I am pretty sure the general area that you are researching was called PODOLIA.
History of Podolia
http://happytogether.com/genealogy/pages/podolia.html
Teofipol (pronounced Te-o-fee-pol in Ukr.) is a district center town in the Khmelnytska Oblast/Region>now Ukraine.
Kupel (pronounced Coo-peel in Ukr.) is a village/selo in the Volochynskij Raion/District in the same oblast as Teofipol. Village still exists today.
c.1900 map of Podolia area. Kupel too small to show up on map. It is 16.7 miles SSE of Teofipol.
Oberman Family Tree
http://userpages.wittenberg.edu/dkaz...ty/Ob-cit.html
Use following link to locate both Teofipol and Kupel. Printable version of map also available.
To see where places are generally located in Ukraine, click on to zoom, two below middle.
JewishGen ShtetlSeeker - Town Search
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm
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Jewish Archival Records for this area are difficult to find. There may be in the Kiev Historical Archives or in the Polish Archives??? Some Jews had lived in this area since Middle Ages, others had their roots in Poland.
The fellow on the this next link has apparently been successful in locating the records. He has ancestors coming from both Teofipol and Kupel. Contact him and ask.
Jay Nitikman's Genealogy: Shtetls
http://www.permeable.com/genealogy/shtetls.html
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Other links of interest:
Kupel is included in the book. Teofipol is not.
190 towns
http://www.rtrfoundation.org/html/190_towns.html
PS>Miriam Weiner also can be contracted to do your search for you.
Routes to Roots
http://www.routestoroots.com/index.html
Stories from Russia Ukraine
http://www.permeable.com/genealogy/stories.html
A Selected Jewish Ukrainian Bibliography of Felshtin and Ukraine, Books, Articles and Web Sites
http://www.west.net/~jazz/felshtin/biblio.html
This site is still under construction, but keep it bookmarked for yourself.
Welcome to the Ukraine Sig
http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/
Petersburg judaica: Books
http://judaica.spb.ru/books_e.shtml
Jewish Genealogy and Avotaynu
http://www.avotaynu.com/
Khmelnytska Oblast Archives: 10 volumes - Search the US Library of Congress
excerpt
Guberniya
http://jewishwebindex.com/guberniya.htm
JGSWS Research Tools and Links
http://members.tripod.com/adm/popup/...8d9ebe47b56b21
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You can do a wildcard search for Jewish Immigrants coming thru Ellis Island. Use the soundex/sounds like, instead of starts with. If you come across any possibilities, make sure to examine the ORIGINAL SHIP MANIFEST/handwritten copy, using the zoom. Don't forget to examine every page.
I did a quick run thru and found a Ge/arber family coming from Podalsk (bad transliteration of Podolsk/Podolia - the Region). They list themselves as Russian. Think they were heading for Cleveland. I didn't look at the others. Stay flexible w/all the transliterations.
Ellis Island /Jewish Passengers Wild Card
http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellisjw.html
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PS>Wish I could have been more helpful. Good Luck!!!
[Edited by Hannia on 14th March 2002 at 10:34]