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Re: Hebrew Names - Help, Please!
Posted by: Brian Amelkin	Date: September 06, 1999 at 09:52:26
In Reply to: Hebrew Names - Help, Please! by suzanne	of 2624

Hi Suzanne,

As your post re: names was quite some time In ago, I suspect you have received many responses by now. But just in case you haven't, here it goes:

Louis = Leib
Sarah = Sore
Mary = Miriam
Nathan = Natan

It is important to remember that there is frequently no specific tranliteration of names. It was not uncommom for a person to choose an American name that sounded like their real name. For example: Chaim = Hyman + Herman. In addition a Hebrew name and a secular name may have no more in common than the first letter of the name.

This has always been a problem for genealogists.

Good luck and good hunting.
Brian Amelkin
Helena, MT USA

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