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The information on the Jewish community of Dundee, see Dundee on JCR-UK.


CEMETERY:

  • Eastern Cemetery, Jewish Section, Arbroath Road, Dundee., Acquired 1888, First Burials 1889.

Found in Dundee Central Library: "Gravestone Inscriptions from Jewish Cemeteries" compiled in 1953 by Sidney Cramer, a member of the Scottish Genealogy Society. Cramer transcribed Hebrew and English, details from some 260 tombstones in Jewish cemeteries in Edinburgh and Dundee. See Edinburgh for additional information about this book. [1998].

Registers of the Jewish section are available from Mr. Gillis, c/o The Synagogue, St. Mary's Place, Dundee DD1 5RB. Source: Harvey L. Kaplan, MA, 1/L 11 Millwood St. Glasgow, G41 3JY This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. [1998]

Although the Jewish Year Book of 1896 refers to a Hebrew Burial Ground, 10 Parker Street, Dundee (Founded 1889), this was a typographical error and should have referred to a "Hebrew Burial Committee (per Jewish Year Book 1900/1901) - David Shulman, Webmaster JCR-UK [July 2016]

The records of 153 burials at this cemetery are searchable through the JOWBR Database on JewishGen. David Shulman, Webmaster JCR-UK [August 2016]

Scottish Jewish Cemeteries website (http://www.scottishjewishcemeteries.org), researched and maintained by Derek Tobias, includes a searchable database in respect of "over 150 burials" at this cemetery.  [September 2016]

ACCESS: Open during general cemetery hours.