Introduction to the Knowles Collection
Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Holocaust Memorial Center
28123 Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills
Light refreshments will be served
Free; Membership dues may be paid at the door (cash, check or credit card)
In this webinar from the BYU Family History Library, Todd Knowles introduces The Knowles Collection. This records-rich resource contains census records, family histories, birth, marriage, and death records, The Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection, headstone transcriptions, synagogue records, immigration records, family pedigrees and more.
The Knowles Collection is six databases that include records of the Jewish people. The six databases are:
- Jews of The British Isles
- Jews of North America
- Jews of Europe
- Jews of South America and The Caribbean
- Jews of Africa and the Orient.
- Jews of the South Pacific
The great advantage of the Knowles Collection is that it links together into family groups, thousands of individual Jews (over 1,150,000 as of Jan 2015). Until now, these records were available only at the Family History Library, or from private archives or individuals.
Current totals for the Knowles Collection (as of 1 Jan 2015)
- Africa and the Orient – 37,618 people
- British Isles – 208,349 people
- Europe – 380,637 people
- North America – 489,400 people
- South America and the Caribbean – 21,351 people
- South Pacific Islands – 21,518
Updates about the collection, and helpful clues for research can be found at knowlescollection.blogspot.com.