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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 29/11/2015: my French family
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 23:07:20 +0100
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Thanks, Douglas. The name change is due to a French immigration official in 
1920 who had trouble coping with Polish spelling of Yiddish names, similarly 
to what often happened at Ellis Island in New York.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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> On 01 Dec 2015, at 22:29, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> I see - per Wikipedia - they seem to have changed the family name to 
> Weisman. Any reason?
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