For YESHERMOFSKY you could try YASHINOVSKY and variants? My YASHINOVSKY came from Knyszyn, near Bialystok, but sadly I have no known connection with KOPOVITCH or with the other names you mention. Elly (London) 2008/8/13 Ginger de Winter <ginger@flyingdutchman1.co.uk>: > I have a birth certificate for Simon, stating that his mother's > maiden name is YESHERMOFSKY.