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	Consolidated Jewish Surname Index
		Next to each surname will be at least one code; each code representing a database in which the surname, as spelled, appears.
		The third most common Jewish surname in the United States (after Cohen and Levy) is Miller.
		The fact that the surname McGraw appears in a Jewish burial database means someone named McGraw is buried in a Jewish cemetery.
	www.avotaynu.com /csi/csi-home.html (1082 words)

	Family name - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A family name, surname, or last name is the part of a person's name that indicates to what family he or she belongs.
		Nowdays, women are forced to keep their paternal surname by law (or in very rare cases where this is agreed by the parents before marriage, the maternal); however the genitive case is still kept, signifying (mostly unintentionally due to tradition) that dependence.
		Surnames of some South Slavic groups such as Serbs, Croats, Montenegrins, and Bosniaks traditionally end with the suffix "-vić" (often transliterated to English as "vic" or "vich") which also means "young/little of" or "son of." These are commonly derived from either father's name (e.g.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Surname (9597 words)

	The Melungeon DNA Surname Project
		The DNA is Semitic (Jewish) although the Wolfes publicly belonged to the German Reformed church.
		One descendant is buried in the Jewish cemetery in Bristol, Virginia.
		The interest in this surname derives from the fact that it was the surname of a major chief of the Cherokee Indians—Chief John Bowles, known incongruously as The Bowl (Duwali, in Cherokee).
	www.melungeons.com /articles/melungeondnaproject.htm (5810 words)

	Judaism 101: Jewish Names
		According to the Jewish genealogy site Avotaynu, the third most common surname among Jews in the United States is Miller, which is also one of the most common names among gentiles.
		The surname Levy comes from the biblical tribe of Levi, whose descendants the Levites had distinctive duties in the Temple period.
		Note that the surname is not the same from generation to generation: Abraham's son Isaac is Yitzchak ben Avraham; Isaac's son Jacob is Ya'akov ben Yitzchak, and so forth.
	www.jewfaq.org /jnames.htm (2162 words)

	Jewish Genealogy
		Family surname changes after immigration to the US or other western countries, and knowing exactly where your family came from before immigration are some of the challenges facing the Jewish genealogist.
		Jewish genealogy interest and opportunity for finding records and connections has grown substantially in the past 10 years, primarily due to the internet.
		Jewish researchers don’t usually have the benefit of being able to search American wills, deeds, and Civil War records to find information on their ancestors.
	www.geocities.com /jewish_jewelry/genealogy.html (1895 words)

	Gerald Finzi
		The book was based on the novel by Giorgio Bassani (another Jewish surname), which was first published in 1964 in the original Italian and entitled Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini.
		If we concluded from Finzi's surname that he was Jewish, Finzi would no doubt have felt we were wrong.
		If we concluded that he was Jewish because his mother and father were Jewish, Finzi would still have felt we were wrong.
	www.jochnowitz.net /Essays/Finzi.html (738 words)

	Microfiche
		Jewish Residents in Canadian Censuses: Montreal and Quebec City (18711901); Toronto (1861-1901); Western Canada (1861-1901); Canadian Maritime Provinces(l901); Greater Quebec Province(1871-1901).
		Jewish Vital Statistics Records in Slovakian Archives, Index to Jewish birth, marriage and death records located in archives of Slovakia.
		Seven indexes, Jewish surnames only: Applicants for emergency U.S. passports 19151924; Registration of U.S. citizens - Jerusalem, 1914-1918; Persons in protection of interests of U.S. citizens in Romania, Germany Br Poland; Protection of interests of U.S. citizens in Russia; Protection of citizens in AustriaHungary.
	www.columbusjewishhistoricalsociety.org /lib_micro.htm (494 words)

