Jewish Ancestry

[Pennines]

I will certainly look more into the conversion process from the link you have given Sandie.

Josephine -- I do appreciate that Jewish Gen won't have everything -- but it is such an enormous site when you get into it that I am going around in circles a bit -- it's also telling me I can't doan advanced search without paying something like 360 dollars.

I may be misunderstanding it - and will 'attack' it again later. I have found brief transcribed marriage records of this family line in 1800 and 1823 -- so that's good.

(I notice that there has been more correspondence on this topic since I added the word 'Completed' to the title, than there was before!! I am so glad because I have learnt more.)

[ThrelfallYorky]

I still think that your best bet will be any synagogue close to where they lived. And probably a lot cheaper, too. Use Mr Google and see what you can find, then approach them directly.

[andrewalston]

Within 24 hours of death -- my goodness I wonder how they manage that logistically with everyone who needs to be involved. Amazing.

In the late 18th century, burial records for a parish near me give dates of death, and "following day" appears to be the norm. For those who died 20 miles away, 2 days seems standard, even in midwinter.

It seems that setting the soul to rest as soon as possible is commonplace.

[Pennines]

I was thinking more of the officials -- obtaining the death certificate - registering the death - religious officials being available at the Synagogue - grave diggers etc.

Nowadays there is no way I can see that time frame being achieved - although I have wondered what happens with the Muslim burials at my home town cemetery - I hadn't realised before that Jewish burials adhered to the same immediacy.

ThrelfallYorky --- I do agree with what you say, but I don't really like to trouble individual institutions.
(Don't mind troubling Rootschatters though!!)