I think this conversation is backwards - the original name was Yiddish and/or Hebrew. The question should be what English name was chosen based on the original and not the other way around. I know sev

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I haven't heard the term before, but the Seward Park Strollers were most likely homeless. Seward Park is on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, at Essex Street/East Broadway. Billie Stein Givatayim, Isr

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Tsalko, along with Tzalel and Tzalek, is a diminutive of Betzalel. In "the old country", the Tz was pronounced as Ch, and the English version is often Charles. Billie Stein Givatayim, Israel

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For "mixed" families, there is no hard and fast rule, but most likely if the naming is for a Sephardic relative, it may be of a live one, whereas if naming for an Ashkenazi relative, it would be for s

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Is the 1900 census available for other locations, too? I am particularly interested in the tiny village (too small to call it a shtetl) of Zukowice Nowe, in the Tarnow district. All I've seen to date

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Nissan, Nissim and Natan are 3 different names. Nissan ניסן is usually someone who was born during that month (or named for someone who was born in Nissan). Natan נתן - in English transliterated as Na

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Thank you Michele. The Cowen report is fascinating, but much too long to read online in a single sitting. I tried to download it using the export button, but only managed to get a 3 page description o

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The record for the civil marriage in Sieniawa of my great grandparents, Simon Lam(m) & Liftsche Glanz (and 2 other couples) gives the date as 29 February 1887. Since leap years occur only in years div

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I have the same question about almost identical candlesticks that belonged to my grandmother. They are solid brass (the 4 inch base screws off) and There are no maker's or any other identifiyin marks

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I knew a Chiena in New York. In English, she spelled it Cheyenne. Billie Stein Givatayim, Israel

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The spelling יהודא is common among Ashkenazim, while Separdim often use יאודה, both for the same reason that Y. Kamenszky suggested: that without the ד, it is the same as Hashem's holy 4 letter name.

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She may have had two names, Zlata Gittle, possibly named for both grandmothers or other relatives. Billie Stein Givatayim, Israel

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