[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] FW: Ukranian immigrants calling themselves Russian

[joepessarra]

Jan,

Take a look for Ekatarinslav at the JewishGen ShtetlSeeker at
http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp

Ekatarinslav is in the Ukraine.

If you look for Mariopol in the Ukraine using ShtetlSeeker, and try to find
it in relation to the coordinates of Ekatarinslav, you will find a Mariapol
that is only 56.5 miles from Ekatarinslav, and a Miropol that is only 45.7
miles from Ekatarinslav.  Ekatarinslav is now named Dnipropetrovsk.

Not a lot of help, but it looks like either Mariapol, or Miropol could be
the town you are searching for.

Good luck.

Joe in Texas, USA



-----Original Message-----
From: ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org
[mailto:ger-poland-volhynia-bounces at eclipse.sggee.org] On Behalf Of Jan
Hemmings
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 6:28 PM
To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Ukranian immigrants calling themselves
Russian

I may be totally looking the wrong place by asking your group, but I am
looking for information for my stepfather, Alfred Gerlinsky, whose
grandfather, Jacob Gerlinsky (or then sonetimes, Gerlinski), immigrated to
Canda, to Saskatchewan. He arrived in Montreal in 1904, and settled in
Saskatchewan by 1905, with his wife Barbara and several children, Matilda,
Martin, Valentin....

Jacob said in the census that they were all born in
Russia, but Alfred says, Ekatarinslav, Mariopol. All I can find is Mariupol
in the Ukraine, and of course, Gerlinsky is a Slavic name. Is there any way
of finding anything more about this family before they went to Canada?
Thanks,
Jan Hemmings




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