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Asher
Bishka (Bischoff) Kaplański
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Barucha (Broche)
Bartnowsky
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Lilly, Reina & Bella
at grave of
Chaim Krugman
1924
|
Courtesy
of Jacque Caplan
Relationship: husband's
great-grandfather
|
Courtesy
of David Barton
Relationship: great-grandmother
|
Courtesy
of David Feldman
Relationship:
great-aunt (Reina)
with daughters |
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Moshe
Shapiro
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Moshe and
Bella Shapiro with
daughter Fanny and
granddaughters Alice and Selma
1925
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Bella
Shapiro
|
Courtesy
of Barry Traub
Relationship:
great-grandfather
|
Courtesy
of Barry Traub
Relationship:
great-grandparents,
grandmother, mother and aunt
|
Courtesy
of Barry Traub
Relationship:
great-grandmother |

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Avraham Linevsky
photo late 1920s-1930s
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Basia Linevsky nee Goldfarb
b: circa 1857
photo late 1920s-1930s
|
Baila
Shapiro
daughter of Shlomo
c1933 (d. 1936)
|
Courtesy of
Batya Dashefsky
Relationship:
great-grandfather
|
Courtesy
of Batya Dashefsky
Relationship: great-grandmother
|
Courtesy
of Barbara Kotin
Relationship: gramdmother
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Passport Photo
Fruma (Linevsky) Effron and daughter
(Shaindel) Sylvia (Effron) Dashefsky
c1920
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Dovid Linevsky - Tillie Ain
Wedding in
Narewka
with family
1918
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Mordechai (Marks) & Alka (Alice)
Ziants & Family
including baby Moshe (Morry)
c1909
|
Courtesy
of Batya Dashefsky
Relationship: grandmother & mother
|
Courtesy
of Batya Dashefsky
Relationship: great-uncle with mother,
grandmother, and great-grandparents
|
Courtesy
of David Ziants
Relationship: grandfather (baby),
great-grandparents & great-aunts
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Basia (Goldfarb) and Avraham Linevsky
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Itzak and Fruma (Linevsky)
Effron Wedding Photo
April 1913
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Masha Jane Slonimsky
Sepulchral photograph
Narevker UV,
Mount Hebron Cemetery, NY
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Courtesy of
Batya Dashefsky
Relationship:
great-grandparents |
Courtesy
of Batya Dashefsky
Relationship: grandmother & mother |
Courtesy
of Joy Kestenbaum
photographer
|
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Rebettzin Rywka (Gelgor)
Grajewska and children:
Pinchas, Feigele, Liebenke |
Unidentified: resembles
Rywka Grajewska, rabbi's wife,
with two of her children
(Identified
by Joy Kestenbaum)
|
Child in Narewka
|
Courtesy
of www.radzilow.com
|
Courtesy
of Barbara Kotin
Relationship: family friends and
neighbors |
Courtesy
of Barbara Kotin
Relationship: child of family friends
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Bella Shapiro with
sons
Hershel and Shlomo
c1933
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Esther with
parents
Freida (nee Milishkovski) and
Nachman Wasilkowski - c1929
|
Pua Shendrovski
nee Wasilkowski
|
Courtesy of
Barbara Kotin
Relationship:
uncle, grandmother and father
|
Courtesy of
Barbara Kotin
Relationship:
grandmother, mother
and grandfather |
Courtesy of Barbara Kotin
Relationship: aunt
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Bella and Hershel
Shapiro
at gravestone of Moshe Shapiro
|
Members of
HeChalutz HaTzair
in Narewka celebrating aliya
of Shmuel Smargon - 25/02/1928
|
Bella and Sol
(Shlomo) Shapiro
at gravestone of Moshe Shapiro
|
Courtesy of
Barbara Kotin
Relationship:
grandmother and uncle
at gravestone of grandfather
|
Courtesy of
Barbara Kotin
|
Courtesy of
Barbara Kotin
Relationship: grandmother and father
at gravestone of grandfather
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Playing on Field near River
with Shlomo Shapiro & friends
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Swimming in Narewka River
with Esther and friends
|
Boating on Narewka River with
Lea Cohn and Sonia Kovenski,
nee Kaplańska
|
Courtesy
of Barbara Kotin
Relationship: father & friends
|
Courtesy
of Barbara Kotin
Relationship: mother & friends
