years. I have searched everywhere I can think of, with as many variations
as I can think of, but have never been able to find it. I don't know what
else to do, so I'm hoping someone here can come up with some new ideas.

My grandmother was born in Berdichev, Russia. Most of her family immigrated
to Dayton, Ohio, before she, her mother and brother came. She told me she
arrived at the port of New York. Their names, Americanized, were Elizabeth
(mother), Sophia and Charles Skilken. I suspect they were listed on the
passenger list under their Hebrew names, though I don't know what they were,
other than my grandmother's name might have been Zipporah. Their ages would
have been approximately 26 (Elizabeth), 5 (Sophia) and 8 (Charles).

I have narrowed their arrival to the period between April 22, 1910 (the 1910
census, where my great grandfather Ralph/Rachmiel was listed as "single" and
was listed as a boarder at his mother's house) and January 3, 1911 (Ralph's
petition for naturalization, which includes his wife and children but
doesn't say when they arrived). Elizabeth died in 1912 but her death
certificate doesn't mention how long she had been in the country, state or
city.

I have searched all the passenger list indexes (on microfilm as well as the
ones on A******y and Ellis Island records) for any spelling variations I
could think of, as well as "starts with" options on Steven Morse's sites. I
have searched by location for all passengers >from Berdichev (using towns
beginning with Berd as my search criterion).

So aside >from looking at every passenger manifest, line by line, for those
eight months, what else can I do? Help!!!!!!!

years. I have searched everywhere I can think of, with as many variations
as I can think of, but have never been able to find it. I don't know what
else to do, so I'm hoping someone here can come up with some new ideas.

My grandmother was born in Berdichev, Russia. Most of her family immigrated
to Dayton, Ohio, before she, her mother and brother came. She told me she
arrived at the port of New York. Their names, Americanized, were Elizabeth
(mother), Sophia and Charles Skilken. I suspect they were listed on the
passenger list under their Hebrew names, though I don't know what they were,
other than my grandmother's name might have been Zipporah. Their ages would
have been approximately 26 (Elizabeth), 5 (Sophia) and 8 (Charles).

I have narrowed their arrival to the period between April 22, 1910 (the 1910
census, where my great grandfather Ralph/Rachmiel was listed as "single" and
was listed as a boarder at his mother's house) and January 3, 1911 (Ralph's
petition for naturalization, which includes his wife and children but
doesn't say when they arrived). Elizabeth died in 1912 but her death
certificate doesn't mention how long she had been in the country, state or
city.

I have searched all the passenger list indexes (on microfilm as well as the
ones on A******y and Ellis Island records) for any spelling variations I
could think of, as well as "starts with" options on Steven Morse's sites. I
have searched by location for all passengers >from Berdichev (using towns
beginning with Berd as my search criterion).

So aside >from looking at every passenger manifest, line by line, for those
eight months, what else can I do? Help!!!!!!!

Sheri Drew sheri.drew@... wrote:
I am researching the MITAU family who was living in Hamburg, Germany,
during the 1850's. On the birth certificates of the children, it lists
the mother's maiden name as SCHREIBER, and claims her place of birth
as Zell. There are almost 40 Zell's in Germany alone, and others in
Switzerland and France. Are there any ideas how to pinpoint the
correct town of birth so that I can find the Schreiber family?

Sheri Drew sheri.drew@... wrote:
I am researching the MITAU family who was living in Hamburg, Germany,
during the 1850's. On the birth certificates of the children, it lists
the mother's maiden name as SCHREIBER, and claims her place of birth
as Zell. There are almost 40 Zell's in Germany alone, and others in
Switzerland and France. Are there any ideas how to pinpoint the
correct town of birth so that I can find the Schreiber family?

A document >from the AJDC Landsmanshaftn Dept. in the YIVO Archives
in New York City (RG 335.7) has a list of 43 survivors of the Shoah

from Monasterzyska, who were residing in the region of Lower Silesia,

Poland in 1946. It includes the survivor's name, the parents' given
names, age, occupation, address in 1946.

A document >from the AJDC Landsmanshaftn Dept. in the YIVO Archives
in New York City (RG 335.7) has a list of 43 survivors of the Shoah

from Monasterzyska, who were residing in the region of Lower Silesia,

Poland in 1946. It includes the survivor's name, the parents' given
names, age, occupation, address in 1946.