Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 8:10 pm
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What if it is Zembrow, and not Zambrow?
Zembrów
woj. mazowieckie
pow. sokołowski
gmina Sabnie
Gilberto
Hi Gilberto,
It very well could be, I am not ruling anything out yet, especially since I am not familiar at all with Polish towns etc. (I'm working on it though :}). Would Jablonka and Zareby Koscielne be around there? Lomsa(Lomza)?
Danette
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 8:39 pm
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| Danette wrote: | What if it is Zembrow, and not Zambrow?
Zembrów
woj. mazowieckie
pow. sokołowski
gmina Sabnie
Gilberto
Hi Gilberto,
It very well could be, I am not ruling anything out yet, especially since I am not familiar at all with Polish towns etc. (I'm working on it though :}). Would Jablonka and Zareby Koscielne be around there? Lomsa(Lomza)?
Danette |
See maps showing Lomza, Zambrow and Zembrow. And to make things more confused there is a group of villages named Jablonna (Jablonka?) about 6 miles away.
Gilberto
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Elzbieta PorteneuvePO Top Contributor
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 3:19 am
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Another idea.
Schiff is very much for English or German ears, French would be Chiff, Polish ... that's the question.
There is a Jewish given name, written Szifra in Cyrillic, but I have seen the same given name written Szyfra or Cyfra/Cypra in Latin scripts - it is very easy to confuse Cyrillic handwritten f and p.
The attached is a capture of the given name Szifra in Cyrillic, which would be Schifra for English-German ears.
The word "schifra" sounds for Polish ears very much like "cyfra"=digit (a number between 0 and 9).
I wonder if we shall look also on Schiff Last name written in Cyrillic very much like Cyfr* (any suffix).
Best,
Elzbieta
NB. The list of Jewish given names used in Poland is inside
http://genealodzy.pl/PNphpBB2-printview-t-30669-start-15.phtml
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 10:58 am
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Hi Elizbieta,
This morning someone found a record that lists Hanchel's surname as Schifman. From Lomza. (I still believe he was born in Jablonka, close to Zambrow). Maybe he can be found now under this surname?
Thank you so very much for all you've done, I couldn't do it without your help!
Best,
Danette
Hi Gilberto,
Thank you for the maps!! It helps to see the region!
Best,
Danette
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 10:59 am
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Oh, he is listed as Ancze Schifman. Father - Froim
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