04-11-2017, 03:07 PM
Yes that's true, but if a single person with a double surname, then the text would have said "has", not "have", unless it's been about, say, two brothers.
I just discovered that the resource I referenced provides full-text search. Although not a perfect tool in combination with optical recognition, this can bring some results.
There are quite a number of references to Lemberg in the period 20 through 29th October 1912 in Austrian papers, so I was reluctant to follow them all.
"Shapinski" is not mentioned. There is "Stapinski" featured several times in the period afore mentioned:
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Of particular interest may be the local Lvov paper of 21th October (the first reference in the list). It's in Polish, technically Polish is more or less close to Russian so maybe I could understand what's it about, but I leave that to Polish-speaking readers.
I just discovered that the resource I referenced provides full-text search. Although not a perfect tool in combination with optical recognition, this can bring some results.
There are quite a number of references to Lemberg in the period 20 through 29th October 1912 in Austrian papers, so I was reluctant to follow them all.
"Shapinski" is not mentioned. There is "Stapinski" featured several times in the period afore mentioned:
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Of particular interest may be the local Lvov paper of 21th October (the first reference in the list). It's in Polish, technically Polish is more or less close to Russian so maybe I could understand what's it about, but I leave that to Polish-speaking readers.

