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Jessica Feinstein

Aug 14, 20181 min read

Shaya Hatskelzon

Ari’s 5x great-grandfather Shaya Hatskelzon (or Khatskelzon) was born in Silale, Lithuania, some time in the 1820s, and we know that he...

Jessica Feinstein

Dec 15, 20172 min read

Jennie, Janie or Gesa from Silale

The mother of Missing Minna was called Jennie, Janie or Gesa. How do we know this? On 29 May 1858 she appears in a Lithuanian Revision...

Jessica Feinstein

Sep 17, 20172 min read

Rahle Mendelsohn

Ari’s 3x great-grandmother Rahle (Rachel) Mendelsohn was born on 16 Aug 1875 in Memel (Klaipeda), now in Lithuania. She was the second...

Jessica Feinstein

Jul 15, 20171 min read

Missing Minna

Minna Chaskelson was Ari’s 4x great-grandmother. She was born in 1852 in Silale, Lithuania, and died at the Carlington Nursing Home in...