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  • Jewish Families of Novy Tomysl (Neutomischel)

    Nowy Tomyśl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wikipedia Nowy Tomyśl [%CB%88n%C9%94v%C9%A8 ˈtɔmɨɕl] (German: Neutomischel) is a town in western Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nowy Tomyśl County.Approximately 80 people from this town were recorded on Yad Vashem as being victims of the Holocaust.JRI-Poland records indexing has minimal data on this town's vital records...

  • Riley Family Surname Origin

    English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name chiefly from High Ryley in Accrington (Lancashire) and Riley in Kirkburton which was in the manor of Wakefield (Yorkshire). In some cases the name may derive from Riley Farm in Eyam (Derbyshire) Royley in Royton (Lancashire) or Rylah in Scarcliffe (Derbyshire). The placenames all come from Old English rȳge ‘rye’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. I...

  • All About Harris Family

    This project is created to share information about the Harris family-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spellings (in alphabetical order) and their origins Haris - common in Bosnia, mythological Greek name Haris, which means "Grace" [2] or an origin of the Arabic name Haris, which means "Lion" or "Guardian".Harish - quite a common first name and is a...

  • Clan Armstrong

    Clan Armstrong☀☀ Officially registered clan, without a Clan Chief, registered with the Lord Lyon Court. Please join the project and expand information if you have more information. * Crest/Badge An arm from the shoulder, embowed Proper

  • Lewis / Louis Surname

    English: from the Middle English Old French personal name Lewis Leweis Lowis from ancient Germanic (originally West Frankish) Hludwig (itself from hlōd- ‘fame famous’ + wīg- ‘battle’). This was Latinized as Ludovicus and Chlodovisus which were gallicized as Clovis or Clouis French Louis. The name may also appear as Lawis Laweys Lawes by unrounding of the vowel of Lowis on the analogy of the var...

  • Buck Family

    English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’ (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goathe...

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  • Wells / Welles / de Welles Family

    Resources = Welles Family Association The Peerage Welles Surname The Peerage Wells Surname Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins Welles Surname Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins Wells SurnameHistory of the Welles family in England and Normandy, with the derivation from their progenitors of some of the descendants in the United States .. (1876)* Well...

  • Lehikoinen - suku

    Yleistä Lehikoisista.Vanhimmat tiedot Lehikoisten suvusta ovat vuoden 1541 maakirjassa Vesulahden pitäjän Mälkölän neljänneksen Lehikkolaa isännöi Pekka Lehikoinen. Kyseessä on myöhempi Juvan Kuosmalan kylän nro 4 Lehkola. Talossa oli kolme vähintään 15-vuotiasta miestä sillä talon jousiveroluku oli kolme. Myöhemmin Lehikoisia esiintyy aikakirjoissa Pielisjärvellä, Juuassa ja Ilomantsissa sekä ...

  • Hart / Hurt Family

    Hurt: English: variant of Hart . In Middle English Old English heorot ‘hart’ became hurt west of a line running roughly from Dorking to Birmingham and this has occasionally survived though often replaced by the standard hart from hert. German: topographic name from Middle High German hurt ‘hurdle woven fence’. Includes other variations, such as Harte, Hurte, Hurts, Harts, Heart, Hort, Heriot, ...

  • Jewish families from Kolin, Bohemia, Czech Republic

    This project seeks to collect all of the Jewish families from Kolin, Bohemia, Czech Republic. KOLIN (Czech Kolín; Ger. Kolin, in older sources Neukollin), city in central Bohemia, Czech Republic. Its Jewish community was one of the four communities known by the abbreviation Karban (Heb. קרב״ן), Kolin, Roudnice, Bumsla, Nachod), second in importance only to Prague. Town records of 1376–1401 men...

  • Robin, Robins, Robbins, Robinson Family

    French Breton Scottish English and German: from the personal name Robin a pet form of Robert composed of the short form Rob + the hypocoristic suffix -in. Slovenian: topographic name derived from rob ‘edge border’ (see Robar ). Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Rubin or Rabin . Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

  • Strong Family

    Strong Surname Meaning English: nickname from Middle English strong(e) strang(e) ‘strong powerful’ (Old English strang). Americanized form of French Trahan. Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish Stark. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

  • White Family Surname Origin

    English: from Middle English white wit (Old English hwīt ‘white’) hence a nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion. In some cases it is perhaps from a Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Hwīta a short form of names in Hwīt- (from hwīt ‘white’). The name may also be topographic referring to someone who lived by a bend or curve in a river or road (from Old En...

