Twenty two years have passed since I began searching for Tunick ancestors. Along the way I have encountered many Tunicks who believe, as I do, that all Tunicks are related. Today there are over 6000 Tunick/Tunik descendants listed on this site.

Most Tunicks/Tuniks of Eastern European ancestry can be traced to small towns in the Minsk region of Belarus. Stolbtsy, Belarus is 45 miles southwest of Minsk and was home to the majority of our Tunick Ancestors. The ultimate goal is to unite all Tunicks of Eastern European ancestry by finding a common ancestor from the sixteenth century. This goal is closer but remains illusive.

The Tunick Tree will never be completed because to do so would require knowledge of all people whoever lived. With no beginning and no end, it is time to share what is known, replete with errors and omissions. Additions and corrections are requested and are sincerely appreciated. Please take the time to help. With each passing generation so much is lost forever.

email Arvin Tunick, M.D.

Search The Tunick/Tunik Family Trees.

This database contains over six thousand individual Tunick Ancestors and Descendants. These files are an amalgam of my research, the research of many others, and family histories sent to me from all over the world. Access to these files is password protected to prevent robotic indexing and robotic searching. The Name and Password are both Tunick (note the capital T). To protect privacy, dates and places are omitted for living persons (born after 1917 with no death date).

Stolbtsy, Belarus These pages provide historical information, maps, and photos of our ancestral city.

Belarus Archives The National Historical Archives Of Belarus (NIAB) contains hundreds of Tunik records (1811-1915).

Tunik Partisans (Resistance fighters against the Nazis) in Belarus 1941-1944

Stolbtsy Jewish Cemetery lists 12 Tuniks (1914-1936).

Stolbtsy Jewish Cemetery (The entire collection) contains 578 gravestone photos (1818-1940)

Origin of Tunicks/Tuniks

Ellis Island immigration records lists 86 Tunicks (1892-1924).

Castle Garden pre Ellis Island immigration records lists 16 Tunik/Tunicks (1820-1896).

United Kingdom Census lists 43 Tunicks (1841 and 1901).

1800'S U.S. Census lists many Tunicks living in the U.S.A. prior to the arrival of immigrants from Eastern Europe.

1900 U.S. Census lists many Tunicks/Tuniks.

1910 U.S. Census lists many Tunicks/Tuniks.

1915 N.Y. Census lists 77 Tunicks

1920 U.S. Census lists hundreds of Tunicks/Tuniks.

1925 N.Y. Census lists 142 Tunicks/Tuniks.

1930 U.S. Census lists hundreds of Tunicks/Tuniks.

1940 U.S. Census lists hundreds of Tunicks/Tuniks.

NYC Marriages lists 39 Tunick marriages (1908-1936).

New York County Naturalization Petitions lists 41 Tunicks (1907-1924).

Social Security Death Index lists 238 Tunicks (1962-2012).

California Death Records lists 49 Tunicks (1940-1997).

NYC Death Records lists 65 Tunicks (1895-1946).

Florida Death Records lists 35 Tunicks (1936-1998).

World War I Draft Registration lists 45 Tunicks (1917-1918).

Veterans Cemeteries lists 9 Tunicks (1800-2010).

"Find a Grave" Web Site lists over 96 Tunicks/Tuniks. Some entries include gravestone photos.

Stolbtsy Yiskor (Memorial) Book

Tuniks murdered during the Holocaust.