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Hebraization of Jewish names

Genealogy Gehenna: The Hebraization of Jewish Surnames

February 27, 2013 by Edie Jarolim 8 Comments

Today I'm wrapping up the tale of the two Doktors Kornmehl, Ezriel and Viktor, the dual subjects of this family history writing challenge, with kudos -- and a mild kvetch. It's one thing to find out that your relatives' surnames were changed through transcription errors in records, illiteracy, etc. It's quite another to discover that they made the changes on purpose -- and en

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