Hello, I need assistance with deciphering a Record of Aliens Held for Special Inquiry, N.Y. City. SS Pennsylvania, Jan. 17, 1903. Was he sent back? Are there other records I can pursue to find out mor

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Many thanks to David and Marian. Marian’s legwork made it possible! I sent an email to NARA in the afternoon and the next morning received the scan from a very efficient archivist. The letter describe

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Hello. I am hoping for some clues to a woman named variously Dushka, Devora, Gityla Rivka, or Raisa from Lida, Vilnius. She was born in the mid 1850s and I believed married a Volkovisky who must have

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Hello. I hope someone can help me with the translation for this tombstone for Charles Cohen: The Find a Grave url for him is https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46851125/charles-cohen I've attached a

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Hello, I have found a marriage record for 1898 in Lida, Vilnius that indicates that the couple (both widowed) gave 100 rubles each to the rabbis. They were listed as petite bourgeois. I think the man

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Hello, I am researching the Cohen and Feldman families from Washington, D.C. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I am hoping to clarify cousin relationships among immigrants from Kovno. Thanks

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Hello, Here are the various names -- there are a lot of them! First Generation Bruno (Borukh) Cohen, Bessie (Batsheba) Cohen Feldman, Meyer Cohen, Ida Cohen Feldman, Sarah Cohen Feldman, Fannie Cohen

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Hello, I have a document from Lithuanian archives and I believed I need to fifth line of this page translated. The name should be Nekhemia Kogon. I attempted to sharpen the image. I hope it is readabl

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Hello, I wonder if anyone can help decipher the residence place for Wolf Cohen, line 16 on this manifest. There are at least two other names with the same town. I also am curious to know if the notati

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Very helpful replies.I am set.sadly, not the right person, but I am saved further searches down rabbit holes. lynn dumenil

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Hello. I am hoping someone can read a portion of the attached ship manifest. The person I am interested in is Cohn Baruck, who is line 12. I can't make out the handwriting for the names under Surname

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