While I don't know about "degrading," Feviel ELKUS my GGF likely came from Kalwaria and I found this wonderful essay about the life of Jews there: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/lita/lit1499.html Wi

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My GGM was Fannie = Fruma Rothenberg (1864-1920) from Suwalki region, she emigrated to Cincinnati with her parents Hyman (1838-1918) and Chana Prenska (1839-1915). If Lina was from Suwalki, can share

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My paternal great-grandparents all came from Suwalki Gubernia, now split between Poland and Lithuania. I'm interested in reading about how during the 1885-1900 period (a) relatives in the US sent mone

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