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• Alternate Surnames in Russian Poland

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  • Jewish Given Name Variations

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• Blood and Frogs: Jewish Genealogy and More: Jewish names, red herrings, and name changes

  A collection of articles that deal with Jewish given names, surnames, name pairs, names based on animals, name changes, children using their mother's surnames, and more.

• Equivalent Czechslovakian, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak, Russian & Yiddish Foreign Given Names

• FamilySearch - Dictionary of Jewish Surnames in Russian Empire

  Original source: Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck, NJ, USA: Avotaynu, 1993.

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