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In an email on 4/4/98 Jay wrote:
>My great grandfather, Meyer Silberblatt, came to the U.S. in the 1890's.  His
>passport says he came from Russia.  When he became a citizen of the U.S. in
>1896, his citizenship certificate identified him as coming from Russia.  He
>used to tell stories about the Czar and when he mentioned the Czar's name, he
>would spit on the ground.  He also came from Grodno Gubernia (Indura).  He
>clearly considered himself to have come from Russia.
>
>Jay Silberblatt