The following is information my husband gave me as he was raised in that synagogue. The Sephardi synagogue/organization has been in continuous operation. Congregation founded in 1911 and acquired the

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My grandmother was always known as Sarah but her Ellis Island record said Sadie. Barbara (Schneider) Cohen ahcbfc@...

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My great-grandfather was Leib Kasdan, born around 1875 in Krucha/Mogilevy/Belarus. His parents were Barney and Gertrude Kasdan and he married Bella Shulman in 1894. Leib immigrated to NYC in July 1903

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There was a Rabbi Eichenstein who was active in a Chicago synagogue (1930-60). Barbara Cohen

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I had my grandfather's 1911 Russian passport translated by the Russian manicurists at a local shop. (They were so excited to help!) Turns out it was in "old Russian" but they had no trouble. Barbara C

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My children's Jewish/Hebrew are named after one deceased relative (I'm Ashkenazim) and one living relative (husband is Sephardi) though we definitely had quite a conversation during the first pregnanc

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I've received copies of Naturalization papers by directly contacting the court that issued the numbers. Cook County, Chicago, IL had an online form and the papers arrived in 2 weeks. Staten Island, NY

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My great grandfather was not found on the traditional Ellis Island search because he had been detained for 24 hours. On his naturalization papers was the arrival date and ship. With that information,

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I have a copy of my grandparents' Staten Island marriage license and marriage Certificate of 1926. The Affidavit for License to marry was completed by each grandparent (from the Groom, from the Bride)

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My great-grandfather was detained at Ellis Island for 24 hours for medical reasons. That information was found on the ship manifest, not on the general Ellis Island records. Barbara Cohen

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My source is a former college student in one of my English classes who was from the area. He did some translations for me too. Barbara Cohen

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My maternal grandfather, Aron Revzin, was from Snovks and emigrated to Chicago in 1913. His parents were Feivish and Chaia Ededl, nee Haykin. Aron's sisters were Baile (Mendel Schulman), Chana (Sam Po

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My mother-in-law was a Galinsky from Poland. The family knows very little except her father was Nathan Galinsky from Poland who emigrated to New York (Brooklyn) in early 1900s. Barbara Cohen

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My grandfather was born in 1880 in Chrazanow, Poland, in the general area of Galicia. Is that town part of your records? Thanks. Barbara Schneider Cohen

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Lee Jaffe: I saw you listed the town of Snovsk. My grandfather Aron Revzin emigrated there in 1913. His parents were Feivish and Chaia Haykin. Aron was the only son among three older sisters: Baile (m

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Judy, many of us are eager to contact the Greek researcher. What is the best way? Thanks. Barbara Cohen

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My husband's grandfather, Abraham Cohen, migrated around 1905 from Kastoria. Barbara Cohen

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My Odessa relatives had the family name Schleck (with multiple variations of spellings). Had that last name been in your family history? Barbara Cohen

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The passport was lost when a cousin passed away. But the 1914 ship manifest says Galicia-Austrian-Hebrew, born in Poland. When he brought over children in 1920, that ship manifest said Polish. Eventua

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Family lore said my great-grandfather Kasdan had his name changed at Ellis Island to Cohen because the clerk could not understand and asked "Are you Jewish?" Makes no sense because Ellis Island had mu

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