Rebecca, N-565, Application for Replacement Naturalization/Citizenship Document https://www.uscis.gov/n-565 Hope this helps, Sherri Bobish

Deborah, He is going to Max LAZARUS on Broome Street, NYC. Max LAZARUS and his wife Lea are living at 233 Broome Street on the 1900 census. Regards, Sherri Bobish

This seems like a bad attempt to render the Warsaw district of Powązki phonetically - in 1916, Powązki was the 5th district (cyrkuł). Jonathan Spencer-Todd London, UK

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Hi. Good idea, but unfortunately, Ancestry does not include this information on the transcription. I have also looked on My Heritage and they also do not provide a transcription for this column.

It looks like Lab, an abbreviation for Laborer. See the others on that page for which the word is written out. -- Alan Shuchat Newton, MA

Deborah, On the manifest (NY arrivals, 22 Oct 1899) it appears Henry's occupation is "Laborer". It was corrected from something else, but if you compare it to the occupations for persons on lines 7,

Deborah - I note your interest in Heiser. My great great grandfather was Abraham Heiser who was born c 1826 in Kempen, Prussia and emigrated to London in the late 1840s. What are the origins of your

VM89170 In Russian: #34 Город Ново-Минск Состоялось в городе Ново-Минске 18-го июня (1-го июля) 1902 года в 10 часов утра.

Harold - I have a similar problem in that one of my great grandfathers assumed the name Davis Smith when he arrived in UK and his naturalisation papers, while disclosing the forenames of his parents

VM89169 In Russian: #143 Ново-Минск Состоялось в городе Ново-Минске 20-го июля (2-го августа) 1915 года в 10 часов утра.

I've posted two vital records in Polish on ViewMate for a translation.

Hi Sherri, Thanks for your interest. Yes, I have that. As you may have gathered, she is a lady of some mystery and I'm trying to discover who she was before she became "Davis" and her origins. Mike

Can you advise what you definitely know - arrival, departure and dates? Ancestry often provides transcriptions so such info. would enable a search..... Mike Coleman

I've posted vital records in Russian for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following

This is a big request, to decipher and translate the following two records. These are very important to me, my ancestor and maybe a son of his. Seems like lots of info there I will provide any info

Dear children Bob and Babra Live happily with your dear children and your dear parents I thank you for your gift for my ... God should give you health and life, what you do for your old grandma

Go to familysearch.com and enter the last name Snayde, Wurcelman or Ianchel (do no set the exact option, leave it open) and restrict documents to Brazil (set the exact option). There are lots of

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Hi all: The following is taken from a death registration: "It took place in Warsaw, in the Povenkovsky fifth precinct, in the office of an official of the civil status of non-Christian confessions on