Hi everyone, I am so happy I found this group and thank you for all the work you have done.
Here is my quest and question: My maternal grandmother's family comes from neighboring Galicia, from Rozniatow and Solotwina, specifically. My Grandmother's Great Grandfather was Rabbi Israel Jacob Weinstein, ABD/Chief Rabbi of Solotwina His son, my Grandmother's Grandfather, was Rabbi Aharon Weinstein, Head of the Beth Din Dayan (Jewish Court). Some of you might know of Edward Gelles, a Jewish genealogical historian and author of many books on his Jewish genealogy. His website with many of his works is here: http://archives.balliol.ox.ac.uk/Modern%20Papers/gelles/gelles.asp Edward is also descended from Rabbi Israel Jacob Weinstein. He has told me that the Weinstein family had a history in the region and that there were related Weinsteins in Czernowitz and Odessa. However, he has no primary documentation. I found the Czernowitz Birth/Marriage/Death Records (over 276,000 records) database: https://czernowitz.geneasearch.net/ And there are 253 records for Weinstein in the Index My hypothesis is that since the records start in 1855 I might be lucky and find some reference to a Weinstein from Solotwina, showing a family connection. I can only hope. However, I am starting from knowing nothing about whether any of these Weinstein's are related to my Weinsteins. Since the names in the index do not mean anything (yet), should I order all 253 records in the hope of luckily finding in the text in the record that a Weinstein that is related to my Solotwina family? Would anyone with experience of this data set have any thoughts on how to approach this when I am starting with so little information (eg "there were Weinstein's in Czernowitz") I have done brute force searches like this of hundreds of records and been successful but it is a huge effort and so wanted to ask if anyone had any thoughts on this. Thanks in advance David Levine [email protected] San Francisco, CA, USA ps here is my ancestry tree: Here is the Ancestry.com tree: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/pt/RSVP.aspx?dat=NzQyNjE5MDQ7OzAyYzVlMGJiLTAwMDYtMDAwMC0wMDAwLTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDsyMDIxMDMxMDIwMDcxMTsx&mac=3yehfrdaQquHTQq40ywMgA== ******************************************************************************* This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]>. To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
