A woman's maiden name and married name can be the same if she marries someone who has the same last name as her father did. For example, (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt, was the daughter of Elliott Bulloch R

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Haven’t nailed down the exact name on the early 20th century Passenger List yet, but I suspect it was GOLDSTEIN. GOLDSTEN was listed in the 1920 Census. It became GONSALVES at a later date, and even l

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"Levite" or "the Levi" is a designation given only to MALES, not to women. (it is passed down from father to son and originated with Levi, one of the twelve sons of Jacob).

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Irina, Thank you that is very helpful and not easily searchable information, so I appreciate the expertise. One final question. This particular headstone says "Esther Elyevna" which I have learned is

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I found a family stone in Ukraine from 1911 that is on the website of this organization: Chesed Shel Emet. Mitzmatemet.org. I can only translate part of the stone at this point, so I wasn't sure what

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In Soviet Russia some women preferred to keep their maiden name and not adopt the name of their husband. It was a common phenomenon. Sometimes, the husband would take the wife’s name, as was the case

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Greetings! I have encountered a headstone of one ESTHER URETSKY whom I suspect is the sister of my great-grandmother ROSE URETSKY. But, I may very well be mistaken because I noted her maiden name URET

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The dissertation linked below may be of interest to you. It includes several tables that show which Yiddish names Jewish immigrants’ American names typically correspond to. From Rochel to Rose and Men

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This may have been brought up before, but in old Jewish sources "rishon b'rishon" (first to first) refers to siblings so when its written "Sheni ' B'sheni" (second to second) would refer to first cous

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I don't know about name changes upon arrival in a new country except to say you may cal yourself anything you wish as long as you do not seek to gain criminally from the new name. I have in my direct

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Hi Polly, Bershadsky to Berg? After Ellis Island? What’s needed in any of these name change stories is to go back to the records, and see 1. what was his name was on the ship manifest 2. the first tim

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Many people insist, vigorously, that names were never changed at Ellis Island. So clearly, your great grandfather was mistaken. His name really was Berg.

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This fascinates me. My great-grandfather's last name in Russia was Bershadsky (I know this because of family stories and a calling card from Russia that I have). After Ellis Island, it was Berg! My gr

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Hello everyone, in any birth record Ï have seen the place Synorushko, where is it? Thank you Jenya Kanadov

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Just as an aside, family last names may not have been changed at the ports of entry but they sure can be changed by different branches of the family… My Volovich family takes up nearly half of my tree

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I am searching for information on the surname Jewitzkavatz / Jewasschewitz. This was the maiden name of my two times great-grandmother - Johanna Margarietha (born somewhere between 1838 and 1898) in w

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I've followed the name changes of my maternal grandfather's surname. My grandfather, with the last name Leapman' had led me to believe that the name was originally 'Liebman', and had told me that we h

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Itka is a diminutive for Ita

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And his father's first name was Shaun, because he replied " Schoin fargessen". Jonathan Wreschner Efrat, Israel

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At some point, I hope, people will focus on the name change rather than on where it took place.

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