Dear Fellow Genners,

What's in a name? Names, of course, are often the starting points for our
genealogical researches, and provide us with valuable information for
fleshing out our family trees.

Click on:
http://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/newsletter/bnl_index.htm
to read a fascinating account by Dr. Leonid Smilovitsky of the origin of
Jewish last names in the town of Turov, in Belorussia.

Fran Bock, Editor
Belarus SIG Online Newsletter
franbock@...