A passenger arrived in the port of New York on the ship Philadelphia in 1910. His residence, as listed on the Ellis Island manifest, is transcribed as "Ruistikovicz, Russia". The passenger is said to be 'Hebrew', and the town name appears on both pages of the manifest, in column 10 (Last Residence), 11 (nearest relative), and 29 (birthplace).
Looking for the current and historical names of this town or location.
The ending of the word seems to be clearer than the beginning. Picking up on the 'cz' as a clue that this might be a Polish name, I tried the Online Gazetteer at JewishGen.org. The FamilySearch Research wiki's article on Poland Gazetteers says:
The biggest advantage of this search is that it uses a specialized soundex system to find places. This can be very helpful if your spelling is not quite accurate. Keep in mind that not all the results will be of value. A soundex result is not intended to provide sounds-like results. You have to be judicious in selecting the correct place from the display page.
Using the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex gives five possible matches, three in Poland, one in Moldova, and one in Lithuania. One possible match is Rostkowice, Poland. The search form returns these fields:
Do you have any records (like manifests belonging to other family members, friends or associates) that might hold other clues?
