Eastern Minkoff Blog

Unfortunately I'm not able to consistently post pictures due to some technical difficulties -- and I just hit the grandmother load! Mom had a big bag full of Grandma's photos and lots of really fascinating things from Uncle Morris. While I'm gearing up to scan those things, here are a few items I've been waiting to post...

On August 10, 1903 Rochel arrived at Ellis Island with Liebe (Aunt Laura)age 10 and Moische (Uncle Morris)age 5. They arrived on the SS Finland. It says they were to live with Nochim Kukes (I'll never figure out a consistent spelling)at 76 Hipole Street, Providence, RI. Does that address mean anything to those of you reading this?

Here is the excerpt of the original manifest along with a photo of the ship. I have the full .gif file with the manifest that I can email directly -- it's too big to post here. The image is wider than most computer screens, so you may want to save it to your computer or scroll to the right.