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This is a history of  the  Layman, Leymanshtein, Leimanshtein, Leymonshtein  and Rayak, Royak families. It began in Vyazma and Vitebsk in Russia in  the early  eighteen  hundreds,  and went  through  China  and  Israel  and  finished  up in Australia.  I  finished  writing this history 19th March 2018.

While I tried to be factual and accurate, some details were hazy and there are gaps which in time I am hoping will be filled. We lost contact with my mother's brother Yifim Rayak, my uncle, when he went to study engineering in a university either in Moscow or Leningrad. Last we heard, he was married and had a daughter.  We don't know the wife's or the daughter's name. We are guessing the daughter would have been born around 1925-1930. I would dearly like to find this daughter who would be around 90 by now, and possibly even her family if there is one.

                            Tania Fania and Yifim                                          Yifim