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Comment by Daralyn Rennick on October 4, 2011 at 6:54am

Hi,

My grandmother Eti Lapidus was born in Boston in 1894. Her parents were Adolf Lapidus born c 1863 and who was Russian and Sarah (unknown surname) born c1869 who was German. I have this info from my grandmother's birth certificate. At the time of her birth they lived in Middlesex Street, Suffolk, Boston, Mass. 

Adolf and Sarah both emigrated from Galacia to the USA. They arrived in New York in 1888 and settled in Boston, Mass. Eti had a brother Luis and a sister who was Elizabeth but seems to have been called Fanny.

I have found the passenger ship records from when Adolf and Sarah arrived in the USA and also of when Sarah and the children came to the UK. Its a mystery as to what happened to Adolf. When they came to the UK there is even more mystery as my grandmother and her brother were put into an orphanage and Sarah and the middle child seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth. There are no death records for either of them.

There are a lot of people with the name Lapidus in Boston...surely one or more of them is related to Adolf? But how do I find out?  I'm completely at a loss as to where to look for info to help me.

Does anyone have any ideas please?

Thanks.

 

Lyn

Comment by Sarah Coles on August 22, 2011 at 3:40pm

Wendy, disregard my last comment.  I missed the discussion you already posted.

Comment by Sarah Coles on August 22, 2011 at 1:49pm

Wendy, who are you specifically looking for?  Maybe we can help if you give some details.

Comment by James P. LaLone on August 22, 2011 at 1:39pm

New England families

http://www.nefamilies.com/fam/main.aspx

 

Comment by Wendy Sully on June 15, 2011 at 12:24pm

Looking for someone to do a bit of research for me in Brockton  City Directories, census ect.  Any idea of a reacher I could talk to?  Thank you

Comment by Bob Mooney-Pa on June 2, 2011 at 10:33am

Looking for ships records for Alois WIpfler. According to what I found so far he came to US 1868 Boston.

Any help with passenger list would be appreciated.

Comment by September McCarthy on May 26, 2011 at 12:28pm

Dave -- Glad the leads are helpful. When you are checking the annexed towns records you might want to also check the church records for those towns. Often (and especially here in Mass.) a family's home may change from one town to another without them actually moving due to boundary changes, and even if they did move a short distance, they might still maintain their church affiliation with the previous town. In the town I live in here in Mass. there is one road where the town boundary runs right down the middle of the road -- one side is in one town, the other side in another town. Moving across the street is not reason enough to change which church you might go to.

Comment by September McCarthy on May 26, 2011 at 12:22pm

Samantha -- You don't mention which town or date that the death occurred in, but since you are posting this in the Massachusetts Ancestry group, then I will assume it is in Massachusetts. Given that, you might check the website for the specific town for information about which cemeteries exist in that town. In many cases the local Public Works department maintains the records for the cemeteries in town, In many cases the website will contain information about the date(s) the cemetery was established which might help you to narrow the possibilities.

Comment by David Carlsen on May 26, 2011 at 11:39am

September, thanks for the great list of clues.  Some (the probate records & pension file) I have followed already, but there are several others to keep me busy for a while.  I especially appreciate you pointing out the changes in the town boundaries--I will need to look in the annexed town's records for records also.

Comment by David Carlsen on May 26, 2011 at 11:35am

Samantha,

A good place to start is your local LDS FamilySearch Center.  See:

https://www.familysearch.org/locations

to find one near you.

Also, another good way is to join a RootsWeb message board or mailing list for the county where the cemetery is located.  Go to the following site and click on the appropriate links for boards or mailing lists:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

A final idea is the USGenWeb project at:

http://www.usgenweb.org/

That should get you started! :-)

Good luck in your quest!

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