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== Americanization of Names == | == Americanization of Names == | ||
A serious problem for some researchers is to determine the actual name of their | A serious problem for some researchers is to determine the actual name of their immigrant ancestor. Some ancestors in their eagerness to be assimilated into American culture, traded their dificult foreign names for American names. This occured often with given names and to a lesser extent with surnames. | ||
=== Given Names === | === Given Names === | ||