I was recently at Ellis Island and the guide said that steerage was $50, second class $100 and first class $150 - but I don't know how accurate that was. For one thing, he wasn't time-specific. For an

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I was recently at Ellis Island and the guide said that steerage was $50, second class $100 and first class $150 - but I don't know how accurate that was. For one thing, he wasn't time-specific. For an

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You may wish to check out the excellent web site www.rtrfoundation.org. It provides lists of the types of documents available for towns and regions and the locations of the depositories of the documen

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You may wish to check out the excellent web site www.rtrfoundation.org. It provides lists of the types of documents available for towns and regions and the locations of the depositories of the documen

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This is in response to the message >from Barry Chernick, quoted below. The destination looks like "225 Chrystal St., New York". However, I think it likely that the street is "Chrystie St.", which is i

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This is in response to the message >from Barry Chernick, quoted below. The destination looks like "225 Chrystal St., New York". However, I think it likely that the street is "Chrystie St.", which is i

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The term "negocjant" is undoubtedly borrowed >from French, "négociant", meaning trader, dealer or, more broadly, merchant. "Negotiator" is probably an anglicization of "negocjant". Responding to: "I c

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The term "negocjant" is undoubtedly borrowed >from French, "négociant", meaning trader, dealer or, more broadly, merchant. "Negotiator" is probably an anglicization of "negocjant". Responding to: "I c

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I am seeking suggestions as to obtaining Jewish Records, relating to Novograd-Volynsky (Zvhil), Ukraine. Many of these records are located at the State Archives of Zhitomir Oblast (in Zhitomir), with

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I am seeking suggestions as to obtaining Jewish Records, relating to Novograd-Volynsky (Zvhil), Ukraine. Many of these records are located at the State Archives of Zhitomir Oblast (in Zhitomir), with

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I posted on the November 5 edition of this forum a question as to obtaining records >from archives in the Ukraine. I asked that SIGers respond to me privately. I did this to be sure that I received re

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I posted on the November 5 edition of this forum a question as to obtaining records >from archives in the Ukraine. I asked that SIGers respond to me privately. I did this to be sure that I received re

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This is in response to the post by Carolyn Simon on 10 November, excerpted below: "According to my uncle, my great-grandmother, Fanny (Feigel) NATOWITZ said that 'her family had the salt monopoly >fro

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This is in response to the post by Carolyn Simon on 10 November, excerpted below: "According to my uncle, my great-grandmother, Fanny (Feigel) NATOWITZ said that 'her family had the salt monopoly >fro

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I am seeking information about a relative, surname SKOLNIK, >from Rovno (Ukraine). He was born around 1895 in Rovno (his father's name was Moische) and he immigrated to the US in 1913. He was going to

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I am seeking information about a relative, surname SKOLNIK, >from Rovno (Ukraine). He was born around 1895 in Rovno (his father's name was Moische) and he immigrated to the US in 1913. He was going to

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Trudy Barch wrote: "I have a photocopy of a 1903 manifest left Hamburg and arrived in Halifax. I can not read the name of the ship. Possibly America or Humana or something similar. Is there a website

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Trudy Barch wrote: "I have a photocopy of a 1903 manifest left Hamburg and arrived in Halifax. I can not read the name of the ship. Possibly America or Humana or something similar. Is there a website

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I am seeking information about a relative, surname SKOLNIK, >from Rovno (Ukraine). He was born around 1895 in Rovno (his father's name was Moische) and he immigrated to the US in 1913. He was going to

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I am seeking information about a relative, surname SKOLNIK, >from Rovno (Ukraine). He was born around 1895 in Rovno (his father's name was Moische) and he immigrated to the US in 1913. He was going to

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