Ostrach-Hamel Ancestry

Welcome:  My main focus is family history and photographs.  Herb Ostrach's ancestors were Jews, primarily from Ukraine, then under Russian rule, with one branch from Poland.  My ancestors were Catholics, both French Canadian and Azorean Portuguese.   You'll also find photos of current family members and a page for my hobbies.

NOTE:  Elaine Ostrach Chaika has done a wonderful web site with family stories and pictures. 
Click here visit her web site for more complete information about the Ostrach, Gilfenbain, Butkovitz and other Ukranian and Polish Jewish families.  Or copy this link into the address line on your browser: http://elaineostrachchaika.com/Home_Page.html                 to email Terry Ostrach click here.

 

 

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They Came to America!

The came from Western Europe and Eastern Europe, from the Portuguese Azores and France.  They came through Ellis Island.  Some were waylaid for a few hundred years in Canada.  They came to America to avoid persecution, to stay alive, to live free and have their children live free, to work and prosper, to contribute to a better way of life.

Family History Photo Album

Family Trees

They came to America from:
bulletUkraine
bulletPoland
bulletFrance (by way of Canada)
bulletAçores (The Portuguese Azores)

Family lines
bulletUkrainian Jewish
bulletPolish Jewish
bulletFrench Catholic
bulletPortuguese Catholic

 

 
   
     

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This site was last updated 01/07/10