Hi Arinze, "Peddlers All, Stories of the First Ashkenazi Jewish Settlers in Barbados" can be ordered on the Website www.PeddlersAll.com Regards, Simon Kreindler Toronto, Ontario Canada

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Hi Arinze, You've raised a very interesting question. There was an Ashkenazi community in Barbados starting in 1932. Most are now gone but if you're interested in learning more you might want to have

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John, Valerie Schatzker's book "The Jewish Oil Magnates of Galicia" is the definitive history of the oil industry in the region, and includes many references to individuals in Drohobycz. I do not see

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I use REUNION, a program specifically for Mac that I have had for 20+ years and find it does everything I need. The company also offers great support. Simon Kreinder

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I have documented my KREINDLER line back to my GG Grandfather, Simon Kreindler, who was born in 1790 in Solotwina, a shtetl in the Austro-Hungarian Empire not far from Stanislawow (today it is Ivano-F

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My wife’s family comes from Shtayatsishisok / Stajetiske, a shtetl in the subdistrict of Adutiskis in the Sencionys municipality of Lithuania. Her paternal GF’s surname was variously spelled Voliakas

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An aunt and uncle briefly lived with us after World War II. Each had a number tattooed on their forearm. From what I have learned the only place that tattooed prisoners in World War II was Auschwitz b

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A microfilm from the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City contains the Lviv Jewish Death Records (1805-1870) database. The original is in the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in Lviv and was ad

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