iFamily History: J is for Jewish

I have Jewish Ashkenazi ancestry through my French Canadian line which goes back to France so this was very interesting to me.

Session Title
Jewish Ashkenazic Surnames & Patronymics

Session Description

"Many Ashkenazic Jewish people in central and eastern Europe did not adopt fixed surnames until governments decreed them mandatory. Tax records, Familianten books, census records, vital records, burial records, and other civil and religious documents may tell the story of the transition from patronymics and nicknames to hereditary surnames."

Presented by International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies

Link:
https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/session/jewish-surnames-patronymics

About Lianne Kruger

Genealogy

I researched my paternal grandmother's line to the first three white landowners of Canada in the 80's. I began genealogy going on genealogy trips in Ontario, England, and Scotland at graveyards with my mother starting at age 7 on. As a teenager, I sat in front of a microfilm reader with a list of names every Saturday at an FHL while my mother volunteered helping others.

I have spoken at Genealogical conferences and sessions at RootsTech (UT), FamilyRoots (UT), The Genealogy Show (in Birmingham, UK) as well as in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ogden, and Ontario.

Click on My Speaking Experience for session titles.

I have articles published on BYU Studies Quarterly magazine website and FamilySearch as well as AGS Relatively Speaking and Tree Climber.

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