Jewish marriages in Amsterdam 1598-1811
Jewish Marriage in Amsterdam / Trouwen in Mokum 1598-1811 is the single, monumental genealogical sourcebook for Jews, both Sephardic and Ashkenazi and living in all parts of the world, in search of their ancestors having their roots in Amsterdam. Amsterdam was one of the main centers both of the Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jewry in the […]
Jewish first names in Amsterdam 1669-1850
In performing genealogical research of one’s Jewish ancestors one often comes across 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 […]
The Zeeburg burial books 1714-1811
Until the end of 1714 all deceased Jews of Ashkenazi origin in Amsterdam were buried at the Jewish cemetery Muiderberg. The bodies were transported to Muiderberg by tow boat. As the number of poor Jews in Amsterdam increased, the costs of transportation became too heavy a burden for the poor relief fund. In winter, when […]
The burial books of Muiderberg 1669-1811
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 […]