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I am trying to find where the Jewish connection in our family comes from but the problem I have is that there are many Jacobs in my family and the thing is where or who was the Jacobs who came into the family that has the Jewish connections. I’m not sure but my way of thinking which is probably the wrong one is to go back as far as I can to when the Jacobs line started and go from there, maybe im wrong. But I can not seem to trace them back that far, the one that I have got back to is George Jacobs born around 1830 in Salisbury and he married Mary Ann Robertson in Shoreditch not sure of the date of marriage though. This probably sounds to you and lots of others a very strange thing i want to find out but it is something in the family that has been mentioned over the years and my second cousin confirmed that we are of Jewish decent but like me doesn’t know where we start to look to find out. I have also been told that there are and was thousands of Jewish families with the surname Jacobs in the Lambeth area where most of the Jacobs i have managed to find come from including myself and my immediate family. So i am totally lost and maybe i am being a bit too adventurous in my search. If anybody out there can tell me what to do or how i go about it i really would appreciate it and also want to prove to my Mum who was a Jacobs before she married my Dad that yes she is of Jewish decent, and boy you only have to look at family photos of the Jacobs family through the ages that you can see it is there.
If anyone out there has any ideas where I can start I would appreciate any help available, I have looked up all the sites to do with Jewish Connections but either I am having trouble navigating the sites or do not know where to or if I can post my request as I don’t have all the names in the family, so am I on a pointless journey?
Dee

hi ihave a uriah jacobs my greatgrandfather come from wiltshire but lived in walworth we have charles w jacobs born walwoth also a herriet born walworth my grandmother was sarah ann jacobs she married a charles osmon all children born walworth marjorie

You'll probably find the Jewish connection is quite a way back, especially if there are a lot of Jacos in your tree.

Jewish tradition is to name babies after deceased family members, so look for patterns, recurring names etc.

Also you could try to find the nearest synagogues to where your ancestors lived and contact them. Even if they don't have any records of use they may be able to give you some pointers.

Hope this helps.

Amy

i also have Uriah jacobs from kent,england in my jacobs tree, my gg grandfather william george jacobs parents being uriah and jane jacobs nee tampler. william lived in Lambeth, and my dad said we had jewish in our family too, but i can't find any Uriah jacobs having a son william george in 1820 chatham kent.
I did find a Daniel and jane jacobs nee sample who did have a son william george jacobs 1820 in rochester kent.
karen

Karen,
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