Surname Kyboski from Mielnica, Russia (now Poland)

[bigirishfamily]

Looking for advice/tips/help in researching an ancestor, Pearl Annie Kyboski born 1887 from Mielnica, Russia.

Fathers name was Jacob Kyboski.

At some point  Pearl emigrated to Canada/USA but I don't know when.

ancestry.com has not come up with anything for me.  Where should/could I look next?

[1pds]

Have you checked out www.familysearch.org? 

[bigirishfamily]

Have you checked out www.familysearch.org? 

I have yes, it did not turn up anything either. I realize there could be several variations of the surname - Kyboski, Kaboski, Kiboski, Kabowski, etc. so it is not going to be easy tracing her family in Russia/Poland. Her marriage certificate (from Canada) clearly spells it Kyboski though.

[1pds]

What was her married name (from the certificate)?

[bigirishfamily]

What was her married name (from the certificate)?

Her married name was Lyons

[1pds]

Is this her?


name:   Pearl Annie Lyons
arrival date:   26 Mar 1945
arrival port:   Buffalo, New York,
birth country:   Russia
gender:   Female
arrival contact:   Daughter Lillian Eileen
record has photo?:   N
nara publication title:   Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954
nara publication number:   M1480
nara roll number:   72

[bigirishfamily]

Is this her?

name:   Pearl Annie Lyons
arrival date:   26 Mar 1945
arrival port:   Buffalo, New York,
birth country:   Russia
gender:   Female
arrival contact:   Daughter Lillian Eileen
record has photo?:   N
nara publication title:   Manifests of Alien Arrivals at Buffalo, Niagara Falls, and Rochester, New York, 1902-1954
nara publication number:   M1480
nara roll number:   72

Yes that indeed is her.  Sorry I forgot to mention that I had found that already.

My interest is in trying to locate her arrival to the US/Canada and if possible to find out more about her family/surname from Mielnica.

[1pds]

Take a look at this site, it may provide some avenue of research:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/ukraine/messages/7668.html

[JustinL]

Hello Stephen,

Mielnica was in Galicia (Galizien) a province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It became Russian after WWI.

Judging by the forenames of father and daughter, I would have though that the family was Jewish. Am I right?

Justin