Hi Jim, There were many U.S. ports of entry. Ellis Island was a large and well known one, but hardly the only port entered through by immigrants. Try searching your ancestor's name at this free site:

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Hint: Google is a good friend. Use it…. Simply searching Google for: "ports of entry in 1905” divulges that there were Five Major Ports of Arrival The five major U.S. arrival ports for immigration in

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From census records I beieve that my paternal grandfather, Jacob Bloom (who likely amg;changed his name prior to emigratinig) immigrated from Kovno via South Hampton England) inn 1905. But I don't kno

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Barb, If I understand you correctly, you are trying to find out if Rose GLAZER KLINE LIPMAN had four or five children? Have you found Rose on the 1900 or 1910 census? Both of those census asked each m

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I'm trying to find information on my great grandmother, Rose Rebekah GLAZER KLINE Lepman (Lipman). Immigrated from Lithuania, was widowed before my Grandmother was born in 1895, then remarried a man b

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I've posted a vital record in Lithuanian and Yiddish for which I need a translation. It is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM83056. Please

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Although these two records have the same name and patronymic, and nearly the same year of birth calculated from the death date and age (1831 and 1828), I don't see how they could be the same person. T

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In one branch of my family, two names (Itzik and Yehuda) alternated through several generation - so I have 3 of each identical name just in that direct line, plus others from uncles and nephews. It co

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I do not see why they have to be the same person but it's hard to make final conclusion based on a brief summary of another person. Examination of the images of the actual documents would give more in

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Hi, the two entries below from the Lithuanian data base below, appear to be for the same person, as ever data item is the same except for the death date which iis 20 years apart. Efroim Levin, appears

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Thanks for responding - - looking to find a present-day descendant who knows about their ancestor. Harvey Kaplan Glasgow

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The son in law of Rabbi Binyomin Beinish Atlas of Glasgow was Dayyan Yitzchak Golditch of Manchester passed away 1986 age 80 he had 3 children of them was David who passed away in 2000

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Thanks, this is specifically a family from Lithuania and I'm only interested in Rabbi B B Atlas and his immediate family, so best to leave it for now. But thanks for responding, Harvey Kaplan

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I know very little about the family of Rabbi Atlas, and nothing to suggest he was related to a Benesch family. His surname was Atlas. Also nothing to suggest he was related to a Kaplan family, but it

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My cousin's grandparents' last name was Atlas, but they were from Berlin. If you think it's helpful, I can see if they had relatives in Lithuania. My cousin's other grandparents (my grandparents) were

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My grandfather was Benjamin Benesch. His parents Israel and Jennie/Scheine Benesch immigrated to the US (Baltimore) from Lithuania around 1890. My Benesch great grand parents lived their lives out in

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Ok, I can see it's an unusual name.

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Harvey - Your BEINUSH is so interesting, as I search the family of Hyman BANUS, in the UK. His wife, Rose (COHEN) BANUS, is my grandmother’s sister - all Lithuanian-born. Now I will add your variation

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Yizkor Books in Print is proud to announce the publication of its 97 and 98th titles Memorial Book of the Sventzian Region Part I - Life, Part II - Shoah Original Yizkor Book Published by the Former R

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Looking for a descendant of Rabbi Binyomin Beinush Atlas, son of Rabbi Meir Atlas of Shavel (Siauliai, Lithuania), who was a rabbi in Glasgow, Scotland for 30 years c1918-1948. Harvey Kaplan Glasgow,

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