Looking for info on Barnett's that settled in Brooklyn in early 1900's The family's nationality was polish and the religion was jewish.

Hi Glenn: My name has an e at the end of Barnette. My grandftaher added the e in the 1920's. The story he told me was that if we spelled our name: Barnet we would be Jewish Barnett we would be English Barnette we would be French. So, my grandfather was born English and I was born French! I had a neighbor in Atlanta, GA. One day she informed me her maiden name was Barnett. (Maybe it was Barnet, she did not spell it for me) I knew she was Jewish and I knew she was born in Poland. Something told me to ask her what her name was BEFORE it was Barnet(t) She told me it was Berjenski (or however she might have spelled it) MIC Mic Barnette writes a genealogy column in the Houston Chronicle. Read it at http://barnettesbooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Glenn Barnett <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 11:44 PM Subject: Barnett's > Looking for info on Barnett's that settled in Brooklyn in early 1900's The family's nationality was polish and the religion was jewish. >