Tony Abrahams' ancestors were apparently Jews who emigrated from somewhere in Central Europe around 1810. The "story" in the family is that they came from what is now Lithuania, but he cannot prove this. Another "story" is that he and his family are all related to Harold ABRAHAMS, the Olympic sprinter of "Chariots of Fire" fame - but that now looks unlikely. They settled in the relatively small Jewish community in Birmingham, which explains his interest in Birmingham.

In his efforts to find his missing ancestors, he compiled what he believes to be a complete record of the births, deaths and marriages registered amongst the various ABRAHAMS and ABRAHAM families who lived in the Birmingham and surrounding area up to 1930 - and that is what is summarised in the databases which are in .pdf format and can be accessed by double-clicking on the links.

You will need Acrobat Reader to acces them. If you dont have a copy you can download it free of charge from the Adobe web-site, which can be accessed by double-clicking the icon below.

Also on the site are the same files in "Comma separated values" format. These have the advantage of being smaller than .pdf, and can also be opened using most spreadsheet programs, although they were prepared using Microsoft Excel. So if you would prefer these versions, please double -click on of these links : births (.csv), deaths (.csv), marriages (.csv). Once the spreadsheet appears in your browser window, save the file as a ".csv" file to your disk. When the file has been saved, use the "Back" key to return to this window.

The information is mostly drawn from the National GRO index, although other information from IGI and other sources.is also included. The information is presented as tables of text in a .pdf format (which is why you will need the Acrobat Reader software). This format is searchable using the search capability in Acrobat Reader.

Of course, the usual caveats apply to this data. We hope it is accurate, but you should always check by going back to the original source - and Tony Abrahams' hopes the data is of some use to you.