1. Year
 
2. Entry number
 
3. Month and day of birth
 
4. Given name of child
 
5. Surname of child
 

Circumcision Register from a
Jewish Congregation in the United States
Circumcision Register

 
Jewish tradition includes circumcising male infants in a ceremony called a "bris". Some congregations in the United States have kept circumcision records for nearly three centuries.
The example gives the essential facts about the child and the event, but does not mention the name of his parents. Records of a different congregation may name the parents.
Write to the congregation to which an ancestor's family belonged to obtain a copy of a circumcision entry. If the records have been transferred to archives or library, the current rabbi or an assistant may send the inquiry on to that facility or advise you of the address.
Circumcision records of some Jewish congregations in the United States have been microfilmed and can be used at the LDS Family History Library or a library in the area where the congregation existed.

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