MY JACOB FAMILY

FAMILY TREES and HISTORIES of Jacob families.

FAMILY TREES of other families.

INDICES to names contained in the above.

ARTICLES on history and family history.

MANUSCRIPTS of interest to the historian and family historian.

QUICK LINKS

KENNETH JACOB

FILMS and VIDEOS, 1920s - 1980s

BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN JACOB CB, his life and times.

EDWARD JACOB FSA, of Faversham, Kent.

NOTABLE JACOBS.

NOTABLE MEMBERS OF FAMILIES OTHER THAN JACOB.

PROMINENT PEOPLE IN SIND, PAKISTAN.

PHOTOGRAPHS: There are some 1100 images on this site, but miscellaneous ones can be found here, starting with views of ADEN and YEMEN, ca 1915-1924.

PHOTOGRAPHS: Diverse photographs of India (to follow)

PHOTOGRAPHS: Diverse military photographs.

PHOTOGRAPHS: A young Kim Philby. Who would have thought he would become one of Britain's most notorious Soviet double agents?

PORTRAITS: Three 18th century portraits of members of a Gostling family from Canterbury, together with a brief family history by Eliza Susanna Jacob (1836-1913).

A LISTING OF SOME ENGLISH CLERGY in 12th century - 1500. These pages are being added to on a regular basis.

SHIP MASTERS and their vessels, 1200 - 1500

A LISTING of a handful of English goldsmiths 1200 - 1500

DUCK DECOYS: A well researched and illustrated Power Point presentation about Duck Decoys, by Roger Callow. Duck Decoys, in this context, are not necessarily what you think they are. It's worth having a look. © 2010 Roger Callow.

A SMALL COLLECTION of Victorian Christmas and New Year cards.

A MUMMY'S SHROUD: Part of a shroud of the mummy of a priest called HAR, 16th dynasty, ca 900BC.

JACOB'S CREEK: A well-known branded wine, but after whom was it named?

JACOBS BISCUITS: But who made them? For the pedigree of this family click HERE.

ORAL HISTORY: The first of a number of recordings I shall post. This is of my grandmother Ellen Jacob in 1974 speaking about Lawrence of Arabia.

INVITATION TO SUBSCRIBE to the second edition of 'A History of Families of Jacob' in 1894, by Archibald Hamilton Jacob; it never appeared.

FREEMASONS

THE JACOB PRIVATE PRESS.

INTERESTING PEOPLE: Some brief vignettes.

TESTIMONIALS

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Contact: kenneth.jacob@hotmail.co.uk

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