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the Jewish World  and  the Ashkena-
                                   The Registrar  General.
                                     Government Office,
                                                               zim  Jews  who  consisted  largely  oE
                                                               the  refugees  £rom  oppression  in
                                         Douglas,
                                        Isle of  Man.
                                                               Russia.  Poland  and  Rumania.
                                                                 Examples  of  some  known  pecu-
                              Registraîions  prior to this date may  liarities  with  regard  to  changes  in
                              be  obtained  £rom the  Parishes con-  Jewish  names include the following.
                                                               Israel.  Mordecai  Hamburger  -
                              cerned .
                                                               Isaac  Ben  Israel - Isaac  son  of
                                Wills are recorded  in:
                                                               Mordecai from  Hamburg,  Zevi  be-
                                                               came  Hirsch,  Hirschell,  Hart  and
                                   The  Probate  Registry,
                                                               even  Harris.  Ben  Uri  became
                                        Finch  Road,
                                                               PhilIips  and  Ben  David  became
                                         Douglas,
                                                               Davis.
                                        TsIe of  Man.
                                                                 Jewish records are retained in the
                                                               synagogues and may also frequently
                              and  the  title  deeds  to  Real  Estate
                                                               be  obtained  from:
                              are  preserved  in  the  Register  of
                              Deeds at the same address.
                                                                 The  Jewish  Historical  Society,
                                Searches  can  be  made  and  certi-
                                                                    Yad  Washern Building,
                              fied  copies  of  any  entries  in  the
                                                                        Har Hazicaran,
                              registers can  be  obtained  on  appli-
                                                                         P.O.B.  1062,
                              cation to the Registrar General. The
                                                                          Jerusalem,
                              fees  are  exceptionally  low.
                                                                            Israel.
                                                               Reference may  also  be  made  to:
                                                                     The  Jewish  Museum,
                                             J
                                                                        Woburn  House,
                                                                     Upper  Woburn  Place,
                                                                        London  W.C.  1.
                              Jamaica - Compulsory  registration
                              dates from  1st April  1878 for births
                              and  deaths  and  1st  January  1880  Judges  -  The  judges  are  al1
                              for  marriages.  Inquiries  should  be  appointed from members of  the bar.
                              sent to the Registrar  General, King-  They  can  thus  be  traced  through
                              ston.
                                                               Inns of  Court. In addition al1 judges
                                                               of  the  higher  courts  are  traceable
                              Jewisb Records - There has been  a  through  Foster's  ' Judges  of  Eng-
                              considerable amount  of  changing of   land '.
                              surnames amongst the Jewish popu-
                              lation.  particularly  on  their  first
                              arriva1 in  England.  Jews  present  in
                              England  in  1290 were  expelled  by
                              Edward  1  and  were  not  permitted           K
                              ro  settle  in  England  again  until
                              1695.
                                There are two kinds  of  Jews,  the  Kenya  - The  Registrar  General.
                              Sephardic  Jews  who had  interrnar-  Box  231  Nairobi,  holds  records  of
                              ried with the Spanish  and who were  births  and  deaths  from  1896  and
                              recorded  as  the  Aristocracy  of  marriages  from  1899.
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