|
Courtesy
of Barbara Kotin
Relationship: family friends
|
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Shlomo
Shapiro with
Nieces Dorothy and Shifre
& Friends in Narewka
1932
|
Chana & Dovid
Nimerzanski
|
Chana with gravestone of
David ben Moshe Dov
Halevi Nimerzanski
1919
|
Courtesy
of Barbara Kotin
Relationship: father, family & friends
|
Courtesy
of David Rosen
Relationship: grandparents |
Courtesy
of David Rosen
Relationship: grandmother |
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Dora (Frydman)
Fishtenberg
|
Chaya & Shepsel Frydman with
Son & Daughters - Freidke (Frydman)
Polojko (top rt.) |
Meshel Frydman & wife |
Courtesy of Joy
Kestenbaum
Relationship:
great-aunt
|
Courtesy of Joy
Kestenbaum
Relationship: great-grandparents,
great-aunts
& great-uncle
|
Courtesy
of Joy Kestenbaum
Relationship: great-uncle & wife
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Meshel & Alter
at gravestone
of their father Shepsel Frydman
|
Blumke & Sara
Polojko
Fania Polojko Dolinski
daughters of Freidke Frydman &
Hirsch Polojko - c1930
|
Meshel Frydman
& wife |
Courtesy of Joy
Kestenbaum
Relationship:
great-uncles and
great-grandfather
|
Courtesy of Joy
Kestnbaum
Relationship: first cousins once removed
|
Courtesy of Joy
Kestenbaum
Relationship: great-uncle & wife
|
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Meshel Frydman
|
Szepsel |
Meshel Frydman |
Courtesy
of Joy Kestenbaum
Relationship: great-uncle |
Courtesy
of Joy Kestenbaum
Relationship: mother's cousin? |
Courtesy
of Joy Kestenbaum
Relationship: great-uncle |
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Fajge (Kusawicki)
Niemirzanski
wife of David Niemirzanski |
Blumke and Sara
Polojko and friend
daughters of Freidke Frydman &
Hirsch Polojko - c1930
|
Yetta and Elias
Marrus
(Schostakowsky)
|
Courtesy of Tsipi
Nimrod
Relationship:
grandmother |
Courtesy of Joy
Kestenbaum
Relationship:
first cousins once removed
|
Courtesy of David
Marrus
Relationship: grand-parents |
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Edelman Family
Portrait
J. Rendel Photography, Bialystok, c1929
|
Tuvia? Ajzenstejn
12 November 1931
|
Benjamin
Rubinstein (seated) with friend
before World War I
|
Courtesy of Tamara Edell Gottstein
Relationship:
great-grandmother's siblings and
other family members
|
Courtesy of Barry
Cohen
Relationship:
Friend of
uncle Frank (Ephraim) Rubinstein
|
Courtesy of Barry
Cohen
Relationship:
grandfather
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Sheine-Chaya
and
Chaim Nachtigal
|
Sally (Shyfra) & Pearl
(nee Rubinstein)
Detail
of Wedding Photo
|
Benjamin Rubinstein
Photo
from
1917
Passport/ID Papers
|
Courtesy
of Chaya Pressburger
Relationship: grandparents
|
Courtesy
of Batya Dashefsky
Identified by Phillip Schreibman
Relationship: his mother & aunt
|
Courtesy
of Phillip Schreibman
Relationship:
grandfather |
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Yossel and Sarah
(Waran) Levitsky |
Szepsel Frydman
1933
|
Shyfra
& Rwyka
Rubinstein & others
|
Courtesy of
Martin Jacobs
Relationship: great-grandparents
|
Courtesy
of Phillip Schreibman
(and copy courtesy Joy Kestenbaum)
Relationship: mother's friend
(Relationship: mother's cousin)
|
Courtesy
of Phillip Schreibman
Relatioship:
mother,
grandmother& others |
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Fania Polojko Dolinski and
Jacopo and Mordechai
(Mottel) Dolinski
Argentina c1956 |
Mordecai
(Mottel) Dolinski
|
Golde (Kooperwas)
Dolinski - Photo
from Passport/ID Papers
|
Courtesy of Joy
Kestenbaum
Relationship:
mother's cousin,
her husband and father-in-law |
Courtesy
of Donna Dubinsky
Relationship: great-grandfather
|
Courtesy
of Donna Dubinsky
Relationship: great-grandmother
|
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Fajge
(Kusawicki) and
David Niemirzanski
|
Moshe
Birenbaum
1918-2011
|
Chaim Bartnowsky
(Hyman Barton)
|
Courtesy of Tsipi
Nimrod
Relationship:
grandparents
|
Courtesy
of Israel Birenbaum
Relationship:
father
|
Courtesy
of David Barton
Relationship:
grandfather
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Avrom Borovsky
(Abraham Burrows)
|
Hyman Auerbach
Sepulchral photograph
Narevker UV,
Mount Hebron Cemetery,
NY
|
Abraham Schub
Sepulchral photograph
Narevker UV,
Mount Hebron Cemetery,
NY
|
Courtesy
of www.sidsalinger.com |
Courtesy
of Joy Kestenbaum
photographer
|
Courtesy
of Joy Kestenbaum
photographer
|

