Hello Camilla I too have Jewish ancestry and there has been a lot of work done in the Jewish community on this. If you will spare me a day or so I'll endeavour to look up my records and point you in the right direction, I have links saved somewhere directly to the records. In the meanwhile email me at Justine@innovativefoods.co.nz with the names and I'll have a quick look in my books. Cheers Justine Justine Orme Sch. L.H.K. Hons. BITE ME MANGO CHILLI SALSA - iTQi Superior taste AWARD 2007 ** Passionate about Chilli - ITQI Superior taste AWARD 2006 ** Innovative Creators of fine Foods for the International Table www.innovativefoods.co.nz ) Hi, This is rather a tangential request - I believe my grandmother might have been of Jewish background. I'd be really interested to know if she was - how would one be able to find out (eg. do synagogues keep genealogical records, and if so, how does one get access to these)? She came from the Portsmouth area, but I'm only on this mailing list, and thought someone here might be able to give me some tips. Thanks so much! Camilla