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Five Generations. One Family.

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This image was created from authentic family photographs using AI-assisted restoration and composition techniques. Every effort was made to preserve the unique facial features and identity of each family member while imagining them together in a single portrait. Five Generations. One Family. One of the greatest rewards of genealogy is discovering that our ancestors live on—not only through documents, photographs, and DNA, but also in the faces we see every day. This portrait brings together five generations of my direct paternal line : Aaron — my son Michael — me S. Sidney (“Sid”) — my father Mike — my grandfather Yashua — my great-grandfather These five men never had the opportunity to stand together for a family portrait. Their lives span more than a century, yet through modern AI and carefully selected family photographs, I was able to create a realistic studio portrait imagining...
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Dynamic Family Tree - Genealogica Grafica

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  Dynamic Family Tree - Genealogica Grafica Click on Image I've been using  Genealogica Grafica  to display my Pedigree Tree on one page. I discovered that the tool allows me to publish my tree as a WebPage. This provides my family with a bit more information about my family than just names. I hope to incorporate family pictures in the near future.  Very exciting!
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From Russian Village to North Dakota Prairie: The Story of Joseph Nudelman

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While my SNYDER Big Y-DNA test didn't provide many matches, I was able to contact the family of Joseph Nudelman, who is listed as an Earliest Known Ancestor. Our Y-DNA lines separated over 1,000 years ago, so he is a very distant relative. Here is his story: Joseph Nudelman's life story is a testament to the resilience and ambition of Jewish immigrants in the late 19th century. Born in a small village near Odessa, Russia in 1844, Joseph received a traditional Jewish education, becoming fluent in Yiddish and Russian.  After apprenticing as a carpenter, he became a wine and grain merchant in Romania due to pogroms in Russia.  Driven by the ideals of the Am Olam movement, which sought to establish Jewish agricultural settlements, Joseph, with financial backing from Baron de Hirsch, led a group of 25 families to America in 1881.  He was delayed due to his wife’s illness but followed in 1882 with more settlers. The journey wasn't easy.  The initial group gathered in Denv...
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Snyder/Gouline/Highstein/Bass - 2025 New Year Genealogy Letter

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Happy New Year Family, Probably the most exciting Genealogical find of this past year, was finally finding Jacob Gouline’s family records in Jewish Gen. I do not believe this data was there until recently. Perhaps it was released along with other archival records because of the War in Ukraine. Find this Record in JewishGen This Revision List record shows Jacob on line 5 as an 8-year-old. The given names of his family confirm that this is their record. His mother, Yenta Blyuma is the same as his first born Jeanne Highstein’s Hebrew name. His older sisters were Ita (same as daughter Ida Glass) and Malka (same as Marcella Witriol). His Grandfather was Volf (same as Willy Gouline). The family is from Lutzk which is where I began searching for them. I even went to the Archives there when Carol and I were in Ukraine in 2018. This family record has expanded the Gouline family another 3 generations by confirming his father Moyshe Gersh, adding Yenat Blyuma his mother, adding Volf, his...
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Family Tree Maker - Pedigree Family Tree (2025)

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Tisha B'Av 2024 (A little over 16 minutes for 210 names)

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On Tisha B'Av 2024, hear this AI reading of Michael Snyder's family members who perished in the Shoah. (A little over 16 minutes for 210 names) YouTube Video
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I found my Maternal Great-Grand Father Jacob Gouline (Galon) in Ukraine

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 I found my Maternal Great-Grand Father Jacob Gouline (Galon) in Ukraine Father is Moyshe Gersh (same as Jacob's Headstone) Grandfather is Volf (same name as my Great Uncle Willie) Mother is Yenta Blyma (Same name as Grandmother Jeanne) Sister is Malka (Same name as Great Aunt Marcella) Sister is Ita (Same name as Great Aunt Ida) Likely Jeanne, Willie, Marcella, and Ida were named after these relatives! They lived in Lutzk which is where Jacob, Rachel, and Jeanne departed, to head to the U.S.
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Snyder/Gouline/Highstein/Bass - 2023 New Year / 5784 Rosh Hashana Genealogy Letter

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  L'Shana Tovah   Family,  This family letter come 9 months late, as the secular New Year was a hard time for me. I’m sure you all are well aware that my Mom, Cevia Rosol, z”l  (of blessed memory), passed away on December 28, 2022 after a turbulent 8 months, closely following the death of her husband of 43 years, George Rosol z”l, who passed away on May 2, 2022.  Here is my Eulogy for my Mom, for those who missed it:  I miss my Mom already. My name is Michael Snyder; Mikey to her. I thought that bringing her from Maine to Maryland would allow me and other family members to have a renewed and extended opportunity to spend quality time, share experiences, and create bonding memories. Sadly that did not happen.   My Mom wanted to live her life on her own terms. She loved her husband George more than anyone else on Earth. Now she has joined him for eternity and hopefully they are at peace.  Mom was creative, artistic, well organized, and a bit stubbor...
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