My father came from a town in Poland (probably now in Ukraine) called Ruda.

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I think the file link you posted is for DAKO 1-351-645 (from the first pages). On the Wikipedia page for DAKO fond 1, opus 351 (https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/Архів:ДАКО/1/351), when you scroll down t

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Looking for records for the family name, Cohen in Stavishche (Ставище) city, former Tarashcha povit (district), former Kiev Gubernia (now belonging to the Bilacerkiv district of Kyiv oblast). Kept in

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There is a substantial co-hort of Rudy/Ruda surnames from the shtetl of Jalowka/Yaluvka, some 30 miles east of Bialystok. Todd P. Leavitt Santa Monica, CA (USA)

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My grandmother, Rosa Broch, was listed on her Czech passport as Ruzena Brochova. She was not Czech but married someone from Brno and was able to get a passports. I do sometimes wonder if they were leg

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Hello, I also have extended family with surname RUDA. Henriette/Jette RUDA born 1856 married Israel RUDA born 1854 Germany/Prussia. If this matches your family, please contact me at gaines_joyce@yahoo

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Thanks for all your answers. Thanks for your answer Sorin. I discovered that Cârpà means fabric in Romanian. As my ancestor was a tailor, maybe his new name comes from there... Colette PETITEAU France

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FWIW in 1947 there was one Ruda registered in Netherlands in the province of Gelderland (adjoins the German border). In 2007 there were <5 registered. https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.ph

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What country are we talking about? In some parts of Eastern Europe, Rode is a woman's name. Sometimes, when Jews had to take names in the early 1800s, families selected the wife's name if she was know

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I am interested in the Name Adoption Lists. What is the status of Phase II? When will any of them be accessible on line? How do I search & access the ones listed for Phase I? I have found some on line

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The Romanian never required Jews by law to adopt family names. The text of Romanian civil laws regarding registration assumed that all had family names. There was never a law that said that all have t

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Tiv Gittin, a source for the forms of given names for the writing of gittin (bills of divorce), quotes,Sefer Shomos, an earlier source that he heard the name Ruda in Belgrade, and that it was the name

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In several Slavic languages, like Czech, Polish, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, "ruda" means "ore." I don't know if that has any connection to your relatives' names, but it might have depending on where

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If the children were born during the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-38), then English was fashionable. Not very common, but fashionable nonetheless. I have a friend born into a Jewish family in Mor

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It might also have been William. I know someone born and living in France named William rather than the French equivalent Gillaume. In many countries English has the same prestige that French has or h

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We have a number of family members with the name Ruda or Rudah. In fact my father had an auntie who married a man whose last name was Ruda. Is this a Yiddish form of Ruth? Thank you Chaim Meiersdorf

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Do you know where I can find the list of 156 acceptable surnames for Jews in German lands that was required starting in July 1787? Thanks, Audrey Levin

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https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/Surname-Evolution More research into how we got our Surnames! Good Luck to all Ilan Leibowitz Kibbutz Afikim Israel

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Thomas and Robert are common German names. William would be Wilhelm.

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Has anyone come across forenames being anglicised before departure from Czechoslovakia in 1939? I am looking at a mother's passport issued by the Nazis and the children's names are listed as Thomas, R

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