Re: Confusing Information on Towns in Lithuania #belarus #lithuania

Sally Bruckheimer

"Was this likely? Was it at all common that a family would move that far away from one hometown to another?"

There are all sorts of reasons, but some of our ancestors moved long distances. My grandfather was supposed to have been born in Berdichev, my mother told me growing up, but his brother told the Baseball Hall of Fame, apparently, that he was born in Odessa 3 or 4 years later (I bet you never heard of Lefty). Who knows whether somebody didn't understand, and since I have never found records of them in Berdichev (maybe they moved to Odessa).

If you look at marriage records, most are local, but some are long distance matches, not obviously family. The groom came from far away. Who knows, maybe the husband was a scholar and the bride's family would support them for X years.

But it happened

Sally Bruckheimer
Princeton, NJ

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