The Knowles Collection: St. Kilda Cemetery, Melbourne, Australia

30 April 2012

St. Kilda Cemetery, Melbourne, Australia

Recently, while visiting the beautiful city of Melbourne, Australia to speak at the Great Solomon Reunion, I was lucky enough to have my hotel close to the St. Kilda Cemetery. As I walked to my talk I passed by the front gate of this beautiful resting place for so many Jews of the area.
Following the day's activities I was able to return to this burial ground and document the valuable information contained on these stones. This information is now being added to the Knowles Collection - Jews of the British Isles, and will be available after the next update.

4 comments:

GeniAusApril 30, 2012 at 7:23 PM
Todd,
Great to see you highlighting an Australian Resource. Migt I suggest that Australian records be placed in a different collction from British Isles as Australia is not part of that group.
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W. Todd KnowlesApril 30, 2012 at 8:33 PM
Its a great thought, in what database would you place it. would
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MarkMay 10, 2012 at 5:50 AM
Todd - Jill makes a good point. Why would Australians be listed under the British Isles?
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W. Todd KnowlesMay 10, 2012 at 8:49 AM
In the next update, some time in June they will have be in the Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands database.
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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.