Talsi Families

Do you have Jewish ancestors from Talsi? Please contact me if you have information, queries, or photographs to share.

Trees

Blumberg – Descendants of Behr and Levin Blumberg, sons of Yankel, from Talsi and Valdemarpils
Braun – Family of Elias Braun and Sofia Hamburger, who settled in Punta Arenas, Chile, from Talsi. The link is to a Wikipedia article about Sara Braun, a well-known descendant.
Friedlander – The Friedlanders of South Africa
Hirschfeld – Geni tree
Hummel – The Hummel Family of Talsi, Cousins Connect From Around the World, by Barbara Lichtman Tayar.
Jordan – Tree part of the Taylor website on MyHeritage.
Levenson – Geni Tree for Mendel Levenson family
Thal – There are three large Thal families that resided in the Talsi region. Through Y-DNA testing, there has been no connection found between the families of Moses and Sara and Auzer Jankel. Other connections have yet to be checked.
JewishGen Family Finder for Talsi – list of researchers with families from Talsi

Posts

My great-great-great Uncle, Solomon Hoffman
by randwass0977179
August 5, 2022
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”
Leaving Courland
by btgephart
December 9, 2021
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”

Queries

Who Was Ivan Teryokin? – a mystery from the Blumberg family

Photos

Below is a picture postcard of Rebecka Hirschmann that was given to my relative, Paula Thal, before she left Talsen to come to the United States in 1902. If you have further information about Rebecka, please contact me.