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"His name was changed at Ellis Island" #names

Interesting theory Yale. Do let us know when you have actual proof.

By Mikkitobi@... · #646094 ·

#names

"His name was changed at Ellis Island" #names

The ticket agents did NOT use USA directories. The ticket agents had staff fluent in the passengers languages.

By Mikkitobi@... · #646072 ·

#names

Launch of Online Resource of Jewish Cemeteries in Turkey With Over 61,000 Gravestones #sephardic #announcements

This database is described as the “largest tombstone database in the world“ which is simply not true. The search interface relegates NAMES to one of the last search parameters and the names do not app

By Mikkitobi@... · #645583 ·

#sephardic #announcements

Geni and Family Search #general

You paint far too rosy a picture of Geni Randy. Yes people make additions and corrections but they also add a lot of their own errors and sometimes a load of crap which is then very difficult to corre

By Mikkitobi@... · #645310 ·

#general

"His name was changed at Ellis Island" #names

Eva when the immigrants were called forward in turn they showed their landing card which contained their details including name, manifest page and number on page that had been copied from the original

By Mikkitobi@... · #645248 ·

#names

Cohanim and Levites #dna

Eva Lawrence I also suggest you Google the topic and you will be hard pressed to find any articles confirming your suggestion that name changes did take place on arrival by immigration officers. See h

By Mikkitobi@... · #645174 ·

#dna

Cohanim and Levites #dna

Eva Lawrence you misunderstood my posting. The clerks I was referring to were those who created the manifests on departure from Europe. I am not suggesting people did not change their own surnames aro

By Mikkitobi@... · #645171 ·

#dna

Cohanim and Levites #dna

Names were NOT changed by immigration authorities. Passenger names appeared on the ship manifests on departure and were completed by clerks fluent in the languages of the passengers. Please do not con

By Mikkitobi@... · #644896 ·

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Refugee doctors in 1930s had to re-qualify before practising in UK #unitedkingdom

My cousin Kenneth Collins has written extensively on Scottish Jewry and in particular those involved in the Medical profession. He writes: "My records show that Ernst Rachwalsky requalified in Edinbur

By Mikkitobi@... · #642022 ·

#unitedkingdom

women's right to vote

D H AARON was not the first ever Jewish actuary in the history of UK Insurance. What about Marcus Nathan ADLER who was actuary of the Alliance Assurance Company from 1867? Or Benjamin GOMPERTZ who was

By Mikkitobi@... · #640543 ·