	JRI-Poland Ostrow Mazowiecka Surname List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		JRI-Poland "Surname Lists" are a compilation of family names appearing one or more times in the vital records of a number of towns that have been indexed.
		All variations in the spelling, as they were written by the town registrar in the civil records, have been included in each surname list.
		This feature of Jewish Records Indexing - Poland is provided as an aid to researchers who may not initially recall or search for all the names in their various family branches, but whose memories may be sparked by scanning the list.
	www.jewishgen.org /jri-pl/surnames/ostromaz.htm (291 words)

	Beth Tzedec - Jewish Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Jewish genealogy has advanced a great deal in the last generation, with the advent of the Internet, regional Special Interest Groups, etc. These more recent sources are described throughout this FAQ document.
		Jewish Genealogical Research in Eastern Europe FAQs - records access instructions, bibliography of basic reference works, an excellent country-by-country description of resources, online maps, and a list of regions, former provinces and counties, and where they are today.
		As one of seven Jewish genealogical societies in Canada, and a part of the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS), it stimulates interest in the pursuit of Jewish genealogical research locally and globally.
	www.beth-tzedec.org /jewish_genealogy.html (1363 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		He had a very Jewish-sounding surname, but he was quick to note that, like his mother, he was not Jewish — but his paternal grandfather had been the chief rabbi of his native country.
		However, in matters of Jewish status, when I was a congregational rabbi, I insisted that all streams in Judaism should follow the traditional criteria and only accept as Jewish those people who were born to Jewish mothers or converted to Judaism.
		Hence my opposition to patrilineal descent, which means granting Jewish status to children of Jewish men married to non-Jewish women on an equal footing with the traditional recognition of children of Jewish women married to non-Jewish men.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=10419 (443 words)

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		Prior to the compulsory use of surnames the use of "son" in various languages as an ending was introduced: in English, Jacobson; in Polish, Abramovitch: in German, Mendelssohn; in Russian, Kaplansky.
		The majority of all Jewish names now in use, though often mutilated by translation or by the transfer of some letter are place names.
		The use of surnames by the Jews was made compulsory by the French in 1808 in Prussia in 1812 and in Posen in 1833.
	www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com /Ethnic/Jewish/Jewish.Names.html (976 words)

	Jewish Surnames (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		LEVY or LEVI is known to be the servant of the priests, but this surname is not spread in all countries as much as for COHEN and there are countries (such as Tunisia) where this name is rare.
		Concerning the Berber ones, it is not easy to decide whether we are dealing with Berber tribes which were converted to judaism at least 15 centuries ago or if Jews settling in a Berber region have taken local names, sometimes by translating their Hebrew name.
		It is easy to find all the variants of a Jewish name (mainly Ashkenazi) and the corresponding references on the CJSI of Avotaynu.
	www.genealoj.org /ENtexte/page15.html (2354 words)

	Mendele: Yiddish literature and language
		The name Feygin is documented in Alexander Beider's Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire and his Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland (spelled Fejgin in both of these sources).
		The surname Fejgin is listed in Alexander Beider's "Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire" (1993), as well as in his "Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland" (1996).
		The surname was common enough that it clearly occurred among the Jewish immigrants in Dickens' London.
	shakti.trincoll.edu /~mendele/vol15/vol15055.htm (1317 words)

	Names
		Jewish Kehillot at this time were located exclusively in the 19 royal ("miasta krolewskie") and 6 gentry towns (miasta szlacheckie), mainly in the eight (8) towns of Lwów and seventeen (17) towns of Przemysl, Belz and Chelm
		These files cover the years 1808-1825 when many Jews did not have surnames and when the Jewish records were recorded together with their Christian neighbors.
		Three basic rules were applied in naming Jewish children throughout the medieval period and, even, up to the present time: the Talmud, kinnui (secular) versus shem ha-kadosh (sacred) names, and the role of the female in Jewish ritual practice.
	jewishwebindex.com /names.htm (11427 words)

	Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week
		Conversion, interracial adoption and growing numbers of intermarried households mean being Jewish is different than it once was and that we can no longer make the same superficial and predominantly ethnic assumptions we once could.
		The irony is that the children of intermarriage with the Jewish last names — and thus with Jewish fathers — are actually the ones who are not recognized as Jewish by the more traditional members of the community.
		Nestled in her father’s arms, wrapped in a prayer shawl and admired by a community of Jewish and gentile friends and relatives, my baby daughter grinned with delight.
	www.thejewishweek.com /top/editletcontent.php3?artid=5050 (952 words)

	ABCgenealogy: Ethnic/Jewish
		Australian Jewish Genealogical Society - The Australian Jewish Genealogical Society was founded for the pursuit of Jewish genealogy and Jewish family history research.
		Hungarian Jewish Roots - All kinds of Jewish ancestral research on the territory of the former Hungarian Kingdom.
		Jewish National and University Library Ketubbot Database - The ketubbot digitization project aims to create a worldwide registry of ketubbot (marriage contracts) in public and private collections throughout the world.
	www.abcgenealogy.com /Ethnic/Jewish (977 words)

	Jewish Genealogy Roots Ancestry Ancestors Information Research History Names Surnames And Jewish Family Tree
		Avotaynu, Inc. is the leading publisher of products and information of interest to persons who are researching Jewish genealogy, Jewish family trees and Jewish roots.
		The books we sell are meant to assist you in your research--from beginner guides to books about Jewish surnames.
		There are some CD-ROMs and video tapes available that are oriented towards the need of Jewish genealogists.
	www.avotaynu.com (328 words)

	FamilySurnameOrigins
		Jewish: Anglicized form of some like-sounding Jewish surname.
		Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges.
		This page is for the origins and meanings of all the surnames that are related to the Castlen family.
	www.castlen.homestead.com /FamilySurnameOrigins.html (655 words)

	Letter From George
		In fact, not only is Pimentel considered to be Jewish in origin, but it is also one of the more distinguished and well known Sephardic surnames.
		For example, the "Jewish Encyclopaedia" has a section on the 'Coat of Arms of Jewish Families', and Pimentel is listed as one of several distinguished Ibero-Judeo Jewish surnames, for which there is a coat of arms.
		I have been in touch with countless Jewish geneological experts that all say the same thing - that 'Pimentel' is a very well known and distinguished Jewish surname.
	www.saudades.org /lettergeorge.html (669 words)

	PRUZHANY, near BREST-LITOVSK sometimes Russia or Poland and now Belarus - Jewish Genealogy - Searching for our ...
		As you are aware, all of the Surnames that we use today are transliterations of the original Cyrillic characters.
		This discussion group is a forum for researchers with Jewish family roots in the country now known as Belarus.
		This discussion group is a forum for researchers with Jewish family roots in every country of the world.
	www.brest-belarus.com /Pruzhany.shtml (715 words)

	Poland
		The JRI (Jewish Records Indexing-Poland is proving that this is not the fact as they have already indexed over 2,00,000 Jewish Vital records.
		The goal is to create a searchable on-line database of the indices of all 19th century Jewish records from current and former territories of Poland.
		"American Jewish Yearbook, 5667, 1906-07" - A list of 254 pogroms is included with the name of the town and the Guberniya where the pogrom took place, date of pogrom, general and Jewish population for the town, damage incurred by the Jews of the town, general remarks on the pogrom.
	jewishwebindex.com /poland.htm (4588 words)

	JIRS: Avotaynu Consolidated Jewish Surname Index
		Avotaynu, the leading publisher of books on Jewish genealogy as well as, AVOTAYNU, the journal of Jewish genealogy is happy to present the Consolidated Jewish Surname Index (CJSI).
		For those databases mentioned that are available on microfiche, each of the Jewish genealogical societies throughout the world have copies of the fiche and make them available to members at no cost.
		Jewish Information & Referral Service may not be held liable for misuse of this information.
	www.jirs.org /jirs/jirs0052au.html (298 words)

