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***With an Ancestry.com membership, click [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1528 here]. | ***With an Ancestry.com membership, click [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1528 here]. | ||
***From the Family History Library, a Family History Center, or other participating institution, click [http://search.ancestryintitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1528 here]. | ***From the Family History Library, a Family History Center, or other participating institution, click [http://search.ancestryintitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1528 here]. | ||
*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. | |||
*Surname Changes | *Surname Changes | ||
**To understand the scope of the surname challenge, read the Wikipedia.org article ''Cohen (and its variations) as a surname'' by clicking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen#Cohen_.28and_its_variations.29_as_a_surname here]. | **To understand the scope of the surname challenge, read the Wikipedia.org article ''Cohen (and its variations) as a surname'' by clicking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohen#Cohen_.28and_its_variations.29_as_a_surname here]. | ||
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***Change the name to make it less foreign-sounding [e.g. Meier to Myer, Leo Kochanski to Hans Leon]. | ***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. | **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. | ||
**Find additional information in these books 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 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 Kingdom of Poland'', by Alexander Beider. | ||
***''A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire'', by Alexander Beider. | ***''A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire'', by Alexander Beider. | ||
* | ***''Finding Our Fathers, A Guidebook to Jewish Genealogy'', by Dan Rottenberg, Section: Alphabetical List of Family Names, starting on page 149. | ||