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Oct 5, 2015 09:11:03 #
ottopj
Loc: Annapolis, MD USA
It looks Germanic to me, also. Good bet may be the German Department at one of your local universities.
Oct 5, 2015 09:45:15 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
The double eagle crest is from the Hapsburg Empire. Look it up it was most of central Europe prior to WWI.
If there is a university near by take it to the history department and seek out the modern european historian s/he can help. If there is a strong language dept someone who can read old Austrian and old Hungarian can help too!
If there is a university near by take it to the history department and seek out the modern european historian s/he can help. If there is a strong language dept someone who can read old Austrian and old Hungarian can help too!
Oct 5, 2015 09:54:43 #
sinatraman wrote:
It never ceases to amaze me the level of talents skills and knowledge of the members of this site. cool topic
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Oct 5, 2015 10:01:50 #
Am on a plane to Chicago and will be tied up with work until next weekend but will reach out with scans... You are the best!!
Oct 5, 2015 10:08:01 #
Cape Codder
Loc: Cape Cod
As Ole Sarge says above, in 1904 Austria encompassed much more than the present day Austria. Much of the old Yugoslavia was included, Hungary was part of it and some of the other central European countries. There was no Poland as such. That territory was in what was Germany, Austria, and Russia.
Oct 5, 2015 10:20:51 #
The second document is a Russian passport issued in 1898 to the 20-years old Jewish man named Chaim Solovjevsky.
He lived in city of Vinnytsia, now it's in Ukraine
He lived in city of Vinnytsia, now it's in Ukraine
Oct 5, 2015 10:25:54 #
photoshack wrote:
My friend is 80 and this is a family document;.
How come you didn't ask your 80 year old friend what country he came from?
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Oct 5, 2015 10:48:29 #
My guess is that its in Russian or Polish, but the 2 Kronen stamp leads me to believe, like others, that it's Danish.
First image appears to have a name in Russian or Polish; Liebowicz Solowywsky.
First image appears to have a name in Russian or Polish; Liebowicz Solowywsky.
Oct 5, 2015 10:48:29 #
zaidy wrote:
The second document is a Russian passport issued in 1898 to the 20-years old Jewish man named Chaim Solovjevsky.
He lived in city of Vinnytsia, now it's in Ukraine
He lived in city of Vinnytsia, now it's in Ukraine
I was told by colleague of mine who was from Poland, that names ending with sky are of Jewish origin. Names ending with ski are of non-Jewish origin.
Oct 5, 2015 10:58:26 #
OldEarl
Loc: Northeast Kansas
Looking at the words I could make out it appeared to be German. The double headed eagle appears similar to the seal of the Austrian Empire which could include a number of countries. Rule out Serbia an Romania which use Cyrillic alphabet. The alphabet used is western. That's as far as I can get. I did see a name Liebowitz. This is a Germanic formation but it could be Yiddish.
Oct 5, 2015 11:22:23 #
Steve_m wrote:
I was told by colleague of mine who was from Poland, that names ending with sky are of Jewish origin. Names ending with ski are of non-Jewish origin.
The name in this passport was in Cyrillic. "Solovjevsky" is just how I spelled it in English
Oct 5, 2015 11:43:50 #
Oct 5, 2015 12:21:20 #
This is a very interesting discussion. More interesting is the fact that you brought this information to colleges, where they could not help you, but it takes Hoggers to decipher it.
Oct 5, 2015 13:03:47 #
zaidy wrote:
The name in this passport was in Cyrillic. "Solovjevsky" is just how I spelled it in English
I was just giving you my 2 cents about difference of "ski and sky" in Polish names.
Oct 5, 2015 13:15:28 #
Steve_m wrote:
I was just giving you my 2 cents about difference of "ski and sky" in Polish names.
More info on that.
http://www.polishroots.org/Research/SurnameSearch/Surnamesendings/tabid/118/Default.aspx
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