Most excellent information and thank you. I will seek to refine the connections. There is a very large family tree I've accessed through MyHeritage I've sought to use as a research source. This inform

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There was a Rabbi Moses Eichenstein who served as rabbi in Schodnica, he perished in the Holocaust. I found on the web, that his father's name was Rabbi Yehoshia Heshil Eichenstein. The name Yehoshia

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Thank you Barbara. I am familiar with that Rabbi but haven't found a connection to the Moses Eichenstein of Schodnica. I have no record he immigrated. Indy

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There was a Rabbi Eichenstein who was active in a Chicago synagogue (1930-60). Barbara Cohen

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I am seeking to determine if a Rabbi Moses Eichenstein who lived Schodnica in the late 1800's and through early 1900's is a member of one of the Galician Rabbinic (Hassidic) Dynasties. If so, I am als

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Hi Yoni, I too have family that came from Kletzk and finally took the bull by the horns and paid for a researcher to do some research in the Minsk archives. I would suggest you do the same. Despite my

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Searching for family name of Rabbi David, ben (son of) Moshe of Kletzk. David was the Rav of Novarodok during most of the 19th century. His son, Moshe, who died young (age 30) adopted the name HOROWIT

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A scribbled note in our family mentions that my great grandmother was a descendent of R' Chaim of Volozhin. From my maternal side my great great grandmother was Sarah Hinde who married Shlomo KANTOR o

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The Shach’s ancestry has been worked out brilliantly by Rabbi Rakov of London using a comment in a published letter and its connection to the Frankfurt am Main records recorded in Ettlinger’s Ele Told

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My cousin has an early 19th century parchment family tree in Hebrew showing the family's descent from the esteemed 17th century rabbi The Shack who was born in Ambistowo in Lithuania and died in Holes

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Hi, ask the Minsk town archive for the relevant documents. Janet Furba, Germany

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Hi Yoni, Did you do DNA? My great grandparents were Aizik Horowitz married to Ester Kaufman from Minsk but I don't have any records of the names you mention. If there is a connection I would love to k

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Looking for HOROWITZ family from Minsk whose daughter married Moshe ben (son of) Rabbi David , the rabbi of Novarodok during the 18th cent. I haven't found David's family name and his son Moshe, adopt

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According to the Ciechanowiec YB, the GRA wrote this: “In my youth I arrived during my wanderings and strayings at the hamlet of Ciechanowiec which is full of scribes and sages. The rabbi there, R' Me

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I have previously requested information on this subject from this discussion group and apologize for re visiting . I am hoping that a more experienced genealogist or someone with access to records or

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Thanks very much to the kind folks who took the time to assist. I have located the book. I also learned that the author was the founder of Petach Tikva (built the first house there and drained the swa

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Link to the book: HebrewBooks.org Sefer Detail: אבן שמואל -- פרומקין, אריה ליב בן שמואל, 1845-1916 Jacob Shayzaf Israel

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When seeking books, one of the best online places to go is Worldcat.org, a product of the library vendor OCLC which provides cataloging information for thousands of libraries in the United States, Can

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I searched just The Jewish Encyclopedia for "Frumkin, Eben Shemuel" and found this additional information by looking at other articles that include him in the bibliography: Frumkin, Eben Shemuel, Wiln

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Worldcat.org says it is Frumkin by Eben Shemuel, in Hebrew. It is available in Zurich. Sally Bruckheimer Princeton, NJ

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