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Locations: Terespol, Piszczac, Miedzyrzec Podlaski, Brest, Kiev, Fastov, Loyev, Voronezh, Krivoye Ozero. Other family names: Goldsztern, Herszenfeld, Rozenzumen, Chalewsky, Goldberg, Pashkov, Popkov, Ben-Dov, Lopushanskiy.

Author: Louise Goldstein

  • Battalen
    • Battalen Intro
    • Voronezh
    • Louis Battalen, with Descendant Chart
    • Battalen Immigration & Naturalization
    • Battalen Photos
    • The Sisters & Their Families
    • “Paper Life”
      • The Letters between Lev & Fenya
      • The Russian Military Draft
      • Relations between the Two Families
      • Romance and Plans for the Future
      • And Then…?
  • Challov
    • Challov Intro
    • Krivoye Ozero
      • Krivoye-Ozero – “Curve/Crooked Lake”
      • The Pogroms of 1919 in Krivoye Ozero
      • “Thirty Days of a Jewish Pogrom in Krivoye Ozero”
    • Harry Challov with Descendant Chart
      • Harry Challov’s Story
      • Harry Challov Documents
      • Harry Challov Immigration & Naturalization
    • Ida Challov with Descendant Chart
      • Ida Challov’s Story
      • Ida Challov Photos
      • Celia Zlotnick & Benjamin Klotz
        • Lewis Klotz
    • Mollie Challov with Descendant Chart
      • Mollie Challov’s Story
      • Mollie Challov Documents
      • Photos of Mollie Challov
  • Goldstein
    • The Goldsztern/Goldstein Family Intro
      • The Terespol Families
      • Berko Rozensumen-Hindy Herszenfeld Family
      • Herszenfeld Family, Yocheved Rozenzumen’s mother
      • Yocheved Rozenzumen-Berko Fayvel Goldsztern Family
        • Shimon & Meyer, the other Goldstein Brothers in the US
      • Sol Goldstein’s Story
        • Sol Goldstein Documents
        • Sol Goldstein Immigration & Naturalization
        • Isadore J. Goldstein
        • Jeannette Goldstein
      • The Rozensumen’s of Miedzyrzec Podlaska (Ben-Dov)
    • Terespol & Brisk (Brest Litovsk)
      • Modern Terespol, Map & Jewish Cemetery
      • The Shoah
        • The Brest Ghetto Passport Archive
        • The Massacre at Bronnaya Gora
  • Ronen
    • Ronen Intro
    • Kiev, Ukraine
    • Fastov, Ukraine
      • Pogroms in Ukraine, in Belarus and in European Russia…1918-1922
    • The Ronen Family’s Blood Libel Ordeal
    • Ronen Immigration & Naturalization
  • Gallery
    • Battalen Family Gallery
    • Ben-Dov Gallery
    • Challov Family Gallery
    • Meyer Goldstein Family Gallery
    • Sol Goldstein Family Gallery
    • Ronen Family Gallery
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Pnina Goldsztern Shaufer, z”l

April 19, 2020 Louise Goldstein

Last Thursday evening, April 16, 2020, I sent WhatsApp Shabbat greetings to Tova Shaufer, Pnina’s daughter, and to her whole…

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Posted in: Goldstein, Goldsztern Filed under: Goldsztern, Pnina, Shaufer

The Goldsztern Family that Stayed in Poland – Tila & Yudel Moshe

April 16, 2020 Louise Goldstein

Eight Goldsztern children lived to have families of their own, out of eleven born to Berko Goldsztern and Yachet Rozenzumen…

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Posted in: Brest, Brest Litovsk, Brisk, Goldshtern, Goldstein, Goldsztern Filed under: Brandt, Ghetto, Goldstein, Holocaust, Yudel Moshe

Going out on Another Limb of the Goldstein Family Tree

March 30, 2020 Louise Goldstein 3 Comments

“Seeking descendants of Meyer (Ida Nerenbaim) and Shimon (Gittel, divorced) Goldstein from Terespol/Brest, Poland, my grandfather Sol (Szojel) Goldstein’s older brothers.…

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Posted in: Goldstein Filed under: Barry, Chaike, Eagger, Elaine, Goldstein, Ida, Iris, Meyer, Sheila, Shimon, Simmons, Wittman

Hard Times in the Challov’s Hometown

November 14, 2019 Louise Goldstein 2 Comments

By immigrating, the Challov’s essentially got out of Dodge not a moment too soon.  The disruptions of World War I,…

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Posted in: Challov, Krivoye Ozero Filed under: Detroit, Harry, Ida, Krivoye Ozero, Mollie, Pashkov, Pogrom, Russian Civil War

Earliest Generations of Goldstein’s

November 11, 2019 Louise Goldstein

More information! Earlier this year I hired a genealogical researcher in Poland named Tadeusz Przystojecki; I had gone about as…

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Posted in: Goldshtern, Goldstein, Goldsztern, Piszczac, Terespol Filed under: Berko, Goldstein, Terespol, Yachet

The Goldstein-Rozensumen (Ben-Dov) Reunion in the Motor City

May 9, 2019 Louise Goldstein

Cousins of the Goldstein and Ben-Dov branches of the Rozensumen family met, for the first time in more than 100…

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Posted in: Goldstein, Rozensumen, Terespol Filed under: Ben-Dov, Berko, Goldstein, JRI-Poland, Rozensumen, Rozenzumen

Ronen Research Yields Some Interesting Results

March 11, 2019 Louise Goldstein

Recently I hired a researcher in Kiev to look into the family of Fenya (Fannie) Ronen, who was the only…

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Posted in: Fastov, Kiev, Loyev, Minsk, Ronen Filed under: Babi Yar, Chana, Meier, Pashkov, research

Reuniting the Challov Family

November 6, 2018 Louise Goldstein

Growing up in Detroit, my father Isadore Goldstein didn’t talk much about his family.  He occasionally mentioned “Tante Chaika” or…

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Posted in: Challov, Goldstein, Krivoye Ozero Filed under: Chaike, Detroit, Goldstein, Harry, Ida, Lewis, Lori, Lorri, Mollie, Tasha

Navigating this Genealogy Rabbit Hole

Louise Goldstein

Click each FAMILY NAME above for information and photos.  There are sub-headings with much more material, including history, documents, photos…

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Posted in: Blog Filed under: family, links, Navigate, pages, research

The Goldstein’s of Terespol

March 11, 2018 Louise Goldstein 2 Comments

Because my family left New York when my mother was pregnant with me, in late summer 1951, I didn’t get…

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Posted in: Goldstein, Terespol Filed under: Berko, Goldstein, Hirschenfeld, Isadore, JRI-Poland, Meier, Poland, Rozensumen, Shimon, Terespol, Weinstrom, Yachet

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