This Old and New Testament bible was purchased from an online reseller. It’s covers have fallen off and many pages have separated from the binding. Yet, inside is the gift of a hand written family history. Most is in English, but some names are reprinted in what looks to be Hebrew, reflecting the Jewish heritage of many in the family.
It begins with the births Ida Erlich born in Prussia in 1834 and Philip Dzialynski born in Poland in 1833. The family moves to Florida and later some move to Georgia.
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UPDATE: We’ve been so fortunate to have contributions by J. Bunch! He’s provided transcriptions, photographs, and a GED.Com file for the family!
Transcription Dzialynski Family Bible
Dzialynski Family Bible Transcriptions – Marriages
Dzialynski Family Bible – Deaths
History of the Dzialynski Family
Thank you JB!!
JB has question for other family historians. He’s looking to clarify the following entries in the history:
The following are the names of individual on the sheets that I have no information on or have no concrete documentation to support who they are related to:
Ralph W. Cohen – I am not 100% who he is related to but have a pretty good idea.
Auguste Leiser – I have no idea who this person this and how he/she is related to the family.
Isaac Ehrlich & Henrietta Kauffman – I have a good idea how they are connected to the family but have no solid documentation to prove it.
Rudolph Ehrlich & Hanchen Dzialynski – I have good idea how they are connected to the family but no solid documentation to prove it.
H. Berlack & Hanchen Ehrlich - I have good idea how they are connected to the family but no solid documentation to prove it.
Maurice R. Cohen & Ida Williams – I have good idea how they are connected to the family but no solid documentation to prove it.
Now, on to the gallery
(click on individual images for larger views)
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- Frances Palmer Cohen
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- Fraces Palmer Cohen
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- George I P Dzialynski
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- Ruth Hope (Dzialynski) Leon
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I am in possession of all of the Dzialynski ( Delinski) documents that have been passed down from the 1800′s.
My Grandmother Florence Delinski left everything to me when she passed here in Ocala, Florida at my home in 1992.
Please, Please, Please contact me so I can get involved.
The Jewish Museum in Florida has been tracking the Dzialynski family since from 1840.
Anthony,
What documents do you have? Can you share some of the information?
Thanks.
Joseph
I have been researching my Dad’s family – but I have never seen the spelling shown on this site – however, on one of the pages, our current spelling of the name is listed.
I have never made a connection to the Florida Delinski groups. If there ever was a connection to John(Jon) Delinski who immigrated from Poland and ended up in Omaha, Ne – where my father Leo was born. My grandfather was Stanley (Stasu) and served in Haller’s Army in WWI. He ended up at the Peoria Journal Star in Peoria, IL. If there is breath of relavance I would appreciate the information.
Hi,
I’m afraid we’re limited by what is on the pages about the bible. We don’t do more research than that. If you leave a way for other family historians to contact you, then others from the family will likely do so. There have been several researchers from this family! I’ll also send an email to one of them and point them in the direction of your post.
Let’s see what we can to do assist. K
I was told you were looking for information the Delinski family. I saw your post. Unfortunately, at the moment I don’t have any information on the Delinski family that you are referring to. There is a good chance both our families are connected. Although mine spelt the name a little different, it seems like I remember seeing information once about some Dzialynski families spelling it Delinski. Do you have any more specific information (names, dates & places) about the individuals you mentioned? Fill free to email me directly at jtbunch@frontiernet.net.
Doug,
I was searching on the internet for information based on the names you included in your post and found information posted by a woman named Sandy Drexel on RootsWeb’s World Connect Project. The information appears to have been posted in 2001 and not updated since then. I believe this is your family. Here is the web address.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=:1624224&id=I039
Joseph
Joseph–Thank you for your “goodwill” and quick research!
Kathryn
I am also a Dzialynski descendant, and have a lot of genealogical material. I would love to compare notes with Joseph Bunch, and answer some of his questions above. Can you put me in touch with him? Thanks.
Happily! I’ll send him a note now!
Hi,
I forwarded your information to Joseph, and I hope he’s been in touch. Let me know if that connection didn’t happen, and I’ll try again.
Thank you~!
Last fall I was contacted by Goodwill Genealogist about contributing to a website they were putting together. They informed me that they had in their possession a bible containing family information and thought I might be related to the family. They discovered this through some genealogy I had posted on ancestry.com. The sent me photographs of the information from the bible. When I viewed the information, I can’t tell you how excited I was. It was indeed my family. It was amazing to learn that such documents existed and that they were in relatively good condition. Well, this past week my excitement about just learning a family bible was out there and seeing digital images of the information contained in it was eclipsed by the experience of seeing the bible in person and holding it in my hands. To hold a 164 year old document in my hand and know that at one point, my Great Great Grandfather once held the same document was truly an amazing experience. It was the second time in the 20+ years I have been doing genealogy research to have such an experience. I am grateful to the folks at Goodwill Genealogists for what they are doing to ensure others can have similar experiences. Thank you.
I forgot to mention. I do have some photographs of descendants of this family and would be happy share.
Joseph, if you click on the Contribute Tab, there’s a form you can complete to send along photos. Thank you!
Thanks. Let me know if you would like me to forward digital copies of the photos I have and where to send them. I don’t know if this is something you would like to post or not. Only one of the photos is of someone listed on the Bible pages. It’s a picture of George Isaac P. Dzialynski. He is a son of Philip Dzialnski. His name is listed on the page of Births.
It would be wonderful to have even one photo! Do you think a gedcom file for just what is in the bible would be too much to ask? That is, if you have it in a tree? I think if I uploaded it, and tagged it, others could search it. This could be a spot for family to find one another….What do you think? I think you can submit things to the blog via the form on the on Contribute page, or if you still have my email address from when I sent you the files earlier this year, you could use that. I’m really appreciative!
Joseph has given generously donated transcriptions of several pages, photographs and a gedcom file. In addition, he has some questions for other family members. He’d like clarification (additional documentation) for the following people:
JB has question for other family historians. He’s looking to clarify the following entries in the history:
The following are the names of individual on the sheets that I have no information on or have no concrete documentation to support who they are related to:
Ralph W. Cohen –
Auguste Leiser –
Isaac Ehrlich & Henrietta Kauffman –
Rudolph Ehrlich & Hanchen Dzialynski
H. Berlack & Hanchen Ehrlich Maurice R. Cohen & Ida Williams
Let’s give him a hand!
I received a copy of these Bible pages and they are excellent. While much of the information in the pages I already knew, there was some new information. One of the most fascinating things about the pages was being to deduce which family member mostly likely began tracking this information. It appears Philip Dziakynski began recording this information mostly in the 1850′s after immigrating to the United States. If anyone needs information on this family, I am happy to share.
Hi Joseph! I’m so happy you joined us here! I’ve recently heard from another family member, so I hope they’ll come here to share and perhaps connect with you.
Philip D. did a great thing keeping the family history in this bible. Good sleuthing on your part to figure who it was.