Hello Sally, for starters, may I suggest placing a post on GenForum under both Poland and Russia forums...identify the name of the locality for which you are seeking info, and also family surname. I, myself, had very good luck on the GenForum Lithuania Board, and a nice Lithuanian resident provided me not only with Localtiy info but also snailmail addresses of two cousins. Good luck, Jan in CA -- ... life is a gift, use it well every day... ---------- >From: "Sally Schilling" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [NJESSEX] Anna Iovana Ryzuk! >Date: Sat, May 15, 2004, 5:29 PM > > Well, I just got back from vacationing in Southern California and in my > snail mail mailbox I had a letter from the Social Security Administration! > I thought it was one of those letters from them telling me what my monthly > payout would be if I were to retire. No so! > > I received their response to my inquiry (the long form) for information on > my grandmother! > > Now I know at least how her name was spelled at least for this document! > AND I now know that her father’s name was John (though I think it is > actually Ivan because of her middle name, which SSA didn’t have) AND I have > the name of her mother! AND Where she was born! Now I just have to find > out from the spelling of her place of birth if it still exists and if it is > actually the correct spelling… > > My grandmother just signed it with an “x” and my father filled out the form > for her. He signed it and wrote son in parentheses there is also someone > else’s signature on it, I have not a clue who that might be, unless it is > someone who might have witnessed it… > > This is the info that SSA gave me: > > Anna Migora > > Father: John Migora > > Mother: Barta Karory or Karony (can’t quite tell because there is some > slight smudging) <-- do you think this woman is Belarusian, Ukrainian, or > Polish? > > Born: Veelah, Poland-Russia > > Now my question is… how do I go about finding out where Veelah is? I did a > Google search and nothing comes up that might be remotely close… > > All best wishes > > SallyEllen R. Schilling > Secretary, AEDCONE > Wachusett American Eskimos > Central Massachusetts > > AEDCONE will be celebrating 25 years of exisitance in 2004, please join us > at our shows in Massachusetts. > AEDCONE (UKC) June 2004 show info is online now, mark your calendars for > June 19 and 20, 2004. > http://home.earthlink.net/~aedcone/June2004ShowInfo.htm > > Motel Listings can be found at: > http://home.earthlink.net/~aedcone/motels.htm > > http://home.earthlink.net/~wachusett_eskies > http://home.earthlink.net/~aedcone/ > American Eskimo Dog Club of New England (UKC) > http://naedac.topcities.com > National American Eskimo Dog Association of Canada (CKC affiliated) > > > > ==== NJESSEX Mailing List ==== > Visit the Essex County Genealogy Web Site at: > <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njessex/> > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >