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March 18, 2006 to February 28, 2007

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am so excited to report that I have found the family
of Boris Kowarsky. A few days ago, I posted a message
asking if anyone knew of him or his relatives, because
he had submitted pages of testimony to Yad Vashem for
my aunt, uncle, and cousin. Up until I saw those
pages of testimony, my branch of the family had
believed that all of that branch had died in the
Holocaust.

Two days ago I received a reply from a man in Israel
who said he knew the family. In a subsequent email,
he gave me the email address of a daughter of the
family, because she is fluent in English. I got a
message from her this morning, and I have found the
family! I can't tell you how amazing this is for
me...my mother searched for them from 1945 until she
died in 2002, and I had decided on a whim to give it
another try.I want to encourage all of you who feel that you are
up against a brick wall to keep trying. This
particular brick wall stood for 62 years...starting
before I was born, and has now fallen down! So don't
give up, because more and more people are getting on
the internet every day.

Corinne Lipman
Cupertino, CA
researching Kozhevnik, Pamusky, Kowarsky

Amy has updated the immigration of her family from Ruzhany ( and
Kossovo) to America, and if you look at the sources she sites, it
might give you some ideas of where to look for information.
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ruzhany/MigrateAm.html
Also somewhere, I found that there was someone from Ruzhany who
published a book in 1720 -
Sefer Yeshu`ah be-Yisrael: ve-hu perush maspik ve-kalil `al hilkhot
kidush ha hodesh le-Mosheh ben Maimon ve- `al mefarshe devarav
`Ovadyah ve-Levi ben Habib/ Frankfor am Maim: J. Kellner, 5480 [1720]
It is listed on
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ruzhany/famous%20people.html
Some where under the piles of paper on my desk, I have lists of
donators from Ruzhany as published in a Hebrew newspaper, I just have
to work on reading Rashi.
For those of you with family members that made aliyah to Eretz Israel
in the 19th century and early 20th century, you might find the
following book interesting
Princess or Prisioner? Jewish Women in Jerusalem from 1840-1914 by
Margalit Shilo and translated from Hebrew. It is very well documented
and can give you new ideas for background material. Though many of the
sources are in Hebrew.
Additional information, pictures and stories are always welcome.

Rosie Feldman
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ruzhany/

I discovered that Boris Kowarsky of Vilna, Lithuania,
had submitted pages of testimony to Yad Vashem in
the late 1990s for my aunt,Leiba Kowarsky, my uncle
Aizik Kowarsky, and my cousin, Sara Kowarsky. My cousin
Peretz had no page of testimony, and we have never
found any information about what happened to him, but
we presume that he also died in the Holocaust.

I didn't know there were any relatives left alive in
Lithuania, and was actually planning to submit my own
pages of testimony when I discovered that someone else
had already done so. Obviously,this was quite a
surprise! Through the efforts of a very kind person
in Vilna, who contacted the city registrar there, I
found out that Boris Kowarsky has since passed away.
The registrar's office refused to provide any further
information about other relatives. They did give the
name of a woman whom they implied was his widow, but
she has refused to be contacted.

Does anyone know of these people, or have any ideas on
how to proceed?

Corinne Lipman
Cupertino, CA
researching Kozhevnik, Kowarsky

Notes to and from Judy Wolkovitch;
Dear Judy,
My great grandmother was also a member of the Alperovich family.
You asked; Can anyone tell me if records from Dunilovichi are
available?
Specifically,
> I have received a marriage record from Belgium which states that the
bride,
Nechama Alperovich was born in Dunilovichi in 1883.
Dunilovichi is today in Belarus, was in the Vilna gubernia in 1883.
for pictures, lists, Yizkor book , revision list for 1850 go to;
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/dunilovichi/dunilovichi.html
You will not find muchy Alperovitzes in the 1850 revision list for
Dunilovichi ( one family only). They were all registered in the near
by shtetl; Kurenets
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/kurenets.html. The name
Alperovich/ tz originated in Kurenets. About a third of the town took
that last name c 1810. For pictures and information about the family;
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/alperovitz.html
I would like very much to add pictures of your family to the site

Eilat Gordin Levitan
Los Angeles
Thank you very much indeed for the information. Apparently Nechama
Alperovich was a descendant of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Lyady. This may
have
been a apocryphal but her husband was a wise man and I think he knew
what he
was saying. In fact, my late husband, Nechama's grandson, was named
Schneur
Zalman. I am trying to find the names of Necham's sisters because they
went
to Philadelphia in the late 1800's and as I am not sure of their names
I
have not been able to trace them though I have a photo of one of their
children. I do not have a picture of Nechama but will try to get one
from
her daughter who lives in England......
Dear Judy,
Nechama Alperovich being a descendant of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of
Lyady is very much in the spirit of the town of Kurenets which had
strong family ties with the leaders of early Chasids and Chabad. Read
the story of Rabbi Landau in the Yizkor book of Kurenets. There was
also a Schneurson family in Kurenets which was related to the Chabad
family ( see picture on the Kurenets page). They lived in Kurenets
before the war and were well of and highly connected. They owned a
pharmecy and the were not killed with the rest of the Jews on 9- 9-
1942 because they were needed. For months they helped Jews who
escaped the killings and were hiding in the forest. They also helped
the underground. They were ready to escape to the forest many times
but asked to stay ( by the underground ) for a little longer). They
did what they were asked to do and eventuly the Germans killed them. I
heard from my mothers' first cousin ( his name is also Schneur Zalman
- or today Zalman Uri Gurevitz) who was a partisan, that one of the
sons escaped and survived. Love to have for the site and the tiny
museum in Kurenets any picture you have.
Dear Eilat,I have learnt more from your three e-mails that I have in the past ten
years
regarding the background to the Alperovich family. I am most grateful
for
the information.I would like to give you the little information I have in the hope that
one
day it will tie in with someone else's. Nechamah was the daughter of
Schneur Zalman Alperovich who died around 1892 and Rifka nee Feldman
who
died around 1908. Rifka was a single daughter with about four brothers
and
the family owned a flour mill. Nechama had three or four sisters who
went
to Philadelphia and they must have married. One of the husbands was
apparently killed in a flooding of the Ohio river. There was a
granddaughter named Jean Stellar (sp?).Judy
Dear Judy,
Arthur Wouks' mother ;Sarah Wouk, nee Feldman ( she was first cousin
of the mother of the writer ;Herman Wouk. Her husband was the brother
of his father.) They came from the Kurenets area. She might have been a
cousin of your Rifka Feldman.
Arthur sent me a picture;
In the first row - left to right:standing - Sarah Wouk, nee Feldman,
my mother. seated: - Faiga Racha Feldman, nee Levine, her mother, and
the eldest of the Levine children; Rabbi Mend Leib was her younger
brother. standing - Sadie Podolnick, nee Feldman, my mother's older
sister. behind, standing, are two men, thought to be cousins of Sarah
and Sadie. this picture was taken in 1934, when the two sisters
visited their mother who was not well. however, she lived on till
1942. it was taken in either Kurenitz or Budonovah. Anyone having any
information about Faiga Racha or the two men, please send it to me.
Arthur Wouk for the picture;
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pix/scenes_old/so82_1_big.jpg
from the Kurenets Yizkor book; During the last two years, we had two
rabbis, Rabbi Moshe Aharon Feldman, Z"L, a dear man and a gentle soul,
and Rabbi Shlomo Elie Oshpal, Z"L. ........
Days and events that happened do not exist anymore… Everything was
erased. Rabbi Feldman, Z"L, was martyred and died a torturous death in
Kurenets.....
When we walked near the house Paikon, we saw that in a puddle of blood
lay the body of the rabbi's widow (Moshe Aron Feldman's wife)......
I found reports from yad vashem for him; Feldman Moshe
Moshe Aharon Feldman was born in Olsan, Poland ( not far from
Kurenets and Dunilovichi) in 1880. He was a rabbi and married. Prior
to WWII he lived in Kurenets, Poland. During the war was in Kurenets,
Poland. Moshe perished in 1942 in Kurenets, Poland. This information
is based on a Page of Testimony submitted on 10/12/1956 by his
acquaintance Dov Benes.
I received the email from Arthur Wouk of Colorado about 5 years ago
but still you should write him,
All the best,Eilat Judy Wolkovitch to me
show details 4/19/06Dear Eilat,This gets more and more interesting. I was never certain of Nechama's
siblings names but one was defintely Faiga Raiza. I saw the name Faiga
Racha and wondered about a possible connection. The other names were
possibly Esther and Sarah. There was definitely a young brother named
Avram
who remained in Lithuania. I will ask Nechama's daughter who lives in
England if she recognizes any of the other names. The daughter, my
aunt by
marriage, is named Rene (Raina Mariam) and she is in her 80's. She has
a
marvellous memory although her health is failing. Nechamah used to
write to
her sisters in Philadelphia but when Nechama died the contact was lost.
I
believe that one sister returned home after she became a widow.
One sister may have gone to Birobidjan.
Thank you for following up on this.
Judy Dear Eilat,Just a note to let you know that my e-mail to Arthur Wouk bounced so I
called him and there may well be a connection. He told my that Faiga
Racha's husband Aron Feldman was a miller and this matches the
information
that I have about Rifka Feldman and that her family had a flour mill.
I
will keep you informed as to any progress we make and again thank you
very
much for taking the time to help.
Kind regards,

Judy Wolkovitch

Joseph Bensman (born about 1866) the son of Shaya Bensman and the
brother of Ayre Leib Bensman. Joseph and Arre Leib also had a sister
Miriam. The brother's lived in Lepel,Belarus
and the sister in Krasnoluki,
Belarus. Joseph. came to the United States in the early 1900's. His
parents and siblings all remained in Europe. The family
remained in contact through the 1930's.

