Family Books

One illustrated book for each grandparent's family, told generation by generation from the oldest ancestor the records reach down to the grandparent's own life. Every fact is footnoted to its source, and each claim is marked as proven, probable, speculative or family tradition.

Ben's father's side

Cover of The Goldberger and Berkovits Families
The Goldberger and Berkovits Families
Five generations of cantors from the villages of the Nitra valley, the Kleins of Dezsér and the Gronovits of Miticz, the Berkovits and Klein families of Rakasz, Ungvár and Senica, and the escape from Copenhagen that carried Eugene, Helena and their four sons to Montreal, New York and Jerusalem.
PDF · 47 pages · 8.7 MB · edition of 2026-10-22
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Cover of The Lebovics and Gottlieb Families
The Lebovics and Gottlieb Families
The shochets and rabbis of the Lebovics family of Zádnya and Irlyava, the Strobers of Iszka and the Welbers of Orlyava; the Gottliebs of Sátoraljaújhely and the Hotel Royal of Satu Mare, the Deutsch and Smulyovics families and the Friedmans of Tarpa; the move to Brooklyn in 1924; and, clearly marked, the family's traditions of descent from the Noam Elimelech and the Maharal of Prague.
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Ben's mother's side

The Freilich and Nadel Families
The Freilich and Nadel Families
The ancestors of Robert Freilich: Freilich, Terkil, Wachtel and Mensch, and Nadel, Jacobs and Korach.
In preparation
The Schechter and Knoll Families
The Schechter and Knoll Families
The ancestors of Estelle Schechter: Schechter, Fiksel and Halpern, and Knoll, Rund, Lichtman and Sekler.
In preparation

Brooke's family

The Moskovic and Fried Families
The Moskovic and Fried Families
Brooke's father's side: Moskovic, Judkovic and Schlesinger, and Fried, Jäger and Schönberger.
In preparation
The Lazerowitz and Olshewski Families
The Lazerowitz and Olshewski Families
Brooke's mother's side: Lazerowitz, Potok, Zuchter and Lewkowicz, and Olszewski, Liberman and Szajewicz.
In preparation

The Soffer family

The Soffer Family
The Soffer Family
The line of Eliahu Soffer, Ben's stepfather: the heritage of Ben's half-brothers and sisters.
In preparation

Each book comes in a screen edition, and as a print-ready interior (8.5 × 11 in. with bleed) and front cover for a print-on-demand service. The books are rebuilt as research comes in, so the edition date tells you how current a copy is. The living are kept out of the books; they appear only in the online tree, under its privacy rules.