The Knowles Collection: Knowles Collection Update

30 September 2010

Knowles Collection Update

On this the last day of September of 2010, the Knowles Collection databases were gathered for the next update, which will take place within the next week. Since the last update in July, the collection has grown almost 25% to include the records of over 140,000 Jewish people. Many new records have been added, but none more important than the many family trees donated by people around the world. It is an honor to have so many show their support for the collection. The new totals for the individual databases are;

Jews of Europe 20,775 individuals

Jews of the Americas 30500 individuals

Jews of British Isles 86000 individuals

Jews of the Caribbean 2400 individuals

Jews of the Orient and Africa 700 individuals

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Growth and Change

In the 12 years since the Knowles Collection was first published, the numbers have climbed from 7,500 to over 1,4000,000. So many of our ancestors left their native lands for new homes. Because of that movement the collection will now be in 6 different databases. All of them will be under the Knowles Collection umbrella. They are Jews of The British Isles; Jews of the North America; Jews of Europe; Jews of South America and the Caribbean; and Jews of Africa and the Orient and the newest one, Jews of the Southern Pacific.. This is a great indication of how universal our families are, and of how much still needs to be done.