Many Jewish Genealogists have used Marriage Authorisation Records from the UK Chief Rabbi's Office, a part of the United Synagogue. These give the place of origin of the bride and groom and also a list of unmarried brothers of the groom, which are both very useful for genealogists.
However, not many know of the existence of Burial Authorisation Records for our British ancestors, which have not been digitised, nor are they available online.
This talk reviews Marriage Authorisations and shows Burial Authorisations, perhaps for the first time, to demonstrate what unique genealogical information is included and just how useful these records are to help you with your Jewish Genealogy for some of your ancestors who married and/or died in the UK.
About Leigh Dworkin
Leigh Dworkin is an IT Consultant and Professional Genealogist, and has a Diploma in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde.
In his spare time, he acts as the webmaster for a number of charities he supports and has performed this task for the JGSGB.
He has been Chair of the JGSGB since May 2016, having joined its Council in 2014 and been Vice-Chair since 2015. He has spoken frequently at Regional Group meetings and the Eastern European Special Interest Group and at the IAJGS conferences and at both the JGSGB London and Manchester conferences.
He is a passionate genealogist and has been working on his own family tree for about 40 years. Genealogically speaking, he considers himself to be 5/8ths Polish, ¼ Lithuanian and 1/8th Belarusian, judging by his great-grandparents’ nationalities, which is far more interesting and exotic than being just an Essex lad.