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Hi Everyone, hope you are well.   Another update done today.   Thanks to June Keating who has found the birth, and death of Simeon Jacobs, both in 1864. Added two photographs of Henry & Hannah Gomm’s tombstone, courtesy of Nellie Johnston. Nellie reports that although Henry is no listed on the tombstone, cemetery records confirm that they are  both...

Hi   Hope everyone is keeping well.     Back in July I met up for lunch with Gerry Newnham and he gave me some material that he had gathered from various research in the London Metropolitan Archives and elsewhere. I have now had the opportunity to review it and add it to the system. The first items are two...

Hi Everyone Two updates in two weeks – I’ve been trying to get my finger out and clear the backlog of material that has been submitted. First – I’ve managed to partly break the website – I was trying to make an improvement and it went wrong and I can’t work out what I’ve done to break it! Everything works,...

Hi Everyone I hope that you are all keeping well. A fairly big update this time – and I’ve still got to find time to process a lot of stuff that people have sent in (Sorry June, Phil, Gerry). Dave Roy Parker We have a new ‘cousin’  in Roy who is the Great Grandson of David Jacobs [Z265]  via Philip...

I hope that everyone is keeping well.   There is quite a lot in this newsletter and I’ve had to cut it short as I’m about to go on holiday and can’t do justice to the rest in the time left.   Tip for locating streets in the census. The National Archives have a project  called ‘Your Archives’ which contains,...

Hi to Everyone   Not a major update but a couple of small additions.   I hope that you are all keeping well.       Updated information: Added 1881 & 1901 census for family of David Heller  & Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs (Heller) died Q2 1907 Frederick Stafford Fairclough – 1911 census as Student in Teacher Training College Also...

I hope that you are a all well.   Not a great deal to report  but many thanks to Gerry Newnham for the following:   o Birth certificate of Rosa Silverstone which shows her mother was Hannah Harris o 1850 census for Cincinnati. This shows an Abraham Harris who Gerry believes could be Hannah’s younger brother based on a ship’s...

Hi I hope that you are all keeping well and that you had a nice break for the holidays. Only a small update this time – I’m not getting much spare time at present. Courtesy of Gerry  Newnham I’ve added the burial entry for Henry Jacobs in Lambeth cemetery:- Henry was buried in Lambeth Cemetery, Blackshaw Road Tooting on Friday,...

I hope everyone is keeping well.     I’ve received Carol Freeman’s (nee Garfiel) family tree file and I’ve incorporated some of the entries into the tree. The main inclusions of interest to many are number of Levy’s.  It also takes the tree down to Carol’s grandchildren [bear in mind that ‘living’ people have their details hidden] and across onto...

Hi Everyone It’s been quiet for a while and I haven’t had chance to do any serious research for a few months. However I have received some information from other people, including a couple of new ‘cousins’ Steve Jacobs in New Zealand has just started out on his family tree – he is the grandson of Lawrence Albert Jacobs who...