Comments on: Family Trees http://cjlevinson.com/2009/10/27/family-trees/ The Blog of CJ Levinson Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Novel Update « A Writer's Life http://cjlevinson.com/2009/10/27/family-trees/#comment-30195 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:26:54 +0000 http://cjwriter.com/?p=2389#comment-30195 [...] also still working on restoring my great-great grandfather Isaac’s memoir. I have a version of it scanned but the quality isn’t very good, so I need to type it by [...]

]]> By: cjwriter http://cjlevinson.com/2009/10/27/family-trees/#comment-9757 Wed, 19 May 2010 14:16:34 +0000 http://cjwriter.com/?p=2389#comment-9757 Hi Tasha, thanks for your comment. The tree is actually a photo I found online and isn’t mine, although it’s something I’d love to do one day as well; it’s beautiful!

There’s some more information here and a larger size here. Apparently it’s the Šternberk family tree from Sazava in the Czech Republic; the family goes back almost six generations.

Good luck researching your family tree. It’s hard to know where to start, particularly when you have such a large family! It’s amazing how much you learn, though. I’ll have to post an update soon. If you’d like any help with websites or resources, just let me know.

Thanks for stopping by. ;)

]]> By: tasha http://cjlevinson.com/2009/10/27/family-trees/#comment-9753 Tue, 18 May 2010 15:17:15 +0000 http://cjwriter.com/?p=2389#comment-9753 how did you do your family tree? I think it is beautiful. I’ve been trying to do a family tree with pictures of everyone and this is the 1st one i see that is close to what i like. I have a huge family.. my grandparents had 11 kids and their kids and their kids kids, etc.. Can you tell me where you did it?

]]> By: Trying to Catch up… « The Oriel http://cjlevinson.com/2009/10/27/family-trees/#comment-7918 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:28:55 +0000 http://cjwriter.com/?p=2389#comment-7918 [...] Oh my! It was back in October that I had read a wonderful blog by CJ about his family tree. [...]

]]> By: cjwriter http://cjlevinson.com/2009/10/27/family-trees/#comment-7412 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:42:20 +0000 http://cjwriter.com/?p=2389#comment-7412 Hi Muse – it’s a remarkable story, isn’t it? I’ve often thought the same thing about Isaac. If the times had been different, I think he probably would have lived a different life. Become a Rabbi or theologian. But perhaps by becoming a preacher and writer, he fulfilled that, in some ways.

I didn’t know that about Felix Mendelssohn. I knew he was the grandson of Moses Mendelssohn but I didn’t know it was his father who converted first. Fascinating. Sad, how many people had to deny or change who they were because of anti-Semitism and the times.

Having learnt more about Isaac, I feel like I owe him a lot. It was an incredible thing he did, to leave his family behind… a decision that led to me. The least I can do is remember him.

Thank you for the wonderful comment, Muse. Sorry for taking a while to reply as well; feeling a bit better now. Hope you’ve had a great weekend. ;)    

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