ancestral town
The original communities in which our ancestors lived
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Louis Katz of Kolberg
Betty’s father was a prosperous merchant who came to Pomerania from East Prussia.
from Ruby Family History Project
Read MoreThe early history of the Wohlgemuth family
In 1812 in Preußisch Stargardt, an elderly Jew Moses and his sons Salomon and Herz took the surname Wohlgemuth in exchange for Prussian…
from Ruby Family History Project
Read MoreShtetl life in Russian Rezhitsa
Today it is Rezekne in Latvia. In the 19th century, it was the village in Vitebsk Province where our Tulbowitz clan lived in the old Yiddish way…
from Ruby Family History Project
Read MoreThe Kauflers of Krakow
Our best documented family line is Feige Kaufler's ancestry among the Jewish families of Krakow.
from Ruby Family History Project
Read MoreThe Ringel family roots in old Rzeszów
Moses Ringel and Rose Lea Reichman raised a large family in Rzeszów in the Galizianer tradition
from Ruby Family History Project
Read MoreThe Yeserskys of Volkovysk
Joseph Rabinowitz’s mother was Bertha Yesersky. Was she related to Sora Yesersky, the wife of Rabbi Elchanon Spektor?
from Ruby Family History Project
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