Though I haven't posted anything since March, it doesn't mean I'm not working on the family tree. Research is always going on in the background and I'm usually waiting for documents of some sort or other to come in.
During this recent posting hiatus, I have been concentrating on the Scherper-Saffro-Katz-Schefrin side of the family due solely to the fact that Naomi Sherper (daughter of David and Julia, granddaughter of Avram Goetzl and Eva Leah) lovingly blessed me with the gift of a meticulously-scribed family tree compiled by Amrom Katz and Yale Saffro in July 1983. In the last 6 weeks, I have been doggedly working on verifying the information contained within it, adding details (dates and places of birth, marriage and death), and contacting newly-discovered family members. I must give Amrom and Yale much applause for being able to put this tree together so accurately without the use of computers or genealogy software programs. It is quite a work of art and I regret that I'm not able to thank them in person.
In my quest to contact family members, I last Saturday called Judy Rosenthal, daughter of Myron and Blanche Shepard (Scherper), granddaughter of Avram Goetzl and Eva Leah). During this phone call, Judy told me about her children, Michael, Dana and Joel, and in the process told me that her daughter Dana (pronounced Donna) is a professor of sociology currently working in England. I immediately mentioned that my brother Adam is working on his Ph.D. in sociology in Boulder and Judy added that Dana had been in Colorado Springs before moving to England. After getting off the phone with Judy, I called Adam to let him know that he had a cousin in the same field, and to our utter, almost-speechless (I'm not speechless often as those of you who know me can attest) amazement, he actually knows Dana! Yowzer! This type of coincidence I have not come across before.
So my work (more a labor of love) continues with the help of recently-discovered cousins who are able to add new generations since 1983 and put me in contact with other cousins. I thank you all for your help and appreciate any contributions (additions or corrections) you provide.
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Hi Ara, I just discovered your second blog and was surprised to see we share some of the same background, as you have listed that you have some Galician in you. My entire ancestry is/was from Galicia - going back centuries. I'm really interested to know if you have been able to find any information from that part of your family.
Mary - goodness. Seems like we were meant to meet each other. Yes, I've been able to go back to the late 1700s/early 1800s. Depending on what part of Galicia your family comes from, I can point you in the right direction for looking, and in some cases I might already have the records you're looking for.
Ara
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