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History of Updates - 2006 Chronology

December 2006:

Update on the Farhi houses of old Damascus. Out of the 24 Farhi residences in old Damascus, one Farhi house has already been gentrified and converted into the Talisman Hotel. The Raphael El Mouallem complex has been purchased by an architect and will be convert it into a luxury Hotel as well.  

New Safra Families. Updating Farhi (from pre inquisition Spain) & Farchy ( Vienna Records) families. Updates on Antebi,Attie, Baruchel, Bigio, Cohen, Elmaleh, Elia, Kattan, Kooby, Maslaton, Mazurky, Michaan, Mizrahi, Picciotto, Puyraimond, Rofe, Safra, Sasson, Shama, Sion, Zemmour and many others. See the document Dec Update for a complete list of the changes (370 changes).

A new document by Edna Turner-Anzarut: Memories of el Alamein.

A new Google search engine was installed for the site. An effort to add the photos to the TNG display of the data has begun with the webmaster's immediate family.

November 2006:

List of Farhi killed in action during the Israeli wars ( 1945 to 1997).  

New Anzarouth, Djemal Families. Updating Farhi & Farji families. Updates on Altaras, Anzarut, Benevet, Bigio, Boulad, Cantor, Costi, Elia, Enos, Gubbay, Harari, Hassan, Levy, Maleh, Nahmias, Netter, Pam, Picciotto, Sanig, Sasson, Shalom, Sidi, Staal, Temime, Wahba and many others. See the document Nov Update for a complete list of the changes (797 changes) .

October 2006:

New Farhi family that lived in 1465 in Zaragoza, Spain. This find establish a pre-inquisition prescence of few Farhi families there. New Soffer Family. Updating Farhi families. Updates on Anzaroot, Anzarut, Bianco, Btesh, Casson, Djeddah, Donchin, Emos, Emsami, Gubbay, Israel, Korine, lahmani, Levy, maleh, Maeshall, Mizrahi, Picciotto, Rossi, Sasson, See, Soed, Stern, Staal, Sultan, Tizabi,Vecht, Wahba, Zeitouni, Zekaria and many others. See the document Oct Update for a complete list of the changes (641 changes) .

The aim was to find 1) the possible existance of a common ancestor for people having the same surname and 2) the geographic origins of that ancestor. For more details on the results, click on Sephardic Heritage.

September 2006:

Updating Farhi families. Updates on Barda, Bekhor, Bigio, Btesh, Cattan, Cikurel, Costi, Djemal, Harari, Israel, Nahum, Nessim, Picciotto, Raccah, Safdie, Safdeye, Sheinin, Shammah, Staal, Sternheim, Toriel, Zamir and many others. See the document Sep Update for a complete list of the changes (976 changes)

August 2006:

Updating Farhi families. New Pavid families. Updates on Abed, Akselrod, Algazi, Antebi, Anzarut, Avram, Barchillon, Bekhor, Bigio , Btesh, Cattan, Dangoor, Descoings, Douek, Dowek, gabroelsp, Goldberg,, Griffon, Hemsi, Khazzam, Khedouri,El Kodsi, Korine, Laredo, Lawee, Levy, Lichaa, Marcovitch, Meranda, Mizrahi, Moullin, Picciotto, Rodrig, Saleh, Shalom, Shapiro, Shemtob, Sutton, Smouha, Tilche, Valeo, Zimnavoda, and many others. See the document Aug Update for a complete list of the changes (782 changes)

July 2006:

Updating Farhi families. New Applebaum and Steinberg families. Updates on Anteny, Anzarut, Barchillon, Benzakein, Bigio, Deyong , Douek, Duek, Fior, Fox, Frankel, Gegati, Griffon, Hemsi, Khedouri, Kooby, Korine, Kostrich, Laureano, Levy, Minney, Picciotto, Raskind, Schneider, Shalom, Shapiro, Shemtob, Sutton, Staal, Zebede, and many others. See the document July Update for a complete list of the changes (669 changes).

June 2006:

Updating Farhi , Farji families from Costa Rica. Updates on Douek, Garber, Grobler, Gubbay, Haim, Kassab, Kooby, elMaleh, Matalon, Picciotto, Rauch, Ribbi, Saig, Safra, and many others. See the document June Update for a complete list of the changes (552 changes).

May 2006:

Updating Farhi , Farje families from Peru. New Tarrab , Khamkagi & Camegie, Neyra families. Updates on Attias, Battat, Blanco, Costi, Grunberg, Hazan, Khedouri, Korine, Lakeland, Levy, Menasce, Netter, de Picciotto, Rofe, Staal, Sultan, Wahba and many others. See the document May Update for a complete list of the changes (387 changes).

April 2006:

Updating Farhi family from Syria, Farchy from Bulgaria. New Anter, Tarica families. Updates on Aboudi, Anavi, Alhadeff, Benzakein, Betesh/Btesh, Bigio, Cattan, Carrady, Dwek, Cohen, Ezer, Gourgey Grimberg, Gubbay, Hadida, Heskel Haim, Israel, kadoorie, Kamhi, Kloet, Levy, Mashaal, Meer, Menashe, Moses, Mowlem, Nacmias, Nahmias, De Picciotto, Rofe, Sasson, Sherbany, Sibrack, Silvera, Smaga, Simon, Tarica and many others. See the document April Update for a complete list of the changes (731 changes).

March 2006:

Updating Farhi family from Egypt, Syria, Farji from Argentina, . New Baldwin , Beck , Bergstrom, Chemtov, Ebbo, Funez, Henri, Israel, Naggar, Nasser, Tabbush, Valensi families. Updates on Anavi, Barda, Bianco, Btesh, Chicourel , Chonchol, Cori, Danon, Grimberg , Halim, Harari, Hayat, Kassin, Korine, Lagos, Levi, Lisbona, Mashal, Marshall, Mendoza, Mizrahi, Morris, Politi, Romano, Sakal, Salem, Salama, Sasson, Shamaa, Staal , Suares, Tilche Van Hest and many others. See the document March Update for a complete list of the changes (1043 changes).

February 2006:

Updating Meir Farhi family from Bulgaria, Farhi from Syria, Farji from Mexico, . New Politi , Osmo, Cherebani, Chonchol Moses, Naggar, Rabie, families. Updates on Arditi, Amar, Ash, Barchilon, Barda, Bendahan, Cattaui, Cherebani Douek, Escava,Forte, Franco, Hamoui, Hazan, Iny, Leon, Levi, Lisbona. Marshall, Mattout, Matatia, De Menasce, Nahmad, de Picciotto, Romano, Safra, Salama, Tabbush, Tarrab, Toueg, Vitali , Zulaikha and many others. See the document February Update for a complete list of the changes (1171 changes).

January 2006:

Updating Farhi (& Ashkenazi & Meranda) family from Shumen, Bulgaria . New Alhadeff , Benezra, Chiche ,Pavid, Pizanti, Tabbush families. Updates on Antebi, Argy, Betesh, Beyda, Bloch, Blumencranz , Hayat, Cayatte , Chicorel, Cohen, Eliakim, Ben-Gal, Grazi, Guindy, Harari, Hazan, Hoogi, Isaac, Korine, Levy, Mashaal, Mifano, Naggar, Smouha, Orlan, Richely, Sassoon, Setton , Turiel and many others. See the document January Update for a complete list of the changes (916 changes).

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