The following are listings of rabbinic research groups. If you would like to
form a research group or have any questions, please see the Introduction
for further information. To determine a town's current name
and country, consult the JewishGen
ShtetlSeeker (for towns in central and eastern Europe) or other resources. Send additions
or updates to Moishe
Miller.
Rav-SIG is not responsible for the accuracy of information provided
by Research Groups.
Single Surname
Surname |
Town |
Country |
Description |
Contact |
Internet |
Sample listing: |
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EISENSTADT |
Eisenstadt |
Austria |
includes Rabbi Meir EISENSTADT or MaHaRaM A"SH; translating
book on EISENSTADT family. |
(name and email address of coordinator) |
(URL of group's web site) |
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Single Rabbi
Lineage: Pedigree (Ancestry) and/or Descendants
Surname |
Given Name |
Other Names |
Life Span |
Town
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Country |
Contact |
Internet |
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SPIRA
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Tzvi Elimelech |
Bnei Yissachar |
1783-1841
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Mukachevo |
Ukraine |
Moishe Miller |
The
Spira Family |
Dynow
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Poland
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Description: Descendants with surnames SPIRA (various spellings), LANGSAM,
SCHONFELD,
REICH, ROKEACH, HALBERSTAM, URI, & others.
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SZPIRO
/ SHAPIRO
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Fishel
ben Josef Juda Leib
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1743-1822
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Balta
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Ukraine
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Shirley
Rotbein Flaum
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Strykow,
Brzeziny
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Poland
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Description: Descendants with surnames
ERLICH, FROMAN, HOLCBERG / GOLCBERG, KOZLOWSKI, LEWI, LEWIN, RABINOWICZ,
SZPIRO,
& others.
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Rabbis of
One Location
Town
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Country |
Description |
Contact |
Internet |
Sample listing:
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Broda (Brody) |
Ukraine |
All pre-Holocaust Roshei Yeshiva (heads of yeshivas) and their students |
(name and email address of coordinator) |
(URL of group's web site) |
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Rabbinical Dynasties
Dynasty |
Surnames |
Town
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Country |
Description |
Contact |
Internet |
Sample listing: |
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Ger Chassidic Dynasty |
ALTER,
ROTTENBERG
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Gora Kalwaria |
Poland |
Constructing a family tree of all Gerer rebbes. |
(name and email address of coordinator) |
(URL of group's
web site) |
Jerusalem |
Israel |
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