Akiva Hakohen (Alter of Salonika) Katz - Eli Hakohen

Never mind, I see, but where is the picture from?

This is my rough translation of the image in Hebrew: "Moshe Isserles Shatzuk from Krakow - Rema. The wife of Rema, Shprintsa, was the daughter of Rabbi Mordechai Gershon Katz [and [his spouse] the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Kaluber of Posen], the holy son of Rabbi Chaim Katz killed in his prime(?), son of Yitzhak Katz of Constantinople, son of Rabbi Akiva Katz of Thessaloniki, descendant of Eli HaCohen, descendant of Ithamar ben Aharon HaCohen." There is a URL source for this image/document but unfortunately the URL is defunct at this moment so there is no solid source reference. This shows why one should not depend on internet URLs alone-- they may not be around forever. Instead, please use a more permanent reference citation, such as the name of the book, its author, its publication date and location. Thanks.

in the information about him writes the name of the book including a page number. You can read online

R' Wartski: Are you referring to this: HebrewBooksOrg_9642_page_580.pdf? If so, then I am still unable to ascertain the name of the book from this citation. When I go to HebrewBooks.org I cannot find the book using this information. Can you help? Thanks.

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it"s from the book:
תשורה - תשס"ז (סגל) ספר הצאצאים (עמוד 12)
It is not possible to download the file from the ozar hachochma site

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https://tablet.otzar.org/he/book/book.php?book=156805&width=0&a...

Toda raba!

If I am translating correctly, the book is Zikron Yosef written by Joseph Joskowitz Ioskovich circa 1897. According to his GENI ancestry report he does descend from R' Akiva HaKohen through his 9th ggm Gittel [Wife of Shlomo] Segal.

I am not qualified to evaluate the veracity or reliability of the sources used by R' Yoskowitz in Zikron Yosef when he states that R' Akiva is a descendant of Eli HaKohen HaGadol. I must leave that to future wayfarers, with greater knowledge and experience, to comment upon.

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This matter was checked with Naftali Wakstein.