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Hi Rena
do the records you acess have anything around 1811? I have been brickwalled by my hubbies Raphael family ............on the 1841 they are down as foriegn on the 1851 it says German british subject..............Samuel Raphael & Sarah Franks I do know Sarahs parents but not where in Germany they come from but all I know of Samuel is that on his marriage record it says heis son of Meir HaLevi............Ihave tried lots of sites but no luck so any suggestions gratefully received
sandie
Several archives are putting records onto the site - I see some go back to the 1700's.
I don't know what you are referring to for the 1811 year, if it's a birth year you will not find any church records on this site, although it does give archive addresses. Napoleon ruled most of Europe until about 1812. I didn't know Raphael was a German name, however, I see it was used MOSTLY as a given name and if your family were/are Jewish there were RAPHAEL references on the website - if I recall correctly there were a few Solomon Raphael references (Judisch/Jewish) You can either use babelfish or the google language translator for rough translations.
<<he is son of Meir HaLevi>> There was reference to Meyer/Meier on the Raphael search - I think you need to go to the site yourself.
I think I've looked up the Frank name before and it's been in England for centuries according to nationalarchive online records - there used to be a European mainland tribe with that name. Frank/Franck/Franke is a common name in Germany and the server timed out on me. Were your Frank family musicians? Coincidentally there was a Frank family in the Salzgitter area I'm researching :-
Steinlah parish records showing a
Johann Konrad Ehlers (b18-1-1829), musician, married to
Johanna Marie Katharine Sophie FRANKE (b21-2-1831).
London Census:
John FRANK Lodger (Head) W Male 71 Germany Musician
Rena
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