Thank Yous
My interest in genealogy began when I was eleven years old, or maybe sooner. This is my list of sources over the years. Thank you for your help, and continued support.
Florida
Miriam Feldstein - (mother) who, no doubt, gave me the start of the tree, and a lot more over the years
Abraham Rosenthal - (maternal grandfather) for the "monster tree" of Rosenthals I created from his memory
Ida Rosenthal - (maternal grandmother) for passing on the "Halpert Family Tree", and adding to it
Don Halpert - (first cousin once removed) for compiling the "Halpert Family Tree" back in 1969
Mary Goldfarb - (paternal grandmother) for the Miller family, which I finally found on my Dad's computer 15 years later
Chris Kruse - (sister-in-law) for the Ventres and the Kruses
Rosenthal-Feldstein Wedding Book - for the telegrams sent and the original gift list
The Feldstein Household - for the pictures
Internet
Michel L. Jeunehomme - (stranger) for the California Death Index Look-ups
New York
The Friendly People at NARA New York - for helping me to search passenger ship lists and census records
The New York Public Library - for the birth, marriage, and death indexes, and a few other things I searched thru while there
Connecticut
David Halpert - (first cousin once removed) for extending and updating the Rosenthal tree, sending me back to New York to find more people, and the wedding picture
back to New York
Judith Zonenshein and Edith Friedman - (first cousins once removed) for more Rosenthal updates and details
Nelly Greenstein - (great aunt) for the Schwimmer tree and some more Rosenthal info
Ety Zonenshein - (second cousin) for the Zonenshein tree
Toronto
David and Bertha Sumner - (uncle and aunt) for the Sumner and Indig trees
Joel Sumner - (first cousin) for a little more Sumner info, and some interesting stories
Stephen David Katz - (Bertha's second cousin once removed, not actually in Toronto) for compiling the Indig family tree
The Sumner Household - for the pictures
Windsor
Cecil Halpert - (great uncle) for some Halpert and "Shlepper" info, and pictures
Barbara Halpert - (great aunt) for the Hardcastle and Nightingale trees, and pictures
Marilyn Gial Stortz Mansell - (Barbara's niece) for the Hardcastle and Nightingale family group sheets
Wayne Halpert - (first cousin once removed) for current Halpert info, and old pictures
Doris Ransom - (great aunt) for a few more Halpert details, the Barrett and the Ransom trees
Laura Fisher - (past aunt) for the Fisher tree
Helen Rosenthal - (past great aunt) for some Rosenthal info
Mike Rosenthal - (first cousin) for some interesting stories
Jake Rosenthal - (great uncle) for some Rosenthal info
Detroit-ish area
Sylvia Halpert - (first cousin once removed) for some Halpert info, the Jenkins tree, and pictures
David and Rose Greenstein - (first cousins once removed) for verifying a few things and hooking me up with Ari Weinstein and Loncie Gross
Ari Weinstein - (first cousin once removed) for some Rosenthal info
Brian Weinstein - (second cousin) for his own family info
Loncie and Aron Gross - (great aunt and uncle) for lots of Rosenthal info, the Gross info, and pictures
California
Debra Rudolph - (second cousin) for Sands and Linden info and pictures
Florence Koons - (first cousin once removed) for some Miller info
Ernie and Aza Rosenbaum - (first cousin once removed, and husband) for some Feldstein info and pictures
Julia Wiles and Marty Abramson - (second cousins once removed) by video tape, for the Bochkiss info
by Email and Phone
Edward Sands - (second cousin) for Sands info
Jose Gutstein - (no relation) for the Polish records
Fort Worth, Texas (relatives to Edward Sands)
Murray and Claire Cooper - for Sandberg and Cooper info
Abner, Elliott, Alexis, and Lauren Cooper - for Cooper info
Ruby Sisk, Candy Owens, and Michelle Knauth - for Sisk info
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Steve Ellwood - (prolific photographer) photos of Newcastle, Elswick Cemetery, Nathan Smith tombstone
