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History of Updates - 2008 Chronology

December 2008:

New Blog by the webmaster : Les Fleurs de l'Orient , New Documents: Dr Joseph Elias Gabbay, Counsel in the Ottoman Empire, A census statistics on the Jews of Lebanon (1173 to 2006), Les noms de familles juives dans les Etats Civils Libanais. Updates on many families. See the document Dec 08 Update for a complete list of the changes (1066 names).

November 2008:

Added maps identifying the country of vistors to the site. New Links, News and History pages. Updates on many families. See the document Nov 08 Update for a complete list of the changes (966 names).

October 2008:

The tombstone of Moshe ben Natan Farhi who died in Istanbul in 1612, he was buried in the Haskoy cemetery. New trees on Amendariz, Farje from Peru families. The Farhi living in Jerusalem in 1839. Updates on many families ( major one on the Sadka). See the document Oct 08 Update for a complete list of the changes.

September 2008:

New Document: La Maison Stambouli by Jacques Stambouli. Haim Farhi witten in 1934 by Elie Levi AbouAsa , translated by Abe Mourad. New trees on Asafrana, Coriatt, Suares families. Updates on many families. See the document Sep 08 Update for a complete list of the changes.

August 2008:

New trees on Asafrana, Coriatt, Suares families. Updates on many families. See the document Aug 08 Update for a complete list of the changes.

July 2008:

A new paper The Inexorable March of Time by Edna Anzarut-Turner. The Weiner, Brook and Peixotto & Salzedo trees have been consolidated into on a new tree named "Brook_Weiner_Salzedo". Updates on many families. See the document July 08 Update for a complete list of the changes.

June 2008:

Updated Nizard and Mankopf tree, the new tree include many Kings of England going back to 900. New Bivas branch. An effort has been undertaken to standardize the spelling or all Birth ad Death Places. Following a Cicurel surname group on Facebook, a Farhi surname group has been created. Updates on many families. See the document June 08 Update for a complete list of the changes.

May 2008:

New Sofaer, Mukamal and Martel family trees. Updates on many families. See the document May 08 Update for a complete list of the 1239 changes.

April 2008:

New Malalel family tree. Updates on many families. See the document April 08 Update for a complete list of the 1265 changes. A new document: La Dispersion des Juifs d'Egypte, a poem by Dr Elie Mangoubi.

March 2008:

More updates on existing Iraqi families. See the document March 08 Update for a complete list of the changes (959 changes).

New documents by Nagi George Zeidan on the Jewish community of Lebanon
Les Juifs du Liban (suite),
Les Rabbins de la Communaute Israëlite à Beyrouth,
La Communauté Juive au Liban,

February 2008:

More updates on existing Iraqi families. New Darwich tree.New Abramovitch branch in the Karaite tree. Several families were not linked to the main tree or anyone in les Fleurs and have been moved to the Unlinked Families Tree. See the document February 08 Update for a complete list of the changes (1019 changes).

January 2008:

Many updates on existing Iraqi families. New Abravanel Family. See the document January 08 Update for a complete list of the changes (869 changes).

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