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3rd January 08, 06:41 PM
#23
 Originally Posted by TheKiltedWonder
Are you telling me that US county clerks weren't fluent in Polish? Shofich is a pretty good phonetic transcription. And I wouldn't be surprised if Haifetz were transcribed by a Yiddish/Hebrew speaker.
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Those were how the names has been transliterated by the holders of the names themselves, as well as others. Transliteration is so varied in Eastern European names, given several languages (Polish, German, Russian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Czech, Lithuanian, Estonian, etc.) and three main alphabets (Roman, Cyrillic, Hebrew/Yiddish) plus others, that a Soundex system unique to that part of the world had to be developed.
Last edited by gilmore; 3rd January 08 at 06:48 PM.
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