Happy Passover

To all those who will be celebrating, I wish you all a very HAPPY PESACH.

Knowles Collection Updated.

The Knowles Collection is a collection of 6 databases that contain genealogical records of the Jewish people. The collection has continued to experience tremendous growth, both from new record sources being added as well as the donation of private family records. Because of the growth, the databases have been updated on the FamilySearch website. The collection now contains the records of over 1.3 million people.

The databases and the total number of people included is listed below.

Jews of the British Isles     224,008

Jews of North America     573,891

Jews of Europe     441.007

Jews of Africa, Orient and Middle East    40,457

Jews of South America and Caribbean     21,829

Jews of South Pacific     21,528

The Knowles Collection is available to search for free at Familysearch.org. About a year ago I posted in this blog the easiest way to access the collection. That post can be found by following this link.

 I am very greatful to all those who have played a part in the continued growth of the collection.