The
1912 Eclipse.
Bernard
LÉVY discusses the picture taken on April
17, 1912 in Le Vésinet, a suburb of Paris. Some sixty
persons from prominent Jewish Parisian families had gathered
there to watch the total sun eclipse. The author, who is one
of their descendants, identifies them, shows how they are related
and sketches their personal fates.
The Wertenschlag surname
In our issue
#91 Françoise JOB
has published an article about the surname Wertenschlag which
was adopted by Jews from the Haut-Rhin Département as
ordered by the Napoleonic decree of July 20, 1808. Several readers
have been startled by the enigma the paper contained. Their
answers are published here.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Bernard
LYON-CAEN analyzes the deed executed by two
Jews from Metz, Isaac Oulif and Nathan Olry Cahen in the office
#41 of the Royal Counselors, Notaries in Paris on August 10,
1722. One party acquires the other’s half of a house which
they jointly own in Metz. The author exploits the document from
three points of view: such early deeds implying Jews in the
Registers of the Parisian Notaries are rare; in which conditions
did the Jews in Metz dwell?; how does this deed fit into the
history of the Jews from Metz?
Georges
GRANER reports in detail about the seminar of
November 18 and 19, 2007 organized in Marseilles by Danièle
FAREAU, the president of the Marseilles section
of Cercle de Généalogie Juive. Three historians
lectured under the theme “Jewish migrations in Marseilles”
about: Jewish presence from Antiquity to present; Jews in Marseille
in the 17th century; The role played by Jews in Marseilles during
the 19th century. The seminar also hosted genealogy workshops
and provided visits to Département Archives.
