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History of Updates - 2002 Chronology Decembre 2002: See the document Decembre 02 Update for a complete list (264) of the new and modified entries. At the request of a few French submitters, about 3,980 names have been eliminated including those of the Maous and Schrameck families. November 2002: See the document November 02 Update for a complete list (178) of the new and modified entries. A dictionary for words and expressions from different origins (Arabic, French, Italian, Greek, Turkish, English & Hebrew) which were commonly spoken in Egypt by many of us has been compiled from an original Document submitted by Joseph Jesua of Paris. Many former egyptian residents contributed these words. The dictionary can be found at Dico Franco-Egyptien. If you have corrections or additional words to suggest, please write to the webmaster. October 2002: A new design in the web page and display. A new search engine ( Simple and Advanced) using a new database makes it easier to locate a surname. Under the new Index, you will find Persons cards with Notes and create Pedigree and Descendant charts . Under the traditional surname Index and presentation, you will find Family cards with photos (if available). See the very large document October 02 Update for a complete list (873) of the new and modified entries. August 2002: New Farhi family branch who started with Anna Farhi ( 1854-1934) emigrating from Palestine in the 1870's to South Africa. She was called Fourie in Afrikaans. Photos of Alice and Widad Farhi. Benjamin Angel submitted a family tree (6,700 names) that is linked to 3 Farhi spouses: Corinne Babani to Ephraim Farhi, Adrienne Oestreicker to Tewfik Farhi and Aline Dreyfuss to Claude Farhi. (see the very large document August Update for a complete list of the new entries) . New Pictures of the Farhi Houses of Damascus courtesy of Youseff Mouawad and Julie Bouchain. List of Bulgarian Farhi who died during WW1 July 2002: New family tree of Hassoun (linked to Matalon). Update tree on Barcillon, Baruchel, Choremi, Dangoor, de Picciotto, Dweck, Farhi (Bulgaria) , Gabbay, Haiat, Haim, Halfon, Hakam-Saleh, Levy, Manasseh, Sasson, Shashoua, Somekh, and Souroujon many others (see the document July Update for a complete list) . June 2002: Update tree on Baruchel, Galanti, Ezer, Halfon, Hamaoui, Horowitz, Isaacs, Levy, Marsten, Mizrahi, Nissim, Sasson, sayour, Smaga, Tiker, Varon and Walter and many others (see the document June Update for a complete list) . New photos of Farhi who attended the First Farhi Reunion Dinner. May 2002: On May 13, the First Farhi Reunion Dinner was held in Paris. More tham 40 Farhi of different origin attended. A similar dinner was held on the same night in Istanbul by Farhi living there. New Tree on families: Farhi from Peru (originaly from Izmir) , Chemula, Grumberg, Zeitouni . Updates on several Farhi (Syria, Bulgaria, Turkey via Peru). Update tree on Antebi, Betesh, Cikurel, Cohen, Dana Emano, Ergaz, Fattal, Harari Kisilevich, Laniado, Levy, Mifano, Saddick, Sassoon, Souroujon, Zelouf families ) and many others (see the document May Update for a complete list). Photos of Farhi who attended the First Farhi Reunion Dinner in Paris on May 13. New link in the Bibliography for Thomas Philipp's new book on Acre and Haim Farhi. New links in the Link Page for Modiano and Ottolenghi families The Swiss mirror site will be shut down on June 3oth. April 2002: Due to growing size of the data base, we changed the web server for Farhi . org and introduced a few changes: All Surnames have been converted to lower case. Another change will occur on the Switzerland mirror site. At the next update, it will no longer carry the personal cards with notes, it will just show the Web Cards. New Tree on families: Jabes, Darwich, Bigio . Updates on several Farhi (Syria, Bulgaria, Turkey, see list) Update tree on Antebi, Barchilon, Barzilai, Cicurel, Chitayat, Gubbay, Haim, Horesh, Kairey, Khedouri, Levi, Mashaal, Moses, Nissim, Safra, Salama, Sassoon, Shashrabani, Spragg, Tilche, Zelayet families ) and many others (see the document April Update for a complete list) . Many new photos of Azar Farhi & Antoinette Harari, Maurice Toueg & Sarina Sabbagh. March 2002: New Tree on families: Antebi, Darwich, Bigio . Updates on several Farhi (Syria, Bulgaria, Turkey, Tunisia, see list) Update tree on Cicurel, Chayo, Choueke, Cohen, Dabby, Dangoor, Dwek, Dweck, Elia Schaul, Esses, fattal, Gani, Galanti, Haziza, Hedaya , Iny, Isaac, Khalili, Khedouri, Letouche Lisbona, Mansour, Matalon, Modiano ,Najar, Nessim, Peress, Romano, sadka, Sasson Saul, Shashoua, Toeg, Shashoua, Toussieh and Zubeida families ) and many others (see the document March Update for a complete list) . Many new photos on the Shanghai families (Toeg, Moses, Reuben etc) of the 40's. February 2002: New Farhi Families from Turkey (Stacey Farhi Toubiel). New Tree on Jewish families from Singapore (Benjamin, Elias, Sasson). Updates on several Farhi (Bulgaria, Turkey, Tunisia, see list) Update tree on Altaras, Antebi, Battat, Bekhor , Cicurel, Cohen , Dangoor, Douek, Ergaz, Escava, Glaskie, Haim, Hallac, Halevi, Harari, Hazan, Horesh, marin, Mashaal, Romano, Salama, Sasoon, Shernanee, Shlomo, Sicree, Somekh, Souroujon, Zicree, Zimnavoda and Zubeida families ) and many others (see the document February Update for a complete list) Recent photos of the Farhi houses in Damascus   January 2002: New Farhi Families from Bulgaria (Jaco Farhi), USA (Michel), Zaire (Benjamin) and France (Michel) . Updates on several Farhi (Bulgaria, Turkey, Tunisia, see list) New tree on Iraqi families (Chitayat, Dangoor, Battat, Darwish Shshrabani)and many others including Cicurel, Barcilon, Tawil, Douek, Dwek, Altaras, Benzakein, Sabbagh and Gubbay. (see the document January Update for a complete list)   Previous Year 2001 * Next Year 2003