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Scottish Jewish Archives Centre
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The Scottish Jewish Archive Centre collects a wide range of material
relating to all aspects of the history of the Jewish communities of Scotland.
Opened in 1987, it is located in Garnethill Synagogue - the oldest in Scotland
(1879).
The large collection is catalogued on computer, and made available
to researchers. Displays are mounted on various subjects. During
most of the year, it is open on one Sunday afternoon per month, otherwise
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Historical Database of Scottish Jewry
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| The Historical Database of Scottish Jewry, available at the Scottish
Jewish Archives Centre, collates and cross-references a wide variety of
sources and lists - some 60 lists & sources, including cemetery
records, synagogue registers, naturalisations, charity subscription lists
and school admission registers- relating to Jews in Scotland up to
the 1920s. It has information on almost 16,500 individuals, and growing. |
| The Database is the most comprehensive source for those who are trying
to locate individuals and families during this period.
For each individual, where known, the Database records:
surname; first name(s); father's name; mother's maiden surname;
year and place of birth and death; cemetery of burial;
date and place of marriage; surname of spouse; occupation; source; |
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Bibliography
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Kathleen B Cory Tracing Your
Scottish Ancestry (Edinburgh, 1990)
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Alwyn James
Scottish Roots-A Step by Step Guide for Ancestor Hunters
in Scotland and Overseas (Edinburgh, 1981)
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Cecil Sinclair Tracing
Your Scottish Ancestors - A Guide to Ancestry Research
in the Scottish Record Office (Edinburgh, 1990)
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Kenneth Collins (ed) Aspects of Scottish Jewry (Glasgow,1987)
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Kenneth Collins Second
City Jewry: The Jews of Glasgow in the Age of
Expansion, 1790-1919 (Glasgow, 1990)
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Charlotte Hutt & Harvey L Kaplan (eds) A Scottish Shtetl
- Jewish Life in the Gorbals, 1880-1974
(Glasgow, 1984)
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A. Levy
The Origins of Glasgow Jewry, 1812-1895 (Glasgow, 1949)
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A. Levy
The Origins of Scottish Jewry JHSE,1958)
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Abel Phillips
A History of the Origins of the First Jewish Community in Scotland:
Edinburgh, 1816 (Edinburgh,1979)
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Important Addresses
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The Registrar-General for Scotland, New Register House, Princes Street,
Edinburgh, EH1 3YT
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Strathclyde Area Genealogy Centre, 22 Park Circus, Glasgow G3 6BE;
telephone +44 (0)141 287 8364
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The Glasgow Department, Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow, G3 7DN
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Glasgow City Archives, Mitchell Library, Glasgow G3 7DN
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Central Library, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
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Scottish Jewish Archives Centre, Garnethill Synagogue, 127 Hill Street,
Glasgow G3 6UB
telephone +44 (0)141 332 4911 (open only by arrangement)
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Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, 222 Fenwick Rd.,Giffnock, Glasgow
G46 6UE
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Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society, 222 Fenwick Rd, Giffnock, Glasgow G46 6UE
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Aberdeen Synagogue, 74 Dee Street, Aberdeen AB1 2DS
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Dundee Synagogue, St Mary Place, Dundee DD1 5RB
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Edinburgh Synagogue, 4 Salisbury Road, Edinburgh EH16 5AB
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