Hi Peter. Where in the US did your grandfather live? When was he born, roughly? Personally, I never start by searching for a passenger list. Especially with a name as ripe for transcription errors as

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OP said he believed the passenger arrived in the early 1900s. This is why I said to start by searching for a naturalization. Searching for a manifest without first searching for a naturalization in th

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If you search the listserv there have been some past discussions of Kandava with little bits of information here and there. This is the reply I got from the Latvian Archives when I inquired five or si

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Does the invasion of Ukraine have you wondering about your Jewish roots there? Are you curious how to learn the specifics of your family’s Jewish Ukrainian story? Are you looking for a way to contribu

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I linked to the signup page, but here is the full event description. Apologies! https://newyorkfamilyhistory.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/newyorkfamilyhistory/event.jsp?event=1308&fbclid=IwAR0dQ2s9ihIPt

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Hi Nina. This does not appear to be your grandmother's 1904 birth certificate from Dynow. This document is dated 1893 (far left, column labeled "jahr" for year) and appears to be the birth of a girl n

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