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Hirsh Rubin,
Grandmother Ejdel and
two brothers
|
Unidentified woman with
Szepsel Polojko
|
Joseph Meyer Rosen
(Nimerozanski)
c1913 - Boston
|
Courtesy of Yad
Vashem
Yad
Vashem Photo Archive
|
Courtesy of Rachel
Hinterstein
Relationship:
uncle & unidentified woman
|
Courtesy
of David Rosen
Relationship: father
|

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Szmuel & Szepsel Polojko
|
Women on Staircase
|
Szmuel Polojko with
unidentified woman
|
Courtesy
of Rachel Hinterstein
Relationship:
uncles
|
Courtesy
of Rachel Hinterstein
Relationship: mother
with aunts? and friends
|
Courtesy
of Rachel Hinterstein
Relationship:
uncle
&
unidentified woman |

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Copy of photograph - Narewka
School with principal in center
|
Rose Shapiro with
third husband Jacob Mandel
New York
|
Hershel,
Hannah (nee Golner), David,
Aviva (Pesha), and Bezalel Lejzon
|
Courtesy
of Israel Birenbaum
Relationship:
copy made when
visiting Narewka with his father in 2001
|
Courtesy
of Mark M. Light
Relationship:
grandmother and
step-grandfather?
|
From
Elinor J. Brecher's
Schindler's Legacy; True Stories of the
List Survivors, Dutton, 1994.
|
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Ephraim Kagan, son
of Mordekhai
|
Woman
nee Jablanovich/Jablonowicz
and man - Narewka April 1937
|
Jablanovich/Jablonwicz
man
with woman - Narewka April 1937
|
Courtesy of Yad
Vashem
from testimony submitted by
by Yaakov Kagan,
Relationship: grandson
|
Courtesy of
Rivka Witenberg
Relationship: aunt (father's
sister) with man (husband?)
|
Courtesy of
Rivka Witenberg
Relationship: uncle (father's
brother) with woman (wife?) |

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Jablanovich/Jablonowicz
in Polish Army
|
Zeev
Tapoohi (Wolf Jablanovich/
Jablonowicz) seated
Wolf Edelman standing
|
Zeev
(Wolf Jablanovich/Jablonowicz)
and Nechama (Hirshberg) Tapoohi
|
Courtesy of
Rivka Witenberg
Relationship: uncle (father's oldest
brother)
|
Courtesy of
Rivka Witenberg
Relationship: father and his friend
|
Courtesy of
Rivka Witenberg
Relationship: parents
|
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Luba, Benny,
Rachel and
Anita Kaplański
|
Kaplański Family,
clockwise:
Sonia, Yosef, Anita, Benny, Luba, Rachel
|
Yosef Kaplański |
Courtesy of
Shay Fogelman
Relationship: great-grandmother,
great-aunts, great-uncle
|
Courtesy of
Shay Fogelman
Relationship: grandmother,
great-grandparents,
great-aunts, great-uncle
|
Courtesy of
Shay Fogelman
Relationship: great-grandfather
|

