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*Use the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/lnsearch.php Standard Surname Database] if you know your ancestor's given name, surname, or town name. This database is comprised of name lists from local historians and heads of Jewish communities, name lists from books, and name lists from various archives. Most collections in this database cannot be found online elsewhere. | *Use the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/lnsearch.php Standard Surname Database] if you know your ancestor's given name, surname, or town name. This database is comprised of name lists from local historians and heads of Jewish communities, name lists from books, and name lists from various archives. Most collections in this database cannot be found online elsewhere. | ||
**To search, enter a surname, given name, and/or town name into the search box. Collection results will then appear. The first column lists the collection type, while the second column contains the Collection Description (CD). The Collection Description includes information such as how the collection was acquired, references to Miriam Weiner's first visit to the town, photos (current and pre-World War I), links to other resources for the town, and/or document examples. The final column lists the number of records associated with the search term(s). Click on the blue hyperlinked number to view records, then click on the blue hyperlinked surname to see more details about the record.[[File:Screen Shot 2021-09-30 at | **To search, enter a surname, given name, and/or town name into the search box. Collection results will then appear. The first column lists the collection type, while the second column contains the Collection Description (CD). The Collection Description includes information such as how the collection was acquired, references to Miriam Weiner's first visit to the town, photos (current and pre-World War I), links to other resources for the town, and/or document examples. The final column lists the number of records associated with the search term(s). Click on the blue hyperlinked number to view records, then click on the blue hyperlinked surname to see more details about the record. | ||
[[File:Screen Shot 2021-09-30 at | [[File:Screen Shot 2021-09-30 at 3.57.22 PM.png|left|thumb|Standard Surname Database at Routes to Roots, Miriam Weiner, https://www.rtrfoundation.org/lnsearch.php. ]][[File:Screen Shot 2021-09-30 at 5.20.45 PM.png|thumb|Example of documents you may find through the Standard Surname Database, Miriam Weiner Archives, [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/index.shtml https://www.rtrfoundation.org.]|alt=|center]][[File:Screen Shot 2021-09-30 at 4.37.02 PM.png|none|thumb|Example of a Standard Surname Database search result, Miriam Weiner Archives, https://www.rtrfoundation.org/lnsearch.php. ]] | ||
[[File:Screen Shot 2021-09-30 at 4.37.02 PM.png|none|thumb|Example of a Standard Surname Database search result, Miriam Weiner Archives, https://www.rtrfoundation.org/lnsearch.php. ]] | |||
[[File:Screen Shot 2021-09-30 at 3.59.58 PM.png|left|thumb|OCR Surname Database at Routes to Roots, Miriam Weiner, https://www.rtrfoundation.org/ocrsearch.php. ]] | [[File:Screen Shot 2021-09-30 at 3.59.58 PM.png|left|thumb|OCR Surname Database at Routes to Roots, Miriam Weiner, https://www.rtrfoundation.org/ocrsearch.php. ]] | ||
You may also be able to use the | * Use the [https://www.rtrfoundation.org/newwebsite/ocrsearch.php OCR Surname Database] (optical character recognition) to search for your ancestor's surname. This database is comprised of information from business directories, address calendars, telephone books, typed name lists, and name lists from books and from archives. | ||
** To search, type in the surname, and you'll find an automatic translation of the surname into Cyrillic appear in the second search box. Repeat the search twice - once using the Latin Letter search, and again using the Cyrillic Letter search. Searches may yield different results. Once search results appear, you may want to use Google Translate to help you navigate search results. If using the Chrome browser, right-click anywhere on the page and select '''Translate to English'''. Keep in mind if you are looking at a telephone directory, the original directories have been donated to the U.S. Library of Congress. View the original by selecting the '''Get Page Scan''' button. | |||
You may also be able to use the surname databases to help narrow down a more specific location for where individuals lived who shared your ancestor's surname. | |||