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Jewish Passengers Leaving Bordeaux 1713-1787

Introduction By Eric Feinstein

BACKGROUND

This is a list of Jewish passengers leaving via the port of Bordeaux, France during 1713-1787. The original documents are located in the Archives de la Gironde in the archival fond, "Certificats d'identité et de catholicité, soumissions et passeports concernant les passagers embarqués à Bordeaux."

The actual documents are divided into folders, and these are indicted in this database as follows. For example, an entry "3/242" means page 3 of 242 total pages in the folder. The folders are arranged chronologically.

DATABASE

This database includes 150 entries of Jews leaving from Bordeaux.

The fields in the database are:

  • Surname
  • Given Name
  • Age
  • Residence
  • Destination
  • Archival Signature
  • Page
  • Comments

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to Wes Shulman who researched the Gironde Archives and created this database for JewishGen. Eric Feinstein assisted with the project and formatting everything for JewishGen.

November 2025


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