
(Wales). This is the start
of a much larger collection for that congregation.