Joseph Bensman changed his name to either Berman or Benson. They
may have lived in Brooklyn where he
had a paint store. Joseph's wife's name was Hannah and they had three
sons. Joseph died in a fire in the paint
store in the 1930's.

The descendants of Ayre Leib are trying to locate the descendants
of Joseph Bensman (Berman,Benson). We
hope someone reading this will respond.

You may contact Allen B. Saxe at absaxe@earthlink.n..

RAVSIG Digest for Monday, February 05, 2007.

1. Eliahu Arkis DAICHES from Krakow
2. Mordechai RASSEINER (RABINOWITZ)
3. Re: Gedalya of Linitz's Family

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Hello to all,

I have discovered recently that I'm a descendant of Shmuel ben Arye
Leyb DAICHES, one of the dayanim of Vilnius (died in 1825). I have
found the names of his father and grandfather (Eliahu Arkis DAICHES
from Krakow) in the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia but I have no other
information.

If any of you happens to have some data on Eliahu Arkis DAICHES
(born between 1710 and 1730; I suppose in Krakow) or any useful
genealogical data about the Krakow DAICHES, I would be very
grateful.

Many thanks in advance for your help,

Nathalie Ried
France

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Dr. Neil Rosenstein mentions in his book "The Ubroken Chain," under
the ELIAS family (1990 ed., p. 542) the name Mordecai RASSEINER as
being the father of R.S. RABINOWITZ husband of the daughter of Gad
Asher ROKEACH and his wife, daughter of DovBerish ELIAS.

My gggreat uncle mentions in his diary of a relative called Reb
Mordechai RUZHINER. According to Rosenstein and others DovBerish's
children lived in Karlin, my ancestors town of origin.

I would like to contact any members of the family of the above
Mordechai RASSEINER to check the possibities of our relationship.

Thank you

Yoni Ben-Ari
Israel
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On January 24, 2007, Yaron Pedhazur wrote a message concerning
R' Gadalya of Linitz's ancestry. He mentioned the possibility that
R' Yitschak, R' Gedalya's father, was son-in-law of R' Moshe of
Slavita, son of R' Pinhas of Koretz. On the same date Perets Mett
commented on this and wrote that R' Yitschak was father-in-law of
R' Moshe, and not son-in-law.

Mr. Mett is correct, of course. This relationship between R' Yitschak
and R' Moshe is documented in at least 2 places: 1) In the book "Shem
Ve'She'erit" in the chapter dealing with the Linitz Dynasty. 2) In the
book "Torat Avot" written by my g-g-father Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel
RABINOWITZ from Manisterich (R' Gedalaya's g-g-grandson). This book
has a supplementary called "Erech Avot" in which the author writes
about his ancestors. In "Erech Avot" I found 2 more interesting facts
about R' Gedalya of Linitz:

1) The author claims that they have a tradition in the family that
they are descendants of R' Natan SHAPIRA, the "Megale Amukot", though
he doesn't know exactly how he is related.

2) R' Gedalya of Linitz and R' Moshe of Slavita are related once again
two generations later, when R' Gedalya's grandson, R' Gedalya of
Sokolivka, married R' Moshe's granddaughter Bella Shifra.

Yehoshua Baharav
Israel
7th generation to R' Gedalya of Linitz

From: jesseesq@aol.com (Jesse Berman)

Message: My mother, Edna (Itka) Berkman, and her family came to New
York City
from Horodok in December 1923. I am thinking about visiting Horodok (as
well as
Rakov, the village of my grandmother).

I have seen Scott Edelman's photos of his 2005 visit to Horodok on your
Horodok
"New Scenes" page, and would like to contact Scott to learn details of
how one
goes about planning to visit Horodok.
http://eilatgordinlevitan.com/horodok/h_pages/h_new_scenes.html
------------------------------
I ( Eilat) visited the area. You need a visa to go to Belarus. You
could ask Yuri Dorn of Minsk, the head of JHRG of Belarus"
<belshtetl@yahoo.com>
to send you a letter of invitation. He could also arrange for an
English speaking driver from Minsk, which is less then an hour away
from Rakov and not much more to Horodok. I came to Vilnius prior to
obtaining a visa to Belarus and was able to obtain the Visa in about
2 hours in the Belarusian embassy in Vilnius. It takes about 3 hours
by car from Vilnius to Minsk. There was a large Berkman family in
Vishnevo ( very near to Horodok)

Thanks for those of you who have responded to my email. I should have
been
more specific...Moshe (Morris) RUDERMAN was MY grandfather. I have
been
unable to find him in any passenger records for immigration. His 1910
census
from Mamakating, Sullivan Cty states he immigrated in 1900. I DO have
proof
of his marriage to Sarah(Eske) Cohen in August, 1903. She immigrated
in 1898
along with her brother Jack(Jacob) COHEN, whose family I am also having
difficulty finding as they did not remain in touch over the decades. I
have
written to Sullivan Cty for naturatization proof, supposedly 1916 for
Morris & Sarah.
I have not located any SS information on Morris ( I believe that Sarah
would
not have had her own).

I am trying to obtain a picture of Ester Ruderman Kasdin Josephs'
gravestone in
Rochester. She came over as Ester KASDEN along with her son, Jankel.
Does anyone know what the numbers mean next to Jankel KASDEN's name?:
7-186276-12-15-41-505.

It is on Ester KASDEN'S immigration record in 1912 that the village
name
Kreist appears. I believe that the last letter is T not K because it
is
like a script T. Any ideas on where this place was? I doesn't appear
on
the list of Disappearing Villages or Villages that merged together.

Again, thanks in advance for any help.

Sincerely,
Liz Ruderman Miller

As a matter of interest regarding adoption of the name RABINOWITZ.

My grandfather, Arieh (or Lova) RABINOWITZ was a descendent of a great
16th century rabbi, Mordekhai ben Abraham JAFFE, ba'al ha levoushim
(see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Jaffe ), through Rabbi Dov Ber
Turitser JAFFE (1783-1828), one of the rabbi's descendents.
Dov Ber Turitser JAFFE had four sons. In order to avoid being drafted
into the tsar's army, each of his sons took on a different surname
(apparently, the rule was that if you had only one son, he didn't get
drafted).
These were:
- Rabbi Yoseph Yehoshua *RABINOWITZ* (?-1874), my own great-great-great
grandfather
- Rabbi Chaim Zalman JAFFE (?-1890)
- Rabbi Yaakov MATZ
- Rabbi Mordekhai GIMPL

Lova immigrated to Israel, but his wife, Miriam JOSSELOWITZ, had two
siblings in South Africa (Leon JOSEPH, Leah JOSSELOWITZ later HERMANN),
as well as many cousins (SCHULTZ).

Hope this might be of interest to some of you out there regarding
surname changes.

Regards,
Assaf URIELI
Toulouse, France

RABINOWITZ: Mariampol (Marijampole, Lithuania)
JAFFE: Prague (Praha, Czech Republic), Karelichy (Belarus), Turets
(Belarus)
MEVZOS: Mariampol (Marijampole, Lithuania)
JOSSELOWITZ/YOSELOVITCH: Shavl (Siauliai, Lithuania), Mazheik
(Mazeikiai)
SCHUTZ or SCHULTZ: Shavl (Siauliai, Lithuania), South Africa
ABRAMOV: Ange/Anje (Dagestan), Petah Tikva (Israel)
SVATITSKY: Pinsk (Belarus), Petah Tikva (Israel)

steven lansky (Slansky333@aol Message): I believe that I am the great
grand son of Bernard and Mary (Mare)
Sosensky who lived in New Haven Ct from 1920 on. She came with her two
sons
Nathan & Chaim (Herman)and her daughtert Ester. Mare arrived on May
27th 1897
aboard the S.S. Frederick der Grose with her three children. She came
to join
her husband Bernard (Buroch) who was already in New York. I believe
that the
family I am researching came from Kurenetz. In New Haven they lived on
Dixwell
Avenue. Nathan Sosensky owned a large hardware store on Dixwell
Avenue.
Please e-mail me so we can "talk" about the possible connections
between our
families. Thank you Steve Lansky

Rose Zydel Olson (ThankGod@optonline.ne.)
Message: My Greatgrandparents were Josef Zydel and Elzbieta Manel Zydel
from Vikszynany, Iuje Parish, Vilna Uyezd.

I am trying to trace my jewish family roots... Please help me

Thanks

Rose

In 1915, The Tsar of Russia decided that the Jews may be spies for the
Germans since Yiddish and German languages were so similar. He ordered
all Jews in the territory of Lithuania, not already occupied by the
German
army, to leave and go to the Eastern part of Russia.

Along with others, the Rabbi in Obeliai, went deep into Eastern
Russia.
He took with him all of the Obeliai Jewish pre-1915 vital records. He
ended up leaving those vital records in an archive in Moscow. They
have
been stored there for the past 91 years or so.and are the only known
pre-1915 Obeliai vital records to exist.

This is a very rare find since it is not easy to obtain records from
the
Moscow archives.

LitvakSIG is acquiring an English translation of those Obeliai records
-
539 birth records, 126 marriage/divorce records, and 228 death records
-
a total of 893 records dating from 1881 to 1915. Funds are needed to
pay
for the records. Anyone donating a minimum of $100 USD to the LitvakSIG
Vital Records Translation (VRT) project, designated for Obeliai, will
receive an Excel spreadsheet containing all of these records.
Additionallly,
we are hoping to obtain the 1921-1939 Obeliai vital records. If we are
successful, all $100 donors will receive these records as well.

