Ashkenazi Amsterdam in the Eighteenth Century
This tentative list of the Ashkenazi Jewish inhabitants of Amsterdam in
the eighteenth century was prepared by Moshe Mossel in
Jerusalem and includes presumed family relationships. It shows about 95
percent of the total community and is still being compiled.
The information is based on rabbinical documents of engagements, marriages,
and other such events in the Jewish community from 1723 to 1812; Jewish
Marriage in Amsterdam (records of civil marriages of the Amsterdam Jews),
compiled by Dave Verdooner and Harmen Snel;
a list of those buried in the Muiderberg cemetery, compiled by
Harmen Snel and Jits van Straten; a list of those
buried in the Zeeburg cemetery, compiled by Jits van Straten;
the list of family names that were officially registered in 1811; and List
of Alimentated Jews in 1809, published by Moshe Mossel.
Posterior events also rely on the civil marriage and death registrations
after 1811 of the city of Amsterdam.
All information on individuals is filed exactly as found and therefore it is
considered highly reliable; however, not all of the relationships have been
verified.