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CP Gurch (tina g.)'s avatar

I love this reference. My mom's mom, I'm told, was born in Prussia. Now Poland? Married an American soldier, my grandfather. I don't know much about my grandmother but sounds like she had a pretty lonely life with a controlling, isolating, abusive husband. They both passed before I was 5 yrs old. Time for me to get to know something about Gramma Zacharias. Thank You! πŸ’œ

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Sara Frischer's avatar

You can try FamilySearch. Which is free for starters. Around the holidays. One of their volunteers indexed papers from 1896 where for the only time my GGF noted he arrived from Mariupol. He had entered β€œRusland’ on any other document I had located. So it’s a challenge. But, very satisfying at times. Also when you search you take your mind off everything else!

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