I've searched through JewishGen's SIG Discussion Group Archives before. But every so often I search again and try to use spelling variations for surnames. This time, I searched for Ruttner, with two Ts (rather than "Rutner" with one T). And I got a "new" hit from 1999.
Dombo in particular is very near my Rutners' town, Kolodne--it is what is now Dubove, Ukraine. And I have several instances of Rutners marrying Steinmetzes and Berkovicses. So I emailed the poster, a man named Ron in Australia--and immediately got a bounceback, as the 17-year-old email was no longer active. But a little bit of Googling found an active address, so I tried again. I got a response almost immediately.
I responded with some of the Berkovicses and Steinmetzes that I have in my tree. And the response I received told me how we were connected.
Bluma Steinmetz and Ezra Berkovics were on my tree. And I knew who Bluma's parents were:
Eizik and Szura Rutner Steinmetz were married in September 1887. Szura's parents are given as Mendel and Jita Rutner--my great-great-great grandparents. Szura was a sister to my great-great grandfather Shmuel Moshe.
So Ron and I are third cousins once removed!
So never give up and don't disregard long-ago online postings; you could find new relatives!
Note: I'm on Twitter. Feel free to follow me (@larasgenealogy).
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Dombo in particular is very near my Rutners' town, Kolodne--it is what is now Dubove, Ukraine. And I have several instances of Rutners marrying Steinmetzes and Berkovicses. So I emailed the poster, a man named Ron in Australia--and immediately got a bounceback, as the 17-year-old email was no longer active. But a little bit of Googling found an active address, so I tried again. I got a response almost immediately.
I responded with some of the Berkovicses and Steinmetzes that I have in my tree. And the response I received told me how we were connected.
Bluma Steinmetz and Ezra Berkovics were on my tree. And I knew who Bluma's parents were:
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| Marriage of Eizik Steinmetz & Szura Rutner |
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| My Relationship to Ron |
So Ron and I are third cousins once removed!
So never give up and don't disregard long-ago online postings; you could find new relatives!
Note: I'm on Twitter. Feel free to follow me (@larasgenealogy).
How exciting for you and your Aussie cousin to find each other after such an old breadcrumb.
ReplyDeleteThis is very cool! Thanks for sharing - it's inspiring.
ReplyDeleteWhere there is a will - there is a way! Congrats!!!
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