Many of those listed in the Obeliai vital records actually lived in one
of
the shtetlach in the vicinity of Obeliai so many towns in the area are
listed.

You can make your donation either online via a secure site with a
credit
card or, you can mail in your credit card information or your check. To
do
either, please go to

http://www.jewishgen.org/Litvak/HTML/donate.htm and follow the easy to
do
instructions.

Your support is appreciated by the LitvakSIG Board.

Howard Margol
President, LitvakSIG

I'm currently researching my grandmother's family, originally from
Sosenka. Her
maiden name was Becky Shulman, and she was born in 1888. She was the
daughter
of Louis (Label?) Shulman from Sosenka. Her mother,(who died when my
grandmother was a young girl) had the maiden name of Alperovich
(Alperovitz?),
and was also from Sosenka. My grandmother had three siblings: Sarah
Shulman -
who also emigrated to the U.S., Mala - who remained in Sosenka, and a
brother
(unknown first name) - who was killed in Sosenka as a young boy by some
Polish
youths during a pogrom.
Any information you might have would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Laurie Krosigk
New York
For Shulman family from the area of Sosenka ( next to Vileika and
Kurenets - now in Belarus)
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/shulman.html
For the Alperovich/ Alperovitz family from the area of Sosenka ( next
to Vileika and Kurenets - now in Belarus)
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/alperovitz.html
For other Alperovitz family members who originated in tiny Sosenka;
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/costrell.html

Home Page: http://www.noarfamily.net/Vilnaghetto.html

Message: Please change references from www.noarfamily.com to
www.noarfamily.net

Scott Noar

Dear Eilat Gordin Levitan,

Congratulation on your website on Kurenets.

Also, I WOULD LIKE INFORMATION ABOUT ZULTY'S FAMILY IN
KURENETS :

39 Zulty,Sam Kernize, Russia 1914 40y

http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/k_ellis.html

I would like to know the Sam Zulty's family and yet I have
written
to Zulty in the U.S.A. and I haven't been answered.

Best regards,

FRANCK D'ALMEIDA-ZOLTY
Saint-Quentin

France

The MUSHIN family originated in Druja. Some left for Palestine, and
some went to Minsk Gubernia, and others may have settled in
Dokshitsy. I am researching a branch of the MUSHIN family which was
founded either by Tsvi or Abraham (Avram). Names that might be found
are : Ruvane ,Leah and Channa.

The FAGELMANs were from Dokshitsy. Chaim married Leah MUSHIN and
their son Samuel was born in 1897. There might have been a Channa
FAGELMAN in this family also. Leah, son Samuel (Shepsa?) and Efraim
came to Ellis Island on the Vaderland, sailing from Antwerp, and
arrived in Ellis Island on April 8th, 1902. Sam's Petitions of
Naturalization state that he sailed from Hamburg, but I haven't been
able to find the family sailing from Hamburg. I'm not sure how to
make Hamburg the port of departure when they're listed on an Antwerp
manifest. Any ideas how I can confirm Hamburg?
Thank you.

Annette Stolberg

I am looking for,Dvora GLASER the daughter of my grandfather Chaim
Glaser,
from his second wife Rachla whose maiden name was STOLZBERG.

Dvora was born in 1927 in Przemysl, and the last time my family heard
of her
and her father was in 1939. You can see her in

<http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=9356>.

If anyone of you saw her a or know what happened to her please let me
know.

Arieh Mayer
Haifa Israel

Irena Sendler saved 2,500 children from the Warsaw Ghetto. In the
video clip
below, it is mentioned that Mrs. Sendler wrote down the names of the
children that she saved, their parents names, new polish names, and
where the
children were placed....
http://www.irenasendler.org/vid_wmv.htm

Debbie Wang Etzion

I have been looking for the passage of my great grandfather, Moshe
Chaim Rubinstein, for years now with no success. He was born about 1851
in Ivenets (spelled Iwenitz by the Germans), now Belarus and must have
come to the U.S. between 1889 and 1906, as he left a wife pregnant with
a child who was born Jan. 1900 and this child and the other of the two
left behind joined him here in 1906. He was probably preceded in the
U.S. by a son Ike, who came about 1902 and spent most of his years in
Manhattan (Lower East Side-East 1st Ave. and E. 13th st.). I know he
lived off and on with this son and his family. He was also preceded by
two brothers (found them in Hamburg records and they must be the right
people), Benjamin in June 1890 and Pesach in July 1892.
I did find a missing passage for part of the family as Kubinstein and
I see that some others are in the Hamburg lists as Rabinstein!

Any ideas and/or help would be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Ruth Hyman
Rockville Centre, NY

I am looking for KANO (Kahana, in hebrew, taken from a tomb) family
members, specially on Lithuania's outskirts.
It is possible that my great-great-grandfather, Yaakov Itzchak Kano,
z"l, did come from there. He did marry Sheindl Hendl Tzukerkorn, but I
believe he was already in Poland, were their children were born.

Thanks,
Avraham Yehoshua Kahana
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Shmuel Engelson (maztranzit@aol.com)
Message: Hello,

I am researching my great great grandfather Nosson Nota Engelson who
lived in
DUNILOVICHI circa 1855 - 1914. I am trying to find out what his
profession
was. Can anyone advise on what sources to research?

Shmuel Engelson

I have started this quest only recently and late in my life so that
the persons who might have had some information are no longer with
us. However, I have, in years past heard that the family was from
Pandelys, from Birzai and from a shtetl that was described
phonetically as Gayon (for which I can find no reference). I
understand that Pandelys and Birzai were in Kovno/Kaunas.

A record in the Ellis Island database indicates that my father's
family (less his father, Isaac W. Miller, who was already here) came
in 1902. The family's name is listed as Miller coming from Kovno
going to New Auburn, Maine. I recall my father having once told me
the name was Meller so a transition to Miller is quite plausible. My
grandmother's maiden name was Bacher/Baker.

I would appreciate any suggestions about how to resolve the issue of
where the family came from so that I might probe further.

Stanley Miller
Tustin, CA

Searching for MELLER, MILLER, BAKER, BACHER

notes to Jewishgen ".....I found my father's first cousin , Grisha
Chosed, who's
mother was my grandmother's sister... apart form a second cousin who
also
survived , Grisha is the only member my large family to have
survived
the war.( his survival story is fascinating)
My father and his American first cousin had the pleasure of talking to
him
tonight, in Grodno, as did I.. he speaks fluent Hebrew, and English.
My fathers is ecstatic... his mother was one of only two of
children,
from family of 7 children , to survive the war... she and my
father's
aunt came to America, , pre war..
The rest were murdered by the Nazis... except for Grisha, who we never
knew
about,
He was not allowed to answer letters from America after desperate
letters
searching for her family.
He says he still has letters form my grandmother in his house.

SO thank you so much to everybody, for your help, and kol tuv!
lizzy elsby
Jerusalem"

After 15 years of research, I believe I have found all the descendants
of my GGGGGgrandfather, Abram, born about 1730. The family originated
in or around Lyachovichi and gradually spread out to other shtetls
within 50 or so miles of Pinsk. Between 1892 and 1910 most of those
then alive emigrated to New York. In Belarus, the name was Galemba. In
New York, it changed to Golembe.

In the course of this research, I have come across a number of Galemba
immigrants to the US whose shtetl of origin is given as Smorgon. For
example, in 1910, Bassie Galemba with 3 children arrived in New York
from Smorgon going to her husband
Jakob. I have tried to find a connection between the Lyachovichi
Galembas and the Smorgon Galembas with no luck so far. Does anyone
know of any Galemba family probably living in the Northeastern US?

Thanks for your help.

Stan Golembe
Canton, MA

Searching for: GALEMBA, GALEMBE, GOLEMBE, GOLEMBA, (and any other
variants of spelling), Lyachovichi, Lachwa, Lubeshov, Nobel, Pinsk

I am researching MUSHIN and FAGELMAN family from Minsk and Dokshitzy.
David, Ida, Isadore (Irving) and Eva Fagelman were forcibly removed
from the house of my grandmother, Lena Fagelman, and placed in
custodial care between 1911 and 1920 in Boston, MA. My father,
David, was in an orphanage and Eva in foster homes. I don't know
where Ida and Irving went. The children were returned to their mother
by the 1920 census. They were not necessarily placed in Jewish homes,
as my Aunt Eva was in a Catholic home and instructed in that faith.

I have been trying to find where the siblings were placed and have
been in contact with: the state agency for adoption, JFCS, CCAB, Home
for Little Wanderers, and MSPCC. Can anyone suggest any other
orphanage/foster homes for me to contact? MSPCC and Home for Little
Wanderers are still looking at records, while the others have found
none pertaining to the family.

Hecht House closed, and I'm also trying to track down its records
without success.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

Annette Stolberg

JRI-PL Digest for Tuesday, January 16, 2007.

1. Re: GRADUS family from Warsaw
2. Russian translation request (1883 Polish birth) VM9292
3. Polish Translation Needed/Documents on Viewmate

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Subject: Re: GRADUS family from Warsaw
From: Alexander Sharon

Leon Koll wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am looking for information about GRADUS families from Warsaw.
> My ancestor's relative Gersh GRADUS was born in Warsaw abt.1835
> married to Bela, daughter of David.
> Later the family was moved to Orenburg, Russia.
> I've found two Gersh GRADUS'es in Warsaw, 1854:
> http://www.przodkowie.com/warszawa/index.php?nazw=Gradus&view=item
>
> Every piece of information about GRADUS families from Warsaw will be
> kindly appreciated.

