In the 1900 Census, enumerated June 2, 1900, as John Remock, living in Carteret, Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ, living on Woodbridge Ave. John Remock, 29, b. Feb., 1871, Hungary, immigrated 1890, day laborer, married 11 years Lizzie, 27, wife, b. Feb., 1873, Hungary, immigrated 1891, 4 children, 3 living Ethel, 10, daughter, b. Apr, 1890, Hungary, immigrated 1895 Julia, 4, daughter, b. July, 1895, NJ John, 1, son, b. July, 1898, NJ 1910 Census, enumerated April 20, 1910, Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ, living on Irving or Irvine St. John Remak, 39, immigrated 1889, Hungary-Magyar, naturalized citizen, coal handler for railroad Lizzie, 27, wife, immigrated 1890, 9 children, 7 living Children b. NJ: Julia, 14, daughter John, 12, son Paul, 9, son Joseph, 7, son Michael, 3, son In searching for documents at the court house and the church in Middlesex, be aware that there was also a John Remak, b. abt. 1878 in Hungary, living in Middlesex during the same time period. If your public library has a subscription to ancestry.com, you can look for John and Elizabeth's immigration record. Both indicate arrival before 1892, when Ellis Island began as a port of entry. To see "scanned manifests" and get an idea of the sorts of information available, including the destination in the US, the Ellis Island site can be accessed through a search at: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html Ancestry.com has WWI Draft Registration cards that often give town of origin; there is one for John Remak from Middlesex Co. Without a subscription, I cannot tell you if this is your John. You can search ancestry yourself without a subscription using: http://www.ancestry.com/search/ When you identify the exact town of origin, you can see if the Latter Day Saints have microfilmed records from the town - this is found in the library catalog place search at: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Best of luck in your search, Mary dr.barsi wrote: > Hello, Listers, > > I'm new to this list and am looking for any information about John Remak, my > greatgrandfather. He was born about 1870 in Galicia and married Elizabeth > Schultz in Europe about 1889. He came to NY about 1890 and his wife about a > year later. Has anyone ever heard of this family? I'm interested in knowing > who John's parents were and who his siblings might have been. I know that > they settled in Middlesex County, NJ, and that he worked for the Reading > Rilroad for most of his life. > > Thank you for any information. > > Lou Barsi > >

Hi, The Ellis Island site .... http://www.ellisisland.org/ sign in & create a pass word & find your family. They do not charge for this service. Enjoy -----Original Message----- From: galicia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:galicia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Snow Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 9:58 PM To: galicia@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GALICIA] JOHN REMAK In the 1900 Census, enumerated June 2, 1900, as John Remock, living in Carteret, Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ, living on Woodbridge Ave. John Remock, 29, b. Feb., 1871, Hungary, immigrated 1890, day laborer, married 11 years Lizzie, 27, wife, b. Feb., 1873, Hungary, immigrated 1891, 4 children, 3 living Ethel, 10, daughter, b. Apr, 1890, Hungary, immigrated 1895 Julia, 4, daughter, b. July, 1895, NJ John, 1, son, b. July, 1898, NJ 1910 Census, enumerated April 20, 1910, Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ, living on Irving or Irvine St. John Remak, 39, immigrated 1889, Hungary-Magyar, naturalized citizen, coal handler for railroad Lizzie, 27, wife, immigrated 1890, 9 children, 7 living Children b. NJ: Julia, 14, daughter John, 12, son Paul, 9, son Joseph, 7, son Michael, 3, son In searching for documents at the court house and the church in Middlesex, be aware that there was also a John Remak, b. abt. 1878 in Hungary, living in Middlesex during the same time period. If your public library has a subscription to ancestry.com, you can look for John and Elizabeth's immigration record. Both indicate arrival before 1892, when Ellis Island began as a port of entry. To see "scanned manifests" and get an idea of the sorts of information available, including the destination in the US, the Ellis Island site can be accessed through a search at: http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html Ancestry.com has WWI Draft Registration cards that often give town of origin; there is one for John Remak from Middlesex Co. Without a subscription, I cannot tell you if this is your John. You can search