Hi, everyone. I just discovered this message board, thanks to another Henkin researcher. I'm both Debbie Henkin's and Joshua Koran's cousin, who are both also researching.

Like you've all said, many of us may be related because of similar names and the small geographical area we come from.

For a couple of years several of us researching our Henkin/Genkin ancestors have been contacting each other.
With one of our group planning a trip to Mogilev, Belarus soon, we're comparIng notes with more involvement.
We kinda have an informal (non-public) mailing list going on.

If you're interested in participating, let me know.
We're trying to compare relatives and naming patterns to find links we've missed before.
Also, there is a project to translate vital records from Mogilev from the 1800's and put them on the internet. Some new GEN'KIN names were added last week. Check out <http://www.jewishgen.org/belarus/13_cds_births.htm>; and the All-Belarus Database at <http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/belarus/>; (search box is at the bottom of the page)

More later!

Hilary Henkin