Metadata: Register of Jewish marriages and births
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- British Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- British Library
- Postal address:
- 96 Euston RoadLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomNW1 2DB
- Web address:
- http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/manuscr/index.html
- Email:
- Email: mss@bl.uk
- Reference number:
- Or 14019
- Title:
- Register of Jewish marriages and births
- Title (official language):
- Register of Jewish marriages and births
- Date(s):
- 1874/1921
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Extent:
- 160 folios
- Scope and content:
- Register of marriages and births from the years 1874-1921.Fols 1r-160rהעתקי כתובות ותעודות אחרות בק"ק כלכתאHeʿteḳe ketubot u-teʿudot aḥerot be-ḳ. ḳ. Kalkuta.Note: Most of the ketubot come from Calcutta, Sirampur, Penang, Singapore, Moulmein and Rangoon. Ff. 1r-4r: templates for ketubot; ff. ff. 5v-5r (from left to right!): English translation "of our kethubba"; ff. 7r-144r: copies of ketubot from the years 1874-1921. Ff. 160r: a list of births and circumcisions held during the year 1859-1873. Several notes and names of witnesses in English (e.g. ff. 65v, 82v). Ff. 144v-148v: copies of certificates in English; signed by Shaul ben Moses ben Aaron Lanyahdo. For a more detailed description of the content, see Sassoon, Ohel Dawid, pp. 990-991.
- Access points: locations:
- Mawlamyine
- Penang
- Rangoon
- Shirampur
- Singapore
- Access points: persons/families:
- Lanyahdo, Shaul ben Moses ben Aaron
- Access, restrictions:
- You need to be a registered Reader in order to request items to a Reading Room.
- Finding aids:
-
Online catalogue.
A digital version is also available.
There is a Guide to Hebrew Collections on the British Library's website.
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
