Looking for the origin of a name:
Whenever I cannot find the origin of a name, I enter
the name in google.com and ask the question: what is
the orgin of this name ..........
Most of the time I get a half decent reply that helps.
Alberto
--- zendean <usa20@...> wrote:
>
> Alberto;
>
> Many thanks for the comments on Italian and German
> names. I can see you are probably right. I am doing
> a church records of Baptisms for 1890 to 1900. It
> was cleaver of you to catch that. But both comments
> are of value to me because now I am more aware of
> the time line for the influx of German and Italian
> names starting in 1945 and later.
> The names I am running accross are so unique that
> they resemble a jumbled alphabet. I have been doing
> genealogy extraction for over 8 years and those are
> the first of this kind that I have ever seen in
> hispanic counties. That is why I was hoping for a
> telephone book for Argentina. I need one for Mexico
> soon because I think that will be my next
> assignment. For now I am trying to figure out a name
> that looks like "Useberlitano" or "Vsibrlijano"
> Altibucian, I think.
> Thank you again.
>
> Jose Luis Macias
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alberto Duarte <albertodua@...>
> Sent: May 6, 2005 8:26 PM
> To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [ranchos] Re: Argentine names
>
> Actually, the Germans and Italians are new arrivals.
>
> They did not come to Argentina until the end of the
> second world war. If you review the early history
> of
> Argentina, you will not see the many German and
> Italian names you see now.
>
> Alberto
>
> --- readysetgo95814 <nena@...> wrote:
>
> > Jose Luis,
> >
> > I know that there has been a significant number of
> > Italian and
> > German Immigrants in Argentina. Perhaps that's
> why
> > the names seem
> > so different from those found in other Latin
> > American countries.
> > Maybe you could try looking for Italian and German
> > phone books on
> > the Internet? The names could've also been
> changed
> > by the priest to
> > sound more Spanish. Like the name Lomelin was
> > changed from the
> > original Italian surname of Lomellini in Mexico.
> > Just a thought.
> >
> > Maria
> >
> > --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "zendean"
> > <usa20@e...> wrote:
> > > Joseph,
> > > Thank you for the kind words about the work
> I
> > do on
> > extraction. Joseph, I have a problem that I hope
> > that you could
> > help with. When I am doing the names on the
> > records I often find
> > strange names and spellings. I had a baby name
> book
> > for naming kids
> > and I wonder if there exists such a book for
> Latino
> > kids. I thought
> > that a phone book would help so I got one for a
> > local city that has
> > a lot of Hispanic families. There seems to be a
> > limited number of
> > first names and surnames. I need a better source.
> > For example, I
> > found a name that looked like "Eulalio Chuc" . I
> > have never seen the
> > surname "Chuc" or "Toco" or "Andurate" Moratalla.
> I
> > am doing a
> > church in Argentina and I guess the names are
> > different or I am not
> > that familiar with "Oligalla Zulipata". See, I am
> > not sure if such
> > names exist or if I am not reading them right. If
> I
> > knew or had seen
> > names like that, then I would recognize them like
> "
> > Jose", "Juan"
> > or "Julio". You are a helpful person and if
> > you can't think of
> > a source for me on this, that is Ok because I am
> no
> > worse off than
> > before.
> > >
> > > Your friend in Family Search,
> > >
> > > Jose Luis Macias
> > > "Zendean"
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Joseph Puentes
> > > To: Ciudad_Juarez@yahoogroups.com ; LosRanchos
>
> > > Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 4:06 PM
> > > Subject: [ranchos] [Fwd: Somos Primos May 2005
> > lq]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -------- Original Message -------- Subject:
> > Somos Primos May
> > 2005 lq
> > > Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 17:25:40 -0400
> > (EDT)
> > > From: MIMILOZANO@a...
> > > To: MIMILOZANO@a...
> > >
> > >
> > > Somos Primos May 2005
> > >
> >
>
http://www.somosprimos.com/sp2005/spmay05/spmay05.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi . . Hope all are enjoying the many Cinco
> de
> > Mayo and other
> > patriotic events being hosted all over nation.
> > >
> > > May 12th is the first of the 2005 Hispanic
> > American events being
> > held at the National Archives. (US). The
> National
> > Archives needs
> > to know that we care about our history. Our
> history
> > is embedded in
> > the National Archives, but the rich abundance of
> > materials that
> > reveal our presence has not been fully gathered
> and
> > indexed.
> > >
> > > The SHHAR quarterly meeting on May 21st will
> be
> > a presentation
> > by UCLA Pprofessor, Dr. Guillermo Hernadez. His
> > topic, the
> > historical Corridos of Mexico, folk ballads of the
> > people.
> > >
> > > DECIDED TO INCLUDE ALL THE TITLES WITHIN EACH
> > FILE . . .
> > >
> > > UNITED STATES
> > > Hispanics have a problem. .
> > > National Archives, May 12th, "Hispanics,
> > Education and Civil
> > Rights."
> > > All Gave Some, Some Gave All
> > > Passing of a Generation
> > > Sheriff Joe Arpaio, America's Toughest Sheriff
> > > 25th Annual Lorian Hemingway Short Story
> > Competition
> > > 74th Annual WD Writing Competition
> > > Workshop to make writers of warriors
> > > "Uncover the Mind"
> > > Lalo Guerrero, 'father of Chicano music
> > dies
>
> >
> > > We Need You to Save Our Heritage
> > > Census Bureau News Facts, Special Edition:
> Cinco
> > de Mayo
> > > Hub race woes
> > serious
>
> >
> >
> > > The Values We Live By
> > > Current Newsworthy Tidbits: LATINO LOOP
> > > Texans seek compensation from Mexico for 12
> > million acres lost
> > > Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social
> > Security With Billions
> > > Bill mandates diverse faculty
> > > "Finding Cousin Tony"
>
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