JRI-Poland database lists 144 (exact spelling) Gradus family names.
From
this number, 91 Gradus surnames are from Warszawa alone, showing data
as
early as 1847.

http://www.jri-poland.org/jriplweb.htm

JGFF database lists in addition to your Gradus entries, two other
researchers investigating Gradus from Poland and Lithuania.

By using great guy Logan Kleiinwaks wonderful method shown at

http://www.kalter.org/search.php

it shows that Gradus in Warszawa are listed in 1929 Poland Business
Directory on the pages:
1749, 1834, 1849, 1881, 1936 and 1937

Now, go to Poland 1929 Directory, directly to the Table of Contents at

http://www.jri-poland.org/bizdir/tableofcontents.htm

click on Warszawa pages (1727-2067), and when you enter page 1727,
change
gradually to the paging numbers you needed.

Regards,

Alexander Sharon
JGFF editor

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Subject: Russian translation request (1883 Polish birth) VM9292
From: h gershon

I have posted a 1883 Russian language birth
certificate for Szolom Fajwisz WARTELSKI on Viewmate.
Szolom was born in the Suwalki area of Poland. His
parents were Tanchel and Sora.

http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=9292

I would greatly appreciate a translation from Russian
into English. I am looking for the usual details such
as the two dates of birth and name of the town, but
would also appreciate knowing ages, witnesses,
occupations and which parent appeared to register the
birth.

A high resolution scan can be provided upon request as
the post is sideways (sorry). Please respond
privately.

Thanks in advance.

hariette gershon
Atlanta, GA, USA
Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia member

Researching in Poland

CHVILOVITZKY, LEVY, RIGRODSKY->Suwalk area
WARTELSKY->BARTELL, BARTELS: Jeleniewo -> NYC
YATKOVSKY, YALINSKY, JARDOVSKY->Suwalk area
SZAFIR->GOLD: Glowno. Radogoszcz -> New York City
KALMANOWICZ->COHEN: Lodz, -> NYC / Paterson, NJ, USA
YUKOBOVICZOW, GAWRONSKA-> Piotrkow area

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Subject: Polish Translation Needed/Documents on Viewmate
From: Roberta Rosen -Number: 3

I have posted three Polish documents to Viewmate.
I would very much appreciate having them
translated.

1. VM9306: 1859 death of Hil Leyb Rojzenman. I am
particularly interested in the names of his
parents, and any other family members mentioned.

2. VM9307: 1858 marriage of Estera Bejla Knop and
Szmul Mozek Shortz. Again, I am especially
interested in the parents of the bride and groom,
and any other family members.

3. VM9308: 1862 birth of Frajda Rozenman. I am
again interested in names of parents and any
other family members.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give
me!
Roberta Rosen

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.. found the following reference by searching Google for the surname
PALEVSKY in Cyrillic:

http://surname.litera-ru.ru/
Palevskij L G, the Memorable book of the Grodno Gubernia, 1910

Can someone who understands Russian please take a look at this website
and
let me know exactly what this is? Does the website provide any
information
about where this book is located? Are there other Russian resources
that
may have a detailed reference for this book?

PALEVSKY is one of the major surnames that I'm researching from the
Kobrin
and Brest districts, so I'm hoping to find out more about the author,
and
personally hoping the book provides info on other PALEVSKY individuals.
However, I imagine this book might have information on a variety of
families
from Grodno Gubernia.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Elise Friedman
Kobrin District Research Coordinator

PALEVSKY, POLLACK, DUBIN, DAITCH, SAPIR (Horodetz/Kobryn, Belarus);
LIFSHITZ, CHARLAS/KHARLAS/KALLISH (Brest-Litovsk/Antopol, Belarus);
CHESIN, EHUDIN (Mstislavl, Belarus); CHERNOCK, EPSTEIN (Novozybkov,
Russia)
KMIOTEK/FRIEDMAN/LEWIS, SCHENDEROWITZ, EMBER (Makow Maz./Przasnysz,
Poland);
EISNER, TAUB, WAHRHAFTIG, TUNIS, SONNE (Myszkowice/Tarnopol, Ukraine);
MILLER/MEHLER, TAUB (Byblo/Staryy Sambor/Nizankowice/Dobromil,
Ukraine);

Home Page: http://www.kaznelson.co.il

Message: Interesting to read about the Levitan family. My late mother
was born
Olga Levitan, daughter of Jacob Levitan who emigrated from Lithuania to
Denmark
in the beginning of the 20th century and worked in Copenhagen as
teacher of
Ivrit and Yiddishkeit.
Regards
Dan Kaznelson
Caesarea, Israel

The name "Davidovich" in Lev Davidovich Bronstein's name refers to his
father David and is not a family surname.

I did not find the name of his mother Anna's family, but they were
known to
have come from Odessa, Ukraine.

Leon Trotsky was born in Ianovka, now known as Bereslavka,
Elizavetgrad,
Kherson, Ukraine.

You can find his family genealogy at:

http://www.trotskyana.net/Leon_Trotsky/Genealogy/genealogy.htm

Also, you can go to the following web site which provides photos of the
Bronstein house and Anna Bronstein's grave.

http://www.region.in.ua/bobrinets/btr_e.html

Ann Rabinowitz

A cousin tells me that his mother's mother, Liebe nee Davidovich, was a
cousin of Leon Trotsky. Are there Davidovich descendants who are
familiar
with this family tree? I believe the family were from Minsk -- not sure
whether city or province. It is possible they were from the town of
Ciesnowa / Chesnovaya, 37 miles west of Minsk. Unfortunately, I do not
know
the names of any of Liebe's siblings nor of her parents.

For Trotsky's family tree see
http://www.trotskyana.net/Leon_Trotsky/Genealogy/genealogy.htm -
although it
only goes back to his parents.

I was pleased and honored to find you had reprinted my "Lithuanian
Letters"
from Archipelago journal in the Siauliai "Stories" section of your
website
(retitled there as "This Landscape"). It has found its proper home:you
and your
website readers are most welcome to it. My year in Siauliai (as a
senior
Fulbright scholar)was stamped right away by the missing part of its
population,
a huge omission that I could feel still colored everything; and that's
what led
to the article. It was originally a long series of personal letters to
the
editor of Archipelago, who is a friend. The research took place when I
returned
home.
--Kathy Callaway

I am searching for information about the famous, politically-active
(in the Bund and then the Evsektsiia) pedagogue 'Ester', born Malka
Yankelevna (Maria Yakovlevna) LIPSHITZ in Minsk in 1880, place and
date of death unconfirmed. She was married to a FRUMKIN, then a
VIKHMAN, then possibly someone else. I've been told that 'all the
Frumkins are related', i.e. including the successful Israeli Frumkin
family. Ester/Malka had a sister Gitta, who married a VEINSHTAIN and
had a daughter, possibly other children also. Gitta apparently died
in 1917. Ester/Malka herself had a daughter.

I would greatly appreciate hearing from anyone who knows anything
about Ester/Malka or her family, including her husbands and their
families.

I am also hoping to make polite contact with her descendant(s).

Many thanks,
Suzanne Faigan
Sydney, Australia
suzanne.faigan@anu.edu.au

In regard to my research which I have been conducting regarding the
shtetl
of Rokiskis, there is much to be found in the databases which relates
to
it on the well known subscription genealogy site. It is just a
matter of knowing how to find it and what search parameters to
utilize.
I found that the most efficient way to search is by either family name
or
town or country name. Unfortunately, access to data on Lithuania or
Latvia
as countries is not provided. However, they do have Russia as a
choice.

This left minimal choices to locate people from an ancestral shtetl, so
I depend on using the ADVANCED SEARCH feature. Once there, I usually
plug
in either the name and or checking EXACT or by leaving it as is.
Another
thing I utilize is Rokisky and other spellings of Rokiskis in the
KEYWORD(S)
section. Either way, I always find interesting data.

Be aware that when you put in different spellings of Rokiskis, you will
get
back a certain number of people who had that spelling as their surname
and
they were not from Rokiskis at all. For instance, there were numerous
people called "Rokisky".

An interesting example of someone who was born in Rokiskis is David
Lewis
BERELOVITZ, born December 5, 1880. He is not listed in the Rokiskis
birth
records at all and the pertinent information on him is from his U. S.
WWII
Draft Registration Record. Evidently, he left Rokiskis and came to
America
and settled in Johnstown, PA, at 234 Franklin Street and was living
there at
the time of the Draft Registration on April 27, 1942. Further research
by
those interested in this family name might reveal that David Lewis
BERELOVITZ might be the same person as David Louis BERELOVITZ who lived
in
Whitman, MA.

In this regard, another Berelovitz is Freida BERELOVITZ, age 17, who
left
behind her mother Kerse BERELOVITZ and went to her brother David who
was
living at 20 Bedford Street, Whitman, MA, on June 25, 1908.

Two other Rokiskis-born individuals were Mondel SCHWAITZ, born 1871,
and
Moses SCHWAITZ, born 1879, who came to New York on November 19, 1904.
They
too are not noted in the Rokiskis records. Another person is Berel
ORELOWITZ, born 1863, who left Hamburg and went to Boulogne and then
New York on August 4, 1901. Funnily enough, there is a listing for a Berel
ORELOWITZ in the 1910 Census for Freida BERELOVITZ's brother David in
Whitman, MA.

Some others who were listed as being born in Rokiskis in their WWII
Draft
Registration were:

Samuel KATZ, born May 1, 1886, living in Portsmouth, VA; Morris POVILL,
born
May 9, 1878, living in New York; and Samuel SELIGMAN, born April 12,
1887,
living in Portsmouth, VA.