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Sonia Kovenski,
nee Kaplańska,
(left) and others
|
By Narewka River
with Lea Cohn
and Sonia Kovenski, nee Kaplańska
|
Sonia Kovenski,
nee Kaplańska, (left)
and others
|
Courtesy of
Shay Fogelman
Relationship: grandmother
and unidentified individuals
|
Courtesy of
Shay Fogelman
Relationship: grandmother,
relatives and friends
|
Courtesy of
Shay Fogelman
Relationship: grandmother,
and unidentified individuals
|

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Rubin & Rose
Light
Brooklyn, NY
|
Rubin Light &
Max Shapiro
New York
|
Chana Nimerzansky
Boston, MA; immigrated 1921; photo early
1940s
|
Courtesy of Mark
M. Light
Relationship:
grandfather and grandmother |
Courtesy of Mark
M. Light
Relationship:
grandfathers (both from Narewka)
|
Courtesy of David
Rosen
Relationship: grandmother |
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Isidor Gould
(Itchi Goldaski)
from 1936 Declaration of Intention
Hartford, CT
|
Becki Rosansky
from 1934 Declaration of Intention
Brooklyn, NY
|
Mayer Sam Shatzkin
from 1922 U.S. Passport Application
New York, NY
|
from NARA &
Ancestry.com |
from NARA &
Ancestry.com |
from NARA &
Ancestry.com |

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Max (Menachem
Mendel)
Bagan
Chicago, IL
|
Ida (Chaya) Rachel
(Edelman) Bagan
(1854-1922)
Sepulchral photograph
Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
|
Mayer Sam Shatzkin
from 1919 U.S. Passport Application
New York, NY
|
Courtesy of Stacey
Levy
Relationship:
great-grandfather |
Courtesy of Stacey
Levy
(& Illinois Jewish Genealogical Society)
Relationship:
great-great grandmother
|
from NARA &
Ancestry.com
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Ike Edelman
(1880 - San Francisco, 1957)
|
Benjamin Bernard
Reiskind "Burrows"
(Narewka, 1887 - Minnesota, 1925)
Sepulchral photograph
Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, IL
Find A Grave
|
Yaakov "Jack"
Reiskind
(Narewka, 1903 - Montreal, 1963)
1924
|
Courtesy of Tamara
Edell Gottstein
photographer: Irma Rochlin
Relationship: great-great uncle
|
Courtesy of Zach
Just
Relationship: great-great uncle
|
Courtesy of Zach
Just
Relationship: great-great uncle |

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Feigel
Reiskind nee Wolańska
1922
|
Feigel
Reiskind with sons Joseph and
Jankel (Jack) and daughters Chaya
and Reizel and their families,
J. Rendel Photography,
Bialystok, 1931
|
Sarah Reiskind
"Burrows" Juschinsky
(Narewka, 1890 - Chicago, 1963)
|
Courtesy of Zach
Just
Relationship:
great-great-grandmother |
Courtesy of Zach
Just
Relationship:
great-great-grandmother
& great-great aunts and uncle and
unidentified
|
Courtesy of Zach
Just
Relationship:
great-grandmother |

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Chaya Kac nee
Reiskind
|
Chaya (Reiskind)
and son Zalman Kac
Leiba and Reizel Reiskind
|
Leiba Reiskind
|
Courtesy of Zach
Just
Relationship:
great-great aunt |
Courtesy of Zach
Just
Relationship:
great-great aunts
|
Courtesy of Zach
Just
Relationship:
great-great aunt |

