If I have the Hebrew names of some of my relatives and the places they were originally from, can I find out information about the family?

Is there a way to find the country a family originally was from if I have the family Hebrew names?

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  • Sue,

    Typically one finds the origin of a family by finding them on immigration forms, or naturalization application documents.  I don't believe that Hebrew names (first, last?) have a geographical component, but you might find on sites like Jewishgen.org (registration required) people who are searching the same surname and see if that narrows down the area of origin.

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  • Sue,

    Typically one finds the origin of a family by finding them on immigration forms, or naturalization application documents.  I don't believe that Hebrew names (first, last?) have a geographical component, but you might find on sites like Jewishgen.org (registration required) people who are searching the same surname and see if that narrows down the area of origin.

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