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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