Perhaps more likely is that the father's name was something Abraham (with Abraham representing the given name of the grandfather which may have alternately been used as a surname). Clerical reversals

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Perhaps more likely is that the father's name was something Abraham (with Abraham representing the given name of the grandfather which may have alternately been used as a surname). Clerical reversals

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For those of you familiar with given names - especially in Lomza Gubernia.. I am pretty certain I have an ancestor named Joel, but who also went by Julek quite often in documents >from the 1810s-1830s

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For those of you familiar with given names - especially in Lomza Gubernia.. I am pretty certain I have an ancestor named Joel, but who also went by Julek quite often in documents >from the 1810s-1830s

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Herein lies some of the confusion. In Germany a child might be named Baruch, but the name might be written formally as Baruch Jacob Schweicher. If his father was Jacob does that mean that he was named

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Herein lies some of the confusion. In Germany a child might be named Baruch, but the name might be written formally as Baruch Jacob Schweicher. If his father was Jacob does that mean that he was named

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Hello. I wanted to briefly introduce myself. I have been researching my family for about twenty years. While my French and German side is only >from one great-grandparent, I have been able to document

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Hello! I am new to this list, and was encouraged to join and post my message below, which was cross-posted to the JewishGen main discussion list. I have received some interesting answers so far... I a

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Hello! I am new to this list, and was encouraged to join and post my message below, which was cross-posted to the JewishGen main discussion list. I have received some interesting answers so far... I a

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Hello. I wanted to briefly introduce myself. I have been researching my family for about twenty years. While my French and German side is only >from one great-grandparent, I have been able to document

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Hello, Genners! I am in need of some assistance regarding what I view as some unusual naming conventions in Alsace (and to some extent Frankfurt). I am researching some members of the WEYL family ther

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Hello, Genners! I am in need of some assistance regarding what I view as some unusual naming conventions in Alsace (and to some extent Frankfurt). I am researching some members of the WEYL family ther

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There is an extraction of this rather sparse marriage record in JewishGen's index for Hungarian records. The record can be found mid-page here: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22655-2521

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There is an extraction of this rather sparse marriage record in JewishGen's index for Hungarian records. The record can be found mid-page here: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22655-2521

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Geners: I am having some difficulty with the given names in Szepes in the 1820s-1850s. It seems they were very fluid, perhaps more so than in the areas of Poland and Lithuania in which I have worked w

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Geners: I am having some difficulty with the given names in Szepes in the 1820s-1850s. It seems they were very fluid, perhaps more so than in the areas of Poland and Lithuania in which I have worked w

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http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=70 Try here and also look in JewishGen's Ukraine database--perhaps you can find the family in the 1906 Duma voter lists database. I know there are entr

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http://www.jewishgen.org/Ukraine/GEO_town.asp?id=70 Try here and also look in JewishGen's Ukraine database--perhaps you can find the family in the 1906 Duma voter lists database. I know there are entr

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I think you need to give the town involved, so people can tell you what the civil record customs were as far as naming is concerned. Jakob and Jankiel are the same, but Jukiel *could be* Jechiel/Yechi

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I think you need to give the town involved, so people can tell you what the civil record customs were as far as naming is concerned. Jakob and Jankiel are the same, but Jukiel *could be* Jechiel/Yechi

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