The Knowles Collection: July 2018

18 July 2018

Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1796-1941

Family search has just added the database of Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1796-1941. These are images of civil births, marriages and deaths, with some indexes. The years with indexes are;

Births 1800-1923.
Marriages 1796-1923.
Deaths 1796-1923.

The original registers are located in the National Archives of Luxembourg.

The record below shows the birth of Louise Cohen on 18 February 1848 in Luxembourg. She was the daughter of Aaron Isac Cohen, a 39 year old butcher and Rebecka Schweitzer, who was 33.

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.