Immigration inspectors did not ask an immigrant what his name was. It was already right there on the ship's passenger list and on the immigrants tag. One name was changed at Ellis Island. A woman was

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Few Board of Special Inquiry hearing records survived. There are 18 rolls of microfilm for Philadelphia, 1893- 1909. You can look through this collection and get an idea of what hearings consisted of.

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While indexing the nine reels of LDS microfilms for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Boston Arrival Card Database I came across a number of unusual and interesting examples. This is the only one for a stowawa

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This is a record for a stowaway, arriving in Boston in 1915. He was aided by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society in a Special Inquiry case, as Yale Zussman decribes. HEBREW SHELTERING and IMMIGRANT AID S

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Alan: I see Byten as part of this database. Is this what you are looking for? https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/Yizkor/ David Rosen Boston, MA

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You cannot see a list of all the entries in a database and scroll through it. You can search for a name or a place or other (depends on the content of the database) using: (1) The Unified Search. This

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The answer is Yes. "Seeking Kin" or similarly named ads were placed in Jewish newspapers by social service organizations including the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the Union of Russian Jews, the Nati

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A name that is lined out either (1) was not on board the ship at all or (2) is on another page of the manifest. I have seen where a family does not get to the ship on time, or a family member is too s

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I can't find these entries on the original Montezuma manifest, arriving New Brunswick, Canada on Mar 23, 1906. The handwriting on your list does not resemble anything on the original and must have bee

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Dov is a common Hebrew name. Named for the bear. See: https://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/GivenNames/slide21.html David Rosen Boston, MA

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Looks to me to be Sana followed by the title HaCohen, then YALEN. The symbol of the open hands giving the priestly blessing is for a descendant of the Cohens the tribe of priests from ancient Israel.

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The FEUERLICHT family can be found on the JewishGen USA Database by searching the surname and using the Fuzzy Match option. Thanks to the work of Dr. Howard Relles and a group of dedicated volunteers

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The records for the Hebrew National Orphan Home are at the American Jewish Historical Society / Center for Jewish History in NYC. David Rosen Boston, MA

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These numbers in the last column are a count of the males - females on the passenger list. It is easily confirmed by looking at the column with the heading "Sex" and adding up the males and the female

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Go to Jewishgen > Get Started > Tools > Calendar Conversion and enter the civil date from the stone. You will see 5679 is correct. David Rosen Boston, MA

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There were, at times, civil laws that only allowed the eldest Jewish son to marry. The religious community recognized the marriage as legitimate but not the civil authorities. David Rosen Boston, MA

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If the destination address is a train ride away, I believe RR means RailRoad. David Rosen Boston, MA

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Instructions to Enumerators for the 1910 census are on-line. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/technical-documentation/questionnaires/1910/1910-instructions.html There appears t

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On 5/16/2020 12:34 PM, Hilary Henkin wrote: Rhonda, don't give up hope. On one of my grandfather's several Border Crossing Records between Toronto and New York, he specifically stated the name of the

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Another possibility: He could have had a second given name e.g., Yitzchak Gershon. David Rosen Boston, MA

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