My father and his brothers changed their last name to make it easier for business purposes and perhaps to sound more American. They did not use the courts to do so. They were all born in the USA, so

I think several explanations here are plausible. My father, who was named Louis at birth in 1917, is listed as Lawrence in the 1920 census. His last name was spelled incorrectly on his birth

Hello all, The depression might have been a catalyst-not that people made up names of "extra children or relatives" for the census but rather that the depression caused parents to leave their children

I just learned that there may be family document in the Wloclawek archive. They relate to survivors who, after the war, tried to establish the death of relatives during the war. They may also have

Hello, Does anyone know if there is an office or other contact information for burials at South Hills Hebrew Cemetery in York, Pennsylvania? Neither Google nor Find-a-Grave seem to have a contact

Debbie, Chant d'Oiseau is a street in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre in Brussels. I searched for Chant d'Oiseau at https://genealogyindexer.org/ and found one listing. It is for 1914, but perhaps you may find a

For Naturalizations, if you find a Naturalization Petition on Ancestry view the image then look at the immediately preceding images by selecting the left arrow on the left side of the image. You may

PS: I forgot to note that Hyman Pat/Patt/Pate was the only one of his siblings in 1910 who was male (and who would therefore die with the family name of "Pate" -- which seems to have been adopted by

I know it's been many years, but I just joined this board. Alexander BOGUS was my 1st cousin 2x removed. I don't know about anyone name RUBENSTEIN, but I am still in touch with one of Alexander's

I only recently discovered that my maternal gf's family came from Vilnius, not Russia as I had previously been told. My gf was the youngest of 3 siblings, all of whom came to the US somewhere between

Dear Debbie Bloch: Google pointed me toward this "centre médical" (= "medical center", at least approximately) in today's Woluwe-Saint Pierre in Belgium: http://www.cmco.info ("Centre Médical du

I am looking to research records for Vilna, Lithuania and Nasielsk, Poland for my family. Where would be the best place to connect with to see what vital records might be available for the 1800’s

For somebody born in Brussels you have to know which borough he was born and there eventually you might find a birth certificate, if the birth was officially registered. This is always the case when

Tanya, As I have said in another thread some time ago, I found evidence of my father's father's name change when looking at his birth certificate at the New York City Municipal Archives (he was born

Hi to all who will read this post. I am not sure that my own US Census/genealogy story counts exactly as "invented relatives" (although it seems to involve persons who were not relatives of mine who

Hi All, There was a post recently about 500,000 records added to GenTeam but details were not provided. I received this information: Larry Bassist Springville, Utah www.GenTeam.at 500,000 new

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Tanya, Did he naturalize? If so, he may have done the name change during the naturalization process. Both FamilySearch and Ancestry have good databases of naturalization indices and documents.

Thanks to everyone for he ideas/alternative explanations. a few more details - this was isolated to the 1930 census. It was the inventory of the house my Grandparents lived in for many years and the