hannover-l - Nachricht 2007-09 00045

[HeideB <heideb(a)uneedspeed.net>]

On what do you base this statement?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vito & Ghyll Simoneschi" <vsgs(a)optonline.net>
To: "'Hannover-L'" <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [HN] Name change, namen veraenderung


Heide,
You are as misinformed as the people you spoke to at the Statue of Liberty!
Sorry!
Ghyll

-----Original Message-----
From: hannover-l-bounces(a)genealogy.net
[mailto:hannover-l-bounces(a)genealogy.net] On Behalf Of HeideB
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 12:16 PM
To: Hannover-L
Subject: Re: [HN] Name change, namen veraenderung

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

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