Ellis Island » MYTH: Our Name Was Changed at Ellis Island

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• An Ellis Island name change myth bibliography New!

  Compiled by Jennifer Mendelsohn

• Did Ellis Island Officials Really Change the Names of Immigrants?

  From Smithsonian Magazine

• Genealogical Musings: The "Our Name Was Changed at Ellis Island" Myth

• Genealogy.com - They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island

  Article by Donna Przecha.

• GovDocs to the Rescue! Debunking an Immigration Myth

• ILW.com -American Names: Declaring Independence

  Article by Marian L. Smith.

• Immigration Daily - American Names: Declaring Independence

  by Marian L. Smith

• Legacy News - Was Great Grandpa's Name Changed at Ellis Island?

• MyHeritage Blog - Ellis Island: Was your name changed?

• No Names Were Changed at Ellis Island: Debunking a Persistent Myth (RootsTech)

  by Jennifer Mendelsohn

• No, Your Ancestors' Names Were Not Changed at Ellis Island, Part 1 - Hollander-Waas Jewish Heritage Services

• No, Your Ancestors' Names Were Not Changed at Ellis Island, Part 2 - Hollander-Waas Jewish Heritage Services

• Sassy Jane Genealogy - Inspectors Did Not Change Names at Ellis Island

• The Ellis Island Myth - Genealogy and Family History - D. Joshua Taylor

  A concise explanation of the "my name was changed at Ellis Island" myth.

• The Myth of Ellis Island and Other Tales of Origin

  By Dara Horn, on the Jewish tradition of changing names and inventing roots.

• They Changed Our Name at Ellis Island

• 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.

• 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.