I am new at genealogy and my ultimate goal is to see if there are living
descendants in Russia. My grandparents came here in 1905, according to the
1920 US Census.

Toi be more accurate, your grandparents came to the US in 1905, according to
what they told the enumerator in the 1920 US census. That may or may not be
the same thing. In the case of my own grandfather, it isn't, for example.

Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel

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I think I found my Grandpa on your website in the Belarus 1897 census.
The name was misspelled in the same way it was in the 1930 US Census
(Kalner instead of Kelner). The family is >from Odessa.

I am new at genealogy and my ultimate goal is to see if there are living
descendants in Russia. My grandparents came here in 1905, according to the
1920 US Census.

Now that I think I have found my Grandpa, where do I go >from here? How can
I actually know the information in the 1897 Russian census so that I may
investigate further?

Thank you very much for your work and greetings >from Southern California.
Regards, Elaena

E. Hisgen

MODERATOR NOTE: Have you checked the JewishGen Family Finder yet?
The JGFF is a database of genealogists, searchable by the surnames and
towns they are researching. You can look for KALNER / KELNER / etc.
(it has a soundex option to find similar versions in one search),
and please use the "enter" option to register your own research
information so that future genealogists can find *you*.

At 01:18 PM 8/20/2006, Stan Goodman wrote:

I am new at genealogy and my ultimate goal is to see if there are living
descendants in Russia. My grandparents came here in 1905,

according to the

1920 US Census.

Toi be more accurate, your grandparents came to the US in 1905, according to
what they told the enumerator in the 1920 US census. That may or may not be
the same thing. In the case of my own grandfather, it isn't, for example.

I've always appreciated Stan's knowledge and clarifications, such as
above, over the years. So, respectfully, I'd like to suggest that to
be even more accurate, the grandparents came to the US in 1905
according to what is written on their entry in the 1920 US Census.
How it got there is unknown... although we might assume either that's
what they told the enumerator, or they weren't home and a neighbor
told that to the enumerator. Other possibilities do exist.

Whether they actually arrived in 1905 is another issue.

Bob Wexler
South Wales, NY (Buffalo area)
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WEXLER (alt. WECHSLER), Lenitz, Shpola, Odessa, Ukraine
ADLER, Tulchin, Odessa, Ukraine
SIMON (orig. SCHEN), Beschenkovichi & Kublichi, Vitebsk gubernia, Belarus
NOTARIUS (alt. NATARIUS), Chashniki, Vitebsk gubernia, Belarus
GREENBERG/TRAEGER/SOKOL, Tiraspol, Moldova; Odessa, Ukraine