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Family Trees & Stories: The Ostrach-Hamel family tree with one branch going back to about 975 c.e.
Family Pictures:--both current and ancestors.
Ostrach-Zakman Ancestors
Pictures from the Ukraine, records from Ellis Island, old family photos.
Mello Ancestors
Pictures from the Azores, census records, old family photos.
Current Family Members
Here's what we look like in more recent times.
Knit or Knot: Information about the Greater Orlando, FL official knitting guild.
Some of the surnames in the tree are:
On the Ostrach side: Ostrach, Astrok, Zakman, Zachman, Sachman, Sheehim, Shatkin, Schectman, Sheklan, Chaika, Portnoy, Spira, Terry, Mazo. Gilfenbain includes Elfenbain, Butkovitz, Klayman. On the Hamel side: Hamel, Bégin, Huard, Bourassa, Vachon, Montminy, Bourget, Levasseur, Carrier, Durand, Meloque, Doucet, Prince, Morin, Talbot, Gervais, Mathieu, Blanchet, Pelletier, Auget, Grenier, Houde, Method, Gaudry. Mello includes: de Mello, Melo, Machado, Marshall, Toledo, Ormonde, Drummond, Berbeireia, Coelho, Evangelho, Roza, Cota, Gonçalves, Borges, Gomes, dos Santos, Fialho, Pinheiro, do Sacramento, Cardozo, Jacques, Mendez, Vaz Diniz, Pacheco, Vieira, Corvelho, de Fajã, Fernandes, and many others dating back to Sancho II and before.