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Jewish Records - Lancanshire

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Schonberg

Schonberg Report 22 Jan 2023 23:05

Trying to obtain more information on Levin and Cohen family - lived in Liverpool.
Not showing up much. Anyone use temples, cemeteries, etc.?

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 22 Jan 2023 23:23

Welcome to the boards.

Can you give us some first names and dates, please, to help us to help you?
Levin and Cohen are both very common names.

You mention cemeteries.
Here are lists of Jewish cemeteries in Liverpool:

https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Cemeteries/Liverpool/Cemetery_menu.htm

https://iajgscemetery.org/british-isles/england/liverpool

and some history of them:
https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444.jhs.2021v52.010


Have you tried looking up the people you're interested in on Findagrave?
https://www.findagrave.com


Levin:
https://tinyurl.com/3zkhhruu

Cohen:
https://tinyurl.com/m8jvdcj2

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 23 Jan 2023 08:23

What sort of records are you looking for

They would still be on census etc if it’s older records you are looking for

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 23 Jan 2023 08:41

Any time-scale?
Where have you looked?

nameslessone

nameslessone Report 23 Jan 2023 09:22

Depending on the timescale you should be able to find their bmd’s on
www.freebmd.org.uk

Added: have you looked at Search/all members trees?
Plenty of Liverpool born Levins and Cohens.