I have a russian ancestor by the last name of yankin who came from somewhere near the baltic sea but i dont?

Question

know which countrey, if anyone has any idea or clue or know of a good website itd be greatly appreciated

Answer 1

http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.sc...

AND

http://expertgenealogy.com/service.asp?s...

Answer 2

Countries that border the Baltic Sea in northern Europe are

Latvia ,Lithuania , Estonia (an island country), Poland ,and Russia.

www.jewishgen.org lists these listings for Yankin:

LATVIA--

Emergency U.S. Passport Applications, 1915-1926:

       Name--Birthplace--Consulate:

      YENKIN, Chaia Shera-- USVIAT, RUS-- LAT

LITHUANIA--DEATHS

           Name--Father, Mother, Spouse--Residence--Death date, age--Town--Place Recorded, Year, Record Number:

YANKUN, Abram Ionsel--Father: Pinkhas --Pandelys--Date 2/19/1877, age 8--Town: Rokiskis, District: Kaunas ; Recorded : Rokiskis, 1877;  Record Number (not microfilmed): KRA/210/1/621/25

In Poland, the surname is spelled as JANKIN:

From area of Grodno,  Bialystok Province--

      Name: Dina Gitla Jankin

      Year: 1876--Type: D-- Akt: 103F-- Father : Josel Mordko

     Name: Iser Josel Jankin;  Year: 1877;  Type: D;  Akt: 147M;

           Father: Mordko

       (not stated if "Year" meant birth or death; or what "Type" or "Akt" is . Am assuming Akt means account number)

www.ancestry.com--"Yankin" born in Russia:

Seattle Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1957

Name:  Haya Yankin

Birth:  1895 - Russia

Departure:  Kobe, Japan

Arrival:  20 Jan 1917 - Seattle, Washington

Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945

Name: Yankel Lewon

Arrival Date: 17 Apr 1910

Age: 24 Years  

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886  

Gender: Male  

Port of Departure: Liverpool, England  

Ship Name: Merion  

Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  

Friend's Name: HARRIS YANKIN**

Last Residence: Russia  

Birthplace: Lawitz, Russia

Microfilm Roll Number: T840_75

**Harris also listed on records for:

  Name:  Davied Lewon

Age: 5 Months  

Ship Name: Merion  

Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; 17 Apr 1910-- arrival date

Friend's Name: Harris Yankin

Last Residence: Russia  

Birthplace: Lawitz, Russia

Name:  Louie Lewon (Age: 26 Years)

Friend's name:  Harris Yankin

Birth:  abt 1884 - Lawitz, Russia

Origin:  Russia

Ship Name: Merion  

Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; on 17 Apr 1910

Canadian Soldiers of World War I, 1914-1918

Name: William Yankin

RESIDENCE: Preston, Ontario  

Birth Date: 15 Mar 1895

Birth Location: Podolski, Russia  

Regiment Number: 1024318  

Family tree listings:

Clemies Yankin Yonkemis

Born: 1877 ,Lithuania, Russia  

Died: 1920 ,Elizabeth City, Union, New Jersey, USA  

          Married:

Teresa Antoinette Annie  Blazis

Birth:  11 Sep 1882 ,Lithuania, Russia  

Death:  Sep 1969 ,Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, USA  

           Children:

1.Peter P. Yankin-- M--b.  20 Aug 1901 in , New Jersery,d.  21 Dec 1987,  Elizabeth, NJ  

2. Teresa Amelia Yankin-- F--b. 1905 in , New Jersey

3. Lucy A. Yankin-- F--b. 1908 in , New Jersey

4. Edward J. Yankin-- M--b. 9 Jun 1911 in , New Jersey; d. Nov 1977, Elizabeth, NJ

5. Albert Louis Yankin-- M--b.  30 Jul 1915 in , New Jersey; d.1993 in Palo Cedro, CAL. ; Spouse:  Georgia Adelate Hauck ; death record on www.rootsweb.com

6.Evelyn Yankin-- F--b.  abt 1921 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey,    

Name:  Anna Yankin  

Death:  South Dakota

Spouse:  Gunder Johnson

(Had 10 children)

www.familysearch.org (no first names given on some):

Yankin--Birth:  About 1880   , Lithuania, Ussr ; Death:  Before 1930   , , New Jersey ; Spouse:  Antoinette  Marriage:  1899   Of, , , New Jersey (2nd listing is the same, except birth year says about 1878)



www.rootsweb.com--Social Security Death Index

         Field --Value --Records

   Last Name-- YANKIN --10

(If any agree with whom you're looking for this site takes you to a page with an SS-5 letter you can send for their Social Security card, etc:

http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bi...

507 additional hits for YANKIN at Ancestry.com

45  additional hits for YANKIN at Long Lost People

(If any of these names sound familiar, my email is in my profile. I'd be glad to help you look further).

Answer 3

Russian(Russia) not that hard