Sabile Families
Do you have Jewish ancestors from Zabeln/Sabile? Please contact me if you have information, queries, or photographs to share.
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- Blumenthal
- Video by Thomas C. Spear, made for the 80th anniversary of the August 6, 1941 massacre of the Jews of Sabile. A few corrections can be found in the YouTube notes.
- Find-a-Grave page for Chaim Shmuel Blumenthal, also by Thomas C. Spear
- Hosiasson – Descendants of Samuel and Jette Hosiasson
Posts
- My great-great-great Uncle, Solomon Hoffman
by Randy Wasserstrom, Cary, North Carolina In 2004, I went on a genealogical trip to Latvia. In Talsi, I discovered the gravestones of my maternal great great great uncle Solomon (Zalman) Hoffman (1829-1906) and his wife, Chasse (1832-1908). It wasContinue reading “My great-great-great Uncle, Solomon Hoffman” - The Hosiassons of Sabile
The photograph above was sent to my great-grandmother, Clara Thal, from her Hosiasson cousins in Riga in 1910. It has always been one of my favorite pictures, and for years was the only evidence I had of Clara’s mother’s family.Continue reading “The Hosiassons of Sabile” - Leaving Courland
Among my collection of interviews is this story, told by Paula Thal Aminoff in 1974, of her brother Jacob, from Talsen, and his efforts to leave Courland (now Latvia) before being drafted into the Russian Army. Ted: You know aboutContinue reading “Leaving Courland”
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My Courland Towns 