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Question:Grandmother's family was from Ukraine, they were German Jews. I didn't bother to ask aunt how it was spelled.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Grandmother's family was from Ukraine, they were German Jews. I didn't bother to ask aunt how it was spelled.

Mashalok, in Latin letters. http://www.jewishgen.org/belarus/Slutsk_...

It could also be Marshalok, which is much more common in Ukraine (Маршалок). Marshalok is of German/Polish roots, and widespread in Ukraine and Belarus.
http://www.google.ru/search?hl=ru&q=%D0%...
http://www.yellowpages.kiev.ua/search.ph...
http://www.kompass.com/en/UA106820

mashalock

Is your aunt still around? Or anyone else who might know the spelling?

Michalka


they probably pronounce it differently so it may sound like what ure looking for.