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New Brunswick General File including correspondence with: Registrars of Deeds for Kent County, Northumberland County; Public Library, Richibuctou; Old Manse Library, Newcastle N.B.; New Brunswick Museum, St.John; Probate Court Division, N.B. Department of Justice; Lands Branch, Ministry of Natural Resources, N.B.(original land grants).

Martin E. Herschorn, President, Jewish Historical Society of Halifax, 1987.

Nova Scotia Court Records, PANS RG 31-Series C, Boxes 1-61 (1752-1790), identifies Jewish names and references.

N.S. Summaries, Registry of Deeds, Halifax County , 1749-1799, correspondence with the Department of the Attorney General, Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Working File, Misc.Correspondence and Lists. Includes, Photocopy of article by C. Bruce Fergusson, provincial archivist, "Jewish Communities in Nova Scotia" Province of Nova Scotia, Journal of Education, October 1961. pp.45-8. Photocopy of mss.article by Jan Goeb on "The Maritime Jewish Community [c.1975] for the Jewish Historical Society, Halifax.

Nova Scotia Working File, Misc.Correspondence and Lists. Includes, Photocopy of article by C. Bruce Fergusson, provincial archivist, "Jewish Communities in Nova Scotia" Province of Nova Scotia, Journal of Education, October 1961. pp.45-8. Photocopy of mss.article by Jan Goeb on "The Maritime Jewish Community [c.1975] for the Jewish Historical Society, Halifax.

Department of Lands and Forests, Dartmouth N.S. Correspondence re:original Halifax Allotment.

Nova Scotia Land Grants

Dr. Ken Donovank, Parks Canada, Fortress Louisbourg

Cape Breton, Fortress Louisbourg, Jews during the French Regime: Family of Michel Rodrigue and family of Abraham Gradis.

Chatham, Newcastle, File: information on the Miramichi area.

Levy, Morden, S. (1824-1863) murdered at Richibuctou.

Myers, Rachel Abraham and Benjamin and Mordechai, to Gagetown 1783. See also Myers, (Montgomery), Juda or Judith, (1759-1831).

Samuel, Joseph (1786-1862), brother of Michael, and Phoebe Samuel (1771-1867), in Chatham to 1857.

Samuel, Jacob, brother of Joseph and Michael.

Samuel, Jonah, son of Jacob. In Chatham 1838, Dalhousie 1841-50 representing Joseph&Samuel.

Samuel, Samuel.

Samuel, Mordent (1815-35).

Samuel Samuel J. 1812-1890, son of Joseph and Phoebe Samuel.

Samuel, Michael d.1862, in Chatham 1814-50 and 1859, brother of Joseph Samuel, partner of John Joseph in Joseph&Samuel to 1835.

Samuel, Michael, copies of letterbook from PANB.

St.John File: includes area information and correspondence with Marcia Koven of the St.John Jewish Historical Society and Jewish Museum.

Samuel, Michael, jr.d.1857, in Richibuctou 1816-38, first cousin of Michael Samuel.

Aaron, Maurice&Simon, in New Brunswick from 1814.

Abrams. Williams (1785-1844) shipbuilder, office holder, came to Miramichi 1820. "His descendants claim that he was an English Jew."

Gabel, Davey (c.1732-1816) baker, b.Frankfort am Main, to N.B. 1783 as a loyalist.

Jacobs, Joseph, Gagetown, 1784.

Joseph, John (1776-1835), partner of Michael in Joseph&Samuel.

Joseph, Maurice (Morris), Chatham 1824, Richibuctou 1840s.

Levy (Levi) Joseph, tailor

British Columbia

England Research on the Jews Who Had Their Roots Their

Sheldon J. Godfrey; Re: Jewish Publications Society

The Jewish Historical Society of England

Institut Genealogique Drouin

Archives Nationale de Quebec (Quebec)

Semlim Franklin

Victoria Population, 1860.

Victoria B.C

Yukon

Wills

Completed Wills

Research Typescripts (Originals), 1987.

New York Historical Society

Archives Nationale de Quebec (Montreal)

New York State Archives, Albany

New York City

Philadelphia

Charleston, S.C.

Detroit & Ann Arbour

Savannah, Georgia

Canadian Jewish Congress/Archives

Shaar Hashomayin Synagogue

N.E.U.S.

The Champlain Society

National Archives of Canada, 1986

Public Archives of Ontario

National Archives of Canada, 1987

National Archives of Canada, 1988

National Archives of Canada, PICTON

National Archives of Canada, 199L/3

National Archives of Canada, 1992

Ottawa

Albany

Evelyn Miller, former archivist, Canadian Jewish Archives

American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, OHIO

American Jewish Archives, Walthan, Mass.

Archives Nationals de Quebec (Montreal)

Bernard Kusinitz, researcher, Newport Rhode Island

Charles Tucker, researcher, London, England

Dr. Malcolm Stern, geneologist, author of "First American Jewish Families"

Miscellaneous Correspondence

PAO

American Jewish Historical Society

Neil B. Yetwin

Miscellaneous Correspondence

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Naphtali Hart, jr., Halifax

Hart Brothers of Newport. Five Brothers: Naphtali (carried on business in Halifax), Samuel (father of Naphtali, jr.), Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (father of Samuel jr.).

Captain David Hays, 3rd Battalion Royal Regiment of Artillery, in Halifax, 1761, probably not Jewish.

Samuel Jacobs, (d.1786, St.Denis Quebec)in Halifax by August 1749, possibly considerably earlier.

Samuel Jacobs, (d.1786, St.Denis Quebec)receives a land grant at Fort Cumberland 1760 in the part of N.S. later to become New Brunswick.

Solomon Jacobs, Halifax, 1790s

David Jones, son of Joseph and Judith Jones, innkeeper, owner of "The Halfway House to Horton," d. 1782 Hfx.

John Solomon, d. Halifax 1788, probably not Jewish.

Halifax--Possible Jewish Background

Nathum Jones

Isaac Judah, signed name in Hebrew as witness to will of Isaac Levy, Halifax, 9 March, 1750.

Isaac Levy, partner of Nathan Nathans, d.Halifax, March 1750.

Nathan Levy, in Halifax by 1755, m. a Sarah Dunn in an Anglican ceremony, 1759, died at Chester 1773.

Joshua Maugher, (1725-1788) an industrialist, was a member of the early Nova Scotia establishment. Contrary to the evidence, some historians insist he was of Jewish ancestry.

Myer Myers, (son of Hyam Myers of Quebec & New York) in Halifax, 1786.

Nathan Nathans, in Halifax by 1750, partner with Naphtali Hart jr. viz. Nathan&Hart. d.Halifax 1778.

Isaac Solomon(s) in Halifax 1749 brother in law of Israel Abrahams

Maritimes. General correspondence etc., relating to Jews in Halifax. Includes map of Halifax and location of Jewish enterprises.

One file of research at Beaconsfield House Provincial Archives contains references to Joseph Levy, tailor, 1861 Census and others

Newfoundland General. Contains information re:searches in the Maritime History Archive; Provincial Archives of Newfoundland, Colonial Building; Registry Office, Confederation Building, St.John.

Simon Solomon, St.John's, Postmastyer of Newfoundland, d.1839.

Joseph De la Penha received grant of most of Labrador from William III in 1697.