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Sunday, September 4, 2011
Always being careful and respecting privacy, some family member names have been omitted from the internet presentation.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Mailed order for Monkarz marriage records. These records are for two of Chaja Bejla (nee Tachna) Monkarz's daughters. The Monkarz family is interrelated to both the Tachna family and the Kur family. What is of interest is the marriage of Gitla Fejga Monkarz to Alter Bencion Slowik. It's the surname Slowik that is of interest because Jamie Wayne Binstock's wife Anna is a Slovick. Between the Polish spelling and the English spelling it is the same exact name. I must ask Janice (nee Wayne) Binstock to find out if maybe that her daughter in law Anna may be from an already interrelated family? Who knows...?
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
I'm ready to send payment for the Monkarz marriage records and the Szyrchel birth and death records. It should take about another month for the records to arrive.
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Friday, October 7, 2011
I just uploaded a new photograph of Jenna Kiyono and Kevin Teruo Grossman. Thank you Sumi for sending it.
It is Erev Yom Kippur and I hope and wish everyone a renewed and granted year of health, happiness, and peace.
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
I went to Susie Sills' house last night for the breaking of the Yom Kippur fast as has been tradition for all of my life. It is the only chance and time that I get to see the Detroit relatives.
I sent out an email noting this and giving my cheer for a new year for all of us.
One thing I pointed out is the relation of the esoteric significance of the Tachna name and family to Yom Kippur. I have deduced and come to theorize this from the Midrash's story of the saintly Jew Abba Tachna; someone who the late Lubavitcher Rebbe told me in 1987 that is our ancestor. The significance of the story is the relation to redemption - a theme of Yom Kippur - to the self sacrifice of Abba Tachna negating his own concerns for the sake of rescue and welfare of another Jew. I have not as of yet posted the story of Abba Tachna on this website, I'm waiting for full knowledge of my speculation. Nevertheless his story is linked to Koheles and the time of year of Yom Kippur.
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Friday, November 25, 2011
Good news on the birth of Rafi Benjamin Lander son of Gregory and Susan (nee Glicksman) Lander. Also the wonderful joy of the births of twins Davis Cooper Lewy and Arden Lila Lewy, children of Joseph and Lori (nee Ratisher) Lewy. Davis Cooper and Arden Lila are also the great great grandchildren of Rav Chanoch and Rojzla Ruchla (nee Tachna) Nutkevitz.
The family tree has been updated accordingly.
I received the copies of the two Monkarz marriage records a few weeks ago and I am waiting for the Szyrchel birth and death records before I send them off to the translator.
Also, added to the family photos section is a picture of Sarina Tachna, daughter of Romulo and Rosa Tachna.
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
We welcome and celebrate the birth of McKinley Elizabeth Cohen on December 7th, daughter of Lucas Edward and Melissa (nee D'Ambrosio) Cohen and granddaughter of Lawri (nee Sager) Cohen.
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Thursday, January 26, 2011
It has been a big hassle getting a new computer and having to transfer and reload all of my website information, but finally I have done it and I am again uploading.
It is with great sorrow that the news came of the passing away of Edith Muriel (nee Tachna) Jefferson on January 5, 2012. She was the daughter of Max and Rose (nee Rosenblatt) Tachna and the granddaughter of Leib and Bessie (nee Landau) Tachna. She had a long life, having lived 96 years. We will miss her.
Alas, life renews itself with the joyous birth of Nili Chaya Szmuk-Framowitz, daughter of Shlomo Binyumin and Na'ama (nee Davids-Grenwald) Framowitz of Kfar Sava in Israel on January 9, 2012.
With the reset of my new computer I today was finally able to upload to the Records From Poland section the seven Szyrchel birth and death records and the two Monkarz marriage records.
The new record uploads are for:
1. The 1879 birth of Wulek Szyrchel in Mlawa, Poland.
2. The 1886 birth of Mordka Szyrchel in Mlawa, Poland.
3. The 1896 birth of Samuil Jakub Szyrchel in Mlawa, Poland.
4. The 1896 death of Wulek Szyrchel in Mlawa, Poland.
5. The 1898 death of Samuil Jakub Szyrchel in Mlawa, Poland.
6. The 1899 birth of Szulim Szyrchel in Mlawa, Poland.
7. The 1899 birth of Marjem Szyrchel in Mlawa, Poland.
8. The 1904 marriage of Gitla Fejga Monkarz and Alter Bencion Slowik in Czyzewo, Poland.
9. The 1904 marriage of Rywka Monkarz and Mejer Kur in Czyzewo, Poland.
Tomorrow I will upload the updated information to the Family Tree section of this website.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
The wonderful news of the birth of Selden Thomas Carruthers Tachna on January 30, 2012; son of David Neal and Catherine (nee Carutthers) Tachna.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012
I uploaded to the Family Photographs section the pictures of Selden Thomas Carruthers Tachna and family. Thank you Mark Tachna for sending them.