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• JamesPadraicR commented on Upcoming appearance: Pyrkon 2014, Poznan
  I suppose I don't mind. I had second thoughts about putting the picture online, though I don't think there's much chance of it showing up elswhere. I don't really do much email, at least not with people I don't actually know, but I'll certainly be around here, if you should happen to learn anything interesting. Thanks anyhow. A little bit of information that you don't particularly need to know. His name was Gedaliah Kossoy (not sure of spelling), when he came to America he took the name Joe Abrams. That story is that he and his brothers came and all...
• Trottelreiner commented on Upcoming appearance: Pyrkon 2014, Poznan
  Well, my idea was to use a somewhat more official e-mail address for answering, I just didn't want to post it; and then there is this issue with having a somewhat rare surname for Germany, with all other bearers related. Whatever, I'll mention anything I find answering to one of your posts here. As for the new name your grandfather chose, maybe it was somewhat deliberate to keep some relation to his roots. The original name doesn't seem that rare BTW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Kossoy...
• JamesPadraicR commented on Upcoming appearance: Pyrkon 2014, Poznan
  I'm probably one of the few people nowadays that only has one email address, and I don't put it out in public. I hadn't heard of that Kossoy. A few years ago was wandering around the Manhattan diamond district (looking for a bookstore) and saw a jewelry shop called Kossoy's. That was the first time I had seen the name elsewhere, I've seen a few more since then. I didn't think to go in and ask about it at the time....
• dsgood commented on Upcoming appearance: Pyrkon 2014, Poznan
  Possibly useful website: jewishgen.org....
• JamesPadraicR commented on Upcoming appearance: Pyrkon 2014, Poznan
  Oh yeah, thanks. That's one site I'd forgotten about, it's been several years since I've done any genealogy. One problem, though, is not being sure of name spelling and having no idea where exactly my ancestors came from....