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Snyder/Gouline/Highstein/Bass - 2023 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...