The Living Stones
Gravestone of Samuel Becher with violin • The Living Stones
The Living Stones is an online archival project documenting the Jewish heritage of Bournemouth and Poole through information found on gravestones in local cemeteries.
Archive Description
The Living Stones website has been created as part of a National Lottery Heritage grant and includes a searchable online database of genealogical information found on Jewish gravestones in local cemeteries. It contains photographs of almost 3000 headstones in Jewish cemeteries in Bournemouth and Poole with basic details of all the stones.
The website also includes a selection of stories written about some of the Jewish people buried in Bournemouth and Poole cemeteries as well as other information relating to the history of the local Jewish community.
The project will also be recording oral histories with older members of the community and the interviews and transcripts will be deposited with the Dorset History Centre.
Online Accessibility
The database is available to search online.
For more information contact Howard Freeman.