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Hello
I've recently discovered that my great great great grandfather was an Abraham Benjamin who was born in Amsterdam, Holland abt. 1813. Does anyone know how I go about tracing relatives there? I'm also interested to know, albeit it seems fairly obvious, if he was definitely a jew and tif so would there be useful websites or online information that someone has used to track the Jewish community down in Holland during that period?
Thanks for your help in advance!
alex
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Abraham Benjamin
England and Wales Census, 1881
birth: 1813 — The Netherlands
christening:
baptism:
death:
burial:
residence: 1881 — St Luke, Middlesex, England
parents:
spouse: Louisa Benjamin
child: Phillip Benjamin
marriage:
record title: England and Wales Census, 1881
name: Abraham Benjamin
age: 68
gender: Male
birth year: 1813
birthplace: The Netherlands
relationship to head of household: Head
marital condition: Married
profession/occupation: Agent
address: 233 City Road
census place: St Luke, Middlesex, England
record type: Household
family history library film: 1341078
the national archives reference: RG11
piece/folio: 361 / 37
page number: 11
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stacks of Benjamin's in Holland on this site
https://www.familysearch.org/
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Web ResultsJewish persecution from 1200 to 1800 CE
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If the family subsequently settled in UK there is a museum in London:
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Hiya,
Thanks so much for your messages so far!
Ann of Green - thank you so much! I will have a look on familysearch.org. I'm fairly new to these things so have only really ever ventured on here or Ancestry so it's really useful to know where else to look. I have done most of my family up until the census in the uk stop so am a little intrepid about venturing further back as I don't know where to start so this really helps.
Does the Jewisgen site have records that Ancestry does not? It's hard to know what one should pay for?
Does anyone know if the records in Holland are accessible anywhere else?
Thanks again! xx
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Might be worth reading this site:
Judaism 101: Jewish Names
Historically, Jews did not have permanent family surnames at all. Within the Jewish community, we used patronymics, such as David ben (son of) Joseph or ...
www.jewfaq.org/jnames.htm - 27k - Similar
And also this one:
Holland
Ben Zion Dinur Institute for Jewish History ... A free service to trace surnames in the Netherlands is offered by Sefan Pinkus. He has established a network ...
jewishwebindex.com/holland.htm - 54k - 21 hours ago
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