RE: [Cz-L] Our origin

I think it is pretty well documented that many Cz. Jews came from the north,
Galicia, what is now southern Poland. But I have a curious anecdote on this
topic. Many years ago I asked an aunt whether any of the older relatives,
who were all from Sadagora, ever said where our family had come from. She
recalled that my grandfather (born in Sadagora about 1880) had said he
thought the family came from Turkey.

Frankly, I am skeptical of this story, but if you substitute Ottoman Empire
for Turkey and think how close its borders in the Balkans and southeastern
Europe came to Bukovina , it becomes a possibility. One cannot offhand
discount what (to me) look like rather Oriental designs on some of the grave
markers in Sadagora.

Does anyone else have a family origin story like this?

Dale Prince
Kensington, Maryland
Currently in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

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Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 9:05 AM
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Subject: [Cz-L] Our origin

 Many posts on this subject but little substance.
  Most of us have family recollection of their migration to Cz.
    But most of these are recent : one to two generations.
     Oldest written document of Cz is from 1406 ,a treaty between
  Lemberg tradesmen and Alexander of Moldova.
    Lemberg tradesmen ? Must be Jews ,we speculate .
     And then , it does not relate to settlement , not of Jews or else.
      My maternal ancestors are from Boyan ,my parental from Mihalcea.
      All in the Bukowina. When did they land there ,from where did they
come ?
      The settlement of the Jews in western Europe in much older
       and is well documented , the settlment of Bukowina is not.
         Sources are speculated , all are valid until proven otherwise.
          Will we ever know ?
Hardy
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