I'm trying to sort out a family or two of GOLDs - that name used in the US and in England. But further back than that?? I find myself wondering if searching for the surname "GOLD" is appropriate. What is likely to be the original (Russian/Yiddish/Hebrew/whatever would have been used then around Gomel) form of the name? I'm having the devil of a time with this family, maybe one day I'll get it all together and ask for some other eyes to look at it - for the moment I'm giving them a rest while I try other things.