The sweep of family history across the generations
Widow Patty Smith Swett and six children by two husbands were among the first settlers who staked claims in Wapello County near Ottumwa in May 1843
Remembering our Ringel and Wohlgemuth/Paechter family members who perished in the Shoah.
Families from Connecticut settled northeastern Ohio in the early 1800s
Ze’evs progency: a new generation of vibrant, contemporary Israelis.
Seymour, also called Samuel, was partly estranged from the family. He worked as a truant officer in the New York City schools. His daughter Harriet Berkowitz discovered our blog and contributed a trove of precious documents.
A pioneer to Palestine in 1936, Ze’ev married Penina and they did their part to build the state of Israel as founders of Kibbutz Afek.