Susser Archive Contents

STUDIES IN ANGLO-JEWISH HISTORY (in association with the Jewish Historical Society of England) Edited by Rabbi Dr Bernard Susser [These were a series of A5 booklets in process of publication by Rabbi Susser at the time of his death] There are a number of lists included in the Archive, some contain very small numbers of records and some are difficult to read. Where a list is legible and contains reasonable numbers of records, it is being prepared for the ALL UK Database, other lists will be found in their original format.
1 Jewish South-West of England census returns, 1841-91 Search the ALL UK Database 2 Jewish tombstone inscriptions in South-West England Introduction Exeter Bristol (Barton) - Search the ALL UK Database Falmouth Penzance (with photographs) Plymouth Gifford Place To be included in the ALL UK Database 3 The Old Jewish Cemetery on Plymouth Hoe [Sponsored by the Kessler Foundation & The Jewish Chronicle]	4 Jewish South-West of England wills [Sponsored by IJGR courtesy of Anthony & Mrs Judith Joseph] 5 Jewish South-West of England birth, marriage and death registers Exeter Marriage Register 1838-1907 To be included in the ALL UK Database Plymouth Birth Register 1829-1837 [Facsimile of Rabbi Susser's Typecript] Plymouth Marriage Register 1837-1933 To be included in the ALL UK Database 6 Biographies (c.2,500) of all known Jews in South-West England [Sponsored by the Jewish Historical Society of England] [Sadly, Rabbi Susser's card index of the Biographies appears to be lost. FJG]

ARCHIVE TRANSCRIPTS BY RABBI SUSSER
Inscriptions in the Alderney Road Cemetery, London, 1696 - 1853 New Synagogue (London), Duplicate Ketubot Register To be included in the ALL UK Database The Great Synagogue, London, Burial Register 1791-1823 To be included in the ALL UK Database [Sponsored by Mrs Shelagh Addis of Wells, Som. and Mrs Angela Shire, London, in memory of their parents Bernard (George) and Merle Levy] The Myer Solomon Circumcision Register The Asher Asher Circumcision Register The Circumcision Register of Joseph Joseph of Plymouth Circumcision Register Edinburgh The Circumcision Register of Rabbi Ash of Dover The Wedding and Circumcision Register of Rabbi Ash The Marriage Register of the Western Synagogue To be included in the ALL UK Database The Hambro Synagogue Burial Register	Norwich, Ipswich and Great Yarmouth Tombstone Inscriptions To be included in the ALL UK Database The Biography of Nathan Joseph Altmann Plymouth Hebrew Congregation Deaths 1927-1963 To be included in the ALL UK Database Handlist of Plymouth Deeds, 1963 [Facsimile of Rabbi Susser's original ms] Handlist of Plymouth Synagogue Artefacts [Facsimile original typescript; no date, 20th c.] Handlist of Plymouth Synagogue Artefacts, 1892 [Facsimile original ms] Handlist of Plymouth Synagogue Artefacts, 1934 [Facsimile original typescript] Plymouth Gifford Place Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions To be included in the ALL UK Database Extracts from the Chief Rabbinate Correspondence for Devon and Cornwall [Facsimile original ms] Report on Plymouth Sifrei Torah [Facsimile original typescript]

OTHER HISTORICAL WRITINGS OF RABBI SUSSER
History of the Willesden & Brondesbury Synagogue The Jews of South-West England [Thesis submitted for Ph D] Social Acclimatisation of Jews in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Devon The Jewish Historical Library of Rabbi Dr B. Susser A handlist of all the books in his collection (now dispersed) Jewish Cemeteries of the West of England	HOW TO READ & RECORD A JEWISH TOMBSTONE (In association with The United Synagogue, London) This is in PDF format - you will need Acrobat Reader, which is available as a free download The Plymouth Synagogue A brief account of its history (from a souvenir booklet) The Jewish Tombstones of South West England A brief account of the cemeteries and their inscriptions. A valuable insight into how Rabbi Susser was drawn into his historical studies. It usefully supplements item 2 above.

RELIGIOUS WRITINGS OF RABBI SUSSER The Covenant of Circumcision Guide for the Visitor to the Plymouth Synagogue

OTHER ITEMS FROM THE ARCHIVE
Coat of Many Colours: The History of the Joseph Family by W. S. Jessop, 1951. With extensive pedigrees of many Westcountry Jewish families. Records of My Family by Israel Solomon, 1887. Family History of a Jewish family from Falmouth, and their relations.	Historical Maps of Plymouth [Facsimiles] Ancestral Tapestry History of the Emdon family. [by Mr Bertram Emdon] Sidney Mendelssohn Documents and articles concerning Sidney Mendelssohn, born in Exeter, son of the minister there, and later the founding father of South African bibliography.

ALSO OF INTEREST
The Great Synagogue Births Register To be included in the ALL UK Database The Hambro Synagogue Marriage Records 1797-1837 Search the ALL UK Database The Jewish Community of Stroud Article by Harold Pollins	The History of the Great Synagogue (Cecil Roth) Full text and illustrations of this important work The First Jewish Unit in the British Army: 11th Tower Hamlets Volunteers Article by Harold Pollins The Rise of Provincial Jewry, by Cecil Roth

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