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 ***Change the name to make it less foreign-sounding [e.g. Meier to Myer, Leo Kochanski to Hans Leon].
 **To find possible alternative spellings, try searching the JewishGen.org Family Finder database by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ here]. Use the spellings you already have with the "sounds like" or "starts with" options. This may yield suggestions for alternate spellings.
-**Refer to the book ''A Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames'' by Lars Menk which is available at the reference desk in the Family History Library.
+**Find additional information in these books available at the reference desk in the Family History Library:
+***''A Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames'' by Lars Menk.
+***''A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland'', by Alexander Beider.
+***''A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire'', by Alexander Beider.
 *Multiple given and surname spelling changes are possible during an individual's lifetime.
 *When searching for a family in a census or on a passenger list, look for the family overall (birth order of boys and girls, relative ages, occupation) as much as the actual recorded names.