this was very interesting

Thank you for a wonderfully informative and enterprising set of work on Latvian families.
I found my grandfather (maternal) Avrom Leib Gelbart in this listing. It was a special moment. Having been to Jacobstadt some years ago, I discovered that Gelbarts were a known set of families. You have added substance to both interest and sentiment of long-standing.
My grandfather eventually settled in Subate which is our family base. I hope it will be featured.
Above all my gratitude and admiration for your wonderful work.

Thank you for a wonderfully informative and enterprising set of work on Latvian families.
I found my grandfather (maternal) Avrom Leib Gelbart in this listing. It was a special moment. Having been to Jacobstadt some years ago, I discovered that Gelbarts were a known set of families of long-standing. You have added substance to both interest and sentiment of long-standing.
My grandfather eventually settled in Subate which is our family base. I hope it will be featured.
Above all my gratitude and admiration for your wonderful work.

Family said Riga but I found one great uncle who listed his town as Jacostadt. Family is Abramson. Great grandfather was Benzion and gr. grandmother Yetta. My grandmother Rebecca Abramson Weinberger.

Christine

You have accomplished an unbelievable body of work in your birth, marriage and death translations. Not expecting to find much regarding my family, your files have turned into a treasure trove for me. Now I have to do my job in trying to link all the family names that you have uncovered to my personal files. Thank you for your generous contribution to me and to the whole Jewishgen community.

Marlene Kempner Dobrin - Arizona USA
Family names: KEMPNER, POKEMPNER, PAKEMPNER, MIRVIS, RIEF, WESTERMAN,
MELMAN, SHEINKER, KRECHMER, LUNTZ, SACHS/ZOX, LITT, FLEISCHMAN,
MEYERSON/MAROVICH, HILLMAN, KOMENITZ, SEGALL, FRIEDMAN, DOBRIN,
DOBRINSKY, SCHUMAN, ITKIN, FIRESTONE, FEIRSTEIN, FOREMAN, FUXMAN

I am researching the following families:

Louis Rothstein, spelled Rutshtein or Rotshtein on this website, born circa 1883 in Dvinsk, father Shimson or Abraham, mother Minnie/Mina Cohen/Kohan/Katz/Kagan/etc.

Cely/Celia Steigan/Stangen, spelled Shteinga on this website, on her marriage record, her mother's maiden name Chasie Gleek. In a record on this site of one of her siblings, the father is Abram-Yankel Leibovich (son of Leib) Shteinga, and the mother's maiden name is Khasa Zusmanovna (daughter of Zusman) Glik.

Although my family does not come from any of the places you are researching, I am nevertheless following your progress with interest. And amazement! This is wonderful information you are sharing and I wish you every success.

I am following the results of your hard work with GREAT EXCITEMENT and ANTICIPATION Christine. You are doing a WONDERFUL job. Frankly gob-smacking! THANK YOU!

Joyaa
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Researching ZAUSMER, ZOUSMER, ZESMER, CHAUSMER, CHOUSMER, TSOUZMER etc, MARCUS, DAVIDOFF in Polangen, Kretinga, Darbenai, Libau, Riga, Memel
SCHORR, SCHERZER, JURIS and DAWID in Buckaczowce, Ottynia, Nadworna and Kolomyya
ZUNDER in Buckaczowce and Ivano-Frankivsk
And KEMPNER in Lodz and Warszawa

family from Griva
Dobe Minkin (from Poland??) b. ca 1855 married Chanoch-Henoch Kapilovsky b. ca. 1846 (changed to Richman or Reichman) . He was a soyfer. And Hasidic. She was from a misnagid family - rabonim, her brother was Rosh Yeshiva in Griva. Boruch Velvel Minkin. Other brothers rabonim in Poland
They immigrated to New York City in 1902 over 6 months with their 6 children (Dviere, Shmuel?/Sam, Louis, Ester, Sore (Sarah) un Yakov (Jacob).
It was a 2nd marriage for him and he had children from a first marriage.

Dear Christine

Do you have any records for Kraslava , Latvia?

Regards

Bernard