Ships from Hamburg to the UK landed at East Coast ports (e.g. Leith, Grimsby, Hull, Hartlepool, London) not at West Coast ports (e.g. Glasgow, Liverpool, Bristol) which were used for onwards travel to

#poland #unitedkingdom

The records on Ancestry for UK incoming and outgoing ships come from the National Archives in London. They make it clear in the description that these records are for journeys that do NOT include main

#poland #unitedkingdom

I would add that you should also try the FUZZY search options. There can be many mismatches caused by errors and differences in spelling, transcription and data entry. Normally differences involving v

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I believe the name in Poland was PENDZIUCH though it was spelled several ways. The name appears in several Lomza area towns but I cannot see records for your family at this time. You will not find Wol

#poland #names

There are 2 often-quoted theories about the GORDON surname in Lithuania. One suggests that it is a mangled version of the town name Grodno - I doubt it. The other is the one I think more likely. In th

#latvia #general #courland

The surname GORDON appears in Jewish records in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland spelled exactly that way. It could easily be the original name. Michael Tobias Glasgow, Scotland

#latvia #general #courland

I am afraid the "Scotland=New York" story is an old wives tale. Passengers knew what tickets they had and the itinerary. They knew if they had to disembark the ship and travel part of their journey by

#ukraine #general

Interesting theory Yale. Do let us know when you have actual proof.

#names

The ticket agents did NOT use USA directories. The ticket agents had staff fluent in the passengers languages.

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This database is described as the “largest tombstone database in the world“ which is simply not true. The search interface relegates NAMES to one of the last search parameters and the names do not app

#sephardic #announcements

You paint far too rosy a picture of Geni Randy. Yes people make additions and corrections but they also add a lot of their own errors and sometimes a load of crap which is then very difficult to corre

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Eva when the immigrants were called forward in turn they showed their landing card which contained their details including name, manifest page and number on page that had been copied from the original

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Eva Lawrence I also suggest you Google the topic and you will be hard pressed to find any articles confirming your suggestion that name changes did take place on arrival by immigration officers. See h

#dna

Eva Lawrence you misunderstood my posting. The clerks I was referring to were those who created the manifests on departure from Europe. I am not suggesting people did not change their own surnames aro

#dna

Names were NOT changed by immigration authorities. Passenger names appeared on the ship manifests on departure and were completed by clerks fluent in the languages of the passengers. Please do not con

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My cousin Kenneth Collins has written extensively on Scottish Jewry and in particular those involved in the Medical profession. He writes: "My records show that Ernst Rachwalsky requalified in Edinbur

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D H AARON was not the first ever Jewish actuary in the history of UK Insurance. What about Marcus Nathan ADLER who was actuary of the Alliance Assurance Company from 1867? Or Benjamin GOMPERTZ who was