Others who departed from Hamburg were:

Hana ABELOWITZ
Hirsch BERLOWITZ
Joel BERLOWITZ
Leizer BERLOWITZ
Leib BRUK
Welwel CHAIMOWITZ
Fanny GAR
Jochel GORDA
Mottel KRUK
Gerson ORELOWICZ
David POPLAK
Samuel REBI
Schmul ROSIN
Salmen SCHOCHET
Chazkel SEGAL
Motel SIMELEWITZ

The ship "Kronprinz" left Hamburg on December 30, 1903, headed for
Amsterdam, Las Palmas and finally landed in South Africa, and with her
she
carried Rokishokers: Hirsch (born 1891), Joel (born 1890) and Leizer
Berlowitz (born 1863) as well as Leib Bruk (born 1865). None of these
individuals were to be found in any of the Rokiskis births.

Then, there were those who came to New York from various other ports:

Jossel Facubovitz
Bero KIEL
Ette KIEL
Riwke KIEL
Sisse KIEL
Mones OGHEROWITZ
Chawe SAITOWITZ
Annie ADELMAN
Jacob ADELMAN
Leib SELIKMAN
Nechame SELIKMAN
Riwke SELIKMAN

There were noted several who came to Boston:

Annie HAMBURG
Hirsch LIEBMAN
Josef LIEBMAN

As you can see, there are names you are familiar with from Rokiskis and
those you may not be. The benefit, I found, of utilizing these
databases is
that if they fall within certain years, you will most likely find the
birth
dates of the family members who you have been unable to find in the
Rokiskis
vital records. This may be due to the fact that the vital records did
not
exist for the years your relative was born in.

I found that it is important to look through all of the databases no
matter
whether you think your relative might appear in them or not. You may
find
yourself surprised to find that they moved around more than you
thought.
For one family I looked at, they were found to have lived in various
different states in America and various cities, all in the space of
thirty
years.

I hope that you find this of assistance and that it gives you some
insight
into additional sources for family information. It is important to
note,
that you cannot just utilize one source alone. You have to link both
the
records you may find on a for pay web site with the JewishGen/Litvak
SIG and
Rokiskis SIG as well as South Africa SIG databases.

It is important to continue to support obtaining all records so that
you
have the best chance of making a match to locate your families. You
never
know what the next batch of records will bring to your research!!!

Ann Rabinowitz

Hello To All Those dear to Boris. It is with great sadness that we
inform you of this loss.

Our beloved, Boris Brauer, has passed on. He passed away in his home
in on the evening of January 9th. On Saturday, January Thirteenth, at
12 noon, we welcome you to join us in the celebration of his amazing,
colorful life. We invite you to reminisce and spend time
together--just as Boris would have wanted. In lieu of flower
arrangements, we ask that donations be made to the SHOAH in Boris'
name.

Boris often said that the most that a human can hope to learn in this
life is the fact: as humans, we really know nothing. Although he had
the amazing capacity to touch so many and teach great wisdom, he
remained unequivocally a humble man. He left this poem behind and we
would like to share it with you:

I Look at Life as at a Rainbow

I look at life as at a rainbow.
Where does it begin
where does it end.
Colorful as it is.
I do not fear death.
There was no knowledge
before I was born
there will be no
Knowledge after I
die.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I met Boris shortly after he posted a note in the guest book of a site
which I created for Panevezys.
Boris wrote;
"I was born in Panevezys on May 15 1924, alumni of Panevezio Zydu
Gimnazia and lived on Ukmerges gatve 34, phone 297 till June 14 1941.
Just a week before the Nazis attacked Lithuania, my brother, mother
and I were sent to Siberia by the Soviets. I joined the Red Army and
when the war ended; I joined "Bricha" ( helping Jewish survivors to
cross borders without papers and making aliyah to Palestine/ Israel)
and traveled to Germany, various countries, joined ZAHAL ( Israeli
army) ETC. In USA since1956. family in Israel and here. My father,
Eduardas Braueras, was taken by the Nazis from Ghetto Kaunas and was
killed in the Dachau camp Jan 1945. Ancestral male family from
Kedainiai. I am very interested in contacting Jews from Panevezys."
Boris added much information and pictures to the site. He loved
Panevezys and its Jews and did much to preserve the memory of his
father, friends, classmates and neighbors who perished in 1941. He
recalled in great details life in Lithuania. You will find many
pictures of Boris, his family members, classmates and friends at;
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/panevezys/panevezys.html

From: Norbert Heyeckhaus <info@1media.org>

Ladies and Gentlemen,

with this Newsletter we would like to inform you,
about some news on our website
www.1media.org.(www.jewish-cemetery.org).

Newsletter 1/ 2007

1. Articles:
We open a "Articles" section with articles about our work, some news
about the website , upcoming projects and more.

2.Downloads:
Also we open a "Download" section with some demos , free photo-sets and
more....

3. Online-Shop:
Online Shop with all our publications

With best wishes

1media.org

I am seeking information about a KALMANOVICH family of Rezekne, the
only
information I have is that they were taken to the Ghetto and there is
no
further information about them. I am helping Slava KALMANOVICH (her
maiden
name) the only survivor of her family, who is now very elderly, do some
research. Her mother's name was Berta (nee KLOMPUS) and her father, who
died
in Israel (date unknown) was Isaac (Yitzchak - Itzik) KALMANOVICH.
There
were four daughters.
Slava escaped certain death by running to the forest, and eventually
went to
Russia. Today she is in London, England, and has no contact with
anyone who
might be a close relative.

From: Norbert Heyeckhaus <info@1media.org>
Subject: Jewish cemeteries in Germany
user@jcdp.de

Ladies and Gentlemen,

with this Newsletter we would like to inform you,
about some news on our website
www.1media.org.(www.jewish-cemetery.org).

Newsletter 1/ 2007

1. Articles:
We open a "Articles" section with articles about our work, some news
about the website , upcoming projects and more.

2.Downloads:
Also we open a "Download" section with some demos , free photo-sets and
more....

3. Online-Shop:
Online Shop with all our publications

With best wishes

1media.org

Subject: Dvinsk Gordon/Gordin family info (2)
Seeking information on the GORDON (GORDIN?) family
of Dvinsk, Latvia (now Daugavpils)including:

Bessie GORDON b. 1883
Mother: Feige (Fannie) maiden name unknown b.1858
Father: Yankel (Jacob) GORDON/GORDIN b.1860
Siblings:
Leybel b.?
Chaim b.1889
Itzig (Isadore) b.1891
Lena (Lillie) b.1892
Bertha b. 1893

Thank you - much appreciated.

Bill Haney
wshmisc@yah.com
Miami, FL

Can any one help? I have been trying to trace my grandfather's first
cousins for the last two years with no luck.

What we know is as follows:

The family is originally from Pinsk, Poland - now Belarus. My
grandfather Raphael BANKOWSKI (son of Chaim BANKOWKSI and Freida Yente
SCHLACKMAN) emigrated to Tel-Aviv in 1924. He stayed in touch with his
cousins in Chicago and met them in Israel a number of times. After his
death all contact was lost including their addresses.

There should be two sisters (as far as I know):

Anna GOLLAY was born around 1900. She never married and did not have
children. She lived in Chicago itself very near the Science Museum.

During a visit many years ago she introduced us to her sister, Hannah,
who was married and had children. I have found an obituary suggesting
that her surname was Paker as she was married to Max Paker. I believe
she also lived in the Greater Chicago area. I have been unable to find
any names or links to her children.

As the GOLLAY sisters are linked to two branches of the BANKOWSKI
family
(with both determined that they are first cousins), I assume that their
mother must have been a BANKOWSKI from Pinsk who married there.

(For the sake of completeness, I should mention that Freida Yenta
SCHLACKMAN my GGrandmother - daughter of Alexander SCHLACKMAN and
Rachel/Gitel WASSERMAN had uncles and aunts who made it to Chicago, but
I suspect that the connection is on the BANKOWSKI side.)

Help, ideas, links or knowledge of the people concerned would be
greatly
appreciated.

Many thanks.

Dr. Darren Dalcher (d.dalcher@mdx.ac......)

Researching: DALCHER/DOLCHER(Zamosc, Tarnogrod), SZTAJNWURCEL
(Tomaszow-Lubelski), SZTERN (Krasnystaw), MAJMAN (Szczebrzeszyn),
LEDERMAN (Tarnogrod)
Pinsk: BANKOWSKI, GINZBURG, SHLACKMAN, WASSERMAN

Boris was born in Panevezys in 1924.
Hello To All Those dear to Boris. It is with great sadness that we
inform you of this loss.

In lieu of flower arrangements, we ask that donations be made to the
SHOAH in Boris' name.

I Look at Life as at a Rainbow

I look at life as at a rainbow.
Where does it begin
where does it end.
Colorful as it is.
I do not fear death.
There was no knowledge
before I was born
there will be no
Knowledge after I
die.

Thank you for all your love and support. We hope to see you
Saturday. If you have any questions or would like to call for any
reason, please feel free. You can get in touch with the Brauer Family
at (818) 780-8214.
For pictures of Boris, his family and friends go to;
http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/panevezys/panevezys.html
pictures 19- 46

We all kvell when we discover an *interesting* genealogical find, and
so it
was last night as I plugged in several different spellings of the name
DVORIN (great aunt for whom I am named) to Ellis Island database.
Lo and behold, she made two trips. She arrived in 1903 with her
husband
Isaac, and then must have returned to get the children, as she turns up
again in 1905 (different spelling again) with them, and a cousin or
two.

Actually I have two questions..........

