A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland
Title | A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Beider |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 616 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia
Title | A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Beider |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 636 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Galicia, formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Poland, is now in the Ukraine.
A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire
Title | A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Beider |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1052 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Reference |
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Jewish Surnames in Prague
Title | Jewish Surnames in Prague PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Beider |
Publisher | Avotaynu |
Total Pages | 68 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Poland
Title | A Guide to Jewish Genealogy in Poland PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Fifer |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 84 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
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The Guide aims to serve as an introduction to basic resources and concepts and to point researchers in the right direction. It cannot be as comprehensive as many of the excellent publications already available both in printed form and on the Internet and for this reason does not include detailed information on specific towns. The Guide has an emphasis on information, databases and resources which are accessible through the Internet.
Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and Their Variants
Title | Handbook of Ashkenazic Given Names and Their Variants PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Beider |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 240 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN |
Historical Implications of Jewish Surnames in the Old Kingdom of Romania
Title | Historical Implications of Jewish Surnames in the Old Kingdom of Romania PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Avram |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Total Pages | 270 |
Release | 2021-08-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0271091940 |
Linguistic and semantic features in names—and surnames in particular—reveal evidence of historical phenomena, such as migrations, occupational structure, and acculturation. In this book, Alexander Avram assembles and analyzes a corpus of more than 28,000 surnames, including phonetic and graphic variants, used by Jews in Romanian-speaking lands from the sixteenth century until 1944, the end of World War II in Romania. Mining published and unpublished sources, including Holocaust-period material in the Yad Vashem Archives and the Pages of Testimony collection, Avram makes the case that through a careful analysis of the surnames used by Jews in the Old Kingdom of Romania, we can better understand and corroborate different sociohistorical trends and even help resolve disputed historical and historiographical issues. Using onomastic methodology to substantiate and complement historical research, Avram examines the historical development of these surnames, their geographic patterns, and the ways in which they reflect Romanian Jews’ interactions with their surroundings. The resulting surnames dictionary brings to light a lesser-known chapter of Jewish onomastics. It documents and preserves local naming patterns and specific surnames, many of which disappeared in the Holocaust along with their bearers. Historical Implications of Jewish Surnames in the Old Kingdom of Romania is the third volume in a series that includes Pleasant Are Their Names: Jewish Names in the Sephardi Diaspora and The Names of Yemenite Jewry: A Social and Cultural History, both of which are available from Penn State University Press. This installment will be especially welcomed by scholars working in Holocaust studies.