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title: "The Matlaw / Matlovsky Family Archive"
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Family Archive

Matlaw ·  Matlovsky

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[Home](/)[History](/history)[The Name](/name)[Family Tree](/tree)[Pictures](/pictures)[Memorial](/memorial)[Contact](/contact)

Since 1780 · Lithuania · America · Beyond

# The Matlaw /  Matlovsky Family

A living archive of who we were and who we became — history, photographs, family trees, and the memory of the cousins we lost.

[Read the history](/history)[Browse the tree](/tree)

![Miriam Matlovsky Bernstein and son Herschel](/assets/clip_image003-BpmtloOZ.jpg)

![Herschel (Zvi) Bernstein, 1938](/assets/clip_image004-Cto4v_bE.jpg)

![Meryl and toddler Irving](/assets/Meryl_and_todler_Irving-DO9jXyOE.jpg)

![Matlaw brothers and wives](/assets/26-Matlaw-Brothers-and-Wives-1-of-2-1024x634-BHdFUQcj.jpg)

The Archive

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## History

Letters, memoirs, and firsthand accounts tracing the family from Naishtot and Vilna to America.

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## The Matlovsky Name

How a surname was carried from the town of Matlowka into Matlaw, Matlofsky, Matlovski, and more.

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## Family Tree

Ten generations descended from Abram Matlovsky, plus the descendants of Freda Klein and Hirsch Penkinsky.

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## Pictures

Photographs of the Matlaw brothers, wives, children, and the places they lived and worked.

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## Memorial

The names of cousins killed in Naishtot and Virbalin, Lithuania, in the summer of 1941, and the story of what happened.

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## Contact

Add a story, correct a record, or share a photograph. This archive is kept alive by the family.

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From the companion tree

## Recent activity on the Matlaw family site

Ethan also maintains an 8,521-person working tree on MyHeritage, where new names, dates, and documents are added as they come to light. Membership is by request.

[View full updates on MyHeritage →](https://www.myheritage.com/family-sites/matlaw-family-site/OYYV7P2ULV2UBQ4H2LKFBNYOD7RO3YI)

-   Edited
    
    Bernhard "Bär" Baer
    
    Ancestor line connecting into the extended Matlaw / Baer branches.
    
-   Edited
    
    Ralph William Mack
    
    American descendant — dates and residence updated.
    
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    Rywka Chaimowna Zyman
    
    Lithuanian record cross-referenced with town archives.
    
-   Edited
    
    Rebecca Godschalk née Hirsch
    
    Maiden name and family links corrected.
    

A note from the curator

“This site belongs to all of us. If you have a story, a photo, or a correction, please send it in — it will be added here for the next generation to find.”

— Ethan Matlaw · [ematlaw@gmail.com](mailto:ematlaw@gmail.com)

© 2026 Matlaw / Matlovsky Family Archive.

Curated by Ethan Matlaw · [ematlaw@gmail.com](mailto:ematlaw@gmail.com)

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