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Deciphering a birthplace #general
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Susan&David
Interesting question. This website makes your guess look pretty good. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governorates_of_the_Russian_Empire David Rosen Boston, MA
On 5/25/2021 2:24 PM, David Scriven via
groups.jewishgen.org wrote:
In the 1901 UK census some relatives have their birthplace as Russia: Geever Gerberne, which does not seem to exist
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David Scriven
In the 1901 UK census some relatives have their birthplace as Russia: Geever Gerberne, which does not seem to exist
 I imagine the census taker was making a guess as to what the foreign sounds represented. Other sources have this family coming from Kiev. Could Geever Gerberne be Kyiv Gubernia or is it somewhere else? -- David Scriven Vancouver, Canada
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