Thank you very much for your response Gary. Specific towns: 1. Village of Hlynky (sometimes they call it Glinki/Glynky/Lynki in Russian: Глинки/Лынки. I know its location: approximately 13 kilometres

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Any chance to find on-line digital records from the Rovno (Rivne) region? I am looking for any available records including birth and marriage certificates of my mother's father side: Eiger/Eger/Iger f

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As a person who was born in the USSR, I can confirm that ''Oblast'' is an administrative region with a capital city. These ''Oblasts'' in the USSR and today's Russia have different sizes: in the Europ

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Definitely NOT Russian. Looks rather Austrian than Polish.

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Forgot to ask at the end: ''Consul: Signature'' (unreadable)

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''To hereby certify that this passport is issued by the Russian Consulate in Canada (Montreal) for a free travel. 29 July 1922.''

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Also attaching a book ''Shelter from the Holocaust'' by Anita Grossman. Many people might find it interesting.

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Thank you Victoria! I have ordered this book from Amazon already. Do you have it in PDF by any chance? Also it would be nice of you to send a link with this film about Mr. Fritz Graebe or just its nam

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Rowno, a Memorial to the Jewish Community of Rowno, Volyn (Rivne, Ukraine) 50°37' / 26°15' Translation of Rowne; sefer zikaron Edited by: A. Avitachi, Former Residents of Rowno in Israel Published in

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Hi Marilyn, My own family from the city of Rovno (Rivne in the Ukrainian language). This City has a big ownership history like most of the cities and towns in the Eastern Europe. From Wikipedia and my

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