eshet Shlomo bat Menachem is mentioned. In 1677 her new husband Salomon Bernheim was given protection in Horheim, sponsored by her father Menachem Bloch. Until 1680, Salomon was specified as Menachem's son-in-law. From then on he was fully recognized.

Our sources - administrative and court records - very rarely mention women usually in regards to family linkages between men, around significant dowries, and dealing with estates. Occasionally widows continue their husbands' business, but they simply are recorded as "widow of ...". A few times women were fined for minor infractions. Women are rarely called by their names in official documents. Commonly they are designated "wife of ..." or "daughter of ..". It is possible however, that the 5000 records contain more clues relating to women, than we have detected to date.