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  • Governors of Ilocos Sur

    To craft a comprehensive genealogical data of the former to present governors of Ilocos Sur. Find more projects at the Philippine Portal . Governors of Ilocos Sur Marcelino Crisologo (1901-1906) Félix V. Angco (1906-1908) Estanislao F. Reyes (1908-1909) Manuel Singson (1910-1912) Juan B. Villamor (1912-1916) José Villanueva y Florendo (1916-1919)

  • Adelaide, Adele, Ada, Alix, Adelais, Adelheid, Alice, and Alicia

    This project is for keeping track of all the women out there whose names are derivatives of the Germanic Adalheidis, from the roots "adal" (noble) and "heid" (kind, sort, type). Its many forms, which may have been used simultaneously for the same woman, include Aalis, Ada, Ade, Adaelaeide, Adalaidis, Aelis, Aelips, Adalheid, Adelheld, Adalheidis, Adelisa, Adeliza, Adel, Adela, Adélaïde, Adéla, ...

  • Peck Family

    Please only add profiles of those who were born with the surname of Peck or its variants. English: variant of Speake with loss of initial S- (or perhaps vice versa). English: variant of Peak . English: perhaps occasionally a variant of Petch itself a variant of Peach . Irish: variant of Peak 6. South German: variant of Beck (please see the BECK project). It is also found in Poland (compare...

  • Richland County, South Carolina

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Richland County, South Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1785 as part of the large Camden District and was most likely named for its "rich land". The county seat and largest city is Columbia, which is also the state capital. In 1786 the state legislature decided to move the capital from Charleston to a more centr...

  • Resandefolket

    Resandefolket, eller resande eller romani, är en grupp som i äldre tid stod, och till viss del även idag står, utanför det etablerade samhället i Skandinavien. Fram till slutet av 1900-talet gick de även under benämningen tattare, en benämning som idag anses som både nedsättande och kränkande. Resandefolket var ofta förknippade med vissa yrken. Ett typiskt resandeyrke under 1600-talet var häkt...

  • MJPK

    A Addington Agee in US Alexander Aldrich/Aldridge Allen Anders/Andrews Armistead Arnold Arter Ashcraft/Ashcroft Ates

  • Jewish Families of Lublin

    This project seeks to collect and link the Jewish families of Lublin Poland. Geography: From wikipedia: Lublin [%CB%88lubl%CA%B2in] ( listen) (Ukrainian: Люблін, Liublin, Yiddish: לובלין Lublin) is the ninth largest city in Poland, and the second largest city of Lesser Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship (province) with a population of 349,103 (March 2011). Lublin is the largest Pol...

  • Zeemanscollege Mij. tot Nut der Zeevaart ⎈ Veendam

    Zeemanscollege Maatschappij tot Nut der Zeevaart ⎈ Veendam . . . bronnen ‧ documentatie ‧ informatie Marhisdata voor genealogische gegevens ...aanvulling welkom! . . ——A—— Willem Engelz. ATZEMA ‧ 1823-1887 ‧ ⚑ D6/125:1862-1867 ——B—— Bartelt Janz. BAKKER ‧ 1797-1854 ‧ ⚑ Y6/144:1851-54 D.J. BAKKER ‧ x ‧ ⚑ 16:1895-99 Geert Geertz. BAKKER ‧ c.1787-1870 ‧ ⚑ S2/43:1827-...

  • Martz/Mertz Family

    Mertz Surname Meaning German: patronymic from a short form of the personal name Martin. German: variant of Martz. This surname (in any of the possible senses; see also 1 above) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Poland. Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Merc: occupational name for a grain or salt measurer from a vernacular form of merec ‘measurer’. Compare Merz. Sourc...

  • Copeland Family

    Copeland Surname Meaning English and Scottish: habitational name from Copeland in Cumbria or Coupland in Northumberland both named with Old Norse kaupa-land ‘bought land’ a feature worthy of note during the early Middle Ages when land was rarely sold but rather held by feudal tenure and handed down from one generation to the next. Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

  • Iowa County, Iowa

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Iowa County, Iowa. Official Website Iowa County was formed on February 17, 1843. It was named for the Iowa River, which flows through the county. It is home to the Amana Colonies, a group of settlements of German Pietists, comprising seven villages. Calling themselves the Ebenezer Society or the Community of True Inspiration (German...

  • Cleveland County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cleveland County, Arkansas. The Arkansas legislature established Dorsey County as Arkansas's 71st county on April 17, 1873, naming it for Stephen W. Dorsey, the U.S. Senator from Arkansas. When he was indicted for defrauding the Post Office, they renamed it on March 5, 1885, for Grover Cleveland, the newly elected President of the Un...

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