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The idea of the look up exchange is an informal way of members helping each other out with random acts of genealogical kindness.
It is NOT a research facility where all your research will be done for you.
Those who volunteer do so on certain conditions which they impose.
Volunteers have the right to ask for costs to cover out of pocket expenses such as petrol, car parking, photocopying.
They DO NOT have the right to ask for payment for their time.
Volunteers are entirely free to accept or reject any requests for help without having to give a reason for refusal. We simply ask that they answer all the mail they receive and that if they agree to do something they let the requester know if they can not fulfil their agreement.
Volunteers may take on as many requests as they feel able to complete but they are recommended not to let volunteering take over their lives.
Requesters are at liberty to pay in kind or make a gratuity if they so wish even if the volunteer does not request any form of compensation for expenses.
Please volunteer. The more people we list, the more look ups will get done.
Our Volunteers
| Region | Available Look Ups | Who to Contact |
| UK wide and general resources | ||
| General | "The Jewish Victorian. Genealogical Information from the Jewish Newspapers" 1861 - 1870 & 1871 - 1880 | Julie Hopkins |
| Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories by Zubatsky and Berent Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica by Cecil Roth | ||
| General: Marriages |
Bevis Marks Abstracts of the Ketubot (Marriage contracts) of the congregation from earliest times to 1901 Parts II and III | Sandie Pender |
| Marriage Records of the Great Synagogue, 1791 - 1885 by Harold and Miriam Lewin | Debbie Bozkurt | |
| General: Maps | A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833 | |
| UK | British Vital Records Index version 2 | |
| England by county | ||
| CAM | Parish Records (incomplete) | |
| DUR | Durham: 1902 Kelly’s Directory | |
| ESS | Parish Records (incomplete) | |
| GLS | Digital Photographs of Graves in Bristol | |
| HRT | Parish Records (incomplete) | |
| LDN | LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (LCC) Record of Service in the Great War 1914-1918. Please supply name and LCC department (if known). | |
| LDN | We visit Edmonton Federation Cemetery about every 3 weeks and have taken photographs of gravestones and memorials. We are willing to offer this to British-Jewry members, no charges and no expenses needed. | |
| LDN | London: 1934 Post Office Directory | |
| LDN | The Western Synagogue through two centuries (1761-1961) by Arthur Barnett St Botoloph Aldgate City of London Settlement Examinations | Debbie Bozkurt |
| NFK | Parish Records (incomplete) | |
| OXF | St Peter's College, Radley, Oxfordshire 1847 - 1962. A public school for boys aged between 13 and 18 years. Biographical details of more than 40,000 pupils, tutors and wardens | |
| SFK | I have a range of Pigot’s, White’s & Kelly’s directories 1823-1925/6; | |
| SFK | Parish Records (incomplete) | |
| Outside UK | ||
| Australia | These are the Names – Jewish lives in Australia 1788 to 1850 by John S Levi (2006) | John Meyers |
| Australia | Australian Genesis – Jewish Convicts and Settlers 1788 to 1860 by John Levi and GFJ Bergman (2002) | John Meyers |
| Australia: NSW/VIC | Burial discs for Rookwood in NSW and also for SW Victoria. | Rhonda Thomas |
| Australia: TAS | A View from Afar – Jewish lives in Tasmania from 1804 edited by Peter and Ann Elias (2003) | John Meyers |
| Australia: VIC | The Jews in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century by Lazarus Morris Goldman | Debbie Bozkurt |
| Australia: VIC | BDM indexes which I am happy to look up for people. Victorian Births to 1920 Victorian Deaths to 1985 Victorian Marriages to 1942 As I have these at home, I can do this pretty much at any time. I do visit our state library from time to time, and can check newspapers, if date are given. I can't guarantee a time frame here though!! | Lesley Champion |
| Israel | I can help find relatives and friends living in Israel, including searching for phone and address and any other people to people contacts. | |
| New Zealand | The National Archives of New Zealand have a range of information on immigration, intentions to marry etc. I can also link into my local Shule, where Michael Clements, President of the NZ Jewish Archives is only too happy to help people. | |
| USA: PA | I live in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania if that's any help to anyone. My parent's home is in Springfield, (Delaware County) Pennsylvania. If these areas are of help, let me know | |
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This document last modified Sunday, 08-Apr-2018 21:02:32 BST
Rules:
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