1. They were from Pinsk but first manifest lists a town/village/hamlet
as
Floschuva. I ran this on JewishGen but came up empty. Any
suggestions?
It's gotta be pretty close to Pinsk.

2. If Sadie (Scheitel, Tzaitel, Zetel) Dvorin traveled back to
retrieve her
children, are there searchable data-bases for departures with manifests
for
Ellis Island and other ports?

Cindy Potter Taylor
Boynton Beach, FL

PLOSHCHOCK-PLOSHCHUK-Pinsk, Belarus; POTTER-Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, ME
POTTER-Chelsea, MA; POTTER-Providence, RI; COHEN-Boston, Mattapan,
Dorchester, MA
GOLDMAN-Rovno, Ukraine; GOLDMAN-Boston, Mattapan, Dorchester, MA
EPSTEIN-Bangor, Maine; EPSTEIN-Krevo & Dokshytsy, Belarus
KOLTON-Zdolbuniv (Zdolbunow: Zdolbunov: Stebenoff) Ukraine
DVORIN/DEVORIN-Pinsk, Belarus, Bangor, ME; Boston-Roxbury-Brookline, MA

I want to ask your help in searching of my great great grandfather and
great great grand mother.
My grandfather's name is Alperovich Zalman Abelevich he was born 1908
in Zagorci
He had a brother Alperovich Itzko-ber Herza-abelevich he was born in
1909 in Kurenets.
Their Father was Alperovich Abel Dovidovich( i don't know when and
where he was born (I think in Kurenets)
Their Mother was Alperovich (Srebnik) Keilya Aizikovna. She was born in
1885 in Radoshkovichi.

If you can help me with any information about my great grandfather and
great grandmother and their parents it will be very good.
Zakhar Albertovich Alperovich
Bozia@yandex.r.....

From: "klett" <klettt@arcor.d.>
Hello friends
"Although I was born in New York in 1934 - my first language is
German, because I lived with my parents the most of time in Germany.
However
I will try to write English. In 1773 G. Chr. Fuechsel dedicated
(widmete)
his new scientific book to the famous Moses Mendelson. He was a brother
of
my ancestor J.Chr. Daniel Fuechsel and didn't marry. The father of both
brothers: J. Chr. Daniel Fuechsel came from Nohra near Weimar (Germany)
or
Nora in Sweden was born about 1675? and died in 1721 in Ilmenau. This
ancestor I can not find in any sources! Can you help or do you have an
idea
for further search?"

Sincerely H. K.
Klett

From: tomy@ld.euro-net.pl
To: eilatgordn@aol.com
Sent: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:39 AM
Subject: Fw: Sokoly and WEzki

Hi Friend
See what You can do with one photo...from SokoÅ‚y
http://www.bagnowka.com/index.php?m=atoz&g=2061
Tomek

A journalist, author, teacher, and researcher in Lodz,
Joanna Podolska, is actively involved in writing about the
history of Jews in her city. She has already authored or
contributed to a number of publications on this topic. She
is looking for follow-up information about two people who
worked with Chaim Rumkowski in the Lodz Ghetto.

DORA FUCHS was secretary to Rumkowski. A great deal is
known about her. She moved to Israel after the war. Is she
still alive? How can she be contacted?

ESTERA DAUM, born 1918, was steno-typist and second
secretary to Rumkowski. Rumor has it that she also
survived the ghetto and camps, but this has not been
confirmed. Does anyone have information about her?

Thanks.
Roni

(Mrs. Roni Seibel Liebowitz)
Scarsdale, New York
Lodz ShtetLinks
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/index.htm
Lodz Area Research Group (LARG)
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/LARG.htm
Belchatow ShtetLink
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/belchatow/
Belchatow Yizkor Book Project
http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Belchatow/Belchatow.html

Message: We are working on a family history. We are descended from the
family
Pines (Rav Aharon Kotler is on our family tree). We have an extensive
geneology, and would be happy to communicate with you.

I live in the United States, but all my children live in Eretz Yisrael.

Margery Kra
yoni32@ao.com
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Ruzhany/Pines.html

The Jewish Family History Foundation's Grand Duchy Project, focusing
mainly
on 18th century records for Belarus & Lithuania is pleased to
announce a new
article by Ambassador Neville Lamdan: The Mandels of Lyakhovichi
(Lechovich) & the 1784 GDL Census http://tinyurl.com/y78hq9 or reached
from the
homepage of our website: www.jewishfamilyhistory.org.

This brief article adds to a series by genealogical and rabbinical
scholars
which demonstrate methods of connecting 19th century families who had
surnames, to their 18th century forebears who did not. Other articles
illustrate how
these 1784 and 1765 documents yield valuable genealogical information
about
families.

Since January 2006, Dr. Lamdan has been the Director of the
International
Institute for Jewish Genealogy (at Jewish National and Hebrew
University
Library, Jerusalem) which supports advanced research and teaching
genealogy at the
university level.

Dr. Lamdan is a seasoned Jewish genealogist, active since 1978, and
well
known to members of the Belarus SIG. His current research focus:
"Village Jews
in 19th Century Minsk Guberniya - their life and times" follows
research on
this area in the Grand Duchy in the 18th century. The overlap between
the 19th
and 18th century work is represented by the article referred to above.

While Lamdan's focus is on Belarus, it was during a period when both
Lithuania and Belarus were one country and the methodology and
conclusions are valid
for all of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The full 1784 and 1765 GDL
census
tabulations list over 700 Lyakhovichi Jews in each recording twenty
years
apart. Names and fathers' names are provided for every man and child
in a
household along with the first names of wives and everybody in a
household's
relation to the head of household. This data will soon appear on our
website and be
available to the Lyakhovichi SIG research group

Dr. Lamdan's research experience includes three in-depth visits to
various
archives in Belarus (1998, 2001, 2004), plus work in many other
national and
private archives in Israel, UK and US. He has written several articles
for
Avotaynu and has contributed scholarly notes on genealogy based on
specialized
studies, archival inventories and translations (from Yiddish) posted
on the
Belarus and Lyakhovichi SIGs. Most recently Dr. Lamdan spoke at the
26th IAJGS
International Conference on Jewish Genealogy in New York in 2006.

Neville Lamdan recently joined the Advisory Committee for the Jewish
Family
History Foundation.

David Hoffman
President
Jewish Family History Foundation
www.jewishfamilyhistory.org
GDLProject@aol.com

Justin Jansen (justindba@cs.com)
Message: Hi all,

I'm looking for details about Yisrael Aharoni born in Vidzy, Belarus
1880 and
died in 1946 in Israel. I fail to have any details about him, date of
birth,
father, mother family, education and so on...Could some-one help me,

Justin Jansen
The Netherlands
justindba @ cs.com

Hi there !

Today is a big day for the Horodokers. We finally received, from the disc duplicating service, the new movie (DVD) on Horodok -- based on interviews of Horodokers living in Israel.

This movie was done voluntarily and its editing and duplication was funded by donations and the Israel Horodok Society. It has been 4 years in the making, and everyone of the Horodokers here in Israel has been waiting for it! It is 55 minutes in length - condensed from 20 something hours of interviews! There is so much important information in those 20+ hours and it was very difficult to choose.

The movie covers the period 1920 to 1945. The movie includes family photos from those we interviewed, extracts from the David Shapiro original movie (we were able to identify the Rabbi and the head of the Jewish Bank) and also clips from a video we made on a visit there in 1997.

The interviewers tell us about:
• the general description of the village
• the village economy and the all-important weekly market
• the cultural life
• religious and community life
• education - secular, Hebrew and religious
• political movements and Zionist youth group activities
• the background story to David Shapiro, his visit has his movie
• the period of Russian occupation 1939 - 1941
• the Nazi invasion in 1941
• the Horodok ghetto and the slaughter in 1942
• the Horodok partisans and their revenge in 1943
• post-war and the annual memorial service in Israel

The film is both very powerful and poignant as it gives an excellent picture of vibrant Jewish & Zionist life, pre-war, and emotional with the personal horrors and the bravery of the survivors (all partisans). It is a testimony to the strength and courage of the survivors.

While we have also produced the DVD in the USA format (for those Horodokers living in the USA who speak Hebrew), at this time it is only in Hebrew as there are no funds available to do the translation and including the sub-titles. The DVD is available for a donation to the Israel Horodok Society of $50 per copy.

We are also hoping to find donors to enable us to both (i) have the translation and sub-titles added and (ii) to distribute the movie to educational institutions, museums, and film festivals interested in Jewish life in the Pale of Settlement pre-war, the Holocaust and the Partisans.

We'll be pleased to give anyone interested more details.

Thanks

Tierza Amizur-Berman - film-maker and daughter of a Horodoker

Richard B. Bloom (chipofftheoldblock@comcast.n--)

Message: Discovered today pictures of my greatgreatgrandmother Yudka
Alperovich
Stoliar and her large and distinguished family at the site--very
exciting and
gratifying. They are now intellectually and spiritually closer to me
than they
ever could have been otherwise. Deepest thanks to those who made them
available.
--Dick Bloom, Village Green, Pennsylvania.

Rabbi Ahron Kotler (son of Rabbi Shneur Zalman Pines). Known as the
"Shislovitzer iluy" (Svisloch genius), he immigrated to the United States in 1940. He founded the yeshiva and complex of talmudic
institutions in Lakewood NJ. His grandson Rabbi Malkiel Kotler is
rabbi there today.

Itzhak Schier (moskva770@y
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Home Page: http://www.frumspace.com

Message: You have a serious error in your Kotler family profile. Rav
Aharon
Kotler's original family name was Pines (as in Ophir Pines-Paz and
Pines Street
in Jerusalem); he left Europe on a false passport issued in the name
Kotler. He is no
relation to any other Kotler other than his direct
descendants.

