Eva when the immigrants were called forward in turn they showed their landing card which contained their details including name, manifest page and number on page that had been copied from the original

Notice that your story is not about a change wrought by an official; it was merely personal advice, to be followed, or not, as the arriver desired. No one is disputing that such events might have

Notions used to mean sewing supplies, craft supplies and other small items women used. At that time most clothing was made at home or by a local seamstress so trimmings for a dress or hat or yarn to

Very flimsy data but will try: Researching a European born (1880s?) New Yorker Sara (maiden name ABRAMOWITZ who had a grandson Tom who lived and/or studied in a university in the Boston area. Some

Hi all, does anyone know where the 1764/1765 revision lists for Lithuania are available. I have seen some online for Sakiai, Yurburg and some others to name a few. I am looking for the Pasvalys

For the record, there was a medical check as well, and people with cholera were not admitted. A significant % of passengers were not admitted for health reasons, so passenger liners had an

I made an error in the numbers- 18,000 ships. Sorry David

In 1893-1903, in several editions of a City Directory, the occupation of a particular person was listed as "carpenter", then "grocer", and in the last listing "notions". No question about carpenter

As a member of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild (ISTG) https://www.immigrantships.net/ I have seen thousands of ship's passenger list pages. Check marks, BSI notations, X marks, brief

(for girl in poland) - Nesseha -- Jgodelnik

One of the most powerful Yizkor book passages I have read contains the words of Rabbi Nahum Moshele who spoke to a throng of Jews who were about to be slaughtered In Kovel (Ukraine). What he said was

As for the red hair, king David was a red head and every unit in the Israeli army was supposed to have at least one individual who was a red head , a descendant of Zwingli David

In Russian: In the left corner: Главнокомандующий военно-морскими силами Управление кадров офицерского

This idea of a perfect bureaucracy is just not possible. No doubt it was in the authorities' interests to present a picture of infallibility, in order to scare people into compliance, but but you only

I did some history, very briefly, and found this and now think the 1890's sounds good. Ten years after the first International Exposition of Electricity in Paris at the Palais de l'Industrie, Germany

In the 18th century, most of our "Russian" Jewish ancestors lived in what is commonly referred to as Poland but was formally known as the Commonwealth of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of

Perhaps same person married two sisters? One sister may have died and her husband married the next sister. I've heard it happening few times. The two names are not the same Czili and Biri

Please post an example. Thanks.

Dear Herr Winter, Thank you for your advice. I will follow up with the KGJ. My Heilbrunn family's ancestral village is Frickhofen where I can trace them back to 1780. Before that an ancestor may have

I have met Todd at LDS. He has two emails: KnowlesCollection@... knowleswt@...