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This important volume in onomastics, the study of names, presents a
listing of Yiddish first names in the modern period: 1750 to the
present day. Yiddish Given Names: A Lexicon resumes, collects,
documents, and corrects the available body of research on Yiddish
given names. It aims to establish the modern corpus and give the
origins of the names therein. Rella Israly Cohn has amassed and
preserved a number of names that have become extremely rare, almost
to the point of disappearing, and correctly identified their
sources using a number of works both commonly available and
difficult to find. The book begins with preliminary material that
orients the reader, explains technical terms and classifications,
and describes the evolution of Yiddish names throughout their
history. Following is the lexicon itself, which is comprised of
over 250 names with variant forms and alphabetized according to the
English transliteration. Each entry relates the Yiddish name to its
source language, shows a source form, and gives the attestations of
the name in its various forms in the earliest written works.
Concluding with several appendixes that offer additional
information and assist in reference and accessibility, this
significant work will serve scholars in onomastics, linguistics,
and Yiddish and will be of interest to both scholars and laypersons
researching their family history or the cultural legacy of the
Jewish community worldwide.
Will the British retain the monarchy and the English church
establishment into the 21st century? The preservation of the
monarchy and of the establishment of the church of England is a
matter that cuts deep in fact and theory. The monarchy and the
church are symbols of civil liberty, and as such they carry the
freight of British national identity. Yet it is difficult to take
those institutions seriously now because Britons give too little
consideration to serious reforms of any kind for the monarchy or
the church. This book suggests possible reforms.
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A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Bixby, 1621-1701 of Ipswich and Boxford, Massachusetts, Who Spell the Name Bixby, Bigsby, Byxbie, Bixbee, or Byxbe and of the Bixby Family in England, Descendants of Walter Bekesby, 1427, of Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk; 3
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Willard Goldthwaite B 1868 Bixby
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Recusant
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Alfred J. Dillon
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In over 300 densely packed, oversized pages (including 140 index
pages), members of the Greater Omaha Genealogical Society have
rendered a faithful accounting of over 5,000 marriages and
applications for marriage on file from the county's inception until
1881. In all, these records touch on roughly 50,000 brides and
grooms, plus their parents and witnesses.
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