	Link-O-Mania - Jewish
		Gateway to information about some 370,000 different surnames, mostly Jewish, that appear in 31 different databases.
		This database, "Jewish Records in the Family History Library Catalog", is an inventory of the microfilms, microfiche and books in the LDS Family History Library Catalog™ (FHLC) which are specifically Jewish genealogical sources.
		Its most popular components are the JewishGen Discussion Group, the JewishGen Family Finder (a database of over 200,000 surnames and towns), the comprehensive directory of InfoFiles, ShtetLinks for over 200 communities, and a variety of databases such as the ShtetlSeeker and Jewish Records Indexing-Poland.
	link-o-mania.com /main/jewish.htm (254 words)

	List of Jewish surnames - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The names of the most prominent Jewish families of Prague are: Eger, Bondi, Gans, Horwitz, Chajes, Tausk(cf.
		Asimov, uncommon Jewish surname from western Russia, briefly discussed in the autobiography of Issac Asimov
		Boyewsky: Jewish surname found in Yekaterinoslav, Russia; later modified to "BOESKY", of the Boesky family who arrived in Detroit, Michigan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Jewish_surnames (1551 words)

	SURNAME SEARCH ONLINE - PAGE #1 - Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Check their archives and other data for your family surnames and other links and pages they have available for you.
		Surnames are from the town of Hrubieszow in Poland.
		If your ancestral surname is the same or similar to any of the surnames, click on the surname and the e-mail address of the individual(s) researching the surname(s) will appear in an e-mail.
	maxpages.com /poland/Surname_Search_Online - !http://maxpages.com/poland/Surname_Search_Online (635 words)

	Louis Kessler's Jewish Genealogy Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies promotes Jewish genealogical research throughout the world and coordinates the efforts of individual member societies.
		The Leo Baeck Institute is a research, study and lecture center, a museum, a library and archives, devoted to the history of German-speaking Jewry.
		The 26th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society of New York.
	www.lkessler.com /jglinks.shtml (1764 words)

	Jewish Indexes--Family Tree Magazine
		A new index to all Jewish items in the world's largest genealogy collection may reveal books, articles and records you weren't aware of.
		Also, five major records indexes were just added to a surname database from Jewish genealogy publisher Avotaynu.
		The Consolidated Jewish Surname Index now searches 31 sources, including databases from Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia and the JewishGen Family Finder.
	www.familytreemagazine.com /articles/aug01/jewishdbs.html (162 words)

	JEWISH RESEARCH - Genealogy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Jewish Cities, Towns and Villages in Lithuania until 1918
		Jewish families in the Bohemia and Moravia regions of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire.
		Converts names to both the Daitch-Mokotoff and the U.S. National Archives soundex codes, calculates dates to/from Gregorian and Jewish calendars, and calculates distance and direction between towns in kilometers and miles.
	maxpages.com /poland/Jewish_Research - !http://maxpages.com/poland/Jewish_Research (711 words)

	Candidate accused of anti-Jewish talk
		Several of those present, two of whom are Jewish, said Laws made offensive comments in the context of discussing her differences with Beth Goldberg, an election opponent.
		Auerbach said Laws mentioned that downtown businessman Ken Alhadeff "is a very active fund-raiser within the Jewish community and other circles" and that he kicked the Rainier Institute -- the think tank Laws directs -- out of the building where it was renting office space because he opposes the monorail.
		Neal Safrin, who also took notes and who, like Auerbach, is Jewish, said Laws said her greatest fear was that downtown developers, whom she characterized as mostly Jewish, would join forces with anti-monorail groups to oppose her candidacy.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/237224_laws19.html (923 words)

	Hundred's of Links's to Jewish Genealogy with thousands of links to Jewish everything worldwide...
		Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database 20,000 indexed obituaries from the Boston Jewish Advocate
		Jewish Naming practices in Angevin England - - the naming conventions adopted by the Jews of Medieval England
		Jewish Surnames of Ireland (1901 and earlier) - a list of Jewish surnames of Ireland
	www.jewishlink.net /genealogy.html (443 words)

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