Extending the Cerf Family Tree

I discovered a European Jewish genealogy website called GeneaNet.org with an extensive family tree that includes our Cerf branch. It has some very exciting information about where the Cerfs came from before arriving in Phalsbourg, France.

GeneaNet requires registration, but it is free to look. Special search features require payment. I'm hoping the link I provide below will work for everyone. If not, you might need to register first.

Here's the link:  Cerf Family Tree from Europe.  Scroll down to the bottom of the very long Descendants Chart and you will see Moyse Salomon Cerf, his wife Pierrette (Gail) Levy Lehmann, and their seven children, including Bernard Cerf (father of immigrant Aaron Cerf) and Barach Cerf (father of immigrants Moise/Moses and Ernest Cerf).

Follow the chart upwards, looking for Moyse Salomon Cerf's parents, Salomon Zalman Cerf and Rose Reisele Levy (third generation from the left). Now scroll to the top of the chart to find the first and second generations from the left. Nephtali Mosche dit (aka) Moyse Cerf and his father, Jacob Moyse Cerf.

Click on any name you see on the chart, including spouses, to find birth, death and marriage information, if available. For instance, Salomon Zalman Cerf was born in Mittelbronn (near Phalsbourg), Moselle, Lorraine, France, and died in Phalsbourg, Moselle, Lorraine, France. His father, Nephtali Mosche dit Moyse Cerf, was born in Mittelbronn.  And the birthplace of his father, Jacob Moyse Cerf, was Worms, Rhenanie-Palatinat, Germany. This is extremely interesting information, and information I would like to verify.

I wrote to the family tree owner/researcher a while ago, but he never wrote back. Possibly there is a language barrier. He did, however, put my name as a reference for the names of the wives of Bernard and Barach Cerf that I gave him when I wrote. Unfortunately, he didn't have the names of the siblings of Moses and Ernest Cerf.

Will I be adding these names and vital record information to my Cerf family tree? Yes and no. I have added it to my own personal tree with notations of where the information came from. But I'm not adding it to my online tree just yet until I can somehow verify the information myself with records. That may not happen unless I hire another researcher in Europe. I did that once before (that researcher has since died). It has become a more expensive proposition.

Does anyone speak French? The owner/researcher, Remi Klotz, is French. Anyone is welcome to try to contact him...as long as you let me know what you find out.

Here is a descendants chart for Jacob Moyse Cerf born in Worms for your easy reference.  It only shows six generations to keep it short and easy to read. See the red arrows on the right side noting the Cerf immigrants to the U.S., at least the ones I know about.

Reference:

Family Tree Remi Klotz on GeneaNet.org website at http://gw5.geneanet.org/rklotz1?lang=en&pz=remi+charles&nz=klotz&ocz=0&m=D&p=jacob+moyse&n=cerf&sosab=10&color=&t=A&v=10.