Jacob Marrache

**Introduction to Jewish Genealogy in Morocco****Meeting - Sunday 31st May 2020**Jacob Marrache has at a young age already established a reputation as an expert on Moroccan Jewish genealogy. Many people believe it is virtually impossible to research the Sephardim of North Africa and the Middle East. In this talk, Jacob will discuss the multiple sources he uses for helping families trace their hist...

**Cimetiere ancien de la Communaute Juive de Tanger. **Philip Abensur and Sidney Pimienta documented what seems to be about two-thirds of the old Jewish Cemetery of Tangier. The remaining missing third are the oldest graves situated at the back of the cemetery overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Some of the older graves have no names or are simply illegible however there are still a fair amount whi...

Some pictures of the Jewish Cemetery of Asilah: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/miguelruizrueda/albums/72157650224815147?fbclid=IwAR0g2T2jCdZ0C-ZMAitSo9MTx58nPW6tw0iX8RzH7ZGpo9BW2qxPGI_Zcfg](https://www.flickr.com/photos/miguelruizrueda/albums/72157650224815147?fbclid=IwAR0g2T2jCdZ0C-ZMAitSo9MTx58nPW6tw0iX8RzH7ZGpo9BW2qxPGI_Zcfg)

[https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/ ](https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Cemetery/)[**On JewishGen, you can search for burials in the old Rabat cemetery. Apparently, there are 1751 graves listed. It does not list the date of death, only the name, and grave location. It seems to me that any grave which only had the name in Hebrew has not been added to the database. **](https://www.jewis...

Here you can search the Jewish Cemetery of Faro, Portugal. It can be useful for our Moroccan research as the community there was made up of Gibraltarian and Moroccan families. [http://www.commandvideo.com/Faro/FaroDisplay2.asp](http://www.commandvideo.com/Faro/FaroDisplay2.asp)

Here in two albums, you will find pictures of the old and new Jewish cemeteries of RABAT. There is no index or search option but many of the graves are photographed and readable. [https://jewishphotolibrary.smugmug.com/AFRICA/AFRICANorth/MOROCCO/RABATSALEZEMMOURZAER](https://jewishphotolibrary.smugmug.com/AFRICA/AFRICANorth/MOROCCO/RABATSALEZEMMOURZAER)

Here you can search the Jewish Cemetery of Agadir. [http://www.communautejuiveagadir.com/index.php?page=liste-sepultures-agadir-partie-1](http://www.communautejuiveagadir.com/index.php?page=liste-sepultures-agadir-partie-1)

Cementerio Judio de Tetuan[http://www.cementeriojudiotetuan.org/](http://www.cementeriojudiotetuan.org/) "Situated on the dramatic sloping hillside of Mount Dersa overlooking the medina (old city), Tétouan’s Jewish cemetery was established 500 years ago. Aside from the remarkable vistas it commands, the cemetery (also known as the “Castilian Cemetery”) features many tombs with anthropomorphic engr...

Online database for the Jewish Cemetery of Marrakech located behind the old Mellah. [http://www.cimetierejuifmarrakech.com/](http://www.cimetierejuifmarrakech.com/)

[http://cimetierejuifcasablanca.com/site/recherche.php Here you can search for graves in the New Jewish Cemetery of Casablanca. The old Jewish cemetery which is located in the Mellah has not been photographed and is in need of restoration. The old cemetery was used up until 1943/4. Apparently, there was an even older third cemetery which was used in the early days of the Casablanca community with ...

[https://www.beit-hahayim-tanger.com/livres.php Here you can search for the graves in the New Jewish Cemetery of Tangier. Try various spellings of the family names ie Bensusan/ Bensousan, Assayag, Essayag, Benassayag, you can also search by maiden name. The names of the parents of the deceased are listed for ](https://www.beit-hahayim-tanger.com/livres.php)most burials.

[http://cimetierejuifessaouira.com/accueil/ Here you can search for graves in the old and "new" Jewish Cemeteries of Essaouira (Mogador). This research was compiled by Alexandre Lévy and Georges Sebat. Unfortunately, many graves did not have names, or the names on the tombs were erased over time by the elements. ](http://cimetierejuifessaouira.com/accueil/)["In Mogador-Essaouira, there are two cem...