Sam Shore's 82 Yahrzeit: A Tale of a Spear and Emigration
A story about Shmariahu (Sam) Shore, his father, and a spear kept for self-defense in the Pale of Settlement.
Heritage & Identity
Genealogical research on the Shore and Saranduk families. Documents first, interpretation second. The gaps are often as interesting as the records.
The Saranduk / Shore Family: An Overview
A findings-focused guide to three years of Saranduk / Shore family research — what we now know, what was newly discovered, and what remains open.
Fred Green and the Rambach Photograph
Family recollections about a missing Rambach portrait by Fred Green, his early work with Boston police photography, and his boxing ties, recorded as oral history pending documentation.
Fredrick Philip Green (1865–1939)
A genealogical and family-history note on Fredrick Philip Green (Shraga Feivel), tracing his origins from Lithuania to Sweden and the United States, and distinguishing between documented records and family memory.
Judeo-Arabic Signage in Djerba
Some signage from my recent trip to Djerba
Avrum Saranduk: A Central Figure in the Shore–Saranduk Lineage
A source-driven reconstruction of Avrum Saranduk’s line, weighing Revision Lists from Talne and Torgovitsa and the open question of whether “Avrum Nikhem” is the same man.
How We Reconstructed the Saranduk–Shore Family Line
Some comments on the methodology of my genealogy research.
Remembering Poseidon
A eulogy for a king! A god! A legend!
Tillie Beresovsky Shore - 71st Yahrzeit
Remembering Taube (Tillie) Beresovsky Shore with family notes, migration records, and the tangled geography of her Ukrainian hometown.
תולדות משפחת שור סרנדוק
סקירת מקורות ושושלת משפחת שור/סרנדוק מטולנה והעליות לארה"ב.
Philip & Netty Shore
Tracing Philip (Pinhas) and Netty Shore from Katerynopil to Providence through passenger lists, naturalization records, and family oral history of their escape.
The 80th Yahrtzeit of Shmariahu Shore
Marking Shmariahu (Sam) Shore’s 80th yahrtzeit with family recollections, community leadership, and sources on his Providence life and legacy.
A Wolf Who Did Not Become Shore
Tracing Velvel (Wolf/Volko) Saranduk from Talne to Buffalo and California, this post examines how one close branch of the Saranduk family diverged from the Shore surname, highlighting the limits and contingencies of genealogical reconstruction.
New Talne - Saranduk Records
New records added by JewishGen shed new light on the Saranduk’s in Talne.
Hyman & Sarah
A source-based sketch of Hyman and Sarah Shore, tracking census, manifest, and cemetery records while noting the inconsistencies in ages and dates across documents.
The Mordko & Nakhman Branches
1836–1889 Saranduk census entries and Cherkasy church records tracing Mordko and Nakhman branches.
From Torgovitsa to Talne: The Earliest Saranduks
1818/1836 Torgovitsa revision lists mapping Leyb → Mordko/Avrum lines and migration to Talne.
Why Saranduk Became Shore
Why Saranduk became Shore; matching the 1858 Talne census, 1904 Gerty manifest, and Lincoln Park burials.