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2007/09/05 16:19:20 Federico Raabe [HN] Suche Koehler, Raabe, Knipping, Rosenthal in Zellerfeld-Hartz |
Datum | 2007/09/05 18:37:35 Vito & Ghyll Simoneschi Re: [HN] Name change, namen veraenderung |
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2007/09/04 10:22:47 Peter Meister Re: [HN] MUND Lineage Research |
Betreff | 2007/09/05 18:37:35 Vito & Ghyll Simoneschi Re: [HN] Name change, namen veraenderung |
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2007/09/04 17:32:13 HeideB Re: [HN] Latein |
Autor | 2007/09/05 20:41:59 HeideB Re: [HN] Name change, namen veraenderung |
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Date: 2007/09/05 18:18:28
From: HeideB <heideb(a)uneedspeed.net>
I was speaking of immigrants in general. The Germans, as a rule, had easy names and theirs didn't get changed so much. If the Manifest was in a language the immigration official couldn't read, then names were changed, for example the Russians, Polish, most of the slavics especially if the immigrants couldn't speak English. That's why there are so many Smith and Jones. Where did I get this info? I have been to the Statue of Liberty at least 15 times and heard this each time I went. Also, I have spoken to many people whose ancestors came through Ellis Island and they told me how their names were changes. Heide