YOU DID IT!

How you figured out "Smolky Russia" is really "Suwalky" is beyond us but we are SO GRATEFUL!!

When I looked it up, it is easy to see how the demarcation line between Lithuania and Russia has gone "back and forth".

I am SO impressed and SO grateful!

The Binghamton New York Courthouse ...

The file is actually on Google Drive. Anyone who has access to the link should be able to open it. Here is the link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WfGHqL ... sp=sharing


TKS!!!

To all who have been so kind to help me:

Yesterday, I posted the marriage record for Bronislawa "Cholera", as the record has it, on google icloud. Usually, her maiden name is spelled as: "Cholewa" or "Holewa".

I left the email of admin@genealodzy.pl to share and post it. I do not know if this ...

Today I got a reply from the US CIS. They could not find anything on Bronislawa. They said they tried under her married name of "Rainis" and "Cholewa and Holewa".

I am going to send off for the marriage license tomorrow and hope they can find it since there are issues with the date. Since the ...

Krystyna,

As soon as I get the US CIS (US Citizen and Immigration Service) papers for Bronislawa, I will load them on google iCloud so you can access them.

I had hoped Bronislawa's papers would have come through by now. I look for them every day!

Whenever they come, I will try to get them to ...

Thank you for giving us this information. I have run into a few US courthouses burning down, etc. Unfortunately, it just happens.

As soon as I get the US CIS report -- and I am hoping they will find files of some kind -- I will send it to you.

We are hoping there will be a photo of Bronislawa on ...

Thank you SO very much for the reply! There must be something wrong on my end -- probably I am not "clicking something"! -- for I did not get an email notice there was a forum reply as I did when I first started. I assumed I had not gotten any!

We are most appreciative and thank you so very, very ...

Hi!

I FINALLY got the papers I sent for from the US National Archives. The information I have for Bronislawa Cholewa Rajnes is:

Born: January 6, 1885 in Rapko, Poland

Immigrated to US: Dec. 15, 1911 in New York, New York

Married: January 9, 1911 in Binghamton, NY to John Rainis

Problem with ...

Grazyna,

As always, many thanks!

Next week I will try hard to find a marriage record. It has not come up on ancestry.com. Of course, ancestry contains only what has been submitted to it and while it has many records, it does not have them all.

Of course, you may already know this, in the US ...

Census: It is a great find, isn't it? I have been researching using US censuses since the early 1990s. I have only seen the country of immigration on censuses -- never once the hometown! So to me, this is just amazing!

Passenger/immigration list: Do you think it is as good a match as I do? There ...

Hi!
Hi!

Site at end of this message: My daughter came over and decided this was the easiest way for her to load the attachments.

US Censuses: I am sending the only one where it is noted she came from "Galica". I have others that just say "Poland" if you want them.

Passenger lists: Attached are ...

So very sorry this is delayed. Previously the forum translated your messages. Now, even though I click the English/American flag for it to translate, it does not. Finally, I found a website that will do translations. I got your last two forum replies translated.

Bronislawa Cholewa on your website ...

Did the US censuses load and get to you?

If not, I will see if our daughter can help me.

It is wonderful it offers translations. The problem is some of the site translates to English and others do not. I have loaded the censuses and checked for them to go to the "forum". I am just not sure I am ...

Hi!

If you have sent a reply, I am sorry I have not received it.

Do you have the censuses, city directories, etc. for John and Bronislawa Cholewa Rainis from ancestry.com? If not, I will be glad to send them to you.

Photos: The granddaughters are going to go to their parents and get some scanned ...

Again, thank you SO much!

I think I have some of the below; I got them from ancestry.com. I am just not sure which one is "ours".

Is there a way I can attach some documents to send to you? I am not sure how to do it on this website.

I can send you the US censuses, cemetery info and tombstone ...