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Submitted by Barbara Snider

Information Picture Question
Category: Interpretation
Approval Date: 6/21/2026 7:41 PM
Family Surname: Zacks
Country: Lithuania
Town: Upyna possibly
Date of Image: 1894
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Am trying to identify this passenger's address in Lithuania written in Steamship Passenger Ticket ledger in Philadelphia, 1894.

I recently posted the same address from the wife's entry. This is the same address but from the husband's entry.

Upon further inspection now, is it possible the top line is not a name at all, but the town name Upyna (misspelled Upine)? There is some indication in other docts the family came from Upyna (in Taurage district, Rossieny region, Kovno province). (Apologies if my Lithuanian municipality designations are misnamed).

I don't know what the other words in top line might refer to.
Might "Mis" be part of the town name (like greater, smaller, upper, etc as in Hungarian town names)?

Thanks for any thoughts. Barb Snider




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6/22/2026 2:37 AM In my opinion Mis stands for miestas - town in Lithuanian
I read: Town Upine Senisku (old in Lithuanian) Rosseiny (uyezd) Kovno (gubernija)

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