Searching doesn't reveal any Granets in the Odessa or all-Russian Empire directories currently on the site. The closest name I can find in Odessa in these directories is Гернет, which could be a different family.

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If you search for Rothenstein, one of the results will be from the 1890 Grodno Gubernia Address-Calendar, image 381. Click on the link for that result, and you will see a scan of the corresponding page. The Rothenstein match is in the second line of the last paragraph. That paragraph begins with лек...

These directories of Przemysl seem to exclude Jewish business owners. If you know why, or where the Jewish business listings can be found, or if you believe this is not true, please share.

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If you are searching for a surname that is also a town name, e.g., London, your search results might be overwhelmed with matches to the town. Here is an imperfect strategy for filtering out the town matches. This strategy only applies if the geographic region where you are looking for your surname d...

When viewing a list of sources, such as the list of directories , you will now see a sorting option in brackets [] next to the Total Collection header. If you see "show new addition first, within each section," clicking it will sort the sources according to when they were added to the site...

Want to see matches in sources added recently? Change the Regular Sort option to New Matches First. In addition to sorting by the date sources were added to the site, sources added within the last week or month will be specially indicated with NEW IN THE LAST WEEK or MONTH.

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Wildcard searching is now possible using the * wildcard at the beginning, end, or both beginning and end of a word. The * will match 0 or more characters. Wildcard searching only works with the (default) Regular Match option, not D-M Soundex or OCR-Adjusted. Examples: kleinw* matches kleinwaks, klei...

Exactly what information would you like to know? Are you trying to learn the names of Barbara Krobath's parents, siblings, husband, or children? Or the name or location of her parents' restaurant? Or the town "south of Graz" to which she moved? Or something else? Vienna address and busines...

Between 1892 and 1924, the Umbria never sailed out of Southampton, only Liverpool, according to http://stevemorse.org/ellis/boat.html.

The ship was the Umbria ...they arrived on or about 2 June 1906...Also, there are Chasanofsky's on the ship, but they are not my family. There is a Chasanofsky family on a 10 June 1906 arrival of the Umbria: http://www.ellisisland.org/search/shipManifest.asp?pID=102246060179 . If you are sure this ...