Marking Shmariahu (Sam) Shore’s 80th yahrtzeit with family recollections, community leadership, and sources on his Providence life and legacy.

Tracing Velvel (Wolf/Volko) Saranduk from Talne to Buffalo and California, this post examines how one close branch of the Saranduk family diverged from the Shore surname, highlighting the limits and contingencies of genealogical reconstruction.

New records added by JewishGen shed new light on the Saranduk’s in Talne.

A source-based sketch of Hyman and Sarah Shore, tracking census, manifest, and cemetery records while noting the inconsistencies in ages and dates across documents.

1836–1889 Saranduk census entries and Cherkasy church records tracing Mordko and Nakhman branches.

1818/1836 Torgovitsa revision lists mapping Leyb → Mordko/Avrum lines and migration to Talne.