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From: shaul <>
Subject: [ZA] Re: SOUTH-AFRICA-D Digest V02 #289
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 20:23:29 +0100
In-Reply-To: <200205310501.g4V51dM19393@lists5.rootsweb.com>


On 30/05/02 -sarah rose" <>
>asked about RESNICK & JACOBSON abt 1890's Imposs??
>"Mr." Resnick (first name unknown) and wife, Freida (maiden name Jacobson)
>were living in SA (town unknown), some years after the birth of their son
>Benjamin (1888 Lithuania), when "Mr." Resnick died in SA. His wife
>immigrated with their two children to US and remarried. The stepfather
>gave his surname to the children. I am trying to find the Resnick line to
>trace. There are no other clues. Any ideas or assistance would be
>greatly appreciated. Sarah


There is a lot of information available about SA and Lithuanian Jewish
Genealogy.

Go to http://www.jewishgen.org/Safrica
and to http://www.jewishgen.org/litvak
and
http://www.jewishgen.org/latvia

on the latter two look especially at the All Litvak database and the All
Latvia databases.

Resnick families were well documented in Kupishok, Rokishok and in Latvia.

Also look at the database of the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter
Http://chrysalis.its.uct.ac.za/shelter/shelter.htm
for possible details of their migration to South Africa.

The date you give is fairly early for SA Jewish migration, but not impossible.

I have records of many of the SA Jewish burials- if you can give me a
little more information I could see if there are any records.


Saul Issroff
Project Director
Centre fro Jewish Genealogy and Migration
Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies
UCT


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