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Genealogy.com - They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island
Article by Donna Przecha.
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ILW.com -American Names: Declaring Independence
Article by Marian L. Smith.
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The Ellis Island Myth - Genealogy and Family History - D. Joshua Taylor
A concise explanation of the "my name was changed at Ellis Island" myth.
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The Myth of Ellis Island and Other Tales of Origin
By Dara Horn, on the Jewish tradition of changing names and inventing roots.
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Why Your Family Name Was Not Changed at Ellis Island (and One That Was)
From the New York Public Library, by Philip Sutton, Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy.
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Why Your Family Name Was Not Changed at Ellis Island (and One That Was)
By Philip Sutton, Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York Public Library.
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Your family name did not come from a mistake at Ellis Island
Brief podcast explaining why names were not changed at Ellis Island despite the popular and enduring myth.
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