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Subject: Help to confirm new Guinness Book Record of oldest person From: milton blackstone <milton@cts.com> Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 03:50:49 -0700 Message-Id: <3258E089.BCD@cts.com> Organization: CTS Network Services Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.jewish Some months ago, I was sent a clipping found by the widow of a cousin who had passed away, which came from an English paper dated Feb. 22, 1928. The article reported that my father's brother was preparing to go to Lesko, Poland to help settle the estate of his GUncle, LEIB FELD, who had just passed away at the age 125, leaving a widow of 117, to whom he had been married for 100 years. Further research has resulted in my learning that his passing had been reported inseveral other publications, which provided me additional information, i.e. his birthplace, Dymbrow, near Lumberg (then Poland - now Ukraine) in 1803. I have yet to find confirmation on this. Inasmuch as world famous GUINESS BOOK OF RECORDS lists the "oldest person" as 120, they are also interested in documentation of my GGUncle's birth/death statistics. Any help or suggestions on how/where to get such verification would be very much appreciated. Uncle Leib left six children (of 18) who survived his death, and I have located one of his descendents who is also interested in genealogy and eager to learn more, as I am. Having reported this story previously, Dan Leeson, wished desperately, to be connected to this lineage. As one victim of a heart attack to another, I can tell you - it brings a shot of new hope to be related to the oldest Jew (or person) who lived, not counting Methuselah. <VBG> Incidently, circumstances wiped out all my messages and addresses, and left me offline for more than two weeks. I now have a new system and a new ISP - consequently, a new e-mail address. Please note my new address is: milton@cts.com Milton Blackstone