GAIL SMITH of Leeds is searching for descendants of her great-grandparents Phillip and Ada Tynes who are buried in the Etz Chaim Synagogue cemetery in New Farnley, Leeds.

Their Hebrew names were Fishel and Ita Risha, and they were also known by the surname Tarnish, Tannis or Tannison. In the same cemetery is their daughter Rose (b 1887) whose married name was Freeman (Freedman), and their son Joe (b 1889) who used the surname Tennyson, and his wife Millie.

Their son Abraham (b 1891), known as Alfred, also used the name Tennyson. Their other children were Israel (1884), Solomon (1890), Samuel (1894), Annie (1896), Harris (1899), Hyman (1901), Rachel (1903) and Gail's grandmother Sarah (1907) who was known as Florence and married George Walsh. Sarah died in 1973.

Contact 19 Sugarwell Mount, Leeds LS7 2QF, telephone 0113 2757506 or gailydoc@hotmail.co.uk

Missing sister

Aliza Caspi of Israel is searching for her younger sister, Clara, whom she hasn't seen since 1942 when the family was leaving Lvov for Warsaw.

Her sister is thought to have married and had children. Their parents were Fania and Yuliush Shtrudler. Fania's maiden name was Birger. Clara spoke Polish, Russian and some Yiddish and English.

Write to noritsheps@bezeqint.net or 12, Ma'aleh Na'mer, Modi'in or telephone 00972 8 9263746.

It's all relative

JUDITH ELAM of America wants to know how her Mendzigursky family is related to the Bookbinders and Bowmans of Cheetham Hill, Manchester.

She believes that the parents of the Bookbinder siblings (Nat, Frank, Percy, Stan, Rebecca, Bluma and Yetta Segal) were Hyman (Chaim) and his wife, either Sarah or Sadie Mendzigursky.

Frank had a bakery, while Nat was the bandleader. Yetta lived at 343 Cheetham Hill Road, and Frank Bowman lived at 164 Cheetham Hill Road.

Judith's grandfather was Peisech Mendzigursky, her mother was Feige (Fay), and her aunt was Margo (Nookie) Mendzigursky Freedman. They lived with these people when they arrived as refugees in August 1939 from Leipzig. Leiser Chiel Mendzigursky and his children also lived with them.

Contact 23 Poailani Place, Kihei, HI 96753, USA or elamj@hawaii.rr.com

Judith's family

LESLIE Kausman of Melbourne wants to make contact with Judith Marilyn Samuels of Manchester.

Leslie's grandfather, Mark Kaufman, emigrated to Australia from Manchester in 1911. He had eight siblings, including a brother named Joseph, who had a son named Isaac, born in 1910 and died in February 1986.

Contact leskausman@gmail.com or 3 Benbow Court, Hawthorn East, Australia, 3123 or 00613 9882 1421.

Mother's friend

Heather Mapplebeck of York is trying to contact Herb Solomon who lived in Leeds. Heather's mother knew him in 1950 and he studied textiles at Bradford College.

Write to The Gate House, Orchard View, Skelton, York Yorks, YO30 1YQ, telephone 01904 470518 or email heather.mapplebeck@gp-B82055.nhs.uk