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Tag: Belgium

  • Old, Older, Oldest Big,Bigger, Biggest at the Archives

    I went recently to the archives from Antwerp where I do collect from time to time files and other information for my family research.

    During my research I usually try to understand and focus on several topics which I do come across and about which I do tend to post from time to time some articles on this website.
    One of the topics I am currently focussing on, and about which I hope to post in the near future, is the district distribution in the city of Antwerp.

    As part of this research I did request to have a look in the file about the reconstruction of the sewers. This interesting file contains a few (more…)

  • Photos and documents about Rav Schiff’s coronation as the new ruv of Machsike Hadass-Antwerp

    The (paying) members of the one of the two Jewish communities, the Machsike Hadass, did vote on November 29th and 30th for the then candidate Rov Rav Ahron Schif.
    From the 593 votes, 93.4% were in favour of Rav Ahron Schif as the new Rov.

    Last Sunday, April 3rd, the ceremony took finally place in the packed main synagogue of the Kehille in the Oostenstraat.

    All members of the kehille received two books. One book with the history on the kehille, its founding and an overview with the history on almost all shuls of Antwerp. And the second book has got a collection of essays by Rav Schiff.
    Both books did cost together €10 (only) for non-members.

    You can enjoy the photos I made or read some articles which I did collect from different sources.
    (some articles and/or photos may have שמות, please handle with due respect)

    The cover of the book עיר האם בישראל
    The contents of the book

  • Immigration files in Archives of Antwerp & State Archives of Belgium

    In the courtyard of the Felixpakhuis complex

    I posted a few times in a few newsgroups/forums with as subject Jewish Genealogy a short explanation on the files in the Belgian archives.
    I hope to publish once an article on my blog with more details about my experience in the archives, for the moment being I think it could be useful for other researchers to read the following short explanation according to my view:

    Hi,
    Usually all documents were kept in twofold. One copy stayed in the city/town and the other copy went to the state archives in Brussels.
    In Antwerp you have a few boroughs which have separate administrations and were independent cities/towns . Nowadays these cities/towns are part of Antwerp, the most interesting boroughs for Jews researching their ancestors is: Borgerhout, Berchem and Antwerpen. The archives from the other boroughs besides, Antwerp, are not in the felixarchief (each city could choose whether to save the files or whether to throw them away). (more…)