Arkhangelsk is not in Siberia at all. It lies to the far north and slightly east of Moscow. Here is Wikipedia’s description: “Arkhangelsk, also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city

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I, too, have an original Russian empire passport from 1905 that belonged to my maternal grandmother. It is written in Russian, German, and French and was intended for exiting Russia (Riga, Latvia). My

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It would be helpful to know the place of death. Perhaps in a neighboring state, in which case NYC death records would be nonexistent? Barbara (Elk) Hemmendinger Williamsport, PA BAHSSIN, BASIN, BASSIN

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I have a family member, Simeon Olshwang, who arrived similarly. His last known address was Berlin, although he was born in Jelgava, Latvia (1899). He arrived in NY from Southampton, England on 15 July

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Dear Ms. Osofsky, In your research about early Chabad rebbes, have you come across any with the surname Basin? My grandfather, born Abram Adolph Basin ~1891 in Starodub, Russia, was the descendant of

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My grandfather, Adolph Bahssin (née Abram Basin) traveled from Chernigov near where he was born in Starodub, Russian empire, to Libau (now Liepaja, Latvia). I have documents showing that he had purcha

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Could it possibly have been Baikal, north of Mongolia, in Irkutsk Oblast? Barbara Hemmendinger

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Hello, Since it is a fairly uncommon surname, I will mention that my paternal grandmother’s (Sarah Elk) maiden name was Zibulsky. She was born in Pereyaslav, Ukraine, in 1894. Her parents were Leib Ya

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May also be spelled as Nizhyn. It was formerly in the Russian empire and is now in Ukraine (Chernihiv, or formerly Chernigov). Barbara Hemmendinger researching surnames of Basin and Kozachkov from Sta

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I, too, visited the Jewish cemetery in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia last year. While some 135 miles west of Riga, the Liepaja Jewish cemetery contains many graves with Hebrew and German inscriptio

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I, too, visited the Jewish cemetery in Liepaja (formerly Libau), Latvia last year. While some 135 miles west of Riga, the Liepaja Jewish cemetery contains many graves with Hebrew and German inscriptio

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