Erika MANN, anti-Nazi activist, writer and daughter of Nobel-prize
winning
author, Thomas MANN needed to warn her parents (who were in Switzerland
on a
lecture tour) not to come home to Germany. It was the 1930's, works by
Erika
and her brother Klaus would soon be put on the first list of banned
books
(Thomas's were on the second). And Mrs. Mann was born Katia Pringsheim,
daughter of a prominent Jewish professor in Berlin.

It has been twenty years since my research on the MANN family, but I
believe
it was by telephone, not mail, that Erika informed her father: "The
weather
in Germany is not good." Thomas and Katia MANN understood the message
and
stayed in Switzerland, eventually emigrating to the U.S. where they
joined
the other German and Austrian Exiles. The MANN family home was taken
over by
Nazis and used by officers who sometimes entertained prostitutes.

Alexandra Alznauer
Katharina Mann
Katharina "Katia" Hedwig Mann-Pringsheim (July 24, 1883–April 25,
1980) was the youngest child and only daughter (among four sons) of
the Jewish mathematician and artist Alfred Pringsheim and his wife
Hedwig Dohm Pringsheim, who was an actress in Berlin before her
marriage. Katia was also a granddaughter of the writer and women's
right activist Hedwig Dohm. Her twin brother Klaus Pringsheim was a
conductor, composer, music writer and music pedagogactive in Germany
and Japan.

Life
Katia was born in Feldafing near Munich. At age 21, in the fall of
1904, she aborted her studies of physics and mathematics on the
request of her mother and aunt, to marry the writer Thomas Mann on
February 11, 1905, in Munich. She continued her studies as a guest
student for another four semesters. Katia Thomas Mann had six
children: Erika, Klaus, Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Thomas, Monika,
Elisabeth, and Michael.

After the birth of Monika in 1910, Katia Mann became ill. The illness
was first suspected to be tuberculosis, but later X-ray examinations
could not find any physical changes. A psychosomatic illness was
considered likely, especially after her own testimony. She spent
several months in sanatoriums, which (according to her) strengthened
her so that she could "stand it all". The sanatorium episode inspired
Thomas Mann to his novel The Magic Mountain.

The tomb of Katia, Thomas and Michael Mann, in Kilchberg
As the Mann family lived in exile, Katia Mann took care of her six
children and her husband. She was not just the good spirit of the
family, but the connection point that kept them all together. She
taught her gifted children, was her husband's manager, and was the
family provider. She survived the deaths of three of her children
(Klaus, Erika and Michael) and that of her husband. She died in
Kilchberg near Zürich.

Thomas Mann made a sort of "portrait" of her in his novel Royal
Highness.

Literature
Michael Mann (editor): Katia Mann: My Unwritten Memoirs. (Katia Mann:
Meine ungeschriebenen Memoiren.) Fischer TB. Frankfurt, 2000. ISBN
3-596-14673-9
Inge and Walter Jens: Mrs. Thomas Mann. The life of Katharina
Pringsheim. (Frau Thomas Mann. Das Leben der Katharina Pringsheim.)
Rowohlt. Reinbek, 2003. ISBN 3-498-03338-7
Kirsten Jüngling/Brigitte Roßbeck: Katia Mann. The Woman of Wizards.
(Katia Mann. Die Frau des Zauberers.) Brigitte Propyläen. 2003. ISBN
3-549-07191-4

See also
Dohm-Mann family tree
http://www.answers.com/topic/dohm-mann-family-tree

From: AllanDolgow@aol.com
Subject: MORSE GOLD: Sounds like: DOLGOW

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Schikewmesehty, Russia
20
1893
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Dalgaff (dressmaker), Perl
Kvasilaw, Russia
18
1896
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Dalgov, Anastacie
Montevideo, Urugay
20
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Dalgov, Anna
Montevideo, Urugay
16
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Dalgov, Eisik
Palozin
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1906
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Montevideo, Urugay
40
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Palozin
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1906
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Dalgov, Miguel
Montevideo, Urugay
22
1898
1920
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Dalgov, Natalia
Montevideo, Urugay
18
1902
1920
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Dalgov, Roche
Palozin
27
1879
1906
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Dalgow, Bodcie
Mikolajew
20
1885
1905
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Dalgow, Chaim
Smargon
23
1880
1903
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Dalgow, Leiba
Wilna, Russia
19
1889
1908
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Dalgow, Soke
Willna
19
1885
1904
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26
1895
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Delakowa, Anna
Georgenberg
24
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1899
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Delgoff, Alex.

27
1895
1922
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Delikow, Osif
Frodno, Russia
18
1891
1909
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Dielakowa, Marianna
Glosona, Russia
25
1885
1910
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Grodno
24
1879
1903
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Bielostak
14
1892
1906
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Slo..., Russia
24
1888
1912
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Dlugoff, Rosa
Kiahinero
20
1884
1904
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Czesuigow, Russia
18
1888
1906
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Dolgew, Elieser
Russia
5
1899
1904
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65
1858
1923
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Dolgew, Reise
Russia
30
1874
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28
Dolgew, Risse
Russia
6
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29
Dolgew, Roche
Russia
1
1903
1904

30
Dolgew, Sime
Russia
2
1902
1904

31
Dolgof, Hendry
Cardiff, Wales
26
1892
1918
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Dolgof, Jentof
Kujsila
25
1875
1900
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Dolgoff, Alex

25
1896
1921
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Dolgoff, Alex

28
1894
1922
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Dolgoff, Chana
Krasilow, Russia
56
1865
1921
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Dolgoff, Chaskel
Prissiloff
28
1876
1904
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At Sea
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Dolgoff, Gregori
Sposianko
26
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Groloczoth
27
1879
1906
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Dolgoff, Henry

27
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1920
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Dolgoff, Machla
Krasilow, Russia
18
1903
1921
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Dolgoff, Mote
Valosche, Russia
16
1891
1907
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Dolgoff, Paul

30
1866
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Dolgoff, Pejsach
Krasilow, Russia
70
1851
1921
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Dolgoff, Vasily
At Sea
30
1887
1917
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Dolgopiah, Ettel
Odessa, Russia
21
1888
1909
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Dolgow, Abraham
Wolscgin, Russia
53
1854
1907
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Dolgow, Alexy
Kars
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Kars
29
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Dolgow, Aron
Krasilow, Russia
25
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Valina, Russia
21
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1906
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Dolgow, Aron
Wolczyn, Poland
15
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Dolgow, Basche
Wolozia
18
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1905
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Dolgow, Bejla
Wolczyn, Poland
9
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Wolanhenib
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1881
1902
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Dolgow, Bones
Wetebsk
22
1885
1907
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Dolgow, Chane
Woloskin, Russia
19
1890
1909
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Wolozin, Russia
37
1876
1913
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Dolgow, Feige

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Wolczyn, Poland
16
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1921
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Dolgow, Gersch
Jetsjin, Russia
10
1898
1908
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Dolgow, Icyk Aron
Wolozyn, Poland
15
1906
1921
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Dolgow, Itke

40
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Dolgow, Jozef
Jetsjin, Russia
6
1902
1908
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Dolgow, Keile

20
1886
1906
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Woloshin, Wilno
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1907
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Kars
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Kars
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1905
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Wolczyn, Poland
18
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1921
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Lwow, Poland
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1923
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Luow, Poland
65
1858
1923
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Jetsjin, Russia
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Krasilow, Russia
21
1890
1911
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Vilna
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1905
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Wolczyn, Poland
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1921
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Tarncski
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Woloskin, Russia
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Filsten
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1913
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Casilow
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Kupel, Russia
18
1895
1913
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Woloskin, Russia
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Woloshin, Wilno
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Woloshin, Wilno
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Leinij, Suwalk
30
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1907
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Jetsjin, Russia
25
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Kobrin
40
1864
1904
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Consple, Turkey
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1913
1922
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Dollgoff, Wladimir
Klinzi, Russia
25
1891
1916
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Doulkoff, Eugene
Sebastopol, Russia
31
1892
1923
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Const/ple, Turkey
31
1892
1923
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27
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1923
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Sebastopol, Russia
26
1897
1923
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1895
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Kars
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Krasilow, Russia
25
1886
1911
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Dolgow, Aron
Valina, Russia
21
1885
1906
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Dolgow, Aron
Wolczyn, Poland
15
1906
1921
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Wolozia
18
1887
1905
view
view
view
view
view
57
Dolgow, Bejla
Wolczyn, Poland
9
1912
1921
view
view
view
view
view
58
Dolgow, Benjamun
Wolanhenib
21
1881
1902
view
view
view
view
view
59
Dolgow, Ber

6
1900
1906
view
view
view
view
view
60
Dolgow, Bones
Wetebsk
22
1885
1907
view
view
view
view
view
61
Dolgow, Chane
Woloskin, Russia
19
1890
1909
view
view
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view
62
Dolgow, Chiarin
Wolozin, Russia
37
1876
1913
view
view
view
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view
63
Dolgow, Feige

6
1888
1894
view
view
view
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view
64
Dolgow, Frania
Wolczyn, Poland
16
1905
1921
view
view
view
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view
65
Dolgow, Gersch
Jetsjin, Russia
10
1898
1908
view
view
view
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66
Dolgow, Icyk Aron
Wolozyn, Poland
15
1906
1921
view
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view
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view
67
Dolgow, Itke

40
1854
1894
view
view
view
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view
68
Dolgow, Jozef
Jetsjin, Russia
6
1902
1908
view
view
view
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view
69
Dolgow, Keile

