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Jewish first names in Amsterdam 1669-1850

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While performing genealogical research of one’s Jewish ancestors one runs into the difficulty that first names used in a Dutch deed (e.g. publication of the banns) do not correspond to the first names in the matching “Hebrew” deed. This observation led to the following questions: is this an incidental or a general phenomenon and what
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The burial books of Muiderberg 1669-1811

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The Jewish cemetery Muiderberg was put into use by the Ashkenazi community in 1642. Prior to this date, the Ashkenazi Jews of Amsterdam were also buried at the Portuguese-Jewish cemetery at Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. This cemetery didn’t have the capacity to accommodate the growing sister community. The decision was made to stop burying Ashkenazi
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