The Knowles Collection: Jews of South America and the Caribbean database updated

03 January 2013

Jews of South America and the Caribbean database updated

The database of The Jews of South America and the Caribbean continues to grow. With the new addition today of the records of births and burials of the Portuguese Jews, this collection now has the records of almost 19,000 people. This collection of records covers the years 1722-1831.
This database will continue to grow as many records are being indexed now including the Jewish families listed in the various censuses of the island of St. Thomas.

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Naomi Leon (Research Roots)January 17, 2013 at 4:07 AM
This is great. I am currently researching the Mendes da Costa family of St. Thomas. The work you are doing is incredible and really appreciated. Thank you.
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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.