It has been several years and I still have been unable to progress on this side of the family (the last part of my family tree that I haven't been able to trace)! My goal is to figure out where in Lithuania this side of the family came from (or at least a naturalization record for one of them).
If anyone is willing to help, it would be much appreciated!
There are a number of things I find strange:
1) I have been unable to find a naturalization record for a single member of this family, even though they all indicate on censuses that they have been naturalized.
2) The marriages are very confusing. Here we have the marriage certificate of Lena Kovitz to Harry Levine:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4D8-S2W. I know that this is the correct certificate because a physical copy has been passed around in the family. HOWEVER, this lists Lena's parents as "Samuel Kovitz" and "Annie Cohen". This is where the confusion starts. This 1920 census:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF9M-R8Q shows Lena's parents as "Zelda Kovits" and "Michael Kovitz". I also know that this IS the correct census, as I have personally met the Minnie and Bessie mentioned there. However, again in the 1910 census (
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2K2-YSX) we have Michael's wife listed as "Jennie Kovitz". I have absolutely no idea who Lena's mother was. It should also be noted that this record(
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N46L-XZL) lists them as "Max Kovitz" and "Zelde Sneider".
3) The locations where this family lived (although all in the Kaunas Governate) are different:
Samuel's WWI draft registration (
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6W2Q-11R) shows him as being from Linkuva. A naturalization of what is likely Harry Kovitz in Boston, however, shows him as having been born in Ponevezh.
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