20
1886
1906
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view
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view
70
Dolgow, Leibe
Woloshin, Wilno
3
1904
1907
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71
Dolgow, Maria
Kars
1
1904
1905
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view
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72
Dolgow, Maria
Kars
25
1880
1905
view
view
view
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73
Dolgow, Marjasia
Wolczyn, Poland
18
1903
1921
view
view
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74
Dolgow, Mere

9
1885
1894
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75
Dolgow, Mine

3
1903
1906
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view
view
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76
Dolgow, Miral
Lwow, Poland
68
1855
1923
view
view
view
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77
Dolgow, Mirel
Luow, Poland
65
1858
1923
view
view
view
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view
78
Dolgow, Molsche
Jetsjin, Russia
1
1907
1908
view
view
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79
Dolgow, Moses
Krasilow, Russia
21
1890
1911
view
view
view
view
view
80
Dolgow, Osher
Vilna
33
1872
1905
view
view
view
view
view
81
Dolgow, Osias
Wolczyn, Poland
7
1914
1921
view
view
view
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view
82
Dolgow, Pesche

2
1904
1906
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view
view
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view
83
Dolgow, Poliporys
Tarncski
35
1871
1906
view
view
view
view
view
84
Dolgow, Reise
Woloskin, Russia
17
1892
1909
view
view
view
view
view
85
Dolgow, Reisel
Filsten
18
1895
1913
view
view
view
view
view
86
Dolgow, Schmiel
Casilow
27
1879
1906
view
view
view
view
view
87
Dolgow, Schmul
Kupel, Russia
18
1895
1913
view
view
view
view
view
88
Dolgow, Schoul
Woloskin, Russia
58
1851
1909
view
view
view
view
view
89
Dolgow, Sosse
Woloshin, Wilno
24
1883
1907
view
view
view
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view
90
Dolgow, Taube
Woloshin, Wilno
28
1879
1907
view
view
view
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view
91
Dolgow, Turnen
Leinij, Suwalk
30
1877
1907
view
view
view
view
view
92
Dolgow, Udel
Jetsjin, Russia
25
1883
1908
view
view
view
view
view
93
Dolgow, Wolf
Kobrin
40
1864
1904
view
view
view
view
view
94
Dolkof, Esther
Consple, Turkey
9
1913
1922
view
view
view
view
view
95
Dollgoff, Wladimir
Klinzi, Russia
25
1891
1916
view
view
view
view
view
96
Doulkoff, Eugene
Sebastopol, Russia
31
1892
1923
view
view
view
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view
97
Doulkoff, Eugenie
Const/ple, Turkey
31
1892
1923
view
view
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view
98
Doulkoff, Olymbia

27
1896
1923
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view
view
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99
Doulkoff, Olympiada
Sebastopol, Russia
26
1897
1923
view
view
view
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view
100
Dulgow, Jubel

38
1857
1895
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151
Tolyakow, Rosa

6
1886
1892
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152
Tolyakow, Tanbe

11
1881
1892
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153
Tolyakow, Tosche

33
1859
1892
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154
Tulaikov, Nicolay
Riga, Latvia
47
1875
1922
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155
Tulaykoff, Eugenie
Moscau, Russia
30
1878
1908
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156
Tulaykoff, Nicolai
Moscau, Russia
38
1870
1908
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157
Tulkop, Leiser
Szebersin, Russia
36
1877
1913
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158
Tulkop, Mojshe
Szubyszin, Rssia
38
1874
1912
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159
Tulkopf, Abram
Zebreszyn, Poland
17
1904
1921
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160
Tulkopf, Berko
Szczebrzeszyn, Poland
11
1912
1923
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161
Tulkopf, Chaim Fajwes
Szczebrzeszyn, Poland
16
1907
1923
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162
Tulkopf, Estera
Szezebrzeszyn, Poland
52
1871
1923
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163
Tulkopf, Hirz Moir
Obersveier, Ukraine
21
1899
1920
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164
Tulkopf, Sura
Sczebreszyn, Poland
19
1902
1921
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165
Tulkopf, Szmul Hersz
Szczebrzeszyn, Poland
13
1910
1923
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166
Tulkowa, Anna
Belostock, Russia
44
1863
1907
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167
Tylkow, Famina
Koblici, Russia
9
1905
1914
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168
Tylkow, Marza
Koblici, Russia
35
1879
1914
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169
Tylkow, Roman
Koblici, Russia
7
1907
1914
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170
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Koblici, Russia
35
1879
1914
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I stumbled across your website by accident.......... I have been searching for my great great grandparents for years. The name was Moses and Rachel/Rosa Venezovsky. They lived in Nikolaiev in 1852. Their son, Isokhor Venezovsky married in 1872 in Nikolaiev. His marriage is entered in the Rabbi's book under Entry #53. I have tried and tried to obtain info, but to no avail. The Head Rabbi at that time (in Kerson Providence) was Rabbi Avraham David Lavat.

Is there any way you can help me???? I live in the U.S. and unfortunately, do not speak or read Russian or Ukrainian.

Thanks for any assistance you can provide.

Sandy Gibson
gibsongirl1943@msn.
Las Cruces, New Mexico

H K J Breman (harriebreman@yahoo.co.uk)

Message: Dear Sirs,

I came across Randy Daitch's name at your websiet.
I would like to request you whether you could send me his emailaddress.
I would be very much obliged to hear from you.

Yours Sincerely,

H K J Breman(Harry)
Timorstraat 70 8022NE Zwolle Holland

Barnett Margolin
Home in 1930:
Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Age:
39
Estimated birth year:
abt 1891
Birthplace:
Russia came in 1907
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Spouse's name:
Helen came from russia in 1905 married at age 20- she is 36 years old
Race:
White
Occupation:

Education:

Military Service:no

Rent/home value:

Age at first marriage:

Parents' birthplace:
propraitor of a candy store
Neighbors:
View others on page
Household Members:
Name
Age
Barnett Margolin
39
Helen Margolin
36
Diana Margolin
9
Barnet Margolin
Helen
Brooklyn Assembly District 6, Kings, New York
abt 1891 Vilna
Russia
White
Head
View Record
Helen Margolin
Barnet
Brooklyn Assembly District 6, Kings, New York
abt Minsk1894
Russia
White
Wife

On 12/28/06, Jeffma2525@ao wrote:

Dear Eilat,
Thank you so much for your informative reply.
Your insights regarding Vileika, Vishnevo and Volozhin are interesting in the extreme.
You are certainly welcome to apply my info to your websites if you think it would be helpful.
While I know much about my family in this country, I still have a lot to learn about the Russian side. I would love to go back further in time and you are providing some interesting leads. Perhaps we can explore some of them together.
According to my Grandmother Anna's brother Berko (Barnett/Barney) Margolin's ship manifest from 1908, he listed an Uncle Morris Davidson.

My guess Morris Davidson may have been a Moshe Davidson. I would love to find him on some Russian document so that I can link his parents names to my family and connect me directly with certain Davidson's.
My grandmother had two cousins, probably born in this country, brothers Al and Sam Davidson, but I have had no luck thus far finding their families.
And of course I would certainly like to know as much as possible about the parents of Tzvi Margolin & Fruma Davidson, and Reuben Kopelowitz and his wife Rachel.

You've already provided me with important leads. Let me know if I can provide additional information.
I would also like to discuss Vidzy with you.

Sincerely,
Jeff Malet

the following was adjusted from your information
Descendants of Tzvi Hirsch Margolin

1 Tzvi Hirsch Margolin b: Russia d: 30 Nov 1926 Russia
..  +Fruma Davidson b: Russia
..... 2 Annie (Anna) Margolin b: 10 Apr 1895 Dolhinov (Dalginow/Dolginovo) , Poland-Russia d: 17 Feb 1970 Massapequa Park , Long Island, NY
.........  +Jacob Kaplan b: 04 Jul 1896 Kreve, Poland-Russia d: 01 Oct 1946 Brooklyn, NY m: 11 Feb 1917 Brooklyn, NY
..... 2 Barnett (Barney) Margolin b: Bet. 25 Mar 1891 - 1893 Wilna, Russia
.........  +Hindel (Helen) Davidson b: 1893 Minsk, Russia  m: 14 Apr 1914 Brooklyn, NY
............ 3 Diana Margolin b: 1920 New York
................  +? Green
..... 2 Ester (Etzya) Margolin b: Bet. 1900 - 1902 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: 1942 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland
.........  +Gutman Szulman b: 1896 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: 1942 Minsk, Belorussia
............ 3 Berl Szulman b: Abt. 1925 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: 1942 Russia
............ 3 Yitzkhak Szulman b: Abt. 1927 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: 1942 Russia
............ 3 Hirshel Szulman b: Abt. 1929 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: 1942 Russia
............ 3 Efraim Szulman b: Abt. 1932 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: 1942 Russia
............ 3 Eliezer Szulman b: Abt. 1936 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: 1942 Russia
..... 2 Meir Margolin b: 1904 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: 1939 Modlin, Warszawa, Poland
.........  +Mina Ratner b: 1904 Poland
............ 3 Shulamit Margolin b: 1927 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: Bet. 1939 - 1942 Russia
............ 3 Tsvi Margolin b: 1931 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: Bet. 1939 - 1942 Russia
............ 3 Frume Margolin b: 1935 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: Bet. 1939 - 1942 Russia
..... 2 Masha Margolin b: Bet. 1904 - 1907 Poland d: Apr 1942 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland
.........  +Yitzhak Furman b: 1904 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland d: 1942 Dolhinov, Russia-Poland
............ 3 Tzvi Furman b: