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Ellis Island Entries- Lyakhovichi Jews 1892-1924 (Individual immigrant records detailed for Immigrants surnamed A thru J) . Because the search criteria includes all of the possible spelling variants of Lyakhovichi and handwriting errors, this list has been revised several times. We added around 500 names in 2005, who had been missed because of transcription errors in the indexing process. But the list also gets winnowed and reduced in number as individual records are examined and the records reveal themselves to be referencing the Lechowitz in Volhynnia, the Lechowitz near Pinsk, and two that describe themselves as "of Poltava" and "of Vilna." If you do not see a name on this list that was present previously, it was probably removed when it was confirmed that it referred to a different town than ours. This list covers the period when most Jews entered the US with their nation given as "Hebrew" and it utilizes the Steve Morse "Blue Form", that is a search engine that combs the passengers designated as Hebrew. There are in 2007 around 800 names that have been confirmed for Lyakhovichi, Minsk Gubernia's Jewish residents. Now every entry where the surname of the immigrant began with A-J has been individually examined. I noted if the indexed name interpretation was correct and made changes in the names based on my experience interpreting those documents for Jews over the last thirty years. I maintained the original indexed form of the name, so you can search on the original version to find them in the EIDB. I have removed several hundred whose record shows that they are from Lechowitz/Lachowitz/Luckowitz in other gubernias. This is what the entire list will look like when we are done – with notes on who was detained, who was naturalized, etc. It is the source of the names in the Third Party list. This is a continuing project and has, since the last posting, been expanded to include the letters C-J. The non-expanded list K-Z also appears on these pages.

A List of Third Parties named in the above Ellis Island Records extracted from the emigrees whose surnames begin with A-J. It is an index of third-parties and we want to complete such an index for every Ellis Island immigrant from Lyakhovichi and integrate it into a general database. It is a temporary list, because eventually all third-parties will be collected from every surname of our Lyakhovichi/Ellis Island emigrants and combined. The surnames can start with any letter but the information at this time is from the records created by emigrants whose last names start with A-J. The father still in Lyakhovichi, the cousin who was the first to reach Omaha, the brother-in-law who met your great-grandmother at the docks, here is where you will find their names.

An Index to Lyakhovichi Emigrants through Ellis Island who were Jews but not designated Hebrews 1892-1906 This list is of 200 people from Lyakhovichi who came through Ellis Island but were not listed as "Hebrews." They were listed as Russians or Poles some with the note they spoke "jargon" or "Russianjarg" which indicates Yiddish. Lyakhovichi residents are present in these records from the very beginning of Ellis Island's first records in 1892 when we find a young married woman Esther Malinoff and her son Abram traveling to join Esther's already emigrated husband. The largest percentage of the shipping companies in this period do not specify town of last residence on American manifests. So when we find those that do, (one of the Hamburg lines, others from Antwerp, Rotterdam, and LeHavre), we are finding the exceptions, not the rule. If you can't find someone who you think should have immigrated in this period, it is still sensible to check the name indices of Ellis Island. You may find sufficient evidence to make a judgement about an emigrant being a member of your family even if there is insufficient proof for us to claim them as a Lyakhovichi emigrant. But the people recorded in this list, claimed our town as their own.

A List of Lyakhovichi Emigrants through other US ports including Baltimore, Boston, Galveston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Canadian crossing points. Initially we had created and posted a list of Boston and Philadelphia people claiming a past residence of Lyakhovichi. The list was substantial with a good number through each port. But then, individual record examination soon showed a problem. While the people entering through Philadelphia claiming a Lyakhovichi name variant for their most recent residence or birthplace were, in fact, largely from Lyakhovichi Minsk, almost all of the Boston newcomers were from the one in Ukraina, next to modern Bilgoria. The search for evidence of which town was likely to be referenced, often took me to US draft records, census records, et al. Though the current list shows almost none entering through Boston, the individuals examined including hundreds of Bostonian entries which had appeared in the original document. On the same page please find A List of 300 Third Parties named in the above US port records.

Lyakhovichi and Baranovichi Residents in the records of the Poor Jews Temporary Shelter in London

Lyakhovichi Jewish Residents through the port of Hamburg 1890-1907 500 Lechovichers bound for England, South Africa, Canada, and the United States. Many transshipped to shipping lines in Antwerp, Cherbourg, Glasgow, and Liverpool. Others were only going as far as English cities. All listed a Russian Lechowicz or Lachowicze as their last residence. Eventually, we hope to have volunteers join us in extracting Lyakhovichi people from the handwritten indices that date back to the 1830s and that all list a last residence.NEW!!!!

786 Jewish Immigrants via Baranovichi-Ellis Island, to be edited for those with Lyakhovichi Birthplaces Baranovichi, the former Baranowicze, is in a unique position to Lyakhovichi. It was a railroad town built in the 1870s and in the early 1900s most of its adult residents had been born elsewhere, with a significant number from Lyakhovichi and its dependent towns. This list is designed to provide a tool for us to extract those Baranovichi families which had members born in Lyakhovichi but who had cited a last residence of Baranovichi. The many Lyakhovichi researchers who had family in both places can really help us by going through this list and letting us know which can clearly be added to our Lyakhovichi count.NEW!!!!

400 Emigrants from Baranovichi thru Hamburg. See the note just above on the important role these "Baranovichi" names can play in your Lyakhovichi research! NEW!!!!

Images of Transit The train that took our emigrants from Baranovichi to the port cities of Europe. Typical ticket purchase records, the ticket "stubs," and receipts for luggage - these are not yet from Lyakhovichi residents, but we want to replace them with those you find in your family papers. The various essential papers from passports to visas to health certificates and letters of introduction.

Migrations before 1880 A brief look and first table of extracted data on records of Lyakhovichi emigrees in other cities of the Russian Empire.

The Lyakhovichi Immigration Page Index Across multiple lists it is easy to miss someone who might be relevant to your searches. The Immigration Page Index combines all of the separate immigration records into a single list. Added at different times, an individual might have been included several times - at ports of emigration as well as at ports of arrival; in a list reported just as names, and then later as that same list was more closely explored. He or she could be there even if they never left Lyakhovichi, cited as parents, siblings, and even grandparents, of the emigrees. All variations of surnames are indexed together so you can find relatives with variant spellings in a single list alphabetized by first name. The All-Page Index is created as we make each new page of the website and so all names mentioned on every page of all types that we post, are listed there, including the migration lists. The benefit is that the travelers are now seen within the context of the larger group as all surname spelling variations are brought together. If you have a name that is found only once, in the immigration records, they you may be looking at a special category - someone from one of the other Lyakhovichis, someone whose name was changed, or someone whose written name has been misunderstood and needs to be reexamined. We created a Name Index which indexes every Lyakhovichi Jew by Surname and will soon be adding a new listing by First Name!

Castle Garden records of Lyakhovichi Jews (port of New York City prior to the opening of Ellis Island station) Though the majority of shipping companies do not list last residence, some do, and I have so far found around forty people from Lyakhovichi between 1880 and 1892. I reported previously on Lyakhovichi people through Castle Gardens mentioning that we had found for the year 1888, Abraham Brewde a 53 year old baker from Lyakhovichi, his wife and children, as well as fellow Lyakhovichi resident David Rabinowitz a 22 year old cheesemaker, - all came steerage on the Moravia out of Hamburg, December 25, 1888. A descendant of David Rabinowitz sent us a picture and his obituary that we have posted. Very much a "work in progress" page, we will put the first listings up when we confirm seventy-five names from our Lyakhovichi. If you would like to volunteer to work on this project please send us an email by clicking Contact and let us know what it is you would like to do.

Informational articles (but so far, no extracted data) on the immigration records created and held by the nations of Canada, in Eretz Israel (including in the Ottoman and Mandate periods prior to the creation of the State of Israel), Argentina, and Cuba, appear in the pages titled Primary Records of Other Nations - North America (eventually to include United States, Canada, Mexico, and Caribbean) AND Primary Records of Other Nations - Israel