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THE MANCHURIAN CONNECTION:
Discovering My Borkovsky Ancestors In Hailar, China
THE KIELCE GHETTO MEMOIR:
A Fragment of My Mother’s Life
THE SOUTH AMERICAN CONNECTION:
Reuniting the Maniches Family
EDITORS' NOTE - January 2015
We present three amazing success stories that bring us to all corners of the globe: Australia, Russia, China, England, Poland, Germany, Israel, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and the United States. JewishGen’s Family Finder plays a key role in two of the stories.
Myra Waddell posts her Borkovsky family surname on JewishGen’s Family Finder database, connects with two previously unknown cousins, and learns about her great-grandparents’ migration from Russia to China.
Sarah Rembiszewski finds her mother’s name on an index of people mentioned in a memoir of the Kielce Ghetto. Tracking down a copy of the memoir, she discovers information that her mother, a Holocaust survivor, never shared with her children.
Robin Koerner posts her family names in JewishGen’s Family Finder database and reconnects with her Maniches family in South America and Israel after 100 years of separation and more than 50 years without any contact. They are now planning a family reunion in Montevideo, Uruguay.
JewishGen has many resources to support you in your efforts to expand your knowledge and connect with family. We wish you success and encourage you to send us your stories.
Nancy Siegel, Editor Anna Blanchard, Webmaster
San Francisco, California Saint Louis, Missouri
