I thought I would start a series of posts in which we pick a topic or place and people chime in with their favorite resources for tracing family history. In honor of Sally Bruckheimer's recent post and because I am headed to England soon to do research, I thought I would start with London and my top 9 resources (with an emphasis on prior to 1850 as that is what I work on). Please feel free to chime in in the comments with what I have missed! LONDON 1. London Jews Database (prior to 1850): Addresses and other resources (http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm) 2. Birth Registers Rodrigues-Pereira, M.; Loewe, C. eds., The Birth Register (1767-1881) of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation, London, Bevis Marks Records, 5. London: Jewish Historical Society, 1993. 3. Circumcision Register Barnett, R D, and Miriam Rodrigues-Pereira. The Circumcision Register of Isaac and Abraham De Paiba (1715-1775). Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation [in association with]Jewish Historical Society of England, 1991. 4. Marriage Records Online: Marriages at Bevis Marks Synagogue (1766-1837) and the Great Synagogue (1791-1837) indexed in Webb's London Marriages (for pay searching http://www.findmypast.co.uk/) 5. Print Abstracts: Barnett, L.D. ed., Abstracts of the Ketubot or Marriage contracts. from the Earliest Times until 1837, Bevis Marks Records, 2. London: The Congregation, 1949. Whitehill, G.H. ed., Abstracts of the Ketubot or Marriage contracts and of the Civil Marriage Registers of the Congregation, 1837-1901, Bevis Marks Records, 3. London: Jewish Historical Society, 1973. 6. Cemetery Records Rodrigues-Pereira, M.; Loewe, C. eds., The Burial Register (1733-1918) of the Nuovo (New) Cemetery of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation, London (with some later entries), Bevis Marks Records, 6. London: The Congregation, 1997 Barnett, R. D. "THE BURIAL REGISTER OF THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE JEWS, LONDON 1657—1735 (with Some Later Entries)." Miscellanies (Jewish Historical Society of England) 6 (1962): 1-72. http://www.jstor.org/stable/29777128. 7. The London Jews Database (pre-1850) http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm 8. Synagogue Records (London Metropolitan Archives [LMA] - most require permission to access 9. General Historical Resources A. Rosemary Wenzerul, A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in the United Kingdom B. Publications of the Jewish Historical Society of England i. Free access to back issues online for members: https://jhse.org/publications/ ii. Access via Jstor by subscription or can be used in most academic libraries http://www.jstor.org/publisher/jhse C. Todd M. Endelman, The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000 (2002) - available on google books D. Sharman Kadish, Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland: An Architectural Guide (2015) E. Sharman Kadish, The Synagogues of Britain and Ireland: An Architectural and Social History (2011)