ancestry yourself without a subscription using: http://www.ancestry.com/search/ When you identify the exact town of origin, you can see if the Latter Day Saints have microfilmed records from the town - this is found in the library catalog place search at: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Best of luck in your search, Mary dr.barsi wrote: > Hello, Listers, > > I'm new to this list and am looking for any information about John > Remak, my > greatgrandfather. He was born about 1870 in Galicia and married Elizabeth > Schultz in Europe about 1889. He came to NY about 1890 and his wife about a > year later. Has anyone ever heard of this family? I'm interested in knowing > who John's parents were and who his siblings might have been. I know that > they settled in Middlesex County, NJ, and that he worked for the Reading > Rilroad for most of his life. > > Thank you for any information. > > Lou Barsi > > ********************************* Need to contact the list manager? GALICIA-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GALICIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you for mentioning the free sign up at the Ellis Island site. The Steve Morse search engine makes the searching much easier, but registration at Ellis Island is required to see the manifests. Ellis Island manifests can also be searched and accessed at the new familysearch site: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=2;t=searchable;c=1368704 Mary Julie & Kevin wrote: > Hi, > The Ellis Island site .... http://www.ellisisland.org/ sign in & > create a pass word & find your family. They do not charge for this service. > Enjoy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: galicia-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:galicia-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Mary Snow > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 9:58 PM > To: galicia@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GALICIA] JOHN REMAK > > > In the 1900 Census, enumerated June 2, 1900, as John Remock, living in > Carteret, Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., NJ, living on Woodbridge Ave. > > John Remock, 29, b. Feb., 1871, Hungary, immigrated 1890, day laborer, > married 11 years > Lizzie, 27, wife, b. Feb., 1873, Hungary, immigrated 1891, 4 children, 3 > living > Ethel, 10, daughter, b. Apr, 1890, Hungary, immigrated 1895 Julia, 4, > daughter, b. July, 1895, NJ John, 1, son, b. July, 1898, NJ > > 1910 Census, enumerated April 20, 1910, Woodbridge Twp., Middlesex Co., > NJ, living on Irving or Irvine St. > > John Remak, 39, immigrated 1889, Hungary-Magyar, naturalized citizen, > coal handler for railroad > Lizzie, 27, wife, immigrated 1890, 9 children, 7 living Children b. NJ: > Julia, 14, daughter John, 12, son Paul, 9, son Joseph, 7, son Michael, 3, > son > > In searching for documents at the court house and the church in > Middlesex, be aware that there was also a John Remak, b. abt. 1878 in > Hungary, living in Middlesex during the same time period. If your > public library has a subscription to ancestry.com, you can look for John > and Elizabeth's immigration record. Both indicate arrival before 1892, > when Ellis Island began as a port of entry. To see "scanned manifests" > and get an idea of the sorts of information available, including the > destination in the US, the Ellis Island site can be accessed through a > search at: > http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html > > Ancestry.com has WWI Draft Registration cards that often give town of > origin; there is one for John Remak from Middlesex Co. Without a > subscription, I cannot tell you if this is your John. You can search > ancestry yourself without a subscription using: > http://www.ancestry.com/search/ > > When you identify the exact town of origin, you can see if the Latter > Day Saints have microfilmed records from the town - this is found in the > library catalog place search at: > http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp > > Best of luck in your search, > Mary > > dr.barsi wrote: > >> Hello, Listers, >> >> I'm new to this list and am looking for any information about John >> Remak, my >> greatgrandfather. He was born about 1870 in Galicia and married Elizabeth >> Schultz in Europe about 1889. He came to NY about 1890 and his wife about >> > a > >> year later. Has anyone ever heard of this family? I'm interested in >> > knowing > >> who John's parents were and who his siblings might have been. I know that >> they settled in Middlesex County, NJ, and that he worked for the Reading >> Rilroad for most of his life. >> >> Thank you for any information. >> >> Lou Barsi >> >