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Every now and again I go over the gaps in the family tree and try different combinations of names and places when searching.  This week I...

Earlier this week I was contacted by someone who found me through the JewishGen Family Finder. This is a wonderful resource that allows...

Ari’s 3x great-grandfather Meyer Loshak was born on 4 April 1884 in a town that is now called Hritsiv in Ukraine. Before WWI the town was...

Sarah Volfson was Ari’s 4x great-grandmother. This photo shows Sarah with her husband David Nisman and son Chaim (Hymie), who was born in...

Another of Ari’s ancestors was his 3x great-grandmother Freida (Fannie) Dovidova Nisman, who was born in Parichi, Babruysk, Minsk,...