Welcome!

Our family history is a work in progress and we are hoping to document the journey here on this site and share the stories in our blog.  Our philosophy for this site is to work slowly and lay a firm foundation that will help our extended family to collaborate in this effort.  Our four family lines are listed below.  These are the families we are searching for and it is their stories we are hoping to preserve.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions, comments or common interests. We’d love to hear from you!


Sam Janofsky

A rough, no-nonsense, cowboy with a sense of humor. Known to all as Sid, he was born in Southern California. He ran away as a youth … read more

Ada Kallin

A beautiful and refined woman, she fell hard for a cowboy. She was born in London, UK to a Jewish family. Eventually, the family made their … read more

Jacob Flaxman

A quiet, unusually muscular, father of five. He was born a Jew in the Russia of the 1800s. He served in the military as a young man, leaving that life … read more

Dora Fingerman

A petite and passionate, curly-haired, bright-eyed pillar of a woman. She was born into a poor Jewish family in Vitebsk, Russia in the 1800s … read more

Each of us benefits from all of those who have gone before. Learning those stories helps us understand who we are and where we came from. - Elder David A. Bednar