[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Passports or Identity Papers

[DrVbuzz at aol.com]

It certainly has been interesting following the various postings  on passport 
papers.  Here is my story much different than the ones  presented.  
 
Fortunately I was able to find a cousin who was the only one in our  huge 
family that knew anything about our family. I met her when she was in  her early 
90s, and  her oral history proved to be very accurate in all of  our 
discussions.  She gave me the following information which got me  started researching 
the move to Canada.  Our family lived in a  couple villages between Rovno and 
Dubno, they also wanted to leave  Volhynia.  They had no passports,  and they 
were told by a nice Jewish  man named Karl Schulz that they could travel with 
he and his wife under his  passport.  My cousin said that they arrived in May 
or June  1902.  She also said that some family members changed their ages to 
fit in  with Karl as extended family members.  In the mid nineties I visited  
the Provincial Archives in Winnipeg and in about 2 hours I found the name of  
Karl Schulz, his wife, followed by Julius age 9 (my father,) his  brother Emil 
age 7, another brother Heinrich age 2. These three  entries fit and I knew I 
had found the their record.  I was able to  identify other family members, 
although no last names were used as my cousin had  said.  The ship's record was for 
the SS Lake Champlain leaving  Liverpool June 10th and arriving in Quebec 
June 20, 1902.  Seems very  informal, however, the record I found shows they 
apparently did not have any  documents.
 
 
Victor Gess
Researching in Poland and  Volhynia
Gess/Jess/Jesse/Jescke/Jehs/Rode/Rohde/Wonnek/Wonek/Wonneck/Riske/Schmuland
Shinufka/Karlswalde/Satyjew/Moczulki
Plock/Kalisch/Karolinow