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ArchivesLIACABUCO ??? WHERE IS THAT NAME
TRYING DESPERATELY TO FIND ANOTHER LIACABUCO. ALL MY RELATIVES ARE DEAD. MY DAD WAS NAMED JOHN. HAD AN AUNT INEZ, UNCLE JIMMY AND UNCLE EMILIO, THERE WERE 2 MORE SISTERS, AUNTIE AL? AND ANOTHER AUNT, CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME. MY DAD SAID HE HAD A BROTHER WHO DIED IN A WAR (DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE, GUESSING WWII. GIOVANNI??. WAS TOLD I WAS ITALIAN. MY MOM IS DEAD. THEY NEVER TALKED ABOUT MY GRANDPARENTS AT ALL. DON'T EVEN KNOW THEIR NAMES.
I HAVE SEARCHED ELLIS ISLAND, AND MANY OTHER WEBSITES. IT'S GETTING VERY FRUSTRATING. ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED.
BORN AND RAISED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 1956
I HAVE SEARCHED ELLIS ISLAND, AND MANY OTHER WEBSITES. IT'S GETTING VERY FRUSTRATING. ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED.
BORN AND RAISED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 1956
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Dear Mary--
Your message raised my eyebrows because it reminds me of stories told by children of parents that survived the Holocaust. The red flags are the combination of: unusual last name, death related to war (with little detail revealed by family), a possibly ambiguous heritage, never talking about your grandparents and your age.
If you think that there is a possibility that you are of Jewish or Italian Jewish heritage, you may want to contact the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, or a local Holocaust museum or historian, for research advice.
Good luck in your search. (And turn off your caps lock.)
Genis
Your message raised my eyebrows because it reminds me of stories told by children of parents that survived the Holocaust. The red flags are the combination of: unusual last name, death related to war (with little detail revealed by family), a possibly ambiguous heritage, never talking about your grandparents and your age.
If you think that there is a possibility that you are of Jewish or Italian Jewish heritage, you may want to contact the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, or a local Holocaust museum or historian, for research advice.
Good luck in your search. (And turn off your caps lock.)
Genis
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Mary, have you tried U.S. Federal Census records? You may find a clue in there.
Obviously your family name is a very rare one, or perhaps even one of those legendary Ellis Island misspellings. I checked the Mormons Family Search site, and there were only three Liacabucos listed there -- all the ones which you'd already mentioned -- and the only records cited for them were the U.S. Social Security Death Benefits records.
1. Emelio LIACABUCO - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 6 Oct 1902 State Where Number was Issued: New York Death: 14 May 1992
2. Inez LIACABUCO - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 14 Mar 1912 State Where Number was Issued: New York Death: Nov 1985
3. John LIACABUCO - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 10 Dec 1916 State Where Number was Issued: New York Death: 2 Sep 1969
-- Nanaea
Obviously your family name is a very rare one, or perhaps even one of those legendary Ellis Island misspellings. I checked the Mormons Family Search site, and there were only three Liacabucos listed there -- all the ones which you'd already mentioned -- and the only records cited for them were the U.S. Social Security Death Benefits records.
1. Emelio LIACABUCO - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 6 Oct 1902 State Where Number was Issued: New York Death: 14 May 1992
2. Inez LIACABUCO - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 14 Mar 1912 State Where Number was Issued: New York Death: Nov 1985
3. John LIACABUCO - U.S. Social Security Death Index
Birth: 10 Dec 1916 State Where Number was Issued: New York Death: 2 Sep 1969
-- Nanaea
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