list pd people who coverted to being jewish

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Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 34,818 Send Message	Reggie	Report	17 Dec 2012 16:01
	The simplistic answer is that if your mother was Jewish.........so also are you.....and your daughter.
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Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 34,818 Send Message	Reggie	Report	17 Dec 2012 15:58
	Obviously not the right person's marriage.........no sons Births Sep 1912 (>99%) Heath Louisa E Morgenstern W.Ham 4a 298 Births Dec 1914 (>99%) HEATH Clara A Morgenstern W. Ham 4a 338
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Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 34,818 Send Message	Reggie	Report	17 Dec 2012 12:18
	You have three female Morgunsterns in your tree......which was your grandmother? Incidentally, there is not one entry on freebmd of the spelling you quote There are, however, entries for Morganstern/Morgenstern. As you have the birthplace recorded only for Louisa, I'm guessing that she is your 'line'. Is THIS her marriage? Marriages Sep 1911 (>99%) Childs Emma M W. Ham 4a 378 Heath William W.Ham 4a 378 Morgenstern Louisa W. Ham 4a 378 Payne Charles W W.Ham 4a 378
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Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 9,853 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	17 Dec 2012 10:11
	You could try searching for synagogues in the locality that they lived and see if they hold records. They’d probably be willing to look through them for your mother’s name. The Jewish Genealogy Society of Great Britain might be able to advise. http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/ Although a child born to a Jewish woman is Jewish by heritage, I’m not sure that those born before her conversion are considered so. As Reggie says, it’s a matriarchal system. My grandmother was Jewish, so my father was. My mother wasn’t so that means that neither am I!
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Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 34,818 Send Message	Reggie	Report	16 Dec 2012 23:11
	If your father's mother was Jewish, he most certainly was. The Jewish system is matriarchal Where did your parents marry?
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Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 12,584 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	16 Dec 2012 21:25
	Hi Michelle, To be honest, it isn't as easy to convert to Judaism as it is to swap say, between being a Methodist or being an Anglican. It's worth googling to see the difficulties involved. If she did convert, then it's highly unlikely she would be buried in a Christian churchyard - those of the Jewish faith have their own cemeteries or allocated areas within cemeteries.
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Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 27 Send Message	Michelle	Report	16 Dec 2012 20:32
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 27 Send Message	no Patchem she was buried in a porpers grave I think but in a church yard, but \i think they just put everyone there who has no money Thanks for your replies both of you.
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 11,824 Send Message	patchem	Report	16 Dec 2012 20:15
	Do you know where and when she was buried, as that might give a clue as to religious ceremony performed?
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 7,379 Send Message	Penny	Report	16 Dec 2012 20:15
	I dont think such a list exists- you can change your faith daily!
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 27 Send Message	Michelle	Report	16 Dec 2012 18:19
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 27 Send Message	Hi my daughter needs to know if my mother was jewish, I didnt know my mother so would not know. is there a way of finding our if she converted after she married. I can ask her or my father as they are both deceased and I do not have any other realiatives to ask. My fathers mother was named morgunstern form birth so if she was jewish that would maybe make my father jewish, but I dont know any more. Any help with with this would be great Thanks Michelle

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