Portland, Oregon
Patricia Palmer - (fellow genealogist) obituaries and photos of Halperts
New York again
Judith Zonenshein - for the Thaler section
Malky Zonenshein - (second cousin) for the old Greenstein/Zonenshein research
The Zonenshein Household - (a house in Brooklyn) for the Zonenshein and Greenstein pictures
Ety Zonenshein - for continuous Greenstein/Zonenshein/Rosenthal updates
Louis Miller - (first cousin once removed) for Miller info
Connecticut again
Ira and Arlene Miller - (first cousin once removed and wife) for Miller info
via email
Stephen Koons - (second cousin) for Koons info
David Ushkow - (first cousin to the husband of my first cousin, once removed) for Ushkow additions
Shlomo Katz and Miriam Klein - (Indig tree compiler and his cousin) for some Indig updates
New York for the Kenig-Zonenshein Wedding
Rosa Rosenthal - (second cousin, once removed) connected herself to the Schwimmer side of the tree
Dina Tsigler - (second cousin, once removed) Joseph family info
Alex and Esther Rosenthal - (second cousin and his wife) some more Rosenthal info
Sandy Sussman - (second cousin) Sussman and Greenstein info
Ety and Motty, Shoshana, and Yaffi Kenig - (second cousin, her husband, his mother, and sister) for the new Kenig info
via email
Mark Tabashnick - (first cousin, once removed) Miller information
Sylvia Halpert - updating the Halpert info
Barnett Bakal (in-law of step-cousin) Bakal information and some Goldfarb info
Shanna Indig - (cousin of my uncle's wife) Indig info
Karin Barit Indig - (cousin of my uncle's wife) Indig and Barit info
Avram Miller - (cousin of my cousin's husband) Rigelhaupt, Nussenbaum, Horn, Utman info
Windsor, Ontario for Rosenthal-Barbenell Wedding
Monica Rosenthal - (first cousin, once removed) Rosenthal and McCormack info
Michigan
Annette Greenstein - (wife of my first cousin, once removed) Greenstein and Rosenthal information
Nettie Wofsy - (first cousin, once removed) Wofsy and Gaber info
California
Stephen and Sharon Koons - (second cousin and wife) Koons info, and lots of old Miller pictures
Debra Rudolph - (second cousin) old Miller, Raifman, and Sands pictures
via email
Scott Bakal - (pseudo cousin) some Bakal updates
Michael Heldman - (pseudo cousin) Heldman, Weisberg, and related updates
Cathy and Cori Burnstein - (second cousins, once removed) Burnstein updates
Richard Rosenthal - (uncle) Barbernell, Aghily, Lashkari information
Jeff Shafran - (pseudo cousin) Shefranksy, Shafran information
Howard Block - (husband of second cousin) Miller updates
Mark Tabashnick - (second cousin, once removed) Rothenbaum and Tabashnick updates
Jerry Avrum Appel - (pseudo cousin) Appel Updates
Grace von Ehrenkrook Walker - (pseudo cousin) Von Ehrenkrook/Walker family tree [with so much information, it hasn't been added to my database]
Edward Sands - (second cousin) for his constant encouragement and occasional monetary contributions
Barri Lynn Roth - (third cousin, once removed) Roth and Rothenbaum info
Paul Pacun - (pseudo cousin) Pacun updates
Eli Rohn - (pseudo cousin) scads of Rosenbaum data [not yet in the database]
Florida
Rose Tabashnick - (first cousin, twice removed) Miller info
By Phone from New York
Mark Tabashnick - (second cousin, once removed) even more Miller info
from New York
Jordan Auslander - for your priceless help
via email
Fay Zicherman - (second cousin) Rosenthal/Zicherman info
Yaakov Gershon Weiss - (pseudo cousin) Pollak, Wessely, Hecht, and Weiss info
Dana Lean - (third cousin) Martens info
Philip Martens - (second cousin, once removed) Martens info
Bonnie Chait - (third cousin) Wolfe info
Gary Wolfe - (third cousin) Wolfe info
Howard Miller - (second cousin, once removed) Mularzewicz/Miller info
Michelle Chaffey -
Perry Rothenbaum - (third cousin) Rothenbaum info
And one more thank you to anyone I may have missed, because I don't remember to update this page enough, but who contributed some information to the forest.