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The Charney Family of Mir, Belarus Following from an 1836 Marriage Record g1816 Revision List g1795 Revision List g1784 GDL Census The city of Mir was in the Novogrodok district of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 18th century and this town is now in Belarus. Hadassah Lipsius traced her Charney family back through the 19th century using an 1836 Warszawa (Warsaw) marriage record and the 1816 revision list for Mir. She was fortunate to find a 1795 revision list for Mir, which enabled her to recognize her family on the 1784 Grand Duchy of Lithuania list. Hadassah began with an 1836 marriage record in Warszawa (Warsaw) for her 2nd great grandparents from which she first learned that her 2nd great grandmother came from Mir: 1836 Warszawa Marriage Record
Chawa Moszkowna CZARNY, an unmarried girl, in the town of Mir, living with her parents. Born of Moszka CZARNY, a merchant and his wife Zeldy daughter of Solomon Her 2nd great grandmother signed her name in Hebrew as SHACHOR, not CZARNY:
However, Charney means black in Polish and Russian, and Shachor means black Hebrew. When she died a notary record stated that her maiden name was SCHWARTZ! Hadassah observed, "Mir is 243 miles from Warsaszawa. Quite a distance to travel to find your bashert [soulmate]". On the 1816 list for Mir, there are eleven CHARNEY families. Five of these have heads of household who are sons of Leyba, and three are shown below. Movsha and Zelda (family #92) on the following 1816 list are Hadassah's 3rd great grandparents. Mir 1816 Revision List
Hadassah then tried to identify her family on the 1795 Revision List, which is more difficult because it does not contain many surnames. She found Leyb, the father of Itsko [Icko], Meyer and Movsha [Mausze]. In family #8: Leyb son of Hersz has a wife Mirka, and children Mousze, Chana, Icko in the same household. His son Meyer has established and is head of a separate household, with a wife Ryvka and two sons. Mir 1795 Revision List
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