Our family has as one of its given names, "Tzala" that was passed through the generations, it was my maternal grandfather's great grandfather's name, and two of his male descendants.
I was puzzled when I learned that my great-uncle Charlie's Hebrew name was Betzalel, until the linkage was explained to me. In Lithuania, he was called by the diminutive nickname "Tzali", and Charlie was how Tzali was Anglicized.
So your ancestor Tzala may have also been named Betzalel in Hebrew. -- David J Ellis Natick, MA djemkitso@...