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Sonia Epsztejn
from
Polish Aliyah Passport |
Mera (nee
Linkowska) &
Abram Isaac Epsztejn
from Polish Aliyah Passport
|
Mera (nee
Linkowska) &
Abram Isaac Epsztejn
from Mandatory Palestine
Naturalization Application, 1944
|
Courtesy of Jewish
Historical Institute, Warsaw
|
Courtesy of
Jewish
Historical Institute, Warsaw |
Courtesy of
MyHeritage.com
and Israel State Archives
|
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Chaim Epsztejn
from Mandatory Palestine
Naturalization Application, 1941 |
Chaim and Devora
(Dory) Epstejn,
Israel
|
Devora (Dory)
Epstejn nee Shapiro
from Mandatory Palestine
Naturalization Application, 1941 |
Courtesy of
MyHeritage.com
and Israel State Archives |
Courtesy of
Ephraim Epstein
Relationship: parents
|
Courtesy of
MyHeritage.com
and Israel State Archives |

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Israel Epsztejn
from Mandatory Palestine
Naturalization Application, 1941 |
Szmul Smargon
from Mandatory Palestine
Naturalization Application, 1940 |
Szmul Tokarski
from
Polish Aliyah Passport |
Courtesy of
MyHeritage.com
and Israel State Archives |
Courtesy of
MyHeritage.com
and Israel State Archives |
Courtesy of Jewish
Historical Institute, Warsaw |
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Yehudit Reuveni
nee Wolański,
Chana Wolański
nee Schreibman and Josef Wolański |
Bishke &
Miriam Simberg
|
Polly (Peya)
Pollock nee Simberg
Los Angeles
|
Courtesy of Yad
Vashem
from testimony submitted by
Khani Hadni Reuveni
Relationship: mother, grandmother and uncle
|
Courtesy of David
Pollock
Relationship: great-grandparents |
Courtesy of David
Pollock
Relationship: grandmother |
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Leja Nejman-Kagan
from Mandatory Palestine
Naturalization Application, 1941 |
Mera Drogoczynska
from Mandatory Palestine
Naturalization Application, 1942 |
Rella Wiengrowski
from 1931 Declaration of Intention
Chicago, IL
|
Courtesy of
MyHeritage.com
and Israel State Archives |
Courtesy of
MyHeritage.com
and Israel State Archives |
from NARA &
Ancestry.com |
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David Kaplan
formerly Kaplański
from 1936 Declaration of Intention
Brooklyn, NY |
Rachel (Rochla)
Cohen
nee Pryniewicka
from 1942 Declaration of Intention
Brooklyn, NY |
Benjamin Birnbaum,
formerly Berel Birenbaum
from 1941 Declaration of Intention
Brooklyn, NY |
from NARA &
Ancestry.com |
from NARA
Ancestry.com |
from MARA &
Ancestry.com |
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Harry Altman
|
Harry Altman |
Harry Altman |
Courtesy of Ken
Altman
Relationship:
father
|
Courtesy of Ken
Altman
Relationship:
father
|
Courtesy of Ken
Altman
Relationship:
father
|

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Hyman Wolfson
(Chaim Malecki)
on return visit to Poland, 1930s
|
Osher
Wolf and Esther Malecki Family with
daughters Olga, Edith and Thelma and
Abraham Nitzberg with Isadore, Dora, Max
Narewka, c1908/1909 |
Hyman
Wolfson in front of
his store in Alexandria, Virginia
|
Courtesy of Lisa
Copeland
Relationship:
great-grandfather |
Courtesy of Lisa
Copeland
Relationship:
great-great grandparents and family |
Courtesy of Lisa
Copeland
Relationship:
great-grandfather
|
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Hyman and
Minnie Wolfson
and Family
|
Abraham, Oliver
and Edward Wolfson
and Family, Miami Beach, 1941
|
Abraham and Oliver
Wolfson
from 1924 U.S. Passport Application
New York, NY
|
Courtesy of Lisa
Copeland
Relationship:
great-grandfather and family
|
Courtesy of Lisa
Copeland
Relationship:
great-great uncle and
grandfather and family |
from NARA &
Ancestry.com
|