My Family

News About Us

• Nathan Wins Chess Fest!, Apr. 29, 2001
• Students test their skills against others from state , MetroWest News, Apr. 2, 2001 (Dan)
• Defined by our bookmarks, The Boston Globe, Nov. 13, 2000 (Martin)
• Losing Meat, But Keeping a Child's Diet Balanced, New York Times, July 25, 2000 (Nathan)

Becker Family

• Becker Cousins Club picnic photos.
• Motol. The Becker family came from Motol, currently in Belarus.  The following information is available on Motol:
• The Motol Research Group hosts an e-mail discussion group about Motol, which I moderate.
• A complete translation of Hurban Motele (The Destruction of Motele)  is available on JewishGen.
• Antopol. Prior to living in Motol, the Becker family lived in nearly Antopol.  The following information is avilable on Antopol:
• English portion of Antopol (Antelpolie); sefer zikaron (Antopol Memorial Book)
• Information on Antopol from the Bereza Area Research Group.

Kessel Family 

Terry Kessel Myers - Art Spirit: The On Line Art Gallery of Terry Kessel Myers

The Kupishok ShtetLinks page has information on Kupishok (currently Kupiskis), Lithuania, the birthplace of my grandfather and other members of the Kessel family. Many other Jewish genealogists also trace their routes to Kupishok, and this page was put together by Dan Orzech for the Kupishok Special Interest Group.

Mendelowitz Family

See the new Salant ShtetLinks page for info on the birthplace of the Mendelowitz family

Olim Family

Alan Barasch, who is related through the Olim family, also has a genealogy page which contains data on the Olim and Kessel families.

Shub Family

The Shub Family came lived in Antopol and neighboring Horodets (Gorodets), currently in Belarus.  The following information is available on these villages:

• Antopol:
• English portion of Antopol (Antelpolie); sefer zikaron (Antopol Memorial Book)
• Information on Antopol from the Bereza Area Research Group.
• Horodetz:
• Translation of portions of Horodets; a geshikhte fun a shtetl (Horodets: history of a town)

Family E-Mail, Web Addresses, and Family Tree

• I have removed the listing of family e-mail addresses, partly because of privacy concerns and partly because of the difficultly of keeping the list up to date.  If you are a family member, please  contact me and I'd be happy to send you the most up-to-date addresses I have.
• For web pages of family members, go to My Bookmarks, in the category "Family and Friends".
• Due to privacy concerns, my family tree is no longer available on a publicly available Web site. If you are a family member, please contact me for further information.

Other Jewish Genealogy Sites

• JewishGen is the central source for Jewish genealogical information on the Internet.  JewishGen offers countless pages of information, searchable databases, and discussion groups.
• For other genealogy-related sites, see My Bookmarks, under "Genealogy."

Martin Kessel Home Page

Martin Kessel, mk@thekessels.org
Updated 7 March 2002